yes sire

Xia Siyan beckoned Feng Ke over, and ordered: "Go and remove Han You's wine, and replace him with sour plum juice. I will punish anyone who brings him any more wine."

Feng Ke bowed and answered yes, and stepped back to make arrangements.

In the center of the main hall, the dancers danced the most popular white dance to the melodious music.There are five dancers in total, and the one in the front and middle is naturally Xiao Man.She was wearing a white gauze skirt that was as light as smoke, and her long gauze sleeves fluttered with her movements, her figure was elegant and radiant.The most attractive part of the Baifu Dance is the eyes of the dancers, smiling and looking forward, like complaining like complaining, it is truly seductive, the general Yu Sixian of the Zhen Kingdom has already been seduced by Xiaoman and lost his mind.

Xiaoman raised her long gauze sleeves in the direction of General Zhen Guo unintentionally, and brushed Yu Sixian's face several times.He stretched out his hand to grab it, but it was empty again, leaving only the delicate fragrance in his heart to scratch.

After dancing to the song, Xiaoman walked towards Yu Sixian's table, poured wine for Yu Sixian, lifted the wine glass with a pair of jade hands, and said softly: "Xiaoman wishes the general a triumphant return."

Yu Sixian laughed out loud, and drank the wine in the cup with her white jade hands.Xiaoman was held by Yu Sixian's hands like iron tongs, as if he was a little nervous, he buried his head very low.

Xia Siyan rested his chin in one hand and held the cup in the other. He was looking at this side playfully. When he made eye contact with Yu Sixian, he said slowly, "Xiaoman will serve the general well tonight. I will reward you very much."

Xiaoman lowered his head, walked obediently and obediently to Yu Sixian and knelt down.

Sitting diagonally across from Yu Sixian, Han You took all this into his eyes, frowned slightly, and glanced thoughtfully at the throne.

At this time, the musicians changed to a cheerful tune, and the atmosphere of the dinner party became relaxed and active again.

The officials stood up in turn to toast and read the congratulatory speeches. The originally prepared Mid-Autumn Festival congratulatory speeches were temporarily changed to sending the army to the expedition.

Han You didn't participate, and sat alone behind the desk, sipping the sour plum juice in the cup.

When the wine was half full, the Empress Dowager arrived late with Xia Siyi by the hand.

Today Xia Siyi was wearing a scarlet silk brocade court dress, his hair was well-styled by the empress dowager, and his childish round face was full of spirits.

After Xia Siyi entered Taining Hall, the emperor called him to sit beside him.This scene surprised everyone present. Since ancient times, only one person could sit on the emperor's throne, but Xia Siyan took the initiative to pull his younger brother to sit side by side. It was hard not to think about this move.

Three months ago, after Baiguan wrote the letter, it was Gao Qing who planned it.Now that Gao Qing has lost the battle for prime ministership and imperial power, those papers for asking for a queen are all stored in the archives of the General Administration Department and no one cares about them anymore.

All the ministers in the court felt that the young emperor was very elusive, he could be said to be moody in the past, but now that he is in power, his heroic face often does not distinguish between emotions and anger, which makes people feel more and more unpredictable.Even the honorable family who wanted to send someone to the harem had to be cautious.After such a long time, no one actually brought up the matter of establishing a queen again.

The emperor is young, so there is no need to worry about the emperor's heir, but now that the emperor treats his younger brother so closely, this intention is somewhat puzzling.

Zhan Yu, who was sitting on Han You's right hand, turned sideways and asked him in a low voice with his hands in his ear: "Is Your Majesty planning to title His Highness the Second Highness?"

Han You shook his head, "I don't know."

Zhan Yu took a sip from his cup and sighed: "It is said that the royal family has no flesh and blood, but our Majesty and the Second Highness have such a brotherly bond. It's really rare."

"Hmm." Han You also picked up the glass and drank it with his head up, but what he tasted was sour and sweet. He glanced at the remaining reddish-brown liquid in the glass, and put the glass back on the table in a dispirited manner.

"Hey, what are you?" Zhan Yu's sharp eyes caught a glimpse of the color in his cup being different from his own, and asked curiously, "Why don't I have one?"

Han You said with a half-smile, "This is a tribute wine from the Western Regions, do you want to try it?"

Zhan Yu consciously put the wine glass on Han You's desk: "Thank you."

"It's too stingy to just pour one glass." Han You put his hip flask on his side, then took his hip flask and put it in front of him, "I'll change it with you."

Zhan Yu smiled until his eyes narrowed into a line, "Jing Lue is still grand."

Han You nodded at him, poured himself a glass of wine, and smiled sincerely.

At the end of the banquet, the imperial concubine took Xia Siyi to leave ahead of time, and the emperor also left after a while, so the higher-ranking officials in the palace bid farewell to the left and right and prepared to leave the palace and return home.

Han You drank two jugs of wine, according to his amount, he was just a little tipsy.He saw Wu Wenci motioning for him to go along with the people in the middle, so he also stood up.

At this time, Feng Ke hurried back from the side door of the main hall, trotted all the way to Han You, bowed to Han You, and said, "Your Majesty, Han Shangshu please stay."

Han You paused, turned to Wu Wenci and said, "Then please take a step ahead, Teacher."

Wu Wenci nodded, gave him a meaningful look, and walked out of the hall with Zhan Yu and others.

Feng Ke didn't take Han You to Changle Palace, they passed through Huiji Gate and walked towards Huangji Palace.

Although this day was a make-up Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, there was no moon in the sky. The thick clouds isolated all the stars and the moon from the sky of the capital, and the place in the palace without lights was pitch black.

The little servant leading the way held two palace lanterns, which could barely illuminate a small area in front of them.

Passing through the empty square in front of the Hall of the Emperor, and walking up to Danchi step by step, Han You saw Xia Siyan standing on the platform with his hands behind his back.The lamps were lit in the Huangji Hall, and Xia Siyan stood against the light, unable to see the expression on his face clearly.

"Your Majesty." Han You walked up to Xia Siyan and bowed.

Xia Siyan stretched out his hand towards him: "Sir, come to me."

Han You straightened up and sighed, and walked over to stand side by side with Xia Siyan.Only then did he see a few servants holding torches standing in the center of the square in front of the temple. Looking over from here, the flickering firelight reflected on dozens of black wooden boxes, making one easily think of wolf smoke or beacon fires. .

"What is this for?"

"Fireworks off." Xia Siyan said.

"Fireworks?" Han You asked in surprise, "Fireworks in Huangji Hall?"

"This is the last few boxes of fireworks in the internal affairs warehouse. From now on, all the gunpowder in Zhao Kingdom will be sent to the battlefield."

Han You and Xia Siyan were very close. Seeing Xia Siyan's expression similar to that of Emperor Zhaoshuo, his heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out, "Your Majesty wants to imitate the late Emperor?"

Xia Siyan stared at the torches on the square in a daze, stared intently for a while before saying, "Sir, I know you don't approve of war, but I can't afford it anymore. In the 260 years since the founding of the Zhao Kingdom, we have never been When I was slapped and didn't dare to fight back."

"Your Majesty," Han You sighed, "the national treasury can't afford it. When there is no war, we will spend more than 200 million yuan in military expenditure a year. Once the war starts, this amount will probably double again."

Xia Siyan's tone was clear, obviously after careful consideration, "The stolen silver recovered from Ganzhou is more than 100 million taels, plus the officials' compensation, confiscation, and house raids, the total is more than 200 million taels. Yes, this year is enough."

Han You frowned, and said anxiously: "The battle cannot be finished in one year. What about next year? What about the year after?"

Xia Siyan looked back at him for a while, and finally said as if making up his mind: "So I'm going to listen to you and open up for business."

Han You was a little surprised, "Your Majesty has decided?"

"Start with the capital, and Wuzhou and Shanzhou close to the capital. I want to open up business in these three places. However, the details of commercial tax and some official operations have to be worked hard by the Minister of the Household Department." Xia Xia Si Yan turned his head to look at the torch in the center of the square again, and said, "The most important thing is to protect the farming. Everything else is up to you."

Han You couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart. He had planned this change in his mind for many years, and he even thought about how to develop the government and how to ensure commercial taxation.

Ten years ago, when he was still in the Hanlin Academy, he submitted a paper, but at that time Emperor Shuo and Gao Qing both firmly believed in emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, so his thick paper fell to nothing.It was also at that time that he realized that only by standing in a high position can he realize his political ambitions.

For many years since then, he has never mentioned his proposition again, only struggling to go up, and then waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Now this opportunity was finally waiting for him.

Xia Siyan took his hand, looked at him and said, "Sir, I only have you to rely on now. I believe in you, don't let me mess up all this."

Han You was so excited that his eyes turned red, and he said word by word: "I am determined to fulfill my mission."

Xia Siyan smiled, and Han You realized that there was deep worry in his smile.

That's right, this is just a child under the age of 19. The rise and fall of the entire country rests on his shoulders. If he makes a mistake, thousands of people will be doomed.The excitement in Han You's heart gradually calmed down, and now Xia Siyan's occasional show of helplessness would make him feel sore, he took a step forward, hugged Xia Siyan and said: "It won't be messed up, I will Trust my Majesty."

At this time, the servants in the square lit the fireworks, and the peacock-blue fireworks exploded in the sky, shining with strange colors and scattered in all directions.Before one firework disappeared, another firework rushed into the sky again, exploding even brighter sparks.

Under the light and rain all over the sky, Han You saw a tear stain on Xia Siyan's face, and he put his face on the tear stain. Xia Siyan closed his eyes and kissed him, following his feeling to find his lips.Han You held Xia Siyan's face in both hands, and kissed it without hesitation.