Because of the existence of long-distance communication methods, the real-time reporting of this side of the world is quite strong.

Each local county would compile the major events of the day before the evening to the imperial capital, and the important parts of the court under the Hanlin Yuan would be selected and compiled overnight.

Before midnight the next day, the Imperial News Division sent the compiled contents of the arrival report back to the counties and counties, and the local government government posted it at the entrance of the government every hour at the time of the day, and printed it into a book and handed it over to the bookstores in the city for sale.

It is an alternative morning news, and it is also the only way for most people in the world to understand the major affairs of their family and country.

The thickness of a newspaper is about a little thicker than that of a paper newspaper in the previous life, but the layout is similar.

The headings, subheadings, then the text description, and even some of them are illustrated.

After taking a closer look all the way, Xu Yuan's expression became more and more strange.

Except for some people who died under the annual winter cold wave natural disasters in some state capitals in the north, the rest of the Great Yan Dynasty summed up four words, singing and dancing.

It can't be said to be completely inconsistent with the Cangyuan background he is familiar with, it can only be said to be irrelevant.

After being silent for a long time, Xu Yuan opened the curtain of the carriage and glanced at the prosperous market outside.

The small people in the market have disturbed, the hawkers are shouting and shouting through the pedestrian flow, and the sons and beauties are laughing and feasting while walking, and there are already some bright striped lights lit up under the dusk.

Seeing it with your own eyes, it is indeed prosperous.

Retracted his gaze and continued to browse, and soon, Xu Yuan found the information he was looking for.

At this time, there was a war going on in the north of the Great Yan Dynasty.

However, it is only in the last part of this report that there is a little space.

"The Ninth Princess led the army to the north, broke the barbarian soldiers under the Hanbei City, and killed more than 10,000 enemies."

A very easy description was hurriedly brought over.

Xu Yuan put down the report, his eyes were a little puzzled.

He didn't remember that there was such a war in Cangyuan, but looking at the description of these few words, the scale of this war should be very large.

Because he has a vague impression of the cold North City.

The original body followed Xu Changge once when he was a child.

It was a military giant city in the north of the Great Flame, the city was a hundred feet high, and the majestic city walls that could not be seen were overflowing with cold air.

At a glance, there is a white snow mist, like a desperate Great Wall.

There are also many satellite military towns around it, which echo with the main city of Hanbei and form horns with each other.

Xu Yuan vaguely remembered that Xu Changge said to him when he was still young:

"Hanbei City is the gateway to the northern provinces, once it is broken, there will be no danger to defend on the rear plain, and the barbarians can spread like locusts, and the harm is immeasurable.

"There's no room for loss here."

And it is such an important town, but more than ten years later, it has been under the city by the barbarian soldiers.

“........”

Xu Yuan raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, gathered his thoughts, and no longer thought about it, but said directly:

"Mr. Zhou, this war in the north... DID YOU KNOW? ”

"Huh?"

Zhou Chen, who was driving, heard Xu Yuan's sudden words, hesitated, thought for a while, and shook his head:

"It's not very clear, Zhou has never been to the north, well... Childe, but you saw the battle between my Great Yan and those barbarians from the newspaper? ”

Xu Yuan bowed slightly:

"Well, I've never known about it before, but now I see that I'm a little concerned, so I'm asking you."

"The son is worried about the country and the people."

Zhou Chen hugged his fist towards the back, and then said with a smile: "Zhou really doesn't know the specific situation, but if you really care, son, after returning to the house, you can let the housekeeper prepare a report from the interior of the Xiangguo Mansion, and the report from the interior of our Prime Minister's Mansion is much more detailed than the one above this thing." ”

"Internal retribution?" Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows.

Zhou Chen said indifferently:

"The official reports have all been selected by the Chaowen Division, and many things are incomplete."

“.......”

Xu Yuan understood when he heard this, and he didn't say more.

And Zhou Chen, who was driving, seemed to think of something because of this topic, and suddenly let out a long sigh, picked up the wine gourd and took a sip, and said in a chattering voice:

"The group of guys in Chaowensi have been reporting good news and not bad news, what's the chaos outside, don't you have any points in your heart?"

Hearing this, Xu Yuan's brows immediately furrowed.

What's the mess going on?

This Jingjiang City is so prosperous inside, but it's chaotic outside?

But if that's the case, it can match the plot.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Yuan asked:

"Mr. Zhou, what do you mean by "chaos"? ”

“.......”

Zhou Chen glanced back at the small window on the carriage with some surprise.

If monsters and bandits are rampant today, isn't it common sense?

Why didn't the third prince know?

However, after a little thought, Zhou Chen also reacted and smiled helplessly.

These three sons either stayed in the imperial capital, or stayed in the huge Jingjiang Mansion, almost never went out of the city, grew up in a honeypot, and it was normal to not know the situation outside.

Zhou Chen thought about his words a little and said in a low voice:

"Third prince, you have been staying in the city without knowing it, in recent years, natural and man-made disasters in various places have not stopped."

As he spoke, Zhou Chen sighed, and his tone was slightly complicated:

"I was ordered to rush to this Jingjiang City from the imperial capital, and I encountered many demon beasts attacking people along the way, and I could only see a pile of ruins and some dry bones when I passed many villages from the air."

Xu Yuan's heart sank:

"Demon beast attack?"

Zhou Chen explained: "It doesn't mean that those domesticated monsters hurt people, but that they remain in the mountains and wilderness. ”

"I know, I mean the people of the Heavenly Division? Isn't it their duty for monsters to attack the people? ”

“........”

Zhou Chen didn't answer this.

After a pause,

Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't say anything, Xu Yuan took the initiative to speak:

"If Mr. Zhou has anything to say, just say it directly, don't take it into account."

Seeing this, Zhou Chen was no longer silent, and smiled:

"Because the court has no money."

His laughter was tinged with a hint of sarcasm.

Because there is no money, there is no one in the Heavenly Prison Division, so I can't manage it.

As for why there is no money?

Hehe.

There was silence in the carriage for a few breaths, and it was a long time before the voice came out again:

"Mr. Zhou, can you tell me why? Corrupt officials? ”

When Zhou Chen heard this, he didn't care about it anymore, but said softly:

"It's just one of them."

"What's the rest?" Xu Yuan asked.

Zhou Chen did not answer, but asked rhetorically:

"Does the third prince know how many sects' properties are in this Jingjiang City?"

Xu Yuan's eyes froze and shook his head slightly;

"I don't know."

While drinking, Zhou Chen chattered:

"Drunken Immortal Tower, Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the Demon Beast Spinning Market in the east of the city, and the thousands of hectares of fertile land outside the city...... All of these are the properties of the sect.

"Hehe, the silver needed to feed the children of the sect who are not engaged in production is several times more than the military expenses required by the border army every year."

Zhou Chen's tone was leisurely, but his voice was low:

"But these sects don't have to pay taxes, they pay attention to tribute, as for how much they pay each year, hehe.... They have the final say on their own. ”

Xu Yuan's scalp was faintly numb, probably obvious.

Because the examples are right in front of you.

The Drunken Immortal Building is the property of that Mr. Qin.

And at the original Tianyuan Conference, Xu Changge would kill this Mr. Qin, which shows that he is also a member of the local sect.

At least on the surface.

As a gold cave, the drunken immortal building does not know how much profit it makes overnight.

And this is only a corner of the thousands of industries of the sect, but the imperial court can't receive a cent of this silver.

In the past life, none of the ancient gentry were so outrageous.

Regardless of the actual implementation, at least the tax payment of this group of people in the official face is only a reduction and preferential treatment.

And when it came to this side, these sects directly refused to accept it.

Seeing that Xu Yuan was silent for a long time,

Zhou Chen arched his hand towards the sky:

"The third prince, Lord Xiangguo has repeatedly played the prince and wanted to rectify this problem, but he was rejected by the prince on the grounds that the ancestral system cannot be changed lightly.

"I guess, Mr. Qin's attack on you is probably because of this matter."