"Ye 'er, if I hand over the task of collecting taxes from the aristocrats to you, do you have the confidence to succeed?”
Ying Zheng put his hands behind his back and asked with a serious expression.
"That depends on how much authority Imperial Father can give your son.”
"If it's 10% authority, your son only has 10% confidence!”
"If it's fifty percent, then your son only has fifty percent confidence!”
"If Imperial Father completely trusts your son and gives this subject the right to act first before reporting, then this subject will have a hundred percent confidence!”
Ying Ziye didn't make a solemn promise. Instead, he made a few assumptions.
In fact, it was very simple to tax the rich. It depended on how much power his cheap father could give.
If there were restrictions everywhere, it would be difficult for him to collect taxes from the rich.
However, if his father completely gave up his authority and let him do it without worry.
Then he could easily collect taxes from the nobles!
He could even complete the tax reform!
"Good!"
Hearing his words, Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction.
The frown on his face instantly relaxed.
There was a lot of resistance if they wanted to impose heavy taxes on the aristocrats.
First of all, it was very difficult to pass through the civil and military officials in the court!
Almost all of them were strongly opposed to this matter!
As the emperor, he couldn't possibly kill all the ministers!
If that was the case, who would serve him?
Who would handle the government affairs for him?
Who would lead the army to fight for him?
The rich had yet to collect their taxes, and he had already crippled himself!
Therefore, he was at his wit's end on this matter!
Now, seeing his son so confident, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Perhaps, this kid wouldn't disappoint him!
He had already made up his mind. If this kid could handle this matter well, he would make him the Crown Prince!
In the future, he would hand over Great Qin's territory to him!
"Your Majesty!"
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Just as the two were talking, the officials returned to the palace.
In fact, they had not gone far. When they saw the eunuch chasing after them, they had no choice but to turn back and return to the court.
"The treasury has been unable to make ends meet all year round. Our Great Qin Imperial Family is not even as rich as some noble salt merchants!”
"In the long run, the country will not be a country!"
"I have made up my mind. The tax reform cannot be delayed!”
Ying Zheng sat back on the dragon throne and announced his decision.
However, his words instantly caused the civil and military officials below to explode. Everyone whispered to each other, seemingly very surprised.
"Men, bring me my Lulu Sword!”
Without waiting for the ministers to step out to object, Ying Zheng immediately ordered the old eunuch beside him.
"Here!"
The old eunuch quickly ran over to pick up the treasured sword hanging behind the dragon throne and respectfully presented it to him.
"Ye 'er, listen to the decree!"
Holding the Lulu sword, Ying Zheng rose abruptly.
"Your son is here!"
"I order you to decide on the matter of collecting taxes from the aristocrats.”
"Zhen allows you to act first and report later. There's no need to ask for orders!”
The First Emperor said in a clear voice in front of all the civil and military officials.
"Your son has received the decree!"
Ying Ziye stretched out his hands and calmly took the sword.
Ba Qing blinked her beautiful eyes in shock.
If it were any other prince, he would be extremely excited.
However, this kid seemed to have taken back something that originally belonged to him. It was logical and there was no surprise or excitement.
Give me the Lulu Sword!
Wherever the sword went, it was as if the emperor had come personally!
He was also given the right to act first and report later!
This was equivalent to temporarily handing the Great Qin Empire to this kid.
But this kid's expression was still the same!
It was as if this was just a trivial matter, without any ripples!
With such a calm temperament, she even suspected that this kid was a young man who was only twenty years old.
However, thinking about it, this Ninth Young Master had been able to disguise himself as an ignorant and incompetent good-for-nothing since he was young. It was normal for him to have such a temperament now!
"What?"
"You can act first and report later?"
Ying Zheng's actions stunned all the officials in the court.
After a brief silence, the court exploded again.
He had just announced that he would impose heavy taxes on the rich, and before they could even protest, he actually entrusted the Ninth Young Master with an important task?
He even gave him the right to act first and report later?
Isn't the First Emperor being too childish?
He casually handed over the power of life and death to others?
Fu Su, Huhai, Chunyu Yue, Zhao Gao, and the others were the most shocked.
This was equivalent to temporarily handing over the throne to that kid Ying Ziye!
From this, it could be seen how much the First Emperor trusted this kid!
In other words, if there were no accidents, the position of Crown Prince would belong to no one else but this brat!
" Cancel all the Princes 'Court Examinations!"
"Today's morning court session will be presided over by the Ninth Prince!”
"Humph!"
After issuing the decree, Ying Zheng flicked his sleeve and snorted coldly. Then, accompanied by the old eunuch, he turned around and left the imperial court.
Behind him, all the civil and military officials were stunned!
Even the morning court session was hosted by this kid?
Could it be that he wanted to pass on the throne in advance?
All of a sudden, all the officials looked at each other in shock.
……
"Your Majesty, this old servant has something to say.”
On the way to the royal study, the old eunuch carefully spoke.
"Speak!"
Ying Zheng put his hands behind his back and uttered a single word.
" His Majesty has given the Ninth Young Master so much power. What if…"
The old eunuch observed Ying Zheng while trying to probe.
However, when he saw Ying Zheng suddenly stop in his tracks, he was so frightened that he quickly stopped, and his voice came to an abrupt halt.
"Nonsense!"
"Slap!"
Ying Zheng did not turn around, but his cold words made the old eunuch kneel on the ground in fear.
"This old servant deserves to die!"
"This old servant will not dare to do it again!"
"This old servant is worried about Your Majesty!"
As the old eunuch spoke, he began to slap himself.
"Without my decree, you are not allowed to stop!”
"Humph!"
Ying Zheng snorted coldly, then put his hands behind his back and continued walking forward.
"This old servant obeys the decree!"
The old eunuch pulled a long face and continued to slap himself.
Even after Ying Zheng had walked far away, he did not dare to stop.
He knew that even though the First Emperor had left, there were still hidden guards from the Black Ice Platform.
If he dared to disobey, he would definitely lose his life!
He had wanted to remind the Emperor that giving the Ninth Prince too much power would endanger the throne.
But now that he thought about it, his worries were unnecessary.
The secret guards of the Black Ice Platform were everywhere. The Ninth Young Master's every move would be reported to the Emperor very quickly.
Not to mention rebelling, if the Ninth Young Master did anything wrong, he would be caught by Ying Zheng.
If he could bestow power, the First Emperor could immediately take it back!
What was he worrying about!
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