This means that the Anton Protectorate can actually be disbanded.
The old emperor could not lift it explicitly because she absolutely did not want to lose any inch of the country in her hands.
Even if there is an inch of land on the territory of the country that demarcates the original boundaries, she will regard it as a symbol of her own incompetence.
Even if it is classified as a tributary state, it will not work.
Not only that, she also wanted to expand her territory and expand her original territory even larger.
Unfortunately, the burden on the country is too heavy. Because foreign enemies have repeatedly caused chaos, annual military expenditures have been too large.
Thinking of the treasury that was almost at the bottom, the old emperor put down the tea cup and was about to push away the wooden boxes of tea sets when he suddenly felt that he had overlooked something.
He raised his hand and took out all the tea sets in the wooden box, then took off the red silk at the bottom, and saw...a thick pile of paper.
The old emperor curled his lips.
She just said: That Di Huaijie, how could it be so simple as just sending some obscure meanings for herself to guess?
If there were no follow-up or foreshadowing, would it still be Di Huaijie?
The old emperor took out a piece of paper.
However, in order to prevent Di Huaijie from digging a hole for him again, he turned sideways, squinted, and glanced.
Then, with a straight face, he grabbed the paper and stood up excitedly.
"Xiao Hongzi, hurry up, take all these gift lists and go to the east city gate..."
Then he shut up again.
He sat back in the chair and threw the gift slip into the corner of the dragon case with some frustration.
"Humph" he said: "Let's ask the Minister of the Ministry of Finance to deal with these. The annoying Di Ying will not let me move all those dirty wealth into my own private treasury."
The gift list is full of treasures. It’s all treasures. Even if it's not treasure, it's still boxes of gold and silver.
Where did it come from?
Wu Zhenguo collected them wherever he went.
After Di Ying returned the people in Cangzhou and Fenzhou, he saw that there were still many people, so he sent them all back to His Majesty.
After all, you can’t give back too much.
For example: one hundred thousand taels. A common person can only repay a maximum of 500 copper coins. There are 180,000 people in Cangzhou City, and only 90,000 taels are left. Including the silver taels spent on purchasing grain and returning it to the people, the total will not exceed 120,000 to 30,000 taels.
Including the people of Fenzhou, and even the people of the two states who built houses, built roads, etc., the total did not exceed 500,000 taels.
And Wu Zhenguo only greedy for more than four million taels of gold and silver. Not to mention those antique calligraphy and paintings, ornaments and jewelry.
Di Ying simply waved his hand and sent them all to the Ministry of Revenue, asking the Ministry of Revenue to exchange them into silver to facilitate the construction of the country.
It is just to give His Majesty a pass and prevent the Ministry of Revenue from embezzling it.
The old emperor was not angry about this, but angry...
Di Ying killed Wu Zhenguo, just kill him, she didn't think about how to pursue it. But after the killing, he still had to tell her: the killing was right, the killing was good, the killing was wonderful. This was a slap in the face from a secret jab to a blatant slap in the face.
The old emperor felt that Di Ying was bullying him too much.
And the source of Wu Zhenguo's huge wealth... sea private affairs!
Originally, shipping was a huge profit, but Wu Zhenguo actually dared to smuggle goods in addition to earning obvious tax profits from shipping.
However, what Di Ying wanted to tell her was not just this.
The old emperor picked up the teapot, opened the lid and looked inside, and saw a small model of a ship.
She took it out and showed it to Su Hong.
"This is Di Huaijie's real intention, right? He wants me to vigorously develop shipping, right? Look how much wealth shipping trade can bring to the country. Is that what he means? He wants me to leave You always want to keep an eye on property taxes, right?”
Su Hong raised his eyes to look at the model boat, then lowered his head and replied softly: "The annual revenue from customs duties is currently one-seventh of the national treasury tax revenue. Wu Zhenguo has been the governor of Cangzhou for six years, and only with the private customs duties , which exceeds the tax revenue of the national treasury for one year..."
The old emperor understood.
Obviously: Tariffs are a huge piece of meat. As long as they are properly controlled and open-minded, they can greatly increase the revenue of the national treasury and make people's lives easier.
"Where is Di Ying?"
The old emperor returned to old topics.
She felt: Since Di Ying has this idea of expanding sea trade, it would be good to leave this matter to Di Ying.
But what about people? Where did it go?
Su Hong's lowered head shook gently. He doesn't know either...
The old emperor suddenly smiled. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't control myself.
After smiling, grind your teeth.
He said bitterly: "That guy Di Huaijie is clearly trying to hide. Huh, the idea was his, but he didn't want to get involved, so he hid. This is asking me to find the appropriate talents to handle it. It really is……
Please clean this set of jade tea sets and send them to Mrs. Di.
In addition: draft the purpose. Promote Di Hui to the rank of deputy general of Zuo Jinwu Guard, and Di Lei to the fourth-rank official of the Ministry of Industry, just let him have a name and receive a salary.
Mrs. Di and Di Ying's mother were granted the title of Mrs. Yipin Peiguo and Mrs. Yipin Dingguo respectively. Di Yiying is now serving as the county magistrate, right? He was promoted to the position of left minister of household affairs. "
After a series of rewards, the old emperor bared his teeth and smiled.
He smiled mischievously and said: "Di Huaijie has been demoted to the county magistrate of Yangning County, Qianzhou. He likes to go into ravines, so let him grow up in them completely."
After saying that, I felt a little emotional.
"We really can't let his official position go too far. As soon as he gets promoted, someone from my Wu family will die... Can't he go after others?"
Su Hong remained silent without even blinking.
He deliberately wanted to remind His Majesty: Di Ying still has some errands to do at the Anxi Protectorate, so he was demoted to Qianzhong Road as a county magistrate... Isn't it bad?
But Su Hong still endured it.
He understood what His Majesty meant: Di Ying had to be punished for killing Wu Zhenguo. Otherwise, if you are not punished, you will be promoted, and everyone will have to learn from the same thing. Then the Wu family...
Besides, His Majesty couldn't have been slapped in the face by Di Ying in vain. He had to teach Di Ying a lesson. But in order to appease Di Ying's emotions and prevent him from violent conflict, he simply awarded rewards to all the Di family members.
Anyway, those things should have been given to a first-class lady long ago; anyway, Di Yiying is also very promising and has the style of Di Ying; anyway, Di Hui is also talented. Even Di Lei cultivated those fields very well. These are all long overdue rewards. It's just that Di Ying himself never asked for the title.
Su Hong thought: Your Majesty is really very handy.
…
After receiving this news and being demoted to a county magistrate, Di Ying also felt that His Majesty was really lucky.
He put away the identity tokens of the prime minister and gave them to the messenger, and then asked the other party: "How did you find me?"
