Eunuch Wei smiled and said, "Her Royal Highness is indeed smart. After I inquired about Lu Qian, I found out that there were many rumors about her in the palace. It is said that he had always been Concubine Li's favorite boy in the palace."
"This matter is of great importance. Is the news reliable?" Concubine Hua asked.
Eunuch Wei said, "Mother, my servant is investigating. However, this kind of thing cannot come without smoke!"
"Eunuch Wei, when you investigate, you must be careful not to alert the enemy! Once the investigation is confirmed, come and report to us! Moreover, I heard that Xia Wenzhi and the fake eunuch are also very close?" Princess Ningping asked with a smile on her lips. .
Eunuch Wei nodded and said, "Your Highness, your hands and eyes are indeed as good as the sky."
Princess Ningping smiled and said to Concubine Hua, "Queen Mother, it's really the heavens that are helping us. If Lu Qian's matter is confirmed, we can completely uproot Jingren Palace and Liyang Palace."
Concubine Hua nodded heavily and said to Eunuch Wei, "Eunuch Wei, please handle this matter well! If you want to use money, just tell me, don't feel bad about the money."
Eunuch Wei nodded repeatedly.
...
Lu Qian was in a very good mood after seeing off Concubine Li.
I went to see Tong Yao.
The imperial doctor came to see me and said that he was suffering from cold. He had already prescribed some medicine and asked him to take it.
Lu Qian asked the other maids to take good care of her.
He locked himself in the house.
Start formally planning your future.
next day
After a day's rest, Xia Wenzhi officially went to court.
Everyone in the court was tacitly talking about how Xia Wenzhi came back from the dead.
"Your Majesty, I have a letter from my father. The Eight Cities of Yanyun have all been taken over. And the troops stationed on the border of the Zhou Dynasty are gradually withdrawing. My father would like to ask your Majesty whether the Huo family army needs to be stationed at Yanmen Pass." Huo Yingluan Bow.
"Okay... thank you for your hard work, old general! Since Dazhou has taken a step back, forget it. Beiliang in the north is also watching with eager eyes. Let him return to his previous station." Xia Jiuyuan said.
Huo Yingluan bowed and agreed.
Huo Xiaolin had reached this level and did not want to continue fighting.
He also knew that although Daxia, as the main attacking country, won the battle in which Wei was destroyed after Xia Jiuyuan came to power, it also suffered a loss of vitality.
On the contrary, Beiliang and Dazhou came to carve up a lot when they finally took advantage.
So, one goes down and the other goes up.
If Daxia's national power were to launch a war, it would be fine if they won, but if they lost, they would be doomed.
After Huo Yingluan finished speaking, he took another step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I also have Liu Shiqing, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, who I would like to attend."
Xia Jiuyuan sat down and said, "What's the matter?"
"The Ministry of War has repeatedly asked the Ministry of Household Affairs for military pay, but the Ministry of Household Affairs has repeatedly refused! I suspect Liu Shiqing just wants to delay it deliberately! So as to cause a mutiny!" Huo Yingluan said sharply.
"Is this possible?" Xia Jiuyuan looked at Liu Shiqing solemnly.
Liu Shiqing stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, this is true! But the Ministry of Revenue really has no money!"
"When I took over the Ministry of Revenue, it already had a deficit of five million taels on its books! Although two million taels were raised, one million was used for disaster relief, and the other one million taels was used to build a salt refinery. And the salary distribution of officials!"
"There is such a thing! What happened to Hoku?" Xia Jiuyuan knew that the household department had a deficit, but he did not expect that the deficit would be so big.
Hoku hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, last year there was a famine in the summer, and floods continued... and taxes could not be collected. They came and went, and that was it. These are all accounts that can be checked... Since now, Liu Shangshu is Mr. Hube, he should be the one to think of a solution."
"Hoku is right, Liu Shangshu! Now that you are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is it possible that you want me to find a way for you? Didn't you say that you can issue national bonds? Continue to issue national bonds, and the military pay must not be in arrears!" Xia Jiuyuan said sternly .
Liu Shiqing took a step forward and bowed and said, "
Your Majesty, issuing national bonds can only meet urgent needs... If Daxia's stubborn problems are not changed, the deficit will become more and more serious. "
"What kind of illness is it?" Xia Jiuyuan said.
Liu Shiqing frowned and took a deep breath.
He looked at Huo Yingluan and said sternly, "Our Great Xia's stubborn problem is the Ministry of War!"
There was an uproar in the entire hall.
Lu Qian continued
"We in Great Xia have an army of one million. To support this huge army, we need 20 million taels of silver every year."
"As for our entire Great Xia, without natural disasters, our annual tax revenue is only 25 million taels! Excluding the 2 million taels that need to go into the inner treasury, there is only a balance of 3 million taels! Three million taels still need to be paid The salaries of officials across the country...are already beyond their means. If this stubborn disease is not cured, the great Xia Empire will go bankrupt!"
These data were only known after Liu Shiqing took over the household department and checked them thoroughly.
He actually admired Hoku for being able to take advantage of this bad debt.
He really didn't know what Hoku did.
"Your Majesty, what Liu Shiqing said is ridiculous. I was aware of these problems when I was in power. But I didn't complain, I just tried my best to share your Majesty's worries, but you only know how to shirk responsibility!" Hoku mocked.
Liu Shiqing snorted coldly and said, "It's because you didn't want to fundamentally solve the problem when you were in office! You only demolished the east wall and repaired the west wall. That's why Daxia is facing such a tight financial situation!"
"Liu Shangshu, I want to hear how you solve the problem now! Not the quarrel between you in the palace!" Xia Jiuyuan stopped Huo Ku before he could speak.
Liu Shiqing frowned and said two words seriously, "Disarmament!"
"Fart! Liu Shiqing, what are your intentions? Now there is Beiliang in the north, and there is Dazhou in the south, coveting our land in Daxia! Beyond the desert in the west, there are also harassments from many small countries in the Western Regions! Do you want to destroy our Daxia? ? You are so cruel!" Huo Yingluan said with an extremely dark expression.
He never expected that Liu Shiqing would dare to propose such a method.
"Your Majesty is aware of this! This Liu Shiqing is actually a female officer! Let me see if he is a female officer sent by another country!"
"We in Great Xia built our country with force! If it weren't for these soldiers, would there still be a scholar like you standing in the court?"
"That's right, Your Majesty has made a holy judgment! If another country invades, we need soldiers to guard the country for us! Instead of relying on such sarcastic scholars... I ask Your Majesty to remove this female official!"
"I second the motion! Remove and severely punish this female official!"
"I second the proposal!"
The military generals stood up one after another, excited, and their words became more intense than the last.
As for Li Xiaozheng, no one stood up!
However, Liu Shiqing was very strong and did not flinch at all. Instead, he shouted louder and louder, "You guys are the ones who are bringing disaster to the country! If one day we really can't pay the military salaries and trigger a mutiny! That will put Daxia in an irreversible situation." situation!"
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