Chapter 1119 Potential conspiracy!
Although Murong Qingwu was very happy thinking about An Miaoyi's gnashing of teeth, but when she thought about it carefully, Murong Qingwu couldn't help but sigh in her heart·····················
It is obvious that my husband went to Shen Yutong's place to rest not just to visit her. My husband may have given Shen Yutong some advice. However, Shen Yutong knew the delicate situation between her and Jingcheng!

Not counting the unborn baby in my belly, my husband currently has four sons and two daughters, Jingren, Jingcheng, Xingtong, Jingxuan, Kexin and Jingheng!

Among them, Jingren is the eldest son and Ye Mingsheng's natural heir in legal terms, but if Jingren encounters any accident, then Jingcheng, who is ranked second, will become the eldest son!
There have always been rumors in the mansion that An Miaoyi was injured when giving birth to Jingren and will not be able to have children in the future. Although there is no evidence to support this rumor, Pei Zhixiu, Bai Yuanyuan, and herself have all given birth to a second child!

As the eldest wife, An Miaoyi was favored more by her husband, but her stomach was still not moving. She knew that the rumor was probably not groundless!
Therefore, if Jingren encounters any accident, An Miaoyi will not be able to give birth to children in the future, which means that her husband will have no legitimate son!
If there is no legitimate son, then Jingcheng, as the eldest son, will have a great advantage in terms of etiquette and law!
So in such a situation, Shen Yutong wanted to make a big fanfare for Jingcheng to marry into the Yuan family and bring in the Yuan family as a strong supporter. It is no exaggeration to say that she was teasing An Miaoyi's sensitive heartstrings...

Based on Murong Qingwu's understanding of An Miaoyi, once Jing Cheng really arranges an engagement with the daughter of the Yuan family, Shen Yutong and Jing Cheng will inevitably become thorns in An Miaoyi's eyes and flesh, and it is hard to say whether they can survive this winter!

Although she and Shen Yutong are old friends, Murong Qingwu knows very well that Shen Yutong is a soft-hearted person with a strong heart and holds grudges!

Shen Yutong still remembers that the Murong family abandoned her father as an abandoned child. Therefore, if Shen Yutong gains power, the Murong family will surely suffer!

So even though Shen Yutong was her old friend, for the sake of her family, Murong Qingwu had no choice but to send her off!

At that time, Murong Qingwu had already made up her mind that as long as Jingcheng and the daughter of the Yuan family were engaged, she would let An Miaoyi find out that someone in the mansion had made a doll for Jingren.

Of course Murong Qingwu would not deliberately frame Shen Yutong. After all, doing so would be too obvious and deliberate, and it would be easy for people to see through it as a frame-up!
She would only let An Miaoyi find out that someone in the mansion had stabbed a vampire on Jingren. Murong Qingwu believed that An Miaoyi would be furious and would suspect Shen Yutong!

After all, she was not pregnant again at that time, and she only had one daughter, Ke Xin. Therefore, even if Jing Ren had any accident, she would not get any benefit!
However, if Jingren encounters an accident, Jingcheng will be the one who benefits the most. At that time, with the support of the Yuan family, Ye Mingsheng may directly make him the "crown prince!"

Therefore, Murong Qingwu believed that in order to prevent Jingren from getting hurt, An Miaoyi would definitely not hesitate and would definitely deal with Shen Yutong and Jing Cheng···························
The cleverness of Murong Qingwu's plan lies in that she did not frame Shen Yutong. In this way, although An Miaoyi believed that Shen Yutong did it, she had no evidence to retaliate openly. Therefore, if she wanted to get rid of Shen Yutong and Jing Cheng, she had to use some shady means!

If you don't want others to know, you'd better not do it. Killing Shen Yutong and Jing Cheng has crossed Ye Mingsheng's red line!
An Miaoyi has already gradually fallen out of favor. If something like this really happened, Murong Qingwu believed that An Miaoyi would definitely be deposed!
In this way, she can kill two birds with one stone and get rid of both Shen Yutong and An Miaoyi!

Murong Qingwu learned this trick from an uncle or aunt of the Murong family. It almost worked that year, but unfortunately the aunt was not careful enough and was exposed. She ended up swallowing gold and committing suicide!

However, Murong Qingwu was confident that if she were to carry it out, it would be perfect and she would be able to manipulate everyone at her fingertips!

However, just when Murong Qingwu was secretly looking forward to the engagement between Jingcheng and Yuan's granddaughter, Ye Mingsheng's will made all this come to nothing!
This also made Murong Qingwu secretly feel regretful. After all, there were not many opportunities to kill two birds with one stone like this. Maybe it would only happen once in a lifetime. But she was ruthlessly stopped by Ye Mingsheng...
However, Shen Yutong did not know that Ye Mingsheng's will had invisibly prevented a disaster for her and her child. She also complained to Ye Mingsheng a lot because her fantasy of marrying into the Yuan family was shattered, and said some outrageous words against An Miaoyi!
Although Shen Yutong didn't dare to say these remarks in person and only spoke in private, walls have ears and those who should know will still know!
Murong Qingwu also heard some of it. She could only sigh. She knew her old friend Shen Yutong, who was also a thoughtful person. If she hadn't been in the middle of the situation, she would have definitely seen the key points.

But the person in charge is too confused, and Shen Yutong is also greedy. She wants her children to improve so much!

And now Ye Mingsheng asked her to apologize to An Miaoyi. In a sense, it was also to let Shen Yutong assure An Miaoyi that she no longer coveted the throne and would behave herself in the future!
Although An Miaoyi disliked Shen Yutong, she also understood that Shen Yutong did this at the instruction of Ye Mingsheng, so for Ye Mingsheng's sake she accepted Shen Yutong's apology!

The underlying meaning is that as long as you, Shen Yutong, don't cause trouble, I will not target you and Jing Cheng in the future!
After trying to figure out what was going on, Murong Qingwu secretly sighed inwardly. Judging from the way her husband handled the matter, Jingren's position was still very stable!

But I can see clearly that An Miaoyi has fallen out of favor, why does my husband like Jingren so much? Is it really because Jingren is the eldest son?·······························

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Yijing, Ministry of Revenue

In the office of the Minister of Revenue, Zhang Juning, the Left Vice Minister, smiled and said to Cui Shao:

"Sir, Liaoyang's achievements this year are very encouraging. Not only have various goals been steadily advanced, but we have also delivered 300,000 dan of coal to the provinces outside the Great Wall, and paid 390,000 taels of silver in taxes to the court!"

"The money from Liaoyang has been transported to Yijing. It should arrive in Yijing this month or next month. This money will make our Ministry of Revenue's account book more comfortable!"

Listening to Zhang Juning's words, Cui Shao stroked his beard and said:
"This Zhao Wanxian is indeed quite capable. It's no wonder that the Marshal values ​​him so much and promotes him!"

Zhang Juning was also a little emotional when he heard this:
"Minister Cui is dissatisfied with what you said. When the Marshal promoted Zhao Wanxian, I was not optimistic about him. This is not to say that Zhao Wanxian is incapable. He did a very good job when he was in Youyan Provincial Government, and he handled several things very well!"

"But at that time I felt that promoting him from a councillor to the position of governor was a big step. But now it seems that the commander-in-chief has foresight and the ability to judge people. My worries were unnecessary!"

After saying this, Zhang Juning shook his head in self-mockery. Seeing this, Cui Shao smiled and comforted him:
"Ju Ning, you have good intentions! You were not the only one who felt so at the beginning. It's just that our vision is not as good as the Marshal's..."

After chatting for a while about Zhao Wanxian, Zhang Juning and Cui Shao turned the topic to the work of the Ministry of Revenue.

"Minister, although the tax revenue from Liaoyang is a pleasant surprise, we are still facing a lot of holes!"

"The most important issue now is Dadongsheng's debt. In the past year, due to the war, we have asked Dadongsheng to issue several bonds one after another!" "Although the amounts of these bonds are not large, the total amount is still not small. At present, the total amount of our bonds is close to five million taels of silver!"

"Even though most of these bonds are medium- and long-term bonds, and we don't need to repay the principal now, the amount of silver that needs to be repaid, plus the interest, exceeds 1.37 million taels!"

"The Dadongsheng Company will definitely not be able to pay back this amount of money, so our Ministry of Revenue will definitely have to pay for it!"

"And now the war in Sichuan and Shu has not stopped yet, and the Marshal wants to subsidize each province, but we only have so much silver!"

"After distributing the silver we seized from the confiscated properties in Jiangnan to the arrogant soldiers and generals who went on the southern expedition, there is basically nothing left. At most, there are less than 200,000 taels of silver left!"

"Our main sources of finance currently come from the four places of Liaoyang, Jiyu, Qilu, and Youyan. I calculated that the taxes we can collect currently will be more than 1.5 million taels..."

"Taking into account the previous fiscal surplus, the total amount of silver that the Ministry of Revenue can mobilize is only about 2.3 million taels of silver!"

"After we pay off the debt to Da Dongsheng, on the surface we still have one million taels of tax silver, which is still a lot, but our expenses are not small!"

"This sum of money includes the salaries of all the officials in the court, and we also have to pay the salaries and pensions of hundreds of thousands of troops. This sum of money is really stretched!"

"Also, I heard that the General Staff has a plan to develop the navy. They want to build ten large warships and some small boats. The people in the General Staff asked for 300,000 taels of silver. They really dare to ask for so much!"

Listening to Zhang Juning's words, Cui Shao also said with a smile:

"Ju Ning! Your abilities are known to everyone in the court, so you should do more work and take on more responsibilities!"

Zhang Juning sighed and said:

"Shangshu! This is really difficult!"

“What I want most now is to persuade the Marshal not to issue any more bonds. Although we can still pay the interest and some matured bonds, if we keep going this way I’m afraid the snowball will keep getting bigger and bigger, and sooner or later we won’t even be able to pay the interest…”

"Although I want to persuade the Marshal not to issue bonds, judging from the current financial situation, if we don't make reforms, we may still have to let Dadongsheng Company issue a few bonds. If we don't issue bonds, I'm afraid we won't even have money to pay the soldiers in the end!"

Cui Shao was also silent after hearing this. After a few seconds of silence, he said:

"The Marshal will make the decision!"

Listening to Cui Shao's words, Zhang Juning could only say:
"I hope so! I am now looking forward to Huainan, Anqing, Yunbing, Guanzhong and other places to resume economic production as soon as possible. The Marshal has implemented a tax-free policy for these places!"

"If these places can provide tax silver to the court like Qilu, Jiyu, Youyan, and Liaoyang, the pressure on our Ministry of Revenue will be greatly reduced!"

After saying this, Zhang Juning looked at Cui Shao, his eyes vaguely revealing a hint of temptation. Only then did Cui Shao understand what Zhang Juning meant.

After a pause, he met Zhang Juning's gaze and spoke solemnly:
“Juning! These places have suffered greatly from war. Many villages are deserted with only nine out of ten houses left…”

The imperial court must now work with the local governors to find ways to revitalize these places. The imperial court is in financial difficulties and cannot provide blood transfusions to these places. The only thing we can do now is not to hinder the local governors! "

"The court is under great pressure, and the local governors are also under great pressure. We should be considerate of each other instead of undermining each other. Giving these places tax-free policies is a decision made by the Marshal after careful consideration. What we have to do is to implement it without compromise, instead of making a fuss about it!"

Listening to Cui Shao's earnest and persuasive words, Zhang Juning wanted to speak up to defend himself, but before he could open his mouth, Cui Shao waved his hand to signal him to calm down and continued:

"Ju Ning, I know you have good intentions! After all, even if there is any surplus money in the Ministry of Revenue, it won't go into your own pocket. I understand that you are also dedicated to the public and want to ease the financial pressure on the court!"

“As the ancients said, there is always a way out when you reach the mountain. Although the problems we are facing are serious, I believe that there are more solutions than problems.”

“And I just told you that our commander-in-chief is aware of this matter, and some solutions are already on the way. As his subordinates, we just need to follow the rules…”

(End of this chapter)