"Your Majesty, the old minister will go now!"

Duanmu Ci was delighted and immediately withdrew from the imperial study room. When he walked outside, he still had a sense of joy on his face, which was a harsh breath.

A businessman dared to speak rudely to his second-rank official of the dynasty. Do you really think that if you do things for the Wuzhou Dynasty, you can act so arrogantly?

Thinking of this, Duanmu Ci received an order from the Military Pavilion, and then went to the new army to lead a thousand elite soldiers and rushed to the Xiao Mansion.

In the imperial study room, Zhou Chuan calmly held his teacup with a calm expression, took a sip, and then looked at Fan Zhongyan.

After a moment, Zhou Chuan smiled softly and said, "It seems that Fan Xiang also has a lot of resentment towards the Xiao family. Tell me what to do?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the Xiao family has indeed acted very unusually in recent months. The old ministers even heard that they purchased land everywhere in Baoqing and forcibly purchased land for the people. They took the flag of escorting the cultivation resources for the dynasty and forcibly collected a lot of land in Baoqing."

Fan Zhongyan said angrily.

Zhou Chuan nodded. How could he not know about these things? The information about the Xiao family in the East Factory was piled up high.

But Zhou Chuan hadn't found a reason to beat him before, but today it's different. He refused to pay taxes, which is a good reason.

Zhou Chuan didn't care about Baoqing's forced land acquisition, but he could not allow the Xiao family to be disrespectful to the second-rank officials of the court. This simply did not take Zhou Chuan seriously.

This is the main reason why Zhou Chuan really wants to hit the Xiao family.

As an emperor, he never looks at the problem one-sidedly. Duanmu Ci must have suffered some losses in the Xiao Mansion, so he will inevitably add fuel to his words, so Zhou Chuan naturally understood.

However, if you put it aside, Duanmu Ci was still very honest as an official, which means that the Xiao family did not respect him enough, otherwise Duanmu Ci would not have been so eager to go to the palace to report.

"Secret Fan is so kind. I want to see what kind of waves can be drawn out in this Xiao Mansion."

Zhou Chuan said slowly with a smile on his lips.

Zhou Chuan had already felt a sense of how to grasp and how to beat him. At this stage, it is indeed necessary for the Xiao family to do these chores, but it is not indispensable.

He was not worried that the Xiao family would have excessive actions. Not to mention anything else, but Zhou Chuan's current cultivation level at the master level is enough to ignore the entire Aolai Dynasty. What masters can a low-level dynasty invite?

What's more, it is very difficult to see masters at the level of the master here. Every strong man at the level of the master has a high status and is famous in every dynasty. How can a low-level dynasty invite him?

He was here to see what confidence the Xiao family had to dare to be presumptuous in the Wuzhou Dynasty!

Fan Zhongyan nodded. Although many of the arrogant and domineering memorials of the Xiao family were kept by Zhou Chuan and refused to post, Zhou Chuan's words now gave him an accurate reply. The Xiao family should indeed give him a good reprimand.

"Your Majesty, there is another thing. A few days ago, a force called "Sihai Pavilion" wanted to open an auction house in Xindu. They said they could find some goods that were not available here for us, but they would not pay taxes in this dynasty."

Fan Zhongyan suddenly thought of something and bowed again.

"Haha, no!"

Zhou Chuan sneered, "I want to make money here but don't want to pay, so how can there be such a good thing?"

Zhou Chuan refused without thinking about it. It was just an auction, and Zhou Chuan didn't care what good things they had.

Forces like Sihai Pavilion must have outstanding strength behind them, because Zhou Chuan remembers that Sihai Pavilion appeared in the intermediate dynasty royal city recorded in some records of the Grand Historian. It is obvious that Sihai Pavilion is the Sihai Pavilion in the book.

In the prosperous royal cities of many intermediate dynasties, there are some auctions similar to Sihai Pavilion.

They mainly sell spiritual elixirs, weapons, or rare treasures. These are often displayed in auctions, and the prices are extremely high. Sometimes, if someone fights for wealth, the profit will often be several times more.

But they often act in the right way and never act in villains. If it weren't for this, Zhou Chuan wouldn't refuse it simply because he knew their style of conduct.

Zhou Chuan will not let them settle in for auction houses that are unwilling to pay taxes.

"Your Majesty, I understand." Fan Zhongyan nodded and replied respectfully.

Originally, this matter was not entrusted by Fan Zhongyan, but was seen in the memorial. After initially, after learning about the power of the Sihai Pavilion in detail, Fan Zhongyan felt that it was necessary to report to Zhou Chuan.

Whether it is agreeing or refusing, this requires Zhou Chuan to decide. Fan Zhongyan attaches great importance to the way of the ruler and the ministers. He acts beyond his power, both in the past and now, and even if he is in a hurry to follow the power, he will eventually violate the taboo and break the rules.

An old minister like Fan Zhongyan naturally understands it very well. Sometimes, no one who acts arrogantly by relying on favoritism will have a good ending.

After stretching his body gently, Fan Zhongyan breathed a long sigh and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I think if it is Sihai Pavilion, I might not be able to keep them. This means the prosperity of Xindu and will attract many wealthy businessmen."

"Haha, it's just an auction house." Zhou Chuan put down the memorial in his hand and smiled: "I will not set such a precedent, otherwise it will be unfair to others."

Fan Zhongyan nodded as if he had realized it. He seemed to have fallen into a misunderstanding. The direction of thinking was to increase wealth and income for the dynasty as soon as possible, but he forgot that the first element of the dynasty was to ensure the universal benchmark for national laws.

"Secret Fan doesn't have to blame himself. I know that Fan Xiang was panicking for the empty treasury."

Although Fan Zhongyan was a little anxious about this matter, Zhou Chuan could not scold him because of this matter.

"Your Majesty taught me that I will think twice before doing it in the future." He took a breath slowly and said respectfully. He knew in his heart that Zhou Chuan would not scold him for this matter, but he still blamed himself.

"Okay Fan Xiang, you will watch the show with me later." Zhou Chuan smiled faintly and said, "Duanmu Ci should be invited to the Xiao family soon."

"What will Your Majesty deal with them?" Fan Zhongyan frowned slightly, he had a bad premonition.

He understood how much owed the Xiao family by the Wuzhou Dynasty. He was afraid that Zhou Chuan would just use tax as an excuse to deal with the Xiao family because he wanted to lose the debt. This was not what the wise king did, and Fan Zhongyan did not want Zhou Chuan to become such an emperor.

After all, a minister would rather be with an emperor who has no ambition but is open-minded and virtuous than to be with an emperor who does whatever he wants and focuses on profit.

Zhou Chuan also saw Fan Zhongyan's worried face. Just as he was about to explain, he was interrupted by Zhang Long's voice outside the door.
Chapter completed!