Zhang Shoulin was quick to do things, and after receiving the order, he left the Cheng'en Palace.

Li Feng breathed a long sigh of relief and leaned his head back on the chair: "Wei Dongting, what do you think of this person?" ”

"This son is clever and decisive, and his background is innocent, His Highness can be reused!"

While speaking, an old man dressed in black and with a rickety figure had already appeared in front of Li Feng.

"Wei Dongting, you're also old."

"Although the slave is old, she can still clear all obstacles for His Highness!"

This old man seems to be mediocre, but he has an aura that is difficult to hide.

If Zhao Kang was present, then he would definitely be able to recognize the identity of this old man: the eunuch in charge of the former head of the Great Qian Empire, Wei Dongting!

Although Youzhou is under the jurisdiction of the capital, there has been no prince here for many years.

There are only two reasons for this, one is the bitter cold in the far north, and the other is the endless war.

Youzhou is located in the north, and unlike the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the water conservancy here is very scarce, and agricultural production cannot be guaranteed.

The Great Qian Empire was based on farming, and in its early years, the imperial capital was set in Jinling.

As for Youzhou, although it is barren and scarce, it occupies a dangerous terrain, not only adjacent to the Korean and Korean dynasties, but also played a role in fighting against the northern nomads.

Once Youzhou falls, it will affect the entire northern defense line, leaving the hinterland of the Central Plains exposed to the iron hooves of nomads.

Because of this, the Great Qian Empire has always attached great importance to Youzhou, and if it weren't for Li Feng's demotion this time, Youzhou might not have been established as a fief.

Li Feng said with a smile: "My father said that I was asked to come here to become a vassal, but in fact, he handed over all the power to you, the head of the imperial palace, am I right?" ”

Although Li Feng came through time, he inherited all the memories of his predecessor.

In his memory, this Gonggong Wei was not only the head of the imperial palace, but also the most trusted person of the Great Qiandi Emperor.

The reason why he was placed by his side, the down-and-out prince, was to supervise himself at all times.

In addition, this Ouchi Governor is also the Governor of the Department of Celebrants, and even if he has stepped down now, the energy contained in him should not be underestimated.

Seeing Li Feng hiding a knife in his smile, Wei Dongting hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The slave is just a dog by your side, how can you have the right to take charge of Youzhou!" ”

"Grandpa Wei doesn't have to be so polite, please get up!"

"Your Highness!"

Looking at the groveling Wei Dongting, Li Feng couldn't help but sigh at the majesty of the feudal imperial power.

Wei Dongting is in charge of the celebrant and is even respected as the prime minister in the court, but even so, he still has to grovel to himself, a down-and-out prince.

"Father-in-law Wei, what do you think about the matter of this king's domain?"

Wei Dongting was stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Although His Royal Highness has been removed from the position of the crown prince, but from the perspective of slaves, this is not necessarily a bad thing, you are tranquil by nature, you don't like to fight, and staying away from the temple may be the best choice!" ”

Hearing this, Li Feng sneered: "Is this best choice for me, or for the East Palace?" ”

"You and Donggong are both good!"

The conversation reached an impasse, and the atmosphere was somewhat solemn.

At this moment, someone suddenly came from outside: "Your Highness, Lord Liu is here!" ”

"Announce him to the temple!"

After Li Feng finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Wei Dongting: "Tonight's night banquet in Zhaofu, this king wants to know what they are talking about!" ”

"Slaves obey!"

"Well, go down, don't let anyone else see it!"

As soon as Wei Dongting's front foot stepped out of the threshold of Cheng'en Palace, the whole person disappeared.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Feng's mouth: "This Wei Dongting is a bit interesting!" ”

As soon as Wei Dongting left on his front foot, Liu Ji stumbled in from the outside: "Xiaguan Liu Ji, meet Wang Jia Chitose!" ”

"Well, there's no one else here, get up!"

"Xie Chitose!"

Liu Ji got up, still standing respectfully aside.

Li Feng flipped through the table of the Nine Disasters and asked Liu Ji: "This time the Nine Disasters were affected, is there a local disaster relief strategy?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Ji's body trembled: "Hui Chitose, no!" ”

"The imperial court remembered the drought in Youzhou, and has exempted Youzhou from taxes for three years, so is there no silver deposit in the local finance?"

Liu Ji raised his head and said embarrassedly: "After His Royal Highness became a vassal, the local silver deposit has been spent, and you also ordered to raise the tax ...... the people."

Speaking of this, Liu Ji lowered his head again, as if he was worried that Li Feng would be angry with him.

But who knew that in the face of Liu Ji's admonition, Li Feng just nodded slightly: "Well, I remembered!" ”

"But this king still has the silver ticket you handed in, I checked it last night, the amount is about 500,000 taels, can you buy some food and distribute it to the victims?"

Liu Ji: "Chitose, this disaster has affected tens of thousands of people, and now the price of food in Youzhou City has increased several times, and the 500,000 taels handed over by the lower officials are probably not enough to delay the disaster!"

Hearing that the price of food has risen, Li Feng frowned slightly.

He knew that life in Youzhou was not easy, but he never expected that someone would take this opportunity to make a fortune in the country.

"What is the price of food now?"

"Back to Chitose, this year's new rice has risen to 120 wen a catty, even if it is last year's old rice, now it needs 80 wen!"

One tael of silver in the Great Qian Empire can be converted into a thousand wen. And the current price of grain, 1,000 yuan can only buy 8 to 12 catties of grain.

These 500,000 taels of silver are indeed a drop in the bucket in front of the victims!

Li Feng still wanted to speak, so Liu Ji opened his mouth one step ahead of him: "There is no grain in the granary of the official government now, and there has been an uncontrollable trend of famine in Youzhou last year, in order to ensure the stability of the people, Lord Zhao ordered the official warehouse to release grain, so as to impact the price of grain in the market, but this move also had little effect!" ”

Hearing this, Li Feng's face gradually became gloomy.

The granary of the government is the ballast stone for maintaining regional stability.

It stands to reason that this batch of grain should be supplied to the army as a priority, and it cannot be appropriated without an order from the imperial court.

But in the face of tens of thousands of hungry people affected by the disaster, if he were replaced by Li Feng, he would do the same.

Although he wanted to bring down Zhao Kang, he would never use such a method, let alone make a fuss about the granary in Youzhou.

However, he also wanted to see who dared to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

"Zhang Shoulin!"

"Humble duty!"

"Order a team for this king. This king wants to go out on the streets! ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Shoulin got the order and turned his head to select people.

Li Feng turned his gaze to Liu Ji and said, "The matter of taxation, this king is ready to change it!" ”

"Chitose wants to reduce the people's taxes?"

"No, this king is going to change the tax system!"

Hearing that Li Feng was going to change the tax system, Liu Ji hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Chitose, the tax system of this dynasty is determined by His Majesty, and the vassal kings of various places are not allowed to change it at will, and I hope Chitose will think twice!" ”

"This king knows that the tax system cannot be easily changed, but now that Youzhou is in trouble, it is a critical period, and the tax system should be changed, and this king will play a good job."

"Then dare to ask Chitose, how are you going to change it?"

"The law of this dynasty orders merchants to pay ten taxes and one, I think this ratio is too low, and this king is ready to change to five taxes and one for merchants in Youzhou!"