This is a common problem of ancient aristocrats. In their eyes, the common people are just a bunch of animals, and the animals can be obedient and work to create value. Why should they be so good to them?

But this is Jiang You's territory, Jiang You is the king, no one can stop her what she wants.

Just as in the eyes of the nobles, the common people are worthless, in the eyes of the king, the nobles are just chess pieces kneeling at their feet.

"Eldest Princess, please see Meng Jiangnv and Xu Jiangnv."

As soon as Zhou Hengtong left, a maid came in from outside. Jiang You knew that Meng Jiangnu was referring to Meng Xue, but who was this Xu Jiangnu?

When the two came in, Jiang You saw that it was Meng Xue and Damselfly.

Jiang You was used to being called damselfly, so she remembered that when damselfly first met her, she said her surname was Xu.

"I have seen the eldest princess."

"Meng Xue is guilty, please forgive the eldest princess!" Meng Xue took a deep breath, walked in the middle, knelt down and shouted, "Please take the eldest princess back."

"Sin? What's your guilt, and what order do you want me to take back?" Jiang You was startled by Meng Xue's sudden action, and then thought of Yuan You.

Hua Rong said that Yuanyou was brought into the eldest princess' residence by Meng Xue.

"The subordinates are here for Yuan You, the 300,000 refugees, the eldest princess must not put them in the Shangba!" Meng Xue lowered her head, revealing only her blue-gray chin, " My subordinates and Xu Jiangnv just came from the Ministry of Agriculture, and this year’s tax revenue cannot even fill the original granary, how can we feed 300,000 refugees.”

In the past, the days were hard, there were many people and clans, and the people who could collect taxes by the government were not as many as the people under Jiang You. In this way, the grain in the government's granary can overflow every year. Come, Chen Mi has no place to put it, and will put it on the market and ask the people to buy it back.

Meng Xue knew this too well. In her previous home, she relied on her mother to weave cloth, and went to the city in exchange for Chen Mi.

And now the granary, empty can run horses!

If Meng Xue was originally opposed to the 300,000 victims of the Lu Kingdom entering Shangba, now she is firmly opposed.

She can't starve herself to death for others.

"

If Meng Xue could cry, she would probably cry.

This girl, who is only fifteen years old now, has experienced so much human affection and warmth that she can say such cruel words.

300,000 people, if Jiang You did not save them, they would die outside the border of Meng. The northern land is barren and cold, and in winter there are 300,000 skeletons.

"Xue'er, calm down!" The damselfly heard that Meng Xue had started attacking Yuan You, she hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and at the same time knelt on the ground, said with Jiang You, "Princess, Meng Said girl is young and she speaks straight, but her heart is definitely good. She is wholeheartedly thinking about me, the common people, and the eldest princess. The subordinates know that the eldest princess must have a deep meaning, but the current leader is also her own. It’s hard to guarantee, 300,000 people are too many.”

After hearing this, Jiang You was really dumbfounded.

What do these two take her for? When the brain is hot, is it a idiot who slaps the forehead? If she is not sure, how can she easily respond? Moreover, the situation of Shangba is much better than they imagined. The granary is dissatisfied, purely because she collects less grain tax, and most of the grain is still in the hands of the common people.

Holding wealth to the people can maintain social stability.

Of course Jiang You wouldn't tell Meng Xue and Damselfly about this kind of truth, and they wouldn't understand it. It's too difficult to change their point of view.

"I haven't reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted." Jiang You waved his hand and told the two to get up first. They knelt down in front of her, making her feel very uncomfortable.

There is a feeling of witnessing marriage, which is simply creepy.

"Shangba will get better and better, as long as those refugees won't come in!" Meng Xue clenched her right fist and said stubbornly with Jiangyou, "Princess, even if you want to If you take in those 300,000 refugees, it is impossible for Meng Guo to open the border for you and send those 300,000 refugees to Shangba, unless you give them a big gift!"

Jiang You heard this and glanced at Meng Xue in surprise. She did not expect Meng Xue to talk about Meng Guo.

It seems that she has left out her talents. Meng Xue's rejection was not entirely out of her own selfishness. It was indeed as Damian said that she was really thinking of Jiang You. If you want the Meng Kingdom to open the border, with the relationship between Jiang You and the Meng royal family, there must be a lot of bleeding.

She got up from the upper position, walked down, bowed to help Meng Xue up, and nodded at the damselfly, asking her to get up too.

Meng Xue was taken aback by Jiang You's closeness, she stared at Jiang You stiffly, her eyes did not move, coupled with the blue and white expressionless face, it was really a bit terrifying.

"Having a heart to pray for the people is a good thing. But at the same time, it is also a bad thing. Don't set boundaries for yourself, once you set boundaries for yourself, your heart will be restrained, your eyes will be constrained , you can only see everything within the boundaries." Jiang You patted Meng Xue's shoulder and said earnestly: "The world is so big, there is not only one tyrant. The people of Tianshangjing are prosperous because there are You are conscientious in giving and protecting because you are carrying heavy burdens. Those people from Lu, who are carrying heavy burdens for them, have been overwhelmed. We cannot see death without salvation."

Meng Xue's eyes flashed with confusion. She seemed to understand Jiang You's words, but she didn't understand anything.

She will not understand such chicken soup for the soul.

The damselfly retorted: "No, the people of the heavenly capital are rich because of the eldest princess."

They can read and write, and they can eat and wear warm clothes. This is all due to Jiang You, how could it be theirs? Without Jiang You, they would still be lingering in dark corners.

Jiang You shook his head and smiled: "The former prime minister resigned, Duke Lu was seriously ill, the Huang River flooded, and locusts were rampant after the severe drought. Make them suffer. Don't worry, since I plan to save, I will be more careful, and I will not compensate you for it, and I will never do business at a loss."

Meng Xue and Damselfly became even more worried after hearing this.

The eldest princess always said that she would not do business at a loss, and the reduction or exemption of grain tax is enough to lose money! The empty granary is still watching!

However, the two were loyal to Jiang You, and Jiang You said it firmly, and they were finally persuaded by Jiang You.

Especially the damselfly, when she was leaving, Jiang You's eyes were staring.

When the two left, Jiang You stood silently for a while, and then called Hua Rong.

"Hua Rong, I remember that the Intelligence Bureau received a group of ordinary people before, right? Just in time, ask them to help me with something."

"Princess, they haven't been trained yet and their abilities are limited, so I'm afraid they will do bad things." Hua Rong said, and actively asked: "I don't know what's the matter? You leave it to the slave, slave It must be done!"

"You? You are my personal maid. How many people in Beijing have never seen you? You can't do this for me." Jiang You bowed his head from the hill-like document In the middle, I took one out and handed it to Hua Rong, "This is the gift list I gave to the royal family of Meng. You asked those people to help me spread the word, and said, I will send 300,000 mobs into the sky."

Hua Rong bowed her head and saluted to catch the document, and then asked suspiciously: "Eldest Princess, if you talk about the mob, I'm afraid it will cause panic?"

, The people of Tianshangjing will definitely panic, fearing that Jiang You will lose power, so they will do some irrational behavior.

"I only arranged it yesterday, and told them to secretly prepare a New Year's gift for the Meng royal family. Today, Meng Xue came over in a rage. She went to see the grain tax from the Ministry of Agriculture, and she saw it easily. , no one can stop it. You say, is Meng Xue's power too great?"

Hua Rong was shocked when she heard the words, her face turned even paler in an instant, she closed her smile, and knelt down on the ground, "Princess Mingjian! Ghost, mortals can't bribe her, and she won't covet power!"

"Don't react so much, as a female, she is young and has no background. Except for the good relationship with you on weekdays, there is nothing else outstanding, and there will be no officials. Treat her differently. In that case, how on earth did she see the granary with Damiana Xu and know about giving gifts to the Meng royal family?"

The latter matter can be said to be guessed by Meng Xue;

The granary can only be opened by officials with grades from the Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry of Agriculture has newly built and collected officials everywhere. In order to prevent villains, Jiang You ordered that the granary is an important place, and even Kong Zhi had to ask Zhou Hengtong to open the granary.

Jiang You knew that the reason behind the trouble was to stop her from letting the refugees in. I don’t know if it was out of good intentions or bad intentions, but there was only one thing, they shouldn’t use this method !

Jiang You can bear the selfishness of his subordinates, but he can bear his unrighteousness, and his sexuality is immoral, but he cannot bear to use power for personal gain, trying to cover her eyes and ears!

On the other side, the damselfly who had just walked out of the princess' mansion was nagging at Meng Xue. "You're too impulsive! You went to the Ministry of Agriculture to check the grain tax, and then came to the palace of the long princess. Fortunately, the long princess is lenient and doesn't care about you little girl! If you change to other nobles , I see that you walked out of your life today!"

"It is precisely because the eldest princess is different from other gentry children that I do this. I really shouldn't have brought Yuanyou back, let alone help him see the eldest princess. These cunning children of aristocratic families , maybe some bad water is coming out of his stomach! He just thinks that the princess is soft-hearted, so he dares to ask the princess, otherwise why didn't he ask the Duke of Lu, why didn't he ask the other princes!"

Meng Xue hated her teeth when she talked about it. She swore that when she had a chance in the future, she would definitely call Yuan You good-looking!

The damselfly sighed, and her brows were also three-pointed, "In this world, the eldest princess is so kind, what should I do?"

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