Cui Li was taken away by Wang Zhonghou and never returned. The officials of the aristocratic families in Fengtian Palace were waiting anxiously and gathered together again to discuss.
"What will His Majesty and Master Cui say?"
"Your Majesty will compromise, abolish commercial taxes, and restore the old administration!"
"Master Cui will definitely fight hard and our family can be at peace!"
Everyone has the same idea. The emperor will definitely compromise. After all, the emperor is immoral.
Once you put this hat on, you won't be able to take it off.
Just as he was talking, there was a sudden roar of a tiger!
There was a roar, as if the wind and clouds were rolling, and a spotted tiger came out from behind the Fengtian Temple. It really stepped on the wind and clouds, roared, and the whole army moved around with murderous intent. When it raised its head, the beasts were lying low.
"Tiger, tiger, tiger..."
"Ah...where did the big insect come from..."
"Someone is coming..."
"Sir, run quickly..."
The officials of the aristocratic family who originally had a wonderful fantasy that the emperor would bow his head and compromise were almost dumbfounded when they saw the tiger.
This is Fengtian Palace, how come there are tigers!
But the tiger really showed up.
Immediately, the officials of the family turned around and ran away, pissing themselves off, wishing they could grow a pair of wings and fly out!
"this……"
Feng Bogong's expression changed drastically, and he took the other six ministers and left the Fengtian Hall one after another. But when he got outside, his face suddenly darkened.
Needless to say, everyone knows that this must have been released by the emperor!
Otherwise, who would dare to keep tigers in the palace?
There is no one else but the Emperor!
Hasn't Your Majesty ever thought that playing this way would kill loyal ministers like them?
After a while, the ministers all left the Fengtian Palace. The officials of the family were in a mess and were in shock. Some people sat directly on the ground and began to wipe their tears. They had almost been eaten by a tiger just now!
Some people looked up at the sky and wanted to scold me, "Emperor, you are really a dog emperor, what the hell kind of emperor are you."
Being an official is life-threatening!
"Unheard of!"
"Unprecedented in all ages, a tiger has appeared in Fengtian Palace. The imperial guard Zhou Heng deserves to die!"
This matter has nothing to do with Zhou Heng, but it’s not good for everyone to directly scold the emperor.
Zhou Heng took the blame again.
Zhou Heng, who led the Royal Forest Army and heard that the tiger came to protect the minister, had a dark face.
Does it have anything to do with me?
You officials are really evil, please don't blame them casually.
"Zhou Heng, hurry up and kill this big insect!"
The family officials looked at Zhou Heng anxiously.
Zhou Heng said calmly: "This is a royal beast, and it is auspicious. How can you kill it at will? Besides, Zhou has no authority without His Majesty's permission."
I, Zhou Heng, am a loser. Don’t look for me. I don’t dare.
How about you come!?
"This master wants to hunt down Xiangrui, why don't you come? If you are short of any weapons, I will provide them for you!"
"Zhou Heng, you thief, if I had that ability, I would still look for you."
"You can't do it. Then you just said that I, Zhou Heng, deserve to die. How come I have that ability?"
"..."
This is a tiger. Treat it as your own cat. Kill it if you want!
Killing a tiger is easy. The Royal Forest Army is well-equipped and can fire thousands of arrows at once, or use the eight-oxen crossbow to kill it in one go!
But Zhu Youde didn't say anything. Who dared to kill the tiger?
The tiger was entrenched in Fengtian Hall, but it lay down and couldn't leave.
Feng Bogong frowned and smiled bitterly, and looked at each other with the other ministers. The other ministers were also speechless!
Everyone knows that this must be what the emperor means!
As long as the tiger is here, there will be no need to go to court in the future.
Let's just do this everyone.
"Your Majesty is truly innocent and romantic!"
It's too naive, but Zhu Youde is the emperor, so it's hard for them to say that Zhu Youde is a fool!
"That's all, those people from such aristocratic families are in trouble!"
"That's right. Your Majesty's intention has been achieved and we don't need to say anything, but it seems that Cui Li hasn't come back yet!"
"I wonder how your Majesty will deal with him again!"
Tigers have appeared, can Emperor Zhu still be polite to Cui Li? But these ministers don't know that Cui Li was rejected by the palace maid in the inner palace.
While everyone was discussing, they saw a group of eunuchs carrying a stool over. Zhu Youde was sitting on the stool with a sickly look on his face. He was wearing a dragon robe and looked surprised!
"Your Majesty is here!"
Following Wang Zhonghou's voice, all the ministers knelt down one after another, and Feng Bogong and others looked at each other.
It's finally time for His Majesty to appear!
"Hey, I caught a cold and troubled you all. I heard that a big insect appeared in the palace. Are you not scared?" Zhu Youde waved his hand weakly: "If anyone is scared, it's my fault. Yes.
I failed to take care of the palace and let the tiger descend from the mountain. I have already asked people to prepare ginseng soup, one bowl for each person at a time, to calm the panic!"
You are so shameless, you are the one who released the tiger!
You actually act like you don't know anything.
It’s so disgusting!
Even if these ministers knew that Zhu Youde was disgusting with them, they still wanted to be grateful at this time.
After all, Zhu Youde also prepared ginseng soup for them.
As soon as Zhu Youde finished speaking, countless maids and eunuchs came up with soup, each serving a bowl.
"His Majesty!"
"Drink soup..."
"His Majesty……"
"Qing, drink some soup to calm down your shock."
The family official couldn't help but want to speak, but Zhu Youde didn't give him a chance.
"Your Majesty, Xiaoling..."
"Drink the soup. I'm glad you are suffering. After drinking it, go home and have a good rest for a few days. You won't have to attend court in the next few days. If you have any matters, just discuss and decide among the six departments!"
"His Majesty……"
"Sir, do you know the origin of this ginseng? It's not easy to get this ginseng in Daliang. Beiyan can't sell much of it every year. When I meet Emperor Yan later, I will definitely let Beiyan sell more of it to Daliang."
Dog Emperor, why don’t you let me speak!
Ginseng is nothing, the late emperor is restless, don’t you know, your conscience won’t hurt!
The throne under your butt was left to you by the late emperor!
Can you be so heartless when you are an emperor?
"His Majesty……"
"Hey, everyone is lucky, go home early!"
Zhu Youde pretended to be dead and was very successful. After all, he is the emperor. Without his permission, it would be difficult for these ministers to speak!
Is it okay if I don’t accept your words?
Suffocate you to death!
But Zhu Youde is not that kind of emperor, so he still spoke!
"Sir, I've been thinking about it recently, and the tax increase is indeed a bit excessive. The 10% tax increase for the common people is too much, and the 50% increase in the commercial tax is also a bit too much!"
Hey, the emperor actually spoke!
Are you going to compromise?
I can't bear the pressure anymore. It seems that Mr. Cui Li has put a lot of pressure on the emperor!
The officials of the aristocratic family all looked up at Zhu Youde with expectant expressions on their faces. The emperor finally realized that he had lost his way and wanted to be a wise king.
Feng Bogong and others were also extremely surprised. Your Majesty is not the kind of person who is quick and easy!
Why did it change? Pay attention!
At this time, I heard Zhu Youde say: "Since ancient times, wise kings have not increased taxes at will. I want to be a wise king, smarter than those wise kings, so I decided that the people's Dingkou tax will be exempted from today, and the business tax will remain unchanged.
It is also an explanation for the cultivation of the people. It is a pity that the national treasury will be out of money next year, but the people of the world are my subjects. I will suffer a little for my parents!"