After several people sat down, they asked the slaves next to them to put things on the table. He Yingchun spoke first, "I came to say hello to the Queen in the morning. The servants said that the Queen was ill, so we didn't dare to disturb her. We'll look for you now."

Come see the Queen and bring her some supplements."

Ye Wange glanced at some Ganoderma lucidum supplements on the table, pursed her lips and said, "Thank you sisters for your concern."

The three of them sat there and saw that Ye Wange's eyes looked down upon what they had given them. They were full of resentment in their hearts, but they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out, so they had to swallow their cowardice.

"The weather is suddenly cold, the Queen must pay more attention." Zhou Yujiao said with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, sister. My body has always been weak, so it's nothing serious." Ye Wange said coldly.

Seeing that Ye Wange was extremely indifferent to their concern, the three of them didn't know what to say to warm things up. They just sat there and you gave me a look, and I gave you a look and remained silent.

It wasn't that Ye Wange looked down on them, but she had nothing to say to them. She was afraid that these people who could add insult to injury would use her words to cause trouble.

After an awkward silence, Ye Wange said, "The weather is getting colder. If you are missing something, you can go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get it."

"Thank you, Queen, for your concern." Several people thanked her in unison.

Ye Wange sat there and looked at the three people in front of him and said, "I have conveyed the wishes of the sisters to the emperor. The emperor only said that the palace is busy with affairs. He will go to the sisters after a while when he is not busy.

Sisters, don’t worry, there’s a long way to go.”

After she finished speaking, there was another wave of thanks. Ye Wange didn't like the three people who were breathing heavily and was too lazy to gossip with them.

The atmosphere fell into a state of extreme embarrassment. Liang Fengyi walked out from behind the screen and heard before anyone could see her, "Empress, the dress you made for me is so beautiful."

Hearing the sound, not only the queen's eyes looked around, but also the eyes of the three people sitting there. When they saw Liang Fengyi coming out wearing a new outfit, the three of them were shocked on the spot.

Liang Fengyi stayed in the queen's palace, wearing the clothes the queen gave her, which really made He Yingchun and the three of them fall into tears.

When Liang Fengyi came out and saw He Yingchun and the others, she was not surprised because she heard the voices of three people while changing clothes behind the screen, so after saying hello to the three people, she also turned her attention to Ye Wange.

"It fits very well." Ye Wange said softly, and she looked warily at the eager eyes of He Yingchun and the others in front of her.

Ye Wange was usually close to Liang Fengyi, but she never showed it in front of outsiders. Because she was afraid of causing trouble to Liang Fengyi, she was cold and indifferent to Liang Fengyi when they were together, but she only cared about Liang Fengyi in private.

Jia, looking at the looks of He Yingchun and the others, Ye Wange could see jealousy.

Ye Wange asked Liang Fengyi to sit down, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, and said quietly, "Concubine Liang is pregnant, and the emperor asked me to take good care of her. The weather has suddenly cooled, and Concubine Liang's clothes have grown too much, so the emperor specially

You ordered me to buy some clothes for Concubine Liang, won’t the sisters have any objections?” Ye Wange blamed her kindness for Liang Fengyi on the Emperor.

"Of course not." Several people said in unison.

Liang Fengyi sat there, allowing the few people who had just been embarrassed to find a topic of conversation in an instant. The three people chatted and laughed around Liang Fengyi. Ye Wange felt a lot more relaxed when she saw the three people chatting animatedly with Liang Fengyi.

He Yingchun suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, sat there and chatted for a while, pretending to be ingratiating, and then bowed and left.

Ye Wange didn't like these three people, so she didn't want to deal with them, so she naturally agreed happily, and the three of them went out together as they came.

After leaving the door of Funing Palace, the three of them started talking despite the howling cold wind. Zhou Yujiao was the first to speak, "What is the relationship between Liang Fengyi and the Empress? On weekdays, the Empress protects Liang Fengyi and even sends clothes to Liang Fengyi."

Concubine?"

"The Empress is just being nice to Concubine Liang, but she treats us with noses that are not noses and mouths that are not mouths. Didn't you see the disdainful look in the Queen's eyes when she looked at the supplements we sent? She was really disgusted.

Yes." Jiang Licui gritted her teeth angrily at Ye Wange's ungratefulness.

Zhou Yujiao and Jiang Licui cursed angrily, but He Yingchun remained silent and did not express any opinions on the matter.

It's not that He Yingchun isn't angry, it's just that she thinks there's no time for things and she gets that useless idleness. She thinks that Ye Wange is so good to Liang Fengyi, isn't it just to form a party and consolidate power?

If Ye Wange wanted to form a powerful party, then why were they excluded? Did Ye Wange know about her relationship with Shen Ruhui?

"Concubine Ying, can you swallow this?" He Yingchun, who was thinking about something, was interrupted by Zhou Yujiao's resentful tone.

He Yingchun's thoughts were interrupted, and she looked at Zhou Yujiao, who was so angry that her face turned green, and said, "One is the powerful empress, and the other is a favored concubine who is pregnant with a dragon heir. What can I do if I can't swallow it?"

He Yingchun's words made Zhou Yujiao speechless. Jiang Licui listened and said, "Why is the Queen so good to Concubine Liang?

Why is Concubine Liang the one who is pregnant?

Don’t you think this is strange?”

"Is it very strange?" Zhou Yujiao also asked.

"Is it weird that you ask like this every time?" He Yingchun rolled his eyes at them both.

"Jiang Licui ignored He Yingchun's teasing and said, "Concubine Ying, don't laugh at my stupidity. Just say whatever comes to your mind. The three of us are planning together. I don't believe that Liang Fengyi can't win against her."

Hearing what Jiang Licui said, Zhou Yujiao immediately echoed, "Yes! Three scoundrels are better than Zhuge Liang. How can the three of us working together not be able to defeat her and Liang Fengyi?"

He Yingchun heard Jiang Licui and Zhou Yujiao think about the matter so simply and said, "Don't say that the three of us are of the same mind. Even if we add the power of our natal families, we are still no match for the queen alone, so don't be stupid again."

Jiang Licui and Zhou Yujiao, who had just regained their temper, were poured with cold water from He Yingchun's pocket, and they were immediately discouraged. They had the Empress supporting them, and if one person was inferior to ten thousand people, the Empress would probably not only be affected by it.

It's over, even their families will be implicated.

"Forget it, Liang Fengyi is protected by the queen, no matter how envious or jealous we are, she won't stop." Zhou Yujiao said.

Although Liang Fengyi did not offend these three people, these three people regarded Liang Fengyi as a thorn in their flesh out of jealousy. The three people discussed that no matter what, they could not let Mr. Liang Fengyi succeed.

After He Yingchun and the others left, Liang Fengyi also bowed and left. Ye Wange told her a few words to take care of herself.

Liang Fengyi also left after answering. Ye Wange looked at the supplements sent by He Yingchun and the others on the table, and asked Xiaodie to take them and share them with several minions.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Nangong Ao sat there gloomily and coldly. Shen Liang, Ye Changyu and several courtiers stood there. Nangong Ao looked at these courtiers and said, "You are all my right-hand men. Now that the treasury is empty, please tell me how to fill it." Treasury.”

Shen Liang said, "Our Northern Tang Dynasty is rich in resources, with good weather and good harvests every year. We collect millions of taels of gold in taxes every year, but only one million taels of gold are spent on military campaigns and soldiers' pay every year. I suggest cutting military pay. Reduce the number of soldiers and reduce the army from 100,000 to 80,000 in order to reduce the expenditure on military pay."

"Nonsense." Before Shen Liang finished speaking, Cao Hu angrily shouted, "The stability of the Northern Tang Dynasty depends on these 100,000 elite soldiers and generals. You actually want to reduce the foundation of the country. What are your intentions?"

Cao Hu gave Shen Liang a scolding. Shen Liang stood there and endured the unhappiness in his heart, patiently waiting for Cao Hu to finish the lecture, "General Cao, the original purpose of adding more generals was to protect the safety of Beitang. Now there are riots at the border." It has been eliminated, the civil strife has been suppressed, and the Northern Tang Dynasty was at peace, what use are you raising these soldiers?"

"Raise an army for a thousand days, and use it for a while. Do you understand that if you don't raise elite soldiers and generals during times of peace and prosperity, then where will you find these people who work hard for the country when war breaks out?" Cao Hu roared at Shen Liang.

General Cao Hu was so famous that he frightened his enemies on the battlefield. He was courteous to both the government and the public. Shen Liang cut down his army as soon as he opened his mouth. This was a deliberate attempt to cause displeasure.

Nangong Ao, who was sitting there, glanced at the courtiers coldly, narrowed his black eyes and said loudly, "General Cao is right. Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while. Elite troops and strong generals are the foundation of the country. If we in the Northern Tang Dynasty do not have The mighty lion-like army makes these border countries frightened. How can we maintain the peace of the current prosperous age?"

After Nangong Ao finished speaking, Shen Liang did not dare to say any more, Cao Hu stood there angrily, and Ye Changyu remained silent.

"Prime Minister Ye, do you have any good ideas?" Nangong Ao asked by name.

Ye Changyu said, "The people are prosperous and the country is strong. Mr. Shen said that the weather in the Northern Tang Dynasty was good every year and the harvest was good every year. Then the taxes could be increased, the tenant tax could be increased by one city, and the merchant tax could be increased by 20%. Then the emptiness of the national treasury could be alleviated.

The copper mines in the Northern Tang Dynasty are rich and can be mined and sold. This method of Wei Chen can solve the emptiness of the national treasury."

As soon as Ye Changyu finished speaking, he was strongly opposed by Shen Liang, "Prime Minister Ye, this method is not feasible. Gold, silver, copper and iron are non-renewable things. Gold, silver, copper and iron are non-renewable. According to the regulations of the Northern Tang Dynasty, gold and silver cannot be sold to outsiders. Copper and iron can be used to cast weapons. If sold to outsiders, , doesn’t it mean that we make our own weapons and sell them to other countries, so that other countries can use our weapons to attack us?”

Ye Changyu knew that Shen Liang was going to object, so he kept silent until Nangong Ao called his name, and then he came up with this good idea. As expected, Shen Liang strongly opposed it as soon as he said it.

The mining of gold, silver, copper and iron was all in the hands of Shen Liang, who enriched his own pockets. The value of the gold, silver, copper and iron he concealed every year was no less than hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, and what he paid to the court every year was only a mere million taels. The court's treasury only received a few million taels a year, leaving very little silver after excluding expenses, while Shen Liang received at least hundreds of thousands of taels of real gold and silver a year.
Chapter completed!