After the separation, the family had a lot of fish and meat every day, and the best was furious

"Your Majesty, Shen Qingzhou, greets Her Majesty the Virtuous Consort!"

"Excuse me, what are you doing?"

"Empress Xianfei, His Majesty has not met Mr. Shen yet. This is the first time His Majesty has summoned him." Qu Yuanxun saluted with his fists clasped.

This virtuous concubine has been having a lot of trouble recently. Ever since the Zhang family disappeared, the ministers who supported her and the seventh prince have begun to waver.

It takes a lot of effort to maintain these.

"Since it is His Majesty who has summoned you, I will not delay you any longer. Go ahead."

The three of them bowed again and walked past Concubine Xian towards the imperial study.

Looking at the backs of several people, Concubine Xian sneered.

"Humph! The emperor is in such a critical situation, yet he still has the mind to see the number one scholar. The emperor must be seriously ill."

The nanny beside Concubine Xian said happily: "Your Majesty, Xiluo has sent troops, and His Majesty is seriously ill. As long as the Second Prince is gone, the throne of the Eastern Palace can only belong to our Seventh Prince."

The virtuous concubine was in a good mood. Without food and grass support, Dongxia would naturally lose the war.

"Everything that happens is beneficial to me. At this time, it is time for His Majesty to appoint a crown prince."

Now is the best time. It is not a good thing for the country to have no crown prince.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Lin Ting heard them arrive in front of the imperial study, and the person who came out was Wan Weiran, the latest person to enter the Imperial Hospital.

When he saw a few people, he just nodded as a greeting.

The eunuchs beside the emperor stepped forward and said, "Shen Zhuangyuan, Madam Lin, and Lord Qu, His Majesty invites you."

The three followed the eunuch into the imperial study. Before they met the emperor, they heard him coughing. It seemed that his health was really poor.

When several people saw the emperor and were about to salute, he spoke.

"No thanks, Mr. Shen, I've read your article, it's so fluent and moving, it makes my blood boil."

Shen Qingzhou clasped his hands together and saluted the emperor: "To be able to serve Your Majesty is my lifelong ambition."

ahem...

After saying this, the emperor coughed a few more times. He covered his mouth with a handkerchief. He coughed so hard that blood came out of his mouth, staining the handkerchief red.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please pay attention to the dragon's body!"

The chief eunuch patted the emperor's back gently, his face full of worry.

The emperor waved his hand, his sunken eyes showing fatigue.

"It's okay, business is more important."

The emperor looked at Lin Ting and the other two and said, "You three are the people I trust the most. I'm sure Shen Zhuangyuan also understands Madam Lin's plan. Now the arrow is on the string and must be released. Xi Luo's provocations are becoming more and more frequent. Do you have any countermeasures?"

“Your Majesty, Xiluo does not really want to start a war, but is dissatisfied with our proposal and wants us to pay unconditional tribute to the Xiluo nobles.

Mr. Jiang also said this in his letter. Since they are not really going to start a war, people with guilty consciences are most afraid of people who are serious. Your Majesty might as well capture Wushan in Xiluo.

Xiluo has lost its city, and our army is at its peak. Naturally, someone in Xiluo will ask Mr. Jiang to return to discuss the issue of food.

Lin had heard of many big things, and he knew that only by keeping calm could he gain the upper hand.

What Lin heard was exactly what the emperor and Mr. Jiang thought, and he was worthy of being the person he chose.

After pondering for a while, the emperor looked at Qu Yuanxun. This was the person he promoted, and he was different from the people in the Ministry of Revenue.

"Mr. Qu, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Are the grain and property calculated by the Ministry of Revenue sufficient to fight this protracted war?"

Since Qu Yuanxun took office as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he found that most of the accounts in the Ministry of Revenue were empty accounts.

The property had been transferred to the Seventh Prince and Consort Xian by the Minister of Revenue using clever means.

These two people have deep roots in the capital, and simply overthrowing the Zhang family will not be enough to shake their power in the court.

"Your Majesty, the treasury is running low. If we want to fill it before the harvest this year, we have no choice but to clean up the Ministry of Revenue."

Qu Yuanxun is the emperor's man. If he did not have the emperor's trust, saying this would definitely make the emperor suspicious. He made such a suggestion for his own sake.

"Even so, I'm afraid it's not enough."

The emperor paused and looked back and forth between the three people. He was pointing at them. Lin Ting understood everything in her heart, and she was also prepared.

"Your Majesty, although I am not talented, I am willing to support the soldiers at the border, even if it means giving away all my wealth."

It is no exaggeration to say that Lin Ting and Lin Lin are now as rich as a country. As long as they get rid of Xi Luo, who is a bomb at any time, they can rest assured.

"Oh, Madam Lin, aren't you afraid of spending money and ending up with nothing?"

The emperor sat up straight and stared at Lin Ting, as if he wanted to see through her.

"Your Majesty, if the world is at peace, even if I spend all my money, I can still make it back."

The Emperor: "What a great achievement! Dongxia will never let Madam Lin down."

The emperor was very excited. He finally had someone useful by his side.

Lin Ting has great righteousness in his heart, so Qu Yuanxun and Lin Lin naturally have to support him. Otherwise, after Xi Luo recuperates, their fate will not be as simple as just losing a little money.

"Your Majesty, I am also willing to support the court."

"Great! With Qu Qing and Shen Zhuangyuan's actions, Dongxia will surely be able to expand its territory and protect the people's peace. Hahaha..."

cough cough...

The laughing emperor started coughing again. He thought too much every day, and this disease could no longer be cured by medicine.

"Your Majesty..." the three said in unison.

"I'm fine. Political affairs are more important. The Ministry of Revenue needs a makeover. How should we proceed with this?"

The emperor looked at Shen Qingzhou. Given the talent of this number one scholar and the fact that he had no conflicts of interest with the officials in the court, would he have different ideas?

"Shen Zhuangyuan, you will soon take up the post of editor in the Hanlin Academy. You can also speak before me on matters concerning the Ministry of Revenue."

Shen Qingzhou had no relationship with anyone in the court except Qu Yuanxun. This was the time when he was most devoted to the country, and the emperor had no suspicion of him.

Shen Qingzhou was well aware of this truth. He wanted to serve as an official in the court, so he had naturally thought about how to build the Dongxia Kingdom early on.

"Your Majesty, do you have any maps of Dongxiahe and Xiluo?"

The emperor raised his hand and signaled the eunuch to bring it. He wanted to clean up the Ministry of Revenue, so he needed a good excuse.

The eunuch went out for a while and soon came back with a screen. On the screen were maps of all the cities of Dongxia and Xiluo.

"Mr. Shen wants this map because he thinks there's something wrong with it?"

The emperor gave seats to several people. Shen Qingzhou walked to the screen and pointed to the main river that runs through the entire Xiluo.

"Your Majesty, please look here. Most of the people in Xiluo are grazing, but the country's planting is concentrated in Yangcheng downstream, which is also the main place where Xiluo grows grain.

Most of the farmland here is irrigated by the Luo River, and the source of this great river is in Yunzhou in southern my country."

Shen Qingzhou once asked someone to confirm this news. The source was not big, but the water of Luo River did flow from there.

"Your Majesty, if our dynasty could build several dams in Yunzhou to store water and create reservoirs, we could divert the water from these reservoirs into the north to irrigate the drought-prone plains of the north.

This will solve our arable land problem and make Xilou a barren land. Without sufficient river water, they won't be able to grow food. Then they will have no choice but to accept our low-priced food."