Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

However, if Princess Lolis is really captured, she might really be able to anger Dabo Country. A war between the two sides would not happen, but trade would definitely be affected.

"Get up, you've thought about it well. You really can't be harsh with someone like Princess Lolis."

Ning Fan just gave Lei Zhen a slight shock and had no intention of actually punishing Lei Zhen. Seeing Lei Zhen sweating all over his head with fear, Ning Fan immediately softened his heart.

Hearing Ning Fan heave a sigh of relief, Lei Zhen felt relieved, knowing that he had escaped. If Ning Fan had been angry just now, and if Ning Fan was traced, he might be in trouble this time.

Having let Princess Luo Lisi go many times, this was indeed suspected of bending the law for personal gain, but this matter was really too complicated. Lei Zhen was so confused that he couldn't explain it in a sentence or two.

"This Princess Lolis is really so arrogant and causing trouble everywhere. This person is obviously a woman, why does she dress up as a man?"

Ning Fan only knew Lolis twice and had no deep contact with her, so she wanted to know what kind of person this Lolis was from Lei Zhen's mouth.

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles. In fact, this kind of situation can be regarded as a diplomatic contact.

"Your Majesty, in fact, this Princess Lolis is not a person who particularly likes to cause trouble, but..."

Lei Zhen hesitated, his eyes evasive, as if he had something to say.

"Just what? What do you, a grown man, have to say? Are you saying that this Princess Lolis is a good person and always brings trouble to her?"

Ning Fan glared and immediately became angry.

"Your Majesty, I really don't mean to protect you. Princess Lolis is really like this. Princess Lolis really doesn't like to cause trouble, but every time because of her beauty, the rogues will take the initiative to target him, and even Some young masters in Kyoto are pestering Princess Lolis like moths to a flame."

After Lei Zhen finished speaking bravely, he looked at Ning Fan fearfully. He was afraid that Ning Fan would not believe what he said, and he was even more afraid that Ning Fan would think that he was actively protecting Princess Lolis.

Ning Fan heard Lei Zhen's description and coupled with Lei Zhen's expression, he believed that everything Lei Zhen said was true.

"Let's go, first go to your Shuntian Mansion's Yamen and meet this Lolis for a while."

Ning Fan smiled lightly and walked out of the room first.

Although the private room of the inn was beaten to pieces, the boss and the waiter stood at the top of the stairs and did not dare to say anything. They were so frightened that they almost peed their pants when they saw Jin Yiwei.

"Lei Zhen, you have to pay the money to the boss. You can't let the boss do a loss-making business."

Before Ning Fan left the house, he turned to Lei Zhen and said something.

Lei Zhen suddenly had a wry smile on his face when he heard this. When he was a Jinyiwei, he had nothing to lose and never embezzled even half a tael of silver. Now that he has become a high official, he is even more miserable and has no extra income except his salary.

The monthly salary is spent on food and clothing for the family. How can there be money to compensate the shop owner? Even though the shop owner only broke a door, it would take at least ten taels of silver to repair it.

Ning Fan saw Lei Zhen's expression twisting like a bitter gourd, and immediately felt funny: "The salary I give you every month must be quite a lot, why do you have such an expression? A real man just wants a few pennies for his mother-in-law."

Lei Zhen smiled bitterly and said to Ning Fan: "Your Majesty, your monthly salary is two hundred taels. In addition to some staff to support, you also have your family. In fact, there is nothing left every month."

Hearing what Lei Zhen said, Ning Fan believed it, because Dakang has always adopted a clean and honest system, which is very harsh on officials' salaries. If ordinary officials are not corrupt, their monthly salary is only Just enough for your own use.

"That's all, I will announce in a few days that the salaries of all court officials will be doubled."

Ning Fan said casually.

Hearing what Ning Fan said, Lei Zhen looked shocked. How could this be a casual decision? You must know how much money this cost.

Could it be that Ning Fan suddenly changed his mind just because of his two words about crying for poverty?

Lei Zhen was well aware of Dakang's financial crisis. If the court suddenly changed its mind, he would really deserve death.

"Your Majesty, you must not do it. The court is in a difficult period now. You must not increase the financial burden of the court just because of trivial matters. Money must be spent wisely."

Lei Zhen knelt on the ground with a plop.

Ning Fan smiled faintly and didn't say anything. In fact, the imperial court's finances are not tight now, and it can even be said that they are not nervous at all. Zhou Wuqun came back from Jiangnan and brought back a huge amount of funds. This huge amount even made Ning Fan himself Can't believe it.

Moreover, Chen Yuanqing searched even harder in Jiangnan, plundering all the powerful landlords from aristocratic families, and the funds had reached hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

The current household department of the Dakang court can be said to be the richest and most affluent period since the founding of Dakang. The money in Ning Fan's hands now can be said to have reached an astonishing level.

As the saying goes, high salary supports integrity. Only by allowing officials to live a carefree life can they concentrate on serving the court. In fact, Ning Fan himself knows that there is no upper limit to human greed. The so-called high salary supports integrity is just a hypothesis. Just a beautiful vision.

But nowadays, the salaries of officials in the Dakang court are really too low. This is something that is obvious to all. It is also appropriate to increase the salaries of officials appropriately.

Arriving at the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, Ning Fan saw Lolis dressed in men's clothing and the bearded man sitting aside drinking tea. When Ning Fan and others came in, the expression on Lolis's face instantly became extremely cold.

"Master Lei, if there is nothing special, I think we can leave."

Lolis stood up and said impatiently.

Lei Zhen on the side had not yet spoken, but Ning Fan was filled with anger. He looked at Lolis and said with an unkind expression: "What do you mean? Does it mean that the laws of our Dakang have no effect at all on you Dabo people? You beat people and destroyed property on the territory of Dakang, should you go unpunished? Or are you Dakang people inherently superior to us, Dakang?"

Ning Fan's words were so serious that Lolis' face changed drastically, and even the bearded man beside her showed an extremely angry look.

"The principles of law are nothing more than human feelings. Before you figure out the real reason, I ask you not to jump to conclusions."

Lolis was very calm, but she thought it was incredible that an ordinary person like Ning Fan could be so arrogant in the yamen of Shuntian Mansion.