The king behind the empress

Chapter 376

Even Qiu Wuping, who was far away in Daming Palace, could sense Mei Shuying's aura, let alone Tang Weiyi who was close at hand.

She looked at Mei Shuying who had opened her eyes, and asked, "Is it human?"

"Um……"

There was still a trace of daze in Mei Shuying's eyes. She had just been promoted to the Soul Realm with the help of the accelerator, and this realm had only been stabilized for a few days, and she suddenly raised another realm, which made her a little dazed.

According to her own estimation, it would take a few months to break through the human realm. Why did she suddenly break through now?
"Brother Mo probably used some method, don't worry."

Tang Weiyi was sure that Mei Shuying had just broken through the human realm and had no other problems, so she was relieved. Mo Zizai told her before that her ability to go to Pingzhou might improve a little. Now it seems that Mei Shuying suddenly broke through the human realm , it should be that Brother Mo's ability has broken through.

"Master?"

Hearing that Tang Weiyi said it was Mo Zizai's method, Mei Shuying was stunned for a moment. She knew Mo Zizai far less than Tang Weiyi sisters, so she felt a little inconceivable when she heard that Mo Zizai, who was far away in Pingzhou, used some means.

She wanted to ask something, but thinking that her cultivation speed had increased by two hundred times, she silently swallowed her words back.

Forget it, Xianggong seems to have some magical powers, if he did this, it wouldn't be too strange.

"Sister Mei, go and wash up."

Because of the breakthrough just now, Mei Shuying sweated a lot. Tang Weiyi looked at the crystal beads of sweat hanging on her fragile skin, and felt that there was something special about her. It's a pity that Brother Mo was not here, otherwise...

"Bah ah ah~"

Tang Weiyi seemed to have thought of something inappropriate for children, her face turned red, she quickly spat a few times in her heart, and then stopped her thoughts.

"Really, brother Mo is too unscrupulous, he has led him to spoil it."

"But I haven't seen Brother Mo for seven days. I miss him so much. I don't know that he and Xiaolu..."

Thinking of this, Tang Weiyi's thoughts diverged again.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Mei Shuying looked helplessly at Tang Weiyi who was blushing suddenly, knowing that Tang Weiyi must be thinking about Mo Zizai again, because as long as Mo Zizai left, she would fall into this state from time to time, and Mei Shuying was used to it.

"Ok?"

Tang Weiyi, who woke up, felt that Wei Wei's body was slightly moist, but she suppressed her body's reaction without moving her expression, and asked, "What's wrong? Sister Mei?"

"Nothing."

Mei Shuying shook her head and didn't say much, just said: "I want to ask His Majesty if you have any other orders, if not, I will take my leave first."

"Hmm~"

Tang Weiyi thought for a while, and then said: "After Sister Mei finishes washing, put away all the things I wrote, and I will bring them to the morning court tomorrow."

"Your Majesty, is this appropriate?"

Mei Shuying frowned slightly. She had been guarding Tang Weiyi for the past few days, so she was naturally clear about what Tang Weiyi wrote. However, if this thing was released, it would definitely cause an uproar, so she was a little worried.

Although in her capacity, should these words be said, but now their identities are much closer, and they don't have too many scruples, so she asked in a discussing tone: "Why don't we talk about this matter after my husband returns?" ?”

"No need."

Tang Weiyi shook her head, and said, "Brother Mo is away on an expedition. I don't know when he will be back. Don't let him be distracted by the court affairs."

"What's more, the sooner these things are done, the better. Now that Nanjun and Pingzhou are under our control, and with the Habayashi Army, no one in the prefectures and counties near Gyeonggi will dare to object. It is the right time to implement these things at this time. it's time to."

Speaking of this, Tang Weiyi's usually gentle brows showed a bit of murderous look, "Brother Mo's purpose is to bring about changes in Da Zhou."

"Now, he is going to calm down the external environment, so I will clear up the internal unrest."

"I will kill anyone who dares to stand in front of me!"

Looking at the murderous Tang Weiyi, Mei Shuying was startled. Don't look at Mo Zizai who ransacked the house at will, but as the leader of Mei Wei, she has been dealing with some inconvenient matters for Tang Weiyi all the year round. She is very clear in her heart. Tang Weiyi It was much more ruthless than Mo Zizai.

Although Mo Zizai had a strong intention to kill, it was only aimed at his enemies.

But Tang Weiyi is different. Mei Shuying doesn't know how her character was developed. She has a kind of disregard for human life from the bottom of her heart. Except for Mo Zizai, in her mind, the rest of the people are no different from grass mustards. .

In this regard, the personalities of Tang Weiyi and Tang Weilu sisters are in the same line, but Tang Weilu's performance is more obvious, while Tang Weiyi is more restrained.

And Mo Zizai was well aware of this, but he didn't say anything except telling Tang Weiyi not to get his hands dirty with his own hands.

Thinking of this, Mei Shuying smiled wryly, "It's true that the family doesn't enter the house, these three people are all murderers."

When she said this, Mei Shuying obviously forgot that, as the person in charge of Meiwei, more people died under her orders. In the intelligence circle, her reputation as the leader of Meiwei is no less than that of Mo Zizi now. it is good.

So strictly speaking, none of the four members of this family is good.

Mei Shuying dispelled the thoughts in her heart, and said in a deep voice: "I understand Your Majesty, after I finish cleaning up, I will let people prepare for it, so as to ensure that nothing will go wrong tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, Mei Shuying went directly to the cubicle of the main hall to wash up. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tang Weiyi also sneaked into her cubicle. She also wanted to wash up and change into a new set of obscene clothes.

……

At night, the capital received a letter from Mo Zizai from Xiangcheng.

In addition to talking about the promotion of Mei Shuying to the Human Realm, so as to let them not panic, they also talked about the attitude towards the treatment of the various places.

"Let them spend money to eliminate the disaster?"

Tang Weiyi looked at Mo Zizai's secret letter and couldn't help laughing. She blackmailed people every now and then, which is what Mo Zizai could do. If it were someone else, the aristocratic families from all over the world would definitely not submit, because if a fight really broke out, both sides would suffer. result.

At that time, they will have a hard time, and the court will definitely not have a good time. With the enemies in the east and the north, as long as the court's brains are not broken, they will not fight with them, so they will naturally not pay attention to the court. blackmail.

But Mo Zizai was different. None of the things he did after he came out of the imperial mausoleum could be done by normal people.

Therefore, if he said this, then these aristocratic families must either pay the money honestly, or wait for Mo Zizai to fight with them. There is no other way to choose.

"Let's take this matter to the court tomorrow and talk about it."

Tang Weiyi put the information aside. She felt that there was nothing wrong with this matter. The aristocratic families from all over the country were in a state of disunity, and they didn't dare to fight the court at this time. If nothing else happened, their choice would definitely be to pay money to delay time, and then recruit troops or join forces with each other , to deal with the Red Flame Dragonriders.

just stalling for time...

Tang Weiyi sneered from the bottom of her heart, can your recruiting speed catch up with Brother Mo's acceleration?Now I can push you horizontally, wait another year and a half, I'm afraid you won't be able to cry anymore.

……

In the early morning of the next day, there was another grand court meeting, and all officials gathered in the Golden Luan Hall.

It's just that it's different from the past, this time the court will be extraordinarily deserted, because the officials that Mo Zizai beheaded have not been replaced in time, so the officials in the entire Golden Luan Hall stand sparsely, making the Golden Luan Hall extraordinarily deserted.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

After the opening of the dynasty, the officials saluted the empress together.

"Exemption."

After Tang Weiyi replied, she remained silent, and asked the officials to discuss some things that had been backlogged in accordance with the usual practice.

It's strange to say that after losing a large number of officials, the efficiency of deliberations in the court has not decreased but increased. Things that used to be discussed in half a morning have now been discussed in less than half an hour, and even the regulations have been established Yes, the efficiency is surprisingly fast.

Tang Weiyi waited for them to finish their discussion, and then said, "King Zizai gave his opinion on the rebellion in various places."

"What he means is that the rebellion in various places can not be pursued further, but this year's tax must be paid in advance, and as a way to make up for the mistakes, this year's tax must be paid in double."

"Pay double?"

The ministers who could stand in the court hall were all good people. After hearing what the empress said, they immediately understood what Mo Zizai meant. Mo Zizai was planning to take this opportunity to blackmail him.

But don't tell me, there is hope for this.

After thinking for a while, these ministers all said: "Your Majesty, I think this is feasible."

"Your Majesty, this minister agrees."

"The minister also agrees..."

For a moment, all the voices in the court were in favor. Even if some people had different opinions in their hearts, because it was Mo Zizai's opinion, they had no choice but to bury their opposing opinions in their hearts, and followed the crowd against their will.

Seeing that none of the officials dared to object, Tang Weiyi showed a smile on her lips. It was not that the officials present had no family members, but they were not afraid, and did not dare to object at all.

"Since all the ministers have no objections, then I will draw up an order and send it to various places after the dynasty is over."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

The officials bowed and saluted, and made up their minds in their hearts. They would definitely not object to this matter, and it would be much better to ask the aristocratic families from all over the place to contribute some money than their lives.

After finishing the first matter, Tang Weiyi waved her hand, and Dongchangwei, who had been ordered a long time ago, came out and distributed a stack of pamphlets to the ministers one by one.

"This is the national policy that I have formulated during this period of time. You can take a look at it."

Tang Weiyi looked at the officials who started to open the pamphlet and said, "If you have no objections, these decrees will be enforced from now on."

The ministers below haven't opened the booklet yet, but just hearing Tang Weiyi's words, they feel something is wrong. His Majesty's tone today seems a little tough.

After they opened the booklet and read the contents, their complexions changed drastically.

These pamphlets are just summaries, but there are only a few dozen pages of summaries, but they cover a lot of content.

From official assessment, to taxation reform, to the implementation of banknotes, and state-owned banks, Mo Zizai was doing it before, and even didn't do it. He just told Tang Weiyi the regulations, and let Tang Weiyi take into account the situation of Dazhou, and listed them one by one. .

And this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the most critical point mentioned above is the state-owned land and the abolition of slavery.

The above explained this decree emphatically. In the future, the upper limit of personal land ownership will be [-] mu. Now, although the landowners who own more than [-] mu of land will not be forced to take back the land, they will be levied high taxes. Taxes for a hundred acres will be levied, and even that one hundred acres will be levied.

As for the abolition of slaves, it is a continuation of the former emperor's previous policy. Although those aristocratic families did not dare to keep slaves on the surface, they just changed their name in private and adopted slaves as righteous men. Although they are not slaves in name, But in fact, the status is still the same as that of a slave.

The new decree aimed at this kind of situation. It gave righteous men the right to inherit, and directly abolished the possibility of them holding slaves from the root.

If it is said that Mo Zizai is leading an army to kill the people of the family, then these new laws are undoubtedly digging the roots of the family.

The reason why these aristocratic families have been able to pass on for thousands of years is largely due to the fact that the fields are cultivated by thousands of people and will support a family from generation to generation. Naturally, it is not a problem for this lineage to prosper.

But now, individuals are restricted from owning land, and the land is also split up. The land is allocated according to the head of the head. This is equivalent to directly splitting the family. After three generations, all the aristocratic families in Dazhou now have to disappear.

Yang Weishang carefully read these regulations, and he was a little amazed in his heart. Back then, he and the late emperor also discussed a similar decree, but it was limited to the situation at that time, and they did not promote it.

Many items in this brochure now coincide with what he and the late emperor discussed back then, and there are even many directions that neither he nor the late emperor thought of.

"This is no longer a new national policy, it is a reform."

Yang Weishang sighed slightly in his heart. In his opinion, it is too hasty to introduce this decree now. After those aristocratic families know the content of this decree, they will definitely become more urgent.

But then again, Mo Zizai had just pacified Nanjun and Pingzhou, and he would probably kill the rich and powerful gentry in these two places. Taking advantage of the vacancy now, it is the most appropriate time to introduce this decree.

Otherwise, wait until the two places are stabilized, and then re-introduce this decree. Maybe some people will make trouble, and it will be too troublesome to calm down again at that time.

"After all, the barrel of the gun in your hand is still hard."

Yang Weishang shook his head slightly. With the current strength in Mo Zizai's hands, he already has the capital to forcibly implement these laws and regulations, so although he somewhat disagreed, he did not offer any rebuttals, but sat silently in his seat , as if he didn't know anything, he silently looked at the new decree in his hand.

Many people in the group of officials were watching Yang Weishang's actions. Seeing that he didn't respond at this time, they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

But Yang Weishang didn't stand up, and it was impossible for them to force Yang Weishang, so they had to look at each other and communicate with each other. Finally, one of them gritted his teeth, took a step forward, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, I think this matter is of great importance and should be discussed in the long run!"

(End of this chapter)