Xiao Guang tapped his fingers on the top of the Golden Table, and every time he saw this disgusting old fellow, he thought of ways to deal with Yun and the speechless people under him. He knew that there were many people in the south who had received the favor of the Speechless, and the influence of the Holy Lord in the South was even greater than that of his father, for them Xiao Jing, the so-called Emperor of the Great Liang, was just a passerby, the South had been in the midst of secession for thousands of years, and few of the rulers of the South would treat them as ordinary people, and whenever they encountered difficulties, the first thing they thought of would only be to seek help from the Speechless.

In the south, Yun, the leader of the Speechless, has countless believers, and other beliefs and sects are simply not worth mentioning in front of him, although Yun has always been absolutely obedient to Xiao Guang's orders, and it is precisely because of the support of the Speechless that Xiao Guang can sit firmly in the southern world, the other three of the four kings rule only a few places, and Xiao Guang alone has half of the land of the entire Liang and three-fifths of the population, but Xiao Guang is not satisfied with this, what he wants is to completely control the Speechless, he doesn't like Yun to have so much power.

In the south, the speechless have the power to trade and produce independently, and their every move can affect the economy or politics of the entire south, even Xiao Guang, who is the lord of the southern emperor, must treat the leader of the speechless with courtesy, and on the day of worshipping the holy lord, Xiao Guang has to personally go to preside over the ceremony with Yun, if they don't go, the entire southern holy religion believers will think that this is an offense to the holy lord by their nominal monarch, and in their hearts, the loyalty to the holy lord is even above their own lives, Once their anger is aroused, even Xiao Guang will be difficult to end.

As usual, Xiao Guang still didn't think of a way to deal with Yun, so his eyes fell on the body of Yin Shi Dao of Chu State, at this moment Yin Shi Dao was impassionedly making his speech to the courtiers present, Yin Shi Dao as the most important transit port of the entire river in the hands of Chu Guogong, the caravan owned by his subordinates accounted for thirty percent of the entire Liang, and the wealth he owned was also immeasurable, if Yin Shi Dao was just greedy for money Xiao Guang would forget it, but this guy almost unabashedly revealed his ambition to be independent.

The ancestor of Yin Shi Dao was the prince of Chu when he left the dynasty, and later the Yin clan also established himself as the king of Chu when he left the dynasty, and later when the Liang went south, Yin Shi Dao did not resist at all and surrendered directly to the Liang, so the strength of Yin Shi Dao was almost not lost, and after the unification of the world, Xiao Jing also thought about sending a new official to replace the old people in the original Chu land, but as soon as the old official Yin Shi Dao was dismissed, he immediately reactivated the official on the grounds of clearing out bandits, And the newly arrived officials were dismissed not long after they were dismissed because of their lack of political performance due to the lack of cooperation from the people under them, and even his father was helpless with the Yin Master Dao, Xiao Guang naturally had nothing to do, but this did not mean that Xiao Guang was indifferent to this, Xiao Guang had always been angry about what the Yin Master Dao had done, because he thought that he was the master of the south, how could a courtier of the Yin Master Dao dare to disobey his orders like this.

When Xiao Guang heard Yin Shi Dao mention at the banquet that he wanted to increase the cost of Dajiang trade, he beat the table harder, and those lords in the upper reaches of the river looked at Xiao Guang in despair after hearing Yin Shidao's proposal, because their places did not have much tax revenue a year, and most of the local people relied on the shipping of Dajiang to make a living, if Yin Shidao raised the trade cost, not only the people in the upper reaches would not survive, but their life as small lords would also be difficult, The empire in the south is a feudal system, each piece of land is managed by the original princes of various places, the reason for adopting such a policy is still and the foundation of the Liang is located in the north in the south is still shallow, if forced intervention will only lead to a significant reduction in the administrative efficiency of the empire, these lords pay seventy percent of the taxes in the territory every year, and the court will send people to verify every year, if tax evasion is found, the court will take out the corresponding amount from the lord's treasury to pay taxes.

It seems that the thirty percent tax that the lord gets seems to be quite a lot, but the commissions required by the attendants and personal soldiers in the palace every year are about to empty them, so it is absolutely impossible for them to agree to Yin Shidao's proposal, but they don't dare to refute this Duke of Chu in public, so they have to put their last hope on Xiao Guang's body, in fact, it doesn't matter whether Xiao Guang will increase the fee or not, but Xiao Guang thinks that as a monarch, he has the obligation to protect the legitimate rights and interests of every vassal under him, Xiao Guang slammed his thick knuckles on the table to signal Yin Shi Dao to stop his speech, and said in a deep and majestic tone, "Duke Chu Guogong, you are rich enough, let these poor people go, just for my sake." ”

Yin Shi Dao looked at Xiao Guang with a displeased face, and even the words he said collapsed word by word, "Obey, my monarch." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do."

"Say it."

"Your Excellency, the ministers and your colleagues all think that the army under Xiao Yu, the king of Yunnan, is too strong, should they .......?"

Before the man finished speaking, Xiao Yu, the king of Yunnan, scolded, "The demons in the south of the empire often disturb the peace in the territory, especially the invasion in the eighth year of Daxing, if it weren't for the fierce resistance of the soldiers under this king, I don't know how many inland people would be displaced. ”

"King Dian, discuss the matter, don't be so angry." Han Cheng, the general of the Southern Imperial Palace, stroked his beard and said, "Over the years, your Yunnan army has indeed occupied too many resources in the south, and the reason why the Yunnan land has been invaded by foreign enemies is not because your aura is thin and difficult to build a high wall, rather than spending a lot of military money on your Yunnan land, it is better to use this money in other places." ”

After hearing Han Cheng's words, Xiao Yu slapped the table and stood up and yelled at Han Cheng, "Han Cheng! Do you know how much the people of Yunnan paid to defend themselves against foreign enemies? One-third of the land in the entire Yunnan region has not been cultivated so far, and more than forty percent of the sons of the Yunnan region have died at the hands of those beasts. I'm telling you! In these years, the rebuilding of Yunnan has used the military salary of our Yunnan army! ”

"Alas~ King Dian, it's useless for you to tell me this, I don't have any money, and since it's already lost so much, don't rebuild it at all." Han Cheng wiped his oil-stained fingers with a tablecloth inlaid with gold wire, and then said to Xiao Yu with a smile, "But if you are really short of money, King of Dian, it's not that I can't lend you and your poor people. ”

Before Xiao Yu could smash the wine glass at the damn Han Cheng, the man sitting next to him got up from the chair one step ahead of him. He was a short, sturdy man, even with his age, the bulging muscles on his body still stretched the wide dress a little bigger, and a gorgeous sword was worn at his waist, and when he stood up, Han Cheng, who had been chattering, quickly closed his mouth.

In Daliang, people used to refer to him as a legendary warrior, the supreme commander of the Southern Empire, or the nemesis of demons, but for Wei He, this was just a compliment from people. When he was a teenager, he was called Daliang Shuangbi with Xiao Xuan, Wei He and Xiao Xuan are different, he has no royal identity, he is just a small captain with a little reputation, when he became a general, all the people in the army were talking about him, because he was too young, but as people learned of his deeds, this voice of doubt gradually faded down, even the most demanding veterans in the army admitted that this young man was indeed qualified for the position of general, and they even thought that Wei He should go further.