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Chapter 314 The Empress' Little Shark (40)

As we all know, sharks are unable to give birth to offspring for women, and they are born weirdly, so it is difficult for land people to have a good impression of them.

With so many pearls, all of which are of the highest grade, could it be possible that His Majesty let the merman live in Zhaochun Palace for the sake of the merman's tears?
Not impossible.

In order to collect the tears of the sharks, the first emperor sent thousands of people to the East China Sea to capture the sharks.

Just as he was diverging his thoughts, he heard His Majesty sitting at the head say: "I said no, but he insisted on giving it to me, and said it was a token of love between him and me."

All veterans: "???"

All veterans: "."

At first, I thought His Majesty was showing off the pearl bracelet, but he was showing off his love to them, showing off the merman.

Today's His Majesty is very rare and gentle, unlike the indifference of the past, and it is difficult for everyone to say disappointing things, so they can only keep smiling the whole time.

After showing off, Lou Zhuang sat up straight suddenly, and said solemnly: "No matter how difficult it is, the military supplies of border guards cannot be reduced."

As a soldier, Lou Zhuang has a deep understanding of the importance of military supplies.

When she first joined the army, the parliament almost dominated the empire with one hand, and the nobles relied on the army to defend the empire, but they looked down on them and reduced their military supplies time and time again.

There were several times when military supplies were delayed for several days, and Lou Zhuang and his comrades ate bark and wild vegetables on the battlefield, fighting for several days, so hungry that they wanted to eat people.

Sometimes fighting on planets covered by ice and snow all year round, many soldiers died painfully due to lack of food and clothing.

So no matter what, the border military needs cannot be reduced.

Even though the silver in the national treasury is widely used, the sum of miscellaneous consumption is only more than 200 million taels of silver.

Everyone knew His Majesty's uncompromising temperament, so they could only bow and salute, and shouted "Your Majesty is holy".

Lou Zhuang counted with her fingers: "By the way, shouldn't the folks be taxed next month?"

The Minister of the Household Department replied: "Your Majesty, it will be tax collection next month."

Lou Zhuang made up her mind, and asked several senior ministers to leave first, leaving only the Minister of the Household Department.

In the huge imperial study room, there are only His Majesty, the Minister of the Household Department, and Aunt Man Zhao who is waiting on the sidelines.

Hubu Shangshu stood with his hands down, swallowing with some difficulty, feeling an ominous premonition in his heart.

A quarter of an hour later, the premonition came true.

"I remember that the taxation standard for merchants is similar to that for farmers?"

The Minister of the Household Department didn't understand what kind of medicine His Majesty sold in this gourd for a while, so he said cautiously: "That's right."

The status of merchants in Fengguo is low, and of course the status of farmers is not much higher, only above merchants.

The ones who can make the most money, apart from the gentry, are merchants.

When the first emperor was in power, he loved extravagance and extravagance, which led to the prevalence of extravagance among the clan and aristocratic families.

If things go on like this, the national treasury will naturally be empty.

Reforms are needed if the treasury is to be filled.

Regardless of the status of Fengguo, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen, the annual taxation standard for merchants must be changed.

Not only that, the salaries of the clan and hundreds of officials also had to be lowered on a certain basis, and the way of thrift was pursued.

Lou Zhuang told her plan to the Minister of the Household Department, and finally said: "Leave this matter to Liu Aiqing, and I will see the detailed regulations in half a month."

Hubu Shangshu was stunned in place, and when she realized it, her whole body split open.

She said it would be bad for His Majesty to leave her here alone!
Thinking of the envious and jealous eyes of the other senior ministers before they left, Hubu Shangshu just wanted to sit on the ground and cry bitterly.

　Good night, Makabaka.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)