super concubine

Chapter 844
"The long wind blows, and the journey is long... There is a great general, Xiao Mo, who rode thousands of miles to fight against the Liao army. He forced the capital to be killed first, and flaunted the prestige and retreated. Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers will be determined, and the world will change color in one battle..."

After thinking about Li Zhun's Fu for a long time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned.

After a long time, Zhao Ziji asked anxiously: "My dear friends, did I hear you right? The general really captured Zhongjing with a thousand riders, and then forced to death Emperor Yelu Aluhan, the empress of the Liao Dynasty, and defeated the number one at that time. A 1+ army made by Meng Gong?"

Hearing Zhao Ziji's question, even the old eunuch trembled when he read the memorial just now, and then coughed suddenly.

Zhao Ziji saw it and asked, "Why are you panicking?"

The old eunuch replied: "Back to the emperor, the old slave heard the miracle of the great general, and couldn't help himself... I also ask the emperor to forgive me!"

Zhao Ziji was happy now, so he said: "Forget it, I still have to discuss matters with the ministers, so you stand down!"

The old eunuch obeyed the order, and was about to turn around to leave, but he did not expect that his legs were already weak, so he fell down the main hall on his knees, causing Zhao Ziji to shake his head and smile: "As expected of a general, this Yu Wei can also do it!" Scared the old eunuch into such an ugly face!"

Then Ji Ping stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the general is truly a strange man who has never been seen in ancient times. This thousand riders rushed to attack the capital of the enemy country, killed the emperor of the enemy country and retreated completely, and defeated the No. 1 general in the world. With 10,000+ cavalry from the Liao Kingdom, such a battle can be said to be unprecedented!"

Cao Gang was also shocked, and sighed with admiration on his face: "I think back then, when I first heard the name of the Great General, I thought that there would be another talented person in the ruling and opposition parties in the future, but I didn't think about the current achievements of the General. It will be hard to hold back in a lifetime!"

Hearing that the ministers all praised Xiao Mo, Zhao Ziji's reaction was different from his Lao Tzu's.

If Zhao Quan is still in power, he must be a little dissatisfied now, because he feels that Xiao Mo's prestige is a threat to him.

But Zhao Ziji didn't feel that way, instead he was happy for Xiao Mo!

Happy is happy, but Zhao Ziji can only be happy for a while, because Zhao Quan said before his death that Xiao Mo can no longer be rewarded, so Zhao Ziji asked in embarrassment: "My dear friends, when my father died, he ordered me not to grant rewards. General, now that the general has made such a remarkable achievement, how should he be rewarded?"

"This……"

Ji Ping was also stumped by this question. He thought for a while and asked Zhao Ziji, "How does the emperor plan to reward you?"

It is an eternal principle that a new generation replaces an old one. Now that Zhao Quan is dead and Zhao Ziji is the emperor, naturally Ji Ping will not oppose Zhao Ziji's idea when Xiao Mo has made great achievements.

Isn't that making yourself unhappy?So Ji Ping decided to inquire about Zhao Ziji's thoughts on Xiao Mo's meritorious deeds.

Zhao Ziji thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's difficult, I must abide by my father's imperial edict!"

At this point, Minister Ji Pingping shut up in good time.

Your Majesty, you have said it's difficult, so don't ask us, we don't know what to do!
"Why don't you ask..." Zhao Ziji's eyes lit up suddenly, but he laughed at himself in the middle of the sentence, and then said, "I'm confused, how can I ask myself about the general?"

Emotional Zhao Ziji saw that civil and military officials were helpless, so he thought of Xiao Mo, the most intelligent man in the world, but... such a thing, can you ask Xiao Mo?

After thinking for a while, Zhao Ziji said to Ji Ping: "I can only ask Ji Aiqing to write Master Li's memorial as a victory report, and then tell the world, so that the common people can be encouraged. In addition... I will go to Xiao's mansion right now, and I will take a look at it." I came here to see my sister, and secondly... I also asked how to repay the great general for his great service to the world!"

Ji Ping said: "Your Majesty obeys the decree, and the Emperor... I have a suggestion here, that you can exempt the people in the General's hometown from paying taxes for three years, as a way of showing preferential treatment to the General and his neighbors!"

Hearing Ji Ping's words, Zhou Chang frowned and asked, "Master Ji, the annual tax in Changle Town is worth millions of copper coins!"

Hearing Zhou Chang's words, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty felt a little pained...

Even Ji Ping almost didn't slap himself. He used to be in charge of the household department, but after the development of Shen County, Shi Zhongyuan was in charge, and later it was handed over to the current Zhou Chang, so Ji Ping didn't care. Knowing that a small town of Changle now has a tax of one million a year!
After thinking for a while, Ji Ping asked: "Master Zhou, this Changle Town has an annual income of one million guan, but it's all the people's poll tax?"

Zhou Chang shook his head and said, "Changle Town has three major iron mines, as well as cement workshops, sericulture and cotton lime workshops. These places account for eighty-nine out of ten tax revenues!"

Hearing Zhou Chang's words, Ji Ping heaved a sigh of relief, and then said to Zhao Ziji: "Your Majesty, what I just said is to reduce or exempt the poll tax!"

Zhao Ziji was relieved by Ji Ping's words. To be honest, even if Zhao Ziji was the emperor, he would feel a little bit pained if he was allowed to reduce taxes so much. However, the poll tax is only tens of thousands, which is nothing compared to millions.

So Zhao Ziji accepted Ji Ping's idea, and then went down to leave the palace.

After leaving the imperial palace, Zhao Ziji was naturally worshiped by the people in the capital. Zhao Ziji's reputation among the people has always been very good. Of course, this has something to do with the officials in the East Palace trying their best to maintain Zhao Ziji's image.

The bigger reason is that Zhao Ziji is indeed a benevolent king, and after Zhao Ziji ascended the throne, he not only dealt with political affairs clearly, but also adopted Ji Ping's idea of ​​governing the country, and implemented many benevolent policies according to the slogan of "benevolent government inside, and the way of heaven outside". This made the common people highly respect the emperor Zhao Ziji, calling him the 'Emperor Ren'!
After arriving at Xiao's house, the servants and guards of Xiao's house had already lined up to greet the emperor's car, and Yun Xue, Xiao Guanyin and other housewives of Xiao's house also went out of the gate to pay respects to Zhao Ziji.

Zhao Ziji hurriedly got off the dragon, and then returned the salute to the girls: "The princess is my sister, the general is my elder brother, and all the sisters-in-law are my sisters-in-law, how dare I accept such a big gift from your sisters-in-law?"

When Zhao Ziji said this, he was being modest. He was the emperor, who could not stand the courtesy of anyone?
But Zhao Ziji's personality is like this, especially for Xiao Mo...Of course Zhao Ziji knows that without Xiao Mo, it is still a question of whether Zhao Ziji would be able to be where he is today. Zhao Ziji, the emperor, was able to become the crown prince back then, because Xiao Mo single-handedly wiped out Qin Wang Zhao Zixuan and the imperial court's opposition to Zhao Ziji's new advance faction!

(End of this chapter)