"Brother Ninth, what brought you to Kyoto this time?" Yan Mou asked curiously.

Yuan Yuan smiled lightly and said, "I came here this time to propose marriage to His Majesty."

"Asking your Majesty? Ninth brother, do you want to ask to marry the princess?" Yan Mou asked curiously.

Yuan Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, I want to marry Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess."

"If you marry the eldest princess, you have a relationship with the queen. Wouldn't the Jiaodong Yuan family be on a higher level?" Yan Mou said flatteringly.

Yuan Yuan nodded and said, "I haven't submitted my father's marriage proposal yet, and I don't know yet whether His Majesty will accept it."

Yan Mou raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty promised the eldest princess to that idiot Xie Hanzi before. Now if it's a talented person like you, Ninth Brother, Your Majesty will definitely agree."

"I will go to the palace tomorrow to submit a proposal of marriage, and I hope that the Grand Master will give me a good word." Yuan Yuan said.

Yan Mou slapped his chest so loudly that it made a loud banging sound, and repeatedly expressed that there was no problem.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Yan Mou left.

Watching Yan Mou leave, Yuan Qing said to Yuan Yuan, "Brother, in my opinion, this Yan Mou is so stupid that he can't even handle that fool. Are you sure you want to use him?"

Yuan Yuan said to Yuan Qing on the side, "Yan Mou is just too arrogant. After all, he is the grandson of the Grand Master and the only child of the Grand Master's Mansion. It is not surprising that he is arrogant. As long as we control him, the Grand Master's

Old fox, you will always bow to us."

Yuan Qing nodded.

Yuan Yuan continued, "I also asked you to investigate. Has the person behind Xie Hanzi been found?"

Yuan Qing shook his head and said, "Brother, I checked. There is no special person. The people he has the most contact with are Guan Chong and the third princess! Is he just pretending to be stupid?"

Yuan Yuan also shook his head and said, "It's not that he is pretending to be stupid. If he is pretending to be stupid, there is no need to pretend to come to our country! He is just a fool, but when something goes wrong, there must be a monster. This fool has been fooling for half his life, and he did it during this period

Things are quite organized. There must be someone behind the scenes. Has Guan Chong checked it out?"

Yuan Qing also nodded and said, "After checking, there is nothing abnormal. I suspect it is the third princess, but now the three princesses are locked up together by the Queen Mother..."

"It's okay, there will be plenty of opportunities to do business in Kyoto in the future!" Yuan Yuan said with a slight smile.

...

next day

Above the court hall.

Xie Xunfeng stood behind the princes and noticed that there were a few more people in the court.

This person is none other than Grand Master Yan, the head of the hundred officials, and the grandfather of Yan Mou.

Grand Master Yan's status is very transcendent.

In the absence of the emperor, the emperor's rights are exercised.

It can be said that he is the most trusted person by the emperor.

Grand Master Yan entered the hall and glared at Xie Xunfeng, obviously knowing that he had bullied his grandson.

The other one did not wear official uniform and was not a prince.

Xie Xunfeng heard Heilong say yesterday that this man should be the eldest son of the Yuan family in Jiaodong.

The person most likely to inherit the Yuan family's industry in Jiaodong in the future.

After Xiao Shentian came out, Baiguanshan shouted long live.

"Today is the first morning meeting of Master Yan since he returned to the court. Does Master Yan have anything to say?" Xiao Shentian said to Master Yan.

Grand Master Yan bowed to Xiao Shentian and said, "Your Majesty, I do have something to report. There is a severe drought in Yuzhou. I have asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate money and food for disaster relief several times. However, the Ministry of Revenue has always been prevaricating... Now in Yuzhou

On the earth, disaster victims are starving to death every day!"

After Xiao Shentian heard this, he looked at Wu Guozhang.

Wu Guozhang's face froze, he stepped forward and raised his hands and said, "Report to Your Majesty! With the continuous battles in the border areas and frequent natural disasters in various places, the Ministry of Revenue has no extra money. It is really impossible to spare any money for disaster relief. Mrs. Yan

Master, it’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so you are in a bit of a dilemma.”

Master Yan was very smart. After raising the question, he didn't say much.

Xiao Shentian looked at Chao

None of the officials in the hall answered, and asked Master Yan, "Master Yan, how much money do we need for disaster relief?"

"Your Majesty, the severe drought in Yuzhou has affected at least 800,000 people. To survive this famine, it will take at least one million taels of gold." Grand Master Yan said.

Xiao Shentian said to Wu Guozhang, "Wu Guozhang, how much money does the household department have?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has less than two million taels of gold in total. Moreover, the army's military pay must be paid immediately. The two million taels of gold are used as military expenses. And even if we have this two million taels

, and it’s not enough. I still have to think of ways to raise money. If it is used for disaster relief, military pay will not be paid at that time, and I am afraid it will cause a mutiny! Therefore, these two million taels of gold must not be touched..." Wu

The abbot said.

"Then adjust it from my inner treasury!" Xiao Shentian said with a slight frown.

"Your Majesty, your inner treasury is also running out of money. The military expenses for this Northern Expedition are from your majesty's inner treasury... Now the palaces are already cutting back on food and clothing... and using the inner treasury's money, I'm afraid the palace

The food and clothing here have become a problem." Wu Guozhang said with a not pretty face.

Xiao Shentian didn't look good when he saw this, and he did know that Daxia's finances were tight every year.

He looked towards the officials in the palace.

None of the officials dared to look at Xiao Shentian.

"What's wrong? Are you all mute? Is it possible that this huge country like ours can't even get out one million taels of gold?" Xiao Shentian said with a hint of anger.
Chapter completed!