Fenghua husband and splendid wife

Chapter 760 The treasury is empty? (4)
Qian Xia's eyes flickered, she shook her head lightly, her voice was inevitably a little disappointed, "I just said, where does the Fourth Prince have the guts to challenge Xiao Yun? It turns out that he still has something left by the former emperor. One of his private soldiers. Hehe, I don’t know whether to say that the late emperor was wise, or should I say that the late emperor is an asshole.”

All the military forces on the surface, of course, have to abandon the Changping Palace, and the other hundreds of thousands of troops are all in the hands of Xiao Yunfang, but secretly, he has hidden a force, Now, it is in the hands of the Fourth Prince.

"Do you know how many people are in his private army?" Mu Liunian was more concerned about this, because it would directly affect how long the battle between the two armies would last.

"20."

20?It's indeed not a small amount, but Qian Xia twitched her eyebrows slightly and didn't speak.

Mu Liunian focused on the 20 private soldiers, "Now with the 10 people brought by Lin Shaofeng, there are tens of thousands of troops stationed in Fuyang itself. In total, there must be 34 to [-] troops. No wonder he dared to challenge Xiao Yunfang."

Qian Xia bowed her head in silence, thinking carefully, there seemed to be something left behind.

Although Sangqiu Zirui doesn't like Xiao Yunfang, but now he and Sangqiu's family are in the same boat, so they can't just ignore him, right?

"Now that Ziye's treasury is empty, Xiao Yunfang has issued an explicit order to the household department, and the tax has been increased by [-]%."

Qian Xia's heart skipped a beat, but she still didn't say anything.

For Ziye, a vast country, even if the taxes for this year are small, there must be four or five million taels of silver, right?Coupled with the previous tribute from the small frontier country, this year's income should be about 500 million taels.This is only the taxation of normal income to the treasury.

If you count those corrupt officials who exploited them layer by layer, the amount that Ziye expropriated from the people in a year would be as much as tens of millions of taels.

Now increase by [-]%?
That's as much as 200 million taels. How can the people of Ziye survive?
Qian Xia's brows frowned slightly, if this continues, without the need for the fourth prince to enter Liangcheng, the people here will have to turn against him first.

Taxes are as heavy as a mountain, and I'm afraid they will have no hope of surviving. At that time, killing officials and robbing food will definitely happen.

In this way, it became a vicious cycle, the government forced the people to rebel, Ziye's treasury not only could not collect much tax money, but it was afraid that it would spend twice as much money to suppress these mobs.

Xiao Yunfang, is your brain really flooded?
"Sangqiu Zirui, you know that this method will not work at all. You are his cousin and the person he has always trusted the most. Don't you persuade me? If things go on like this, it will inevitably lead to rebellion by the government. This Zi Ye , but not only one fourth prince will threaten his throne."

Sangqiu Zirui's expression was a bit complicated, and when he looked at Qian Xia's eyes, he became a little more entangled, "Do you think I will still be the person he trusts the most?"

Qian Xia was stunned by the question.

Indeed, for them, Sangqiu Zirui has done so much, I am afraid that Xiao Yunfang's trust in him has been worn down, and there is not much left.

"Then what should we do now? Just watch the common people suffer? Wealthy families, those officials dare not mess with them. Most of the taxes have to fall on ordinary people."

Qian Xia said, seemingly unable to bear it, and gently closed her eyes, "The Xiao family, as Ziye's royal family, has existed for hundreds of years, I don't believe it, they haven't accumulated any wealth at all? They just rely on Is the little silver in the treasury alive?"

Mu Liunian also had a stern expression on his face, "That's right. The late emperor himself was a suspicious person, and he was also used to leaving more room for himself. How could this state treasury be so empty? He just raised a team of 20 people. private soldiers, the money will be gone? What about the ones that have been saved before?"

Sangqiu Zirui's expression changed slightly, and he tapped his thigh twice with his white fingertips, "Yes, I was stunned. If you two hadn't reminded me today, I would have ignored this matter. No, It's really not right."

Qian Xia took a deep breath, "Even if the first emperor raised a private soldier, it should have happened in the past few years. Where did the money before that go? The large sum of money cannot be a bank note, let alone a banknote." It’s impossible to be moved away in a grand manner, right?”

Sangqiu Zirui's eyes flashed, "You mean to say that the former emperor moved the money away, but for the time being, no one can find it yet."

"That's right. However, I'm very surprised. As the emperor, can't Xiao Yunfang find it?"

Sangqiu Zirui rubbed his nose in embarrassment. When he saw Xiao Yunfang ascend the throne, he felt that the big event had already been accomplished and he had no intention of staying in Liangcheng. Of course, the more important reason was that he couldn't wait to see Qian Xia recalled everything.

However, Xiao Yunfang didn't know that there was not much money in the treasury until two months after he ascended the throne, so he ordered to search everywhere, and even summoned the Minister of the Household Department several times alone, but it was useless.

Fortunately, the country was peaceful and the people were safe at that time, so Xiao Yunfang was not in such a hurry.

Most importantly, he believed that it was impossible for the Fourth Prince to move away those crates of silver.

Also as a prince, he will naturally know whether there are secret passages in the palace and where they lead.

Therefore, Xiao Yunfang has always been very calm, because he knows that the money should be hidden somewhere in the capital.

It's just that he couldn't find it for a long time, and the fourth prince's blatant proclaiming emperor in Fuyang completely made him lose his patience.That's why, when the national treasury was empty and the money couldn't be found, the Yun family's idea came up.

So, where was the money hidden by the former emperor?

Qian Xia thought of several places one after another, and shook her head. Xiao Yunfang naturally thought of what she could think of, but if she didn't find it for a long time, it meant that it was not there.

"Sangqiu Zirui, has Xiao Yunfang searched all the places he suspected?"

"Yeah. I've checked everything that needs to be checked. Even the place where Concubine Rong and the Fourth Prince lived before has been checked countless times, but there is no clue at all."

(End of this chapter)