"Your Majesty, I dare not..." Han Yunzhi's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he quickly bowed and replied: "I am just worried that the emperor's forced reduction of the vassal states will make the kings dissatisfied!"
The Guanglu Dafu Fan Qing also spoke at the right time to relieve Han Yunzhi: "The emperor, the empress also agrees with what Prime Minister Han said, "The matter of reducing the vassal states requires thinking twice... Nowadays, the tyrants and taxes of the princes have not caused complaints from the people.
I have been handing over to the court on time, and now I have reduced the vassal states. If the princes and princes spread their resentment on the people, it may cause public resentment!"
"Mr. Fan, tying taxes are the second priority. All the kings hold military power. If their ambitions are expanded and they have troops to stand up, what should they do?" The chief censor Fang Shixian asked aggressively, and he also agreed with Guanglu Dafu Fan Qing and Prime Minister Han Yunzhi.
Quite dissatisfied.
Fan Qing did not retreat at all, looked at Fang Shixian coldly, and said in a deep voice: "If the emperor still treats the kings as generous as before, how could the kings easily bear their own troops? On the contrary, if the emperor forced them to do so
It is urgent, it is difficult to guarantee that the kings will not rebel and become independent!"
"You--" Fang Shixian said that he could not defeat the Guanglu doctor Fan Qing, his face changed slightly, he glared at him angrily, and then turned his eyes to Xiao Heng who was frowning without saying a word.
"The emperor, ambitious people, no matter how generous they are, they will not change their ambitions, just like the Lu family who rebelled at the time!"
Fang Shixian deliberately mentioned Duan Fei's family because at the beginning, Duan Fei's father Lu Ziliang was promoted by Xiao Heng, and the Lu family's favor was also given by Xiao Heng. Xiao Heng did not expect that Lu Ziliang would one day join forces with the general to rebel him.
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Because when Concubine Duan’s father Lu Ziliang was promoted by Xiao Heng, and the Lu family’s favor was also given by Xiao Heng, Xiao Heng did not expect that Lu Ziliang would one day join forces with the general to rebel him!
Xiao Heng was silent for a moment and slowly spoke: "I have decided that the matter of reducing the vassal states is imperative..."
"Emperor—" Prime Minister Han Yunzhi and Guanglu doctor Fan Qing called out in unison, trying to persuade Xiao Heng to change his mind. Unexpectedly, Xiao Heng just glanced at them coldly and waved his hand and said, "You don't have to say much, I feel like I'm in my heart.
Be contented!"
Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind, Han Yunzhi and Fan Qing could only shake their heads helplessly, while the minister Deng Xian and the chief censor Fang Shixian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Except for Han Yunzhi, other ministers withdrew from the Political Consultative Hall.
Fan Qing glanced at Fang Shixian beside him and said coldly: "Mr. Fang, as the Chief Censor, you are not considering the overall situation. This time, after hearing your advice, you don't have to be proud..."
Fang Shixian raised his eyebrows, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes: "Mr. Fan, you were wrong. I proposed this for the sake of the overall situation!"
Seeing Fang Shixian's calm look, Fan Qing sneered coldly, not wanting to talk to him too much, shook his head and flicked his sleeves and left the palace first.
Fang Shixian was so disappointed by his sneer that he was in a bad mood. He frowned and looked at Fan Qing's leaving figure, and cursed silently in his heart.
"Mr. Fang, you don't have to take Lord Fan's words to heart. He is just an old stubborn..." The Shizhong Deng Xian advised with a smile.
Fang Shixian responded and smiled disapprovingly: "He is old. If the emperor hadn't liked him with a straightforward temperament, how could he have been the Guanglu doctor with the golden seal and purple ribbon? How many years would he have been doing it?"