Chapter 500 It’s a Thankless Job, but I’ll Do It!

Although the flowery eunuchs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are useful, they are still too eye-catching when placed outside.

If someone pays attention, it is not difficult to confirm the details of the flowery eunuchs.

At that time, Emperor Yongyuan's methods will be exposed.

Therefore, Emperor Yongyuan urgently needs a new helper to help him gain more control among the people.

Li Xuan has the same idea on this point.

Therefore, the coincidence of one man and one cat also makes the birth of the Red Scarf Team a matter of course.

Of course, there are many other coincidences, otherwise this step would not be so fast.

In the past, Li Xuan felt that it was too troublesome and just wanted to use the power of other forces.

But in the end, he took Princess Ankang on this road to establish power by mistake.

Although it is only a small Red Scarf Team, it is also a good start, just for them to practice.

And out of Li Xuan's personal feelings, he hopes that this Red Scarf Team can be carried forward in the capital and have its influence on the entire dynasty in the future.

After Li Xuan and Zhu Shimin confirmed the details of the transformation of the underground industry, they returned to the palace to see Emperor Yongyuan.

As a result, Emperor Yongyuan did not see him, but Zhao Feng, who had been extremely busy recently.

"Ah Xuan, what's the matter?"

Compared to usual, Zhao Feng actually looked a little tired.

A master like him should hardly feel tired, which shows how busy he has been recently.

Li Xuan went directly to Ganlu Hall just now, but he didn't find Emperor Yongyuan, so he came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to inquire.

"I have something to discuss with your majesty, where is he?"

"Your majesty is not free today, maybe there will be a chance to see him in the evening." Zhao Feng replied.

Li Xuan nodded, but he was not too anxious.

"You are so busy recently."

Li Xuan saw that Zhao Feng looked tired, so he didn't bother him.

Zhao Feng was sitting in the hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at this time, with a cup of hot tea beside him, quietly watching people coming and going outside.

He had a rare free time recently, so he sat here and was in a daze.

Zhao Feng nodded and smiled slightly at Li Xuan's words.

"Work is always busy and leisurely."

"Now that I'm done, I can have some leisure time."

Li Xuan was startled when he heard this and asked immediately:

"Are you done?"

"Have you arrested all those officials?"

Li Xuan knew that Zhao Feng had been busy with this matter before.

In the matter of preparing for war, it was revealed that the officials below privately activated the temporary war tax, which was a capital crime of deceiving the emperor.

It was just a serious matter, involving several powerful officials, and needed to be carefully investigated.

It was called an investigation, but it was just to see which officials could be killed or dismissed and which could not be touched.

At the beginning, Li Xuan heard that the ministers and assistant ministers of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue were involved behind the scenes.

If all these people were taken down, I'm afraid the whole court would be shaken.

But according to Emperor Yongyuan's control over the court, I'm afraid these people could not be touched, after all, there was King Zheng to support them.

The whole government resigned, and the preparations for the war with the desert could no longer be made.

At that time, the first to quit would be those nobles who seemed to have a good relationship with Emperor Yongyuan.

The affairs in the court were complicated, and they had to compromise with each other again and again.

Even if Li Xuan did not participate in it, he felt a headache just by hearing about these things.

"We arrested a group, killed a few, and found people to fill the vacancies. After all, there is always a shortage of people who want to be officials." Zhao Feng answered Li Xuan's question.

"Will these people be able to serve Emperor Yongyuan in the future?" Li Xuan asked curiously.

If this method is followed, as long as it is persistent, Emperor Yongyuan's voice in the court will become more and more powerful.

Zhao Feng smiled and shook his head, explaining:

"Being an official is glorious, but it's not as easy as you think."

"Whether they can continue to be officials is still a question."

"Even if they can continue to be officials, guess how they can continue to be officials?"

There was a hint of ridicule in Zhao Feng's words, and Li Xuan also understood what he meant.

"If you want to be an official, you have to collude with them."

"If you don't collude with them, you can't be an official."

"Isn't this a dead end?"

No matter how many people Emperor Yongyuan supports, it will still be useless.

"The root is still here, and King Zheng is the key."

"Without King Zheng, the civil and military officials are just a group of fence-sitters."

"But as long as King Zheng is there, the officials who depend on him will continue to be so unscrupulous."

"I've been busy these few days, but I can only let them quiet down for a few days."

"After a period of time, it will still be the same as it was before?"

Zhao Feng said helplessly.

Li Xuan also knew that this was not something that could be resolved in the short term.

The struggle between Emperor Yongyuan and King Zheng began when he ascended the throne.

Emperor Yongyuan has been on the throne for twenty years, and he has been fighting with King Zheng for twenty years.

From the current tactics of outlasting the old man, Emperor Yongyuan has made considerable achievements, and it seems that he can outlast King Zheng.

But King Zheng is not stupid, and he has begun to get more and more anxious.

Especially with Princess Yan Zhao and the Wu family as a catalyst, no one can guarantee that King Zheng will turn the table one day.

Otherwise, if he waits any longer, King Zheng will only face the day of being liquidated.

He has been arrogant in the court for so many years. Does he really think that Emperor Yongyuan is made of mud and has no temper?

It is said that a gentleman's revenge is never too late.

Emperor Yongyuan has been a gentleman twice.

Back to business, Li Xuan couldn't find Emperor Yongyuan, so he asked Zhao Feng:

"Is the national treasury under our control now?"

Zhao Feng was stunned and replied with a strange look:

"The national treasury has always been under your majesty's control, but the process of flowing into and out of the national treasury is no longer under your majesty's control."

Li Xuan was speechless. It turned out that only the warehouse manager was his own person, right?

What's the use of this?

Seeing Li Xuan's expression, Zhao Feng hurriedly added: "The process from top to bottom is too complicated and it is difficult to control everything. And this is much better than before. In the past, there were even national treasury expenses that your majesty was not aware of."

Zhao Feng shook his head, full of helplessness.

Li Xuan covered his head and didn't know what to say.

With this start, they can still persist in the current situation. Emperor Yongyuan still has something.

At least, compared to the situation when Emperor Yongyuan just ascended the throne, the current situation is much better.

"By the way, I heard that Ah Xuan made a lot of money for His Majesty this time, enough to go to the desert?"

Zhao Feng joked with a smile.

Li Xuan puffed out his chest, his face full of pride.

"It's just a little money, not worth mentioning."

Li Xuan swung his tail.

Zhao Feng was amused and laughed, and then said:

"This time, His Majesty just wanted to make some momentum, let the nobles taste some sweetness, and then use the desert envoys as hostages to end the conflict, and by the way, deepen the contradiction between civil officials and nobles."

Zhao Feng's words made Li Xuan's eyes roll and think about the details.

There was not much money in the treasury, and Daxing's economy was not enough to support the war, so it was reasonable for Emperor Yongyuan to bluff.

When the war breaks out, the nobles are naturally the happiest. Otherwise, they will be jealous of the civil officials who work hard to make money and gain merit in peacetime.

Then find a reason to stop the war in the name of the civil officials dragging their feet, and then send the desert envoys back. It should not be difficult to stop the conflict with the desert.

After all, it has been heard that the desert does not want to start a war at this time.

Moreover, Emperor Yongyuan still has the desert envoys as a bargaining chip. If the front line fights well, he can even get some benefits.

The nobles are having a good time. If they force a ceasefire, the civil officials will definitely be blamed. At that time, the contradictions between the two sides will be deeper, and Emperor Yongyuan can further win over the nobles.

The most important thing is that when the war breaks out, King Zheng will be dragged into the quagmire. King Zheng does not have much time. If he wastes more of his time, Emperor Yongyuan will have a better chance of winning in the future.

If King Zheng is killed, Emperor Yongyuan can win without fighting.

Zhao Feng's simple words made Li Xuan think of many details.

He was also influenced by the palace and made a lot of progress without realizing it, even he himself did not realize it.

"Although Emperor Yongyuan's plan is risky, the benefits are enough for him to take the risk."

"Although the response of Prince Zheng delayed the time, now Emperor Yongyuan has more money I earned for him, and it will be easier to operate in the future, and it can even greatly prolong the time of the conflict."

"By then, not only will the nobles make contributions, but they can even support a new batch of nobles for Emperor Yongyuan to use."

Li Xuan thought so, but he also understood that although Emperor Yongyuan seemed to be in a good situation, Prince Zheng would never sit still and wait for death.

This temporary war tax is a good example, which almost pierced Emperor Yongyuan's kidney and dealt him a fatal blow.

Not to mention the temporary war tax, how much of a blow it caused to Emperor Yongyuan's reputation among the people.

The emptying of the treasury alone almost made Emperor Yongyuan's plan aborted.

Thanks to Emperor Yongyuan for thinking of using the Imperial Garden competition to collect money from the people and supplement the deficit of the national treasury.

I think that Emperor Yongyuan at that time did not think about how much money he made, he just needed enough money to support a short conflict.

"No wonder General Manager Shang said that the money I made at that time was enough to fight the desert twice."

"One million taels of silver is just the money to maintain a conflict."

As he learned more details from Zhao Feng, Li Xuan also figured out many problems.

And now Li Xuan's antique speculation for Emperor Yongyuan is going smoothly. Just changing the transaction subject to mortgage bills has earned Emperor Yongyuan no less than 50 million taels of silver.

As the transaction of mortgage bills has become stable, this matter can be sustained for a long time, which can bring Emperor Yongyuan a considerable amount of stable income.

"Will Emperor Yongyuan really take this opportunity to start a real war?"

Li Xuan suddenly thought so.

At this time, a familiar figure came in from outside and greeted Li Xuan with a smile:

"Ah Xuan, how come you have time to come and play with us? Aren't you very busy recently?"

Accompanied by a hearty laugh, Manager Shang came in, sat next to Li Xuan, and reached out to touch his little face.

"Meow~"

Zhao Feng on the side immediately muttered in dissatisfaction:

"Godfather, can't you see your adopted son?"

Manager Shang looked at Zhao Feng with a smile on his face, then waved his hand in disgust and drove him aside:

"Go away!"

"You are so disrespectful. You see your godfather coming in, and you don't move your seat."

Zhao Feng reluctantly held his own tea cup and gave up the first place, not forgetting to pour a cup of tea for his godfather as well.

"Oh, I have a hard life, and I don't have a moment of leisure."

Zhao Feng sat aside and sighed, pretending to be pitiful.

"This is what you should do. Who made you the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Mr. Shang drank tea leisurely.

"Then you didn't say it was so difficult to be the bad general manager." Zhao Feng complained.

"Hey, you've already seen my prestige, right?" As Manager Shang spoke, he gave Zhao Feng a kick without hesitation, and then asked, "Who begged me to be this manager in the first place?"

"I!"

"It's all the trouble I caused for myself, okay?"

Zhao Feng rubbed the numb half of his butt and replied helplessly.

His butt was obviously tightly wrapped by the chair, but he still got kicked.

Manager Shang just moved his foot, but in anger he kicked Zhao Feng in the butt through the chair.

"My godfather is still so proficient in beating cattle across mountains, Feng'er admires him!"

Zhao Feng can't even learn this skill now.

The first is the gap in realm. After all, there is a big realm between Monk Zhao Feng and General Manager.

The second is the difference in Qi attributes. Although Zhao Feng's wind attribute is a mutated attribute, he cannot imitate the water attribute's "moisturizing things silently".

Just as the two managers were there, Li Xuan asked about the purpose of his trip.

"oh?"

"Axuan, do you want to divert the taxes from those underground industries to the royal treasury?"

"I'm afraid this is not in line with the rules."

Regarding Li Xuan's question, Manager Shang gave a direct answer.

Since taxes go to the national treasury and there is a risk of being intercepted halfway, then there is no problem in the royal private treasury.

After all, the person who manages the royal private treasury is Princess Ankang herself.

"Those properties are all under Princess Ankang's name anyway, so there should be room for manipulation, right?"

Li Xuan asked next.

On the other hand, Zhao Feng looked puzzled: "Axuan, why do you want to wash away all those properties?"

"Isn't this just a loss of a lot of benefits?"

"Besides, if you don't do it, someone else will naturally do it, and you'll have to manage it again, which is quite troublesome."

"The most valuable thing about the money gang's underground industry is not the industry itself, but its monopoly status."

Zhu Shimin reported directly to Zhao Feng, so he knew these situations better.

"Ankang doesn't like these illegal activities. The Red Scarf Team is the organization I established for her. Naturally, she also wants to be cleaner."

Li Xuan's indifferent answer made the two managers dumbfounded.

"You."

The two stewards said at the same time, reached out to touch Li Xuan's head, and each pulled one of his little ears.

"When the day comes when Your Highness the Princess wants the stars and the moon in the sky, A-Xuan will also want to pick them, right?"

The two stewards couldn't help but joke.

In their opinion, only Li Xuan would do such a thankless thing for Princess Ankang.

As a result, Li Xuan nodded heavily without hesitation.

The smiles of the two stewards faded, and they both saw Li Xuan's seriousness and solemnity.

Manager Shang even said with emotion: "Axuan is indeed auspicious."

"Everyone is a princess and loves a kitten."

"Good for you!"

"The kitten loves the princess."