Eastern Tang Imperial Palace, Imperial Study.
Xuanyuan Wanrong, who had just left court, was now sitting face to face with Xu Que.
"So … like you said, if we want to leave this place, we have to pass this test, and the test is for us to stay here safely for the rest of our lives?"
Xuanyuan Wanrong sat on the chair and asked.
Xu Que fiddled with the crown in his hands and replied, "That's right. According to my experience, as long as we can die of old age, we can leave this place."
Xuanyuan Wanrong heard this and frowned, deep in thought.
Based on how mortals die of old age, she would have to stay with this guy for at least a few more decades?
…
Xu Que didn't say anything and didn't initiate a conversation. Instead, he started to check the system.
Similar to the previous experience, the system's functions were restricted.
However, this time, the system seemed to have changed itself. Apart from collecting act tough points, exchanging and storage, the other functions were all unusable.
"Fuck!"
Everything else was fine except for the exchange function. When Xu Que saw the exchange function, he was so shocked that he couldn't help but curse.
The prices of technological items had increased by hundreds of times. As for cultivation items, they had increased by thousands of times!
Only traditional martial arts were still considered cheap!
"What the f * ck! System, can you explain to me what's going on?"
"Ding! The system has detected that you are currently in a low-level martial arts environment. Since the host needs to train, all items that exceed the rules of the system store will be priced at a normal premium."
How can this be considered normal?
I can just casually exchange for an ordinary talisman and it would cost me hundreds of thousands of act tough points!
Of course, this wasn't the worst!
Xu Que realized something even worse. Because of the changes in the environment, all the act tough points that he had accumulated were frozen. He couldn't use them at all!
But when he was acting tough in the main hall, he had saved up 10 act tough points!
"Dog system, you're not human!"
Xu Que cursed.
At this time, Xuanyuan Wanrong suddenly spoke, "If that's the case, then let's wait here until we die of old age."
Xu Que was stunned. So you were thinking about this for a long time?
"Alright, but I have a condition," Xu Que thought about it, before saying, "You have to hand over your authority, and I will rule over the Eastern Tang."
"Impossible!"
Xuanyuan Wanrong refused without hesitation.
Although she did not know much about Xu Que's ability in governing a country, but with the temperament he had previously displayed, Xuanyuan Wanrong did not doubt that this fellow would destroy the Eastern Tang Kingdom in less than half a year.
"Hey, you, I'm the emperor. Do you understand?" Xu Que retorted, "Other than cultivating, all you do is sleep. What the hell do you know about governing a country?"
"Even so, I can't hand it over to you," Xuanyuan Wanrong said calmly. "Besides, you don't know how to govern a country."
Xu Que snorted coldly. "Are you kidding me? Do you think I don't know how to run a country? If I were here, what would the State of Qin have to do? Do you know what it means to be an emperor in a thousand years? That's me! "
But no matter how much Xu Que persuaded, Xuanyuan Wanrong was not willing to relinquish her authority.
In her words, Xu Que's temperament was too jumpy, and he did not follow the rules. Especially with that kind of temper that feared nothing, how could she be at ease if he were to rule a country?
After all, if a country were to fall here, it meant that their fate would be terrible, even more terrible than death.
"Why are you so stubborn? Do you really think you're a genius? Governing a country is not as simple as you think! "Xu Que was so angry that he almost jumped up.
"It's good that you know it's not simple. I'll be in charge and control everything. It's better than you messing around," Xuanyuan Wanrong's eyes were calm, her tone firm.
"You …" Xu Que glared, knowing that he could not convince this woman no matter what, he might as well stop talking nonsense.
"Fine, I'll see how long you can control yourself for." Xu Que swung his sleeves and left.
The discussion between the two parted on bad terms.
Soon, the night passed.
At daybreak the next day, Xuanyuan Wanrong got up early and went to the main hall to attend the morning court.
Xu Que also came, and he arrived even earlier, occupying the dragon chair in advance.
Xuanyuan Wanrong was too lazy to argue with him, and sat on the phoenix seat beside him.
After the civil and military officials entered the court, they were all shocked to see the two people sitting on the high seats.
Did the Emperor have a relapse again?
That's not right!
Wasn't he still fine yesterday?
Why did it happen again today?
The key was, what was wrong with the Empress? She actually gave up the dragon chair?
Everyone was surprised, but they did not dare to talk about it.
"Reporting to the Empress!" At this time, an official had already stood up impatiently and stepped forward to admonish.
He seemed to be very anxious, and he did not even address the Emperor as he continued to say,
"Reporting to the Empress, there has been a drought in the northwest for years, and famine is serious. The name is not enough, and there is an urgent need for disaster relief!"
"Famine?"
When Xuanyuan Wanrong heard this, she frowned slightly, her expression grave.
She did not expect to encounter a problem on the first day!
Last night, she checked the recent memorials overnight and basically understood the situation of this country.
The country was not strong. Although it had a large army, it could only protect itself temporarily, and it was not as good as those countries in the Five Elements Mountain.
However, the small problem of famine could still be solved!
Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Wanrong waved her hand and said loudly, "Announce my decree. Open the national treasury and provide disaster relief to the people."
Puff!
Xu Que could not help but burst out laughing.
That's it?
How dare she say she knows how to run a country?
…
Xuanyuan Wanrong glanced at Xu Que coldly and slightly frowned, for she did not understand what he meant.
"It's okay. Go on." Xu Que tried hard to hold back his laughter and waved his hand.
He had not been idle last night. He had read all the major events of the country over the years and was already familiar with them.
Because the Eastern Tang was located in a remote area, its agriculture and trade were not well developed, and its economy was not strong.
Most importantly, in order to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, the silver in the national treasury had been used to recruit soldiers and buy horses, and all of it was used for war.
Now the entire national treasury had almost no silver left. Open the national treasury to provide disaster relief?
What the hell!
"Your Majesty, the national treasury … currently does not have much silver left." The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue braced himself and walked out.
He was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and the national treasury, so he knew a country's treasury very well.
Not to mention disaster relief, it was already good enough to barely maintain the country's operations. The most important thing was that he, as the Minister of Revenue, was so worried that his hair fell off.
"…"
Hearing that, Xuanyuan Wanrong's expression became serious. After thinking for a while, she said in a low voice, "If that's the case, then we should levy a national tax to support the areas suffering from drought."
Wow!
Hearing that, the officials were in an uproar.
Although the northwest was suffering from famine, the lives of the people were not easy either.
A temporary tax would undoubtedly increase the burden on the people, and it was likely that there would be many families that would be separated.
The key thing was that this would definitely cause the people to protest. At that time, not only would they not be able to collect much silver, but they would also arouse the anger of the people. The loss outweighed the gain!
Her Majesty had always been wise and powerful. How could she suddenly make such a stupid move?
The officials looked at each other, confused.
However, due to Xuanyuan Wanrong's former prestige, no one dared to come out and expose her, and no one dared to stop her.
Until the end of the court.
After the officials left, they gathered in groups of three to five and began to discuss the matter.
"Why would Her Majesty come up with such a plan?"
"I don't know … Could it be that Her Majesty has some deep meaning?"
"Sigh, I hope so. Although this will arouse the anger of the people, but … it should be able to solve the famine."
…
At the same time, in the imperial study.
Xuanyuan Wanrong and Xu Que sat opposite each other again.
"What were you laughing at?" Xuanyuan Wanrong was puzzled.
According to her understanding, disaster relief was nothing more than money, so she could just give enough money.
Xu Que smiled and said meaningfully, "Let me tell you, if you do this, there will definitely be a big problem in less than seven days."
"Hmph, ridiculous!" Xuanyuan Wanrong snorted coldly and ignored him.
Xu Que didn't try to dissuade him and continued to read the files.
Anyway, he had said what he should. Since she did not listen, it was not his fault if there was a problem!
…
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