"Since the national treasury is now empty, from now on, all the salaries of our beloved ministers will be reduced by half for three years.
Dear friends, how about taking this opportunity to donate 200,000 taels of silver for disaster relief?" Lin Yan looked at the ministers below with a smile.
This suggestion was an unequal treaty to the ministers, but Lin Yan did it deliberately.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the ministers below were all frightened and shouted in unison:
"Your Majesty! No!"
"Your Majesty! Think twice!"
"I only expect this salary to support my family!"
"…………"
Lin Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard that these ministers were pretending to be robbing each other.
These old guys, when the East Mo Kingdom is in trouble, they don't think about how to solve the problem, but they think about how to embezzle money from the national treasury.
Especially after the original owner ascended the throne, these ministers became even more arrogant and domineering, and even the attendants around the original owner looked down upon him.
These ministers do little and earn a lot, so halving their salary for three years is already an advantage to them.
If Chu Liqing hadn't fallen yet, Dongmo Kingdom would have been plundered by surrounding countries by now.
It's a pity that Chu Liqing had no intention of governing Dongmo and just allowed him to cause chaos. Otherwise, how could he have caused today's situation.
Chu Liqing, who was sitting behind the curtain, almost laughed out loud when she heard Lin Yan's suggestion.
This little fool's attack seemed a bit fierce, and could even be called stupid.
The lower the salary, the more dissatisfied the ministers are, and the easier it is to trigger riots.
Things seemed to be getting more and more interesting, and he was waiting for this little fool to beg him again when he finally felt helpless.
Who knew that Lin Yan's suggestion was more than that, "The ministers seem not to be satisfied with my suggestion."
After the words fell, the ministers instantly regained their composure. They dared not speak out in anger, but they secretly pointed their eyes at Chu Liqing.
Chu Liqing didn't care what happened to them at this time.
"Forget it!" Lin Yan waved his hand nonchalantly, "Since the ministers are not satisfied, I won't force it."
After hearing this, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Just as he finished speaking, he heard Lin Yan say again.
"But the salary will definitely be halved. The salaries of the ministers will be halved for one year, and the taxes of the people of the Eastern Mo Kingdom will also be halved for three years."
Lin Yang just finished reading the original plot. The taxes in Dongmo Country are the heaviest among neighboring countries.
This is also the biggest complaint among the people. Many people in East Mexico cannot afford to pay taxes, and most of the taxes they pay go into the pockets of these ministers.
Now, no matter how hard things continue in Dongmo Kingdom, there will be riots sooner or later, and then the original owner, the fool, will still take the blame.
Therefore, he must change the status quo.
When he first proposed to halve the three-year salary of these ministers, he first made a request that was impossible to bear later, and then made the current request later, which was much easier to accept.
But what he didn't expect was that these ministers still had complaints and there was an uproar below.
"What are you arguing about! Shut up!"
"Your Majesty, you must not do this. Once the tax is cut in half, the treasury will be even more empty. Dongmo will die!"
Lin Yan held his head, he hated the way these old guys cried and cried.
Since you knew Dongmo would die, why did you take advantage of the situation and loot the treasury?
Chu Liqing sat behind the curtain and watched all this with cold eyes. He wanted to see what this little fool would do.
At this time, a minister stood up without fear of death.
"Please ask the regent to advise your majesty to think twice and not to allow your majesty to continue to be willful."
One minister made the first move, and other ministers stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Your Majesty is still young and has just recovered from a serious illness and has returned to normal. He does not know how to govern the country at all."
"Please the regent advise your majesty to think twice!"
The ministers knelt on the ground and kowtowed, meaning that they wanted the regent to speak out and make the decision.
Seeing this, Lin Yan just held his forehead helplessly.