The atmosphere in the study of the Yan Mansion was somewhat solemn.
Although there were two stoves burning, everyone still felt a little cold and their hearts were chilled.
"Old Yun, tell us the truth. Even though your monthly salary isn't low, your house is really big. Where did you get so much money to buy it?"
Yan Xiwen asked this question jokingly, but he asked it very seriously because this matter was so important.
If Yun Xiyan really made a mistake, and he admitted it here, maybe everyone could think of a way to make up for it. But if the emperor really found out about the problem, it would become a huge trouble.
Yun Xiyan glared at Yan Xiwen. He knew that Yan Xiwen was not trying to trick him, but was really doing it for his own good.
"You don't know yet? My 'Collection of Poems and Essays by Fu Xiaoguan' is still selling. I don't even know how much I've sold. Now that he doesn't write poetry anymore, this collection has become even more popular and its price has gone up. I made my fortune selling his poems! I've probably made more than a million taels in total!"
Yan Xiwen was shocked. "Is it so easy to make money?"
"Indeed, it's sold from Jinling to Guanyun City, and from Guanyun City to Chang'an, and it's still a bestseller. It's a pity that he doesn't allow me to sell the book "A Dream of Red Mansions", otherwise I could have made tens of millions of taels of silver!"
"Besides, I will never forget our encounter in Jinling. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be where I am today! To be honest, if I wanted to be greedy, I would probably have no fewer than a hundred ways to do it, and no one would be able to find out!"
"But I don't need to! He once said that a person's life is to live with the world around them, unperturbed by emotions, unfazed by the future, and unconcerned about the past... I just want to live my life as carefree as he did, so that when I retire and go to Yingtian Continent, I can still face him calmly!"
Yun Xiyan spread his hands innocently. "What the hell, I didn't even get to eat the mutton, but I got myself into trouble! If the emperor really wants this Ministry of Revenue, just let him know and I'll give it to him right away!"
"Didn't Chen Qingyi go to the Leah Continent again? I want to go and see it too. If it weren't for Fu Xiaoguan's instructions before he left, would I have bothered to take care of this huge mess?"
Ning Yuchun patted Yun Xiyan's shoulder and said with a smile, "You can complain, but you really can't let go of this burden. No one has the ability to take it on."
"To be honest, I actually think the same as you. If it weren't for what he said before he left... I wouldn't want to be the Minister of the Central Secretariat!"
"Ah," Ning Yuchun sighed, raising his eyebrows. "But once we're on this pirate ship of his, we can't get off. After all, we have to protect this beautiful country for him!"
"Don't think too much about other things. Master Youji will take action... If it really comes to that, we'll talk about it when it comes."
That step refers to launching an impeachment against the emperor!
This is something no one wants, but if the emperor really does something evil, this is the only thing we can do for the sake of Daxia.
"I still say the same thing. If it really comes to that, do it decently."
Ji Yungui looked at the snowflakes flying in the biting north wind outside the window. He once followed Xu Yunqing, then followed Fu Xiaoguan, and now he should follow Fu Xiaoguan's son Wu Tianci, but it seems that he can no longer follow him, because the people from Tianji Pavilion have already arrived in the Western Xia Autonomous Region and have sent him the first piece of information.
However, he did not mention it in front of others until the matter was thoroughly investigated.
This is a huge thing!
He hoped that this would not be the case.
Fu Xiaoguan was so wise and brave. His son inherited this great country and should have been able to do something great. At the very least, it would be good for him to keep the country.
But now it seems that this little emperor is thinking too much. If it really involves the stability of the Great Xia Dynasty... I have to find a time to go to the palace and have a good talk with the emperor.
The matter about Yun Xiyan ended here. No one mentioned it again. They were waiting for news from Tianji Pavilion.
A banquet was set up in the study, and Yan Xiwen invited everyone to sit down:
"We're all hungry, come on, let's drink and talk!"
Everyone took their seats and the topic shifted to Li Cai.
"I heard that the emperor summoned Mr. Li after returning from Guanyun City?" Ning Yuchun asked curiously.
"Ah..." Li Cai raised his wine glass and sighed, "When my father came back, he said the emperor was very angry."
"Why?"
"Why else? For money! The Emperor wants to take back the Golden Phoenix Group."
Yun Xiyan and others looked at each other in shock.
Although the Jinfeng Group is a royal property, it belongs to the wives of Fu Xiaoguan!
In fact, it belongs to Fu Xiaoguan!
When Fu Xiaoguan left Chang'an, he considered his son and injected 10% of the annual profit of the Jinfeng Group into the treasury, which was hundreds of millions of taels of silver!
Now, the father went out to conquer the world, and the son actually planned to take over the father's property at home...
"What is this?"
No one knows what this is.
If Fu Xiaoguan died, it would be understandable for his son to inherit these properties, but Fu Xiaoguan is not dead yet!
Are you so impatient?
"How much money does this mean? But it also indirectly shows that he's very anxious... I'm afraid he doesn't want to wait even a moment." Yan Xiwen concluded with this, and then asked, "Isn't this very difficult for Mr. Li?"
"No, my father wasn't embarrassed at all. He handed the Golden Phoenix Group over to him, but he also told him that the Golden Phoenix Group was now just an empty shell. Apart from those fixed properties, there was nothing else left. Even the responsible persons in various places were gone."
"...Master Li played this trick beautifully!" Yun Xiyan immediately knew from these words that Li Jindou had anticipated this and had a countermeasure. "Sure enough, the old ones are still the wisest! But by doing this, wouldn't Master Li have completely offended the Emperor?"
"Yes, he offended me deeply. My father said that the emperor was so angry that his face turned pale. At that moment, he had murderous intentions, but in the end he didn't make things difficult for him and still let him go."
"Come on, come on, have a drink. Anyway, this year has passed peacefully. As for what next year will be like... I hope it won't be too bad!"
Yan Xiwen raised his glass and everyone drank together.
This wine is Xishan Tianchun, but for some reason it doesn’t taste good when I drink it today. Of course, it’s not a problem with the wine, but a problem with my mood.
The emperor did not get any money from the Jinfeng Group, so Mr. Li dissolved the Jinfeng Group. This meant that the treasury would lose the fixed income of 100 million yuan for the coming year.
The emperor will be even more short of money, and he will take action against the Ministry of Revenue even faster.
Yan Xiwen looked at Yun Xiyan, feeling a little worried.
Everyone here is the elite of Daxia, so naturally they all thought of this. Yun Xiyan played with his wine glass and grinned, "How about I go to the Leah Continent for a walk during the New Year?"
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