Please Do Not Disturb My Cultivation

Then the meeting began to discuss the issue of money.

The empire is currently burdened very heavily, with huge increases in expenses and huge decreases in revenues.

Since the loss of control of the Bailey Grand Canal, the empire's foreign trade has almost entirely relied on sea transportation.

Since the outbreak of the war, all the countries in the Western Continent have supported the Papal State, and the sea transportation has shrunk significantly, and the blow to the empire is even worse.

The two sudden wars have greatly increased the consumption of the empire. Coupled with the never-ending battle for the Baiyi Grand Canal, the empire is maintaining three wars at the same time, and the economy is already stretched.

The last compulsory fundraising initiated by Emperor Li Longxing finally received 10.2 billion, but it is almost used up today, and the war is still like a bottomless pit that cannot be filled.

Where does the money come from?

Li Huideng, the chief financial officer of the empire, gave three plans.

First, printing money.

Second, issue war bonds.

Third, taxation.

This is the fifth time that money has been printed this year, and the empire has printed money four times, which has already reached the theoretical limit.

Printing again will inevitably lead to a sharp depreciation of the currency, and the economy will inevitably be worse next year.

However, printing money still has a great temptation, it is the easiest and fastest way to solve the crisis, and the benefits of war may be able to offset the harm of excessive currency issuance.

However, after a heated argument, this item was rejected.

The crucial vote came from the Emperor of the Empire.

Li Longxing knew very well that the upper echelons of the empire, the chaebols, families, groups, financial tycoons and high officials of the empire, had countless ways to resist inflation and pass on harm and losses.

Printing money is the greatest evil.

The second option was to issue war bonds, which was eventually rejected after much deliberation.

Only the last item remains, taxes.

But how to collect this tax has been a huge problem over the years.

The groups represented by each elder are different, and the party that loses no matter how much it receives can only be put on hold temporarily.

One last topic: the economy and domestic affairs of the empire.

This is the longest and most important issue.

Li Longxing used to sleep every time, because due to the serious differences among the elders, no matter how much they quarreled, there would be no result.

But this time something is different.

When Elder Lin Yabo proposed his aristocratic system, citizen hierarchy system and slave legal system again, he won the support of many people.

It is not surprising that Yu Zhongxian and Moxili are allies themselves, but why would Elder Ren Zhengqing, the leader of the capitalist party, and his hardcore Mingzhou Governor Ge Guanglin also support it?

Elder Chang Chang, Elder Luo and Elder Xu Chengguo did not express any clear objection.

This situation is very bad. When Li Longxing originally planned to pay a high price to stop this proposal, Elder Wang Wengong strongly expressed his opposition.

He believed that the slave and citizen ranks were a huge damage to the empire, and they were backward systems that only a backward and barbaric country like the Papal State of Adriano would practice.

Empire is noble!

He concluded his statement.

The nobility of the empire does not stem from the nobility of the upper class, but from the nobility of being born equal after the Shenwu reform 180 years ago.

A person's despicability and nobility are not determined by congenital nature and blood, but by acquired character and ability.

Otherwise, wouldn't the traitor Wu Jingtang also be born a noble and superior person?

Li Longxing knew that Wang Wengong was the leader of the reformist faction and the most staunch opponent of the imperial power. He repeatedly obstructed the imperial faction's expansion plan, and the imperial faction hated him to the bone.

Li Longxing didn't like this person very much either. Many of his reform ideas were too ideal, and it was almost impossible to implement them in the empire.

However, Wang Wengong has many supporters in the middle and lower classes of the empire, and many insightful people and imperial talents have joined him. He is the undisputed leader of the imperial reformist faction.

However, he is isolated and helpless in the upper echelons of the empire, and his ideas are not attractive to the upper echelons, which is also his greatest weakness.

Li Longxing decided to help him secretly.

He coughed and said, I think what he said is wrong. People are born with an orderly hierarchy, and the emperor is born noble.

He said a word about imperial power and supremacy, and sure enough, no one supported Lin Yabo's proposal in the next vote.

Every elder is very clear that the reason why they have the current power is obtained from the imperial power, and if the imperial power gains one point, their power will decrease by one point.

This is the most irreconcilable contradiction.

Only the Great Elders are different. They are also the attributes of the Elders and the Senate. The fundamental meaning of their existence is to eliminate differences, maintain balance, and maintain the stability of the empire.

After that, the Supreme Council discussed the economic situation in various places, as well as the implementation of the imperial policy and the reform of the system.

Despite being criticized by many parties, the Great Elder still affirmed Yao Jing's achievements and promised to give him some help.

Then the focus was on the reform of East Qinzhou. Yu Zhongxian and a large number of opponents of Sheng Huaixuan strongly criticized his reform methods, believing that he maliciously changed labor relations, making the dynamic social organizations in the middle lose their effectiveness, and directly organizing and managing by the state government greatly increased administrative costs.

Setting a minimum weekly wage without authorization is tantamount to malicious competition and has set a very bad example for all regions of the empire.

If the civilians in various places who have kept their own status are going to make trouble, it is all his responsibility! A reviewer concluded in this way.

There are also such things as restricting state government officials, maliciously maintaining law and order, fighting crime without authorization, and so on.

They all lashed out at it from all angles.

In their mouths, Sheng Huaixuan quickly became a tyrannical and cruel ruler.

And all this is because he has too much power to rule the governor, and asked the empire to take back his general power power and implement the reform of the king of the people in East Qinzhou.

Li Longxing nodded: That's right, I think it should be promoted, and the empire also needs such a change.

This topic was too big, and no one dared to take it up. The imperial envoys who were in charge of the attack wisely bypassed it, and only attacked Sheng Huaixuan for being cruel and evil.

In the end, under Li Longxing's proposal, the Great Elder reached a resolution, and Sheng Huaixuan immediately paid a fine of 670 million yuan, and wrote a letter of guarantee, admitting the mistake and promising never to make it again.

After the decision was made, the atmosphere at the meeting suddenly changed, as if a door to a new world had silently opened in front of them.

The imperial officials exchanged secret glances, as if they had discovered some ulterior secret.

Afterwards, the Supreme Council suddenly turned into a fine meeting, and any criticisms and accusations against any state were finally settled with fines.

As a result, some imperial emissaries loyal to the emperor climbed wildly, and the elders whose interests were damaged were not reconciled to being the only ones who suffered.

In the end, all the 29 states of the empire, except Zezhou, were fined after the rebellion. The total amount exceeded 10 billion, and even the Great Elder had a smile on his face.

Before the end of the meeting, Yan Gao, the head of the imperial tax department, suddenly jumped out and claimed that Changshan County illegally smuggled gold, amounting to billions.

Although there was no evidence for the moment, Yu Zhongxian took advantage of the situation to shake out a lot of black material about Changshan County, exaggerating how pure and pure the rich people who were killed by Changshan County were, how sad their relatives and family members were, and how the sluts who got something for nothing built their happiness on the pain of others.

Although it was an old account, Changshan County had offended too many people a while ago, and was immediately besieged.

Li Longxing took advantage of their verbal criticism, and handed the Changshan county's production value report to the four elders, whispering.

The production and construction of Changshan County have grown rapidly, and it has absorbed a large number of laborers. The number is close to 500,000, which is one-third of the county's population.

The stability of the empire has its share of credit. If sanctions are imposed on it rashly, once the economy of Changshan County collapses, the empire will suddenly have another 500,000 unstable factors. What can we do?

Li Longxing especially understands the thoughts of the great elders, their core is stability and balance.

Now there are small chaos in various parts of the empire, and a large-scale civil unrest has even broken out in Shizhou. Although the governor of Shizhou, Gu Xuanli, has repeatedly claimed that it has been wiped out, it always suddenly revives.

Some people even nicknamed Gu Xuanli the Necromancer in order to laugh at his absurd behavior.

When the news reached the Supreme Council of Elders, the four great elders were very angry, thinking that they had hurt the face of the empire.

They immediately dispatched the imperial political supervisor to investigate and ordered them to quickly suppress the rebellion.

Not only that, the west of the empire has always been prone to civil unrest, but because most areas are poor and underdeveloped, and news is blocked, it generally has no impact.

But now, even the eastern region, which has always been prosperous and developed, has some signs of instability. A large number of industrial sectors have laid off employees. The unemployment rate in the empire has repeatedly hit new highs, and public security has rapidly deteriorated.

The elders are very worried about the damage to the order of the empire. More than half of the empire's troops are stationed in various places and did not go to aid the war. That's why.

Therefore, the elders quickly agreed with Li Longxing's words.

Thus, the resolution on Jangsan County was formed without interference.

Changshan County has been a chronic disease of the empire for many years. It is understandable that its new county chief, Lin Wen, used some drastic means to complete the reform.

However, the gold tax is the fundamental tax of the empire, and Changshan County needs to pay at least 360 million in taxes.

Order Yan Gao, the chief tax officer, to supervise this matter. There must be solid evidence and strict notarization. Don't take bribes and pervert the law, evade taxes and evade taxes.

I hope that County Chief Lin can make persistent efforts to sweep away the serious illness and bring a healthy, stable and well-developed Changshan County to the empire.

As soon as the summit meeting ended, Li Longxing immediately returned to the palace, contacted Sheng Huaixuan through an encrypted phone, and informed him of the content of the meeting.

The plan has to be stepped up.

Li Longxing warned.

Lin Yabo and Yu Zhongxian are already one step ahead of us. They don't know your core yet. If they knew, the Great Elder would never tolerate it.

I see.

Sheng Huaixuan's deep voice came from the phone.

Li Longxing was silent for a while, and said: It's not my intention to let Changshan County separate from East Qinzhou.

On the phone, Sheng Huaixuan suddenly smiled: Long Xing, I understand now, this is actually a good thing.

Li Longxing understood the meaning of his old friend in an instant: So you deliberately don't contact the officials of Changshan County?

right.

The two were silent for a moment.

Li Longxing sighed: Is it okay with you with Chen?

He's fine, he's now running his own company, and he's doing quite well.

Li Longxing nodded slightly, and changed the subject: I plan to send people to support Yang Jiewei and Philip, who do you think is the best choice?

Li Linyue.

Li Longxing was silent for a while: Why?

It will make Double Star completely fall for her.

But it just makes her more arrogant, and she'll never see where her roots are and what she's supposed to do.

This is already the best result.

But what about that child? This emperor's tower is my prison. I want to break it and destroy it. I want to be free and get everything. She grew up freely outside the prison since she was a child, but what she wants is how to get in!

I think you can marry her to Lin Wen.

What?

Lin Wen has an incredible belief that he will change the people around him. Li Yuchen has changed a lot since he came back from him. I believe he can change Li Linyue.

Li Longxing was silent for a while.

Okay, but that girl may not accept it. Once she chooses a husband, the Princess faction will lose at least half of its cores. And I also want to see that kid, Ma De, the first princess of the empire, the most dazzling pearl of the empire, and let him sleep.

The voice of the governor's wife Li Huaixiu came from the phone: Sister, sister! Come quickly, Your Majesty has lost his nerve again!

A tiger-like deep voice: What did he say again?

There was a small whisper.

Immediately afterwards, a loud roar came: Li Longxing, are you itchy again?

bang.

Li Longxing wisely hung up the phone.

Turning around, he said to the royal guards beside him, You guys, it is said that I have occasionally caught a cold these few days, and I am sick, resting in bed, and I don't see anyone, especially Ah Xi.

Yes! Your Majesty!