Wei Xiaobao said with a smile: "Concubine De has a graceful posture, beautiful and virtuous appearance, and a strange fragrance, which will definitely make Your Majesty want to stop." ”

"Stop, what's going on with this smell?" Li Zheng has only seen it in books, some women are born with a strange fragrance, smell like a spring breeze, refreshing people's hearts, in reality, there are such girls?

Wei Xiaobao came up with an idea and said: "Your Majesty can take a bath with Concubine De, and then you will know the subtleties." ”

"Bathing? I'm afraid that's not right, right? Li Zheng's cheeks were actually slightly hot.

Even if the relationship with Zhang Hatdie has risen to another level, they have never bathed together.

It could be seen that Li Zheng was very interested in this, Wei Xiaobao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I'll arrange it." ”

That night, Li Zheng went to Lanxin Palace and spent an unforgettable night.

In the Peony Palace, Zhang Hatdie didn't wait for Li Zheng for a long time, and he was quite disappointed.

Soon a palace maid came to tell her that Li Zheng had gone to Lanxin Palace.

Knowing that it was Wei Xiaobao who instigated Li Zheng to go to Lanxin Palace, Zhang Hatdie's heart was even more unpleasant.

It was Wei Xiaobao who pushed her to the position of queen, and after she got His Majesty's exclusive favor, Wei Xiaobao asked Li Zheng to go to say goodbye to the concubine, what did Wei Xiaobao do this for?

Before dawn, Wei Xiaobao was sleeping soundly, and was suddenly woken up by a rapid knock on the door.

Xiao An and Wei Qi were both outside the door, and their faces were full of anxiety.

"Master, Li Hao took Dali City, the capital of the Southern Ming Kingdom, last night, Your Majesty asks you to enter the palace as soon as possible." Xiao An still had beads of sweat on his forehead.

At first, Nanming relied on fire oil to repel Li Hao several times, but after becoming familiar with Nanming's tactics, Kong Liang and Lin Zhiyuan and other think tanks discussed together, and finally used a clever plan to take Dali City in one fell swoop, captured the Nanming royal family, and all the ministers of Nanming surrendered, and they expressed their loyalty to Li Hao.

Li Hao is called the emperor, and he is afraid that it will be in a few days.

After owning the land and people of Nanming, Li Hao's next plan must be to go north to attack Chang'an City.

Li Zheng was in Huang Fu's quilt, smelling the intoxicating fragrance and sleeping beautifully.

When he was woken up by Osmanthus, Li Zheng was still very dissatisfied, but as soon as he heard the news that Li Hao had taken Dali City, Li Zheng's legs were so weak that he almost couldn't get out of bed.

The important ministers of the court and the central government have all come to the outside of the Qiankun Palace and discuss in a low voice.

When Wei Xiaobao came to the Qiankun Palace, the discussion had just begun.

Almost all of the ministers believed that Li Hao would be the emperor next, and then recruit troops in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and within three years, he would go north.

Compared with the wealth of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Great Wei Dynasty has been plagued by natural disasters in recent years, either drought or flood, the common people can not eat, it can be said that they are starving all over the wilderness, and the population has decreased sharply.

It's hard to recover in three years, let alone recruit for war.

In a short period of time, Li Hao should not go north, he must first gain a firm foothold in Nanming, but he also has to beware of Li Hao's surprise.

"Your Majesty, the top priority is to reduce taxes and recruit soldiers." Bai Muliang stood up and said.

He heard the ministers suggesting that they should increase taxes so that they could fill the treasury so that they could have money to fight.

The words of the ministers sound very reasonable, after all, fighting is the most expensive thing.

From this discussion, Wei Xiaobao only had one feeling, that is, the ministers were very incompetent, except for Bai Muliang.

Bai Muliang was able to become the head of the cabinet and build the White Party in the DPRK and China, and his ability must be outstanding.

"Old Baige, you said tax cuts? Did you know that there are no more taels of silver in the treasury? Some officials had the courage to reply to Bai Muliang.

Bai Muliang laughed and said, "Why is there no silver in the treasury, doesn't Lord Zhou know?" ”

"Colleagues in the Manchu Dynasty, I'm afraid that no one's pockets are more bulging than Bai Ge Lao, right?" That Lord Zhou sneered at each other.

The rest of the officials all sweated for Lord Zhou, and it was not a wise move to provoke Bai Muliang in front of His Majesty like this.

Bai Muliang just wanted to fight back, but saw Li Zheng rubbing his forehead, obviously feeling a headache for their boring quarrel.

Bai Muliang observed his words, and then asked Wei Xiaobao: "I don't know what the overseer thinks?" ”

Li Zheng also looked at Wei Xiaobao, with a lot of expectation in his eyes.

Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "I think Bai Ge Lao is right, at the moment we have to do two things, that is, tax cuts and recruitment." ”

Lord Zhou was originally gloomy, but when he heard Wei Xiaobao say the same, he immediately lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

Li Zheng frowned and said: "The treasury is already very empty, and if you reduce taxes again, there will be no money to recruit troops." ”

Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty, the common people can't eat enough, and they are worried about three meals a day, even if there are men in the family, who is willing to give up their elderly fathers and mothers, leave their young wives and children to put on military uniforms and fight for the country?" ”

Li Zheng's heart was very touched by these words, the people couldn't eat, and if the taxes were increased, wouldn't this force them to rebel?

It's just that there is really no silver in the treasury, and it is impossible to do without it.

No matter how you look at it, today's Great Wei is in a dead end.

"The subordinate dared to guess that the Overseer must have thought of a good plan." Liu Shangwen, the secretary of the military department, smiled and patted his ass.

Li Zheng said: "Xiaobao can be outspoken. ”

Wei Xiaobao took a deep breath and said: "No matter how hard you are, you can't suffer the people, for today's plan, the only way to do this is to reduce the salaries of officials, this is one of them." ”

At this point, the ministers had already let out a burst of exclamations.

They understood that Wei Xiaobao said that he couldn't suffer the people, this was preparing to suffer the officials of the imperial court.

"Go on." Li Zheng was interested.

Wei Xiaobao continued: "In addition to cutting the salary, we also have to launch a fundraiser, and the hundred officials will take the lead in donating money and materials, so as to drive those rich people to also contribute money and people, which is the second. ”

The ministers were scolding their mothers in their hearts.

Forget about cutting their money, I never expected Wei Xiaobao to be even more ruthless, and even asked them to donate money and materials, which was to make them completely return to poverty.

Li Zheng nodded slightly.

Bai Mu's conscience was extremely impressed, and he had to say that what Wei Xiaobao said did work.

If the officials think about the people like this, the people will naturally return the favor and join the army to defend the country.

Wei Xiaobao looked at the ministers with a smile and continued: "Relying on the first two points alone, it is only a symptom but not a root cause, if you want to really make Great Wei strong again, you have to streamline the organization, reduce the number of officials, and improve the efficiency of work, this is the third." ”

The ministers were in an uproar.

Reducing money and donating money and property is ruthless enough, but I didn't expect Wei Xiaobao to be even more ruthless in the end.

Streamlining institutions and reducing the number of officials, to be specific, which institutions to streamline and which officials to lay off are all matters that the ministers are extremely concerned about.

But they did not speak out against it.

Just because of the three points mentioned by Wei Xiaobao, it can indeed solve the current dilemma that Great Wei is facing.

Li Zheng thought about it carefully, felt that Wei Xiaobao's proposal was feasible, and immediately asked, "What do you think?" ”

"The governor is really a genius, and the old minister thinks that if he does what the governor says, in less than three years, the Great Wei will be able to be strong and strong, the country and the people will be safe, and the surrounding countries will not come to the court." Bai Muliang's sycophants snapped.

Bai Muliang said so, what else can the rest of the officials say?

If you oppose it now, you just don't want Dawei to become stronger.

For a time, the hall was full of voices of "ministers seconding".

Li Zheng smiled and said, "Wei Xiaobao listens to the order. ”

PS: Thank you for the support of the wine and meat monks and the wild cats in the alley in the book city, and thank you to all the Taoist friends who voted for the nine colors.