Back Off, Let Me Come

Soldiers will sacrifice their lives for whose food they eat?

How simple and realistic is this short sentence?

Miao Ne habitually wanted to say a few words of comfort, but the words were swallowed back when they reached his throat. The Lord was not the first Lord of Qi State, so he did not need to obtain spiritual satisfaction from the flattery of others. She was a little helpless: "Can I only be controlled by others?"

Even if Cui Xiong was just a facade being pushed out, Miao Ne couldn't help but anger him. People from aristocratic families are accustomed to calculating gains and losses, and even Cui Xiong is not exempt from this habit. It's really disgusting!

Shen Tang laughed and said, "Not really."

She started her own business from scratch, and Kang Guo started a business from scratch, which created many more troubles than he currently has. I didn't choose to compromise back then, so how could I swallow my anger now? Can it still be considered her territory if she cannot truly control it? I want to be the earth emperor in her territory, parasitize her body, and absorb her nutrients to enrich myself...Have you ever asked her opinion?

She is not made of mud.

Miao Na perked up and said, "My lord, do you have a way to break the situation?"

Shen Tang said: "I am not really trapped in this game. How can I break it? The treasury of King Kang's court is indeed...somewhat tight. The scale of the officials in the court has expanded, and their salaries cannot be defaulted. The soldiers who have made meritorious service in this battle We can’t treat it unfairly. Therefore, my plan is to use this part of the treasury budget to deduct the food for private reconstruction.”

To put it more simply, Shen Tang's current assets are all high-quality, non-realizable fixed assets that cannot be converted into circulating cash. In terms of assets, she is really not poor, but in terms of cash flow, she really has no money. Abundant food can appease the people.

First, we would use work as relief. The royal court would allocate a small portion of the money, and the remaining remuneration would be converted into grain, which might buy time.

Even if the economy cannot be boosted in the short term, as long as there is no major famine disaster, the boiling public dissatisfaction that the family thought would not break out for the time being. Shen Tang: "Even if it doesn't work out, I can restart the Baitiao from the He Yin period, and it can also be used to relieve cash pressure."

Now with Kang Guo's endorsement, Bai Tiao can be compared with the grain stored in the grain depot. As long as the people believe that Bai Tiao can be cashed into grain, it can temporarily replace the circulation of money. However, this approach is not the first choice. At that time, Heyin only had one-third of an acre of land, Baitiao management was simple, and the cost of fraud was also high. Until Shen Tang was transferred to Longwu County, no large-scale fraud scandal broke out. It is different now. Her stall is so big that no one can guarantee that there is no master forger in every corner.

What if it is cracked and a large number of fake notes come to cash it?

Cash in?

The Kangguo grain depot cannot be saved, and everything will be in chaos.

Not cashing in?

The royal court's reputation among the people was ruined.

Once the people no longer trust the royal court, how long can the Kang state last? How is the currency promoted circulated? How are the policies implemented implemented? Seriously, Shen Tang's years of hard work may even be wasted. Therefore, she must be cautious, balance the civil and military affairs, balance the royal court and the place, always suppress the local gangsters of the aristocratic family, and live her life carefully down to the last millimeter.

Lord of the country, this is really not a job for human beings.

Neither cattle nor horses are capable of such oppression.

I feel like bitter gourd in my heart, with tears streaming down my face, but I still have to keep a confident smile on my face: "The period of difficulty is only for a short period of time. You can get through it by gritting your teeth. Destiny always has a clear price tag in the dark. If you bow to the family for a moment of relaxation, In the future, when they recover from the war, they will turn into cancer again. Then there will be too many interests entangled, and it will not be easy to touch them again. "

The tax rate paid in the southwest region should be the same as that in Kang State.

The proportion of regional survival is also stuck at the lowest level.

While Miao Ne admired Shen Tang's decisiveness, he was also worried about her: "What if the Southwest family headed by Cui is causing trouble?"

We can't kill them all.

The aristocratic families in the northwest were torn apart by frequent wars. Local snakes like the Miao family could be considered average and did not have too deep control over the local area, but it was different in the southwest. Taking the Cui family as an example, officials in various places have the shadow of the Cui family, Cui family's affiliated families, Cui family's in-laws, Cui family's disciples and former officials... There are hundreds of people with names and surnames. It's not difficult to kill so many people. What's difficult is finding someone to take over immediately without causing chaos. This is just the Cui family. How many other families, large and small, are there together?

Shen Tang chuckled: "There is a great man named Huang Chao. He created a brand-new method of killing. He kills according to the family tree! Although I am not so manic... but if I am pressed, I can live as long as the world."

"Heaven and earth have the same lifespan? Immortality?"

"We will die together."

Miao Ne: "..."

This is the first time I know that this word can be used in reverse.

"...How can their despicable lives be worth the Lord's exchange?"

Shen Tang just patted Miao Ne heavily on the shoulder.

"Ximin, please report a work-related injury."

The child Miao Na also suffered too much mental pressure from being around the First Lord of Qi State. Miao Zi, who used to be upright and taciturn, could not change his oral habit that penetrated into his bones. Shen Tang asked her to report a work-related injury. Miao Ne looked down at herself in confusion. She was not injured?

It was already a month later that Cui Xiong was summoned by Shen Tang again.

The location is in the capital of King Qi.

The royal capital surrendered in Kaicheng yesterday, and the person who was elected as the new leader of Qi State was the heir of the previous leader. The little girl, who walked steadily, wore a plain robe that didn't fit well and led the ministers to surrender. The little girl's biological father was Youshi, the male favorite of the previous ruler of the country. She didn't even know what happened. She only remembered her biological father's despair as if the sky had fallen, which made her even more worried and confused.

Shen Tang was surprised for a moment when he saw the young king who was not even as tall as his waist. He was a little speechless to the old ministers of Qi State. How could a little baby save the collapsing empire? It was just a scapegoat.

Qin Li also told Shen Tang a secret, which made Shen Tang speechless: "Originally, we wanted this baby king to perform the ceremony of face-tied and mouth-holding jade, bare his body, lead all the officials to wear mourning clothes and carry a coffin... After all, he is just a baby, he has no sense of shame, even if he suffers such a great humiliation, no one will take it to heart..."

The surrender of the defeated country is a reward for the victorious country.

The loser should bear any humiliation.

In the past, this kind of surrender ceremony was performed by the king in his prime, who knew that Qi State would push out a baby on the eve of the destruction of the country.

Isn't this definitely sick?

"I heard that the child's biological father almost hanged himself."

The baby didn't know how humiliating this was, but her father knew, but the father and daughter were powerless to resist, and he could only choose to commit suicide in grief and anger. The servants found the noise and rescued him. The child was also frightened by the noise and almost suffered from soul-leaving syndrome...

The Cui official who stayed in the city passed the news.

After a lot of twists and turns, it reached Chu Yao's ears.

At that time, time was tight. Chu Yao had no time to report to Shen Tang. He directly sent people to beat up the people who were about to do so. He temporarily pulled a set of plain robes for the baby king to wear. The child did not need to be tied up and hold the jade in his mouth. Other things such as coffins were not moved. Chu Yao's people also coaxed the stupid child: [Just walk out of the city gate later, and you will be given a candied haws after the matter is done. ]

Just now, I used candied haws to coax the child to stop crying.

I don't know what these officials think. The winter in the southwest is much warmer than the northwest, but it is still winter. In the cold winter, let a child lead hundreds of officials to surrender naked? Why don't they take off their clothes? Hundreds of people gathered naked to walk the birds?

That is really a ghost scene that can be written in history books!

In a certain month and year, Qi State surrendered, and all officials walked their birds to welcome the king's army. History books dared to write about it, but later generations dared not read it. A group of adults, even old men with one foot in the coffin, bullied a pair of orphans and widows like this? If no one told these old men in advance about their plans, the one who would be criticized by history books would be their own master.

Later generations will not remember who arranged the surrender, but they will definitely remember who the surrendered party was, and they will also speculate that this was a perverted act of Kang State bullying the weak. Shen Tang almost became the injustice of the history books.

"Wuhui was still too gentle."

Shen Tang didn't sleep for an hour on the way here.

With the southwest territory in her hands, she must have a general understanding of the situation here. Even with the help of Wenxin, which gave her a learning ability similar to copy and paste, Shen Tang was so busy that she didn't have much time to sleep. She must sort out the context in the shortest time. Knowing yourself and the enemy will win every battle, and it is not easy to be deceived by the local forces in the southwest by relying on information asymmetry.

Therefore, she didn't know about the surrender incident at first.

Seeing the baby who was not even as tall as her waist, her tired social animal taste faded a little, and she forced a smile.

After completing the procedures and moving into the family's house, she realized that there was such a part: "If it were me, I could strip the others!"

Chu Yao: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just indecent."

If there were only a few of them at the scene, it would be fine to do so. It is estimated that more than half of these old guys would commit suicide when they go back, but the master is also present, and they can't let the master see such a filthy thing. As a last resort, they spared these old guys.

Shen Tang thought about the scene.

He closed his eyes in pain: "It is indeed indecent."

He almost wanted to poke his eyes out.

Shen Tang secretly wrote down this account.

Not long after, the guards came in to report.

"My Lord, the eldest son of the Cui family is waiting for an audience outside the palace."

"Bring him in."

Perhaps because the food in the army is good, Cui Xiong not only did not continue to lose weight, but became a little plump, with a good complexion, and looked more like a son of a wealthy family than when he first met him. He didn't know the mess behind the surrender yet, and his mood was still sunny.

"Hello, Mr. Shen."

Shen Tang rarely gave him a good face, which actually made Cui Xiong flattered. He was left aside by Shen Tang for more than a month. He was able to hold his ground in the first half of the month, but he was a little discouraged in the second half of the month. The southwest has reached the final stage, and Kangguo has no signs of financial collapse. Except for the shortage of manpower, little land occupation, and civil unrest, it seems that the treasury can continuously spit out money.

Cui Xiong knew that those people had made a wrong calculation.

In the second half of the month, he was a little bit sloppy. Every day, he ate and drank well, went to bed early and got up early, and didn't have to work. How could he not look good?

Shen Tang pointed to the seat below and motioned him to sit down.

Cui Xiong became more and more surprised and uneasy, and his movements were stiff.

"How has Hou Bai been doing in the past month? Cui Zhishan is already in the city. You and your son will be reunited when you return."

"Very good, thank you Mr. Shen for your concern."

"As long as you are doing well, your elders at home should be worried about you being away for such a long time." Shen Tang smiled gently, as if he was a kind and amiable elder, caring about Cui Xiong's quality of life during this period, and asked him to eat and bring back specialties.

A "specialty" for Cui Zhishan.

Cui Xiong didn't even have the chance to mention the task during the whole process.

Back to Cui's private residence in the capital, the family was rarely so neat. Not only his father Cui Zhi, mother Cui Hui, younger brother Cui Mi, elder sister Cui Long, but also the "brother-in-law" of his elder sister without a name. The serious brother-in-law Yuan Wulang was nowhere to be seen.

The house was filled with a sense of depression that was about to come.

My sister nestled in her mother's arms and expressed her longing for her. She almost couldn't help crying, and her mother was so moved that her eyes became wet. Cui Mi wished he could shrink his presence, while his father looked at the people in his daughter's room who were bowing and bowing their heads with an angry face.

Hearing Cui Xiong's movement, everyone looked at it.

Cui Xiong was so frightened that he wanted to take a step back.

Before I even took a step forward, my father stopped me sharply.

"Get in here too!"

"oh!"

Cui Xiong did not dare to disobey at all.

Cui Zhi put his daughter's matter aside and asked Cui Xiong about the progress of the matter. Cui Xiong has only had two hands to talk to Shen Tang for more than a month, so what progress can be made? He could only take out the "specialty" given by Shen Tang, and Cui Zhi opened it, looked at it and closed it.

"Father, what's inside?"

My father's face looked quite ugly.

Cui Zhi threw the thing aside as if it was some dirty thing, but what he said made everyone present frightened: "It's just a few of Cui's real account books. These things should have been kept in the most secret and safe place. So did Lord Shen." What a good idea!”

Cui Xiong used his peripheral vision to see his mother's reaction.

The latter still has a heart-to-heart with my sister.

Cui Xiong murmured: "Could it be fake?"

Maybe the real ledger is still in place?

Cui Zhi was too lazy to put in the effort: "No matter whether the content inside is true or false, the appearance of the real accounts can be forged. Isn't it easy to get the original ones? There is no need to verify the authenticity."

Cui Xiong’s mission is not without progress.

These ledgers are Shen Tang's answer.

"...I believe that not only the Cui family, but also other families should have received similar 'specialties'." The name is a special product, but it is actually a clue. These clues may be related to the lifeline of survival, or to reputation and glory, or they may be the crime of uprooting the entire clan.

He didn't want to get involved.

While other families were worried, the Cui family had the confidence to escape unscathed. There was really no need to mess with the situation anymore, but the person above her was unwilling to do so. Cui Zhi wanted to throw things directly in front of him. Can the former Cui family be compared with the current Cui family, the former Qi State and the current Kang State?

You have to use your stubborn and arrogant attitude to drag people to hell!

"How did Mr. Shen search for these things?"

Cui Zhi doesn't want to know these nonsense.

He just wants to know when his daughter became crooked!

"You have to make your father angry to death before you give up!" I have been a father and a mother for so many years. When did my daughter change drastically? Women’s eighteenth-year-old reform shouldn’t be like this, right? Why did she bring a few unworthy people over for today's family dinner?

Cui Zhi was so angry that he almost burst into tears.

Is it the son-in-law? Just show it to him?

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