Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

Suizhou City, Sui Palace.

hall.

"Cough cough~"

King Sui coughed twice, put aside the valuable jade porcelain in his hand, and said to the royal family members wearing jade unicorn robes below: "Have you all read my income and expenditure account books for the past two years? I wonder what you think?"

"I will not beat around the bush with you. Let me be frank. Will you join me in supporting His Majesty and Governor Lu in changing their ways, or will you just leave it to fate and not help either of them?"

All those sitting in the hall at this moment are princes and royal families of the seven provinces, including various generals who strengthen the country, protect the country, and assist the country. Of course, there are relatively few main people among these people, but most of them are important figures who can represent the main family, such as the prince, the crown prince, and the princess.

They stared with wide eyes at the astronomical figures in the account book, with shock on their faces.

When they heard King Sui speak, they were stunned for a moment, and then their expressions gradually became complicated.

Then, a middle-aged man who looked older slowly spoke and responded: "King Sui, we all know the benefits of the new policy, and your majesty's meaning is also very clear. As long as the people live a good life, the lives of us royal relatives will naturally be better. As royal relatives, we also want to contribute to the country, but..."

He slowly spoke and expressed his concerns: "Although this world belongs to our Jiang family, it is also the world of cultivators. Our fiefdom is not as good as Sui and Yu states. In some places, the aristocratic families don't even give face to our clan."

"Yuzhou and Suizhou have the support of the powerful Governor Lu, and with the unique spiritual realm, King Sui can naturally sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor and use his family's wealth to support Governor Lu. However, our lives are already difficult, and we cannot afford to offend the powerful officials of the aristocratic families. We used to keep to ourselves, but now with the new policy, our lives have become even more difficult. After all, how can we compete with them for profits?"

"We are just a small family. Even if we want to help the court, we are powerless."

It would be a lie to say that I am not envious of the changes in Suizhou. Everyone knows that the two states have become another economic center of Daxia and are extremely rich. In addition, the previous purge swept away local forces and scared away many people, making the King of Sui, who had escaped the disaster, suddenly become the biggest beneficiary of the new policy.

In fact, the King of Sui did nothing. He just spit out everything he had eaten before the purge, which was very timely. He also established an image of himself as a man who could correct his mistakes in advance. Afterwards, he tried his best to cooperate with Suizhou's new administrative system and continued to give up his interests.

Then Suizhou and Yuzhou developed rapidly, new policies were promulgated, and the Sui Palace took off on the spot.

In their opinion, the development of Suizhou had nothing to do with King Sui. This guy was just lucky. He had a good life and there was nothing to envy.

They are not as lucky as the King of Sui. The geopolitical interests of the seven provinces are intertwined and have long formed an impenetrable network. Many of them are struggling to survive under this network. Even if they have privileges, they dare not use them, not to mention that the privileges of the royal family have been reduced by the Tiance Mansion.

Ask them to support the imperial court? What can they use to support it?
Just with your mouth?
Or is it that the clan identity is no longer of much use in their eyes?

As soon as these words were spoken, others began to express their concerns, most of which were about problems with local powerful families and clans. To be honest, seeing the Sui King's family business rapidly expanding thanks to the new policies, who wouldn't be jealous, and who wouldn't want to be the next Sui King?

But you also need to have the ability or the luck to do it.

You can't expect another Lu Chen to appear in the fiefdom and sweep away everything, right?

Although Lu Chen is now the governor of seven provinces, governing seven provinces and governing two directly affiliated states are completely different things. The directly affiliated states are directly governed by the imperial court. The local forces are not very strong, and the influence of the sects is not high. It is precisely because of this that King Yu was able to act so domineeringly.

But the provinces are different.

Lu Chen has the courage to take drastic measures to eradicate the accumulated problems, but that doesn't mean he can still move forward as fearlessly as he did in the past when faced with the vast land of seven provinces, hundreds of millions of people, and the class of monks who are superior to them. As an outsider, it is not easy for him to break the impasse even with the strong support of the court.

Unless he used absolute power to plow the land of the seven provinces directly and start all over again, just like what he did with Yuzhou and Suizhou.

But is this possible?
Everyone was talking at once, but the expression on King Sui's face did not change at all, and it was obvious that he had expected this.

“As a dignified Great Xia clan member with the bloodline of Emperor Hongwu, you are actually afraid of a bunch of scum who feed on the people. You really bring honor to the Jiang royal family.” The moment the Sui king finished speaking, the hall suddenly became quiet and you could hear a pin drop.

Almost all the royal family members blushed instantly and subconsciously wanted to refute, but they couldn't say anything, and then shame gradually appeared on their faces.

King Sui suddenly stood up.

"Don't say things like 'I have the will but not the power'. As members of the royal family, even if we have been stripped of our authority, it wouldn't be that difficult for us to do something if we really want to. In the final analysis, you are just afraid of offending people and dying."

"Because of fear, you would rather follow those powerful families and do the same, picking up their leftovers to survive, rather than standing up and using your status as a clan member to work for the court, fighting for the benefits you deserve, and creating a future for your descendants."

Upon hearing this, many younger members of the royal family clenched their fists and clenched their teeth.

There was almost fire in his eyes.

No one knew whether the King of Sui had touched their sore spot, causing them to be angry and humiliated, or whether they were simply furious and powerless.

But the Sui king pretended not to see it, with his hands behind his back, and continued: "This kind of trash has only one purpose in the world, and that is to bring shame to our ancestors! This king disdains to associate with such people, and I am too lazy to talk nonsense."

As he spoke, his tone gradually rose.

"To tell you the truth, I plan to unite the royal families of the seven surrounding provinces to form a trading company, so that all the royal family members can work together, share the same purpose, and seek a common future. While expanding the family, they can also contribute to our Jiang Dynasty. After all, only when the Great Xia is stable can we royal family members enjoy prosperity and peace with the country."

"It doesn't matter if you don't have the capital. I can provide it. As long as you are willing to cooperate with me and put in more effort, it will be fine. But if you don't have the determination and the dignity of being a royal family member, I will never associate with you even if you are rich."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of some royal family members immediately lit up.

No cost, just a little more effort?
Does the King of Sui want to use the privileges in their fiefdom to gain power?
This seems to be a work in progress.
You should know that under the new policy, although the employment restrictions for royal family members were lifted and they could engage in any industry, and business was no longer forbidden to the royal family, it was also stipulated that royal family members, like commoners, had to pay taxes on their income, and they had to pay taxes where the money was earned.

If this tax is paid to local governments, then according to the new policy, these royal family members can get a portion of it. The higher the tax rate, the more they can get.

In addition, the business must share profits, which is another part of the income. With the current financial situation of the Sui Palace, doing business is like filling a sack with money, and this part of the income is definitely not low.

The interior is solid.

As for face, the Sui King also said that the business should also contribute to the country. If they really make any contributions and achievements, the Sui Palace will certainly get the lion's share, but they have also contributed, so shouldn't they also get a share? In this way, won't they also have face?
This is a big deal as it has both face and substance.

As for the fact that behind the venture capital firm is King Sui, and behind King Sui are Governor Lu and Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much about this.

While thinking, King Sui suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed outside the door.

"Well, this is all I have to say. You are a stray dog ​​who doesn't dare to contribute to the court and only wants to survive by picking up leftovers. You can leave now. I will pretend that you have never been here today."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces immediately became uncertain.

After a while, the young men looked at each other, then stood up with a firm look in their eyes, bowed to the King of Sui, and said solemnly: "I am not talented, but I hope that my uncle can contribute to the court."

Someone took the lead, and soon a group of people followed suit.

Seeing this scene, the King of Sui couldn't help but laugh. (End of this chapter)