How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

Some even wanted to marry their daughters to him as concubines, but Xu Chengling rejected them one by one.

How can you govern the country well with such a group of nerds who are not enterprising and feudal and superstitious?

At six-thirty, His Majesty still hadn't arrived.

Xu Chengling looked back at the team behind him. Most of these civil servants were old officials with gray hair, a team of retired officials.

On the other hand, the military officers were all strong and healthy middle-aged men, and they looked very capable in fighting.

The general headed by the military officers is your majesty's uncle, Prince Jing. He does not bow when entering the court, but wears a sword and shoes when entering the palace. It is said that Prince Jing holds the power of 400,000 troops, and even your majesty does not dare to touch him easily.

But according to the original plot, Prince Jing held military power and wanted to rebel, but he was schemed against by the empress, who instigated his most trusted subordinates to rebel. He was eventually beheaded by his subordinates and his entire clan was implicated.

The officials headed by Prince Yu disrupted the government and had great power. As a result, their crimes were exposed, and they were poisoned to death by the empress, and their entire clan was implicated.

See? This is what happens when you become a traitor.

"His Majesty is here!"

With a shout, the court fell silent. Civil and military officials lined up on both sides, all looking upwards.

Behind a curtain, a graceful figure in a dragon robe walked up the steps with the help of a maid and sat on the dragon throne.

"When there is something going on, we will start, and when there is nothing going on, we will retreat."

As soon as Yan Qiaoling came to court, she spoke to the ministers below.

When he heard that the court was about to be adjourned, Xu Chengling was delighted, for he liked the empress's personality.

As a qualified worker, he went to court only to leave, and at this moment he only wanted to go home quickly to be with his wife.

The civil and military officials looked at each other, and no one spoke at the first moment. They all turned their eyes to the Western Envoy in the center of the court.

The Western Regions Kingdom and the Dayan Dynasty have always been in a hostile relationship and have been fighting for years. Now that the Western Regions Kingdom has sent an envoy here, no one knows what their intention is.

All officials naturally looked down on the Western Regions. Compared with Dayan, whose vast territory, the Western Regions was just a barren land, and the indigenous people there were all uncivilized barbarians.

"Your Majesty, in order to demonstrate the sincerity of our Western Regions, please accept this treasure."

The male envoy from the Western Regions stepped forward and presented the empress with a treasure from the Western Regions.

The ministers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing this. It turned out that the envoys from the Western Regions came to pay tribute. It seemed that these barbarians finally realized the power of the Dayan Dynasty and wanted to seek peace.

But Xu Chengling always felt something was wrong. The Western Regions Kingdom and the Dayan Dynasty had been at war for many years, and in recent years the Kingdom had gained a slight upper hand. It was impossible for the Kingdom to pay tribute to Dayan for no reason.

By doing this, I'm afraid they are trying to use courtesy before force.

At this time, the female envoy from the Western Regions came forward, without kneeling, and smiled at the empress above and said:

"Your Majesty, the former emperor of Dayan ceded a piece of land to our Western Regions. Now, for the sake of the friendly development of our two countries, we have decided to return these Dayan natives to show the friendship between our two countries."

As soon as the Western Regions envoys finished speaking, all the civil and military officials in the court could not help but show them looks of great contempt.

It sounds so nice, but everyone knows that there was a famine in the Western Regions some time ago, and a large number of victims fled from the border of the Western Regions.

And these disaster victims were none other than the people of the Dayan Dynasty.

It was obvious that the Western Regions didn't want to take care of it, so they just let the victims run to the territory of Dayan and directly left the mess to Dayan.

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Chapter 23 A Great Gift

Xu Chengling felt emotional. It was said that the people in the Western Regions were all barbarians, but these people were very cunning. This move was a smart one.

Regardless of whether the wild geese care about these disaster victims or not, they will definitely be the ones who suffer.

If we ignore it, then Dayan will lose morally. He won't even want the people of his own country. The people will be unstable, which is not conducive to Dayan's rule.

Moreover, the feet are on the bodies of the victims. As long as the Western Region Kingdom does not care and allows these victims to enter the territory of Dayan, it will also become an unstable factor.

If we take care of it, the wild geese will have to feed so many mouths, open their granaries to release grain, and consume the surplus grain in the national treasury.

The most cunning thing about the Western Regions Kingdom is that they only returned the people on the land, but did not mention a word about the land ceded by the previous emperor.

This envoy from the Western Regions was clearly here to flatter the Empress of Dayan.

The Western Regions envoy looked at the woman in dragon robe behind the curtain, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't care about the contemptuous looks of the ministers.

She came to negotiate this time on the orders of Chanyu to test Dayan's attitude.

At this time, all the ministers turned their eyes to the empress, waiting for her to speak.

After waiting for a long time, the empress still didn't say anything. Isn't this a sign of giving in to the Western Regions?

However, at this time, Yan Qiaoling's attention was not on the envoy from the Western Regions, but on Xu Chengling.

Seeing Xu Chengling staring at the coquettish vixen from the Western Regions and the two of them flirting with each other, Yan Qiaoling was so angry that she gritted her teeth and had no intention of paying attention to state affairs.

If this continues, the people in the Western Regions will laugh at their Dayan Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter cannot be agreed to."

Regarding this matter, the Minister of Revenue stood out from the ranks of civil officials, bowed to the empress, and continued:

"Although Dayan is a vast country with abundant resources, in recent years, disasters have occurred in various places, and a large number of victims have been displaced. We can only rely on the court to distribute disaster relief grain for relief. The central granary is already in deficit and has been in deficit for many years. If we continue to provide relief to these victims in the Western Regions, I am afraid that the granary will be closed soon and there will be no more grain left."

"I agree."

Several civil servants stood out from the ranks and expressed their agreement with the proposal of the Minister of Revenue.

"Well, the Minister of Revenue is absolutely right."

Yan Qiaoling nodded, her eyes swept across the civil and military officials present, finally landing on the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

"In that case, can the Minister of Revenue take out the surplus grain and hand it over to the government, setting a precedent for the civil and military officials present?"

"..."

The ministers were silent. A few civil servants who expressed their agreement with the Minister of Revenue quietly returned to the team, fearing that they would be caught by the empress and forced to hand over public grain.

"Your Majesty, there is no surplus food in my house..."

The Minister of Revenue took a step back and spoke hesitantly.

"Minister of Revenue, immediately send someone to search the residence of the Vice Minister of Revenue. If any extra grain is found, confiscate it all."

Yan Qiaoling gave the order to the Minister of Revenue beside her.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Minister of Revenue took the order, but at the same time he broke out in a cold sweat. In order not to draw trouble upon himself, he had to conduct a thorough search to dispel the Empress' suspicion.

At this moment, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue just wanted to slap himself hard in the face, you just talk too much!

After seeing what happened to the Minister of Revenue, everyone dared not mention the issue of the granary again.

Yan Qiaoling has been with her sister for so long that she knows some things very well.

No one knows how much grain these officials have embezzled. There are huge amounts of grain reserves in the government offices. If a portion of the reserves could be confiscated, would the central granary still be in deficit every year?

Moreover, the problems of these disaster victims have not been resolved at all.

Yan Qiaoling looked at the ministers and asked again:

"Do you have any other suggestions?"

After seeing what happened to the Minister of Revenue, the civil and military officials below no longer dared to speak nonsense.

At this time, the female envoy from the Western Regions stood up, glanced at everyone, and smiled slightly:

"Haha, the Dayan Dynasty claims to be a great country, but can't it even accept its own people?"

It’s begun, the pressure is starting to build.

Xu Chengling stood aside but didn't say anything. At this moment, he just wanted to go home as soon as possible.

At this time, the middle-aged man headed by the military officer suddenly stood up, without any salute, and said:

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I have an army of 400,000 soldiers under my command. With just one order from Your Majesty, I will send troops out today and we will be able to retake the territory within three days."

The person who spoke was Prince Jing.

When Xu Chengling heard this, he was so confused. No, how dare you speak to His Majesty like that?

Back then, the late emperor sent Prince Jing to pacify the border and gave him an army of 400,000. However, not long after, the late emperor passed away, and the power of the 400,000 troops fell into the hands of Prince Jing.

Then, Prince Jing had something wrong with his brain. He showed off his power over 400,000 soldiers in front of the civil and military officials and His Majesty all day long, for fear that His Majesty didn't know that he had been planning to rebel for a long time.

This Prince Jing is so stupid, just like Sima Zhao. It shows how incompetent the author of this novel is.

If you can't write political intrigue articles, you don't have to write them. He really can't lead this group of noobs.

Sure enough, as soon as Prince Jing finished speaking, the faces of all the ministers changed, and they all distanced themselves from Prince Jing.

At this time, the female envoy from the Western Regions couldn't help but laugh, and looked at Prince Jing in front of her and said sarcastically:

"You must be the general of Dayan, right? Canaan has long heard of your name. Emperor Dayan ceded this land to our Western Regions, and now this land is still the territory of the Western Regions. What has the general done?"

"Humph, as long as I send out these 400,000 troops, I can take down your Western Regions in a matter of minutes."

Prince Jing said very proudly.

Xu Chengling looked at Prince Jing as if he was a fool. Everyone knows that you have an army of 400,000. You'd better stop talking about it. You're going to make Dayan lose all its face.

Yan Qiaoling was also speechless. How could she have such a stupid uncle?

Canaan raised his eyes slightly, looked at the empress above the court, sighed, and said:

"It seems that Dayan Country is unwilling to accept these disaster victims, and even does not want its own people. If the world knew about this, how would they view Your Majesty?"

After saying that, Canaan turned around and said to the Western Region man beside him:

"Let's go. It seems that Dayan Country is just a name in name only."

The moment she turned around, she clearly felt several murderous intentions coming from behind her.

But she dared to come here, so she was naturally well prepared.

"When two countries are at war, envoys are not killed. If the Chanyu does not see us return, he will declare that the relationship between the two countries has broken down."

After saying this, the envoy from the Western Regions prepared to leave.

"Wait, who said Dayan doesn't care?"

"Oh?"

Canaan couldn't help but stop and turned around. The person who spoke was a young man who was standing closest to the empress.

She had some impression of this young man. After all, he was too conspicuous among a group of elderly people, and he looked very young, yet he had already become the head of the civil servants.

Xu Chengling stood up and said to the envoy from the Western Regions:

"We take care of these disaster victims. Not only these, we will take care of all the disaster victims who fled to Dayan. We also want to thank you for the tribute from the Western Regions and for bringing such a great gift to Dayan."

Chapter 24 I have a way to kill two birds with one stone

Xu Chengling's words immediately aroused Canaan's interest.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these disaster victims are a burden. The Western Regions Kingdom doesn't want to care about them, and neither does Dayan.

But in comparison, these disaster victims were originally the original citizens of Dayan. If Dayan did not care, it would be morally condemned by the world.

So, in Canaan's view, the man in front of him was just showing off his verbal skills.

Of course, if Dayan intends to accept these disaster victims, Xiyu Guole will also see it.

Anyway, no matter how it is handled, the Western Regions Kingdom will not suffer any loss.

At the same time, all the civil and military officials in the court turned their eyes to the young prime minister.

Everyone knows that if the geese take in these disaster victims, it will only increase the burden on the central granary and the national treasury.

Moreover, if these disaster victims are allowed to flow into Dayan’s territory, how should their whereabouts be dealt with? If they are left alone, these refugees will sooner or later become an unstable factor that affects public security.