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On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month in the thirty-third year of the Daqian reign, there was a severe snowstorm in the capital.

Originally, the imperial court was going to close its doors on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, but Emperor Hui suddenly received a letter from the Queen's Empire.

The new emperor of the Queen's Empire ascended the throne and asked the Emperor Daqian to repay his kindness!

"Your Majesty, my Queen Kingdom has saved the life of the Great Emperor three times. I ask for three states of territory to repay you for saving my life."

The three states ceded were Guangnan East State, Guangnan West State, and Zi State.

After Daqian conquered Tubo and attacked Wei some time ago, his territory expanded and he only had a total of 24 states.

Now, it's being sold to another country as soon as it's sold? These are three border states with extremely high gold content!

Emperor Hui asked Hua Zisheng to read the imperial letter in class, and all the civil and military officials were stunned.

What? The new emperor of the Queen Empire ascended the throne and asked Daqian to give up three states to repay the original life-saving grace?

The letter was quite high-profile, and Lu Feiyan said bluntly: "I am waiting for Daqian to present the letter of ceding land, otherwise you will bear the consequences yourself!"

Emperor Hui was saved by Lu Feiyan three times and knew that she was powerful in poison skills, but how could he possibly give up his territory?

The court officials were furious, saying, "This tiny country doesn't even know etiquette and is asking for a favor. It's asking for a lot, isn't it afraid of being stuffed to death?"

Emperor Hui asked, "Do you know who the new emperor is?"

"Is she Jiang Jinhua's daughter?"

Emperor Hui shook his head: "Her name is Lu Feiyan, the female doctor who used to be with Xie Zhaozhao."

Most people have no impression of this. They are high-ranking officials in the court. Who would go to see a maid for no reason?

Hanako Katsu was horrified. That little girl actually said she could take over the country?

"Lu Feiyan's mother is Jiang Xiaowan, the crown princess of the Queen Empire. She was supposed to inherit the throne, but Jiang Xiaowan's cousin Jiang Jinhua poisoned the previous emperor and then murdered him, forcing Jiang Xiaowan to become a wanderer. Now Lu Feiyan is trying to take back power."

Lu Feiyan saved his life, but asking Emperor Hui to give three states as a reward was not only unacceptable to him, but all the civil and military officials also objected.

How to do?

Hit it!

Isn't she just a little girl? She's good at poison? Could it be that she uses poison on all the troops?

She thought medicine powder was flour?

Besides, why not just shoot her to death with an arrow or blow her up with a clay pot bomb and all the problems will be solved!

The Grand Tutor urged: "Your Majesty, the court has just suppressed the rebellion of the Wei clan, the national strength has not yet recovered, the treasury is empty, and the people need to recuperate. I suggest that we negotiate peace first."

Who will go to negotiate?

Everyone answered without hesitation - "His Highness Jingchen".

The difficult affairs of Daqian's government were originally handled by Lord Liu, Lord Gu, and Prime Minister Xie. Lu Feiyan was someone who used to be close to Xie Zhaozhao and had lived in Qingpu Garden for so long.

No one can be better than Zhou Shaoyu.

Looks familiar!

Emperor Hui also felt that at the moment, no one was better than Zhou Shaoyu, one in terms of ability and the other in terms of connections.

In addition, Emperor Hui suspected that the Xie family had now defected to the Queen's Empire.

So everyone hit it off and sent Zhou Shaoyu as the leader to negotiate.

But before the imperial edict was drafted, an official from the Salt and Iron Department came in a hurry to report: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened."

"explain."

"The salt fields and iron mines that previously supplied salt should settle their payments and completely stop supplying salt and iron!"

"When did this happen?"

"Since mid-to-late October, the other party has been dragging their feet on settling the bill, and has been making excuses to delay. So far, not a grain of salt has been delivered, and not a pound of iron has been supplied."

Salt and iron are related to people's livelihood and are absolutely strategic materials.

With the supply of the two materials cut off, Daqian would soon fall into chaos and panic.

"Does the other party want to raise the price or something?"

"It has been delayed for a long time. Today, I received confirmation that they will no longer supply salt and iron to the Daqian court."

"What's going on?" Emperor Hui was so angry that he felt a little dizzy.

"Your Majesty, Xie Anhuai was in charge of this business before. He continuously allocated salt, iron, grain and other materials from the south and north every month. They were of good quality and low price. Now that he is gone, the other party no longer cares about us..."

Emperor Hui was furious: "If he leaves, you won't be able to get any supplies? Then what does the court need you for?"

The Salt and Iron Bureau was helpless. They had been trying hard to allocate and find alternative sources of supply, but they found that Xie Anhuai was indeed more capable than they were.

It’s not that we haven’t found other salt fields, but the purchase price is more than five times higher than before, and the purity of the salt and iron is far from enough.

The reason I'm reporting today is that the inventory has been used up. The city officials have submitted one memorial after another, but the people's demand for salt, grain and meat cannot be met.

Emperor Hui had a particularly bad idea in his mind and asked, "Our Daqian is so big, can't we dig a salt mine? Don't the people raise poultry and livestock? Isn't meat always sufficient?"

The Minister of Revenue reported: "Your Majesty, Daqian does have food and meat, but the foreign food brought from the sea is large in quantity, cheap and fresh. We don't have that much in Daqian, nor are they that good."

"Don't tell me that if we leave the Maritime Silk Road, we won't be able to survive?" Emperor Hui was annoyed. "Before the maritime ban was lifted, weren't we all living well?"

"Your Majesty, Daqian does not have enough supplies from its own production."

"If we reduce consumption, won't everyone be able to save some money? With money in hand, what is there to be afraid of?"

"Your Majesty, the fewer supplies there are, the higher the price will be! We can't save money, we really can't save money!"

The Minister of Revenue had to tell the truth, "Right now, all kinds of supplies are in short supply, and everyone is rushing to buy them. The prices are getting higher and higher, and the higher they are, the more panic there is... In the market, the price of salt has increased twenty times compared to September; iron is in short supply, and ordinary people can't even afford to buy a kitchen knife; and the price of meat has increased more than ten times during the Chinese New Year..."

Still saving money? What the hell!

Hanako Katsu said nothing. The palace expenses reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs had increased tenfold since October.

He didn't even dare to report to His Majesty.

The Minister of Revenue said fearlessly: "Your Majesty, the Yongxing Military Prefecture in the northwest has sent a report that a severe snowstorm and freezing weather has occurred, causing countless casualties and house collapses. We need at least one million dan of disaster relief grain..."

The whole court was in dead silence, and Emperor Hui had a terrible thought in his mind:

The Xie family is more terrifying than the Wei family.

Xie Zhaozhao, the little girl who has always been well-behaved and polite, looks silent, but she is much more terrifying than Xie Chunxi!

She opened overseas routes and brought in a steady stream of supplies from outside, including porcelain made from clay, in exchange for good, abundant and cheap food, salt, iron, spices, horses and other supplies.

The price seemed very low, several times lower than the previous price set by Daqian, squeezing the Wei family out of the market. The court was extremely happy, as if they had gotten a huge bargain.

Not only did she make a fortune that could rival a country, but she also boiled the frog in warm water. In less than three years, she slowly lured the entire Daqian into the jar and held the entire Daqian in her hands.

Now they are in a warm jar, and they can no longer adapt to going out.

When Xie was fined, she did not make a fuss. Instead, she cut off Daqian's economic lifeline and stopped all material supplies.

It is easy for all Daqian people to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Daqian people are no longer used to eating salt that is bitter, astringent and twenty times more expensive! !

Having been used to buying a pound of meat for fifteen cents, who wouldn't curse when they see people buying cured meat for one hundred and fifty cents?

Emperor Hui was panicking. The crown prince, who was studying at the side, looked at Emperor Hui with fear in his eyes and opened and closed his mouth: "Hurry up and use my sedan chair to take Jingchen to the palace."

I beat him with ten boards. It's been more than two months, and he's still recovering from his injuries?

Is this butt made of paper? I am so anxious that I want to burn the house, but he is lying at home playing with the children!

However, the imperial guards and eunuchs who went to pick up Zhou Shaoyu returned empty-handed.

Zhou Shaoyu didn’t answer the phone.

"Where's Jingchen? Is he still pretending to be sick?"

"Your Majesty, the old lady fell into the toilet last night and froze to death. His Highness said that there is nothing more noble than filial piety. A foster mother is also a mother. He wants to mourn for her... mourn for three years!"