Chapter 458: The Storm Rises (30)
The scene in the main hall was a little awkward.
The prime minister stood there with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking. Cheng Qing held the wine glass and shook it gently in front of him, and his eyes never left the prime minister.
Mochen fell to his knees on one knee and was silent for a long time.
"What? Mochen, what do you think? I have sealed you as a household secretary and is in charge of money, what do you think?"
Cheng Qing's tone didn't look like he was joking at all, he thought it was true.
The ghost-faced general sitting on the side shook his head and continued to drink the wine in front of him and eat the meat on the table. At this time, there is no need for a military general like him to speak. has been guarding the frontier all year round, and he has little opportunity to contact these adults in the court, so it has nothing to do with him who does what position.
Cheng Qing has always been an extremely calm and scheming guy. He saw this when he was on the frontier. When Cheng Qing was stationed with him, the man's ambitions and political ambitions were all at a glance. It was also while there that he developed a very strong friendship with this man.
He was even going to help this man seize the throne, because the heir to the throne did not seem to be him, and he himself knew about it, so he picked a day to go back and settle the matter of the throne. He even gathered all the men, but he received a letter from him saying that he had succeeded in ascending the throne.
It's a lie to say that he is unhappy, there is no need to kill each other, there is no need to lose a single soldier, he sat in that top position.
At that time, he knew that this young man named Cheng Qing was definitely not a simple character.
What happened later verified his guess one by one. The army that is retreating more and more from the Moon Country, the country's mixed evaluation of him, and the determination to kill his brothers and siblings first, and want to expand the territory.
He saw more and more of the shadow of the first emperor in Cheng Qing's body. The first emperor of the year was full of spirit, and he was as dazzling as him. Xu is the extraordinary family education instilled in him by the surname Cheng made this young emperor so decisive and decisive, so that he could often hear terrible rumors about him in the frontier.
But whenever he thinks of him, this young man named Cheng Qing, always rings in his ears with his loud big brother, and in his mind is the first time he went to the battlefield and killed the first enemy, that kind of frightened but determined look.
He said he didn't want to see his soldiers, the people dying. He said he wanted to end this terrible war.
Perhaps, this young emperor has more ambitions and ideals in his heart. But he is gradually unable to do it........
None of the people present here should know that this seemingly capable man is actually terminally ill.
At that time, he was eager to invade the hinterland of Miao Jiang, not only because he wanted to recover this fertile land, but more importantly, because he needed the witch doctor there to treat him. Cure him of this incurable disease that has been brought out of the mother's womb.
No one will know.
This man who always likes to pretend to be strong and pretend to be strong. is always alone gritting his teeth and insisting on those things that they can't see through, he would rather carry it himself, even if it is this kind of life and death thing, he still just wants to bear it alone, and he doesn't want to become someone else's weakness attacking him.
The ghost-faced general raised his eyes, and sure enough, he saw Cheng Qing looking at the prime minister with a straight face.
He didn't trust anyone, not even the ministers who had been with him for years. He only believes in himself. It may also be that the founding princess has hurt him too deeply, so that this man will not dare to trust others for the rest of his life.
Even the prime minister in front of him who was loyal to him, he kept a hand. He doesn't show his whole self in front of anyone, he feels that it's one of his weaknesses that will be taken advantage of by others.
How can such a guy gain the trust and respect of others?
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little sympathetic to the Rui King who had just been thrown into the heavenly prison by him. With such an imperial brother, he can't rebel if he wants to.
Because no one knows which day he will take a knife to his neck and kill him.
The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die.
"Mochen, I don't want to be an official. ”
The young man in white looked very calm, he was dressed in white and wore the temperament of a fairy, and a white jade-like face was finely carved facial features.
It was the first time he had seen a man who looked so wicked.
It's like an epiphany blooming in the dark, beautiful and thrilling, but not everyone can appreciate it.
"Don't want to?Mochen, do you know what you're talking about?"
Listening to Cheng Qing's tone, he was obviously angry.
The ghost-faced general put down the cup, arched his hand and just wanted to say a few words for Mo Chen, but found that Mo Chen was not only not frightened by Cheng Qing's momentum, but raised his head more calmly.
He has obsidian-like eyes, and when he stares at people, he feels like his whole person will be sucked into his eyes.
He blinked slowly, a smile so faint that he could barely make out on his lips.
"Your Majesty, the twisted melon is not sweet. What's more, this melon is not a good melon, it is a rotten melon. ”
"Do you know that you are talking to the emperor today?"
Cheng Qing snorted coldly, put down the wine glass in his hand, and played with the wrench on his thumb, this is the standard action when he thinks, usually he does this action, which proves that he is about to start the next move.
"I know I'm talking to the emperor, but the grass people really don't have the talent to sit in this position. The grass people have always heard that the emperor loves and cherishes talents, and there must be a lot of talents in his hands who dare to get rid of those traitors today. The grass man is just a waste man who came here with his godfather, and he really doesn't have the ability to be the head of the household........."
"I think you can, who else would dare to object?"
"Your Majesty, you also know that this household department manages the finances of the imperial court and even the entire Fengguo, and it is not a joke position. But you also heard the prime minister say that the grass people are used to being wild in this river and lake, and this kind of rigorous and meticulous thing is ten thousand things that cannot be done well, and if one is not careful, this treasury can be emptied by the ministers........"
"When it's empty, you just have to raise your head and see it. You can empty it, and I can fill it up again. ”
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The two of you are sentence by sentence,-for-tat, the smile on the mouth of the ghost-faced general is getting bigger and bigger, this Mochen is really a talent.
dared to choke with the emperor in front of so many people, and he didn't lose his momentum at all, as he himself said, he was used to being wild in the rivers and lakes, which of those old fritters who were courtiers dared to choke with Cheng Qing like this?
It's hard to say, in this court, maybe it's really such a talent.
When did Cheng Qing's eyes become so vicious, and he could find such a good seedling?
"Today, the grass people also put their words here, this official, the grass people don't do it, the emperor wants to kill it at will. ”[.]