Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 4945
After the two maids left, Princess Changning Qi Yichun stood up, but she still felt unsafe.

"That won't work. Sitting at home, what if that kid plots something? We must think of a way in advance."

Qi Yichun stood up, touched the high bridge of his nose, narrowed his eyes and thought about it.

Although she sometimes has some brain problems, she is actually not stupid. After all, the education she has received is the princess-style elite education.

"I have to find my father."

Qi Yichun, the owner of Changning County, has made up her mind. If she wants to use more royal resources, she can't do it without her father. , It is useless to discuss with them.

In the deepest part of the Zhuangwang Mansion where King Zhuang lived, there was a small Taoist temple, where he stayed to practice Taoism and alchemy, and cultivate his body and mind.

Qi Yichun walked through the garden, and when he came to the innermost part, there was a puff of smoke around the Taoist temple.

At this time, she didn't need to report, because none of her own people could enter this garden, and there were many hidden guards hiding nearby, guarding King Zhuang's safety in three shifts.

Qi Yichun pushed open the door of the Taoist temple, and inside a small open-air square, an alchemy furnace was burning with smoke, and smoke rushed out from all directions.

A middle-aged man in a blue taoist robe was sitting cross-legged beside him, holding a small cattail fan and fanning the wind gently, chanting words, such as medicine pills that help dragons and tigers.

"Father..."

"Don't call me King Father, call me Jingtian Daoist."

King Zhuang said something casually, but his eyes were still fixed on the stove in front of him, without blinking at all.

"Alright, Daoist Master Jingtian, I have something to tell you."

Qi Yichun, the owner of Changning County, sighed secretly, she was a little abnormal, and her father, King Zhuang, was even more abnormal. After only three years of practicing Taoism and alchemy, she became like this, and now she really regards herself as a Taoist priest.

"Hurry up and tell me what's the matter, if you delay this potion of medicine, you will delay my great cause of ascending to immortality." Zhuang Wang said impatiently.

There was no other way, Princess Changning briefly talked about the cooperation with Yang Ruoqing.

"This is a good thing. Even if you cooperate, the foundation of our Prince Zhuang's Mansion is no longer stable. Being able to reach the line of Uncle Zhongyong means that the relationship with the royal family will be closer, and our Prince Zhuang's Mansion will have no worries." Zhuang Wang said.

"You have the full power to decide this matter, and you can also take my token, so that the forces of Prince Zhuang's Mansion can fully cooperate with you, and then you don't bother me."

Zhuang Wang added a few more words.

"Okay, then I'm leaving."

Qi Yichun, the owner of Changning County, took the token and had to leave quickly.

Glancing at the back of the departing figure, Zhuang Wang turned his attention to the alchemy furnace again. He really believed in the idea of ​​Taoist priests becoming immortals. In fact, this idea was very popular in the upper class.

"There are too many secular worlds in the world. It would be great if you could become a fairy and be happy and carefree."

Smelling the strange fragrance in his nose, King Zhuang narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had become a fairy.

After getting the token of King Zhuang, she could mobilize the power of King Zhuang's mansion. Qi Yichun became more at ease, and she sent other people to find out what King Lu's son Qi Guangxia was doing.

It is also impossible for her to take care of all aspects, but she is relatively familiar with the prince of the outer seal, as long as she investigates closely, she will always find clues.

She always felt that something was wrong with that Qi Guangxia, he obviously wanted to deal with Yang Ruoqing, but why?
He and Yang Ruoqing shouldn't have met each other.

……

"What? The treasury is out of money?"

Qi Xingyun stood up from the dragon chair and exclaimed.

"Don't tell me what's going on? Are you all dumb?"

The court hall was silent, all the ministers bowed their heads and pretended to be deaf-mute and did not speak. Even the chief minister of the cabinet Wan Jin, the academician Liu Yu, the academician Zhang Tingyu, and the three major cabinet ministers remained silent.

"Old Wange, tell me why the treasury is out of money."

Qi Xingyun directly called Wan Jin's name.

Wan Jin is over sixty years old this year, with a gray beard, but he is quite energetic.

"Your Majesty, the national treasury has tens of millions of silver taels every year, but the recent natural disasters and man-made disasters, the drought in the southwest province for nearly half a year, the disaster relief costs a lot, plus the military expenses of the generals in the east who are away on the expedition, guarding in the south, and deterring the black lotus sect. gone."

Wan Jin told the truth in a straight-forward manner.

"I know that Da Qi is very difficult, but the treasury revenue is only tens of millions. This treasury revenue is decreasing year by year, which is really abnormal. We must find a way to solve the financial difficulties. Elder Wange, do you have any good ideas? "

"Your Majesty, forgive me for my incompetence. I can't think of a way."

Wan Jin knelt down in trembling, he was just a clay-made-paper old man who really didn't do anything, and only relied on his seniority as a veteran of the two dynasties.

"Master Li, Minister of the Household Department, what do you think?" Qi Xingyun glanced at Li Sanshao who was in the crowd.

Li Sanshao, courtesy name Shuwen, Minister of the Household Department, came from Tangling Academy. One-third of the courtiers in this court are related to Tangling Academy.

Li Sanshao immediately knelt down.

"My humble minister is incompetent, I have tried my best, but the tax is only so much." Li Sanshao's face was full of pain.

But Qi Xingyun knew that this so-called deep pain was all for him to see, as long as he dealt with it, he could do whatever he wanted.

"Li Sanshao, are you guilty?" Qi Xingyun suddenly shouted.

Li Sanshao seemed to be struck by lightning, his whole body trembled like a sieve, and there was an uproar in the hall.

"These memorials are to impeach you for accepting bribes, going in and out of brothels, and allowing your son to rob civilian women."

"Your Majesty, I am wronged. There must be a treacherous minister who wants to harm the humble minister."

Li Sanshao started to cry out for injustice. He knew that if he didn't cry out, he would lose his chance. He didn't need to look, he also knew that the crimes were real, but there were a few bureaucrats in the court who were not greedy.

Now, he is counting on his colleagues who also came from Tanglin Academy to help him.

"Wronged? The evidence is conclusive, will I wrong you? Let's all take a look."

Qi Xingyun's words were full of anger.

"Look at this, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, an important minister of the court, embezzled and accepted bribes of 350 taels of silver, with pavilions and pavilions at home, and groups of wives and concubines. This is not enough, but he is still a frequent visitor of Wanhualou. Everyone knows that Xiangyulou is a serious business Yes, Wanhualou, where is that place? You all know it too."

"It's heartbreaking, it's too much to write down, the imperial treasury is empty, but the Minister of the Ministry of Households can hide millions of silver at home. If this goes on, can Daqi not collapse?"

Qi Xingyun continued: "Come here, take off this man's crown and belt for me, and put him in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

Soon, several guards dragged the crying Hubu Shangshu out of the hall.

(End of this chapter)