Waste prince: Why do you force me to be emperor?

but.

Xia Tian did not ask the reason.

This is not Tianxia Palace, not a place to discuss politics.

Nor is he the Regent.

Next.

All the heroes of the Sirius Kingdom lost their fighting spirit, and the whole banquet was enjoyed by both hosts and guests.

Of course, Prince Xia Yu drank dull wine.

Those admirers of Huyanduoer drink the sorrow of broken love.

after the end.

Xia Tian was called to the imperial study by Emperor Xia.

The night is deep and the moon has risen in the sky.

Tonight's wine made both Emperor Xia and Xia blushed, and there was a hint of drunkenness in their eyes.

Next to him, the historian was still awake, with his eyes wide open, waiting to witness what?

Eunuch Wei waited on the side carefully.

at last.

Emperor Xia stared at Xia Tian for a while, and then slowly said: "Xiao Jiu, your talent is unmatched in the world, and your words are the best songs of all ages. I am proud of you!"

Xia Tian was unmoved: "My son is terrified!"

Emperor Xia continued: "I know, we won the battle against the Heavenly Wolf Empire in the Barren State, but in the end we had to pay money, which makes you feel unwilling!"

"Now that the imperial court has added new taxes, it will definitely burden the poor people in the world and make them suffer more in this year of natural disasters. So, you want to do something for them!"

"So, I know that you are patiently dealing with the literati of the Sirius Empire, and you are patiently dealing with the Sirius Princess!"

"So, you patiently earned 100 million taels of gold from the Sirius people to offset the compensation from the Sirius Kingdom, and you want me to take back the order to increase taxes?"

Xia Tian said straightly: "Yes!"

"I believe that natural disasters will continue this year, and people's lives will be difficult. If taxes are increased, countless poor families in the world will be broken and countless sufferings will be caused!"

"Father, please withdraw the new tax!"

Emperor Xia's expression was complicated: "What if I say no?"

Xia Tian pondered for a moment and said: "Father, my son went all the way to the barren state, and saw countless powerful, aristocratic families, and powerful people. They have money, food, and people. If their interests are touched, even the emperor's order can resist."

"Their account room is full of silver and copper coins. I don't know how many there are?"

"Their granary is full of grain, even if they eat ten generations, they can't finish it."

Speaking of this, Xia Tian said with a sigh of relief: "But because the poor people on the road have no food at home, they can only dig wild vegetables, gnaw bark, dig Guanyin soil underground to wrap their stomachs, and sell their sons and daughters if they want to buy a packet of salt. That's it!"

"If this tax is added to their heads, many people will be killed!"

"So, if it is necessary to collect new taxes, can we only collect taxes for powerful, aristocratic families, and powerful families?"

"Humph......"

Emperor Sirius squinted his eagle eyes and said, "Innocent!"

"Xiao Jiu, you have to know one thing, whether it is the Nine Kingdoms era, the former Qin era or my Great Xia, the pillars of the country are these powerful, aristocratic families, and powerful families!"

"They have money, food, and people, and they have long been tied to my interests, and they can help me to stabilize the world!"

"If you only collect taxes from the powerful, aristocratic families, and powerful families, you will lose their support and dig your own grave!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia said disdainfully: "And what have those poor and lowly people done for me and this empire?"

"no!"

"They didn't do anything!"

"If they live, they are wasting food!"

A chill flashed in Xia Tian's eyes: "Father also looks down on the poor?"

"No!"

Emperor Xia shook his head and said, "It's not that I look down on poor people, it's that everyone in the world looks down on poor people."

"So, I know that there is a saying in the folk that laughs at the poor but not at the prostitute."

There was an unknown fire in Xia Tian's heart: "Father, because of different births, people are divided into three or six grades, some are rich, some are poor."

"It's not easy for the poor to live."

"As those in power, can't we give them a path from poverty to wealth?"

"Can't you give them hope in life?"

"hope?"

A sneer appeared at the corner of Emperor Xia's mouth and said, "Why do you want to give them hope?"

"There is so much wealth in this world, if everyone becomes rich, who will be poor in this world?"

"By the original rich man?"

"That's rebellion!"

Emperor Xia said seriously: "The poor will rebel, and it will take ten years!"

"But if rich people with someone in their hands, money, and food rebel, it will be a great disaster."

"If you were me, would you appease the poor or the rich?"

"Of course the rich!"

Emperor Xia asked himself and answered: "Poor people are like weeds, they are everywhere in the world, don't care about their life or death!"

The unknown fire in Xia Tian's heart is burning more and more vigorously: "It turns out that this is how the poor look in the eyes of my father."

Now, Xia Tian finally understands why the world is becoming more and more chaotic?

He knows why the world is becoming more and more poor?

At this time, Emperor Xia said resolutely: "Xiao Jiu, there is no need to say more about the tax increase, I have made up my mind."

"The national treasury is empty, and now even the salaries of the court officials are almost unable to be paid!"

"Now, taxes must be raised immediately to get the court out of the financial crisis!"

Xia Tian knows that the tax increase is irreversible!

Daxia's government seems to have been corrupted beyond control!

Besides, it's all in vain!

The Great Xia court does not care about the life and death of the poor in the world, and will definitely starve the world to death, causing chaos in the world!

Xia Tian suppressed his anger: "Father, since the matter of tax increase is a foregone conclusion, and the night is already dark, I will take my leave first!"

Emperor Xia finally couldn't help asking: "Xiao Jiu, you were born a noble man, why do you want to speak for those poor people?"

Xia Tian raised his eyelids: "My minister is in the barren state, and among the nine sons of my father, my minister is poor."

"My son's barren state is also the poorest place."

"Now, the lowly people and the poor who are pouring into the barren state are all poor people that your brothers don't want."

"So, my son is also poor!"

Emperor Xia sighed softly: "The reason why your barren state is so poor is because there are no rich people to settle in the barren state, and no one to bring wealth!"

"do you understand?"

Xia Tian shook his head: "The reason is such a reason!"

"But Erchen's barren state does not need to relocate rich households, it can still become rich!"

"impossible!"

Xia Di was full of disbelief: "This is absolutely impossible!"

"I know that you got a fortune in the mountains of the barren state, but it is absolutely impossible for you to want those gold and silver to feed millions of untouchables and poor people in the barren state!"

Xia Tian said lightly: Father, my son will work hard to support them, and I will prove it to you! "

Emperor Xia raised his eyelids: "Okay! I'm waiting to see what you can do!"

Xia Tian took advantage of the situation and said: "Now, Lan'er has been canonized, and the wine at home has passed, and my son stays in the imperial capital without incident. I want to return to the barren state as soon as possible, please allow me!"

Emperor Xia's eyes were complicated: "You really don't want to be the regent?"

Xia Tian shook his head: "I don't want to!"

Emperor Xia pondered for a moment and said: "Do you know what was said in the letter from Emperor Sirius to me?"

Xia Tian shook his head.

Emperor Xia stared at Xia Tian's eyes: "Emperor Sirius said that you have saint-level wisdom, he likes it very much!"

"He is willing to use the three states of the Sirius Empire in exchange for you to join the Sirius Empire. To show his sincerity, he will marry the eldest princess and the little princess of Sirius to you. He will also sign a 20-year non-aggression covenant with Daxia, and Exempt from this compensation!"

Emperor Xia looked at Xia Tian with a strange expression: "How do you think I should reply to him?"