Chapter 82 of the final volume Hearing Xiao Xiang's words, Xiao Yuan immediately stood up and poured the wine in the cup on the ground. 78 high-speed updates Xiao Xiang sat down again, picked up the second glass of wine, and said to Xiao Yuan and the princes: "This time, the palace would like to thank the second prince and the princes for their great help, if there is no help from you, I am afraid that the imperial court will have to work hard to quell the rebellion of Hong Yuetian."
Xiao Yuan and the princes hurriedly picked up the wine glass, and said with a smile: "Sister Xiang, the family doesn't need to talk about the two families anymore" "Yes, Her Royal Highness the princess is too polite. ” Xiao Xiang smiled on his back and said, "Dry" "Dry" The crowd drank all the wine in their cups.
Putting down the cup, Xiao Xiang suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile to Xiao Yuan and the princes: "By the way, this palace has another gift for you."
As she spoke, she raised her hand and slapped her face twice.
Soon, a guard approached from outside, still holding a square brocade box in his hand.
The guard walked all the way to Xiao Xiang, then put the brocade box on the table and bowed down.
Xiao Xiang smiled all over his face, patted the lid of the brocade box, looked at the princes, and asked with a smile: "Do you know what is in it?"
It must be a rare treasure that can be displayed by Xiao Xiang in public, and the princes are full of smiles, guessing everything, but Xiao Xiang always shook his head, indicating that they were not right.
In the end, Xiao Yuan said with a smile: "Xiangmei, don't sell Guanzi anymore, let's all open our eyes."
"Okay, since Brother Wang has spoken, let's take a look" As he spoke, Xiao Xiang shook his head to the personal guards on the side.
The guard stepped forward and slowly removed the lid of the brocade box.
The moment the lid of the box was removed, the four walls of the brocade box were all scattered, and then the brocade box was filled with no rare treasures, but a pale and bloodless human head.
Seeing that the box contained a severed head, everyone present was shocked, especially the princes, whose bodies were shocked, and several people screamed.
Xiao Yuan jumped up even more, his eyes widened, he looked at Xiao Xiang without blinking, and asked in surprise: "Sister Xiang, what does this mean?"
Xiao Xiang smiled slightly, looked down at the broken head on the table, and said quietly: "This is the head of the chaotic party Hong Yuetian, this thief is bold and reckless, he returned to the capital with his troops privately, colluded with the eldest brother to cause chaos in the court, his people are hateful, his heart can be punished, and the princes have contributed to the battle of quelling Hong Yuetian, and the palace naturally wants to let the marquis see the results of this rebellion."
As she spoke, she squinted, glanced at Xiao Yuan, and asked with a smile: "What does the second brother think Sister Wang means?"
Xiao Yuan first looked at Xiao Xiang, then at the severed head on the table, was silent for a while, he laughed dryly, and slowly sat back again.
The faces of the princes present became more and more ugly one by one, and before they knew it, they were already sweating.
Hong Yuetian's crime is valid on the head of any of them, today, Xiao Xiang can cause Hong Yuetian to die with such a crime, then tomorrow, she can also use the same charge to get rid of herself, to say that the princes are not afraid in their hearts, it is absolutely impossible.
At this time, Xiao Yi trembled and owed, and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the old minister and the old minister plan to lead the army back to Changshan in the near future."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Xiang had already looked up and smiled, waved his hand and said, "Uncle Wang, what's the hurry, since they have all come to Zhaoyang, let's stay longer."
Xiao Yi, Marquis of Changshan, and Xiao Xiang belong to the same clan, in terms of seniority, he is indeed a generation higher than Xiao Xiang, and it is not wrong for the latter to call him Uncle Wang.
It's just that Xiao Yi's whole heart shrank into a ball when she called him, and the beads of sweat fell down one by one, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
Xiao Xiang retracted his gaze, suddenly changed his words, and said: "Recently, it has been an eventful time in my country, with the windy country in the north eyeing the tiger, the Zhenren rebellion in the west, and frequent floods in the south.
Just yesterday, the head of Xiuyang County, Gao Yu, sent an urgent letter to the imperial court, Xiuyang County has been raining heavily for several days, and the Tianjiang River has flooded, and it has now affected the entire territory of Xiuyang County, and asked the imperial court to allocate money and grain for disaster relief. ” The princes didn't understand why Xiao Xiang suddenly talked about the disaster in Xiuyang County, and the monk of Zhanger was puzzled.
Xiao Yuan's eyes rolled, and he answered: "Sister Xiang, but now the treasury is empty, and it is not enough for disaster relief."
After listening to his words, the princes suddenly realized that Xiao Xiang was knocking on his own bamboo pole, but then again, as long as he can save his head, what is the loss of some money and food, Xiao Yi, the Marquis of Changshan, was the first to stand up and said: "Your Royal Highness the princess don't worry, since the court is in trouble, I and the other princes should help with all our might."
After a slight pause, he immediately said: "Weichen is willing to give five or eight hundred thousand taels of silver to relieve the victims of Xiuyang County."
As soon as he finished speaking, some princes stood up one after another to express their opinions, and people scrambled one by one, and the smallest number was 500,000 taels.
Xiao Xiang laughed and said: "Thank you, thank you for your help, however, the imperial court can still afford to relieve the money and food of the affected people, the reason why the palace is here to raise this matter is that the disaster relief alone is a symptom but not a cure, and the south of our country floods every rainy season, and suffers disasters every year, and disaster relief every year, which consumes our country's money, food and national strength." ” "What does Her Royal Highness mean" "Repair the canal" Xiao Xiang Zhengse said: "Build a big canal between the Tianjiang River and the Shangjiang River to lead the water of the Tianjiang River to the Shangjiang River, so as to not only solve the concern that the Tianjiang River is prone to flooding, but also solve the hidden worry that the Shangjiang River is drying up day by day, which is a matter for the benefit of the people of the two places, and it is also the last wish of the former king to be completed in the future."
When the princes heard this, they all gasped, the Tianjiang River and the Shangjiang River are the two largest water systems in the south of Sichuan, as Xiao Xiang said, the place where the Tianjiang River flows through is rainy, flooding is a common thing, and the Shangjiang River is gradually drying up, and many tributaries have disappeared.
If a large canal can be dug between the Tianjiang River and the Shangjiang River, of course, it is good, and the excess water of the Tianjiang River can be diverted to the Shangjiang River, where the water source is insufficient, but the distance between the Tianjiang River and the Shangjiang River is more than thousands of miles, and to connect these two rivers, it must be a big project, and how much manpower and financial resources must be consumed, which cannot be solved by millions or tens of millions of taels of silver.
Even when Xiao Xuan was alive, he only dared to think about it, at best, he took this idea to the court and grinded his teeth with the ministers, but he didn't dare to really implement it, but now it's good, it sounds like Xiao Xiang seems to have the intention of digging a canal of heaven.
The princes all thought that this matter was too unreliable, but no one dared to stand up to express opposition or questioning, they themselves could not be protected, and how could they dare to openly sing against Xiao Xiang.
Seeing that the princes were all hanging their heads and silent, Xiao Xiang slowly frowned and asked: "Why, don't all the marquis approve of digging the Tianshang Great Canal?"
Hearing her ask, everyone's bodies trembled, and they hurriedly raised their heads and said: "No, no, no, Her Royal Highness the princess has misunderstood, this is a great thing for the benefit of the people in the south of our country, how can the ministers oppose it?"
Xiao Xiang's face finally showed a smile and said, "In this way, all the marquis have supported the resolution of this palace."
"Exactly" "But just verbal support is not enough," Xiao Xiang said slowly.
Knowing what she meant, Xiao Yi hated, gritted his teeth, and arched his hand and said: "In order to help Her Royal Highness the princess fulfill the last wish of the former king, the old minister and the old minister are willing to donate three million taels."
The three million taels in the back were squeezed out of Xiao Yi's teeth, and his face turned purple, he had already donated his family to the outside world.
Hearing him say that he wanted to donate three million taels, the other princes were secretly scolding their mothers in their hearts, and you shouted three million taels at once, and what should you say The princes hardened their heads, and shouted an astronomical number that even they themselves could hardly accept.
Looking at the princes who were like being cut into meat, Xiao Xiang smiled secretly in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face at all, she shook her head helplessly, and said: "Now that the treasury is sufficient, what is lacking is not silver."
"That's a lack of food" "Haha" Xiao Xiang laughed and said: "The land of my Sichuan country is fertile, and when has there been a shortage of food?"
"I don't know what the imperial court is still lacking now" "People" Xiao Xiang's eyes narrowed, and he said quietly: "Now what my country lacks most is labor, as long as there is abundant labor, it will become easy to dig the Tianshang Canal."
The idea of this palace is that the family army of the Hou Ye can be temporarily lent to the imperial court, and after the imperial court completes the Tianshang Canal, the family army will be returned to the Hou Ye, I don't know, what do you think?"
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Ah, when Xiao Xiang finished speaking, the faces of the princes and even Xiao Yuan changed greatly.
It turned out that this was the purpose of Xiao Xiang's banquet, she did not want to kill the princes, nor did she want to extort a sum of money and grain from the princes, but to take away the military power in the hands of the princes.
It is rare that she even found such a high-sounding reason.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, this" Xiao Yi instinctively stood up, looked at Xiao Xiang, and didn't know what to say.
The family army is their lifeblood, and it is the capital that each of their families has accumulated little by little over decades or even hundreds of years, and now Xiao Xiang Lion opened his mouth and asked them to contribute all the family army and pull it to the Tianjiang and Shangjiang areas to serve as laborers, digging what kind of bullshit Tianshang canal, how can they accept it Looking at Xiao Yi, who was standing there with uncertain faces, and then at the other princes who had similar expressions to him, Xiao Xiang smiled and didn't speak, just picked up a chopstick, and gently knocked on Hong Yuetian's severed head on the table as if he had ulterior motives and seemed to be casual
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