EBE Chapter 196: The old man is ugly, but he thinks he is beautiful
Chapter 196: The old man is ugly, but he thinks he is beautiful
The emperor on the dragon throne was speaking about the memorials in his hand one by one, while Su Muyao was listening to them till she was drowsy. She hadn't woken up to begin with and now it felt like she was listening to a mystery.
The Prime Minister watched the staggering Su Muyao from the side, his heart completely on the little girl, fearing that she would fall forward in the next second.
It was not until the emperor on the high platform pointed at Su Muyao that the prime minister tugged at the little girl's sleeve.
"Little Princess, the Emperor is calling you?"
The minister next to the "little princess" was speechless when he saw that the prime minister could not wake up the little princess. It was the first time he saw someone who could fall asleep while standing.
"Ah! Has the court ended?"
When the emperor on the high platform heard Su Muyao's words, he covered his head and thought he was still a child.
"I wonder if there is any way to solve this problem, little princess."
Su Muyao narrowed her eyes. The emperor only asked if he had any way to solve the problem. What did you say?
The Prime Minister whispered to Su Muyao, "The Emperor asked what you think of Lord Li's proposal?
Lord Li just suggested that the emperor should raise taxes a little bit, after all, the treasury is not well-off. "
When Su Muyao heard this, she glared at Lord Li on the right.
"It's really funny that you officials are eating and drinking so well, why don't you take some out to fill the national treasury?
How can we fill the national treasury by just taking a little money from the poor people?"
Lord Li was humiliated and took a step forward with courage. He bowed to the emperor and said, "My little princess, you are wrong. If every family of the millions of people in the great dynasty can give a little more, the treasury will be full.
Besides, whenever there is a disaster, it is the imperial court that allocates funds to help the victims survive the disaster, so I think it is reasonable to pay some taxes.”
Lord Xu also stepped forward and said, "I think Lord Li's method is feasible. Even though the civil and military officials in the court have some wealth, they are still just a handful of people. No matter how frugal they are, they can't give out much."
Su Muyao snorted coldly, "You sound very high-sounding, but if you are asked to take it, you think you can't take out much because you are not many people? The taxes paid by the people are already quite a lot, and to put it bluntly, you are just exploiting the people."
Then he looked at the emperor and said, "As the emperor, shouldn't you think about the people? The people are already living in poverty and have no food to eat, so they can only go hungry.
Now that we finally have a high yield of grain, you are thinking of exploiting them again."
The emperor was not angry. He did not agree with Lord Li's opinion. "Does the little princess have any other ideas?"
Su Muyao walked to the front, looked at the ministers and said, "This princess thinks that the ministers should set an example and donate some money first."
After saying that, he looked at the emperor.
The Emperor...felt inexplicably uneasy.
Could this little princess be planning to take my private vault? No way, that's the main source of my daily expenses. If...
can not imagine.
In order to stop Su Muyao from talking, he spoke first: "I heard that the young princess opened a lot of workshops, and that shop is doing very well..."
Su Muyao nodded. Could it be that this dog emperor was so shameless as to ask her for a loan?
The emperor then continued, "I heard that the business is very good, and the prince will get some dividends.
It would be better if we don't ask for the dividends in the future. The little princess can help to advance some of the money and then deduct it directly from the dividends later."
As soon as the emperor said this, the ministers below were whispering, "Is it okay now? The little princess doesn't agree.
She wanted everyone to take the money, but now it's her turn. I want to see if she takes it or not?"
Although these ministers spoke in low voices, Su Muyao could still hear them clearly.
"Is the Emperor's private treasury well-stocked?"
The Emperor: "My little princess, please don't think about my private treasury. The master in the harem has too many places to spend money, and now he has ordered everyone in the palace to tighten their belts and live frugally."
Su Muyao rolled her eyes. She seemed to be someone who knew how to protect her food.
"Your Majesty has misunderstood me. What I meant was that if Your Majesty is not well-off, I do have a way to help you fill it up."
When the emperor heard this, his eyes lit up and he said, "Really?"
Su Muyao nodded: "What do you think of using foreigners' money to fill your private treasury?"
The emperor on the high platform was still pondering over Su Muyao's intention, and the little girl didn't give him the chance to hesitate.
She explained directly: "The emperor has issued an order to lift the curfew immediately, and I want to open a night market street.
Let all merchants come out to do business, and vendors outside the city can also leave the city later, and then let people spread the news that the little lucky star of the great dynasty has some rare treasures to sell."
Having said this, Su Muyao looked towards the emperor and saw that he was sitting at the top, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Your Majesty, you want to know what this night market is? A night market is a place where people can buy and sell things at night.
I believe that Your Majesty is aware that I have many rare and bizarre gadgets in my hands. Do you think that if these rare and bizarre gadgets were sold to foreigners at a high price, would they be willing to buy them at a high price?"
The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, it was just something the little princess casually took out. If he was not so short of money, he really wanted to buy everything.
Especially the air conditioners and refrigerators in the Queen's Palace.
There were also two small electric cars sent by the little princess at the flower-viewing banquet. In order to ride the small electric cars, she said a lot of good things to the queen.
The emperor was feeling very happy when he suddenly remembered that these things were sold by the little princess. Could the money she earned be given to himself?
"The little princess is indeed the lucky star of the great dynasty. Since she is willing to give out so many rare treasures to enrich the national treasury, it is really..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Su Muyao, "Your Majesty, did you misunderstand something?"
Su Muyao almost cursed out loud, (You old bitch, you look ugly but you think you are beautiful.)
It seems like I have to sell so many things myself, and I'm just giving the money to you. What the hell are you thinking?
The emperor looked up at Su Muyao and said, "The little princess is talking about enriching the national treasury."
“Your Majesty can collect luxury goods taxes from foreign nations in the Western Regions.
For example, if they buy something worth 10,000 taels, you can charge 1,200 taels, and 12% is reasonable."
The emperor's mouth twitched. "Little Princess, do you want me to rob you directly?"
The ministers below also looked at Su Muyao with complicated expressions.
The little girl looked as if she should be, and continued, "This is called narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor. The rich have plenty of money, but those rare things can't be bought with money.
If you have so much money to buy such luxury goods, why are you unwilling to pay a little more tax? If you are unwilling, it means that you don’t like this thing to a certain extent. "
The prime minister kept nodding his head, and he seemed to understand what the little princess meant.
Just like the glasses that were all the rage before, they were rare treasures and some high-ranking officials would rather spend half of their fortune to buy one.
That was something that allowed her to see clearly, but fortunately the little princess at that time did not ask for too much.
“Your Majesty’s simple meaning is the same as robbing the rich to help the poor. To put it in detail, the goods of the Great Dynasty are not allowed to be sold to other countries.
These rare items can only be provided to those in the Great Dynasties unless they are willing to pay heavy taxes.”