June 6, 5031 in the Great Xia calendar, was a very special day for Xia Changan. On this day, she donned a yellow robe and ascended the throne as emperor. From then on, she began her splendid career as an emperor.
After going through a long series of complicated and lengthy ceremonies, Xia Chang'an left an image of a domineering empress in the hearts of all the ministers.
But in fact, she had been secretly opening up the Human Emperor Immortal State. She actually used the Immortal State as a tool to suppress her social phobia. If the Immortal State had its own consciousness, it would probably be very angry.
No matter what happened, Xia Chang'an successfully completed the coronation ceremony and officially became the trusted emperor of Daxia, with the title of Emperor Xia Ling.
As for the rebels within Daxia, they had been completely wiped out before the coronation ceremony. Although Daxia was damaged, it was not seriously injured.
It took almost no effort to restore normal order. The only thing that made Xia Changan unhappy was that Daxia was still unable to deal with the annoying Yunqi Kingdom.
In Xia Chang'an's opinion, it is really not a happy thing to have such an ambitious and restless neighboring country jumping around.
If she hadn't had more difficult matters to deal with, the first thing she would have done after ascending the throne would have been to send troops to destroy the Yunqi Kingdom.
However, this urgent matter forced Xia Changan to temporarily let go of Yunqi Nationality's Daxia. Three months later, Daxia would host the May 1st Central Plains Spiritual Master Competition.
Xia Chang'an learned the news the day after she ascended the throne. The person who reported the matter to her was Cao Shen, the Minister of Revenue and Grand Secretary of the Cabinet of the Xia Dynasty.
At the court meeting that day, Cao Shen was crying poor to Xia Changan with a bitter face.
"Your Majesty! In three months, we will hold the Zhongzhou Region Spiritual Master Competition. However, the national treasury of Daxia has been running out of money recently and has been in deficit for a long time. Holding such a large-scale international competition is an extremely expensive matter. The Minister of Rites and the Minister of Wealth came to me two days ago to ask for funding. But where can we get so much money from the national treasury? Your Majesty, please make the decision on this matter!"
Xia Changan was already feeling uneasy sitting in front of this crowd of people. At this moment, Cao Shen dropped another bomb on her, forcing her to activate her immortal power.
Phew! With Xian Ge helping her cheat, her social phobia can be cured.
Without this shortcoming that held him back, Xia Changan's thinking instantly became active.
"Didn't we just seize so much private property of the rebels some time ago? Isn't so much property enough to hold a competition?" Xia Changan asked with some displeasure.
This is a bit nonsense! It's just a competition. Even if it's a large-scale competition for the entire region, it shouldn't leave Daxia helpless.
To be honest, Xia Changan didn't really believe Cao Shen's words. But soon she was slapped hard by reality.
Cao Shen cried and said, "It's not enough! That money can only fill the hole in the national treasury. It's still far from the budget for hosting the competition."
Xia Changan was shocked. In her impression, Daxia had always been a powerful empire, but she didn't expect that the treasury would be so empty.
She couldn't help but ask, "So how much money is still missing from the budget?"
Cao Shen stretched out his two hands and made an "8" sign. Xia Changan's eyelids twitched, and he felt something was wrong. Could it be 800 million spirit stones?
"In reply to Your Majesty, we are still short of 8 billion spirit stones." Cao Shen replied with a sigh.
Hiss! Damn it! How could there be such a big difference?
Xia Changan gasped, wishing she could quit right there and then. What kind of emperor was she? How could a monarch be so poor!
At this time, Yan Huazhang, the Prime Minister who had been reinstated, stood up.
"Your Majesty! I have a suggestion. As far as I know, in order to host the last Zhongzhou Territory Spiritual Master Competition, Daxia built many supporting facilities. Today, these facilities can still be put into normal use. In this case, why not use all the facilities of the last competition for this year's competition instead of rebuilding them. This can save a lot of expenses. In addition, we can actually reduce the expenses for entertaining contestants and diplomatic envoys a little bit."
Prime Minister Yan is indeed a rare and promising talent. She made suggestions in such a short time. Among a group of ministers who can only cry to her about their difficulties, she is simply a crane standing out among chickens. It is really precious!
Xia Changan felt relieved. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that this was indeed the answer.
The Zhongzhou Region Spiritual Master Competition is held in Daxia every time. Other countries use this as a pretext, saying that Daxia, as a superpower, should shoulder corresponding responsibilities.
This is really ridiculous. What else can these blood-sucking insects do except to make money in Daxia?
If they have no money, they can send an envoy to them for exchange. In this exchange, Daxia will give them a lot of good things in return. After this, even if Daxia is strong, it can't bear their crazy bloodsucking.
However, Yan Huazhang's proposal is only a temporary solution. Daxia's biggest problem at present is the empty treasury. Even if they cut down on the budget for hosting the competition, they still have to spend a lot of money.
Before Xia Changan could come up with his idea, the Minister of Rites jumped out first.
He refuted again and again: "Master Yan, what you said is wrong. Those venues and facilities can be saved, but the rules for entertaining guests cannot be cut. This is a matter of diplomacy, and we can't be careless."
Then the Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also jumped out and said a lot of things. What he said was nothing more than that some venues were already damaged and needed to be repaired, which still cost money.
Just like that, the ministers were talking to each other, and it was very lively. Xia Changan looked at the scene in the court that was like a vegetable market, and was really shocked.
She had lived two lifetimes and had always believed that these top national leaders were calm, wise, and scheming people, but she never expected that they would be like this.
What is the difference between this and the old man at the entrance of the village? Where are the old foxes who are supposed to be the pillars of the country and are full of scheming? Where are they?
Xia Changan couldn't help but rubbed his forehead and said coldly: "Shut up! I have already made up my mind. The empty treasury is of great importance and must be solved as soon as possible. The best way to deal with it is naturally to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. In terms of reducing expenditure, we will implement it according to what Lord Yan said. As for increasing revenue, I already have a way. But this method involves all aspects of Daxia, and it still requires the cooperation of all my dear ministers."
"Your Majesty, I am willing to serve you!"
As soon as Xia Changan said this, all the ministers were stunned.
They didn't understand what Xia Changan meant by opening up new sources of income. Time was running out, could His Majesty still earn enough money to host the competition within three months?
Although they believed in Xia Changan's ability, wasn't this a bit exaggerated? Even the two previous emperors could not do such a thing.
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