Chapter 426

When he spoke, he was affectionate and friendly. His voice was low with a little sweetness. She looked at him as if he had eyes with fire. Somehow, she suddenly relaxed.

He is still interested in himself. The family is still complete. Therefore, the things he guessed did not happen.

Everything is your own wishful thinking.

But my heart is still depressed.

He hugged her, kissed her earlobe, said with guilt in his voice, "cicada, I'm sorry, I've been too busy recently and ignored you. After a while, I won't let you become like this in the future."

After a pause, his hot kiss fell down, "don't worry, I promised I would do it, and that day, it's fast!"

Xia Xiaochan trembled under his breath. They didn't make love for too long. Her body couldn't resist him. On the contrary, he was like a delicious cake, attracting her to approach involuntarily.

Want more.

This also caused Xia Xiaochan not to hear the words behind him, so he hugged him directly and kissed him fiercely.

In the next few days, Xia Xiaochan seemed to live no different from usual.

Time gradually passed, and soon it was time for the imperial examination held in Beidi.

During this period, talents from all over the world have been pouring towards Beidi. We all know that the loyal Lord of Beidi is only for talent. As long as you have ability, no matter what aspect of ability, you can conduct some assessment, and outstanding people will be awarded official positions by the loyal Lord.

The north is rich, and the salary and welfare are very good. Most importantly, compared with the chaos of the Empire, the north is very safe.

For this reason, many people moved to Beidi.

Even if they have not moved to Beidi, many people have traveled a long way to Beidi to participate in the scientific examination, just to get a position and get reuse.

The scientific research project of Beidi is not a pure plan for governing the country. The eight part article also involves carpentry, farming, casting and so on.

But everyone who has talent for himself can participate in the assessment.

This move has gathered a large number of talents for Beidi. Beidi has developed very smoothly in all aspects, enriching the country, enriching the people and strengthening the army. Beidi has become a powerful presence in this continent like an eagle.

In contrast with the northern regions, the Empire was in a state of war and chaos, and the people were precarious and hungry.

After the natural disaster, after the harsh tax, more poor people are facing the end of difficult survival.

Even so, the new emperor in the palace not only did not reduce taxes, but increased more taxes.

In the Imperial Palace, an old man looked at the emperor with a sad face and said, "Your Majesty, no, no, you can't do this. If the tax increases again, more people will rebel."

The young emperor looked at the old man with a cold face, shook his head and said, "don't increase taxes? Then tell me how the salaries of officials will be distributed? The Treasury is empty, there is nothing in the palace, and the private Treasury accumulated by the royal family over the ages is missing. Then, if we don't collect taxes, will we starve to death?"

Speaking of the private Treasury accumulated by the royal family, Ao Hongzhi was angry.

In her early years, concubine Yun charmed the old emperor and had already obtained the storage place and key of the wealth accumulated by the royal family over the years.

With the private library, the two people thought that in the future, they could get everything they wanted.

However, this is only extravagant hope after all.

After Ao Hongzhi ascended the throne, he personally went to check the private Treasury accumulated by the royal family over the years, but he didn't think that the inventory that should have been full of gold and silver was empty and had nothing.

At that time, Ao Hongzhi was so angry that he picked up his sword and killed several innocent palace people.

However, even so, he could not make money for him after all. The Empire was so poor that even the royal family had to save money.

The emperor, who used to eat hundreds of dishes of delicacies, gradually became only a dozen dishes per meal.

Imperial concubine Yun's example is a little worse than that of the emperor. She looks at the table every day and thinks of the past scenery. Now her life is worse than that of ordinary nobles. Her heart is dripping blood.

Imperial concubine Yun found Ao Hongzhi and said, "son, you... You should eat such food for your mother. Are you... Worthy of your mother? Wuwu, how did you do it? Why are you inferior to your stupid king father? He only knows alchemy all day, but at least I eat and drink. Look, what are these? How dare you eat cabbage for your mother? Is this human food?"

Boiled green vegetables in white water, braised meat, fried radish and cold three silk. This is the food of imperial concubine Yun.

The royal family is so poor that it is the first wonderful flower in history.

The emperor's parents ate such food, not to mention other low-level concubines. It's good to have one bite of food every day.

As for palace maids and the like, they are often hungry and full. Now, everyone is waiting for monthly money to buy some food on the black market outside.

The monthly money has not been distributed in March. It is delayed once. Even the rewards given by the concubines are given to the servants with IOUs.

Xia Mingzhu came up with a clever way for concubines to reward people like this.

Xia Mingzhu was disgusted by the queen. Although she didn't kill her directly, she naturally added fuel to the fire when other concubines started.

Xia Mingzhu is not a fool. When she has no money, she has no choice. In order to coax the servants, she came up with this way to write an IOU.

These palace people thought that she would give birth to the great prince. The emperor would occasionally go to her bedroom. When he had the monthly money, he would certainly give gifts.

After all, no concubine personally wrote the "IOU reward", which would make people unable to get back the money and become a complete laughing stock of the royal family, right?

After all, Xia Mingzhu has to turn over by the big prince.

With this idea, Xia Mingzhu succeeded.

A servant with a doorway would help her eat.

In those cold and hungry days, Xia Mingzhu didn't lose weight day by day.

On the contrary, he gained some weight.

The concubines naturally found out the mystery.

Therefore, they scrambled to follow suit. For a while, the reward of this IOU became a feature of the imperial palace.

At the time when the salary could not be paid, the emperor also arbitrarily took paper and pen, wrote an IOU, and directly asked the people below to pay the salary.

Even if he is fatuous and incompetent, he naturally knows that this method is not advisable.

This is why today's quarrel with the chancellor of the exchequer.

After the quarrel, Ao Hongzhi left his sleeve and has changed several finance ministers. Now, sometimes, there are still some ways. He can't be easily cut to death.

Xin Zhu beside Ao Hongzhi said at this time, "Your Majesty, the tax really can't be increased. Otherwise, it's bad once there are chaotic people, but if your majesty just wants to get a sum of money, I have a way."

After hearing this, Ao Hongzhi was overjoyed and said, "Aiqing, how many ways can you say it quickly?"

"Your Majesty, Xun GUI in the capital followed his majesty when he was Taizu. At that time, he accumulated a lot of wealth. Now that the country is in trouble, everyone is responsible. Since they enjoy the wealth of the Empire, they naturally have to lend a helping hand when the country is in trouble."#####