During the few days of the New Year, the people were happy and the ministers visited each other to drink and have fun.
So much so that after the holiday, everyone is still in the New Year period!
In the court hall, the young official was still hanging his head and looking listless, perhaps because he drank too much in the past few days.
Although the middle-aged officials looked slightly tired, their eyes shone with a strange light. They looked at each other and nodded slightly.
They have already discussed and are going to propose today that your majesty, Mrs. Donat, be allowed to spread the branches and leaves of the royal family!
Of course, this is just an excuse.
Their inner purpose is to push their daughter to Ying Feiyu's side and let the whole family take advantage of it!
If one person proposes it, His Majesty may not take it seriously, but with so many people proposing it together, I don’t believe His Majesty won’t consider it!
As long as His Majesty nods, he will definitely select women of suitable age among these officials.
Then we will have to see whose daughter is more outstanding!
"Your Majesty has arrived..."
At this moment, Mingde's voice sounded from behind the palace.
The ministers quickly adjusted themselves to see if their clothes fit.
After a few puffs, Ying Feiyu and Mingde walked out one after another, sitting on the dragon chair in high spirits.
This is rare.
Normally, he would just lean on his chair or even lie on the Dragon Case to listen to their reports.
I am sitting with my waist straight today, I guess I am in a good mood!
"How are you guys doing this year?"
As expected, when Ying Feiyu opened his mouth, he was concerned and very interested.
One look at it and you can tell that this New Year is going to be a very happy one!
This is indeed the case. As long as he is not allowed to control government affairs, he will be happy.
Besides, he has been with Wang Wan and others these past few days, and he is full of energy. It would be strange to be unhappy!
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty...!"
The ministers quickly responded.
"Okay, now that the New Year is over, just tell me if you have anything to say!"
The look on Ying Feiyu's face dropped a lot at the thought of starting to manage the government again.
"Your Majesty, as the morning and evening change, and with each passing day, our Great Qin will surely endure for a long time and become more and more prosperous! Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and there are many vacancies in the harem. I ask your Majesty to consider the prosperity of the Great Qin, enrich the harem, and flourish the royal family!"
Afraid of being overtaken by others, Luo Hongyi took over as soon as Ying Feiyu finished speaking.
First, he complimented Ying Feiyu, and then got down to business!
"That's right! Your Majesty is extremely intelligent. However, the Queen and several ladies are too young and have not been able to produce children for Your Majesty in recent years. Your Majesty should accept more women of the right age to produce children for the Royal Family!"
"I second the proposal! If you give birth to a prince early, you can train him more and become the pillar of our Great Qin in the future!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal...!"
After Luo Hongyi, ministers came out one after another to urge Ying Feiyu to accept his wife, and also named women of the right age who could have children.
Isn’t that just after the age of eighteen?
Looking at the proposed ministers, all of them are middle-aged or above. It is obvious that they have women of the right age in their families.
It's better to just say that they want to send their daughter to the palace!
"laugh……"
The young officials curled their lips and rolled their eyes at several people.
This is to bully these young officials because they don’t have daughters of school age at home!
At the same time, his eyes fell on Wang Bi and Zhang Han.
The daughters of both their families are in the harem. Now these old guys propose to enrich the harem for the emperor. Isn't that provoking the two families?
The more women there are in the harem, the more they will compete with their daughters for favor. Can they agree?
These two old guys are not easy to mess with. If they are provoked, they dare to beat people in public!
The ministers who suggested enriching the harem all held their hands, and no one dared to stand up until they received a response.
The young ministers, on the other hand, were looking forward to watching the show with a joking look on their faces!
However, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement from either Wang Bi or Zhang Han!
"Is this...something wrong?"
The young officials looked puzzled.
Usually, if these two old guys are provoked even a little bit, they can talk to each other for a long time at the top of their voices.
This time, their daughter's position was about to be shaken, but neither of them said a word?
Doesn’t it look like their character?
"The success of our Great Qin is inseparable from the efforts of all my dear friends. Now, we have not only eliminated the powerful enemies in the surrounding areas one by one, but also swept away the overseas lands and brought all the overseas lands into the territory of our Great Qin!"
However, what Ying Feiyu said next made them even more confused.
In the court, all the old ministers were still standing there with their heads bowed, but His Majesty actually said such a bunch of words that had nothing to do with enriching the harem?
What does this mean?
The young officials scratched their heads one by one. They really couldn't understand Wang Bi and Zhang Han, let alone His Majesty!
"Nowadays, our country, Da Qin, has strong national power, rapid development of industry and commerce, and numerous factories all over the country, making a huge contribution to enriching the national treasury! In comparison, the tax revenue from agriculture is getting smaller and smaller every year, and it is almost negligible!"
Next, the topic turned to taxes, which had nothing to do with enriching the harem.
"So, I plan to exempt agricultural taxes from this year! My dear friends, what do you think?"
Then, Ying Feiyu waved his hand and released a bombshell news.
"Hiss..."
All civil and military officials in the dynasty were shocked.
Good fellow, His Majesty made such a big reform in the morning on the first day of the new year!
"Marquis Tongwu! What...what's going on?"
"Zhang Shangshu, do you know about this?"
The courtiers were stunned for a long time and began to ask Wang Bi, Zhang Han and others for the inside story.
No one of them dared to speak rashly until they understood the situation.
Above the court, things are changing rapidly. If you don't say a word well, you may lose your official position!
"I don't know? We haven't heard of it before?"
However, both of them were also confused.
In the past few days, apart from drinking and hanging out, His Majesty never came to them at all, let alone mentioned anything about agricultural tax exemption.
The last time everyone discussed something in the Royal Study Room, it was about the rewards for victorious soldiers like Han Xin and others.
After that, they never entered the imperial study room again?
"What? No? You don't even know?"
The ministers around him were quite surprised.
Your Majesty didn't discuss such a big matter as exempting agricultural taxes from anyone before?
"We don't know what's so surprising? Your Majesty raised it in public, isn't it just to ask for everyone's opinions and discuss it with everyone!"
Chunyu Yue whispered.
"Uh...that's true!"
The ministers nodded, looking embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, I just led all the officials of the Ministry of Revenue to carefully count the treasury a few days ago. Now the treasury is abundant, and gold and silver will be sent from Wodao from time to time. Even if the agricultural tax is exempted, it will not have any impact on the treasury! Moreover, Agricultural taxes account for a very small proportion of the imperial court's revenue, almost negligible...!"
Zhang Han thought for a moment and was the first to stand up, "So, I think the agricultural tax can be exempted!"
He is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and has a good understanding of the court's income and expenditures, so he has the most say.
