"People?" Li Yunxing asked rhetorically, "When did the palace say that it would collect money from the people?" ”

This group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials think lightly, as long as they run out of money, they want to ask the people for it, and it seems that they have done a lot of things to extort and extort on weekdays.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

This is not a levy from the people, and from whom?

"Your Highness, why is that?" Someone couldn't help but ask.

Li Yunxing said coldly: "Do you think that if the palace forcibly collects money from the people, the people will agree?" ”

"Naturally not." Lin Chengyi replied.

"That's right." Li Yunxing said.

His voice was still cold, but this time it was more bold.

"If the people refuse to give, how can the palace collect money from the people? What's more, the people have a poor harvest this year, and they can't afford to pay taxes at all! If this palace really does this, the people will not hate this palace, but will blame their father for being mediocre! ”

"Shall we ...... What should I do? ”

"There are a total of 1,214 officials in the Wu Dynasty, and this palace thinks that if everyone comes up with 1,000 taels of silver, it will be enough to last for a while. As for the rest, it will be handed over to the big families in the DPRK and China, presumably you Aiqing are reluctant to stand by and watch, right? ”

As soon as Li Yunxing's words came out, everyone present was in an uproar!

They all looked at Li Yunxing, as if they couldn't believe their ears.

This is simply a crazy move!

"Your Highness!" Lin Chengyi shouted in surprise.

Li Yunxing waved his hand to signal that he didn't have to speak, and his eyes fell on Liu Zhongqing.

"Lord Liu is Zaifu, when you know that the treasury is empty, if the Wu Dynasty falls into a crisis, the DPRK must have a stable military spending, so as not to suffer from the enemy on your back and cause chaos in the DPRK!"

Liu Zhongqing pursed her lips tightly, looking at Li Yunxing with complicated eyes, looking like she wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Yunxing glanced at him and said indifferently: "Lord Liu has something to say, just say it. ”

Liu Zhongqing gritted his teeth secretly, and finally spoke hard.

"Your Royal Highness, the ministers of the court and the central government are all breezy and thrifty. This time His Highness asked them to take out a thousand taels of silver, and they ...... I'm afraid it's hard for them to accept! ”

There are thousands of officials in the imperial court, and if there are people who are not greedy, I am afraid that they can be counted on both hands.

Li Yunxing naturally did not believe Liu Zhongqing's nonsense, he said that collecting taxes from court officials was just a radical law.

In order to foreshadow what he will say later.

"Lord Liu has a point." Li Yunxing said with a smile.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and His Royal Highness the Prince finally knew how to advance and retreat.

However, the next moment, I only heard Li Yunxing say again: "But the matter of military spending must not be mentioned, I don't know what other good plans you have?" ”

He was inquiring, but in a commanding tone.

For a while, there was silence in the hall, and everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this palace has a good plan."

At this time, the queen mother Liu Ruxu, who had been listening, suddenly spoke, which surprised everyone.

Especially Liu Zhongqing, his voice immediately became a little stronger, "Queen Mother, this is the government." ”

Li Yunxing smiled, quite interested in this kind of father-daughter anti-purpose drama.

"Don't blame Lord Zaifu, the queen mother was invited by the palace, and the queen mother is often by her father's side, and many things in the court before were also conveyed by the mother's descendants."

Li Yunxing's words gave Liu Ruxu a step down, she hurriedly got up, walked to the hall with a smile, and stood beside Li Yunxing.

"Although this palace is a woman's family, it knows one thing." Liu Ruxu said slowly.

"Oh?" Li Yunxing asked with interest.

"There has been a marriage in ancient times, I heard that the young master of the Southern Barbarian King has twenty or six, brave and martial, is a genius of the sky, if you can marry with it, you will be able to ensure the prosperity of my Wu Dynasty."

"The eldest princess is rich in five cars and has a beautiful natural appearance, and it is suitable for the future monarch of Nanban. If the Wu Dynasty and the Southern Barbarians marry, presumably the Xiongnu will be arrogant and arrogant, and the prestige of these two great powers joining forces will be enough to raze their Xiongnu to the ground. ”

Hearing Liu Ruxu's words, Liu Zhongqing immediately frowned.

This is not what Liu Ruxu would say, and then look at Li Yunxing's expression.

looked at Liu Ruxu with a smile, as if some kind of consensus had already been reached between the two.

Thinking about all this, cold sweat oozed from Liu Zhongqing's forehead, and he couldn't help but regret it.

He knew that the crown prince would win over the queen, so he should have stopped them and didn't give them a chance.

Now it's okay, Liu Ruxu actually took the initiative to help the prince promote the marriage with the Southern Barbarian King.

This can involve the entire Wu Dynasty.

This is not only a marriage between the royal family and the Nanban royal family, but also a major event related to the peace of the Wu Dynasty!

Once the marriage with the Nanban is promoted, it will definitely make the Xiongnu Shan angry, and how will Liu Zhongqing's plan unfold at that time?

He felt more and more troubled, but there was no way back.

Except for Liu Zhongqing, the rest of the people were also suspicious when they heard it.

Since the eldest princess's reception banquet that day, they knew that Liu Ruxu and the eldest princess were not in harmony.

It's just that they didn't expect Queen Liu to take such a critical moment to propose that the eldest princess should marry, which really surprised them.

After listening to this, the crown prince Li Yunxing nodded with satisfaction, Liu Ruxu is really smart.

Today, he ordered someone to pass Liu Ruxu to the political palace, and he didn't even mention the Nanban marriage, so Liu Ruxu took the initiative to mention it, and sure enough, the person who can gain a firm foothold in this harem that eats people and does not spit out bones is by no means an ordinary person.

Since this is the case, then he simply added fuel to the fire and made the matter bigger.

Li Yunxing coughed lightly and said, "What the queen said is extremely true. ”

Then, he turned his head to look at the ministers below him and asked, "Everyone, Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" ”

The ministers looked at Li Yunxing, then at Empress Liu, and finally set their eyes on Liu Zhongqing.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, after all, the marriage involves diplomatic relations between the two countries, if it is decided so hastily, even if we agree, the Southern Barbarian King may not be willing." Liu Zhongqing pondered for a moment and said slowly.

Li Yunxing laughed out loud when he heard this.

"Liu Zaifu was worried about this, and this palace thought that you would not dare to form an alliance with the Nanban for fear of offending the Xiongnu!" Li Yunxing teased.

At this moment, the uneasiness in Liu Zhongqing's heart was suddenly confirmed.

Li Yunxing really had suspicions about him and the Huns.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have deliberately tested yourself in the form of jokes in front of everyone.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, if you say this, you will humiliate the old man. My martial arts boy stands up to the sky, how can I look down on it! Liu Zhongqing said righteously.

"Okay, have guts." Li Yunxing exclaimed, "In this case, the palace has already sent someone to send a letter to the Nanban King a few days ago, and it must not be long before the Nanban delegation will arrive in the Wu Dynasty." ”