Chapter 380: Captain of the Envoy (20)
"Lonely's good son!"
King Captain stepped forward and hugged Gassel.
"When the third child is dealt with, I will set up a lonely banquet to entertain them another day, and say thank you to them in person!"
"If it weren't for the help of the two of them, the sons would not have caught Brother Wang so smoothly, and the sons and daughters on Brother Da's side have already expressed their gratitude to him, as for Brother Jia......... If my father wants to thank him, I am afraid that the only way to go to his tombstone is to burn incense for him and send him something that he likes to eat in his life to worship him. ”
"Burning incense?" The Weitou King was stunned, "He......... How did he die? ”
"Hey." Gasuo shook his head and let out a sigh, and said in a serious way: "Last night, Brother Jia infiltrated the command of the third prince to investigate the situation, and he was not aware of being discovered by the enemy and exposed his whereabouts......... Tragic and heroic death! ”
The Martial Arts Captain of the Yaku Brothers, the Captain Wang, had heard that it was rare for two people to be loyal to Songqi, and he was very relieved that one of them had died in a sudden accident, and he felt very sorry.
"He has made meritorious contributions to assist you in protecting the country, and he must give him additional credit to build a spiritual seat, and be worshiped by incense every day to comfort the soul in the sky!"
After talking about the deceased, he continued to talk about the living: "His brother Da Xian, from today onwards, will be given the title of Prime Minister of Yipin, to assist Songqi in governing the country, except for Songqi and Gu, no one has the right to touch a single hair of him!" ”
The two brothers have meritorious service, and the king of Weitou attaches great importance to it, and directly appoints him to be loyal to Songqi, so that Songqi has a capable officer around him, who can share his worries and solve problems. 35xs
While the father and son were talking, Gasuo helped King Weitou to sit on the dragon chair, and the courtiers below knelt on the ground together, and they all worshipped: "Wechen see the Holy Lord, long live the Holy Lord, long live the Holy Lord!" ”
"Zhongqing is flat."
King Weitou raised his hand and motioned for them to get up, and his majestic voice spread to every corner of the hall: "The third prince imprisoned the prince and threatened Gu, intending to plot to usurp the throne, and the crime he committed was rebellious and unforgivable!" From today on, the imprisoned prince's mansion will not be allowed to go out of the door for the rest of his life, and his mother Eddie will be unable to discipline him, and he will be fined for one year, and he will not be allowed to beg for mercy when he enters the cold palace! ”
King Weitou has been unpleasant to the third prince for a long time, and has been guarding him from giving real power for many years, afraid that one day he will take the opportunity to rebel, but he still failed to prevent him.
However, fortunately, Songqi came out in time to defeat the third child, and returned the first Taiping, now it seems that his choice for many years is really right, and the prince Songqi is the choice of the prince to inherit the throne!
Glancing at his pampered son beside him, the Weitou King announced with relief: "The prince of Songqi has a meritorious escort, and according to the holy decree originally prepared by Gu, he will take over the throne and become the twelfth prince of Weitou!" ”
In recent years, the heavy state affairs have crushed the body of King Weitou, and he had the intention to pass the throne to Songqi a long time ago, but Songqi was idle all day long and did not do his job, which aroused the dissatisfaction of many people. Flash Dance.
At that time, he insisted on establishing Songqi as the crown prince regardless of the opinions of the courtiers has displeased many ministers, if he does not listen to the opinions and insists on passing the throne to him, I am afraid that everyone will not be convinced, now it is good, Songqi has changed its former non-refresh, and made a contribution to save him and Weitouguo, and take this opportunity to announce the succession, the most suitable.
The sudden change of Songqi did make all of them shine, but it did not mean that he was suitable to be a holy lord, and if he wanted to resist the heavy responsibility of a country, it was not enough to learn martial arts for a few days, but more of a problem in governing the country.
"Holy Lord, Weichen still retains the initial opinion, Prince Songqi is young and vigorous, and he needs to be tempered for a few years before talking about succession, please think twice."
The euphemism of what he said on his lips, in fact, he disagrees with Songqi very much in his heart, his ability is obvious to all, even if the king of Weitou does not listen to the opinion and forcibly supports Songqi to succeed to the throne, it is difficult to convince the public with his own strength, and the courtiers do not obey him, how can he manage the country well?
The Captain King couldn't help but feel in a quandary, thinking about what to do to convince everyone.
The image of Songqi in everyone's minds is deep-rooted, and it is difficult to change it for a while, the best way is to convince these stubborn old things, and how to convince them, Gassel has already thought of a good plan.
His narrow eyes swept over the whispering ministers below, and Gasuo said in a righteous manner: "Thanks to the love of my father, Songqi grew up in a warm and loving environment, and developed some bad habits. Recently, Songqi has flipped through some books and has some thoughts and suggestions of his own on governing the country. Since last year, due to the emptiness of the treasury, the imperial court has increased taxes, resulting in a great increase in the pressure on most of the people's lives, full of complaints, I heard that last year's protest against tax incidents, as many as dozens of cases, and gradually increased every month, in the long run, the prestige of the imperial court in the eyes of the people was greatly reduced! In fact, the people do not want to make trouble, but only want to live a stable life, so I suggest that the tax should be reduced so that they can have basic living security, and the disturbance will be greatly reduced, and the pressure on people's lives will be reduced by more than half! ”
The idea of the fifth prince is not that no one has thought about it, and the reason why the tax has not been reduced has been considered is due to the problem of treasury funds.
Since two years ago, the treasury funds have been in an emergency, expenditures are greater than revenues, and many places need large sums of money, and the king of Weitou has a headache for this, and has to be forced to increase taxes, and as soon as the taxes increase, the treasury problem has been solved, but at the same time it has brought a lot of pressure to the people.
As the saying goes, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, if you reduce taxes, the court can't support it, and if it continues to increase, the people can't afford to pay.
As soon as the fifth prince's proposal came out, a minister immediately came out to mock: "Your Highness's idea is inevitable that the Queen Mother will know it, we have thought of this problem since last year, your starting point is good, but it is unrealistic to implement, if the tax is reduced, how can the imperial court support the huge expenditure?" ”
Most of the revenue sources of the treasury come from tax collection, and the amount of money collected in the next year is innumerable, but although the income is large, the expenses are also very large, from the harem concubines to the court officials, in addition to supporting this large group of people, there are other expenses such as building roads and palaces, and the captain has recently introduced and planted a large number of rare fruits such as lychees, and invested a lot of money.
But in any case, it is not easy for Songqi to think of this, and the king of Weitou is dissatisfied with the attitude of this minister, and he is a prince of a country, how can he be allowed to insult a courtier?
He wanted to reprimand the minister who had committed the following crimes, but he didn't want someone to take a step before he could speak: "The left squire is reasonable, if the tax is rashly reduced, the imperial court cannot afford the huge expenditure, and in view of this complicated situation, the palace has deliberately thought of a way to get the best of both worlds." ”!