After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

The matter of returning to Yi has been discussed, and all that is needed is to arrange a military registration for Pei Zhanran. Let him work for Youshen Cejun as a specialist in Huiyi.

Glancing at Li Xiujing, Pei Jiaoran said: "Brother will not be obsessed with planning the army. He will arrange his cronies, you can rest assured on this."

The banquet has come to an end. Pei and Li were about to leave, but unexpectedly it started to rain in the mountains.

It was raining heavily.

"Jiajia, stay one night before leaving?" Pei Zhanran said in a gentle tone as he looked at the rain curtain.

After thinking for a while, Pei Jiaoran nodded. She cherishes herself and naturally doesn't want to go back in the rain and in a state of embarrassment. Seeing her staying, Li Xiujing also stayed.

Send servants to tidy up the guests. Pei Zhanran clicked the folding fan in his hand, glanced meaningfully at Li Xiujing, and lowered his voice: "You don't like Jiajia, do you?"

Hearing this, Li Xiujing raised her eyebrows and pretended not to hear.

"Master Lang, the guest house has been tidied up." The servant bowed.

As soon as the servant finished speaking, Pei Jiaoran took Li Xiujing and strode away.

Watching the two people leaving, Pei Zhanran's eyes became increasingly narrowed, "Things seem quite interesting."

Pei Jiaoran and Li Xiujing were silent all the way. When they arrived at the door, Li Xiujing didn't rush in and said, "Why don't your brother change his name to the military? Wouldn't it be more convenient?"

"My family has my own rules. I let Brother get involved this time just because I can't find anyone trustworthy." Pei Jiaoran glanced sideways at the dejected bamboo leaves that were beaten by the rain, and smiled on his lips, "Night in the mountains Sir, why don't you and I hold candles and talk at night to kill this long night?"

Li Xiujing glanced at her and followed her into the house. There is a small square stove in the house, and tea is simmering on the stove. The aroma of tea slowly overflows as the water boils, filling the room.

Pour tea into cups, one cup for each person.

"The Ministry of Finance submitted a memorial the day before yesterday. The main idea is that after this year's accounting, Zuozang will be stretched again next year." Pei Jiaoran lowered his head and took a sip of tea, sipping the tea on the tip of his tongue, "I am submitting a memorial asking Your Majesty to depose Qingmiao Qian and put it into the inner treasury." , returned to Duzhi, but it was a pity that His Majesty refuted it."

"Doesn't even Qingmiao's Jinfeng agree?" Li Xiujing frowned, obviously not expecting that this point would also be rejected.

Catching the surprise in Li Xiujing's eyes, Pei Jiaoran pulled his lips and smiled sarcastically, "I originally wanted to test His Majesty's thoughts on the inner treasury. But in the end, he was not even willing to let the young men go to worship. It is conceivable that all kinds of people came to worship. It won’t be easy to join forces with Yan Li.”

"Then what do you want to do?" Knowing that she was not one to give up easily, Li Xiujing looked over with vigilance.

"There are many ways to strive for profit, and you don't have to stick to one." Pei Jiaoran's fingertips traced the rim of the lamp, and his scarlet lips and teeth murmured, "If this road doesn't work, then let's abandon the eunuch palace market and abolish the divine strategy. Zhongna.”

Hearing this, he looked at her pair of peach blossom eyes, which were as dark and deep as a well, and there seemed to be a shadow lying in between. She seems to be very sharp in every word she speaks, and does not take action easily. But once he takes action, he doesn't give the enemy any room to maneuver, and hits him right in the throat. While the prey was still struggling to its death, she opened her bloody mouth and devoured the enemy.

Pei Jiaoran chuckled. The beady pupils captured the candlelight in front of them, and the dancing flames cast a layer of red in their eyes. The coexistence of richness and strength is exciting.

"Zhongnan is also a source of income for Shence, which will affect the interests of many people." Li Xiujing spoke calmly.

"I know. Abolition of Zhongna is better than increasing the amount of money to eliminate strangers to two hundred coins. The Ministry of Household's increase in money to eliminate strangers is essentially to compete with the prefectures and counties for financial rights, but this is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst. Two hundred coins can quench thirst. It’s not a small amount, this money cannot be withdrawn.”

Since the imperial court implemented the Two Taxes Law, it has abolished various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. But now, because Zuozang is unable to make ends meet, taxes have been increased in various names, such as salt tax, intervening tax, road removal money, young crop money, land money, tea tax and other names.

These taxes were extremely exploitative for the people, and instead of going to Zuozang, they were diverted to the inner treasury. If the root cause of the problem is not solved, Zuozang will continue to be stretched.

Li Xiujing looked at her seriously and pointed out the key point, "If you want to abolish Zhongna and Gongshi, you must learn from others."

"All the companies are complaining that the Yushitai has been too busy recently. The accounting is almost finished." Pei Jiaoran said with a warm smile: "I found an error."

"Which place?"

Pei Jiaoran said: "Zuo Shence's army and various people came to China under the guise of merchants to collect timber, with a total value of more than 332,400 yuan. However, because of the huge amount of this account, Du was unwilling to pay. . This shortfall cannot be made up, and they cannot communicate with Bibu. The Yushitai will naturally notice this."

She is now a party member of Jia Gonglu, so naturally she cannot directly embezzle Zhongna. However, there are many tricks in the field of power, and killing someone with a borrowed knife is also a very useful trick.

With her thoughts at this point, she raised her lips and smiled.

"What are you going to do?" Seeing Pei Jiaoran's calculating look, Li Xiujing couldn't help but sympathize with the unlucky guy from Du Branch.

"The secret must not be leaked. Speaking of which, Jia Wen comes to Shen Ce Gong's house every day, right?" Pei Jiaoran licked his lips, "It's not surprising that he fell off his frightened horse, right?"

The moment she finished speaking, Li Xiujing understood what she meant.

As long as Jia Wen is still there, no matter what they do, they will be counterproductive. The best way is to let this person disappear.

"Okay." Li Xiujing responded with a smile and looked at her again, "What about Gongshi? This is much more difficult than Zhongna."

Although China and Namibia are the source of revenue and expenditure for the Shence Army, they are ultimately linked to foreign Korea, and it would not be difficult to abolish them. But the palace market is different. This is purchasing from the people in the name of the court. There was a palace market in all dynasties, but in this dynasty it became a place for eunuchs to seek wealth.

"Since they dare to do it, there will always be drawbacks. His Majesty is so concerned about reputation, how can he allow his eunuchs to ruin his reputation?"

Seeing that Pei Jiaoran looked confident, Li Xiujing simply stopped asking. Anyway, no matter how much she asked, she would never reveal her part of the plan.

Realizing that Li Xiujing's eyes were still on him, Pei Jiaoran raised his lips and said, "Does Xuanyin think there is something wrong? Or are you worried about my plan?"

"No. You are born to be the best among them, and I am far inferior to you." This is not because he is humble, but because he feels it.

Pei Jiaoran is like a hunter in the field of power, with the angle of every move just right.

"Thank you for the compliment." Pei Jiaoran smiled, "But there is something I still want to remind Xuanyin."

After saying this, Li Xiujing nodded.

"Once the door to power is opened, there is no turning back. So while you have feelings and demands, you must also be wary of the people around you. They don't care what you want, they value themselves more. Benefits. Once they are unable to get the benefits they want, they will suppress their superiors and Tai'a will support them." Pei Jiaoran's voice was covered in frost and snow, "So we have to look forward all the way and don't linger."

The mountain breeze blew out the candles in the room. Li Xiujing looked at Pei Jiaoran's spread clothes and asked in a deep voice, "Are you included in these people?"

"At least not now." Pei Jiaoran smiled softly.