Mrs. Shangshu knew her husband's temperament and curled her lips in disgust.
"Your shabby yamen is busy all day long. Sometimes you don't even get food on time. What good things can you do?"
hey-hey.
Qian Liang stretched while coiling beads, his face full of joy.
"I've been a little busy these past two months, but as a husband, I'm busy having fun and being energetic."
oh?
Madam Shangshu finally became somewhat interested.
She stopped what she was doing.
"Tell me, what happened to make you so happy?"
Ha ha.
"What else could there be?" Qian Liang laughed heartily, "Being in charge of the household department for my husband, there is nothing happier than seeing the treasury being full and being able to spend money freely no matter what the court wants to do."
Mrs. Shangshu raised her eyebrows, not too surprised.
But this was not something she, a woman, should ask about, so she lowered her head again and continued to be busy with her female beauty, ignoring her.
However, Qian Liang was in a good mood and kept talking.
"My lady must have noticed something strange in Xingji City these days. Hehe, now, all races and families are introspecting themselves, and many people are willing to pay fines."
Speaking of this, Qian Liang clicked his tongue and shook his head, sighing with emotion for a while.
"Speaking of it, these families usually don't show off their appearance, but I didn't expect that all of them are so rich that they can rival the country..."
"As the saying goes, the amount of fines or compensation they have paid in these days is actually much more than the imperial court's tax money in two years."
laugh.
Mrs. Shangshu took a breath and stopped unconsciously.
"real or fake?"
Two years of tax money for the entire empire, how much money do you get! ?
No wonder this bad old man keeps smiling all day long.
"Of course it's true." Qian Liang proudly stroked his gray beard.
Mrs. Shangshu nodded slightly.
Due to her sensitive identity and the tense atmosphere in Xingji City during this period, she rarely went out.
However, her children and maidservants often go out for shopping or work, so she knows most of what happens outside.
"I only know that during these days, young people in many families were warned by their elders to restrain themselves, otherwise they would be severely punished. What else happened is not clear."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Shangshu was a little curious.
"Old man, what did these families do that they actually took the initiative to pay the fines?"
"Also," she quickly added, "the old rule is, if you can say it, say it, and if you can't, don't say it."
Qian Liang waved his hand, "There's nothing I can't say. You know that Princess Yiguang took the two princesses to the clan mansion a few days ago, right?"
"I've heard a little bit." Mrs. Shangshu nodded slightly.
She didn't want to care about such nonsense, but her husband was the Minister of Household Affairs and her son-in-law was the commander-in-chief of the strongest army in the empire. Even if she wanted to bury her head in the dirt and become an ostrich, she couldn't.
"The eldest princess's trip is actually to let the elders of the Chen clan enforce clan rules and deal with some scum of the royal family."
Mrs. Shangshu was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to her senses and burst into laughter.
However, the smile was full of mockery.
How is it different from being an athlete and a referee on the sports field by letting the royal family deal with the children of the royal family?
Anyway, the rules are drawn by them. Shouldn’t it be up to you to decide whether it’s right or wrong?
"It's different this time." Qian Liang shook his head.
His tone suddenly became serious and serious.
"Madam, it has been more than six hundred years since the founding of Yunchui. During this period, it has experienced ups and downs as well as honors and disgrace. It has been divided and reunified many times. However, it has always been firmly in the hands of the Chen family. Do you know why?"
"Why?" Madam Shangshu hadn't really considered this issue, so she couldn't help but pricked up her ears.
hey-hey.
Qian Liang put down the amber in his hand and looked towards the palace with emotion.
"Speaking of it, this royal family is truly a proud son of God, deeply favored by God. Every one or two hundred years, one or two far-sighted emperors will appear in the royal family, and they will right the building and return it to its rightful place time and time again..."
"These emperors have long realized that the large and uncontrollable clan children are an extremely dangerous factor. When they were in power, they updated and even increased the punishment of Chen's clan rules time and time again to ensure that the clan children would not do anything wrong. God is angry and people are angry.”
"This time when the eldest princess went to the clan mansion, she not only brought... she also brought some evidence of crimes committed by ordinary members of the royal family. And she herself is familiar with the rules of the Chen family. If anyone wants to be sloppy when dealing with... "
Speaking of this, Qian Liang sneered, "I guarantee that they will not be able to eat and walk around."
"Those clan members who have committed serious crimes will be directly demoted to common people and then severely punished. And those clan elders who try to deceive others will be deprived of their status in the clan mansion and then be judged according to clan rules. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Mrs. Shangshu was listening intently and couldn't help asking subconsciously.
Qian Liang twitched his lips coldly, "Unless they want to rebel."
But we are not afraid of rebellion.
King Ning had a reputation of knowing everything and was deeply loved by the people, and he had all the military forces in various places under his control.
If clan members from various places want to rebel, they will undoubtedly be courting death.
Mrs. Shangshu was thoughtful, and she quickly frowned again.
"Only for the crimes committed by the clan members, can we be fined so much money?"
"Of course not." Qian Liang waved his hand with a laugh, "Madam, don't forget, Star City is so big. How many of the high-ranking families don't have royal blood? Which of them is clean?"
Mrs. Shangshu understood immediately.
Most wealthy families pay attention to being well-matched, so most people are related to each other by marriage.
After more than six hundred years of entanglement, the grievances and grievances between them can be said to be constantly being sorted out and confused, and a single move affects the whole body.
It can be said that as long as an unworthy descendant of a certain family commits a crime, a large number of related households will always be drawn.
At this time, the royal family has already killed their own family members, let alone them?
Under the high-pressure policy, these people did not dare to resist. In the end, they were either sentenced together or fined together.
For wealthy people, they may not have anything at home, but money is the least important thing, and it is also a pleasure to hand over.
"I see," Mrs. Shangshu nodded and said sincerely, "I hope that if this blow continues, the sky in Xingji City will be somewhat clearer."
"Yes." Qian Liang nodded heavily and said with a smile: "But it's not just Xingji City, but the entire empire."
Having said this, he glanced left and right and lowered his voice slightly, "Prince Ning said that as long as he is still here, he will continue to fight until the sky is clear and clear."
Mrs. Shangshu's eyes lit up and she couldn't help asking: "I wonder where Prince Ning is now?"
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Baekje, east of the Yuanning Mountains.
The fire on the south bank has not been extinguished. It burned from morning to night, turning half of the sky red.
It also made Kudo Naoto turn blue with anger.
"Prince Ning, Prince Ning, you are so bold. You stayed on the south bank and did not retreat to the mountain. Do you really think that my two hundred thousand horses are dead?"
"Matsushita!"
"The general is here." Matsushita Yang stood up with a calm expression.
Kudo Naoto looked at the blood-red sky in the south with an expressionless face.
"Nan'an doesn't care, just send some people over to harass, and let them continue burning. The happier the burning, the better."
"Within one day, you can give me 20,000, no, 30,000 troops, and before sunset tomorrow night, cut off all of King Ning's retreat to the west, and keep him in this east coast plain no matter what. We will cooperate with other brother troops the day after tomorrow. Destroy them."
He didn't believe it.
No matter how powerful the Starfall Legion is, the people and horses under its command will still be hungry, tired, in pain, and die.
(End of chapter)
