The king behind the empress

Chapter 30 The King of ZTE
After Du Xing was silent for a moment, he said with some sarcasm: "Even so, what does this have to do with the old man?"

"He killed the old man's son. Wouldn't it be a pleasure to watch him be drained of value and end up miserable."

Although he didn't know why Hu Xiaosheng told him these things, Du Xing knew that there must be something wrong with Hu Xiaosheng coming to him, but he didn't want to get involved.

In his heart, he has always looked down on the people from the Ministry of Household Affairs. They look like aristocratic families, with only money in their eyes and no literati style.

"Master Du and I are heart-to-heart, why does Master Du reject people thousands of miles away?"

Hearing what Du Xing said, Hu Xiaosheng felt a little unhappy, "Does Master Du really think that no one knows about your relationship with King Bei'an?"

"If His Majesty does something to me, do you really think that your identity as the so-called New Party can keep you, so that His Majesty will not do anything to you?"

"Master Hu, stop talking nonsense. What is the relationship between the old man and King Bei'an?" Hearing Hu Xiaosheng's words, Du Xing immediately denied it.

Regarding Du Xing's denial, Hu Xiaosheng didn't say much, he just said lightly: "Master Du, don't worry, I don't have any other intentions."

"We, members of the household department, although we control the wealth of the imperial court, we don't have much interest in who sits on the throne."

Speaking of this, Hu Xiaosheng has always been a little strange in his heart. As the secretary of the Ministry of punishment, Du Xing can be said to be the absolute center of the court in terms of status. Why is he so close to King Bei'an?
Even if King Bei'an really rebelled in the future and successfully ascended to the throne, what good would that do for Du Xing?

Du Xing is now a member of the cabinet. By then, he will only be able to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. The improvement in status is not very big. It is obviously not proportional to the risk he is paying now.

He really couldn't understand why Du Xing, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, would make such an unwise move?Is it because he is dissatisfied that the person sitting on the throne is a woman?
What a brain tease, as long as you have money and power, you don't care who sits on the throne.

When he heard Hu Xiaosheng's rebellious words, Du Xing was silent for a moment. The meaning of Hu Xiaosheng's words was obvious, that is, if he was willing to stand on the same front with them, then in return, they could support King Bei'an in the future.

After being silent for a long time, Du Xing said slowly, "What do you guys want to do?"

Hearing that Du Xing's tone was a little loose, Hu Xiaosheng couldn't help but feel a little happy, and stretched out two fingers to Du Xing, "Two things."

"First, His Majesty's wedding is coming soon. Although the state treasury is empty and it is said to be simplified, an amnesty is definitely inevitable."

"amnesty?"

Du Xing was slightly taken aback, but soon realized what Hu Xiaosheng really wanted to say, "You mean the taxes owed by the Jiangnan area?"

In feudal dynasties, there is generally the habit of amnesty. When the royal family encounters any happy event, such as the new emperor's enthronement or the emperor's wedding, they will choose to amnesty the world.

Every time there is an amnesty, except for some heinous criminals, the rest will be pardoned. Not only that, but in some areas, there will be tax arrears due to failure to pay taxes. directly exempt.

"Jiangnan has owed 4000 million taels of tax in the past three years, and you actually want to exempt them all."

Du Xing looked at Hu Xiaosheng in disbelief, "Aren't you crazy? Now that the treasury is short of money, it is impossible for His Majesty to agree to this matter!"

"It's up to people."

Hu Xiaosheng took a sip from the teacup indifferently, and said lightly, "As long as Mr. Du supports the amnesty, it's fine. You don't need Mr. Du to worry about other things."

"It's really a good method. I'm afraid there are no objections from the six departments and nine ministers, right?"

Du Xing sighed slightly, looking at Hu Xiaosheng, a cold light flickered slightly, but he concealed it very well, and Hu Xiaosheng didn't notice it.

"more or less."

Hu Xiaosheng didn't mean to be modest, and said directly: "After all, the amnesty is good for everyone, and tax arrears are not limited to Jiangnan. Everyone doesn't want to be overturned."

"The most important thing is that even if these arrears are not exempted, they will not be collected. It is better to be exempted."

Hearing Du Xing's words, Du Xing's fist behind his back was slightly clenched, and he relaxed again after a while, and said, "I agree with this matter, what's the second thing you said?"

"As for the second matter, it is natural to support our prince to regain power."

Hu Xiaosheng's tone was full of sarcasm, "After all, we are the loyal ministers of the late emperor. Now that the crown prince has reappeared, how can we old parties not support the crown prince?"

"Huh~"

Regarding Hu Xiaosheng's words of supporting Mo Zizai, Du Xing sneered, "Supporting Mo Zizai, fueling his ambition, and letting him fight the empress in the front, you are really calculating."

"How can this be called a calculation?"

Hu Xiaosheng spread his hands, and said innocently: "We were originally loyal to the late emperor, so what's wrong with supporting the prince now?"

"As for the ambition of growing the crown prince, the throne should belong to him. We just help him get back what belongs to him. Why should we say that is ambition?"

"This is the first time I know that Mr. Hu is so loyal."

Looking at Hu Xiaosheng's hypocritical face, Du Xing couldn't help but sneer, "It's just that Mo Zi is moody, you want to support him, so be careful of your head."

"I, Mr. Hu, have always been loyal to the late emperor and the crown prince. The sun and the moon can learn from each other."

Hu Xiaosheng, who was confident in controlling Mo Zizai, didn't take Du Xing's words to heart, and said solemnly: "If the prince wants it, let alone Hu's head, even the lives of Hu's family will be taken by the prince." so what."

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While Hu Xiaosheng and Du Xing were conspiring in the mansion, Tang Weiyi was also telling Mo Zizai about the situation in the court.

"The old party in the imperial court, the group of people headed by the Minister of the Household Department, most of them have their roots in the Jiangnan area. They often use Uncle Mo as a guise to sing against me at every turn."

Tang Weiyi rested her head on Mo Zizai's lap, and said angrily, "If I wasn't afraid that moving them would cause turmoil in the Jiangnan area, I would have withdrawn them a long time ago."

"It's ridiculous that they thought I was afraid to touch them because I was afraid of being accused of ingratitude."

Speaking of this, Tang Weiyi curled her lips, "I'm not even afraid of being the king of subjugation, but I'm afraid of being called ungrateful."

"It's okay, I'll clean them up later."

Mo Zizai held Tang Weiyi's slender fingers in his hand, and was trimming her nails with a pair of small scissors. Hearing her angry words, he couldn't help but smiled and comforted her.

"However, the title of King of Subjugation is not suitable for you. I will change you to King of ZTE later."

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