Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

"Let's talk." Xia Yuxiao leaned back in the chair.

"The Saar Dynasty's actions on the northern border have stagnated for the time being. The situation on the western border has gradually stabilized. In my opinion, it is time to prepare troops. The frontier troops and soldiers stationed at the border in Daxia before The reinforcements have already been rotated, and the troops that have been replaced, I believe that the next round of restructuring and reform should begin. Refer to the Red Kite Army - the border area, it is okay not to fight, if you really want to fight, you must quickly A quick decision. Make sure to get enough chips in the first place."

General Bai said so.

"Qin Ji, what do you think?"

Xia Yuxiao naturally knew that this was a good thing, but, after all, it was a matter in the army, so she still wanted to ask Qin Ji for his opinion.Besides...she herself had a reason why she couldn't agree to this matter.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Naturally, the sooner the better, I believe that even if the Saar Dynasty will not start again in the future, my Great Xia will never have a war in the next ten years. Therefore, innovation All armies are the top priority, but the current state treasury financial resources..."

Hearing Qin Ji's answer, Xia Yuxiao sighed in her heart, "The one who knows me is the Taiwei."

Another financial issue.

To be honest, Daxia's treasury finances are definitely not bad, and the annual taxes in various places are quite high. Even though the food production has dropped sharply due to disasters in certain areas, it still has not reached the level that would consume Daxia's wealth.

Xia Yuxiao had already begun to make those gentry pay taxes and reform the tax collection regulations as early as the acting period. It was precisely because of this that when she really came to the throne, her policies left a lot of money for the treasury. savings.

But here comes the problem.

Building canals, going to war twice, mobilizing the army to put pressure on the border, repairing the disaster-stricken farmland in the disaster-stricken area... There are also money for the school, money for buying food and grass, and money for supporting the research of new "toys" by the Tianshi Mansion ...How should I put it, no matter how rich you are, you can't afford to be so hustle and bustle!

What's more, my father was fighting everywhere at the beginning. At that time, the country's finances were already stretched. It was because of the danger that Qin Ji threatened the imperial power at that time that he was able to pull him back. Now this state, no matter how hard it is If so, it’s really impossible to play.

"I'll think about it again."

She said she was considering it, but Xia Yuxiao actually planned to refuse.Now Daxia really can't squeeze out much money, and there is still a little money in the treasury, but those are reserved for emergencies and cannot be spent anymore.

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After the court meeting, Xia Yuxiao and Qin Ji went back to the palace together as usual.

"Without money, it's really hard to move an inch."

If you are not in charge, you don't know how expensive the money is. The ministers have good ideas, but how do they know that the money is not blown by the wind...

"No way, as you said, our time is very tight now, and only krypton gold is the most efficient way."

Chapter 4 Women Only Affect the Speed ​​of My Punches

Xia Yuxiao thought about it carefully, and she roughly estimated the imperial court's expenses during this period, which was really too much.The small treasury she left behind is almost bottoming out now.

Judging from the current situation, there are basically no other ways to generate income, and foreign trade is a choice that can continue to make money.

However, even if Daxia exports its own products to the outside world, it cannot raise such a large sum of money in a short period of time.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuxiao had a headache.

Qin Ji walked beside her and didn't say much. In fact, he really didn't have the qualifications to manage money - he could handle internal affairs, command operations, and engage in diplomacy, but if he was to settle accounts and manage money, He is really not good at it.

After thinking for a moment, he thought of a suggestion that he could do:

"Your Majesty, why don't you...copy some?"

The so-called copying points is actually copying houses.

With so many officials in Daxia, it is natural that there will be people who fill their pockets, and there will be no one among the gentry who annexes land and resells grain production.Naturally, Xia Yuxiao would not be ignorant of these people. In fact, most of the well-known local gentry with money in their hands basically entered Xia Yuxiao's small books.

The money of this group of people came from wrong sources, as long as they really set their minds to investigate, they would definitely find clues, and then it would naturally become a matter of course to search their homes.Many of these guys are fat and oily, and they are all thanks to her father, the emperor, who didn't strictly control internal affairs.

Before that, Qin Ji personally went to scrape off the money of several families to raise money for General Bai who had returned from victory at that time.Now that we need to use money, let's knock on a few more piggy banks. Anyway, we have to knock on it sooner or later.

"No, you can't do that now."

Xia Yuxiao immediately stopped his thought.

It is true that ransacking the house now can provide the court with a considerable sum of money, but you must know that she cannot do this now.Advisor Cheng had already made the relationship between the gentry and the imperial court very rigid, and the current imperial court could not completely eliminate the gentry class immediately.So now is not the time to completely turn around.

Pulling out the gentry class and aristocratic families in various places now will lead to talent vacancies within the Great Xia (after all, there are not many backup officials in the Great Xia), and will also lead to large-scale resistance from the gentry class.

Xia Yuxiao's current method of dealing with them is to gradually eliminate the local power of the gentry in various places, such as transferring or even relegating some officials to prevent them from providing shelter for the local gentry; Land taxation; local gentry are strictly prohibited from buying large quantities of ironware, spirit stones, etc...

But now, if she directly asks her to poke the buttocks of this group of people, it will blow the pot.

Yes, Qin Ji and she both have soldiers and can suppress them.

But these guys are more or less connected in series. If they are really allowed to make trouble collectively, what if they send troops to wipe them out in the end?On the contrary, the civil war will damage the vitality of the people who have already recovered, and it will also cause an additional military expenditure in Daxia, which may even affect the production and development of many regions.

"It's enough to catch a few typical examples. Not long ago, the consultant Cheng sent me a report. He has now verified the collusion between several big families and officials in Jiangning County to resell grain. I just issued an order to let him A thorough investigation to the end, and a thorough investigation of the family's property, probably won't be a small fortune."

Jiangning County is one of the most developed counties in Daxia, and the local gentry families are definitely not idle people. To put it bluntly, they only know how much they have saved over the years.

"Since that's the case, is Your Majesty going to continue with these matters?"

"It needs to be done, but it can't be done for the time being. The innovation of each army needs to be pushed first." After Xia Yuxiao said this, she continued to walk slowly. At this moment, Qin Ji noticed that the two of them had unconsciously It was time to walk to the door of the bedroom.

"Lingyan doesn't seem to be with you today?"

"Lingyan also has her own affairs to attend to. She has been helping His Majesty deal with the Devil's Cult's affairs recently. These Devil's Cultists may be about to take action soon."

Qin Ji knew how the Demon Society would act, but he didn't tell Xia Yuxiao directly.

It's not that he doesn't trust Xia Yuxiao, the main thing is that even if she finds out about this matter, it won't be of much use. It is Lingyan and Suilongwei who really set the trap and execute it.

Whether Xia Yuxiao took precautions or not was secondary. Rather, it would have been better if Xia Yuxiao hadn't taken precautions.

"So, tell you something?"

Xia Yuxiao said in a low voice.

"Ah."

Qin Ji listened carefully.

"Tonight, don't... don't have a room, can you?"

She lowered her voice, it was as small as a mosquito.

This is the conclusion she came to after careful thinking.

According to her loyal follower Song Jingqing, in the state yesterday, she had to rely on Lingyan to distract Qin Ji's firepower in advance to barely maintain her last bit of decency.

Lingyan is busy today, which means...

It could be dangerous if he is allowed to come here tonight.

It is true that as an emperor, she really needs to have a prince as soon as possible, but there must be a limit to the process of making a prince.

"It... I don't care, you can do whatever you think."

Qin Ji didn't feel anything about it.

Just to give myself a rest, it's true that His Majesty's actual combat ability is far inferior to Lingyan's, but His Majesty knows how to stimulate the opponent's desire to conquer... Or, did she really just do it unintentionally?

Qin Ji also felt that his body couldn't always be a reproductive machine for Mo's emotions, otherwise, his abilities would be wasted.

Therefore, he also adopted Xia Yuxiao's suggestion.

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Sunset, garden.

The long knife in Qin Ji's hand danced, and the palm that usually held the pen was now firmly holding the handle of the knife.In fact, his daily practice is quite regular. First, he practiced boxing, and then danced the sword. By playing those tricks to move his wrists, and then he really practiced the sword.There is nothing interesting about each move, it is just a simple and straight-forward combination of steps and body techniques to flirt, chop, stab, and sweep.

However, the movement was unbelievably fast. When the cold light flashed, the blade had already appeared at the target position.

Interspersed with it is boxing practice.

His fists contained flowing aura, and the solid iron man in front of him was bombarded by dozens of punches in a short period of time, and the originally smooth iron man was covered with dents.

In the end, close your efforts, close your punches.

He successfully shocked Xia Yuxiao who was next to him.

She had seen Qin Ji fighting, but at that time Qin Ji always had a look of not letting go.But looking at his state of practice now...

Those dozens of punches were completed in just a few breaths.

Qin Ji, who was concentrating on feeling the results of his practice, stopped and let out a sigh of satisfaction.

After recovering his form, sure enough, a woman will affect the speed of his punching.

Chapter 5 Fishing

In the urban area of ​​Tai'an City, Bafang Hotel.

In this hotel, which is often used to entertain foreign guests, several new guests were welcomed.

"Hello, do you want to stay in the hotel?"

Seeing that these people were well dressed and entered his hotel without any hesitation, the shopkeeper of the hotel immediately realized that business was coming.

The biggest reputation of the Bafang Hotel in Daxia is its luxury. Inside the Bafang Hotel, there are room styles from many countries, some are the style of the church countries in the west, some are from the Nanyang style in the south, and some are from Dongsheng country simplicity.

And in order to ensure that every guest can feel the taste of their hometown, there are special chefs behind to make designated specialties for the guests. As long as you have money, you can eat the pure flavor of your hometown.

It is precisely because of this that the people who live in Bafang Hotel are either wealthy businessmen, envoys from various countries, or visitors. In short, they have more or less money in their pockets.

"Oh, please, we're going to live in a hotel. There are four of us. You can give me two rooms. This lady has one alone."

The leader was an old man with gray beard and hair. He smiled kindly and put a gold coin on the counter of the hotel.

"You gave too much..."

"We want to eat something in a while. It's just the ordinary Daxia taste. Let's have more good wine and meat. The rest will be rewards." The old man said with a smile.

Seeing the generosity of the other party, the boss hurriedly led these people inside enthusiastically.

Under the leadership of the boss, the four people turned left and right and came to their room.

The boss gave them two spacious and bright rooms, and the four of them were very satisfied with it, so they immediately unloaded their luggage.

....................

As soon as they checked in, a female guest was welcomed into the hotel.

That person was wearing long hair, and his dignified and elegant demeanor immediately made people feel like he was a daughter of a wealthy family, and now such a person came to the Bafang Hotel alone, which made the people around him focus on him to her.

However, it is obvious that this wealthy daughter does not care about the gazes of the people around her, or in other words, she has long been used to these gazes.

She went straight to the counter and greeted the boss with a smile:

"Yo, boss, is business okay?"