In the dead of night, there is still a light on in the east chamber of Qiufu, and at this time it has passed the second watch, and the people have already rested. A few words came from time to time in the room, but it was Wei Za and Qiu Ji's master and servant.

The desk was already covered with paper, each with a surname written on it, and Qiu Ji was constantly adding information on the paper. The small stool next to the desk was already piled up with a thick base, and Guarda dried the paper and stacked it on the small stool.

After a while, a slight sound of feet stomping on the ground was heard, and Qiu Ji's hand kept moving, and Wei Za handed over a thick stack of papers on the stool.

The colt boy flipped through casually, and finally couldn't help but look embarrassed: "Why don't you arrange them in the same place, the last one is still in the east city, but the next one wants me to go to the south." ”

Wei Za smiled: "Young master, this is written according to official products, you can sort it out yourself, whoever comes first and who comes later has to send it, anyway, tonight, none of us want to sleep, we just write the things well, as for the work to be sent, you can arrange it yourself." ”

The boy took a few breaths, suppressed the displeasure in his heart, folded the first paper and put it in his sleeve pocket, and then disappeared in a flash.

Wei Za came to the desk again, and saw that a few more pieces of paper had been written, so he took them and left them to dry, and by the way, he also picked up two to see.

I saw one that read: Kong Yao, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, on the eighth day of the lunar month, borrowed 10,000 taels of silver from Wu Ji Qianzhuang, and attached a note as evidence.

Wei Za was a little surprised, but also a little funny: "I didn't expect these big people to take care of the money bank to borrow money, looking at the days, it's not that they have no money for the New Year, hahahaha." ”

Kong Jiao also got a waiter from the Ministry of Industry a few years ago, and his family was not rich, so he naturally had to visit and give gifts everywhere during the New Year, especially in the officialdom, and he had to seal the big red seal. So it's normal to go to the bank to borrow money.

However, there are provisions in the national law that the ministers are not allowed to have money entanglements with the people, and it is naturally forbidden to borrow money. Kong Jiao has just become a waiter, and if this matter is exposed, he will definitely be impeached or even demoted by the ministers.

After Wei Zahaha laughed, he looked at another one that read: Chen Tai, according to the procurator, was ordered to investigate the delay of water conservancy construction in February last year, accepted bribes of 1,000 taels of gold, and shielded the Ministry of Industry, with the old foreman Feng Xiao testifying.

Seeing that the sky was gradually getting clearer, there was movement in the upper room, and the candle flame in the east chamber was finally extinguished, and a wisp of green smoke rose in a curling manner, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Wei Za rubbed his sour eyes, and saw that Qiu Ji's eyes were also bloodshot, so he couldn't help but persuade: "Young Master, hurry up and sleep for a while." ”

Qiu Ji stood up straight, a little tired in his tone, "You also go to rest and rest, you don't have to serve me." ”

Wei Za couldn't open his eyes early in the morning, knowing that the young master was not saying anything, and he didn't shirk it, so he retreated, but he didn't have time to take off his shoes when he entered his room, so he fell asleep.

*

In the Zhenghe Palace, Shang Shu'an of the Military Department was standing outside the line, and said fiercely: "Your Majesty, the banquet of the Ten Vassal Kings Huiyang is already a warning, the King of Guangping and the King of Lin'an have the heart of rebellion, and the daughter of the King of Guangping is even married to the young master of the righteous march."

All these signs no longer warn us that a great war is about to break out, and the imperial court urgently needs to make countermeasures. Therefore, the minister implored the emperor to immediately recruit troops and horses, and drill the barracks, in case there are no soldiers, no weapons, no food, grass and horses when the big war comes. ”

Zhuang Yan said with a faint expression: "I have heard about the banquet of the ten feudal kings in Huiyang, but as for the marriage between the king of Guangping and the righteous marching army, I have not heard of it, have you ever heard of it?"

There was silence in the court, An Bang frowned slightly, and glanced back at Kong Jiao who was standing in the queue, but Kong Jiao stared at his feet indifferently, he coughed lightly, but Kong Jiao remained silent.

An Bang had a fire in his heart, and turned his head to look back, but in the past, he talked and laughed with himself peacefully, but at this time, he was faintly uneasy, but he didn't know what the problem was, so he had to look at Xin Zhongqiao with his eyes.

Xin Zhongqiao also felt that the atmosphere was wrong, he coughed and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister did hear about this, the young master of the righteous march army had been in the capital before, and the minister learned the news that the child had returned to Weizhou, but he went to marry the daughter of the king of Guangping. ”

With the help of the Taiwei, An Violent had the confidence again, and immediately surrendered his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the King of Guangping and the King of Lin'an have indeed rebelled, seeing that the righteous march has been helped by this, if the court does not take measures, it will be caught off guard."

The specific matters have been explained in the excerpt. ”

Liu De handed the excerpt of Anbang to Zhuang Yan, Zhuang Yan opened it and looked at it, and said lightly: "The matter of recruiting troops and buying horses to store the treasury is like the common people increasing taxes. ”

An Bang had already thought of a rhetoric, "Your Majesty, the country is the country, the country comes first, if there is no country, how can you come home." Even though it is not easy for ordinary people to live, if the country is not protected, they are easy to be homeless.

As for the common people, Lao Chen believes that none of them wants to be slaves of the country, and in front of the country, a little personal gain or loss is nothing. ”

When Liao Weizhang heard this, he was immediately displeased, and stood up and retorted: "Lord Shangshu's words are inappropriate, the personal gains and losses of the common people are the most important thing in a country, if the common people are displaced and miserable because of resisting foreign countries, even if they win, what is the point of this?"

An was already short-tempered, and no one stood up to echo him just now, he had already accumulated a belly of fire, and now he was directly demolished in public, and he was even more angry, and said angrily: "What does Jing Zhaoyin mean, could it be that we only lose this battle? ”

"Lord Shangshu, don't misinterpret what I mean, I just think it's inappropriate to only care about fighting wars and not caring about the lives of the people, although there is a country first and then a family, but a country without the people is not a country. In these years, the common people will have less money, and if they increase their enslavement, the people will have no way to live. ”

"If you don't recruit troops and horses, the whole country will have no way to live, although Jing Zhaoyin is full of poetry and books, but he is too kind to a woman, and it will only backfire. ”

Zhuang Yan looked at the two quietly, his eyes were as heavy as a piece of water, he couldn't see any emotion, and he couldn't figure out whether he was happy or angry.

Only then did Zhuang Yan stop slowly but majestically: "What several Aiqing said is reasonable, I understand what you mean, what does Shoufu think?"

Qiu Wanao lowered his eyebrows and stood up and said: "Back to the emperor, the old minister heard that King Guangping and the righteous marching army became in-laws, but I don't know how much truth there is.

The old minister thought that it was necessary to find out again, after all, the increase in taxes was not trivial, and the people were already bewitched by the righteous march, and if the court had anything unfavorable to the people, it would cause the people to resent. ”

"Your Majesty. An Violent shouted, "When the judgment continues, it will be chaotic, Wenchen is merciful about this matter, but this world does not rely on mercy to survive forever." The minister implored the emperor to decree that taxes should be increased to fill the treasury and military salaries, and that troops should be recruited and trained to smelt weapons. ”

He stood in the center, and the voice could be heard by the entire Zhengzheng and the temple, and according to the plan, there should be at least forty ministers standing up to seconded the proposal at this time, but -----

An violent left and right, in the huge court, but there was no sound at all, the silence was weird and terrifying. He was faintly uneasy in his heart, what the hell was going on?