My wife is sick

Chapter 141
The corners of the mouths of the other ministers could not help but twitch slightly.

It seems that the reason why the Holy Majesty favors Duke Zhen so much has a lot to do with Duke Zhen having such a mouth that can always say things that make the Holy Majesty happy.

After laughing, Emperor Jing Wen had someone give Jiang Heng a seat, and said, "Jiang Aiqing will wait here for a while."

Then speed up to discuss matters with several ministers.

Not long after, the discussion between the monarch and his ministers ended, several ministers resigned and left, leaving only Emperor Jingwen and Jiang Hengjun and his ministers in the imperial study.

"Jiang Aiqing, what's the situation at the border recently?" Emperor Jingwen asked.

Although the border would send battle reports to the palace every once in a while, how could those few words compare to Jiang Heng, a living man? Naturally, Emperor Jingwen was more inclined to ask Jiang Heng.

Jiang Heng said: "My lord, the frontier pass has been relatively calm for the past year, but the barbarians in the border pass have not given up on invading Jing Chao. Although it will not be a good situation in a short period of time, we must prevent the barbarians from taking this opportunity to recuperate. Attack me again in the future, Jing Dynasty."

Regarding Jiang Heng's words, Emperor Jingwen naturally couldn't believe it.

Therefore, Emperor Jingwen nodded lightly: "Jiang Aiqing's words are reasonable. If the barbarians are deceived by the illusion of surrender, and the barbarians attack again in the future, I'm afraid they will be caught off guard."

Those who are not of my race must have a different mind. As an emperor, Emperor Jing Wen couldn't understand this truth all too well.

It is precisely because of understanding this that Jiang Heng has held such a pivotal position in Jing Dynasty for so many years.

Afterwards, Emperor Jingwen asked some more questions about the border, and Jiang Heng answered them all.

After asking about the political affairs, Emperor Jing Wen's expression became a little more relaxed, with a smile on his face, he said a little jokingly: "I heard that Jiang Aiqing was just about to return to Beijing, and she was injured at the hands of Mrs. Zhen Guogong?"

As he spoke, Emperor Jingwen's eyes fell on the scar on Jiang Heng's neck that he could not hide, and the smile in his eyes deepened.

A little bit of embarrassment appeared on Jiang Heng's originally calm face, and he seemed a little embarrassed, "Even if the Holy Majesty knows about this, he is also an incompetent minister, and he can't even control the wife at home."

Speaking of these words, Jiang Heng seemed to be thinking of all the absurd actions of "Wei Fu" over the years, and Jiang Heng looked a little ashamed.

Emperor Jingwen shook his head repeatedly when he saw this, and he seemed to be joking and sighed: "A man as upright as Jiang Aiqing would be so embarrassed about the matter of the back house. It can be seen that things in this world are really one thing. .”

This was clearly making fun of Jiang Heng.

Jiang Heng was very ashamed and said: "Your Majesty, this minister is incompetent."

Emperor Jingwen waved his hand, and said with a smile: "How could this be considered incompetent? Jiang Aiqing just didn't want to argue with Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife. The tenderness of the iron man in the drama is just like Jiang Aiqing."

While talking, Emperor Jingwen also found it interesting, and laughed several times.

With a few jokes from Emperor Jingwen, this matter was completely over.

Afterwards, Jiang Heng seemed to think of something, first he frowned and wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and then quickly closed it, going back and forth several times, looking very embarrassed.

Although Emperor Jingwen has passed the age of knowing the destiny this year, his eyes are still very good. Naturally, it is impossible not to notice the embarrassment on Jiang Heng's face.

With a slight movement in his heart, Emperor Jingwen said, "What's wrong with Aiqing?"

Jiang Heng hesitated again, then gritted his teeth and said: "Return to the Holy One, I do have something important to report, but..."

Emperor Jing Wen slowly suppressed the smile on his face.

It can make Jiang Heng hesitate like this, so it can be seen that what he is about to say must be extremely important, and it also involves some people with special status. Otherwise, how could Jiang Heng, as the Duke of the country, behave like this?

"Jiang Aiqing don't have to worry about anything, just say what you want, no matter what, I trust Jiang Aiqing." Emperor Jingwen said.

After hearing what Emperor Jingwen said, Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Return to the Holy One, what I want to say is related to Princess Changning."

Changning?

Emperor Jingwen's heart moved slightly.

"When Weichen returned to Beijing, he passed by Yongning County. He rested at the post station in Yongning County for a night. He overheard the people at the post station talking about the fact that Yongning County has increased taxes repeatedly in recent years. The tax is actually higher than the tax levied by the imperial court. It is said that the people in Yongning County are full of complaints, and there are faint signs that they cannot be suppressed..." Jiang Heng paused slightly when he said this, "Your Majesty also knows that the wife of the minister and Princess Changning have always had complaints. That's why I was in a dilemma before, whether to tell the matter to the sage, I was also afraid..."

Emperor Jingwen naturally understood what Jiang Heng meant.

It was nothing more than fear that he would think that Jiang Heng's story about Yongning County was to help Wei Fu take revenge on Princess Changning.

"Jiang Aiqing is worrying too much. I know Jiang Aiqing's character and it involves such an important matter. How could Jiang Aiqing arrange it randomly because of the unhappiness between women?" Emperor Jing Wen was talking, but his heart was gradually Anger arose.

Naturally, it is impossible for Jiang Heng to lie about this matter, because it only needs someone to go to Yongning County to find out what is going on. No matter how stupid Jiang Heng is, it is impossible to make up such a story. Lies that are easily exposed.

So……

There is no doubt that things must be true.

Emperor Jing Wen was furious when he thought that Princess Changning had levied heavy taxes in Yongning County behind his back.

Taxes are an extremely important source of income for the imperial court. How much tax the imperial court collects from the people has been carefully considered. Although the world is at peace now, there have been two natural disasters affecting a wide range in the past two years. Now, the life of the common people is naturally difficult. In order not to let the common people be forced into desperation, Emperor Jingwen decreed to lower the tax twice.

Under such circumstances, Princess Changning dared to raise taxes in Yongning County privately?

It is true that Yongning County is the fiefdom of Princess Changning, and the tax money received from Yongning County indeed belongs to Princess Changning, but it is the responsibility of the imperial court to formulate taxes. Ordinarily, Princess Yongning cannot interfere at all, but She just did it, and if Jiang Heng hadn't come to report it, Emperor Jing Wen didn't even know when he would know about it.

But Princess Changning was able to do this without revealing anything about it. It is conceivable that the officials in Yongning County must all know about it, and they also helped Princess Changning hide this matter.

Thinking of this, Emperor Jingwen became really angry.

As an emperor, the most taboo thing is that others want to touch his own country. Although Princess Yongning only increased taxes in Yongning County, for Emperor Jingwen, this is no different from moving his country.

(End of this chapter)