August has passed, and half of September has passed, and the weather in autumn is getting cooler and cooler, but Pei Ze is becoming more and more irritable.

I jokingly told Xiao Yanzhi that he was responsible for his life, and at that time, Xiao Yanzhi responded with a hippie smile, and told him many conditions with great interest, he thought it was just a joke, but it turned out that he was too naïve! Xiao Yanzhi's face is really not ordinarily thick, so that he is not soft at all, he has never tossed Xiao Yanzhi so much when he was busiest!

He's a military attaché! A pure military attache who grew up with a military attaché!

Sitting in the hall of the Daji Hall with a cold face, Pei Ze was very unhappy when he thought of the excerpts of the Honglu Temple.

But no matter how unhappy Pei Ze is, he will still go, because Xiao Yanzhi has been in Honglu Temple for three days and three nights, except for getting up early to go to the court, he doesn't even have time to go back to Wanchun Palace, but I don't know why there are so many things in Honglu Temple, half of the officials are staying in Honglu Temple, and there are still people in and out of Xiao Yanzhi's office room in the middle of the night, even if Pei Ze is with Xiao Yanzhi's side, he can't always find the opportunity to sleep well.

Pei Ze never felt that the work of civil officials was busy, and there was no day and night. Thinking of Xiao Yanzhi's tired dark yellow face, Pei Ze was even more unhappy.

Pei Ze's side, the great eunuch Donggui and Xu Ren of the Daji Hall stood side by side, you kicked me for a while, and I pinched you for a while, and I had to ask the other party to speak to Pei Ze first, but no one would open this mouth first, so I continued to kick me, and I pinched you.

Pei Ze was annoyed by it, and said in a cold voice: "Are you two itchy skin?" ”

"Slaves/subordinates don't!" As soon as they heard Pei Ze's voice, Donggui and Xu Ren were so frightened that they all trembled and hurriedly stood up straight.

Xu Ren and Donggui glanced at each other, and asked Pei Ze with a smile: "Lord Wang, your subordinates don't see that you are in a good mood, why don't we go to the Forbidden Garden to run a race?" Or subordinate...... Looking for someone to practice with you? ”

Pei Ze glanced at Xu Ren and didn't say a word.

"What's wrong with the prince?" Donggui asked Xu Ren with a mouthful of words.

Xu Ren spread his hands, and he was also at a loss.

In the past two months, the mood of their prince has fluctuated a lot, and he was quite happy some time ago, why are he unhappy again these days? Seeing that the prince has been sneaking out of the Daji Hall late at night to have a private meeting with someone recently, he must have returned the next morning, is this really looking for a concubine in the harem?

Xu Ren thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Pei Ze seemed to have found someone he liked.

A few days ago, the prince of their family had to sneak out of the Daji Hall almost every night, and he didn't return until early in the morning, and he looked proud of the spring breeze every day. Looking at the past few days, the mood of their prince has become worse and worse, coming and going all day long, and there are more and more days of staying in the Daji Palace...... Is their prince quarreling with someone he likes? The person you like won't let him go for the night?

Oops! That's a big deal!

Xu Ren rolled his eyes, then leaned to Pei Ze's side, and asked in a low voice, "Lord Wang, if you have something in your heart, tell your subordinates?" How uncomfortable are you holding it in your heart? You tell your subordinates, and they can give you ideas. ”

Hearing this, Pei Ze turned his head to look at Xu Ren, and when he saw Xu Ren's sincere face, Pei Ze opened his mouth, but just when Xu Ren thought that Pei Ze would say something interesting, Pei Ze closed his mouth again.

"It's useless to talk to you." Glancing at Xu Ren, Pei Ze got up, shook the hem of his clothes, and strode away.

"Huh?" Xu Ren was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly chased after him with an arrow step, "Where are you going, Lord Wang?" Subordinates go with you! ”

"You stay in the Daji Palace." Pei Ze didn't even look back, and firmly refused Xu Ren's follow.

"Staying in the Daji Hall again?" Xu Ren said dissatisfiedly, "Your subordinates are about to take root in the Daji Palace, so you should take your subordinates out for a walk!" ”

Before stepping out of the gate of the Daji Palace, Pei Ze turned his head to look at Xu Ren and said, "Didn't I walk you during the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ”

After saying that, Pei Ze disappeared in a flash.

And as soon as he heard Pei Ze mention the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Ren didn't dare to say a word more.

The prince even mentioned the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he had a shadow in his heart about the Mid-Autumn Festival! It's easy to go out, but he came back laughing and crying, and his spanked ass still hurts!

Leaving the Daji Hall alone, Pei Ze went to Honglu Temple like a wind at his feet.

When the little official got Xiao Yanzhi's permission to open the door, Pei Ze saw Xiao Yanzhi sitting sideways on the Arhat bed facing the door, covered with a dusty rag, and a low table in front of him, with many bamboo slips and folds placed in a mess on the low table.

When the door opened, Xiao Yanzhi just turned his head to face the door, and when he saw that the person who came was Pei Ze, he smiled brightly.

"Why is the righteous brother here? Something? ”

After calling Pei Ze for half a month, seeing that Pei Ze looked like he wanted to die every time he looked at the excerpts, Xiao Yanzhi felt funny, but he also felt guilty, especially in the past few days, the sixteen guards had to ask Pei Ze for instructions on the security arrangements before and after the birthday banquet, Xiao Yanzhi finally let Pei Ze go with a clear conscience.

If Pei Ze arranges the garrison in the city, he can do it without the slightest mistake, but as soon as he arranges the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the mission, he will be stupid, so don't embarrass him.

"It's okay," Pei Ze waved off the small official and the Lian Sheng who was originally guarding the room, raised his foot to enter the door, and closed the door with his hand, "It's just okay to come and see." Didn't you say you didn't have anything to attend to today? ”

"Well," Xiao Yanzhi yawned and said, "It's much less than the previous days." ”

"What's going on?" Pei Ze sat behind Xiao Yanzhi and looked at the low table in front of Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi threw away the fold in his hand, leaned back against Pei Ze's body, and said: "The princess who came with the envoy of the Great Food Country has been lost, and the cost of entertaining the foreign envoy during the birthday banquet has not been negotiated with the household department. ”

Pei Ze was stunned, and then said in shock: "Why did you lose the princess of the Great Food Country?" ”

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi said it lightly, Pei Ze almost thought that there was really nothing serious, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong.

The princesses of the Great Food Country have been lost, isn't this big enough?!

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth, and said helplessly: "The mission of Da Shi came by water, and it originally seemed that it was going to stop in Guangzhou to rest and recuperate, and then be escorted to Suzhou by the navy, go ashore from Suzhou, and then come to Chang'an by land, but after calculating the time, he said that he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up by water, so he had to temporarily change to the land route, and as a result, he got off the boat from Guangzhou, and the princess of Da Shi disappeared early the next morning, and the interpreter over there did not understand the cause and effect too much, but the prince of Da Shi has been apologizing, and it seems that the princess ran away by herself." ”

Pei Ze pulled out the rags that Xiao Yanzhi pressed on his body, and when he unfolded it, he found that it was a cloak that had not been washed for an unknown amount of time, Pei Ze frowned: "Didn't send anyone to find it?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi raised his foot and kicked away the low table and the messy bamboo slips and folds, and then said: "Where is the time to send people from Chang'an, I found it in Guangzhou." ”

Pei Zehu looked at Xiao Yanzhi suspiciously and asked, "You don't seem to be in a hurry?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled: "What's the use of me being in a hurry? That princess can't get out of Guangzhou City. ”

When the words fell, Xiao Yanzhi yawned loudly.

Oh no, when I don't get enough sleep, I want to sleep as soon as I get close to Pei Ze, and this is a habit.

"So sure?" Pei Ze still put the dirty cloak on Xiao Yanzhi's body in the end.

"Even if she has already left Guangzhou City, I can't help it...... Let me sleep for a while......" Smacking his lips, Xiao Yanzhi's head rubbed against Pei Ze's lap, and he found a comfortable position and slept peacefully.

Pei Ze shook his head and smiled.

So far, his greatest use for Xiao Yan seems to be □□, which is also the most laughable value he has found in himself in his life.

Stretching his long arm, he fished out a book of folds scattered on Xiao Yanzhi's side, Pei Ze originally wanted to help Xiao Yanzhi solve some problems while he was asleep, but when he opened the fold and read two lines, Pei Ze threw the fold out depressedly.

He'd better concentrate on □□.

Half an hour later, someone suddenly knocked on the door, and as soon as the door rang, Xiao Yanzhi opened his eyes.

Looking at the roof of Honglu Temple in a daze, Xiao Yanzhi raised his hand to support his forehead.

No matter how well you sleep, as long as you hear a knock on the door, you will definitely wake up, and this has become a habit. What habits did he develop after entering the palace......

Sitting up from Pei Ze's arms, Xiao Yanyi turned his head and saw that Pei Ze, who was leaning on the side of Luohan's bed, had also opened his eyes.

"Come in." Pull the low table back to the middle of the Luohan bed and sit down again, and Xiao Yanzhi allowed someone to come in.

As soon as Zheng Lang, the secretary of Honglu Temple, got permission, he hurriedly pushed the door in.

"I've seen the prince, the lower official ......" Halfway through his words, Zheng Lang found that there was one more person on the Arhat's bed, and stared at Pei Ze dumbfounded for a long time, Zheng Lang bowed solemnly and said, "I've seen King Wucheng." ”

Pei Ze waved his hand, but the person was still lazily leaning on the side of Luohan's bed, not moving.

"What's wrong? What's going on again? Seeing that Zheng Lang was only looking at Pei Ze, Xiao Yanzhi asked.

Zheng Lang came back to his senses and reported to Xiao Yanzhi: "Lord Qiqi, the princess of the Great Food Country has been found. ”

"Well," Xiao Yanzhi nodded disappretently, "It's good to find it." Anything else? ”

If you find it, you will bring someone to Chang'an and tell him, what's the use?

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yanzhi didn't care about the lost princess at all, and Zheng Lang hurriedly followed up to the next topic: "Lord Wang, let's apply for the discount...... I was called back by the household department, saying that we didn't need that much money at all, and asked us to redraw the budget. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi finally turned his head to look at Zheng Lang: "That excerpt, I want you to copy a copy of last year's excerpt and send it over, right?" ”

Zheng Lang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, nodded and said, "Yes, the prince ordered it this way, and the lower officials did the same, but ......"

"In other words, last year they were allowed, but today they are not allowed at all, right?" Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows.

"Yes......" Zheng Lang's head hung lower.

Xiao Yanzhi rubbed the corners of his forehead and said, "Who got the fold back?" ”

Knowing that Cui Cheng was in the household department, Qin Fengming had held the power to receive foreign envoys in Honglu Temple, so when he heard that receiving foreign envoys could also apply for fees from the treasury, Xiao Yanzhi felt that there must be something in it.

Judging from the experience of his two lives, how can he be willing to apply for funding from the state without taking a little from it and putting it in his pocket? If it was someone else who was originally in this position, he would not have thought of this, but it happened that he was in Qin Fengming's position.

Zheng Lang replied: "It is the degree branch member Wailang." ”

"Someone else is still there?"

"Here," Zheng Lang replied immediately, "the lower officials were afraid that the prince would have something to say to him and bring him back to the household, so he asked someone to keep him." The subordinate will go and bring people in. ”

"Go ahead."

After Zheng Lang left, Pei Ze also sat up straight and asked Xiao Yanzhi: "Do you have a way?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi chuckled lightly and said, "What else do you need?" I'm afraid that someone will stumble on me, but I do things according to the rules, and this can make him stumble, how can I mess in the palace in the future? ”

In the past few days, Xiao Yanzhi has studied the Qin family very carefully and carefully, and found that the Qin family is more complicated than he imagined, although it is said that the Qin family is an official family in the Central Plains, but after four generations of officials, the Qin family has been scattered all over the country due to various transfers, and now the family is headed by Qin Tai's grandmother and settled in Chang'an City, but this lady is now living in Luozhou.

Qin Tai's father was originally in the Guozijian service, and now one-third of the civil officials in the court are Qin Tai's father's protégés, after the incident, Qin Tai's father moved out of Chang'an City and lived in Liangzhou, Shannan Province, but there are still many inspirational young people who go to worship him, and after completing his studies, he will go straight to Chang'an and gain fame.

Qin Tai has two elder brothers, the eldest brother Qin Fu originally served in Beijing and was the core figure of the Qin family, but after the fall of the previous dynasty, Qin Tai entered the customs with the emperor, Qin Fu was transferred to Henan Province, and the core figure of the Qin family in Beijing was replaced by Qin Tai, who was once the most unsuccessful, and Qin Tai's second brother Qin You also went to Lingnan Road and served as the envoy of the festival.

This is just a few people from the Qin family, and what are the other sons, righteous sons, cousins, wives and relatives, Xiao Yanzhi roughly counted, among the three provinces, six departments, nine temples and five prisons in the imperial city alone, there are forty or fifty people who have a close or distant relationship with the Qin family, not to mention that the sixteen guards also contain some second sons and concubines who have no ability to govern the country and can only serve in the army.

And the smartest thing about the Qin family is that they helped the emperor at the most critical moment of entering the customs, although it was just a gesture for the Qin family, although it was said that the emperor could succeed even without the help of the Qin family, but the Qin family just made a move at that moment, so the founding hero of the Tang State was not only Qin Tai, but also the entire Qin family.

In the following year, the Qin family assisted the emperor to quickly stabilize the court and stabilize the situation in the whole country with infinite enthusiasm and loyalty, but from the second year, Qin Tai had a heart of disobedience, probably because he felt that he could lead the army with martial arts and govern the country with literature, and the emperor's world was defeated by his Qin family, how could he not replace him?

It's just that Qin Tai is a step too late, so he can only re-plan with the Qin family's forces, accumulate financial resources, and master the military power, and the emperor has lost the opportunity to get rid of the Qin family, and there is no available person to help, so he can only bite the military power and stalemate with Qin Tai.

But fortunately, the more relatives, the more distant and close relatives, the larger the family, the more likely it is to have dislikes, people say that the wealth is not more than three generations, then the glory of the Qin family has continued for four generations, and it is almost time to come to an end, at this time, the Qin family should have raised something else except for a Qin Tai with a heart bigger than the sky, but the wife of the Qin family is still alive, and these things dare not run out to make trouble.

The emperor is waiting for a Qin family to expose his short time, or he is waiting for Mrs. Tai to pass away, but the old woman has lived to the same house for four generations, who knows how long she can continue to live? The emperor can wait, but he can't wait, so it's better to let him stir and stir up again, and see if he can advance this opportunity.

This battle is going to be fought sooner or later, so sooner or later, it's over early, maybe he can go back to Jiangnan to retire, otherwise he will have to spend his life in the palace, which is really not cost-effective.

Just thinking about it, Zheng Lang brought Cui Cheng in, and Xiao Yanyi smiled when he saw Cui Cheng, how bright and brilliant his smile was.

As soon as he saw Xiao Yanzhi's smile, Cui Cheng's heart suddenly burst out, and he immediately became vigilant.

"Cui Cheng, a member of the branch of the lower official household department, visited the king of Shu and the king of Wucheng."

Pei Ze leaned on the side of Luohan's bed and hung his head, didn't speak, didn't look at Cui Cheng, only pricked up his ears and waited to hear what Xiao Yanzhi would say.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Cui Cheng with a smile and said kindly: "Wailang please get up quickly, I haven't seen you for a while, how is Wailang lately?" ”

Cui Cheng bowed his hand, hung his head and said: "Thank you for remembering the prince, the next official is fine." ”

"It's okay," Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile, "I'm still worried that Qin Fengming's matter will implicate Yuanwailang, but since Yuanwailang is fine, I'm relieved." ”

Cui Cheng stopped talking, because he really didn't know how to continue with this.

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Please come to the staff outsider, I don't understand one thing very well, and I want to ask the staff outsider for clarification." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Yanzhi stretched out his hand to Zheng Lang, Zheng Lang understood, and handed Xiao Yanzhi the book they had written before, and handed Xiao Yanzhi two other books of folds to him.

Xiao Yanzhi only took the fold in his hand, and asked Cui Chengdao with a smile: "Wailang, I don't know what went wrong with this budget of Honglu Temple?" This has been called back three times, and all the envoys are on their way here, if Honglu Temple can't get any more money, then even the post house can't be arranged, is it difficult for the mission to live in the shabby room of the post house now? ”

Cui Chengyi arched his hand and said: "The lower officials are panicked, but the household department is in charge of the treasury revenue and expenditure, and has always acted according to the rules, Your Majesty's birthday banquet, all ceremonies and banquets are in the Ministry of Rites in Zhangluo, Honglu Temple is only in charge of the reception of foreign envoys, the prince is a businessman, how much money can be used for the reception alone, presumably the prince knows it." If the amount demanded by Honglu Temple is not much, the household department will also sell the face of the prince, turn a blind eye, and pay no attention to it, but the number written on the fold is really ...... Even the Ministry of Rites doesn't need so much, and Honglu Temple really dares to ask for it. ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled: "I just want so much, and the household department really doesn't give it?" ”

Cui Cheng shook his head and said, "The prince forgives the sin, if the prince insists, then we can only go to the front of His Majesty to settle an account." ”

"Huh!" Xiao Yanzhi chuckled, "It seems that Wailang is quite confident in this account." ”

"Xia Guan has been in the household department for three years, and these accounts have long been familiar to him, even if he goes to His Majesty, Xia Guan is not afraid."

Xiao Yanzhi nodded and said: "Look at the confident appearance of the Wailang, you can know how confident the Wailang is." Even so, I still have doubts, it's better like this, we don't have to go to my father, as long as the household department calculates an account in front of me to convince me, I will change this fold, what do you think? ”

Hearing this, Cui Chenghu looked at Xiao Yanzhi suspiciously.

Seeing Cui Cheng's puzzled face, Xiao Yanzhi laughed and said, "What? Didn't the outsider still say it confidently? Not now? If the outsider is afraid, how about taking this fold back to cover a big household seal? ”

"Forget it!" Cui Cheng gritted his teeth and responded.

In fact, the money that Xiao Yanzhi wanted, the household department had already invited it down, because there was last year's usage as a basis, and after reporting to Shangshu Province this year, it was very light to get the money, but the money that Honglu Temple wanted was handed over to Qin Fengming last year, of which only one-third was used to entertain foreign envoys, and the remaining two-thirds went into their own pockets, as long as the final account book was done, even the emperor could only accuse them of extravagance and waste. So this time they got the money first, and they directly transferred the two-thirds first, and the clinker Qin Fengming was suddenly dismissed, and now Xiao Yanzhi still wants this amount, where are they going?

Thinking of this, Cui Cheng glared at Zheng Lang hatefully.

If it weren't for Zheng Lang mentioning it, how could Xiao Yanzhi ask for so much in one mouth?

Xiao Yanzhi's eyes flashed, and he said: "Okay, for the sake of fairness, Zheng Lang, go and ask the six Shangshu to go to the household department, and we will settle an account." Outsider, please. ”

"Lord Wang, please first." Cui Cheng bowed and avoided.

Today is a real account, what is he afraid of?

Xiao Yanzhi shrugged, turned his head to look at Pei Ze, and asked, "King Wucheng doesn't want to go and see the excitement?" ”

"Go." Pei Ze got off the Luohan bed in a leisurely manner, "It's okay today, just look at your excitement." ”

Xiao Yanzhi has three foldings in his hand, if one of them is the fold that has been returned to Honglu Temple three times, then what are the other two?

Xiao Yanzhi smiled, pinched the three folds, and swaggered away from Honglu Temple with his hands behind his back and walked towards the household.

When Xiao Yanzhi and Cui Cheng arrived at the household department, they found that there were many people standing in the front yard of the household department's official office, and when they asked Pei Ze, they found out that among these people, in addition to the six books, there were other idle officials in the imperial city who had nothing to do, so Xiao Yanzhi sighed from the bottom of his heart.

There were already five people in the courtyard of the household department, and they had already set up a table and sat down separately, looking at the appearance of each of them having an abacus, it seemed that the household department was ready to settle the accounts.

After the people in the courtyard saluted, Zhang He, the head of the household, personally led Xiao Yanzhi and Pei Ze to the specially prepared Taishi chair.

"Lord Wang, it's too late to regret it at this time." Zhang He seemed to be reminding Xiao Yanzhi, but there was no lack of pride in his eyes.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Zhang He and suddenly asked, "You are Qin Fengming's uncle?" ”

didn't expect Xiao Yanzhi to suddenly mention this stubble, Zhang Yiyi was stunned, and then immediately cleared up the relationship and said: "Exactly, but the minister and the nephew are not close." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Not kind? One of the two of you is in the household department, and the other is in Honglu Temple, and you have to deal with each other every year, but you are not close? That's weird. ”

Zhang He's smile froze, and he hurriedly said: "Because the minister is not used to seeing his nephew's arrogant and domineering temperament, he rarely interacts outside of official business. ”

"I see," Xiao Yanzhi changed his hand and handed a book of excerpts to Zhang He's hand, and then said in a loud voice, "This is the budget drawn up by Honglu Temple to receive foreign envoys during His Majesty's birthday banquet, let Lord Zhang read it to you." ”

I don't know what Xiao Yanzhi wants to do, Zhang He and Cui Cheng glanced at each other, or took the excerpt, unfolded it and read it aloud, and only after reading it did he return it to Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi took the fold with a smile, and said: "I am tired that Lord Zhang has read so much, but please just remember the last number, which is the budget given by this king." But the staff of the household department said that the budget of the king was ridiculously high, and the king was not convinced, so the staff said that he would settle an account for the king. But this king is really not very good at numbers, so I ask you to do the math for this king. So, what does the outsider want to calculate? Please. ”

"The subordinate officer takes the order."

Cui Cheng responded and began to report the account, from the tea, vegetables, fruits, mountains and seas on the banquet, to the accommodation and play of the envoys, and even the excellent Maiko were counted, Cui Cheng reported here, and the five people sitting there crackled with calculations, and when Cui Cheng finished reporting, the abacus also came to the final result, and the budget given by Cui Cheng was more than two thousand taels.

And Xiao Yanzhi's fold is written on nearly seven thousand taels.

Cui Cheng said proudly: "Lord Wang, Xia Guan has already given you a higher level." ”

Xiao Yanzhi's eyebrows furrowed, and he said suspiciously: "This is strange, how can it be spent so little?" Wai Lang just said in Honglu Temple, even the Ministry of Rites can't spend this money? ”

Cui Cheng smiled and said: "If the prince doesn't believe in the officials, you can ask the Ministry of Rites Shangshu." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi looked at the group of people who were watching the excitement, and said loudly: "Where is the book of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

The ordered Ministry of Rites Shangshu could only slowly come out of the ranks, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said: "Lord Qi, Your Majesty's birthday banquet, the big banquet that my Ministry of Rites only cares about banqueting the ministers, probably ...... Only...... It's more than three thousand taels. ”

After speaking, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu wiped the sweat from his forehead again.

He can't go any higher, they hold a banquet but there are a lot of things that are ready-made, and they don't need to spend money at all, even the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the banquet only part of them need to be specially transported from the production area, and the rest of the Sinong Temple is raised, Youling is in the pear orchard, and he doesn't pay for it, at most, he wants to make a dress for Youling, and the materials used are still the remaining stocks picked by the palace concubines in the treasury, Jiang Guifei said that His Majesty's birthday banquet, people who show their faces in front of people can't damage His Majesty's face, those things that can't be used in the harem, Eighty percent took it out...... Most of the items are ready-made, so it doesn't really cost much.

"The Ministry of Rites only needs more than three thousand taels?" Xiao Yanzhi's eyes widened, and he showed another fold in his hand with a stunned expression, "This is strange, since the Ministry of Rites only needs more than three thousand taels, how did the eight thousand taels on this fold come from?" Do you need to do a good calculation? ”

When the Ministry of Rites Shangshu heard this, he was stunned: "Eight, eight thousand taels? Lord, you, are you joking? ”

Is the King of Shu holding an excerpt from the Ministry of Rites? How did the excerpt of the Ministry of Rites be in the hands of the King of Shu?

Xiao Yanzhi glared and said, "This king seems to be joking with you?" This is the excerpt handed over by the Ministry of Rites, so you can see for yourself, my lord. ”

Zheng Lang immediately took the fold in Xiao Yanzhi's hand, handed it to the head of the Ministry of Rites, and gave the Ministry of Rites a look of self-begging.

As soon as he opened the fold, he had just seen the numbers written in the fold, and he fainted as soon as he rolled his eyes.

Someone immediately stepped forward to help the Ministry of Rites Shangshu up, and the Criminal Department Shangshu was curious, picked up the fold that fell to the ground and opened it to see, there were eight thousand taels written on it in black and white! If you look closely, you can see the time and the big seal of the household department at the place where the fold was signed, and it was within this month that the fold was written and approved.

"It's not over yet," Xiao Yanzhi shook the last fold in his hand again, "This is the budget fold handed over by Honglu Temple before His Majesty's birthday banquet last year, guess how much is written on it?" ”

Needless to say, everyone knows it.

Xiao Yanzhi sneered and handed the book to Zhang He's eyes, and poked Zhang He's chin: "Are you familiar with Qin Fengming?" So unfamiliar that you don't even want to read the excerpts he wrote? It's so unfamiliar that you stamped it without even looking at the fold, and took money out of the treasury?! As the head of the household, but you are so negligent in your duties, what crime should you be guilty of! ”

Before the words fell, Xiao Yanzhi smashed the fold on Zhang He's face.

Zhang Hetong knelt on the ground with a pout, and couldn't even think of a rebuttal.

Cui Cheng's face turned pale, and he slowly knelt down.

Only then did everyone suddenly realize, and secretly thought that what the King of Shu wanted to calculate was not the account on the abacus.

The king of Shu in the countryside is really a little capable, whether he did it himself, or with the help of the emperor or King Wucheng, he can't fake his attitude at this time, and the emperor is afraid that he is determined to do the Qin family, at least to do Qin Tai.

Xiao Yanzhi didn't know what the people had misunderstood about the matter he had done easily, he just stood up from the Taishi chair without hurrying, raised his feet and took two steps forward, and asked in a deep voice, "Is the Ministry of Rites Shangshu awake?" ”

As soon as he heard this, someone immediately pinched him among the people of the Ministry of Rites, and the nearly half-hundred-year-old Ministry of Rites Shangshu sat up with a carp.

Waving away the people around him, the gray-haired old man knelt in front of Xiao Yanzhi upright, and kowtowed loudly: "The old minister is guilty, please ask the prince to surrender." ”

Xiao Yanzhi originally wanted to ask the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to get up first, but after thinking about it, he didn't say this at all.

"My father's birthday banquet is coming, are you begging for rewards with your father in disguise? Do you want this king to talk to your father for you? ”

Before the words fell, the people in the courtyard knelt down and shouted everything.

Xiao Yanzhi's gaze swept over the top of the crowd, and he said in a deep voice: "What about the official department and the criminal department?" ”

"The minister is here." Those whose names were called immediately came forward.

"There is only half a month left before the father's birthday banquet, this king can't afford to delay, give you a night's time, the year before last, this king will not care about you, who swallowed this money last year and this year, and ask them to spit out the money for this king! If you don't get it, pay for it out of your own pocket! The king has also seen those who should be watched, and if anyone escapes, the king will take you to blame. ”

"Minister...... Commanded. The two Shangshu simply wanted to cry without tears.

They couldn't be clearer about who swallowed the money, and if they don't get it back, they also know it, but they have to pay out of their own pockets...... They can't even take it out! And why take them for blame? The king of Shu is unreasonable! But at this time, none of them had the courage to reason with the King of Shu.

They shouldn't have come to see the excitement......

Pretending not to notice the rich inner activities of the two scholars, Xiao Yanzhi said: "I often heard that Mr. Storyteller said that once the son of heaven and a courtier, the father and the emperor are benevolent and righteous, and after ascending the throne, they can't bear to harm the innocent, and they also read that you adults have the talent to govern the country, so you can leave your lordships to continue to serve the country, but if you don't want to do it, you can resign as soon as possible and retire and vacate the place. ”

After speaking, Xiao Yanzhi strode away in a dashing manner.

Pei Ze's gaze swept over a group of trembling people, and then followed Xiao Yanzhi thoughtfully.

Zheng Lang looked left and right, and hurriedly caught up with Xiao Yanzhi.

After leaving the household department, Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi separated from Zheng Lang and walked towards the Liangyi Palace.

After the two walked side by side for a while, Pei Zecai asked in a low voice, "What about the vacancies in the household department and the ritual department?" You don't have the energy to care anymore. ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said: "Of course I don't have the energy to care anymore, but don't I still have a second emperor brother?" ”

"Him?" Pei Ze frowned, "He can't do it, he's not as shrewd as you." ”

Pei Ze really didn't expect that Xiao Yanyi would be able to do such a big thing when he entered Honglu Temple, which really scared him.

But after thinking about it carefully, Pei Ze felt curious: "Where did you get the excerpt of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"Forehead......" Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth and said, "Zheng Lang suddenly asked me to write a budget excerpt, but I can't write it, thinking that the Ministry of Rites is also going to write such an excerpt during this period, so I will go to the Ministry of Rites...... Forehead...... Borrowed it. ”

As soon as he heard this, Pei Ze was so angry that he knocked on the top of Xiao Yanzhi's head: "You dare to steal the court documents!" ”

Xiao Yanzhi glared at Pei Ze and said, "I said that it was borrowed!" Didn't I give them back today! ”

Pei Ze shook his head and smiled.

He paid it back, but it's better not to pay it back! Look at the Ministry of Rites Shangshu is so angry that he can't faint again.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is an upright person, but now that he is nearly half a hundred years old, he basically handed over the affairs of the Ministry of Rites to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites is unfortunately Qin Fengming's uncle.

After laughing, Pei Ze said with a worried face: "Be careful, you have already cut off the Qin family's two financial routes." ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Then Brother Lao will protect me, and Brother Yi has said that he will be responsible for my life." ”

Xiao Yanzhi is so cheeky, so Pei Ze is angry and not laughing.

"By the way, tomorrow afternoon, your brother and sister will be able to arrive tomorrow."

"Really?!" Xiao Yanzhi's eyes lit up and he looked at Pei Ze happily.

I've been looking forward to it for a long time, and it's finally here.

"Fake." Pei Ze gave Xiao Yan a blank look.

Can he still lie to Xiao Yanzhi about this?

Xiao Yanzhi smiled, and then a bear hugged Pei Ze tightly: "Brother Righteous Wise and Martial!" ”

Being hugged like this, Pei Ze was a little confused, and his face was slightly red with embarrassment after coming back to his senses.

"Don't make a fuss, let people see what it looks like!"

After Pei Ze finished speaking, Xiao Yanzhi let go of his hand, which made Pei Ze secretly relieved in his heart, but then he was kissed by Xiao Yanzhi, and Pei Ze was dumbfounded.

"Thank you, brother!" Smiling at Pei Ze, Xiao Yanzhi turned around and ran towards the Liangyi Palace.

However, Pei Ze still stood stupidly in place, looking at Xiao Yanzhi's back blankly.

Running all the way to the Liangyi Palace, Xiao Yanzhi rushed into the palace door with a sharp turn, but his feet slipped when he went down the steps, and he sat on the ground. After sitting stunned for a while, Xiao Yanzhi's face suddenly turned red.

What did he do while he was in chaos! hugged it, why did he kiss it? Why do you forget to measure yourself when you are excited? He really didn't have that intention...... He didn't drink again, how could he explain it to Pei Ze?

The people in the Liangyi Hall saw Xiao Yanyi rushing in like a gust of wind, and as a result, he sat on the ground, not knowing what he was thinking, and then suddenly his face flushed. This frightened everyone in the Liangyi Palace.

"Your Highness? Your Highness, are you alright? Lord Zhao! Come and find Lord Zhao! ”

"It's coming, it's coming! What's wrong, what's wrong? As soon as Zhao Kang heard someone shouting His Royal Highness, he rushed out of the house, and when he saw Xiao Yanzhi sitting on the ground, he was also frightened, "Oh, my Highness!" What's wrong with you? Why did you sit on the ground? Lift up! Hurry up and help me up! ”

Everyone immediately helped Xiao Yanzhi up.

Only then did Zhao Kang see Xiao Yanzhi's flushed face: "Your Highness, do you have a word?" Why is this face so red? It can't be a fever, right? The old slave was offended. ”

As he spoke, Zhao Kang reached out to touch Xiao Yanzhi's forehead.

"What's going on?"

The emperor was originally waiting for Zhao Kang to bring Xiao Yanzhi in the study, but he didn't wait for Xiao Yanzhi to enter the door, but he heard that it was getting noisy outside. When the emperor heard that the sound was not good, he hurried out to take a look.

"Father......" Xiao Yanzhi had calmed down a little, and when he heard the emperor's voice, he turned his head to look at the emperor, blinked, and said quite aggrievedly, "Father, they stumbled on their sons!" ”

As soon as the emperor pondered, he glared and asked, "What have you done again?!" ”

If it is just like this, Yan Zhi will not come to talk to him, if he comes, he will specify what he has done, and it must be a big deal.

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Father, the son has removed two evil lords for you...... Maybe three. ”

When the emperor heard this, he was angry or laughed: "Get out of here!" ”

"Oh." Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth and obediently followed the emperor into the study.

"Tell me, what's going on?" When Zhao Kang closed the door of the study and guarded the door of the study, the emperor asked.

Xiao Yanzhi immediately told the emperor what had happened in the household department before, and the emperor really wanted to beat Xiao Yanyi after hearing it.

"I didn't send you to Honglu Temple to investigate the case."

Xiao Yanzhi said innocently: "Erchen didn't investigate the case, they wanted to find trouble with Erchen, and Erchen just fought back a little." ”

The corners of the emperor's mouth twitched fiercely, and he said, "I remember, I told you that I am waiting for an opportunity. ”

Xiao Yanzhi nodded and said, "Well, Erchen also remembers, but the father didn't tell Erchen when the opportunity would come, and Erchen would ...... Strike first? ”

"First strike?" The emperor laughed angrily, "I see that you owe a beating!" It's good that the Ministry of Rites doesn't have a waiter, where can you get me the book of the household department! ”

As he spoke, the emperor picked up the pillow at hand and smashed it at Xiao Yanzhi.

Why is this stinky boy so bold? If anyone could do the work of the three provinces and six departments, he would have replaced those people in the court a long time ago, and he was still waiting for him to come?!

"Oops!" Xiao Yanzhi took the pillow and stuffed it into his arms and hugged it, and said, "Isn't the Hubu Shangshu just an account, you let the second emperor brother go." ”

"Settle accounts?" The emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Then you go and count me!" I'll see if you can figure out the world's accounts! And you don't know who is behind your second emperor brother?! ”

Xiao Yanzhi pouted and said, "Father, why can't you think about it like this?" Which one do you raise? But the Jiang family is for the second emperor's brother, but who is the Qin family for? ”

"If the second child can hold down Jiang Jiazhen, do you still have to wait until now?!" The Emperor huffed and smashed another pillow.

"Huh!" Xiao Yanzhi hurriedly caught the second one and stuffed it into his arms, "Father, you don't give him a chance, how do you know that he can't hold it down?" Even if he can't hold it down, isn't there still Pei Ze! ”

The emperor said: "Knowing the son Mo Ruo's father, the three of them all grew up beside me, and I know them. ”

Xiao Yanzhi sneered and said, "What do you know?" Father, you just said that you don't believe in anyone, but if you feel that the hearts of the three of them are towards you, you will not put the three of them to such a position now, each of them only has status, no rights, and they can't help you at all in the court, you have relied on yourself for the past three years, haven't you suffered enough? ”

“…… How dare I. ”

The blood in the court is no less than on the battlefield, if you are a little careless, it is their Xu Li clan who will die, the second and third are close to their mother's mother's family, how dare he use it?

Looking at the emperor's lonely face, Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Isn't Erchen here?" Father, you are no longer alone, if the emperor and brother dare to be disobedient, the sons will beat them for you! ”

How could he be the only prince jumping around in the imperial city? Why do you have to drag another one into the water.