Lin Xiuyan clearly remembers that there were no hurricane disasters last year and the year before.
She told Ye Junfei all this, and Ye Junfei said quietly: "This booklet is fake."
Lin Xiuyan was a little surprised, and Ye Junfei continued: "This is what I reported to the imperial court, and asked for subsidies from the imperial court."
When he was in the capital, he would receive coupons from Lifeng State every year.
Most of those quotes were about crying for poverty, saying how much damage the storm had caused to Liefeng State and that compensation needed to be made.
Every year when the emperor received such a message, he would scold King Pingnan and let them find a solution on their own.
Then King Pingnan took the opportunity to ask the emperor to reduce taxes on Liefeng. Over the years, Liefeng Prefecture basically did not pay any taxes to the court.
Lin Xiuyan frowned slightly after listening to Ye Junfei say these things: "The imperial court exempted Lifeng State from taxes, but the people of Liefeng State have to pay taxes every year."
"In this case, wouldn't all these taxes fall on Pingnan Prince's Mansion?"
Ye Junfei said softly: "Theoretically, this is true, but I have seen the account books of Pingnan Palace before, and Pingnan Palace does not have much surplus."
In fact, the Prince of Pingnan not only has no surplus, but is also very poor. The Prince's money expenditures are usually very frivolous.
Lin Xiuyan asked curiously: "Then where did the money go?"
Ye Junfei smiled: "That's a really good question."
Although his relationship with King Pingnan was very bad, he knew clearly that King Pingnan was not a fool.
King Pingnan has absolute control over the entire Liefeng State, and nothing here can be hidden from him.
In this case, the fact that he did not check these accounts only shows that he is quite aware of the movement of the money.
Ye Junfei just read the brochure from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although the annual tax there is not too much, it is not too little either.
And every year, apart from basic daily expenses, there is nothing particularly expensive in the entire Gale State.
Nowadays, the amount of money spent on taxation and expenditure obviously does not match up, so there is a possibility that King Pingnan has something he needs to spend money on.
In the more than half a year since Ye Junfei returned to Prince Pingnan's Mansion, he has discovered that Prince Pingnan is not an extravagant person, and this money was definitely not spent on him.
Ye Junfei narrowed his eyes slightly and said quietly: "What do you think is the most expensive thing in Liefeng State?"
Lin Xiuyan inexplicably remembered Zhou Chenyang from before, who had gone crazy and wanted to drain all the Lin family's money.
The reason why Zhou Chenyang was in urgent need of money was because he had raised a private army.
She looked at Ye Junfei with wide eyes and said, "What do you mean..."
Ye Junfei sneered and said: "The old immortal is really too shameless."
"From the day he threw me as a hostage in the capital, he had no intention of letting me back."
"Because he had other plans early on, the emperor should have noticed it, so he had a plan to withdraw."
"Withdrawing me is the emperor's way of beating Lao Immortal. Letting me back is also the emperor's method. He is asking me to divide the Pingnan Palace."
"The reason why Liefeng State is too weak is an excuse for the emperor to withdraw troops from Liefeng State. This old man is talking nonsense."
Ye Junfei had some guesses about these things before, but those previous guesses did not come true.
After he saw these things today, he finally understood the conspiracy hidden in the depths.
Lin Xiuyan sighed softly: "I used to think that the dog emperor was shameless, but now I find that the old man is even more shameless."
"Your Majesty, your current situation is not good!"
If Ye Junfei seizes the power of Prince Pingnan's palace, Prince Pingnan and Ye Jingxian will kill him.
If he seizes the power of Prince Pingnan, the emperor will kill him.
Ye Junfei smiled coldly: "What are you afraid of? Whoever wants to kill me, I will kill him first."
"There are so many soldiers and horses in Prince Pingnan's palace. I never think it's a bad thing."
Lin Xiuyan raised her eyebrows slightly, knowing that he did have this strength. After all, he had done it in his previous life.
It's just that the trajectory of his actions in this life is a little different from that in his previous life. What happens now is completely different from what she remembers.
Lin Xiuyan remembered that after Ye Junfei took control of Liefeng State in her previous life, she fought with Zhou Chenyang.
The recorded number of soldiers and horses in Gale State is only 50,000.
These 50,000 soldiers and horses are for the Pingnan Palace to guard the border.
At that time, in addition to Yu Zhan's troops and horses, Zhou Chenyang also mobilized tens of thousands of troops from Chu Mengsheng, and the number was far more than 50,000.
But basically all of these soldiers and horses fell into Ye Junfei's hands.
In her previous life, Lin Xiuyan thought that Ye Junfei was very capable of fighting, but now that she thinks about it, she is afraid that not only Ye Junfei can fight, but the number of soldiers and horses in Liefeng Prefecture is far greater than what is registered.
Her eyes narrowed slightly: "You are right, this is essentially a good thing."
"But before that, you have to have control of those soldiers and horses."
Ye Junfei chuckled and said, "You are right."
It is not an easy task to capture the entire Pingnan Palace.
After the two discussed it, they continued to quickly browse through the important information inside.
There is so much information in it that it is impossible for the two of them to read it all in one day, but they can understand the current situation of the entire Gale State.
By the time King Pingnan and Princess Pingnan returned from the royal tomb, Ye Junfei and Lin Xiuyan had already read the most important part of the information.
When King Pingnan came back and heard that Ye Junfei and Lin Xiuyan had entered the political hall, his face was very ugly.
He glanced at the Medical Saint, suppressed the anger in his heart, and tried not to have an attack.
He asked the medical saint to be sent back to the guest room, and he went to the political hall himself.
When he passed by, Ye Junfei was looking through the last file that interested him.
King Pingnan said coldly: "Who allowed you to enter the political hall?"
Ye Junfei didn't answer, he just reached out and took out the key and waved it in front of King Pingnan.
King Pingnan: "..."
He didn't know if Ye Junfei had discovered his secret during his time in the political hall today.
But Ye Junfei's arrogance at this time made him very unhappy.
He said coldly: "I only allow you to participate in political affairs, but I don't allow you to come in and read the files."
Ye Junfei said unhurriedly: "The ancestral motto of Pingnan Prince's Palace is that all princes of the Prince's Palace have the right to enter and exit the political hall freely."
"You don't need your father's permission for this matter. Our ancestors have already approved it."
King Pingnan really hated his calm and calm look, but what he said was also true.
King Pingnan pointed at Lin Xiuyan and said: "Our ancestors did not allow women to enter the political hall."
Lin Xiuyan has been disgusted by King Pingnan a lot recently, and she is not used to him at this time: "My father said it as if you were not born of a woman."
"You were born a woman and you can get in, so why can't women get in?"