Xu Que and Xuanyuan Wanrong spent seven days in the illusion in the blink of an eye.
It has to be said that Xuanyuan Wanrong is quite decent as the leader of a country.
After all, he was once the chosen one, an outstanding disciple of Tiangongyuan, and had been in the top position for a long time.
With her talent, even if she had never been exposed to governing a country before, she had learned almost everything she needed to learn in a week.
But according to Xu Que's words, it is just superficial. The so-called governance of the country has not been solved at all. It is all a strategy of treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Sooner or later something will happen!
Do you really think that a genius who cultivates immortality can govern the country?
nonexistent!
"What? It's been so many days, and you still think I can't take care of all this?"
In the imperial study room, Xuanyuan Wanrong sat down with Xu Que again to talk. While looking at the file in her hand, she asked lightly.
The file was about some agricultural reforms, which she thought were insignificant things and she didn't take them too seriously.
According to her opinion, the most important thing for a strong country is to have its own national ideals.
In other words, the belief that belongs to the country unites all the people and works together.
This is the same principle as cultivating immortals.
Immortal cultivators without the Dao Yun will remain stuck in that realm throughout their lives, unable to break through.
Only when you clearly understand the path you want to take and possess the Tao Knuckle can you go further!
She directly informed Xu Que of this idea.
Xu Que almost laughed out loud after hearing this.
"You take it too much for granted, and you think everything is too beautiful, and your fantasy is just a utopian world. If you continue to follow your line of thinking, we will probably have to be a pair of desperate mandarin ducks here in less than two years.
Already."
Being imprisoned in his cultivation, Xu Que's courage was loosened, and he spoke without giving any face at all.
We are all mortals anyway, so what is there to be afraid of?
You are the queen and I am the emperor. If you really want to count, I am still the one at the top!
Scared!
"Snapped!"
Xuanyuan Wanrong was not angry after hearing this, she remained calm and indifferent, closed the file, called the maid to serve her, and put on the phoenix robe.
"In the past few days, it seems that you have never demonstrated the so-called ability to govern the country." She turned her back to Xu Que and said indifferently.
"I've been observing the sentiments of the people these days!" Xu Que replied leisurely as he slumped in his chair.
"Oh, is it so?"
Xuanyuan Wanrong shook her head and sneered.
As the empress, before she came here, she had already trained many spies in the palace, responsible for monitoring the movements of the imperial city.
According to the spies' reports, Xu Que sneaked out of the palace no less than five times this week. Every time he went out, he wandered around and had fun.
He even went to find the descendants of those important ministers and went to Goulan to listen to music together!
Whether the music I listened to is serious or not is not mentioned for now.
It's just that the descendants of those important ministers were too bold and dared to go out with the emperor. They were obviously just a bunch of losers.
And the result was not beyond Xuanyuan Wanrong's expectation.
In just a few days, Xu Que became good brothers with those dandy boys, hanging around each other day and night, never wanting to go home!
"Oh, after all, he is a frivolous person and cannot be used for much purpose!"
Xuanyuan Wanrong shook her head and smiled, but she didn't care too much about anything.
I just somewhat doubt my previous thoughts. Why do I think this guy has connotation?
…
The maid waited on the two of them, feeling frightened in her heart.
Oh my god...what is all I hear?
If word gets out, it won’t be enough for me to die ten thousand times!
Mom, I want to go home...
Fortunately, although Xuanyuan Wanrong and Xu Que are emperors here, they don't have the aura of an emperor in their hearts, and they never thought of going to that level.
After tidying up, the two of them came to the main hall.
The ministers were already waiting below, waiting for the court meeting to begin.
However, the atmosphere today is obviously not quite right.
All the ministers in the court looked particularly ugly, and there was sweat on their foreheads, as if something major had happened.
Xuanyuan Wanrong noticed this and wondered if another natural disaster had occurred?
"Queen, the Emperor has arrived!"
With the sharp voice of the eunuch, the court meeting officially began!
"I have something to report!"
Before the two of them took their seats, a minister couldn't wait to come out and shouted loudly.
Xuanyuan Wanrong waved her hand lightly: "Ai Qing, please speak."
"I sincerely request the Empress to order an order to stop tax collection across the country!"
Um?
Xuanyuan Wanrong's heart suddenly thumped, but there was no expression on her face: "Why did Aiqing say this?"
The minister looked serious and said in a sincere voice: "Empress, we have already collected taxes before. In the past few days, due to the severe drought, we have collected taxes again. The people are suffering miserably. Some people have even lost their property, their wives and children have been separated. Domestic
The people are in dire straits, and if this continues, the country will not be able to survive!"
With this minister taking the lead, the other ministers seemed to have found a backbone and began to offer advice one after another.
"I ask the Queen to take back her life!"
"Queen, the people have no money left to pay taxes. Please stop collecting taxes nationwide!"
"Queen, this matter must not continue any longer!"
As you spoke to me, the hall suddenly became noisy.
Xuanyuan Wanrong's face became increasingly ugly, and she couldn't figure out what she had done wrong.
It's just a tax. Although the amount of silver required for disaster relief is huge, the Eastern Tang Kingdom has a large population, and it is only a negligible amount of silver distributed to everyone.
Could it be said that the common people can't even afford this small amount of silver?
How can it be!
If it were so poor, the Eastern Tang Kingdom would have been in chaos long ago. But according to what she had seen before, although the Eastern Tang Kingdom was a little poor now, it was not to the point where the people were in dire straits!
Thinking of this, her gaze couldn't help but turn to Xu Que, as if she remembered something, her heart skipped a beat, and she felt a little dazed.
This guy seems to have really said before that there will be big problems within seven days.
Now sure enough...
However, how could he predict the future?
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Xu Que noticed Xuanyuan Wanrong's gaze and sneered in his heart.
Hey, I warned you a long time ago that raising taxes is not easy to use, but you just didn’t listen.
You're in trouble now. You know you're looking at me and want my help?
I won’t help! Are you angry? Are you angry?
…
Xuanyuan Wanrong obviously noticed the gloating look in Xu Que's eyes and didn't bother to pay attention.
But facing the admonitions of the ministers, she was at a loss for what to do.
If taxes are stopped, how can drought and famine be solved?
If it doesn't stop, I'm afraid the country will be in chaos.
After hesitating for a moment, she said: "Master of the Ministry of Revenue, how much silver is left in the treasury now?"
Hearing this, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue suddenly trembled in his heart: "Reporting to the Queen, there is less than 10 million taels of silver left in the treasury."
"All of it will be allocated for disaster relief."
"Ah this..."
The ministers were all stupid.
What is the Queen talking about?
If you give them all away, what if something happens again?!
That is the national treasury. The money that supports the operation of a country. If it is empty, the entire country will be destroyed!
"Queen, no!"
“This is absolutely impossible!”
The ministers came to remonstrate one after another, trying to stop Xuanyuan Wanrong's behavior.
Xuanyuan Wanrong also frowned again.
This won’t work, that won’t work either, so what should we do?
Is it possible that I can conjure money out of thin air?
"Do you have a headache? Are you at a loss what to do?"
At this time, Xu Que's mean voice came over.
Xuanyuan Wanrong took a look and saw that Xu Que was looking at her with a smile, and the smile on his face was extremely embarrassing.
"What do you want to say? Does it make sense to mock me at this time?" She suppressed the urge to hit and whispered.
"Of course it makes sense to ridicule you, but it's not necessary. In fact, this matter is very simple. I can help you solve it, but you have to promise me one thing!"
"Say it!" Xuanyuan Wanrong took a deep breath and said slowly.
"Come on! Then let me tell you straight, I don't want that piece of jade seal, but you have to give me the power to mobilize various ministries. If you don't delegate power, it will be difficult for me to do things." Xu Que responded.
He had tried to make trouble before, but found that he had been sidelined by Xuanyuan Wanrong, so his orders were almost useless, and no department was willing to listen to him.
Now we have caught the opportunity. With just one wave, I will be able to rise up immediately.
"Are you sure you can handle it?"
Xuanyuan Wanrong looked at Xu Que suspiciously, as if she didn't want to be reassured and didn't believe it.
After hesitating for a long time, she realized that she seemed to have no other choice, so she decided to take a step back, nodded and said, "Okay, but all your orders must be reviewed by me."
Anyway, now that things have reached this point, why not just see what he is capable of.
If something really happened, I would not have time to stop it if I gave the order.
"no problem!"
Xu Que's eyes suddenly lit up and a smile appeared on his lips.
He originally just wanted a transfer order from the Ministry of Industry, so he was already prepared to pay the price after bidding all over the place.
I didn’t expect Xuanyuan Wanrong to agree so easily!