Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 478

[Chapter 478 The Conclusion of the Northern Expedition]

“Your Majesty, Yang Feng, as the commander in chief of the Northern Expedition, has an inescapable responsibility for the failure of the Northern Expedition. I believe that Yang Feng should be executed at the Meridian Gate as a warning to others.”

Jin Luan Dian.

Zhao Heng just sat down on the dragon chair.

Dou Wei then came out with a look of righteous indignation.

“Second the proposal.”

“Second the proposal.”

“…”

Liang Kai and the others saw this, and immediately echoed it.

Yesterday’s feast clans have already decided on a strategy to contend with the royal family.

In this matter, they naturally have the same attitude.

Moreover, even if there is no consensus yesterday, they will take the opportunity to kill Yang Feng.

After all, once Yang Feng died, Zhao Heng’s control over the imperial army would become weaker.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Zhao Heng felt like his butt was burned instantly.

After returning to the capital, he immediately felt extremely at ease.

But with that comes worry.

This time the Northern Expedition failed, he and the second prince were the real culprits.

But how could he admit that he was wrong?

In this way, Yang Feng and the second prince could only be blamed for the failure of the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, he was going to let the second prince and Yang Feng each take half of the blame.

But before he opened his mouth, Dou Wei suddenly got into trouble.

Moreover, Liang Kai and others agreed, it seems that the powerful clansmen want Yang Feng to die.

“Although Yang Feng is guilty of dereliction of duty, Dou Xiao, Wang Bi, and the second prince also have unshirkable responsibilities for this war. If they hadn’t repeatedly made false statements, this would not have happened. In my opinion, Yang Feng’s death crime would have been spared. Let’s cut off his official title and name, and punish him with exile for three thousand miles, let’s go to Yanzhou.” Zhao Heng said.

Two days ago, he received a note from King Yan.

The content of the excerpt is to protect Yang Feng. In King Yan’s view, the powerful clan will definitely attack Yang Feng.

Therefore, he begged himself to save Yang Feng’s life.

And this is his bottom line.

After all, Yang Feng knew very well whether he was guilty or not.

Killing him would make him feel uneasy.

Zhao Heng moved Dou Xiao and the second prince out, and Dou Wei and Han Zheng looked at each other without saying a word.

Obviously, Zhao Heng was making a deal with them.

If they insist on Yang Feng’s death, Zhao Heng must hold them accountable.

It’s better to give in to each other.

Anyway, Yang Feng has been stripped of his official position, and will stay away from Jinling, the power field, and will no longer pose a threat to them.

As for exile to Yanzhou, Zhao Heng just wanted to save Yang Feng’s life.

After all, if they were in other places, they would not let Yang Feng live in exile.

“The emperor is holy!” Dou Wei said at this time.

He wasn’t worried that King Yan would use Yang Feng, after all, ministers who had committed crimes had no emperor’s orders, including the vassal kings.

If King Yan used it, he would just give him a reason for impeachment.

Having settled on Yang Feng’s matter, Dou Wei continued: “Your Majesty, although the peace negotiation is completed, there is still the matter of marriage. I hope that the Emperor will order the Ministry of Rites to prepare as soon as possible and send Princess Changle to Beidi.”

“After the court, I summoned King Chun.” Zhao Heng said, he dared not be careless about this matter.

“There is also the matter of the annual tribute. During the Northern Expedition, the national treasury was unable to make ends meet. The five million two-year-old Gongbei Di people are urgently urged. I hope the emperor will raise funds as soon as possible.” Dou Wei said again.

Zhao Heng frowned.

This Northern Expedition took nearly three months, and it cost countless food and grass.

These grains and grass are all spent by the treasury.

And then there will be compensation for wounded soldiers.

Furthermore, so many soldiers and horses were lost in this battle, he also wanted to add that it required a lot of silver.

Now that Sui Gong is added, it makes him even more troublesome.

“What can you do?” Zhao Heng asked.

He had already asked Mi Yan, but Mi Yan had nothing to do.

In states controlled by clans, taxes cannot be collected.

In the states controlled by the royal family, taxes have to be exploited by officials up and down, and the money that finally enters the treasury is difficult to maintain huge expenses.

All these years, he has been living on his laurels.

In the past two years, Lao Ben has gradually eaten up.

Today, there is only one way to increase taxes, but this way is strongly opposed.

He believes that this tax can only be added to the people in the counties and counties controlled by the royal family in the end.

The powerful clans also do not pay taxes.

In this way, the people in the counties and counties controlled by the royal family will surely fall into an extremely difficult situation.

The private land annexation has reached the extreme, and the rich will only apportion the increased tax to the tenant farmers.

He knew that Mi Yan’s words made sense, but Mi Yan couldn’t come up with any other way.

It is impossible to promise that Beidi’s annual tribute will not be paid, and the war between Dasong and Beidi will definitely resume.

“The only way to go is to raise taxes.”

Just as Zhao Heng was hesitating, Dou Wei said suddenly.

“That’s right, Your Majesty, negotiate peace with Beidi, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment in the future. They should pay more taxes to buy themselves safe.” Han Zheng echoed, “Besides, without this Northern Expedition, it would be impossible for Beidi to negotiate peace. The military pay should also be borne by the common people.”

Hearing this, Zhao Heng took it for granted.

Moreover, the cost of training soldiers before fighting Beidi should also be included in it.

In this way, it is three rates.

“Your Majesty must not.” Dou Wei and Han Zheng successively proposed to increase taxes, and Mi Yan became anxious immediately.

Zhao Heng ignored Mi Yan, he knew that Mi Yan couldn’t come up with any solution.

So how to fill the scarce treasury?

Thinking of this, he said: “Needless to say, add the training salary to the military training, and this time there will be three additional payments.”

Dou Wei laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this.

In fact, asking Zhao Heng to raise taxes was not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.

In the current situation in Dasong, it is necessary to increase taxes to alleviate financial difficulties.

Not just Mi Yan, even he couldn’t think of a better way.

Unless the powerful family is cut off, this is absolutely impossible.

After all, the yearly tribute alone was five million taels, and no one wanted to bear the cost of the Northern Expedition that Han Zheng was talking about, and the training fee that Zhao Heng was talking about.

“Hey!” Seeing that Zhao Heng had made up his mind, Mi Yan stomped his feet.

He was really anxious and helpless.

“Could this be the end of the dynasty?” A sentence suddenly appeared in his heart, and he was suddenly startled.

When the news of the failure of the Northern Expedition came, he secretly thought that something was wrong.

For this Northern Expedition, Zhao Heng almost exhausted the national treasury. Such a disastrous defeat, the royal family must be hurt.

In history, there was a prosperous dynasty that devoted all its power to the barbarians three times.

As a result, the people’s grievances of a flourishing dynasty were abruptly tossed, the heroes separated, and finally perished.

Da Song is already weak and will not be able to bear it.

And the tax increase this time is afraid that it will be the biggest consequence of the failure of the Northern Expedition.

After deciding on these three major events after the Northern Expedition, Zhao Heng waved his hand to signal the dispersal of the dynasty.

In Qinzhou, he suffered too much, and now he wants to take the opportunity to make up for it and enjoy it.

Dou Wei, Han Zheng and the others looked at each other with faint smiles on their faces.

The people of Dasong are very able to endure hardships, and perhaps raising taxes will not cause any trouble.

But it’s different when they secretly fan the flames.

In his opinion, it is a certainty to take back the military and political power of Honshu, which originally belonged to the powerful clan.

The court meeting ended, and the news spread into Jinling City along with the people in the court hall.

Yan County Trading Company.

Dong An was sitting by the window, preparing to sort out the news he had received.

At this time, a strong wind came suddenly, and he was startled, and quickly leaned over to dodge.

I saw a short arrow fly by and hit the wooden pillar in the room.

The arrow appears to still have a note wrapped around it.

(end of this chapter)