Hey, you are reborn too?

Xie Yongwei closed her eyes gently, tilted her head slightly, and a tear slid down from the corner of her eye.

Well, if we count according to the time in the previous life, there are still three years before Concubine Chen rebels and Beili and Dayuan go to war. She should make good use of these three years to find out what Jiang Mian is thinking and make preparations in advance.

The next day, at the General’s Mansion.

"Awei," Xie Shian came back from court and saw Xie Yongwei standing by the pond, feeding the fish seriously. He laughed heartily, "Haha, you're still feeding the fish. The fish here have grown several times fatter because of you."

"Daddy," Xie Yongwei turned her head to look at the person who came. When she saw it was Xie Shian, she smiled and raised the fish food in her hand, "Do you want to join us in feeding the fish? Feeding the fish is fun."

"Oh, Daddy won't feed it," Xie Shian walked to Xie Yongwei and slowly stood still. Although he refused with his mouth, his hands were honest. He directly took the fish food handed by Xie Yongwei without changing his expression. "But, in order to accompany A-Wei, Daddy will still feed it."

The two men gently sprinkled the fish food in their hands, which attracted a large number of fish to float up to the surface to look for food. They scrambled for the food, making it very lively.

"Awei," Xie Shian spoke amid the noisy splashing of the fish, "Daddy sees that you seem to be worried. Are you worried about the incident at the clinic?"

"Daddy," Xie Yongwei stared at the school of fish, her eyes were a little blurry, but her voice was full of vicissitudes, "If one day, Beili and Dayuan went to war. What would you do?"

"Awei," Xie Shian scratched his head in confusion, turned slightly, and grinned, "What else can Daddy do? Of course, he fought bloody battles for Dayuan. But since the marriage of the Saint of Beili, the relationship between our dynasty and Beili has greatly improved, and there has been peace for more than ten years. Our dynasty and Beili have not fought for many years, why do you suddenly bring this up?"

"Nothing, I'm just nervous." Xie Yongwei glanced at Xie Shian and saw that he was still as gentle as usual, so she mustered up the courage to test him. "I just had a nightmare last night. I dreamed that you, Dad, were killing the enemy on the front line, but because your achievements were greater than yours, the emperor ordered you to return and gave you a cup of poisoned wine to kill you."

Xie Yongwei paused and looked into Xie Shian's eyes: "Dad, if one day you kill an enemy for Dayuan, even if you know that the emperor has issued an edict to summon you back to take your life, will you still come back?"

"Silly child," Xie Shian gently patted Xie Yongwei's head and touched Xie Yongwei's forehead with his hand, "Why are you suddenly asking Daddy these things? Don't worry, these things will not happen. Dreams and reality are opposites, ah."

Xie Yongwei heard him mumbling, "The child doesn't have a fever, why is he talking nonsense?"

Xie Yongwei felt sad. Even if she told them everything about how her father and brother were harmed by Jiang Yu in her previous life, they probably wouldn't believe her. But if she didn't tell them and encountered the same situation as in her previous life, would she lose her father and brother again?

"Awei," Xie Shian frowned when he saw Xie Yongwei's dazed look. He gently patted Xie Yongwei's shoulder and said, "Awei, don't worry about the dream you had last night. It won't come true. His Majesty is always sensible and won't do these things for no reason."

After he finished speaking, Xie Shian began to think about it. In recent years, Dayuan and Beili have not fought for a long time. Because the world has been peaceful for a long time, the emperor has begun to think that civil officials should be valued over military officials. He has repeatedly tried to find an opportunity to seize his military power.

However, when Xie Shi'an requested to resign his military power the year before last, the emperor persuaded him gently and comforted him sincerely, so he had to continue to hold the military power.

Recently, the emperor has withheld military pay several times and turned a blind eye to the fact that some people embezzled military funds. I think the emperor is worried that the maintenance of the army will cause trouble, and the military expenditure is too high, and the peaceful Dayuan can no longer be sustained.

Xie Shian closed his eyes helplessly. But could he tell A Wei all this now and make her even more sad?

Xie Shian wanted to say something to Xie Yongwei to comfort her, but he was speechless. He wanted to talk about how clear politics is now, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he had nothing to say. He could only pat Xie Yongwei on the shoulder and shook his head slightly.

The current Dayuan has been plagued by corruption for a long time, the court has been harsh, and the various taxes collected have increased year by year. In the early years of Xuanzheng, the common people only had to pay taxes twice a year. Now, as far as Xie Shian knows, the common people near Kyoto have to pay taxes at least five times a year.

Once, Xie Shian was ordered by the emperor to go to Chizhou for work. When he came into contact with the people, he found that in this place famous for its wealth, most of the local people were pale and thin. Xie Shian was puzzled, and after communicating with the locals, he learned that some local officials had made up various taxes to make money and forced the people to hand over their hard-earned money.

When Xie Shi'an heard the news, he felt very sorry for the people of Chizhou. He was so angry that he went straight to the Chizhou prefecture to seek justice for the local people.

The Chizhou prefect Cao received him with a smile, but after listening to his story, he also showed anger. Prefect Cao patted his chest and promised him that he would investigate the matter thoroughly and give an explanation to the local people.

Xie Shi'an didn't want to cause trouble when he came to Chizhou, but seeing that Prefect Cao was so determined, he could only stop there and left Chizhou with doubts.

After returning to Beijing, Xie Shi'an thought about it and was so angry that he got up in the middle of the night, without waking anyone up, lit a small oil lamp, leaned over the table, and listed the difficult situation of the people in Chizhou and the fact that local officials arbitrarily collected more taxes in a memorial, which he would submit to the emperor the next day.

Unexpectedly, after seeing the memorial, the emperor did not do as Xie Shian expected - he did not sympathize with the local people and thoroughly investigate the matter.

The emperor just put down the memorial gently, pressed his temple with his hand, and asked Xie Shian, where is the evidence.

Xie Shian was stunned. He left in a hurry and had no intention of collecting evidence because he had some trust in Prefect Cao. He could only kneel down and kowtow to the emperor, telling him that everything he said in the memorial was what he had seen with his own eyes, and he would never dare to lie about the lives of ordinary people.

"Okay," the emperor pinched his nose, looking very tired. "Thank you, sir, I believe you, but Chizhou has always been a prosperous place, and I cannot convict the local officials just because of your words."

In this way, I will send people to Chizhou to investigate. If it is true that the people of Chizhou are living in poverty, I will definitely not let the officials of Chizhou off easily. Do you think this is okay?

Now that things have come to this, Xie Shian had no choice but to bow and praise His Majesty for being wise.

Two months passed in a flash, and Xie Shian was summoned to the imperial study by the emperor again.

After Xie Shian performed the ceremony, he discovered that the Second Prince Jiang Yu and the Minister of Revenue Su He were also there.

Xie Qing, the emperor looked rather helpless, but his tone was stern. It’s not that I don’t want to believe you about the Chizhou matter, but your statement is really unconvincing.

The emperor spread his hands and said, "Thank you, sir. The two people I sent to Chizhou to investigate have given us a completely different account of the lives of the local people than yours."

How could it be! Xie Shian's pupils suddenly shrank.

The emperor seemed to see the shock in Xie Shian's eyes, and he waved his hand and said, "Second Prince, please explain for Lord Xie."

Yes, I hereby testify that what Lord Xie said about the people of Chizhou living in hardship is all nonsense!