Great Wei scholar

So they gathered together not because of their own interests, but because they were afraid that Xu Qingxiao's temper would cause a catastrophe.

"Okay! Don't talk about it."

An Guo opened his mouth, and everyone around him was chattering, but he didn't listen at all.

It's not like he doesn't know about this matter, do we need this group of people to keep talking?

Hearing Mr. An's words, everyone fell silent.

"Your Majesty's will is to let Xu Qingxiao take charge of the tax and money, and the imperial power has specially ordered it. I can't change this."

"The tax money of Great Wei has already reached [-]%, and it can no longer be taken from the common people, but can only be taken from the royal family."

"But don't worry. Nephew Xu may seem reckless, but he is actually thoughtful. I can guess it, and he can guess it. He should already know about the current situation of Wei."

"In this way, the old man will go to him personally, but the old man dare not say clearly, he should persuade him, so you don't have to worry about it."

"It's just...it's definitely right to make a perfect plan and prepare with both hands."

An Guogong is indeed the leader of the country. He knows what he is facing now, but he also knows Xu Qingxiao's character, so he didn't say anything directly, but tried to dissuade him as much as possible. He is not sure if it will be successful, but he will also express everyone's wishes. come out.

But everyone still has to be prepared.

If something happens, you can only bear it.

"kindness."

Everyone nodded, and at the same time felt inexplicably emotional. Ever since Xu Qingxiao came to the capital, it was really outrageous. Every time he made a move, it was earth-shattering.

And it is exaggerated every time, which is really hard to figure out.

"Okay, you guys wait here."

An Guogong got up and walked towards Shouren Academy.

There's no way, things have come to this point, I have to go there, usually Xu Qingxiao can make a fuss, but this time I really can't mess around.

An Guogong left, and everyone looked at An Guogong's back, and they all fell silent.

A quarter of an hour later.

Outside Shouren Academy.

An Guogong came across, and happened to see a figure, which belonged to Zhang Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment.

"Zhang Shangshu."

An Guogong yelled, and the latter was about to enter Shouren Academy, but he couldn't help but stop after hearing An Guogong's voice.

"Meet An Guogong."

Zhang Jing walked up to Duke An and said very politely.

But soon, Zhang Jing continued to speak.

"Mr. An, are you looking for Shouren?"

Zhang Jing asked.

"Well, I have something to do with him."

An Guogong nodded.

"That's fine, then the officer will leave first."

Zhang Jing didn't expect that An Guogong would come, so he wanted to leave immediately. After all, he had other matters with Xu Qingxiao, and An Guogong was here, so I'm afraid it would be hard to talk about it.

"Don't go, let's go together, you and I are in the same mind."

Duke An stopped him, but let Zhang Jing stay. As soon as he said this, Zhang Jing immediately understood.

He didn't say much, and entered Shouren Academy with An Guogong.

In the school.

Xu Qingxiao took the Big Neilong Talisman and began to study it carefully.

The Dragon Talisman is made of pure gold, surrounded by precious stones, with the word Dragon Talisman engraved on the front and the word Da Nei engraved on the back, and the dragon painting style carved on both sides. It is definitely a treasure, and Xu Qingxiao can feel that this Dragon Talisman is not an ordinary one. things.

Containing a ray of imperial prestige, it is a treasure, at least at the level of a spiritual weapon.

Your Majesty's dragon talisman is not worth a few dollars. Seeing the talisman is like seeing me, Xu Qingxiao will naturally have to take a good look at it, and see if he can copy one in the future. In case His Majesty takes it away and goes outside to cause trouble, he can use it to scare people.

Such a bold idea, if it is known to others, it will probably be a compliment.

whimsy.

At this moment, two figures approached, and Xu Qingxiao immediately looked over.

An Guogong and Zhang Jing.

"Meet An Guogong!"

"Meet Zhang Shangshu!"

Xu Qingxiao held the Big Inner Dragon Talisman and bowed to the two of them.

In an instant, the two hurriedly bowed deeply to Xu Qingxiao.

"My lord, I greet Your Majesty!"

The two were a little flustered, what is this big inner dragon talisman?It is not just a symbol, but a treasure. If they are disrespectful, His Majesty will feel it.

Otherwise, how dare you say 'seeing a symbol is like seeing me'?

Seeing the two of them like this, Xu Qingxiao immediately put away the Big Inner Dragon Talisman, and saluted the two of them with a smile.

This time, the two reluctantly accepted the ceremony.

"Master Zhang, what's the matter?"

Xu Qingxiao invited the two of them to sit down, and at the same time asked a little knowingly.

"What's the matter? Don't you know yourself?"

Zhang Jing spoke immediately, and he pulled Xu Qingxiao to sit down. He wanted to continue talking, but he glanced at An Guogong, who nodded, and Zhang Jing had no scruples.

"Shouren, Shouren! The old man told you before, I want you to keep a low profile and be more stable recently. If you do this kind of thing later, the old man really doesn't know what to say about you."

"I won't talk about your nonsense before, but this time, you must listen to the old man and never touch the tax money."

Zhang Jing directly explained the purpose of his visit, and he didn't talk nonsense, there was no need to hide it.

After saying this, Xu Qingxiao frowned a little.

"Zhang Shangshu, the national treasury is empty now, if the tax money is not moved, it will be difficult for the Great Wei to support it."

When Xu Qingxiao opened his mouth, he had to say that these courtiers were really old foxes. His Majesty had just announced the decree, and they all knew what they were thinking.

"I understand! But you also need to know, what can be moved, what can't be moved, the matter of taxes and money is too involved, especially the dispute between kings, this matter is beyond the court, and neither you nor I can touch it things."

Zhang Jing said earnestly.

Great Wei Jiangshan has internal and external troubles. This internal trouble is not only the Northern Expedition, but also economic problems.

And this foreign aggression is not just the border barbarians, there are many other things, such as the chaos of the vassal kings, if you can't solve it, you can't use a knife on them.

What Zhang Jing said was right.

An Guogong on the side nodded, but he didn't speak, but as long as Xu Qingxiao vetoed it, he would immediately join the persuasion team.

However, Xu Qingxiao's voice sounded.

"Zhang Shangshu, where did you hear the rumors? What is the dispute between the kings? Why are the kings involved?"

Xu Qingxiao felt a little baffled.

Uh?

The two were stunned for a moment.

"Don't you want to trouble the royal family?"

Zhang Jing couldn't help asking.

"Master Zhang, are you thinking too much? How could your subordinates go to trouble the royal family? Any one of them could crush me to death, Duke An, don't you mean that too?"

Xu Qingxiao spoke nonsense with her eyes open.

But it's not nonsense, because he didn't intend to seek the royal family for surgery, at least not now. Finding them is tantamount to courting death.

Before His Majesty took control of Wei, Xu Qingxiao did not dare to touch these people, and if he did, he could buy a coffin and wait to die.

"Then what do you do with your tax money?"

This time Zhang Jing and An Guogong were both dumbfounded.

Not to trouble the royal family, but who to trouble?

"Aliens."

Xu Qingxiao said directly.

"Alien?"

The two were a little confused.

"Master Zhang, Lord An, listen to me."

"It's been 100 years since this alien race came into our Great Wei?"

Xu Qingxiao asked.

"More than that." The two immediately answered. It is not a year or two for foreigners to come to Great Wei, especially in the previous dynasties, Great Wei was rich as hell, and people from these small countries came, the first time they were Tribute.

Although the tribute items are all rags, they have benefited a lot. It can be said that the Great Wei supported countless foreign countries.

"It's been more than 100 years, that's fine, I'll keep asking."

"Master Zhang, Duke An, these foreigners came to Dawei to do business, I won't tell you how they did it, I believe you two have heard about it."

"They do business here and don't pay taxes. It was because of the kindness of the previous emperors. Considering that these people are poor, now that hundreds of years have passed, they should be rich, right?"

Xu Qingxiao asked.

"kindness."

The two nodded. They had indeed heard of the means by which foreigners came to Dawei to do business. Basically, they were a little bit interested in buying and selling and touching porcelain. Considering the style of a big country, they often encountered such things. It is said that peace is the most important thing.

Don't care about anything with aliens.

Especially Zhang Jing, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs has many such things every day. The people in the capital have learned to be good, but many tourists come to the capital every day.

But in order not to cause bad influence, it is generally dissuaded, and then pay some money and forget it. Those who can come to the capital are not that poor.

The Ministry of Punishment has also established some rules for this, so that tourists who come and go should pay attention.

As for suppressing discipline, this won’t work. This gang of aliens is very smart. If something happens to one person, a group of people will flock to them and start making a fuss. One or two people are okay, but if hundreds of people make a fuss, what kind of news will it spread?

No matter how poor Wei was, he couldn't lose face. Everyone knew that the seven Northern Expeditions were failures, but in face it was still necessary to say that the Seven Northern Expeditions was to show our country's prestige.

There is nothing wrong with Xu Qingxiao's words.

"Then you mean... to tax them?"

Zhang Jing asked.

"No!" Xu Qingxiao shook her head, and then said slowly under the curious eyes of the two.

"It's not about taxing them, it's about asking them to pay back taxes."

Xu Qingxiao expressed his thoughts.

"pay an overdue tax?"

The two of them were a little confused again, how can they pay taxes?Even if you want to tax them now, they can understand, but what does it mean to pay taxes?

"Well, tax payment."

"They earned silver in the Great Wei Dynasty, bought and sold it by force, and even touched porcelain, which greatly affected the image of Kyoto. They were supposed to be punished, but I thought about it. , the penalty is a bit unpleasant."

"Let them pay taxes, pay taxes for three years, they can't bear too much."

Xu Qingxiao said so.

"Three years of compensation? How much will the compensation be?"

The two continued to ask.