I went to the temple after traveling through time, and he turned out to be a monk!

Chapter 285 Meng Ying’s strategy

After resting for a night at Lianshan Temple, Meng Ying took Bai Zhi down the mountain to begin their real mission.

The two of them checked into a hotel in Kishu City, and were received by the people at the hotel who didn't take them seriously.

Bai Zhi was indeed menstruating. She had eaten too much cold food in the morning and was rolling on the bed holding her belly.

I sent someone to order brown sugar and ginger soup several times, but it never came. Even in an ordinary inn, this shouldn't be the case.

Meng Ying had no choice but to ask Dr. Gu, who was accompanying him, to prescribe a simple warming prescription and have someone take the medicine.

By the time the work was over, it was already dark.

Meng Ying brought the medicinal soup with a look of shame on her face, carefully raised the pillow on Bai Zhi's waist, and drank the medicinal soup for her one mouthful at a time, "I have made the princess suffer."

Bai Zhi pursed her lips and vented her dissatisfaction, "Why are they doing this? You are also a prince after all, how could I treat you like this!"

Meng Ying chuckled softly, "That's probably the reason why a tiger falls down and is bullied by a dog! They are trying to show power to Sa Lan and show it to the people above, and they want to draw a clear line between themselves and me."

This procrastination made Bai Zhi's temper suddenly rise. She thought that Meng Ying had never been ignored like this when she was a child, and she became angry. "You are now the legitimate prince. I feel aggrieved for you! There is nothing you can do." Punish them for their sins?”

Meng Ying fed a mouthful of warm soup into Bai Zhi's mouth, feeling a little sad inexplicably, "Salan is used to it, but I feel sorry for the princess to suffer with me. Even if we have thousands of evidences of their crimes, it is impossible to convict them."

"Why? An imperial edict and a charge are not enough to prove his crime? Everyone is oppressing you unscrupulously, even my father. Is this reasonable?" Bai Zhi was so excited that she danced.

Meng Ying heard the words, thought about it, and smiled helplessly, "The imperial power of the Meng family could have been destroyed fifty years ago. It is really confusing for the Zhuo family to allow the father to sit in this position to this day! The Zhuo family is There are many people who succeed, and there are many people who fail! If they had rebelled fifty years earlier, the world would have changed its dynasty long ago!"

Bai Zhi looked at Meng Ying in confusion, her dark eyes filled with doubts!

Meng Ying put down the bowl in her hand, picked up a piece of local pastry, and stuffed a piece into Bai Zhi's mouth, "Princess, does she know how to reach the prefecture and county when my father has made a decision?"

Bai Zhi licked her lips and shook her head curiously.

Meng Ying wiped the corner of Bai Zhi's mouth, and then sighed softly, "Suppose now that the father has made a decision to reduce the corvee tax, the implementation policy is determined, and the method is comprehensive. It can be said to be a foolproof strategy to benefit the people. Those who know this strategy in advance, It must be the chambermaid and the concubines in the harem. It won't be long before the news reaches the Queen Mother's ears, and the Queen Mother will definitely pass the news to her father, Old Master Zhuo, as soon as possible."

"Then the people of the Zhuo family will start to discuss what impact this policy will have on their Zhuo family? If it is beneficial to the Zhuo family, then they will accept the order willingly, but as long as there is any decision that is detrimental to their interests, , then this group of ministers would kneel outside the royal father's chamber to remonstrate. To put it nicely, it was remonstrance, but to say it badly, it was to force him into the palace. The emperor could only be trapped in the room, unable to do anything. Anyway, this decision is of great importance. Under the pressure, no one will carry it out, and it usually ends in nothing. I have seen this situation several times, and my father's situation is the most difficult. "

After Bai Zhi thought about it, she asked, "Then if I give you a secret order and ask you to do it, can this problem be solved?"

"Generally speaking, all major plans for people's livelihood have to be compiled and revised by various ministries. Decisions that are not recognized by officials are impossible to make. Assuming that such matters can be transmitted to the outside world through Salan, it will be difficult to implement in practice. , such as reducing corvee taxes and preventing land annexation, although they are all policies that benefit the people, they are also major events that touch the interests of local powerful people."

"The implementation of one thing is never just a matter of words, and others will follow it. When a government order is issued, local officials must respond and send officials at all levels to liquidate land for people. This is a very huge project, and several people will do it. Hundreds of officials may not be able to complete it, and sometimes troops have to be mobilized. And each of these people has a plan. No one can control what they will do. The pillars of Chen State have long been eaten away by moths..."

He was clearly telling an extremely tragic fact, but Bai Zhi felt that Meng Ying's tone was calm and even a little excited.

She blurted out, "My lord, do you have any countermeasures? Can you really take back power from the Zhuo family?"

Meng Ying's eyes flashed with brilliance for a moment, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, "There is a conflict between interests and benefits."

Bai Zhi tilted her head slightly. She could understand this sentence, but she didn't know how to solve this problem.

"Of course there are countermeasures, and that is to wait in hibernation while accelerating their internal divisions."

Meng Ying's words made Bai Zhi feel suddenly enlightened, and she suddenly felt a little excited, "Let me guess, did you ask Zhuo Yao to go to the north to stimulate the Queen Mother and the others?"

Meng Ying scratched the tip of Bai Zhi's nose and said, "Smart."

"But in that case, wouldn't the Queen Mother be more wary of you?"

"Of course! But he thought that Zhuo Yao had changed his mind, so he didn't dare to act rashly against us. Then they would invest their energy and financial resources into the Yao Nu Army, hoping that the Yao Nu Army could resist King Zhennan's attack. army."

"But why did you leave the Yao Nu Army alone? Yuejun didn't know how many people he arrested. How pitiful those people are. If they develop in the future, it will be very detrimental to you?" Bai Zhi thought of Xiao Yang who was in jail. Uncomfortable.

"It is difficult to cultivate the Medicine Slave Army, and its lifespan is short. It is a strange strategy, not a long-term solution. It has its own reasons to leave it alone."

"What's the point?"

"Think about it, a medicine slave army costs a lot of money. Where does this money come from?"

Bai Zhi thought for a long time and replied seriously, "They were collected from the common people."

Meng Ying narrowed her eyes slightly, "This is true, but now very little money is in the hands of the people, most of it is in the hands of powerful families. If the Queen Mother wants to make money, she will increase the land tax of the family members, so It’s natural to take the money out of their pockets.”

Bai Zhi understood, "Is this what you said, that there is a conflict between interests and interests?"

"Yes. So the reason for leaving the Medicine Slave Army alone is to let the Queen Mother and others go crazy to collect money from powerful people from all over the world. When the money is almost concentrated in the Fengyue Sect, we will catch them all. Sa Lan has asked the medicinal dealers all over the place to If the price goes up, even if all the final money cannot go into the national treasury, at least part of it can go into our pockets!"

Bai Zhi's face was full of surprise. Although Meng Ying did this to ignore the people who were deceived into Fengyue Sect, she understood that even if she saved them, they would become victims of other powerful people. In this dim society, no one can understand Innocent.

Bai Zhi clicked her tongue twice, and she couldn't help but admire this man's eight hundred thoughts, "The conflicts are all theirs, and you just wait to collect money? You are so cunning!"

A cunning old man? Meng Ying didn't expect to receive such a comment.

He shook his head and laughed, "It's not over yet! We have to do something big during this trip!"

"What's the matter?" Bai Zhi also became excited.

"Be a matchmaker."