The next morning.
Mu Yu woke up and rinsed his mouth with a tree branch by the roadside. He washed his face with the water that Zuo Qingshang had gotten from who knows where. Then, he was refreshed and prepared to set off.
"Sir, I will give you inner Qi." Zuo Qingshang gestured for Mu Yu to sit down cross-legged and assume a cultivation posture.
Then, the two of them put their palms together.
Zuo Qingchang's heart was filled with waves. She circulated two cycles of mental cultivation method to suppress it, and then she calmly transferred the calm and peaceful inner Qi of the Startling Magpie.
Not long after, Mu Yu felt a warm sensation in his body. He felt so comfortable that he could die. He could not help but reveal a look of enjoyment.
Zuo Qingshang's small face turned red again. After half an hour, Zuo Qingshang took the initiative to let go of Mu Yu's hand. Seeing Mu Yu's reluctant expression, she felt a little happy in her heart. However, her expression was calm and she did not say anything."Milord, enough. The inner Qi I gave you is enough for one day.”
"Yes!" Mu Yu retracted his warm hand and mounted the horse.
The injuries from last night had not yet recovered, but today, there was a warm current in his body that could be driven to his thigh. It was not as painful as yesterday, and the wounds seemed to be healing faster. Anyway, he felt much better.
They set off again.
Mu Yu fell off his horse several times, and every time, he looked at Zuo Qingshang expectantly.
The latter avoided his gaze every time and pretended not to see it. Therefore, Mu Yu shamelessly pretended to fall several times, but he still could not ride with the beauty and take the opportunity to enjoy her body fragrance and figure. In the end, he could only ride his own obediently.
Time slowly passed as the two of them interacted.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
The two of them also returned to the capital from the northwest.
Beijing.
At this moment, they were in court.
Now.
The matter in the northwest had temporarily settled down, and the private treasury was on the right track. There was no collapse, and it was stable.
Everything was normal.
"Your Majesty, this official wants to impeach the Minister of Revenue. A few days ago, this official went to investigate. Just the accounts that were investigated showed that the Ministry of Revenue had a deficit of two million taels.”An official below said.
The empress pretended not to hear him. How could she not know where the deficit went?
Two million taels? The Ministry of Revenue was quite good at making fake accounts. She had clearly taken five million taels!
"Your Majesty, I want to impeach the son of the Minister of War, Chang Shi, for molesting a commoner girl.”
"Preposterous…"
"Your Majesty, my son has been wronged."
"Your Majesty, the war in the southern border is chaotic, and we don't have enough military resources.”
"Your Majesty, taxes have been decreasing year after year. The Ministry of Works urgently needs to encourage production.”
"Farm implements my ass. Is farming more important than fighting?”The general and the officials from the Ministry of Works started quarreling.
"We have to defend the country first before you farm.”
"If the commoners don't farm, where will the taxes come from? An ordinary person has no wisdom." Both sides were cursing.
After a while, Wei Ge took a step forward.
The quarrels in the court immediately quieted down.
"Your Majesty, there are many things that need to be done. The disaster in the northwest has passed, but all kinds of problems still exist. Moreover, the private treasury is a big matter and needs to be stabilized.”
"The Duke of Wei is right. The private treasury is the country's reputation.”Chief Wang also spoke up, afraid that the Emperor, who did not care about the affairs of the world, would wave his hand and throw out a few million or twenty million taels of silver. If he did, what would happen to his private treasury? However, he was thinking too much. Other than what was necessary, the empress didn't plan to give it away.
"I suggest that the army should focus on defense first and the civil affairs first. Your Majesty can support the Ministry of Works first and postpone the border troops.”
"Duke of Wei, the soldiers are fighting to the death outside and can't even get a bite of meat?”The armed forces shouted.
"Fellow Daoists." "The development of the civil affairs will naturally not be without you," the Duke of Wei said lightly.”
The empress frowned and said after a moment,"I heard all of your memorials.”
"The Ministry of Works has a lot of money every year, but nothing has been achieved. The military reputation of the border troops has not been reduced at all. Don't disappoint me too much. I won't give you a single cent more, but I won't give you less either.”It was a half-warning, half-threat, and also a way out. If he wanted silver to support him, he could do so. If he couldn't, then forget it.
Many of the officials present broke out in cold sweat.
At this time, he could not speak anymore. If he spoke again, something would happen.
The Minister of Works would probably have to be replaced, and King Zhennan would probably have to send a group of his subordinates out to be punished.
What the empress meant was that if you want money, you won't give it to me. I want to keep the money to refine pills. How can I leave it to you? If you really want it, you can win the war first and produce results first before looking for me.
But in reality, if he didn't have enough silver, how could he win?
Without silver, everything could only be done slowly. Even the Ministry of Works could only do it slowly, let alone war.
In any case, there was only one sentence. If you want money, you won't give it. If I want to refine pills, you won't give it.
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"His Majesty rejected it again. He didn't take it seriously at all and didn't give a single cent to the Ministry of Works.”Mu Yu was resting in the Mu Residence. After taking a good bath, he heard the news from Zuo Qingshang not long after. She was dressed in snow-white clothes and her Lightness Skill was extraordinary. She could cover ten meters with each step. Mu Yu was fascinated by her. However, when he heard her words, Mu Yu thought of the situation in the northwest and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.
In the northwest, not to mention the disaster, according to the two governors, even during normal times, they were yellow and thin, not eating enough and not wearing warm clothes.
Under such circumstances, they still had to pay taxes to support the country, and this was how their emperor repaid them.
He concocted pills every day and was not even willing to pay a little silver in return.
How many times had His Majesty rejected him? Not giving a single cent?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
"I'm not eating." Mu Yu was so angry that he couldn't eat anymore and went straight to the palace.
Along the way, he kicked a few imperial guards who blocked his way before arriving at the empress's bedroom.
"Mu Yu, you dare to trespass into the Imperial Palace again. Do you think I won't dare to kill you?”The empress was furious. Again and again?
"Your Majesty, please do it." "If I'm afraid, I'll write my name backwards," Mu Yuxiang said coldly.”
The empress immediately fell silent.
She was really not a bad ruler. Although she had done many wrong things that angered the heavens and people, she was really not a bad ruler. This rebellious minister was hateful, but she really could not kill him casually. What she said was loyal to the ruler, and what she did was to persuade the ruler.
" There's still some hope. You dog emperor…" Mu Yu opened his mouth.
"What did you say?" The empress raised her eyebrows and was about to explode from anger. She drew her sword and said,"Come here, zhen will kill you now.”
Unexpectedly, Mu Yu was not afraid at all. Instead, he continued,""The Duke of Wei's chief minister, Minister Yu, has repeatedly asked His Majesty to allocate silver to help the Ministry of Works develop and revitalize the people of the world. Why has His Majesty never agreed? Do you, a fatuous ruler, like to refine pills so much that you keep silver to refine pills every day? You know the lives of the people. If you take a step back, you know that if this continues, the country will be destroyed. If you give it to the Ministry of Works, there will be a chance to change the situation of the people. The people will not be tired and the situation will continue to be bad.”
"There are so many things in the world, how can I manage them all!”The empress was furious.
"Your Majesty, if you don't cultivate, you can do whatever you want.”Mu Yu said coldly.
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