Jin Guoshang's study room.
The little cutie was sitting on her knees in front of Long An, holding a smaller ink pen in her hand and reviewing today's memorial.
When she came across a piece of paper that embarrassed the little cutie, she put the ink pen in her mouth and started biting it. Obviously she was extremely dissatisfied with the minister who made the fold.
You are obviously in trouble with me when you present such a rare discount to me.
The Queen was dressed in snow-white plain clothes and sat cross-legged next to the little cutie. Her pure white complexion was not much worse than the clothes. She was holding a volume of Sun Tzu's Art of War in her hand and was reading it quietly. From time to time she glanced at the cutie who was reviewing the memorial. .
Seeing that the little cutie encountered another problem and started to use her little tiger teeth to hoarse the pen, the queen put down her copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War, put her arms on her knees, and leaned slightly to look at the memorial.
"Dingzhou is not like the Yangzhou of Dajin and Dalong, with smooth shipping. Nine times out of ten, the salt from our Jin Kingdom will be transshipped through Dingzhou and then transported to various state capitals for sale to the people."
"People can skip meals, but they can't skip salt, so the position of Dingzhou transfer envoy is a top priority."
"Last year, our salt tax in Dingzhou was 20% less than the previous year. The transshipment envoy submitted a letter on behalf of the city, explaining that the reason for this was that the mutual trade in Dalong's northern border was closed, and many of Dalong's fine salts were no longer available. Transport it to my great gold.”
"However, he didn't know that I had already expected this day, so before the mutual market collapsed, your uncle had stored a large amount of 300,000 shi of salt in Daizhou, plus the appearance of the dragon chariot. , the roads are smooth, and the amount of salt transported to Dingzhou has become many times more convenient."
"With the savings in traveling to Dalong and the convenience of the dragon carriage, the salt tax was short by 20%, which was nearly four million taels of silver."
"Do you think this agent's hands and feet are clean?"
The little cutie was startled, glanced at the Queen, subconsciously looked at the memorial, and gradually understood what the Queen had said before.
"Mom, what should I do with the payment next?"
"Send it back to Grand Master Chang Lu Shen, and ask him and your sixth uncle Wan Yanfeng to accept the order of investigation and go to Dingzhou to investigate the matter. It has been verified that the black gauze hat and red purple robe paid for on behalf of him have been removed. There is no need for a joint trial by the three law divisions. Kill him on the spot!"
"All officials under his rule who are involved in this case can be dealt with according to the laws of Daikin!"
"Okay, Yue'er understands!"
The little cutie nodded and started marking the memorial with a red pen.
The queen did not show a happy smile because of her daughter's well-behaved and sensible nature. Instead, she glanced at the little cutie lightly.
"Yue'er! You've been a little absent-minded lately!"
"You have learned so much arithmetic from Uncle Fei Xiong. In the past, you could be said to be very good at handling such memorials. Why are you so puzzling today!"
"Are you worried?"
The little cutie was startled when he was writing, and shook his head with a somewhat erratic look.
"No...nothing to worry about!"
"You are the flesh that fell from my mother's body. If you have anything on your mind, my mother will know it at a glance. Tell me, what's going on?"
"Your sister Shuang'er has said more than once that you have been thinking about food and tea in recent days. Don't you want to tell the truth to your mother?"
The little cutie put aside the completed memorial, put down the ink pen and looked at the empress' cold eyes hesitantly.
"Mom, isn't Daddy's head valuable?"
The Queen was startled and looked at the little cutie in astonishment. She hesitated for a moment and nodded with complicated eyes.
"Your father is already a very popular minister in Dalong. In Dalong, he can be said to be a noble being below one person and above ten thousand people. Anyone who can take his head can be promoted to ten levels in a row and become a general. Then you can leap to the top of the world."
"Young soldiers can even be granted the title of marquis and enjoy the wealth and honor of the world!"
"Although your father has a different surname from Wang, his status is more valuable than that of Prince Li."
When the little cutie heard this, the worry in her big eyes flashed away.
"In other words, if anyone kills dad, he will enjoy endless glory and wealth?"
The Queen nodded sadly: "According to the Golden Rules, this is indeed the case."
"What if we don't follow the Daikin Law? If someone kills my father, will my mother be sad or help him avenge him?"
The Queen's pretty face was startled, and her slender fingers that were already white and tender when holding Sun Tzu's Art of War turned even whiter.
Under the cute eyes, Queen Pan stood up directly from the stall.
"He brought it upon himself. If he had listened to me earlier, what would have happened...forget it..."
The queen casually threw the book in her hand towards the dragon table and walked out of the palace with her hands behind her back.
"You are still just supervising the country and have not yet succeeded to the throne. This is not something you should interfere with. Please review your memorial carefully!"
"Mom, can you give an imperial edict to my uncle and Marshal Yeluha so that they don't harm dad's sex..."
"Yue'er, if you don't want to face the wall and think about it, I'll review your memorial carefully. Mother doesn't want to have to say it a second time."
The little cutie looked at the empress's cold and bright eyes, subconsciously shrank her neck, nodded aggrievedly, and did not dare to say anything more. She picked up the new memorial and started reviewing it.
Seeing this, the Queen sighed silently and continued walking barefoot outside the palace.
Looking up at the scorching sun, the Queen tapped her jade fingers gently on the pillars.
"Yue'er, in this world, the strong have always been respected, how can there be any reason for that!"
"If my mother gave this order, the soldiers would be afraid when attacking. For the future of Daikin, my mother cannot give this order under any circumstances."
"Mother is the king of a country, and I cannot treat the lives of our soldiers as child's play."
"Mom doesn't want you to go against your grandfather's last wish, and I don't want you to become a subjugated princess."
"reason!"
"Strength is the principle!"
"Hui'er meets your Majesty!"
"Excuse me, is the second batch of artillery on the way?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, we are on our way. Hui'er has other urgent matters here this time!"
The empress frowned slightly and tapped the jade finger of the imperial pillar: "What's the matter?"
"Hui'er received an unsigned letter, which said..."
Hui'er glanced around cautiously, then whispered in the Queen's ear.
After a moment, the Queen's bright eyes suddenly widened and her pupils shrank slightly.
"Reinforcements from the Western Regions?"
"That's right, Hui'er doesn't know whether the situation is true, but Hui'er thinks it's better to believe it than to believe it doesn't exist, so she hurriedly came to inform Your Majesty!"
"Where's the letter?"
"Your Majesty, please take a look!"
The Queen took the letter from Hui'er and started to read it. After a pause, the Queen put away the letter with complicated eyes and began to murmur.
"It's her handwriting. Are reinforcements really coming from the Western Region?"
"Your Majesty, what did you say?"
The Queen silently put away the letter, with an expression that gave no indication of her inner thoughts.
"It's nothing. Immediately send a letter to the emperor's uncle and Yeluha to inform them of the matter, ordering them to join forces immediately and wait for the Turkic army to come and join together to fight against the dragon's troops and reinforcements from the Western Regions!"
"Ah? But we haven't yet investigated whether the reinforcements from the Western Region are true."
"I can't explain it in a few words, so just pass the message on!"
"With orders, Hui'er resigns!"
After Hui'er's figure disappeared, the queen looked faintly at the acacia tree beside the window sill, her expression extremely complicated.
"Did you expect that the new recruits from the Ministry of War would not be able to go north to help in time?"
"But you are a heartless person who mobilizes soldiers from the Western Regions who are not under your control without permission. How can Emperor Dalong tolerate you?"
"Are you really not afraid of death?"
"You have always cherished your life. For the sake of Dalong's empire, would you rather die than mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Western Region?"
"What on earth are you planning?"
The Queen looked puzzled and carefully took out a creased piece of paper from the purse at her waist.
It was the letter that Young Master Liu asked Little Cutie to hand to the Queen when he left the Imperial Palace of the Kingdom of Jin using a hang glider. It contained what Young Master Liu said to the Queen in his own handwriting.
The Queen looked at the contents she had read countless times again. After a long time, she put away the rice paper with puzzled eyes and walked towards the Imperial Study Room.
"Who can tell me what these words mean?"
