Wansan would never have imagined that a pigeon that was specially used to communicate with the world's best manor would actually be followed by a white figure from afar.
"Time to go back!"
Zhu Houzhao looked at the dusk. Today, he had come out as Li Bai, and it could be considered that he had fulfilled one of his dreams in the martial world.
Especially when he stared at Li Bai's image, every time he struck out with his sword, he had to force (middle) bar (two) full (ten) full (full) with one or two lines of poetry, which added a few points to his role as 'Li Qinglian'.
He was handsome and unrestrained, agile and ethereal, like an otherworldly immortal.
Yes!
It was quite a good experience to occasionally change to a side account to show off.
Zhu Houzhao wondered if he should first design a set of cool lines for himself when he changed into his alternate account in the future, so as not to lower his status in this world that was particular about cool.
Why would I, Li Qinglian, need to explain my actions to others?
Or, even if I carry the Heavenly Abyss and need one hand to support the Primordial Emperor City, I, Li Qinglian, will still be invincible in the world?
"Oh, right, there are also all kinds of awesome poem titles of Thunderbolt.”
On the way back to the palace, Zhu Houzhao's mind was filled with thoughts of how to act cool. North Mystic Celestial Lord, Immortal King An Lan, Thunderbolt Poem, and so on flashed through his mind.
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Palace of Heavenly Purity, Imperial Palace.
Mo Ya was reporting to Zhu Houzhao about the surveillance of King Nan's Mansion these days.
Bang!
Zhu Houzhao slammed the table and stood up. He angrily rebuked,"The salt tax, grain tax, and all kinds of taxes bring in twenty million taels of silver a year. They hand over four million taels of silver to the Imperial Court, but King Nan's estate secretly embezzled more than eighty percent of it, swallowing a total of sixteen million taels?”
"Good, good, what a good Nan Wang Manor. The annual income of his Nan Wang Manor is equivalent to a quarter of my national treasury?”
After Zhu Houzhao heard Mo Ya's report, he flew into a rage.
The prices of goods in the Great Ming Dynasty were much higher than the historical Great Ming Dynasty, so the annual taxes collected by the Great Ming Dynasty were also a little higher. It was much better than the Zhengde period in history, where the annual tax was maintained at 4 - 6 million taels of silver.
The national treasury and the Ministry of Revenue could maintain about 50 to 80 million taels of silver a year.
Now, the various exorbitant taxes that a Fan Wang exploited in his territory were actually equivalent to one-third of the annual tax of the Great Ming Dynasty. Was this simply absurd?
This was only the Nan Wang Manor. What about the other vassal kings?
What about Jiangnan, that rich land?
As the most respected person in the Ming Dynasty, if he wanted to cultivate a eunuch army that would be used to conquer other countries and deal with those invading players in the future, he would have to count on his fingers and find those fat sheep to take wool from.
But in the end, this 'fat sheep' was almost stripped bare by the various vassal kings and officials?？
Ever since the Tumu Fortress incident, the Great Ming's control over the army and the local areas was not as good as before. In some remote areas, there were even many local officials who occupied the land.
But this was also the first time Zhu Houzhao knew that the seemingly glorious and prosperous Great Ming had actually rotted to such an extent.
"Send word to Yu Huatian and Cao Zhengchun, the God of Constable of the Six Fan School, the Minister of Revenue Li Han, and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet Li Dongyang!”Zhu Houzhao's furious voice reached the eunuch waiting outside the palace.
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Houzhao signaled for Mo Ya to continue.
"King Nan's estate is heavily guarded, especially the residence of the son of King Nan. I tried to sneak in several times, but I sensed several different powerful auras nearby.”
"After a few days of investigation, this subordinate and Bai Niao have finally figured out the true situation of King Nan's estate.”
Mo Ya didn't waste his breath on those ordinary guards and masters (below the Finger Xuan level). With Bai Niao's current strength as one of the ten Finger Xuan experts, the South King Mansion with only a few hundred guards would disappear completely overnight.
The only thing that he felt troublesome about and needed to report was the Zongshi realm experts who were also finger mystic realm experts.
"There are about three Profound Finger Masters in King Nan's Mansion. The most troublesome one is Sword Saint Ye Gucheng of the Flying Deity Island in the South Sea. It was said that this person's Transcendent Flying Immortal was the pinnacle of swordsmanship, and his attainments in swordsmanship were comparable to Yan Nantian and the others. Moreover, he often stayed close to the son of King Nan, preventing the birds from having a suitable opportunity to attack.”
The other two were ordinary Profound Finger Masters who relied on time to cultivate.
This kind of old fellow might be a great threat to those below the Finger Arcane realm.
To assassin organizations like Ink Crow and Hundred Birds, they were not a threat at all.
When Mo Ya mentioned Ye Gucheng, although he described Ye Gucheng as the most troublesome existence in King Nan's Mansion, he did not see any change in Mo Ya's eyes. Clearly, Ye Gucheng was only a troublesome existence in Mo Ya's heart.
It wasn't a big problem.
"And Huo Xiu, who the Emperor ordered me and Bai Niao to investigate, has also found his nest in Sichuan. Although this person was a veteran Profound Finger Sect master with strong strength, he was still a young master. However, Bai Niao could make him disappear at any time and replace him.”
"Deal with it!"
Zhu Houzhao said coldly.
"The 108th floor of the Green Robes is a very good force. Bai Niao can absorb this force and use it to strengthen Bai Niao's influence, intelligence, and power network.”
"Yes, sir!"
Mo Ya smiled. Since the Emperor thought it was possible, then they would gladly accept Huo Xiu and the Qingyi Pavilion.
Ye Gucheng was a grandmaster of the sword, and he might find it difficult to deal with him.
Mo Ya was absolutely confident that he could kill an old fellow like Huo Xiu in twenty moves if he fought him alone. If he had the cooperation of Bai Niao, the news of the change of the head of the Qingyi Tower would not spread to the other branches of the 108th floor of Qingyi Tower and the martial world except for him, Bai Niao, and the Emperor.
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