The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

In fact, many local taxes were increasing, and some merchants were being suppressed. Even the business taxes increased a lot, and suddenly, the entire Shangjing City and even the surrounding prefectures were full of resentment.

At this time in the palace, Jiang Fan was meeting with nearly a hundred support groups coming from Dayan. These people were sent by Jiang Fan at the request of Chu Yan'er.

Half of them are responsible for opening workshops, and the other half are responsible for publicity.

After Jiang Fan explained things to these people, he met with Chun Yu Chong and six others.

Chun Yuchong looked a little depressed and a little decadent. The other five people were the same.

Li Changle was sitting next to Jiang Fan, and her face was also not looking good. She had heard the rumors from the outside world a long time ago, and she knew that it was the left and right prime ministers and those who resigned who were doing this.

The decree was issued, but no one announced it. Not only that, some people even played tricks behind the scenes and directly raised various taxes. Not only that, oppression of the people often occurred.

Seeing that resigning from office could not threaten her, these officials began to make small moves behind her back. Although the six people received the task, they could not complete it completely.

After all, relying on these six people to fight against a profit group is too weak. Even Li Changle is helpless. Even though she is the empress now, what can she do if the people below are secretly obeying her?

She had just ascended the throne, and the only person she could rely on was Jiang Fan. Without iron-blooded tactics and absolute strength to support her, no matter how capable she was, it would all be in vain.

"Your Highness, those people in my Great Western Dynasty are really rotten to the core. If we really let them gain power, I'm afraid that the people will suffer. Please help us, Your Highness..."

Chun Yu Chong knelt down first and looked at Jiang Fan with a pleading look.

As he knelt down, the remaining five people also knelt down, their faces full of pleading. Jiang Fan looked at the six people, raised his hand and said, "Stand up and talk!"

The six people stood up after hearing this. Huang Luzhen took the lead and said, "I have selected 26 people for the cabinet. I want to have these 26 people discuss matters and review memorials together. They are all selected by me from poor students. They are absolutely trustworthy and have good talents."

At this point, his face looked a little grim as he said, "It's just that although the memorials that should have been sent to the cabinet were sent, they were all about trivial matters. None of the other memorials were sent to the cabinet."

"It seems that they may have thrown away all those memorials. If this continues, I'm afraid the entire Daxi will be paralyzed, and the country will be unstable."

As soon as Huang Luzhen finished speaking, He Dongxing hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I can't open my gambling shop. I have been negotiating with several merchants about renting shops. Every time I have made a deal, the people from the Ministry of Revenue would interfere. They told those merchants that I was swindling people and trying to gather the people's wealth in the name of the court."

"Now, no merchant is willing to rent a shop to me. Even if I send people to set up stalls, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue and Shangjing Prefecture will stop them. The people don't believe it at all!"

As he finished speaking, Liang Zidong followed up, "Your Highness, the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture has also encountered difficulties. The Minister of Industry said that the Ministry of Agriculture is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. Not only did he not allow me to go to the Ministry of Industry to select people, he even refused to let me enter the Ministry of Industry. He also sent people everywhere to spread the word that I am a swindler."

"My Ministry of Commerce has encountered the same problem. The Ministry of Revenue not only refused to cooperate, but also went around saying that I was a liar. We don't have an imperial edict in hand, and no one supports us, so we can't move forward."

Lu Renzhong also followed suit, and when he said this, he was so angry that he was shaking all over.

"That bunch of guys who are just sitting there doing nothing, they say one thing to your face and another behind your back. They occupy high positions but don't speak up for the people. I really want to tear them into pieces!"

Fang Laoxian, who was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, also encountered the same problem.

After the people in front of him finished speaking, Chun Yu Chong spoke up, "Your Highness, the Ministry of Rites said that the Imperial Examination Hall is under construction and there is no way to hold the Imperial Examination for the time being. He said that he hopes Your Majesty will wait for a few months."

As soon as Chun Yu Chong said this, Li Changle's face changed slightly, and anger welled up in his eyes.

The previous few people were obstructed for various reasons, and she didn't expect that the matter of holding an imperial examination would also be obstructed. You know, she had issued an imperial decree to hold an imperial examination.

However, the other party did not openly disobey the order, but delayed it under the pretext of renovating the Imperial Examination Hall.

At this moment, she felt weak and powerless. It turned out that being an emperor was so difficult. If the people below bullied her, she would not even be able to get angry.

Jiang Fan listened to what they said, his face was full of amusement. He had already thought that things would not go so smoothly. It seemed that most of the officials stayed.

That's because some of them play the good cop and some play the bad cop. If the good cop can't force Li Changle and him, then the bad cop will come out.

The decree cannot be implemented because of this group of people. They think the new emperor can be bullied and that Jiang Fan dare not massacre them.

This is also a test for them. If Jiang Fan does not make a series of responses, or chooses to remain silent, they will probably become even more unscrupulous in the future.

The six people were helping Li Changle and Jiang Fan, so of course they became the targets of suppression. It wasn't that the six people were incapable, but they were too weak to fight against a huge interest group.

"You don't have to worry. The outcome will be clear today. In addition, tomorrow morning, each of you will lead a thousand soldiers to do your job. Anyone who dares to resist will be arrested on the spot."

Jiang Fan looked at the six people and said. Although they were puzzled as to why Jiang Fan said that the outcome would be known soon, they were very happy to hear that Jiang Fan was willing to send troops to support them.

With such a strong military force, who would dare to cause trouble? ! However, when Jiang heard Jiang Fan say that anyone who dared to resist would be killed on the spot, several people thought about it, and Chun Yu Chong whispered:

"If a first-rank official resists, can I capture his life?"

Hearing this, Jiang Fan glanced at him calmly and said in a cold voice: "No matter who it is, arrest them all! Wait for your punishment!"

When Chunyu Chong heard this, a look of joy appeared on his face and he immediately took the order and left.

As the six people left, Li Changle looked at Jiang Fan with worry on his face.

"My husband, they are inciting the people, hoping to use public opinion to tie our hands. Will our strength arouse public anger?"

At this time, because they were actually husband and wife, she had changed Jiang Fan's address to husband.

At this point, she added:

"Moreover, the rumors among the people are very unfavorable to us. How can we break the situation? If we act forcefully, I am afraid that we will fall into a more passive position."

Her worries were not without reason. If the government decrees could not be issued, it would be useless no matter how many imperial edicts she issued. Even if the imperial edicts were sent to the streets and read out, people would not believe that they were true.