Chapter 795 The Noble Assembly of the Controversy of Interests
Shao Dianhuan miscalculated. He didn't expect Ding Kui to be so bold and dare to try something he thought was logical.
In his imagination, Ding Kui was familiar with the process of treating Shaodian Luan, could not help but recover his own fighting spirit, and came into contact with a small part of the secrets of "Water and Fire Double Dragon Jue", at least a few years later.
Bravery in combat and courage in cultivation are two different things. How could he know that Ding Kui himself is a freak with both fighting spirit and magic power. It is more important to cure his true disciple first. Even if Ding Kui obtains a breakthrough in cultivation through this, it will not be possible.
reach his level.
In the future, when Ding Kui has children, he will secretly kill Ding Kui to prevent Ding Kui from growing up to threaten the royal family.
There were special maids who reported the affair between the princess and the consort to the palace, and the royal family did not allow any fraud in the marriage designated by the king.
After all, Shaodian Luan was born with a body of fire, and his fighting spirit was further refined by Ding Kui. After becoming a wife for the first time, he still maintained a good condition, and his delicate appearance added a sense of maturity.
Long Yan had been waiting outside the door early, waiting to greet Ding Kui and Shao Dian Luan. Seeing his wife's nourishing look, he couldn't help but feel jealous, secretly sighing that the royal family's proud daughter was indeed outstanding.
Ding Qi had nothing to say to his real daughter-in-law. His satisfied expression made Shao Dian Luan put down his uneasy heart. A strong daughter-in-law has a higher chance of giving birth to a healthy child. Now his only wish is that Shao Dian Luan and Long Yan get pregnant as soon as possible.
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The city of Zhenjing soon calmed down from the festive atmosphere of the eldest princess's wedding, and the whole city's attention was focused on the upcoming noble meeting.
The marriage of the eldest princess has little to do with the common people. The aristocratic meeting is related to the livelihood of nearly half of the people in the country. The decisions at the meeting basically directly or indirectly affect the lives of common people.
Ding Kui is newly married. In addition to hosting friends from his hometown, he also goes to the Invisible Sword Hall and Ding's Children's Paradise when he has free time to put his understanding of martial arts halls and paradises into reality.
For a day fee, you can find Ding Kui as a secret agent.
"Mr. Fei, since you are so insistent, please return to Juyang City first and hand over to Zheng Huan on my behalf. By the way, Brother Yu and Sister Yan are not used to the hustle and bustle of the capital, so they will go back with you."
It turned out that Fei Ze knew that Ding Kui could not leave the capital so early, and that Juyang City could not remain in a handover state, and that someone needed to take charge of the overall situation, so he proposed that he return to Juyang City to take over the handover and deal with the accumulated problems of several industries there.
Ding Kui wants to attend the noble meeting, so he cannot rush to take the princess away from the capital. He will have to stay in the capital for at least two or three months.
Ao Yan was really not used to it, and she always attracted wild bees and butterflies when she went out for a walk. Her beauty was destined to be impossible to keep a low profile, and Ding Kui's vicious reputation could not stop the suitors who came to visit her.
Ao Yu's strength was already shocking enough. Ding Kui didn't want Ao Yan to expose her sixth level magic ability. Although this could deter some suitors, it would also attract unnecessary attention and trouble, so he simply decided to give away these two giant dragons.
Return to territory.
Butler Ding Kun clearly wants to return to Ding Kui. Even if Ding Qi goes to Lu State and Ao Yu and Ao Yan leave, there are still two sixth-level combatants in the Huguo Hou Mansion, and Ding Kui's bodyguards are strong enough.
"I found that you have made rapid progress recently. You must maintain this momentum and come back as soon as possible to unlock the seal on me." Ao Yu left a message before leaving.
He discovered the changes in Ding Kui after his marriage, and Ding Kui's purer fighting spirit made him see a bright future for lifting the seal.
"If anyone bothers me again, I will swallow them whole." Ao Yan's reaction was very direct.
"No, no, no, no, leave it to me to deal with it. It will be more satisfying to let them live than to eat them in one gulp." Ding Kui felt such hatred in his heart.
If the lustful person drives away Ao Yan, he will definitely make those people's lives worse than death.
"Husband, are we going to live in Juyang City forever?" Shao Dianluan saw the clues from Ding Kui's arrangement.
Ao's cousins and Ding Kui have a brother-sister relationship, and they are also top-notch members of the Ding family in terms of strength. These two such important figures left the capital early, which shows that Ding Kui's future focus will not be on the capital.
"Are you willing to go?" Ding Kui asked.
"Now that I belong to the Ding family, of course I let you make the decision. I have to listen to you whether you want to or not." Shao Dianluan was very cunning and did not answer Ding Kui directly.
"The outside world is very big. I will take you around. If you miss this place in the future, you can come back. But Juyang City belongs to me, and that is my settled home."
Ding Kui simply had a showdown with his wife. Anyway, he had no plans to stay in the capital for a long time. Sooner or later, he would have to choose from Dian Luan.
"Humph, you clearly know that I have no choice. I can't leave you for more than a month, or two months? Hey, I am destined to be bullied by you in this life."
Shaodianluan has not yet left Zhenjing City even though she has grown up, and she refuses to go outside to have a look, and she is tied to Ding Kui because of hidden dangers in her body. In fact, she has no choice.
"No, I think you are enjoying it." Ding Kui showed a narrow smile.
"You're not serious," Shao Dian Luan slapped Ding Kui's claws away, "My brother is going to the children's paradise later, won't you go play with him?"
"Didn't your mother-in-law want to create an identical paradise in the palace? Why did Prince Feng run out?" Ding Kui's tone was a little unhappy.
Tantai Yue was worried that her son would not be safe in Ding's children's paradise, so she asked Ding Kui to send craftsmen to the palace to build a children's paradise so that young Dian could have fun without leaving the palace.
"My father is not happy, saying who dares to murder his son in Zhenjing City, please let my brother come out to play with you at ease." Shao Dianluan sometimes wanted to enter the palace to pay respects to the king.
"My father is going out to a banquet, and I'm afraid I have to accompany him. You go and play with Prince Feng, and bring some money to offer as a tribute."
Ding Kui persuaded his father to contact the centrist nobles, but he could not stay out of the matter. He had to at least appear at the gathering to convey his position to the outside world.
The main contradiction of the noble assembly focuses on the imbalance of territorial income. For example, in the same high-class city, some cities may be as good as county towns, and some cities may be inferior to medium-sized cities due to location advantages or mineral deposits.
Part of the territory's income must be turned over to the state. This part is determined by the Council of Government and is collected by the Senate. However, the Senate has the right to adjust the amount. This adjustment power has caused many disputes.
In order to avoid quarrels in daily meetings, the Senate decided to use the power of adjustment only once every time a noble meeting was held, allowing the nobles across the country to exercise this power together.
Therefore, the most intense quarrels and fiercest fights at every noble meeting were over the fixed taxes paid by the territories to the kingdom.
The fixed taxes in the dukedom are divided into three levels, first-level, second-level and third-level. There are only more than 20 dukes in the country, and they have not changed for many years. However, the territories below the marquis involve too many places.
It's not fair to divide them based solely on their titles and grades. There will always be people who are happy and others who are worried.
Changes did not occur in every meeting of the nobility. Only when the strength of the various factions in the Senate changed, the battle for the right to adjust the territorial income fixed tax would break out again.
In the past, the Ding family had no interest in the adjustment rights. It was none of the Ding family's business and could only be used in exchange for certain benefits. This time the situation changed, Ding Kui owned the territory, and the matter was related to the Ding family.
"The Government Affairs Council has increased the fixed tax. Everyone knows the reason. The Senate means that the duke's portion should remain unchanged and be shared by the marquis and below. We cannot agree to this proposal." Prince Wanshou brought bad news.
Ding Kui also received the news when he just went out. Both the Jiang family and the Long family sent people to inform him.
"It's probably difficult to stop this. The ten elders must agree." Ding Qi regretted coming to the party.
"The dukes naturally agree, but will the followers agree? They will also have to share." A nobleman who looked like a baron questioned.
"I will agree. The Dukes will exchange other benefits. Those big families will do anything to save face. Don't underestimate their shamelessness." Yu Wei has experience.
Ding Kui sighed and said: "This is the best opportunity to divide the centrists. The Dukes will not care about that little bit of sharing. Their purpose is to make us fight among ourselves.
A total of five million gold coins were added to the fixed tax, all of which was shared by the duke. Each family only paid an additional two hundred thousand per year. This was a large amount for a city, but it was insignificant for a county.
The big families give out hundreds of thousands to their followers every year and ask them to pass this proposal, and then we will get into a quarrel about how to share the five million, with no one behind us to help, so who among us will give in?"
"After alienating the centrists, they will put forward more extreme suggestions and secretly bribe the centrists to join their faction. If such a noble meeting is held a few more times, there will be no centrists left." Di Zhi immediately understood what Ding Kui meant.
"This is a conspiracy. Who doesn't think about themselves? Even if we knew, we couldn't stop it." Yu Wei's face turned blue.
"We can't stop the first step, but we shouldn't mess up the situation in the second step. No matter how the five million is divided, there will always be some who get the advantage and others who lose. If those who make the cheap are willing to subsidize the losers, we can reduce conflicts.
"Ding Kui came up with a plan.
Someone objected on the spot, "Will those who make cheap money take out the money? How much should they take out?"
"No, it's hard to convince everyone." Even Ding Qi objected.
"How do you know if you don't give it a try? I personally use 100,000 gold coins as a subsidy. If the Juyang City stall gets too much, I don't need other people's subsidies, and 100,000 gold coins will not be less." Ding Kui was the first to express his position.
"Okay, I'll also pay you 100,000 gold coins. The Di family still has some wealth." Di Zhi expressed his support for Ding Kui.
Wang Tong's eyes lit up and he said: "Yes, the shortcoming of the centrists is that they are not united. If we unite, we can thwart their conspiracy. I will contribute 50,000 yuan and I will coordinate with everyone in Linhai Prefecture."
"Then I will also pay 50,000 yuan, and I will coordinate with the people from Nanzhao Prefecture." Gong Wei was not to be outdone.
Cao Rou clapped her hands and applauded, saying: "There are so many bosses in Zhongwangzhou, leave the small coordination matters to me, and I will count 50,000 gold coins."