The wife is the king of the palace

"Then increase the tax. If the five provinces in the Southwest region collect one more layer, they should be able to collect an additional 10 taels of silver before the end of the year, enough to make up for the needs of the border army." Lin Xu, the youngest prime minister in the history of Dayu, spit out faintly , It was an absurd statement that stunned all the officials who were called to discuss matters in the Imperial Study Room.

After a short period of silence, Hubu Shangshu Wanyu's despondent roar spread in the imperial study room, "How can you increase taxes so casually? The southwest region was hit by a drought. If taxes are raised again, what will the common people have to live for? Prime Minister What is your intention, my lord..."

"This plan is impossible. The drought in the southwestern region has just passed. If taxes are raised at this time, there will be chaos."

"Also ask the emperor to think twice."

After Hubu Shangshu, the rest of the people also shouted anxiously, their disapproval was obvious.

Everyone was arguing endlessly, after the case made of red sandalwood, Dayu Emperor Jin Qi also showed a bit of shock on his majestic face.

He has seen many people who ask the emperor to be wise and honest, but this is the first time he has seen him who persuades the emperor to increase taxes and is stupid since he took the throne.People who prefer to persuade taxes still look like they are strolling in the court amidst a group of noisy civil servants.

With a calm posture, thin lips slightly pursed, eyes like midnight cold stars, white silk clothes under the dark blue official robes, long hair like splashed ink neatly rolled up, the youngest in the history of Dayu Lin Xu, the former prime minister, always had a gentle and gentle smile, which really deserved to be said to be like a tree facing the wind.

"Then how else can you conjure up more than one hundred thousand taels of silver?" Everyone stopped, and Lin Xu said indifferently.

His words were like a ladle of water poured into a boiling oil pan, and everyone exploded in an instant.

In the ninth year of Jin Qi's ascension to the throne, the emperor, Xia Guo repeatedly invaded with troops, and then there was a drought in the southwest, and many things went wrong.

The imperial court first allocated funds for military funds and then opened warehouses for disaster relief. The treasury was empty in only half a year.The national treasury is empty, but there are still 80/[-] troops waiting for the rice to be boiled at the border, so this is the reason for the discussion in the Imperial Study Room.

The crowd quarreled for a while, and it seemed that they were about to quiet down. The emperor Jin Qi was about to speak, but the prime minister Lin Xu said quietly again: "Then reduce the number of troops, and return them to the people."

If what he said before was water in the oil pan, then this sentence is undoubtedly a thunderstorm on the ground, or a thunderstorm when the sun is shining brightly in summer.

"Xia Guo is eyeing a tiger, reducing troops at this time, Mr. Prime Minister, you are trying to help the evildoers!"

"Then Xia Guo harassed our border troops every day. If this happened at this time, Xia Guo would definitely take the opportunity to attack. When the time comes, the country will be ruined and the family will be destroyed. How can this happen?"

"You can't make it, you can't make it."

Behind the imperial table, Jin Qi's lips moved lightly, he was speechless for a while, he could only look at his prime minister, who was facing the wind in the jade tree, and his expression remained unchanged, so that the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and others screamed.He was also a little fortunate, fortunately he had called someone to come to the imperial study to discuss matters, otherwise it would be the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty who were screaming now.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty screamed, and Jin Qi's scalp tingled just thinking about that scene.

Jin Qi's scalp was going numb, and the Prime Minister over there, who obviously thought things were not messy enough, was about to speak again, so he was so frightened that he rushed to the front, "Xu Lan, what do you think?"

Xu Lan was his teacher when he was the prince. After he ascended the throne, he was granted the title of Grand Tutor, and his position in the court was unshakable.

After being robbed by Jin Qi, Lin Xu looked back and didn't make any comment.

"I think what the prime minister said is very true." Xu Lan smiled and kicked the ball back.

Jin Qi choked when he heard the words, and was feeling depressed. Over there, Lin Xu had lightly said, "Go to another place to increase the tax", and once again the officials were so angry that they screamed and jumped.

"Increasing taxes and raising troops, if it is not a last resort, is there any other way?" Jin Qi asked amidst a burst of groaning.

Jin Qi felt that if he didn't speak again, the people in this room would be pissed off by Lin Xu.It was also fortunate that he had the foresight not to call the military officer, otherwise it would not be just screaming now.

After being cut off, Lin Xu, who was wearing a dark blue court uniform, turned his head to face the imperial case, his movements were gentle and graceful, and his dark eyes were full of indifference.

"If you don't raise taxes, don't reduce troops, more than [-] taels of silver won't come out in vain. In my opinion, you can only deduct from other places to make up for the vacancies."

"Oh? Tell me." He said, but under the gaze of those dark eyes, Jin Qi's heart suddenly felt a little uneasy, and a bad premonition surged.

"According to the statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the annual expenditure of the imperial palace reaches 40 to [-] yuan, and the monthly salaries of civil and military officials are not small."

This time, no one in the imperial study room screamed anymore, but everyone's expressions were extremely exciting.

The corner of Jin Qi's mouth twitched even more, and he said why he suddenly felt uneasy, and the feeling was that this person had plotted against him again.As the prime minister, he dared to plot against the emperor, Lin Xu was quite courageous!

Just thinking so in his heart, Jin Qi couldn't help but began to wonder when did he provoke this person recently?Could it be that he just cut off his words?

Jin Qi was silent, and the faces of several ministers beside him were ashen and dared not say anything.

If it is possible, if they can go back to the past, they will definitely unanimously agree to increase taxes, and if it is not possible to reduce troops, it will work, but at the moment Jinqi has not said anything, how dare they say this?

After a brief silence, Jin Qi asked a question, "What's the specifics?"

"From now on, all unnecessary expenditures in the palace will be reduced, and the repairs of the palaces and halls will be postponed, and the daily expenses will be reduced. The same is true for the imperial dining room..." Lin Xu hangs his head and counts them one by one.

Lin Xu's tone was light and unhurried, as if what came out of his mouth was not the presumptuous words used by the emperor, but an insignificant post-dinner chat.

After counting the expenditure items that can be saved in the palace, Lin Xu stopped talking.

Lin Xu didn't say a word anymore, but the faces of the ministers were extremely ugly. Lin Xu really wanted to use the emperor's daily necessities to make up for the vacancy?He is not afraid that the emperor will kill his head in a fit of anger!

Besides, Lin Xu was calculating and courageous, but it made everyone suffer.If the emperor is angry, they will not be able to please.If the emperor agrees, and the emperor shrinks their clothing and diets for them, it is naturally impossible for them to stay out of the matter.

Thinking of this, the complexions of the clear-minded people turned even greener.Several people carefully looked at Jin Qi who was silent after the case, and their hearts panicked.

Knowing this, they should have approved the tax increase in the first place.After all, tax increases and collections are other people's blood, and this salary is one's own.

Everyone was annoyed, and Jin Qi had come to a conclusion. He glanced at Lin Xu, who didn't change his expression, swallowed the urge to gnash his teeth, and said with an upright face, "Just do as Ai Qing said, and then The country is the most important."

Hearing this, everyone took a deep breath. It is absurd that Jin Qi, as the emperor, should really agree to save the palace expenses to make up for the vacancy in the national treasury.

"Long live my emperor." Everyone was surprised, but they already had quick brains and immediately kowtowed and yelled, "It is my great fortune that the emperor set an example and loves the people like a son. I admire it very much. I am willing to share the joys and sorrows and do my best. Please, Your Majesty..."

"The minister is also willing to give up his salary and advance and retreat with the emperor."

There is one and there are two, and it didn't take long for people in the imperial study to knelt on the floor eager to express their hearts and advance together.

As the emperor, Jin Qi naturally couldn't remain indifferent, and immediately stood up and raised his hands to help everyone up, "I have written down the hearts of all my lovers."

After some touching words of appreciation, Jin Qi with a gratifying smile glanced at the Prime Minister next to him who was still strolling leisurely, and the corner of his mouth twitched fiercely.

"Then leave this matter to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and sort out the data as soon as possible to see how much is left." Jin Qi turned his back and took a deep breath, and when he turned back, he smiled even more gratified.

"The minister leads the decree." Wan Yu, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, responded.

During the movement, Wan Yu also looked at Prime Minister Lin Xu. Unlike the sincere compliment he had when facing Jin Qi, he gritted his teeth when he looked at Lin Xu, wishing he could pounce on him and take a bite.

Being stared at, Lin Xu just quietly looked at the few Junyou Chengong as if he didn't notice.

There was hope for a vacancy in the national treasury, and Jin Qi ordered a few more words to ask the Ministry of Households to make up the quantity as soon as possible to make up for the military supplies, and then waved everyone away.

Leaving the imperial study room, all the ministers who had been smiling loyally just now put away their smiles, and some of them flung their sleeves and left immediately in a hurry, and only two of them held their fists with Lin Xu after holding their temper. walk away quickly.

After a while, there were only two people left in the huge courtyard, Lin Xu himself and Xu Lan who were walking behind.

"Prime Minister, is he really not afraid of the Emperor's anger?" Xu Lan's face was fair and bookish, and he was somewhat similar to Lin Xu, but he was a round older than Lin Xu.

Lin Xu walked side by side with him, and when he was asked, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth when he thought of something, "He is a good emperor."

Lin Xu answered the wrong question, Xu Lan was a little surprised, and was about to ask why, when out of the corner of his eye, he saw someone in the imperial study rushing out.

"Hurry up." Xu Lan's face changed, and he immediately quickened his pace.

"Master Shangshu, please stop." It was the chief eunuch who came out.

Hearing the sound, Xu Lan stepped a little faster. Seeing Xu Lan jumping far away like a rabbit, the chief eunuch couldn't help but lift up his clothes and trot to catch up.

Blocking the people, the chief eunuch bowed in Lin Xu's direction, then quickly looked at Xu Lan who was trying to escape, "Master Shangshu, the emperor pleases."

With no hope of escaping, Xu Lan took a deep look at Lin Xu before saying goodbye to him, and followed the chief eunuch back to the imperial study.

Xu Lan let out a breath in front of the door, and entered the door, as expected, the room was already in chaos.

Jin Qi, who was still smiling just now, stared at the memorial in his hand with a distorted face, with a fierce look as if he took the memorial for someone's neck and wished he could break it.

Seeing Xu Lan, Jin Qi immediately threw the booklet on the table ferociously, and then began to babble, "That guy dared to plot against me, he dared to plot against me! Tell me to shrink my clothes and go on a diet, believe it or not, I'll do it tomorrow." cut off his head..."

After scolding, Jin Qi seemed to feel that it was not enough, he threw the booklet on the table on the ground and stomped on it, muttering 'let you plot against me' while stomping on it.

Step on it, step on it, tired, Jin Qi changed his posture, changed his foot, stomped hard on two more feet, and then stopped.

"Since the emperor is fine, I will take my leave."

"Stop for me, tell me if he went too far this time..."

Xu Lan's left ear went in and out of his right ear, and he didn't even raise his eyebrows when he saw Jin Qi's aggressive behavior, he had long been used to it.

In another country, it would be a shocking spectacle for the prime minister to yell at the emperor with anger, but in Dayu, all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were already familiar with it.

Lin Xu, the youngest prime minister in the history of Dayu, applied for the champion of martial arts, but he was the champion of literature. However, his greatest ability is not full of scriptures, literature and martial arts, but the bloodbath of all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the killing of his father and usurping the throne. Jin Qi, the current emperor with a sinister and vicious temperament, was so angry that he screamed every day.