Above the main hall.

Shen Jiaojiao was dressed in a dragon robe, sitting on a dragon chair, looking at the hundred officials standing with their heads bowed, and sneered in their hearts.

These days, she can see that although these people are shouting one by one, they don't regard her as the emperor at all in their hearts.

She mentioned that she wanted to reduce taxes, and these people were like their dead fathers, sighing with a bitter face every day, although they lowered their heads, but they had no intention of cooperating at all.

One word, drag.

For three days in a row, the court was silent, just hanging her like this, obviously wanting to treat her as a bare-pole commander.

Lowering her eyes, her sharp eyes scanned down, Shen Jiaojiao sneered, "Don't plan to speak?" ”

The crowd was silent.

Nodding, Shen Jiaojiao named Guo Zhang, "Guo Zhang, do you have anything to say about tax reductions and exemptions?" ”

Guo Zhang straightened his back, and his tone was disrespectful, "Back to Your Majesty, no." ”

"Good, good." Shen Jiaojiao suddenly smiled, her eyes were obscure, and she looked at Baiguan, "What about you?" ”

The words of the hundred officials were unanimous, "No." ”

"If you don't have anything to say, it means that you have no opinion, and since you have no opinion, then it's decided." Shen Jiaojiao didn't plan to mess with them, and directly announced her decision.

The moment she finished saying her decision, Shen Jiaojiao was refreshed.

Anyway, she said what she should have said, and she did what she should do, since they insist on abandoning righteousness and seeking personal gain, there is no need to respect their opinions.

The officials thought that Shen Jiaojiao would be at a loss, and might even cry angrily.

But in any case, she could not have imagined that she would dare to ignore the courtiers' obstruction and give orders directly.

You know, being arbitrary is a faint king's approach!

Isn't she afraid that she will stink for 10,000 years?!

"Your Majesty, by all means!" Seeing that it was impossible to speak, Guo Zhang and others stood up as soon as possible and stopped Shen Jiaojiao.

"Your Majesty, it is the right of officials and princes to collect taxes within their own jurisdiction!"

"If there is no tax, what do the officials eat, and what do the nobles eat?"

"You can't let the officials who govern the country go hungry with the princes who fight the world, right?"

"Hungry?" Shen Jiaojiao thought it was funny, "Are you hungry?" ”

"You're so poor that you can't afford to buy a bronze mirror, are you? Can't see how your brain is full of fat? ”

"Can you still see your feet when you look down? I dare to say that I am hungry. ”

"You don't receive a monthly salary? If you are willing to govern, it is the people who look up to you, not the people who beg you. ”

was scolded by Shen Jiaojiao from the inside out, and the face of the hundred officials turned red, but after all, Shen Jiaojiao had the power to kill and seize in her hands, and they didn't dare to go too far.

So he could only point to the old princes and old marquis standing leisurely next to him.

I thought that no matter how arrogant Shen Jiaojiao was, in front of these people, she always had to be restrained.

These people are either Ji Chongdao's younger brothers, or the children and grandchildren of the founding marquis, and they are used to being carefree, and they usually don't care about the things of the court.

But when Guo Zhang said that Shen Jiaojiao wanted to deprive them of the right to collect taxes in their own territories, she immediately couldn't sit still.

No, they all went to court today, ready to make trouble for Shen Jiaojiao.

"Ahem......" coughed twice, and the old man finally spoke, "Your Majesty, it's good to think about the people, but you also have to consider my age." ”

"When the old minister was young, he fought in the north and south, and he was injured, and His Majesty asked the old minister to farm ......"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Coughing slowly a few more times, the old man staggered a little, "If Your Majesty lets the old minister farm, the old minister will not dare to disobey, but you can't let all the princes go to farm, right?" ”

"Ping'an Hou, in order to rescue Gao Zu, he single-handedly killed the enemy army, and almost lost his life."

"Wu Anhou, if it weren't for him, I'm afraid Daqing would have been able to hit the northern capital directly!"

"Huai'an Hou ......"

Before the old man finished speaking, he coughed twice.

Shen Jiaojiao's eyes were a little sour, and then said: "Huai'an Hou, in order to protect Huaiyang, he personally shot the old and young of the family that he was taken hostage. ”

"There are also Marquis of Weijin, Marquis Xuanwu, Marquis of Bei'an......" Shen Jiaojiao said everyone's achievements one by one.

finally looked at the old prince, "And you, your family is full of loyalty, two sons and three daughters all died for the country." ”

She walked down the dragon chair with red eyes, came to the old prince's side, and asked all the princes to bring chairs, "You sit down, sit down and talk." ”

"This ......," the princes hesitated, not daring to sit down.

"This is the honor you deserve." Shen Jiaojiao waited until the old man and his party sat down before she sat down.

Looking at everyone's pale hair and imagining their heroic appearance, Shen Jiaojiao sighed, "How can I not know the great feats you have made?" ”

"To tell you the truth, this decision was made for the sake of the people, and for the sake of you."

"This ......," someone wondered, "why is it still good for us if we are not allowed to eat?" ”

Shen Jiaojiao shook her head, "Why don't you let you eat?" I just hope that everyone will be kind to the people and not make so many names. ”

"Isn't that still going to cost us?"

"Yes, from the current point of view, everyone must have suffered a loss, but in the long run, it is a big profit!"

"Hmph, you think we're all big and coarse and can't settle accounts, right?" Thinking that Shen Jiaojiao was fooling them, some people felt dissatisfied, "Don't listen to her nonsense, the longer it takes, the more you lose!" ”

"That's it, bullying us!"

"It's going to sound good!"

"You can do whatever you like, don't do it!"

Seeing that Shen Jiaojiao said that she didn't plan to give up her thoughts, everyone couldn't help but stir, and the whole hall was in an uproar.

Shen Jiaojiao didn't speak, and let them make trouble.

Finally, Lao Guo opened his mouth, and he slammed the ground with his cane, "Ahem...... What's the fuss? What is this place? Why are you fooling around?! ”

The old man spoke, and everyone fell silent.

"Listen to what Your Majesty has to say." The old man said, looking at Shen Jiaojiao, "Your Majesty, you continue." ”

"Hmm." Nodding, Shen Jiaojiao looked at the old prince, "I have read a lot of documents in the past two days, and I found that you and the other princes seem to be from commoners, is it true?" ”

Although he didn't understand why Shen Jiaojiao asked this, the old man still nodded, "It's true." ”

"Then why did you decide to follow Gaozu to fight the world at that time? How dangerous it is to fight, and if you are not careful, you will die. ”

Listening to Shen Jiaojiao's innocent question, someone sneered, "There is another way out, who wants to go to war?" ”

"Why is there no way out?" Shen Jiaojiao seemed to be very surprised, "You are so brave and good at fighting, you must have been very strong when you were young, you can always feed your family if you do anything, right?" ”