Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

Chapter 274 The Emperor is Displeased

When Lu Xunhuan heard a captain in the courtyard calling the princess, he quickly turned around and walked out.

In the yard, there was a woman wearing a pink dress, which made her look pink and tender.

She was talking to the captain when she saw Lu Xunhuan coming out and her eyes widened immediately.

"A great writer?"

"Oh my, this princess is so lucky today. I actually met a great writer."

Lu Xun walked over to welcome her and bowed, "Hello, Princess Yunyun."

While greeting Princess Yunyun, his eyes glanced at a door.

Princess Yunyun had a smile on her face, and her eyes were full of admiration for Lu Xunhuan: "Great writer, why are you here?"

Lu Xun Huan replied, "Princess, I will check if there are any safety hazards."

He asked Princess Yunyun, "Princess, why are you here?"

Princess Yunyun said, "I want to make a big kite, and I'm looking for some unused cloth."

Lu Xun Huan said, "Princess, it's better to buy kites outside than to make them yourself. The kites made by the kite makers in the city are very beautiful and fly high."

Princess Yunyun pouted and said, "How can we be allowed to go out on weekdays?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "How about I buy one for the princess?"

Princess Yunyun said happily, "Really?"

Lu Xun Huan nodded slightly: "Keep your word. Princess, come here to get the kite at this time tomorrow."

Princess Yunyun jumped up happily and said, "Great! Then you must buy me a very beautiful one. Tell me how much it costs and I'll give it to you."

Lu Xun Huan said, "I'll talk to you tomorrow after I buy it. Let's go, Princess. This is nothing to see. I've had the soldiers lock it up."

Princess Yunyun followed him out of the courtyard: "Great writer, where are you going now?"

Lu Xun Huan led her forward and said, "We'll inspect it for a bit, then I'll go out and buy you a kite. If the princess isn't busy, you can come with us."

Princess Yunyun became happy again: "Okay, okay, I'll go with you to take a look."

After Lu Xunhuan took Princess Yunyun and the two captains away, Concubine Xiang hurried out of the yard in a panic.

After Xiang Fei had been gone for a while, a man sneaked out of the yard and slipped away quickly.

Lu Xunhuan had seen a lot of these sneaky things in the palace, so there was nothing to be surprised about.

He is a person whose soul traveled from the modern era. His thoughts are not so old-fashioned and he can understand those concubines.

There are so many beauties in the harem, how many can His Majesty the King visit in a year?

Most women who were chosen to enter the palace would live with loneliness for many years.

He is too lazy to care about these trivial matters.

But today I was disturbed by the princess, so my plan to find the divine bones was delayed. I can only come back tomorrow.

He pretended to look around some places in the palace. At noon, he said goodbye to Princess Yunyun and left the palace.

After returning home and having lunch, he asked his maid to go out and buy a beautiful kite.

Then, he sat down to practice.

But he had only been practicing for half an hour when Yan Ningxue arrived.

Ever since he moved next door to her house, she would sneak over to see him every day as she did before.

Lu Xunhuan had to stop practicing and accompany her to chat, read, sing and play the piano.

The next day when he went to court, he brought the kite into the palace and handed it to a soldier of the Imperial Guard, asking him to take it to the warehouse in advance.

Then he went to the Golden Throne Hall and stood there silently, listening to everyone reporting this and playing that.

Minister Wen reported to the King, "We have fought several wars, and the treasury is extremely empty. I suggest reducing the salaries of officials to help maintain some reserves in the treasury."

The king stroked his beard and said, "The treasury cannot do without money. We have already sent envoys to Southern Liang and Western Chu. Once the negotiations are completed, we will immediately deploy troops."

He asked, "Lord Wen, how do you think we can reduce it?"

Minister Wen said, "From Longzhou to the local level, all officials at all levels, including members of the royal family, princes and princesses, and the harem, will have their salaries cut in half."

As soon as these words were spoken, the court was in an uproar.

Minister Jia stood up and objected, saying, "Reducing salaries across the country is no joke. I object."

His Majesty the King said, "Lord Jia, the treasury is already empty. Reducing salaries will help ease the burden on the country. Why not?"

Minister Jia bowed and said, "Your Majesty, a salary cut will not only fail to resolve the problem, but may actually exacerbate the conflict."

His Majesty the King asked, "How do you say that?"

Minister Jia said, "The salaries of local officials have been cut in half. Are they willing to accept this? Of course they are not."

"What can I do if I'm unwilling to accept this? I'll just embezzle and exploit the people..."

"Wouldn't that only exacerbate the conflict? Public resentment would boil over, and then rebellion would break out. The gains wouldn't outweigh the losses."

His Majesty the King nodded: "That makes sense..."

Wen Xiangguo stood up and said, "Is local corruption due to low income? No, even if their salary is doubled, there will still be corruption."

"There is nothing more greedy than this."

From then on, everyone in the classroom started arguing with each other.

But after arguing for a long time, there is still no conclusion.

Crown Prince Yan Bei became a little impatient and signaled everyone to be quiet.

Then, he turned his gaze to Lu Xunhuan: "Lu Chenglong, tell me."

Lu Xunhuan didn't want to get involved in this matter at first. He just wanted to leave the court as soon as possible so that he could get those dragon bones.

But everyone was arguing endlessly and could not reach a conclusion, so Crown Prince Yan Bei called him again.

He stood up and said, "Everyone is used to receiving their original salary, and suddenly it was cut in half. No one is happy."

Minister Wen asked, "If we don't cut salaries, then where can we get silver to replenish the treasury in such a hurry?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "As the saying goes, a country is strong only when its people are prosperous. Only when the people are prosperous can they pay more taxes to the country. When the national tax revenue increases, the national treasury will naturally be full."

Minister Wen then asked, "How can we make the people rich in such a hurry? Is it possible?"

Lu Xun Huan replied, "It's impossible to make the people rich in a hurry, but for the people to become rich, our Dong Yan State must introduce policies that benefit the people."

Minister Jia asked, "Lord Lu, are you indirectly saying that we've never had policies that benefit the people? Are we saying that everything we've done before has only been to cheat the people?"

His Majesty the King was displeased: "Lu Chenglong, please step down."

When Lu Xunhuan returned to the ranks of his ministers, the king said, "I don't care what you come up with. There must be money in the treasury. If you really can't think of a solution, just raise taxes."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and left: "Dismiss the court."

Lu Xunhuan turned around and followed everyone else, ready to leave.

Yan Bei stopped him: "Lu Chenglong."

After all the ministers had left, Yan Bei took Lu Xunhuan out of the Golden Palace and walked along the quiet paths, talking in low voices as they walked.

Yan Bei said, "In fact, this prince knows that what you said makes sense."

Lu Xun Huan smiled bitterly and said, "Fortunately, Your Majesty gave me face, otherwise I would have been dismissed on the spot."

Yan Bei said, "I, the Crown Prince, have seen many of the problems in Dongyan during my many trips, but my father has lived in Longzhou for so long, so high and mighty, that he has no idea of ​​the truth."

He touched Lu Xunhuan and said, "Don't be impatient. I can't tell you now. I'll tell you later."

Lu Xunhuan nodded: "Yes."

Yan Bei sighed, "How long will it take? Dongyan is in such a state now. If we don't reform it, it will become hopelessly rotten."

Lu Xunhuan nodded again: "I understand."

Yan Bei patted his shoulder and said, "Go and do your thing."

After saying this, he left.

Lu Xunhuan waited until he was far away, then quickly turned around and went to the warehouse again.