"Guiyi, remember that if you want to manage the country well and shock these ministers, you must cultivate more of your own confidants to prevent problems before they happen. Otherwise, you will be blinded in this palace, and there is no way to know what the ministers below are doing!" Su Junbao said to Yan Guiyi under his head.
"Well, remember!" Yan Gui nodded.
Now everything is just beginning, and Fenglan Kingdom is in a mess!
Su Junbao sighed again, which was why he obviously missed Yue Nu and the others, but he had never returned to see it before.
It is said that open guns are easy to hide, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend against.
He only has one pair of hands, and others may not be able to deal with him, but he will inevitably attack the people around him. Su Junbao cannot handle so many crises.
Before things settled, Su Junbao didn't want Yue Nu and the others to appear in the sight of others, and he might be able to go back tomorrow.
Su Junbao thought to himself, and patted the fat man in his arms again, but she was still sleeping hard.
The next day, Yan Guiyi sat steadily on the throne. Su Junbao held Dundu and was also present. Wherever he went, the little guy had to follow him, and Su Junbao had to bring her.
Although it was a bit contrary to the etiquette, the ministers didn't say anything. Now he is a great celebrity of the king, with a high status and does not worship him when he entered the court. Who would like to offend him?
Some ministers were also curious that this young man would hold this fat man wherever he went.
Su Junbao didn't want to come, Yan Guiyi was too small after all, and Su Junbao had to wait for the situation to stabilize completely.
Apart from him, Concubine Xue, who should not have appeared in the court, also sat behind the throne, separated by a thin curtain. The king was too young and now she has the qualification to rule the country from behind the curtain.
This is what Su Junbao means, and he can't stay here forever.
"Your Majesty, Lin Tong and Li's family intend to rebel. Last night, they were even more courageous and entered the palace for assassination. Such evil deeds are not allowed to be punished. Although the first criminals have been sentenced, the family still has many remnants and will definitely fight back. I suggest that they be arrested and imprisoned immediately, and wait for the destruction to eliminate future troubles!"
Meng Tiande was the first to come forward.
It makes sense for him to do this. He just helped Yan Guiyi to regain power and took over the position of general. Of course, he wanted to sit firmly. If the people from the three families were not eliminated, they would definitely wait for an opportunity to take revenge and cause trouble for him. It would be better for him to take action first and do it thoroughly!
Yan Guiyi did not object, he knew it was necessary.
"What is the basis for this kind of sin?" he asked in a tender voice. The first time in the court was really the one who decided to do so.
"Your Majesty, according to the laws of our country, the crime of treason for treason is at the least, and the family will be encircled to destroy the family. It will be implicated in the nine tribes. It is not an exaggeration to condemn them to death!" The minister in charge of criminal law immediately came out to answer.
Yan Guiyi shook his head: "There is too much blood flowing in this incident. Although they rebelled, they have been loyal to Fenglan Kingdom for many years. Let's follow the rules of the Mangyuan in the Northern Region. You arrest them and imprison them in prison. When the spring is really beginning, the woman will be slaves and the man will be exiled to Mobei. You will never step into the territory of Fenglan Kingdom again! In addition, the Li family abandoned the secret before and made contributions. Without them, things would not go so smoothly. They would be spared. This is what I promised them!"
"Your Majesty is kind, your Majesty is wise!"
In the court, the ministers sang together! Li Lu was caught between the ministers and was a little uneasy, for fear that the little kid would regret it and kill her. Now he finally felt relieved.
Yan Guiyi is the child's nature. When he can't kill, he actually doesn't like killing at all.
There is a reason why Su Junbao keeps the Li family. Now the military power is temporarily in the hands of Meng Tiande, but this person may not be an honest and reliable person. Keeping Li Lu can just restrain him, so as not to have another powerful official like Tong Minghai.
"One more thing!"
Another minister stood up: "The tax collected by the Central Empire this year is coming soon. Before summer, Hanhai City will definitely send people, and we must prepare in advance!"
Hearing this, Yan Guiyi couldn't help but frown!
Under the rule of the Central Empire, the central empire was too lazy to manage remote areas like the Northern Region Mangyuan and allowed those vassal states to be autonomous, but this was not given for free. A large amount of taxes were paid to the Central Empire every year. If it was not paid in full, it was very likely that the vassal state would be destroyed overnight.
The northern Mangyuan has a total of thirty-six vassal states, but the real ruler here is a place called Hanhai City. It does not belong to any vassal state, but is just a city. The officials sent by the Central Empire are stationed there, managing thirty-six vassal states, large and small for the Central Empire.
Although Feng Lan Kingdom and Zichuan Kingdom are fighting fiercely this time, the troops dispatched are often tens of thousands, but in the eyes of Hanhai City, they are just small fuss. If it really wants to destroy anyone, it can do it with just a finger. No one dares to refuse to obey the instructions it issued!
This is also why Wu Zimu was able to leave with satisfaction after asking for a letter of intermarriage. Although Lin Wenxuan and others had monopolized power for many years, they did not dare to touch Yan Guiyi for the time being.
They didn't care about Yan Guiyi's life or death, but once Yan Guiyi died, the central empire would send a new monarch, which was not something they dared to disobey.
Instead of serving the new master, it is better to control a puppet little king.
In normal times, the monarchs of those vassal states must have to come forward unless they encounter something that cannot be solved, otherwise they are basically willing to have any contact with them.
The people of Hanhai City did not bother to surrender their identities and went to deal with the subordinate countries below. In their opinion, although these people were like human beings, they were just a group of barbarians from uncivilized lands. They came here only to be sent by the Central Empire and had nothing to do with the people here.
A small country like Fenglan Kingdom may only deal with them when paying taxes in a year, and this is also the top priority that major vassal states must complete tasks every year.
"How are you preparing for taxes?" Yan Guiyi asked. Now that he is the king and the leader of the family, he has to solve the problem.
"Not very good!"
The minister shook his head with a bitter face and said, "Last year, our harvest was not very good. In addition, in recent years, state turmoil, only some wealthy areas in the southern border received full taxes. Other areas were not ideal. People lived in poverty, so it would be useless to urge them. I originally wanted to use the Spring Hunting Ceremony to get some gains as a supplement, but things have been ruined. Now our border with Zichuan Country is tense, and Man Shenshan cannot go anymore. I calculated that the taxes I prepared were not enough to be one-third of the required number!"
"Then how much tax do we have to pay in total?" Yan Guiyi asked again!