"His Royal Highness can't get out of the wings of the second prince now, His Royal Highness first went to the second prince to cry, and asked him to help His Royal Highness go to the emperor to avoid the errand, clearly saying that this matter is difficult, the second prince is afraid that things will fall on his head will only perfunctory His Royal Highness, so if there is anything in the future, there will be a lot of trouble."

Cheng Chen said so many words and took another sip of tea to moisten his throat before he continued: "Tomorrow, His Royal Highness will go to the emperor and hand over this set of regulations, and after the emperor reads it, he will shirk the errand and let the emperor find someone else." When the emperor saw that His Royal Highness had come up with a perfect charter, he guessed that His Royal Highness would have a case in his heart, not that he couldn't do things, but that he didn't want to do things, why didn't he want to do things? The emperor will figure it out. ”

The third prince discussed with Cheng Chen for two hours, and he didn't eat dinner. Cheng Chen sat with a sore back and stood up and walked slowly around the room.

"Miss Cheng, let's discuss here today, let's go back first!"

Cheng Chen's stomach had already protested and wanted to leave, so he smiled and said, "Okay, my subordinates will retire!" ”

"Miss Cheng! My name is Xia Yiyu! ”

"I know" Cheng Chen said with a smile, "Your Highness's name, there are people in this North Korea who don't know the three princes, Your Highness can call me by name in the future, the girl is too polite, and her subordinates will retire." ”

The third prince saw that the matter had been discussed, and after Cheng Chen left, he also left, and he had to rush back to write a note and submit it to the emperor tomorrow.

In front of the Taiqing Palace, a little eunuch hurriedly walked towards the Taiqing Palace, and when he was ten steps away from the palace gate, Fang cautiously slowed down his steps.

Taiqing Hall was originally called Jiahe Palace, and since its owner became obsessed with Taoism and pursued the immortal way, it was willful to change its name.

The Taiqing Hall is the office place where the emperor approves and meets the ministers, and the decoration is very luxurious. Under the eaves, there are dense buckets, and the indoor and outdoor beams are decorated with Hexi paintings. The upper part of the door and window is inlaid with a rhombic pattern, the lower part is embossed with a cloud dragon pattern, and the joints are equipped with gilded copper leaves engraved with dragon patterns. The gold bricks in the hall are paved with thousands of large gold bricks in the Taiqing Palace. But gold bricks are not made of gold, but specially made bricks. Its surface is yellow, dark, oily, bright, not astringent and not slippery.

After the little eunuch entered, he bowed down and retreated after a while, and an old eunuch about sixty years old walked out of the Taiqing Palace.

By Emperor Xiyuan's side, the one who is 'one person below ten thousand people' cannot be regarded as a queen, and the old eunuch Xiao Jian in front of him is even better than the queen.

He has been with Emperor Xiyuan for more than 40 years, and the emperor has been serving when he was young in the palace, and he is like a shadow with the emperor, arranging the emperor's diet and daily life, solving problems for the emperor, and making decisions on small matters.

Xia Yiyu, who was waiting outside the hall to announce the meeting, saw that it was Xiao Jian who came out, and hurriedly took three steps and two steps over, bowed slightly, and said: "Oh, Xiao Gong, how dare you work to come out in person to announce the decree, Yiyu will never dare to do it." ”

Seeing this, Xiao Jian paced a step sideways and avoided it.

Xiao Jian looked at Xia Yiyu and said with a gentle expression: "Third prince, you are not an old slave. How can the old slave receive the gift of the prince, and the old slave must not be tormented like this in the future, hehe! The old slave wants to live a few more years, hehe! The emperor is waiting for the three princes inside, don't let the emperor wait for a long time, the three princes please! ”

From the outside, this person is a kind old man, who makes people feel like a spring breeze, but how can it be so simple to be immersed in the top of the power of the Great Xia Dynasty for decades.

"Xiao Gong, please!"

Xia Yiyu walked in front first, and bowed down after entering the main hall.

"Son-in-law, see father!"

Emperor Xiyuan raised his head and smiled faintly at his son who was kneeling: "The emperor get up!" Why did you come to the audience? ”

Although Emperor Xiyuan, who was sitting in front of the imperial case, was sixty years old, his appearance could vaguely show that he was handsome and extraordinary when he was young, his skin was not loose but a little dull and yellow, his mental state was not very good, and his eyes were a little scattered.

Emperor Xiyuan became more and more stubborn in his later years, greedy for pleasure, pursuing the ethereal immortal path, and several seriously wrong decrees almost made the Great Xia Dynasty follow him in the twilight.

"Father, the son has a book." Xia Yiyu said and held the fold forward.

Xiao Jian handed the fold to Emperor Xining, Emperor Xining opened the fold and looked at it for a long time, from the flat expression at the beginning to the frowns that had been tightly twisted later, obviously looking very attentively.

After Emperor Xiyuan finished reading it, he raised his head and looked at his third son who was standing respectfully, how long had he not looked at this son seriously.

Xia Yiyu's beautiful appearance is somewhat similar to that of Emperor Xiyuan when he was young, and Emperor Xiyuan has not been close to him since the death of the third prince and concubine.

Sanxia Yiyu followed behind the second prince under the acquiescence of Emperor Xiyuan, but his qualifications were mediocre and did not have any brilliance, so Emperor Xiyuan's eyes never stayed on him.

This time, the excerpt was far-sighted and the things he said were very insightful, so Emperor Xiyuan was very puzzled, this is the third son he knew?

"Huang'er, this recital was written by Huang'er?" Emperor Xi Yuan asked lightly after retracting his sharp gaze.

"Enlightening the father, it was written by the son!" Xia Yiyu bowed respectfully. It was written by the son, yes, but many of the opinions in it were not made by the son.

"Hmmm! Very well written, let's talk about your thoughts! Emperor Xiyuan responded.

"Qi Qi father, the son has no idea, this matter is very involved, involving a wide range of interests, the son can't take such an errand, please ask the father to find another minister or two royal brothers to preside over this matter." After speaking, the third prince knelt down again.

Emperor Xiyuan looked displeased, "Hmph! Unfilial son! You've grown a lot of courage, if you have something to say, I'll deal with it as appropriate! ”

The third prince prostrated on the ground and said, "Erchen doesn't dare! Please calm your anger! ”

It's not okay to deal with it appropriately, without the full support of this person, it is an abyss.

Emperor Xiyuan saw that Xia Yiyu knelt for a long time but no longer spoke, and his anger gradually rose, and he slapped the imperial case with his palm.

"Rebel, you want to be angry! Let you say it. ”

Xia Yiyu raised his head helplessly and said, "Erchen obeys the order!" The official system of the Han Dynasty and the official system of our dynasty are not advisable; In the Han Dynasty, except for the boiling of salt by the people, everything was run by the government, which led to a large amount of corruption. And our dynasty is controlled by the local government, and the court knows nothing about what is obtained, and it is simply a mess.

Erchen proposed the establishment of a salt industry yamen directly under the imperial court distributed in various prefectures and counties, and the directly subordinate yamen was responsible for purchasing, and then selling it to merchants for distribution at a fixed price, and then there were merchants for transshipment and retail sales. The first-hand salt price is only 7 wen a bucket, but the market price is 50 wen a bucket, and the intermediate profits all go to the powerful and salt merchants, and the imperial court can't even eat the leftovers.

A family of five needs 50 catties of salt a year, and our dynasty has a population of tens of thousands, so how much salt does it need to consume in a year, but what is the reason why the annual salt tax of the imperial court does not exceed 300,000 yuan? ”

Emperor Xiyuan's face was extremely solemn, he hadn't studied these carefully, a family of five needed fifty catties of salt a year, so how much did tens of thousands of people need?

I didn't know that there was a mountain of gold in front of me, Emperor Xiyuan was dripping blood in his heart, and the emperor also loved silver very much, because there were too many places that needed silver.

Emperor Xiyuan's hands were trembling slightly, he was distressed, and the most feared person in the world was definitely the emperor.