Great Wei, at the end of February of the second year of Taiping, the tribute of the eighteen states of the Great Wei began to be handed over to Yongdu City, and each state had a certain proportion, and those with more resources would pay more, and those with fewer resources would pay less.

Li Changsheng and Chen Shiyue were also busy, and they began to stare at the warehouse of Great Wei, thinking about whether the tribute was enough, which was their task.

"Seven states have paid tribute, but all of them are insufficient"

Chen Shiyue sent someone to count the tributes, with a solemn expression, the tributes from the seven states have been sent to the warehouse in Yongdu City, but they are all insufficient, about seventy or eighty.

"I'll go talk to Li Hongsleeve"

"What if she doesn't get it together, kill her?"

"Can't kill her, kill her, the Great Wei will be torn apart, and the tribute will be even more insufficient, unless the sect is willing to send people to govern the Great Wei in person"

"This..."

Chen Shiyue shook his head, the Tianlan Sect did not have this habit, and the Tianlan Sect also had many vassal forces, but the Tianlan Sect would never personally govern those forces.

The strategy they adopt is similar to the feudal system, you take refuge in me, give a certain benefit every year, I protect your safety, and as for the internal affairs, you can handle it yourself.

Those small family vassals of the Tianlan Sect are all like this, not to mention the Great Wei, the Great Wei has 18 states and a population of hundreds of millions, if the Tianlan Sect comes to govern, how many people will be sent over?

This is simply unrealistic, and Tianlan Sect is not willing to bear the cost of this rule at all, so killing Li Hongsleeve is the next choice.

"Senior Brother Changsheng, what do you say?"

"I'll talk to Li Hongsleeve, it's best to let her make it up, if it can't be done, then ask the sect what to do."

Li Changsheng said that he was not planning for the Li family or the Great Wei, but purely for the interests of the sect and his own interests.

This year, a lot of things happened here in Dawei, Li Hongsleeve wantonly purged the original officials, and the people who promoted her and the Songshan lineage have completely stabilized their power, which Li Changsheng can see.

And Li Changsheng also found some old people back then, but except for Li Changqing, all his former deceased people have passed away, and the current Li family is very strange to Li Changsheng, and he has no sense of belonging at all.

Li Changsheng came to the palace, found Li Hongsleeve and said, "Red Sleeve, there is still a month, it's time to hand in the tribute, the tribute in the seven states is insufficient, what are you going to do?"

"Shangxian, you have also seen our efforts this year, it's not that we are unwilling to hand over tribute, but we have done our best"

"What you say is useless to me, I listen to you, Tianlan Sect will not listen to you"

"If we persecute the people to labor again, the people will rebel"

"That's your business, I'll tell you in advance, I'll report this matter to Xianmen, if you can't make up the tribute, Xianmen will be punished, and you're the first, don't harm others and yourself"

"I see"

Li Hongsleeve nodded, this is a blatant threat, but what can she do, she has long expected it, she is not easy to do as an emperor.

After Li Changsheng left, Li Hongsleeve quickly convened important ministers to discuss, and now the power structure of the Great Wei is headed by Li Hongsleeve, Jiang Ning and Liu Qing control the affairs of the imperial court, Yang Shen is in control of Tsing Yiwei, Cheng Qingsong is now equivalent to Li Hongsleeve's secretary, these four people are the giants of the Great Wei courtiers, and the next level is Chen Datong and Li Sheng and others, who also hold important positions.

"Today, Li Changsheng came to me and gave me an ultimatum, if we don't make up enough tribute, Xianmen may have to take action against us, what do you think?"

"Saint, this matter is the fighting method between us and the Immortal Gate, even if we have to pay tribute, we can't give it too casually, otherwise Tianlan Sect will think that we still have oil and water to squeeze, maybe next year's tribute will increase again"

"What Lord Yang said is very true, but if the Immortal Sect makes a move against the Holy Lord?"

"This matter still needs to trouble Lord Jiang, Lord Jiang is now the personal inheritance of the Tianlan Sect, and he already has a certain right to speak, so he can let Lord Jiang help deal with it."

"It makes sense"

Everyone nodded, every few months, their treasure ship could go back and forth from the Immortal Cultivation Realm, bringing back a large amount of supplies, and according to the different prices in the two places, they actually had something to earn.

In addition, Dawei has already built an elixir garden, and the spiritual rice has been planted for thousands of acres, and they can take out this year's tribute.

It's just that they don't want to hand it over to Tianlan Sect for nothing, because they also need it, Li Hongsleeve has secretly cultivated a lot of people, all of them are asking for resources, how can they hand over the things they have obtained in vain.

"Then you say, it's better to pay as much as you want."

"According to eighty percent, in fact, the price of our Great Wei is much lower than that of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, our resources are worth 800,000 spirit jade, and the Immortal Cultivation Realm is worth at least one million, which can already be counted."

"Okay, then according to eighty percent, the rebels should use it"

Li Hongsleeve said that in the past year, there have been rebels in the Great Wei, mainly caused by those officials who were purged and deposed, women are in power, many people still look down on them, coupled with Li Hongsleeve's iron-blooded rule, rebellions can be said to be constant.

But these rebellions, they easily exterminated, there was only one rebel army, and they deliberately kept it, because the leader of this rebel army was Li Hongsleeve's people.

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The mountain gate of Tianlan Sect, Jiang Cheng's cave mansion is about to be completed, and the construction workers are also low-level disciples, who are strong and fast.

Jiang Cheng also received news from Zhang Datong, got up to visit the head of the house, and prepared to lobby him.

"Disciple Jiang Cheng meets the master"

"What's the matter, Jiang Cheng"

"Jiang Cheng wants to talk to the head about Da Wei"

"It just so happens that I also received a message from Li Changsheng, and he told me that Great Wei doesn't seem to be able to make up this year's tribute, you tell me, how the sect should punish Great Wei"

The head said coldly, those people in Da Wei are making small moves under his nose, he can't bear it anymore, and he is ready to punish Da Wei.

"Master, I don't think Da Wei should be punished"

"Tell me your reasons"

"In the eyes of our Tianlan Sect, is Great Wei a vassal force?"

"It's Nature"

"Then why didn't the rest of the vassal forces increase their tribute this year, but increased to Great Wei alone?"

"The rest of the vassals have already sent people to conquer the Tianxu Sect with us, and the casualties are not small, so naturally there is no need to increase the tribute, but the Great Wei has been enjoying peace overseas, so it is natural to increase"

The head quickly found an excuse, this matter was indeed unfair to Dawei, because they didn't regard Dawei as a vassal at all, the kind that could be discarded at any time, and how many resources could be squeezed.

"What the head said is, but Dawei has increased"

"Didn't meet our requirements"

"It's reached, I'm afraid the head doesn't know, the tribute paid by Dawei every year is exceeded."

"How could it be?"

"Because of the pricing power, at that time..."

Jiang Cheng said carefully, this matter is not complicated in general, but the historical reasons are very heavy, when the Great Wei established a country with the support of the Tianlan Sect and paid tribute to the Tianlan Sect.

At the beginning, the price was about 500,000 spirit jade resources, and Dawei didn't know how much those resources were worth, so Tianlan Sect gave a price list of materials, but the price of those materials was floating, and more than sixty years have passed, and the price has long been different.

Because Dawei does not have the environment of immortal cultivators, the price is stable, but the immortal cultivation world is not, and the Foreign Affairs Hall is pretending to be stupid, because they can make profits from it, and the amount of tribute paid by Dawei is approximate, even if they take a little from it, no one knows, so it has been delayed until now.

So this time, even if Dawei pays according to the amount of 20% off, it is actually enough, and it will not be less at all.

"You mean the Foreign Affairs Hall is corrupt?"

"Ahem, boss, I didn't say it"

"I know this matter, so in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

"Boss, I think we should treat all vassals equally, since Dawei has suffered a loss, we must deal with it impartially, so it is reasonable, now the price of Dawei is unreasonable, then send a material price list to the past, according to this price list to make up enough tribute.

If they push Great Wei into a desperate situation, maybe they will go to the Seven Peerless Gates, don't forget, the Great Xia of the Lost Land is still under the control of the Seven Peerless Gates."

"Okay, let's deal with it this way"

The head nodded, he didn't know if Da Wei could still squeeze out oil and water, but the influence of the Seven Peerless Sects must be paid attention to, even if Great Wei had no resources, it couldn't be given to the Seven Peerless Sects in vain.

"Thank you, boss"

"Pay attention in the future, you are the descendant of my Tianlan Sect, and you must not seek benefits for others."

"Yes"

Jiang Cheng didn't resist, but what should be fought for Dawei, he still fought for it, Jiang Cheng's basic plate was there, so he naturally wanted to support it.

This time, Jiang Cheng offended the Foreign Affairs Hall, because he exposed the fact that the Foreign Affairs Hall had been corrupt for many years, don't think that the immortals have no desires, in fact, what they want is greater.

Jiang Cheng left the residence of the head of the house, immediately found Zhang Datong, and said, "I have already negotiated with the head of the Great Wei to pay tribute, and I will use the price of the immortal cultivation world to make up enough million resources, you go and count the prices of various resources, send it back immediately, use the sound note of thousands of miles, don't save money"

"Yes, sir, this time Mr. has done Dawei a great favor"

"It's all your own people, what's polite, ask them again, if there are any statistics on the resources of Dawei, if not, they should be counted immediately, how much can be produced each year, how much is left, where is the shortage, your stronghold in Anyuan City is not difficult to waste, it should be to make up for each other's shortcomings"

"Yes, sir, we will do the same, our treasure ship is almost ready, when the time comes, we can go back and forth once a month, and the communication will be much more convenient."

"That's good, in addition, let Li Hongsleeve be careful of Li Changsheng, I always feel that this guy is still wrong"

Jiang Cheng said that Li Changsheng's impression on him was not too good, and his mind was also a little deep, so it was better to be careful.