C114 (1/2)

Every word that Hu Xiao said was something that she needed to consider at the moment, but Qin Shuo also didn't have a good idea for a moment.

Sky Disaster usually could not be cured, but in the past, it was always an emergency. When the Sky Disaster descended, the imperial government hastily thought of a countermeasure, but this was the first time it was using the Sui City!

It had already been a month, and the people's homes would definitely no longer have any food left over. The food that could have been harvested this year would have all been dead. If that was the case, it would truly be a big problem.

”What does the empress think?”

Hu Xiao was so intelligent a few times, so she guessed that she must have some sort of plan now, so she casually asked, but to her surprise, Hu Xiao just said it with a serious expression.

In Chenqie's opinion, the three years of tribute for the Sui City have been exempted, and from Chenqie's point of view, the road to Sui City should be repaired as well. This way, you can gather a few robust men to help you repair it.

The Sui City was a remote place to begin with, and this road was even harder to traverse. This was precisely the reason why there was not much traffic in and out of the Sui City, and if the road was built in the name of the imperial government to strengthen trade, then it could save the people of the Sui City.

”Tax reduction? The empress knew that there had never been a capital that had a tax cut since ancient times. If Zhen had made this opening, then wouldn't the other cities have to make excuses to follow suit? ”Then, what dignity does this Emperor have?”

Hu Xiao said that it would be possible to use the imperial government's name to summon the commoners and build a road, but this tax reduction was absolutely out of the question! If all of the cities claimed that they had suffered from natural or man-made disasters, and that they were unable to pay their tribute normally, wouldn't the East Court be a mess then?

Moreover, the imperial government had to raise so many people. If it were to end because of this, wouldn't the imperial government become an empty shell?

Hu Xiao was just standing in front of the position of a citizen of Sui City, thinking about this matter. After hearing Qin Shuo's words, she was stunned, but she quickly recovered.

The commoners outside the city had no fixed residences, and there were many beggars in the city; Hu Xiao was truly at a loss as to what to do in such a situation.

”Your Majesty, Minister Wen has brought someone.”

Without waiting for Hu Xiao to speak, Wei Shi spoke out.

Seeing that, Hu Xiao got up and walked behind the screen. Upon seeing this, Qin Shuo did not say anything, but obviously, Hu Xiao wanted to take part in this matter, if she were to force Hu Xiao to leave, Qin Shuo believed that Hu Xiao would do everything she could to eavesdrop, and listening from the side.

Since Hu Xiao was the only one who wanted to intervene in the matters of the Sui City, there was no way she could simply ignore it.

”Greetings, your Imperial Majesty.”

Wen Fuchen led his men and walked forward before he sat down by the side.

”Do you all have any thoughts on this matter?”

The matter of the Sui City was a little tricky, and now Qin Shuo was telling them that everyone was gathered here for this matter.

Your Majesty, this humble subject was giving out food just now, but from what I see, this humble subject thinks that there are too many refugees in Sui City, and the food in Prefect's yamen is already insufficient for a few days, but there are still a lot of refugees, so what should Your Majesty do?

One of them hurriedly said after hearing his words. He originally thought that he could hold on for a long time with more food, but it turned out to be just these few days.

He clenched his fists. He could only hold it on the chair, but there was no need for the court officials to do so.

After waiting for everyone to fill up slowly, Qin Shuo slowly let go of the fists that his robe was tightly clenched.

”My beloved officials, do you have a way out of this?”