Xia Capital, Feng Mansion.

This is the mansion of Feng Xiyao, the secretary of the ministry, and many people also gathered in the Feng mansion at this time, including Fang Jiaxu, the secretary of the household department.

"Brother Feng, have you also received the rumors from Donghai Prefecture?"

Fang Jiaxu looked at Feng Xiyao, who was expressionless, at this time, and took the lead in asking.

Feng Xiyao nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The news was just received today, and so is Brother Fang?"

"Yes, also received today. ”

"It seems that this news is deliberately spread by someone in order to undermine the prestige of our family in the hearts of the people. ”

Fang Jiaxu frowned and said, "Was it the Donghai Prefecture envoy who made his own decision, or was someone instigated?"

Feng Xiyao thought for a moment and replied, "It should be the one who instigated it, and that envoy is not so bold as to go against our family." ”

"So what do we do now?"

Feng Xiyao also frowned, he couldn't think of any good way for a while, he thought that this was just a matter that didn't have a big impact on their family, but he didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, it would have an impact on them.

No wonder it was the same as the imperial examination system at that time, and it was going to be tried in Donghai Prefecture now, and it was already planned to target their family at that time.

Thinking of this, Feng Xiyao sighed, if he was not careful, he would be in a predicament!

"At the next court meeting, let's ask Your Majesty for orders together, and replace the tax system in other places with a new system, otherwise when the news spreads, we families will be uncomfortable, and we will suffer the accusations of hundreds of people. ”

Fang Jiaxu also sighed and said: "This can only be the case, but I am afraid that Your Majesty will find a way to postpone it, since he is already ready to use this trick against us, it is estimated that it will not be so easy to stop." ”

"It's okay, we will unite hundreds of officials and enter Cambodia together, I believe Your Majesty will not sit idly by, by the way, quickly inform the major families of these things, let them know. ”

"Good. ”

Then Feng Xiyao and Fang Jiaxu discussed some details of the court meeting, and then sent someone to pass the news to the rest of the major families, and now the news has just reached Zhongxia Prefecture, and those families in the west don't know about it.

The next day, it was the time of the court meeting, and Feng Xiyao and others had already discussed it, preparing to join forces with Xia Ren at the court meeting, so that other states could also open up the new tax system.

But when they came to the Imperial Palace, they waited left and right, and Xia Ren never appeared, and there was something bad in their hearts.

Sure enough, after a while, Cao Zhengchun walked in and said, "Your Majesty needs to retreat during this time, so the court meeting will be temporarily presided over by the prime minister." ”

After saying that, he left.

When Feng Xiyao and the others heard this, their brows immediately furrowed, Your Majesty suddenly retreated at this time, if you want to say that you are not tired, they don't believe it, but what can they do, they can't force themselves to rush in and say that they want to see Your Majesty.

Thinking of this, Feng Xiyao coughed, and then said to Liu Bowen: "Prime Minister, since Your Majesty has ordered you to preside over the government, is it time to start?"

Liu Bowen turned around and smiled, and said, "What Lord Feng said is true. ”

Then he shouted, "Do you colleagues have something to discuss?"

As soon as Liu Bowen finished speaking, Feng Xiyao answered, "This official has something to do, and I ask the prime minister and you to make a decision." ”

"Lord Feng, please speak. ”

"In the past few days, I have heard that the tax system in Donghai Prefecture has been tried perfectly, and the people of Daxia are all grateful to the imperial court, so this official hopes that the imperial court can implement this new tax system to other states, so that all the people in the world can enjoy this new system. ”

Liu Bowen nodded after listening, and then said with a wry smile: "What Lord Feng said is reasonable, but the tax system is very important, so it needs to be decided by His Majesty personally, but now His Majesty is in retreat, so this matter will wait for now, I believe Your Majesty should be out of the customs soon." ”

Fang Jiaxu on the side also frowned when he heard this, if the new tax system is not extended to other states at this time, then these families will be under a lot of pressure.

Thinking of this, he also spoke: "Prime Minister Liu, since Your Majesty asked you to preside over the government before the retreat, I believe that you can still decide on this matter, and this matter will benefit my Great Xia without any harm, even if Your Majesty does not retreat, he will agree." ”

After speaking, he continued to the rest of the hundred officials: "And I believe that the rest of the ministers think the same way. ”

Hearing Fang Jiaxu's words, most of the other officials stood up and agreed, putting pressure on Liu Bowen to get him to agree.

But Liu Bowen was still unmoved, just shook his head and said helplessly: "This matter still needs Your Majesty to make the decision himself, and Liu can't make this decision." ”

When Feng Xiyao and Fang Jiaxu heard this, they glanced at each other, and they both frowned helplessly.

This Liu Bowen looks like he doesn't eat oil and rice, which makes them have a headache, no matter how they persuade them, they will bite to death and wait for His Majesty to come out.

But who knows when His Majesty will come out of the customs! If it is closed for a few months, then the people in their respective places must not fall into trouble!

But what can they do? They have no choice but to continue to argue with Liu Bowen.

A few days have passed, and there is still no result from the DPRK and China.

......

Sizhou, Dingxi City.

This is the city of the Feng family of the Marquis of Dingxi, and the Feng Mansion is also in the central part of Dingxi City.

At this time, Feng Yifan, the Marquis of Dingxi, was talking to a person in the study, this person was also the head of the Cao family, the Quartet Marquis, Cao Jinlin.

"Brother Feng, you must also know the news from Donghai Prefecture, the one in the DPRK has started to attack us frequently now, what should we do?"

Feng Yifan didn't speak, he was silent for a while, and then he slowly spoke: "Those things before were all petty fights, which had little impact on us, but this time, if it is not solved well, it is easy to cause damage to the foundation of our family." ”

"This time, the two systems, the imperial examination system will not be mentioned, this is to cut off the promotion path of our family, and want to win over those poor children to oppose us, but fortunately, it was only placed in Donghai Prefecture first, and we still have enough time to think of a way. ”

"But we have to find a way to solve this tax system as soon as possible, otherwise if it causes anger among the people, then it will be difficult for our families to gain a foothold. ”

Cao Jinlin nodded after listening, although Feng Yifan did not say a specific solution, but after an analysis, it also made some sense, so he could only nod.

"Today I have received news that the Minister of the DPRK and China has repeatedly proposed to open the new tax system to the rest of the states, but it has not been passed, and His Majesty has been in retreat and will not attend the court meeting for the time being. ”

When Feng Xifan heard this, he also sighed and said: "There is no way, Your Majesty is determined to delay time, what can we do." ”

After speaking, he continued: "Send a message to the people in the DPRK and China, and let them join the families in the south and north to enter Cambodia together next time, otherwise they will enter Cambodia separately every time, and it will be easy to be fooled." ”

"But will those in the South and the North be with us?"

"Don't worry about this, although they in the south and the north do not deal with our western families, they are still the same in terms of overall interests, and I believe they can also see the situation in the DPRK and China, and they will not sit idly by at such a juncture. ”

"Well, that's all there is to it, alas!"

......

At the same time, the city of Dingnan in the southern Wei Prefecture, which was the seat of the Qin family of the Marquis of Dingnan.

The two families of Dingnanhou and Dingxihou were inherited from almost the same period, so even the names of the feudal marquis are somewhat similar, and Dingnanhou is also one of the most powerful marquis in the south, and the Shen family of Nanwu Hou is basically the same in the south.

In the Qin Mansion, the contemporary Dingnan Marquis Qin Ye was sitting in the pavilion drinking tea at this time, and a middle-aged man on the side was standing there respectfully, reporting some information to Qin Ye.

"Master Hou, now that the DPRK and China are still deadlocked, if you wait for the news to break out in the south, it is estimated that it will be detrimental to Lord Hou's reputation!"

After hearing this, Qin Ye shook his head with a smile and said, "The most urgent thing about this matter should be those guys in the west, our family in the south is not as dependent on the people's hearts as in the west. ”

After speaking, he continued: "But since Your Majesty has already made a move, we can't sit still, and let the major marquis in the south join forces to block the news, don't let the news spread so quickly, and then we will wait for those people in the west to come to us." ”

The middle-aged man wondered, "Those people in the west who are above the top will ask us to cooperate?"

"Yes, this matter is the business of all the families in the world, and their eagerness is much higher than ours, no surprise, within a few days, they will find us to cooperate and put pressure on the court together. ”

"Shall we say yes then?"

Qin Ye smiled: "Why don't you agree, but don't agree too easily, and talk about the benefits." ”

After speaking, he thought of something, and then said: "By the way, go and contact the people of Beilinghou, unite with them, knock on some benefits from the west first, don't easily agree to them." ”

"And what if those people in the west don't agree?"

"It's impossible, and the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for them. We can hold on, they can't. ”

"Okay, then my subordinates will do it. ”

"Go ahead. ”

Looking at the figure of the middle-aged man leaving, Qin Ye smiled, thinking of what Sun Meng said to him some time ago, he was a little hesitant in his heart.

He and Sun Meng met on the battlefield, and the people in the south are better at fighting, so they have basically been on the battlefield when they were young, and Qin Ye is no exception, Sun Meng was met by him by chance.

Later, Sun Meng was named the Marquis of Ding'an, and the family was also placed in the west, and the contact between the two increased, and the relationship gradually improved, anyway, the Sun family could not threaten his Qin family, and Sun Meng was also capable, so Qin Ye didn't mind being close to Sun Meng.

But some time ago, Sun Meng secretly came to the Qin family and talked to him about some things, since that time, Qin Ye always wandered in his heart, not knowing what his Qin family should do next.

"Alas, it depends on this time, if it really doesn't work, it can only be as Sun Meng said. ”

With a sigh, Qin Ye muttered in a low voice.

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