At the border of the Qing Kingdom, a young man with a tall stature, handsome features and an extraordinary bearing led several guards to stop in a village.

Dong Dongdong hurriedly stopped Sun Hongyu and said, “Your Highness, let this subordinate go and check it out first.”

Sun Hongyu raised his hand and shook his head. He said: “Since he has passed the message and asked me to come over in person, he will not tamper things in secret.”

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There were a few small flowers blooming on the green leaves in the field by the roadside. He saw an old farmer weeding in the field.

On the other side of the rice field, the rice was in the stage of grouting and just when a lot of water was needed. An artificial gully extended over from afar, and a young woman just happened to carry a small dragon bone water lift from one field to another to irrigate it.

Sun Hongyu retracted his gaze and smiled at the old farmer who was weeding in the fields: “Elder, hello, can we ask for a drink at your house? I’m really thirsty after traveling for most of the day.”

The old man stood up straight from the field, and smiled heartily, showing a mouth of yellowed teeth: “Of course, of course you can.”

A few moments later, Sun Hongyu was led to a small but well-furnished house. When they walked to the main room, there happened to be a few simple dishes that had just been put on the table.

An old woman walked out of the house, and seeing the old man and Sun Hongyu she hurriedly smiled: “There are guests, old man, why didn’t you tell me to prepare more dishes.”

Sun Hongyu sat on the side under the warm invitation of the old man. He looked around and pretended to be curious and asked: “Elder, why don’t I see any young men in the village?”

“They enlisted in the army.” The old man said angrily: “The kingdoms of Chen, Jin and several others are jealous that our Qing Kingdom is wealthy and want to take our land! Fortunately, His Highness wisely sent out a large army to drive away these wolfish and ambitious thieves!”

Dong Dongdong and Sun Hongyu looked at each other and asked carefully, “But I heard that your Crown Prince actually had a nickname called ‘scourge of ghosts’?”

“Hmph!” The old man said with an unhappy expression: “These are all those people with evil intentions slandering our Crown Prince. Our Crown Prince was only suffering from a heart disease before. Fortunately, the heavens blessed the Crown Prince and got rid of the pain and torment the Crown Prince had been suffering from, otherwise we would not have such a good life now.”

When he left, Sun Hongyu held a blue thread-bound book in his hand. The cover had four large words “Traveling Around the Countries”. The protagonist in it was an old man, telling stories and experiences of traveling around the countries for most of his life. All the wicked ended up miserably, and all the good people got happy endings.

The old man was benevolent, courteous, and kind. Everywhere he went, he would help those who were suffering, and hoped that the monarch could treat the people kindly. Unfortunately, no monarch listened to him until he came to the Qing Kingdom.

The Qing Kingdom’s Crown Prince had “love at first sight” for his “theory” and promoted it on a large scale.

At the beginning, Sun Hongyu did not understand what the book’s purpose was, until he saw that the old man’s wife, the old man’s neighbors, and the old man’s younger generations all praised their Crown Prince. And until he learned that this book was the book with the most copies issued in the Qing Kingdom and the book with the lowest price. Only then did he understand.

It was true that the protagonist of this book was the old man, but in the end, the one who got the most merit was Su Mu, although it was indeed true.

But why did Sun Hongyu think this whole thing was so shameless? In a blink of an eye, the other had erased his previous black history, and became the savior of the Qing Kingdom, the most “wise and valiant” monarch in the world while also educating the common people of the Qing Kingdom that they should be loyal and patriotic.

In the imperial city, Su Mu sneezed, rubbed his nose, and ordered Yun Feiyu: “Find a few scholars and spread “Traveling Around the World” and the other books in the series to the surrounding countries.”

“Yes.” After the soft voice sounded, Yun Feiyu raised his eyes and looked at Su Mu who was rubbing his nose, and asked, “Your Highness, have you caught a cold?”

Because of the tight front-line warfare, Yun Feiyu had seen the lights of the Crown Prince’s bedroom still burning into the middle of the night several times.

Su Mu shook his head and said, “No, I’m only a little tired, I’ll be fine after a rest.” Su Mu suddenly thought of something, and he raised his head to look at Yun Feiyu. Those clever eyes revealed a hint of calculation, and the corners of his mouth curved up into a smile as he asked, “Sun Hongyun is in my hands. I asked Sun Hongyu to pick her up in person but I didn’t expect him to actually come. You say…..what should I ask from him to make up for my psychological distress?”

“The Crown Prince of the Wu Kingdom…..” Yun Feiyu’s eyes flashed with a strange light, and said: “I think Emperor Shi will like these two gifts.”

“Hai hai…..” Su Mu, who was drinking water, choked. He thought about many strategies, such as asking Sun Hongyu for money, food, land, weapons, etc. Even if he thought about keeping Sun Hongyu hostage, he never thought about sending Sun Hongyu to Shi Ran.

“Why give him to Shi Ran?” Su Mu was a little puzzled. Although Sun Hongyu was the Crown Prince, Emperor Wu had more than one son. Unless Emperor Wu was willing to cut the land of the Wu Kingdom to pay for Sun Hongyu’s safe return?

“Emperor Wu has many heirs, although they are not as good as Sun Hongyu, there are also a few outstanding ones. After Shi Ran has control of Sun Hongyu, he will naturally know how to use this chess piece to make Wu Kingdom fall into a battle for the throne like the chaos that is happening in the Wei Kingdom.”

Yun Feiyu’s expression was gentle, his eyes were bright, and his voice was clear. People who didn’t know would think that he was just reciting romantic and beautiful poems instead of spitting out a ruthless and sinister plan.

After thinking about it for a while, Su Mu nodded in satisfaction and said: “Let’s do it this way, I will capture Sun Hongyu as soon as he comes and give him to Emperor Shi. If there is nothing else, then you can depart first.”

After finishing talking, Su Mu picked up a memorial from the desk in front of him, but when he was about to read it, an elegant hand was placed on Su Mu’s left hand.

Yun Feiyu’s soft and slightly husky voice sounded behind Su Mu: “Your Highness, it’s already late, you should pay more attention to your body and rest earlier.”

When Su Mu raised his head, he realized that the servants in the study had disappeared and even their shadows could not be glimpsed.

The warm palm wrapped over the back of Su Mu’s hand, and a tingling sensation quickly spread from the back of Su Mu’s hand.

“Hai…..this…..I still have memorials to deal with…..”

Su Mu’s cheeks flushed, and his eyes weren’t on the memorials at all. Faced with the gentleman-like face of Yun Feiyu, Su Mu couldn’t help but want to pick up the morals he had already lost in some corner.

Yun Feiyu let go of Su Mu’s hand. Just as Su Mu secretly gritted his teeth, Yun Feiyu suddenly reached out and picked him up in his arms before walking directly to the bedroom behind the study.

“Your Highness, this official will help you undress.” He placed Su Mu on the bed, and as if flipping through an infinitely rich book, gently pulled off Su Mu’s belt like he was opening the most cherished title page. All his movements were gentle and elegant.

The fingertips with the fragrance of ink inadvertently ran across the sensitive skin of his abdomen, causing Su Mu to tighten his muscles unconsciously.

Su Mu was stripped bare, but Yun Feiyu felt that he hadn’t read to the deepest point and had yet to understand the deepest connotation of this precious book.

The eyes, like clear pools of water, reflected Su Mu’s handsome face. He slowly lowered his head and gently touched Su Mu’s lips with his own, kissing them shallowly, as if tasting the rarest tea. His movements were gentle to the extreme, but almost teased Su Mu into letting out a groan.

He stretched out his hand and untied his own belt, his fluent movements showing no delay, and his eyes never leaving Su Mu for even a moment.

Su Mu felt that Yun Feiyu’s clear water-like gaze seemed to become a bit heated. Following the clothes he took off, his eyes fell on the other’s bareness, skin that was slightly darker than Su Mu’s and with a gentle and amiable feeling.

The tight chest and lower abdomen were covered by a layer of muscles that were not exaggerated, letting Su Mu know that he was not a real physically weak scholar.

Looking at the other’s strong capital Su Mu’s Adam’s apple rolled, and he said in a low voice, “Come here.”

A big warm hand reached over and held Su Mu’s hard little brother with a drop of dew on its head. He said with dark eyes: “There is a difference between monarch and official, and this official dare not offend.”

If Yun Feiyu’s usual voice was like white jade with a warm color and a smooth surface, then his voice at this moment was like an unpolished rough stone, the somewhat rough surface revealing the precious treasure inside. However, after a touch of sensitive fingertips over that rough surface brought an enticing numbness, one couldn’t wait to snatch him home immediately and peel off his disguise.

Hypocrite!

You dare to pull me onto the bed, and now you say you don’t dare to go further, who would believe it!

Su Mu sat up. He looked at Yun Feiyu’s serious face, and ordered: “Lie down!”

So you want to role-play, is that it?

“Yes, Your Highness.” Yun Feiyu lay down beside Su Mu with a face as usual, like an obedient and loyal official.

The stimulating scene in front of him caused Su Mu’s blood to speed up, and his heart to begin beating wildly. He resisted his urge to pounce on top immediately, and fiddled with Yun Feiyu’s erect desire with his fingers, and laughed: “You are quite able to bear it. “

“Your Highness praises me too much…..” Yun Feiyu was lying on the bed at Su Mu’s mercy, but his eyes wandered over Su Mu’s body in a not so honest way, like a hot stream of water that trailed over and over Su Mu’s whole body with his gaze.

Just this look gave Su Mu the illusion that he was about to climax.

He impatiently mounted Yun Feiyu’s body, leaned down and kissed Yun Feiyu’s chest, then raised his head to stare at the undercurrent surging in the other’s eyes. Holding that flushed and hard member and sliding his hand up and down over it, he said: “I want to see if you will always be so docile?”

When the voice entered Yun Feiyu’s ears, his lower half was also pinched a few times, allowing him to understand the implicit meaning of Su Mu’s words.

Then Yun Feiyu felt lightheaded, his hard member slowly being swallowed into a warm and tight place. Soon following was a broken moan that slipped out of Su Mu’s mouth. This beautiful voice seemed to be an extremely alluring prologue that made people want to read the content of the book right away.

Slowly sinking his body bit by bit, the pleasure of being filled and the feeling of emptiness that brought longing pulled at each other. Su Mu’s mind had gone blank and felt all five senses temporarily becoming lost. Only the feeling of the intimate and connected parts of their bodies was very clear.

Yun Feiyu’s reason was like the string on a guqin, almost broken by Su Mu’s continuous plucking. Too deep! Su Mu straightened up and tried to get the weapon out a bit.

Suddenly, the sky flipped and Su Mu’s bare back touched the cool silk on the bed.

Before Su Mu’s exclamation sounded, he was filled with a thick object once again. Yun Feiyu’s movements on the bed were still gentle, but there was also a firmness that could not be denied.

Su Mu panted and looked up at the other’s rare indulgent expression, and said, “Monarch…..monarch and official…..has difference between them?”

Yun Feiyu lightly kissed Su Mu’s red and moist lips, and said in a hoarse voice: “It is also a matter for the official to share worries for the monarch.”

After finishing talking, he suddenly entered the deepest place with great force, and the loyal official turned into an adversary into a traitorous official in an instant!

“Ah…..” Su Mu called out in a panic, and unconsciously pulled at Yun Feiyu’s hair where his hand had sunk into.

Hypocrite!

The hard and fiery heat continued to thrust in and out of the soft and smooth walls, the movements neither rushed nor slow, light or heavy, with a rhythm that made the heart feel tickled and unbearable.

Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and moans sounded in this narrow corner of the world.

Yun Feiyu bowed his head and took away Su Mu’s hand holding his own member, and pressed it over his head. He said, “Your Highness is coming so soon? Please wait a bit more.”

He slowed down his thrusting speed and pulled Su Mu back from the edge of the climax. Those eyes filled with tears appeared bright in the darkness, looking at Yun Feiyu with infinite amorous feelings. He said in a blustering manner, “Audacious, you dare to resist!”

The slightly trembling end syllables did not have the slightest usual intimidation and domineering aura, causing a sense of conquest to arise spontaneously in the other’s chest.

Yun Feiyu bit Su Mu’s white and tender earlobes, and the heated breaths blew on his sensitive neck. His voice was soft and slightly lustful as he asked: “Your Highness, do you like this official…..resisting the decree like this?”

He suddenly pushed inward with great force, without giving Su Mu a chance to speak.

“You…..impudent…..” Su Mu panted, struggling weakly against Yun Feiyu’s hold that restrained his wrist above his head.

But in truth, with Su Mu’s martial arts, it was easy to break free of Yun Feiyu’s confinement.

Yun Feiyu looked at the person under him with the beautiful and alluring appearance of one completely indulging in pleasure, and was calm on the surface but in actuality he almost couldn’t hold in the urge to come right then and there. He pressed Su Mu’s other hand firmly on the bed as well, feeling a kind of encroachment upon the aloof monarch, the pleasure of violating the imperial power.

And Su Mu also imagined that he was being forced on the bed and played this way and that way by a courtier with a gentleman-like bearing on the surface while actually an immoral and despicable beast on the inside…..

His eyes were attracted by the other’s powerful looking waistline. Su Mu’s eyes were red as he spoke dishonestly: “Let go…..”

Yun Feiyu’s continued conscientiously playing the role of a traitorous official, burying himself in the deepest place and whispering in Su Mu’s ear: “Your Highness, don’t make too much noise. There are guards outside and if others saw you like this under this official…..”

In fact, when those servants and guards knew that the Crown Prince was going to do business, they had already moved as far as possible, lest whoever one of the harem did not serve the Crown Prince well and he took his anger out on them.

Su Mu seemed to be fascinated by this game of swapping roles of power. He moved his lower half backwards, trying to escape from Yun Feiyu, and said breathlessly: “…..You have offended the monarch, Ben Gong…..shall put you to death for your crime…..”

“Ah…..”

Soft lips covered an erect nipple, causing a slight tingling to spread over his body as well as muscles to tighten. Su Mu let out a moan of both pain and pleasure.

Yun Feiyu was not frightened by Su Mu’s declaration, and instead forcefully bit down and left teeth marks on his chest. He replied: “The monarch wants the official to die, then this official…..”

“Shall die a little death…..”

He suddenly withdrew from Su Mu’s body, turned Su Mu over to lie face down on the bed, and then broke into the forbidden area once again without warning.

The sudden invasion made Su Mu feel a bit of pain, but his entrance uncontrollably and eagerly enveloped the intruder.

This position gave Su Mu a particular feeling of humiliation, but it was in this position that he was always able to be penetrated to the deepest and felt the strongest feeling of pleasure, causing him to even have the illusion of being violated on the psychological level as well.

“Ngh…..too deep…..lighter…..” He stretched his hand back against Yun Feiyu’s pistoning hips, only for his hand to be pressed behind his back and unable to move. At this moment, Yun Feiyu no longer moved like he had just now, without any hurry. Instead, every time he entered he would try his best to insert it into the deepest place, and when he pulled out it was always very shallow before once again entering more forcefully.

The entrance felt heated, and the thrill of the pleasure swept over him. Su Mu hurriedly controlled his body to move forward a bit, and when he felt that the object in his body was not so deep, Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief. But before he could be fully relieved, he was caught by a hand on his waist and pulled back.

The hardness that had been pulled out with just the head still in the entrance invaded back inside with an even more unreserved force!

With such stimulation, Su Mu’s mind instantly fell into chaos, his body pulling uncontrollably taut, like a pulled bow.

A white arc traversed over the air, and the bedsheets became spotted with drops of white stickiness.

Heavy breathing sounded behind him. Yun Feiyu’s hands which were grasping Su Mu’s waist trembled a little, and his tight lips also twitched uncontrollably. The walls of Su Mu’s tight entrance firmly wrapped around him and every breath had him on the verge of shooting.

It was just that, after holding back for so long, if he didn’t get enough at once, how could he be reconciled!

After Su Mu lay bonelessly on the bed, Yun Feiyu continued to enjoy the benefits he had won.

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From the beginning of the night to the middle of the night, Su Mu must now express that he had really underestimated him before. Sure enough, a man would become perverted after holding back for a long time.

Sheep turning into wild wolves, gentlemen turning into beasts, as for beasts…..

Su Mu, who stood holding the morning assembly, couldn’t even think about it.

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Chen Kingdom, imperial palace.

In front of the Emperor of Chen there were more than a dozen items that came from the Qing Kingdom, some of which were sold through normal channels, such as toilet paper, soap and cloth.

Through abnormal channels were gunpowder, dragon bone water lift, steel, and animal-drawn seed plough. If these had him shocked, then after hearing the descriptions of the other things from his spies, there was only fear that burrowed deep in his soul.

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Emperor Chen breathlessly asked the spy: “He abolished the system of slavery and forcibly expropriated land. Isn’t he afraid of all the nobles and aristocracy rebelling? So what if his martial arts is unmatched. This time the interests of the entire Qing Kingdom’s nobles were affected. Did no one resist?”

This ordinary-looking spy recalled what he had seen and heard in the Qing Kingdom and cold sweat covered his back. He himself was born in an aristocratic family, so in his eyes, Su Mu was a complete unreasonable and cruel tyrant.

“Some people resist, but there are too few people to make an impact?”

“Why?” Emperor Chen asked in puzzlement.

The spy said with a chill in his heart: “Benefits and conflicts. He abolished the system of slavery, gave the slaves the benefits, divided the fields to the poor people, and stipulated that the concubine’s children must get a share of the family property after the age of twenty. Originally it was a conflict between the nobles and the Qing Kingdom’s Crown Prince, but he turned it into a struggle between the commoners and the nobles, between the legitimate children and the concubine’s children.”

The spies thought of those patriarchs who were preparing to unite various aristocratic families to fight against the Crown Prince of the Qing Kingdom, only to get stabbed in the back by their illegitimate half brothers in the end.

“Crazy lunatic…..” Emperor Chen slapped at the table, glaring and shouting loudly: “So, doesn’t that mean the Qing Kingdom has become a complete mess?”

“That’s not the case.” The spy once again told Emperor Chen about what he had seen and heard.

After listening, Emperor Chen waved his hand and pushed all the things on the table to the ground. Emperor Chen fell into the chair and shouted angrily: “It’s these unusable things that drained thousands of gold and silver from Chen Kingdom!”

“Someone come, pass Zhen’s personal letter to the monarchs of various countries, I don’t believe that they can continue to tolerate this tiger and wolf rise in power!”

In the Qing Kingdom, in the imperial palace, in the study of the Crown Prince’s Palace.

Su Mu raised his eyebrows at the intercepted letter: “Tiger and wolf? Am I so scary?”

The twelve members of the cabinet, including Yun Feiyu and Yun Feiyan, quietly slandered in their hearts: “If you knew that the people of the Qing Kingdom used to call you scourge of ghosts, you wouldn’t think so.”

Su Mu put down the letter and asked the twelve people who had read the letter: “What do you think?”

Hu Yuan pondered for a moment and said with a serious face: “Your Highness, the plan of driving wedges between allies has been used before. I am afraid that it will not be effective at this time. And the development of the Qing Kingdom cannot be completely concealed. I am afraid that the surrounding countries, including Shi, Wu, and Wei already have an understanding of our Qing Kingdom.”

Su Mu’s finger lightly swept across the smooth table top. He then slightly turned his head to look at Hu Yuan on the right and said, “Your meaning?”

“War!” Hu Yuan said firmly.

“What about you all?” Su Mu’s eyes swept over the others present.

Lin Siyuan also said: “Sooner or later there will be such a day, it is inevitable.”

Yun Feiyan frowned lightly and said: “If we start the war directly, the loss will be too great. The Qing Kingdom has just regained its vitality. Although it is growing, it still needs to be cautious about going to war with so many countries.”

Hu Yuan retorted: “The products produced by the Qing Kingdom are being bought by various countries, and a large amount of wealth flows into the Qing Kingdom as a result. These countries have long been unable to sit still. Even if they don’t come to fight us, they will be dragged down. How can the monarchs of these countries not understand this truth? We simply cannot avoid this war, and to fight or not is not something we can decide.”

Su Mu looked at Yun Feiyu and said, “What about you?”

Yun Feiyu’s gaze softly looked back at Su Mu and said: “War.”

There was a strange power in his voice. The tone was clearly not very loud, but it gave people a very powerful feeling inexplicably.

After a pause, he continued: “Brother Hu and Feiyan are both right. The Qing Kingdom can’t avoid this war, but when the war truly begins, the Qing Kingdom’s losses will inevitably be huge, so how to fight is the key.”

“How to fight?” He raised his eyebrows and looked at Yun Feiyu with interest, those eyes like rippling water hiding a trace of deep meaning, subtly teasing Yun Feiyu.

Yun Feiyu saw that Su Mu still had the mood to tease him in public, without a trace of tension on his face, so he knew that Su Mu had probably already come up with a countermeasure. He could not help but wonder why he always felt a little stupid in front of the Crown Prince.

Throwing away the thoughts in his mind and suppressing down the throbbing in his heart, Yun Feiyu spoke his idea: “Psychological offense is the best tactic, and the strategy used by Your Highness against the nobles of the Qing Kingdom, after a little bit of modification, can be used in other countries. It is still driving a wedge between allies, but this time the wedge is not between countries, but the poor and the rich. Even if other countries send troops to the Qing Kingdom, our pressure will be greatly reduced.”

Su Mu casted a look of appreciation at everyone present, and he encouraged: “They are all good ideas, Yun Feiyu’s strategy is very good, but we still need to add fire, while driving a wedge, we must also praise the goodness of the Qing Kingdom to the poor and as for the nobles, lure them with money, power and treasures.”

Su Mu knocked on the table, and in the tone of one commenting that the weather was good today, said lightly: “Ben Gong will incorporate all countries that dare to start a war with our Kingdom into the territory of the Qing Kingdom.”

The twelve people present all inhaled a breath in silence. Some looked at Su Mu in disbelief and hesitated: “Your Highness, the Emperor of Chen has contacted nine surrounding countries, and there are six known countries who clearly replied and agreed to the alliance, you…..please think twice!”

He actually wanted to say, your brain must have broken down!

Lin Siyuan took a deep breath. Even though he was very excited, he still had to proceed from reality. He said with a slight disagreeing tone: “Your Highness, if you do this, I am afraid that it will attract the attention of the Shi Kingdom and Wu Kingdom. If these two behemoths unite to deal with us, then…..”

They would be done for!

Su Mu spread his hands: “Even if I don’t do this, they will still take action against us. Those two countries probably know more about our Qing Kingdom than the surrounding countries combined.”

That was right. At this moment, both Shi Ran and Sun Hongyu frowned deeply with the information collected by the spies stationed in the Qing Kingdom. The rise of the Qing Kingdom was too fast.

As two of the rare wise monarchs in this world, after seeing the decrees made by Su Mu, their eyes began to shine.

But in the end, they could only give it up in regret, and just use it as a reference.

After all, the innate conditions of Shi and Wu were not comparable to those of the Qing Kingdom. The first condition was extremely centralized power. No one below dared to object after the orderer said a word. Sun Hongyu definitely did not fit this condition as he still had the Emperor of Wu sitting on top of his head. Even Shi Ran, who was already the emperor, didn’t dare to play like this.

One reason was that most of the people in power in the Shi Kingdom were nobles, and they were capable nobles Shi Ran himself had promoted.

Secondly, because the Shi Kingdom was too large, government orders could not reach every part of the kingdom.

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If Shi Ran dared to play like Su Mu, waiting for him would be either the empire changing ownership or the empire splitting apart.

Every time at this time, Su Mu would thank the Qing Kingdom for its small territory, and that one could cross the entire Qing Kingdom in a straight line while riding a horse for ten days, otherwise everything would be too late if news only reached the local places after a few months.

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The stars in the sky hadn’t completely fallen yet. Su Mu was lying on the bed and sleeping deeply. There was a slight sound of footsteps, and Gu Yunzhou, who was holding Su Mu domineeringly, immediately opened his eyes.

The old eunuch who came to call Su Mu to get up, happened to meet Gu Yunzhou’s cold eyes, and his legs instantly softened, almost falling to his knees. He hesitated for a moment and toughened his scalp against Gu Yunzhou’s gaze, whispering towards Su Mu who was lying on the bed: “Your Highness…..Your Highness…..It is time for the morning assembly, Your Highness…..”

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Morning assembly!

Su Mu, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes abruptly, reached out his hand to wipe off the drool from the corner of his mouth, and immediately got up from the bed. Only to fall back onto the bed as soon as he got up.

There was a tingling pain in between his buttocks, and Su Mu gritted his teeth and turned his head, wanting nothing more than to kick Gu Yunzhou down.

The eunuch in charge or holding the lantern was waiting quietly by the sedan chair, and Su Mu was helped by the old eunuch to cross the threshold with some difficulty.

Looking at the gorgeous sedan chair in front of him, Su Mu appeared calm on the surface but inside he was very conflicted: “Should I sit? Or should I sit?”

Why was there no sedan chair that let one be able to lie down?

In Taihe Hall, the officials were standing in their ranks, and the hundred officials knelt to greet him as soon as the eunuch announced, “His Highness has arrived.”

Su Mu slowly walked to the dragon chair and remained standing as he said, “My officials, rise.”

“Thanking Your Highness…..”

Su Mu looked at the officials below with some guilty conscience, and said with a serious face: “Is there anything to be reported?”

As soon as Su Mu spoke out, Yuan Fulu walked out of the queue and knelt in the hall, saying indignantly: “Your Highness, please severely punish the guilty official Yun Feiyu for the crime of forcibly snatching a civilian girl.”

Pfft…..

“Forcibly snatching a civilian girl?” Wasn’t this what he used to do? It was just that the gender was not female.

Su Mu turned his puzzled gaze to Yun Feiyu who was standing in the back, and asked, “What is this matter?

Yuan Fulu knelt on the ground, both face and neck flushed from his indignation: “Your Highness, the daughter of this official is fifteen and has already been betrothed, but she suddenly broke the marriage contract and escaped into the Imperial Classical Learning Academy the day before and never came out again. This official brought people to look for my daughter, but the people in the Academy refused to send my daughter back, nor did they let this official go inside…..”

“Wait…..” Su Mu said with his hands folded behind his back and frowning slightly: “My official, why did you not go to the capital magistrate’s manor for this matter?”

Yuan Fulu hesitated and said: “This official went, but…..”

“No buts!” Su Mu suddenly increased his voice and threw these words heavily on the ground, staring sharply at the officials below as he said: “The capital magistrate’s role is to deal with various cases and disputes within the imperial capital and other counties. If you are dissatisfied with the judgment, you can apply for a second or third suit. If you still disagree, you can apply for the capital magistrate to transfer the case to the cabinet, and the cabinet will review whether it needs to be submitted to Ben Gong.”

“Thump.” Yuan Fulu knelt on the ground abruptly, sweating profusely and begging for mercy: “This official knows my crime, this official knows my crime, Your Highness…..”

Su Mu snorted coldly, his sharp eyes sweeping across the officials as he said: “If I have to even solve the problem of your daughter running away from home, then it will not even be half a year before Ben Gong’s funeral will be held.”

Su Mu understood that these people just wanted to make trouble for Yun Feiyu, after all, he was too powerful now. Although Su Mu only gave him a small official position, he held the Imperial Academies in his hand…..

The only government-run academy in the imperial city ordered by the Crown Prince to be established. In the future, who of the scholars who came out of the academies would not call Yun Feiyu Teacher?

Su Mu was too lazy to think about the details, so after skipping the matter, he asked again: “Who has anything else to report?”

“Your Highness, this official has a report.” A clear voice came from Yun Feiyu, who had just had a complaint made against him before.

Su Mu looked at his calm face, raised his eyebrows and said: “Present it.”

Yun Feiyu reached out and put the memorial in the eunuch’s tray, walked slowly to the center of the hall, and bowed before saying: “The third revision of the new tax law is completed, and the grain tax will be reduced by 20% on the basis of the previous deduction.”

As soon as his words fell, the officials below exploded.

“Your Highness must not! The newly revised tax law last year has reduced the grain tax by half. If there is another 20% reduction, how can the treasury still have grain?”

“What Lord Liu said is very true, please think twice, Your Highness…..”

Su Mu endured the discomfort coming from his behind, and stood stiffly beside the dragon chair. He turned his eyes on Yun Feiyu, and said, “Yun Feiyu, what do you say?”

Yun Feiyu calmly listened to officials’ arguments. His eyes were calm and distant, as if he seemed to be able to accommodate mountains and rivers, but only Su Mu knew that this guy was boundlessly arrogant and proud.

Yun Feiyu raised his hand and temporarily suppressed the discussion of the officials. Only then did he speak calmly: “The treasury’s stock of grain will not decrease, but will increase.”

“Could it be that you can make food appear out of thin air?” An old man’s voice rang out in the hall, sounding neither cold nor heated.

Yun Jing both loved and hated this son who didn’t recognize him. Normally he would be incredibly proud when he heard others praise Yun Feiyu, and he could also immediately roll up his sleeves and fight with others when he heard bad rumors about his son!

However, when he really faced Yun Feiyu, his temper would become snappish, and he couldn’t help but nitpick everything about him.

Yun Feiyu didn’t even look at him, and continued: “Because Your Highness has ordered the abolition of the slavery system and the division of land, a large amount of idle land and personnel have been used for production. Therefore, although the southern part of the kingdom this year has met with a drought, compared with previous production the grain output has not decreased, but increased by nearly 50%. Coupled with the promotion of cultivated grain varieties, the harvest in various places has increased by 20%, and the total amount is only increasing. Even if the court lowers the tax revenue by three levels, only more grain will be collected.”

Su Mu’s expression eased with the sounds of gasps in the hall, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. “As the merchants are forbidden from stocking more than 100,000 catties of grain, and the remaining grain will still not be able to finish being consumed by the common people, so the court will buy it at the market price.”

Everyone had been struck into a daze by Su Mu. What did the Crown Prince mean? Lower the taxes, and then buy food, if you are short of food, you can just collect it directly! Wasn’t this a waste of money?

Only Yun Feiyu let out an inaudible sigh, saying in his heart that he truly could not compare, and then retreated.

After the morning assembly, Liu Xi quickly ran to Yun Feiyu, blocked his way, and glared: “What does His Highness mean, why buy food while reducing food taxes?”

“I don’t know.” Yun Feiyu threw down the three words and turned away.

However, as soon as he turned around, he was taken aback by Huang Xuan who had been standing behind him for some time. Huang Xuan showed a bright smile and said, “Brother Yun, tell me if you don’t want to tell him.”

Looking at the stubborn expressions of these two people that made it clear they won’t let it go without asking for answers, Yun Feiyu had a slight headache, so he had to truthfully say: “Make money, prepare food rations, prevent the outflow of improved varieties and new crops, and there are still other things that I can’t think of now.”

Liu Xi’s focus was on the three words “prepare food rations”. He frowned and asked: “His Highness is going to start a war?”

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Huang Xuan’s attention was also taken by Liu Xi’s words. He was a person who had experienced the battlefield and knew the cruelty of war.

“It’s someone else who wants to start a war on us.” After Yun Feiyu said this, he looked at the two people who were thinking hard and shook his head as he walked away.

“But isn’t it spending money to buy food? How did it become making money?” Liu Xi was puzzled.

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