Chapter 1061: East Becomes West (54)
In the political affairs hall, there were bursts of laughter, and several bigwigs in the political affairs hall who were concerned about Jiang Jiaquan laughed happily while listening to Cao Tianci's report.
"This time Wu Qi can be said to have lost his wife and soldiers, those parliamentarians who accepted his bribes were interviewed by me, and they were immediately coaxed one by one, and all these gold and silver treasures sent by Wu Qi were spit out without a single penny, and I hinted at it a little, and they immediately expressed their full support for the government affairs hall's plan for the collection of special taxes for this war." Cao Tianci said proudly.
"In this way, Langya, Hejian, Tianhe, Queensland, Cangzhou, Fenzhou and other places will support this special war tax bill, so that there will be no problem in the big council." Jiang Jiaquan shook his head again and again, "In this way, not only will the pension and resettlement costs of Jishi County be settled, but the restoration and reconstruction of Yuyang can also be started immediately."
"Discussing politics, King Wei's net worth is really rich, this time the things that those guys who accepted bribes spit out are still in my Supervision Yuan! I still gave them face and asked them to deliver the things to me at night, which can more or less subsidize their needs!" Cao Tianci smiled and said.
"No, these things, you send someone to King Wei to send them back!" Jiang Jiaquan laughed, "The treasury of the Wei State is now in our treasury, and it was difficult to use it because the relationship has not been straightened out in the past, but then I think we can justifiably support this part of the property. Therefore, we will still return this little property of King Wei to him, after all, his big family will have more days to use money in the future, and we can't let him say that our Han King is harsh."
There was another burst of laughter in the hall." Thinking about coming to King Wei must be frightened. It's okay for him, that Wu Qi danced so happily during this time, won't he be punished a little?" Cao Tianci was a little indignant, "How much has this old boy found for me during this time?"
"No, no, no!" Jiang Jiaquan shook his head again and again, "Each is independent, this person's ability is still commendable, besides, the king also appreciates this person very much, besides, his son Wu Yong is now the commander of the new army in Weidi, we have to give him some face."
"The king still wants to reuse this person?" Cao Tianci asked in surprise.
Several councilors looked at each other and smiled: "Yes, if Wu Qi is willing, there is also a place for him in this political hall, Wei land belongs to Han, and there is still a lot of pacification work in the future, after all, except for those concession areas that have already carried out work, the Wei territories in other places do not understand the policies of our Han State, and they are afraid and even have a certain amount of disgust and riots, all of which will exist, and with Wu Qi here, it will be much easier to solve these problems, besides, this Wu Xiang's ability is still quite good." Jiang Jiaquan said.
"Jiang Yizheng is right, at least in front of this person, I am willing to bow down!" Li Cang said with a smile.
"Li Yizheng is too modest, by the way, Li Yizheng, the fleet from Cangzhou has been gone for more than half a year now, but there has been no response so far, and there is no news at all, which is worrying!" Jiang Jiaquan looked at Li Cang and said.
"Don't worry too much about politics, it used to be like this, taking the sea route, it was extremely risky, in the past, my Li family, not only had to compete with God, but also had to deal with endless pirates along the way, but now it's different, a heavily armed army, dozens of big ships, this is for any force on this sea route, it has the power to destroy, no pirate will be so unsightly, before leaving, the king even hopes that they will suppress more pirates along the way, In this way, this sea route can be completely opened, and more ships can only sail freely in the future! As long as God doesn't make a mistake, there should be no problem, or they are already on their way back when we are talking about them now!" Li Cang said lightly, compared to Jiang Jiaquan, his knowledge of the sea is much stronger.
"I don't really care about the folk voyage, what I care about most is the place called Fusang that the king said, I heard that there are a lot of gold, silver and copper mines there, if we can take it, this is to solve our urgent need!" Jiang Jiaquan said: "I hope they will come back soon and bring good news."
"Let's rest assured!" LI Candao.
In the apartment where King Wei temporarily lived, seeing more than a dozen boxes that had just been sent back by the guards of the Supervision Yuan dressed in black, Wu Qi was stunned, and King Wei was trembling uncontrollably.
Just this morning, the monthly meeting of representatives of the Great Council has been held, and no one has mentioned the bill that Wu Qi is looking forward to, and the whole meeting has discussed a topic, the special war tax, which has always been famous for quarrels and fights in Jicheng, the Great Council is surprisingly calm this time, and the special war tax bill has been passed without any waves, and the Han Kingdom will add a one-time special war tax to the states and counties that have not experienced the war this time, for pension and reconstruction.
The Great Council is a rare kind of harmony and joy.
And for King Wei and Wu Qi, this is like a funeral.
"W-what can I do about this?" King Wei looked at Wu Qi, his teeth rattled, the words of Jiang Zhe, the king of Qi, and Tian Yuanyuan, the prince of Tian, were still in his ears, and the Han Wang Qiao and Yan Wang Ji Ling, who were imprisoned in the Qin State, have now returned to the underworld, is Gao Yuan really a saint? Seeing these things sent back by the Supervision Yuan means that their actions have touched the scale of the Han Kingdom.
"The king doesn't have to worry, I am single-handedly operating this matter, I will go and make it clear to Jiang Jiaquan, if they want to punish, then come to me, it will never harm the king!" Wu Qi sighed and said. If you want to kill or chop, let them be!"
"Don't go!" King Wei was rarely clear, "They don't mean to drink this drunkard, and the target is not you, but me!" Wu Xiang, they quietly sent back these things, but you went to Jiang Yizheng with great fanfare, didn't you find out that we bribed the councillors? When that happens, they'll have to deal with those big councilors, and then our enmity will be too big, or we really won't be able to end well."
Wu Qileng was stunned for a moment, and finally came to his senses, but he was ashamed in his heart, if he hadn't been reminded by King Wei, he would have made another big mistake.
"Han Kingdom, this is to annex our Great Wei, and deliberately prevent you from returning!" Wu Qi looked up to the sky and sighed, "Your Majesty, since they want to be ** and want to set up a memorial arch, we will also pretend to be deaf and dumb, so we will rely on it here. But see what they do with us."
King Wei looked at Wu Qi pitifully: "Wu Xiang, although what you said is a method, if you really provoke the other party, I am afraid that I will not die well, not only me, but also my children and grandchildren, none of them will escape the poison. For them, it's too simple, one plague, one outbreak, it's enough to solve the problem."
Wu Qi sat down on the chair with a thud, "Your Majesty, you, you ......"
"Over the years, first the Zhao State, and then the Han State, my king has always been trembling, like walking on thin ice, in fact, our Great Wei has long existed in name only, first under the control of the Zhao State, and then the Han State came again, and in the end, the Qin State simply laid the Great Liang with open fire, since this is already the case, let me also learn from the King of Qi, honestly go to the throne, go to the shore of Dayan Lake with him, and be a free people!" King Wei looked at the roof blankly and muttered in a low voice.
"Your Majesty!" Wu Qi made a loud cry of grief, "It's all the incompetence of his subordinates that makes the king so humiliated."
"It's none of your business!" King Wei waved his hand, "The general trend of the world is like this, I am afraid that the gods will descend to earth, and they will not be able to return to the sky, now that I think about it, Jiang Zhe and Tian's visit from a distance is a way of survival pointed out to us by the Han Kingdom. Sending these things back today is a warning to us."
Staggered into the house, and after a while, the King of Wei took out a small box, opened the box, and took out the map of the whole territory of Wei and some things that represented the royal power, and put them on the table one by one, staring at these things, King Wei burst into tears, but in the end he was ruthless.
"You give these things to Jiang Jiaquan, and tell him that Wei of Wei is in a manor on the shore of Dayan Lake to retire, and I implore the king of Han to fulfill it." The whimpering King of Wei staggered into the room, and Wu Qi cried bitterly in the same place.
The next day, Wu Qi, with red and swollen eyes, dressed in white and tied with hemp rope around his waist, appeared in the political hall with a box containing a talisman atlas, knelt in the center of the hall, raised his hands high above his head, and presented these things representing the ruling power of Wei to Jiang Jiaquan.
Although Shun LĂŹ got what he always wanted, but looking at Wu Qi's appearance like a mourner, Jiang Jiaquan also had a rare trace of compassion in his heart, chasing the world, the fate of the loser is like this, speaking of the King of Qi or the King of Wei, their fate is quite good, at least they can save their lives, and their descendants can enjoy their old age in peace, the Han Kingdom will not kill them all, like Han Qiao, King of Han, King Ji Ling, to the Qin State, but even the life of the family, the descendants of later generations have been put into it.
"Wu Xiang, please hurry up, King Wei's request, I am here to accept it on behalf of the king of my Han Kingdom, and please rest assured that since King Wei is willing to merge Wei into my Han Kingdom, then my Han will ensure the safety of King Wei, and there will be no crossing the river and demolishing the bridge." Jiang Jiaquan comforted.
"Thank you Jiang for discussing politics, and please make the discussion of politics complete, and prepare a grass house for Wu on the shore of Dayan Lake, a piece of land, where can Wu cultivate and make a living!" Wu Qi was helped up by Jiang Jiaquan, but he still clenched his fists with both hands and slammed them to the ground.
"Wu Xiangyan is serious, the King of Wei is willing to settle in Dayan Lake, so naturally there is no problem, but Wu Xiang, you can't just leave with a stack of picks, Wei Di is a new Han, and I am afraid that the subsequent things are just a thousand things, how can you be separated from Wu Xiang, such a capable minister? So I have to ask Wu Xiang to work hard!" Jiang Jiaquan smiled and said: "If Wu Xiang doesn't dislike it, I don't know if he is willing to enter my Han political hall and do more for the Han Dynasty and the people of Wei who have newly entered the Han Dynasty?"
Listening to Jiang Jiaquan's words, Wu Qi froze for a moment, the political hall is the highest administrative organ of the Han Dynasty except for the Han Dynasty King Gaoyuan, and they actually want to let themselves enter this political affairs hall? (To be continued......)