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"Your Majesty, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, Yang Feng has an unavoidable responsibility for the failure of the Northern Expedition. I believe that Yang Feng should be killed at the Meridian Gate to serve as a warning to others. Read"

Jinluan Palace.

Zhao Heng just sat down on the dragon chair.

Dou Wei then came out of the queue, looking filled with righteous indignation.

"I second my opinion."

"I second my opinion."

"..."

When Liang Kai and others saw this, they immediately echoed.

The powerful families who attended yesterday's banquet have already formulated a strategy to compete with the royal family.

On this matter, they naturally have the same attitude.

Moreover, even if there was no consensus yesterday, they would still take the opportunity to kill Yang Feng.

After all, once Yang Feng dies, Zhao Heng's control over the Forbidden Army will become weaker.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Zhao Heng instantly felt as if his butt was on fire.

After returning to the capital, he suddenly felt extremely relieved.

But then 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, the blame for the failure of the Northern Expedition could only be placed on Yang Feng and the second prince.

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

But before he could speak, Dou Wei suddenly got angry.

Moreover, Liang Kai and others agreed, it seems that the powerful clans are bent on killing Yang Feng.

"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 had not repeatedly made false claims, this would not be the case. In my opinion, Yang Feng will be exempted from the death penalty. Well, he will be stripped of his official title and exiled for three thousand miles, Zhao Heng said.

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

The content of the excerpt was to protect Yang Feng. In King Yan's view, the powerful family would definitely attack Yang Feng.

Therefore, he begged himself to spare Yang Feng's life.

And this is his bottom line.

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

Killing him will make you feel uneasy.

Zhao Heng moved Dou Xiao and the second prince out. Dou Wei and Han Zheng looked at each other and said nothing.

Obviously, Zhao Heng was making a deal with them.

If they insist on killing Yang Feng, Zhao Heng must hold them accountable.

It's better for everyone to give in.

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

As for being exiled to Yanzhou, Zhao Heng just wanted to keep Yang Feng alive.

After all, if it were anywhere else, they would not let Yang Feng survive in the exile.

"Your Majesty!" Dou Wei said at this time.

He was not worried that King Yan would appoint Yang Feng. After all, ministers who had committed crimes could not be appointed without the emperor's order, including the vassal king.

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

After settling Yang Feng's matter, Dou Wei continued: "Your Majesty, although the peace negotiation has been completed, there is still a matter of marriage. I hope the Emperor will order the Ministry of Rites to prepare as soon as possible to send Princess Changle to Beidi."

"After the court is over, I will summon King Chun." Zhao Heng said, he did not dare to be careless about this matter.

"There is also the matter of the annual tribute. During the Northern Expedition, the national treasury cannot make ends meet. The five million two-year-old tribute Beidi people are in a hurry. I hope the emperor can raise funds as soon as possible." Dou Wei added.

Zhao Heng frowned.

This Northern Expedition lasted nearly three months and consumed countless amounts of food and grass.

These grains are all paid for by the state treasury.

And then there will be pensions for wounded soldiers.

Furthermore, after losing so many soldiers and horses in this battle, he wanted to add that this would require a lot of money.

Now that Sui Gong was added to the mix, it was even more of a headache for him.

"My dear friends, what can you do?" Zhao Heng asked.

He had actually asked Mi Yan, but Mi Yan couldn't do anything.

In states controlled by powerful clans, taxes cannot be collected.

In states controlled by the royal family, taxes had to be exploited by officials, and the money that eventually went into the treasury could not sustain the huge expenditure.

Over the years, he has been resting on his laurels.

In the past two years, the old capital has gradually been eaten up.

Now, the only option left is to raise taxes, but Mi Yan strongly opposes this option.

He believed that this tax could only be imposed on the people of the royal-controlled states and counties in the end.

The powerful people also don't pay taxes.

As a result, the people in the prefectures and counties controlled by the royal family will definitely fall into an extremely difficult situation.

Private land annexation has reached an extreme level, and wealthy families will only distribute the increased taxes to their tenant farmers.

He knew that Mi Yan's words made sense, but Mi Yan couldn't think of any other way.

You can't agree to not pay Beidi's annual tribute, then the war between Dasong and Beidi will definitely start again.

"The only way to go is to increase taxes."

While Zhao Heng was hesitating, Dou Wei suddenly said.

"That's right, Your Majesty, by negotiating peace with Beidi, the people will live and work in peace and contentment in the future. They should have paid more taxes to buy themselves peace." Han Zheng agreed, "Besides, without this Northern Expedition, Beidi would not have been able to negotiate peace. The Northern Expedition The military expenditures should also be borne by the people."

Zhao Heng heard this and thought deeply.

Moreover, the cost of training troops before attacking Beidi should also be included in the calculation.

That's three wages.

"Your Majesty, you must not do this." Dou Wei and Han Zheng successively proposed increasing taxes, and Mi Yan became anxious.

Zhao Heng ignored Mi Yan, knowing that Mi Yan could not come up with any solution.

So how to fill the scarce national treasury?

Thinking of this, he said: "No need to say more, add the training rates for military training, and this time there will be an additional three rates."

When Dou Wei heard this, he smiled secretly in his heart.

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

In the current situation in Dasong, additional taxes must be levied to alleviate financial difficulties.

Not only Mi Yan, even he couldn't think of a better way.

Unless the powerful people cut off their flesh, this is absolutely impossible.

After all, the annual tribute alone is five million taels, and no one wants to bear the expenses of the Northern Expedition mentioned by Han Zheng and the expenses of military training mentioned by Zhao Heng.

"Hey!" Mi Yan stamped his feet when he saw that Zhao Heng had made up his mind.

He was really anxious and helpless.

"Is this the end of the dynasty?" A sentence suddenly popped up in his mind, and he was suddenly shocked.

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. With such a disastrous defeat, the royal family must have suffered a lot.

In history, there was a prosperous dynasty that devoted all its efforts to vindicate the barbarians.

As a result, a prosperous dynasty was suddenly tormented by public resentment, divided among the heroes, and eventually perished.

Dasong is already weak and will not be able to withstand it.

This increase in taxes will probably 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 court to disperse.

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 others looked at each other with faint smiles on their faces.

The people of Dasong are very tolerant of hardship, so perhaps raising taxes will not cause any trouble.

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

In his opinion, it is certain to regain the military and political power of the state that originally belonged to the powerful clan.

At the end of the court meeting, the news spread into Jinling City along with everyone in the court hall.

Yanjun Trading Company.

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

At this time, a strong wind suddenly came. He was startled and hurriedly leaned down to dodge.

I saw a short arrow flying past and piercing the wooden pillar of the room.

There seemed to be a note wrapped around the arrow.