Hearing the scribe's reply, Wu Qi sighed and put the tea that had almost become a cup of white water in his hand and had no taste on the desk, stood up with his waist bent, nodded at the scribe, and staggered outside, looking at the back of this old man, the scribe's heart couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.

Walking out of the political hall, Wu Qi looked back at this inconspicuous side hall, he once thought that the Han Kingdom would be the side of the righteous and thin clouds, but now it seems that in this world, there is no wolf who does not eat meat! In this side room, the attitude of the few people who control most of the power in this empire towards him has fully explained their thoughts about the Wei State.

The defeat of the Qin people on the grassland triggered their strategic retreat, and in just one month, Ye Zhen led his troops to recover most of the Wei state, and the king of Wei was once ecstatic, thinking that the day when he returned to China to regain his rule was not far away, but now it seems that it is only afraid that it is far away, and there is no hope at all.

The Han State had no intention of restoring the Wei State at all.

Although he is in Jicheng, but in the territory of Wei, Wu Qi still has some eyeliner, and after Ye Zhen recovered the Wei land, now all the officials have been arranged to resume the rule, but those officials do not belong to the Wei State, but the officials of the Han State from various counties in the country and some Han scholars who have just graduated from the intensive training of Jicheng Comprehensive University.

What his heart is, it is clear.

But what can I do? Now even the security guard of King Wei and himself in Jicheng is also served by the reserve troops of the Young Guards of the Han Kingdom.

The sunlight passed through the side hall and shone on his face, causing his eyes to squint involuntarily, and the wrinkles on his face deepened, and Wu turned around lonely, ready to leave.

There was a burst of laughter behind him, Wu Qi stopped, turned around, and saw that from the side hall of the political hall, in the big palace decorated with golden walls, a group of people were happily coming out of the inside, talking loudly about the military situation on the front line while walking, the Han army is now victorious, these people are all red faces, dancing with their hands.

Wu Qi knew that these people were all members of the Great Council of the Han Kingdom, from various counties of the Han Kingdom, and these people should be representatives of Jicheng stationed in Jicheng. For the Great Council, Wu Qi has always felt a little incredible, because in terms of his political experience, the existence of this Great Council is simply a storage of imperial power, I heard that this is still Gao Yuan regardless of the opposition of Jiang Jiaquan and others, single-handedly drummed out, since ancient times, I have never heard of that a king will think that his authority is too big and ask for trouble, and set limits for himself.

For this king of the Han Kingdom, Wu Qi felt that he had never understood.

"This time, the government hall has proposed to increase the special war tax to cover the cost of this war, can you tell me, can the Great Council pass guò?" A councillor shouted.

"Jishi, Dayan, Yuyang and other places will definitely raise their hands in favor, because this time they are war zones, and the damage is strict, and the special war tax will not be on their heads, and Langya, Tianhe, Hejian, Cangzhou, Queensland and other places may not be happy, so this time there will definitely be no battle in the big council!" The other grinned.

"Hey, I said you don't stand and talk without back pain, what kind of attitude do you have in Liaoxi?"

"We in Liaoxi have paid a lot to support Jishi this time, even if we want to collect war taxes, we shouldn't be able to collect much, anyway, when the time comes, I support Jiang Yizheng's proposal to determine the proportion of the division according to the wealth of the place and the losses in this war, and Yan Yizheng's proposal of equal sharing, I am firmly opposed."

"Cut, let's talk about it, it's not just for you to spend less money!"

"We are poor in Liaoxi, where are you plastered places, the mud will produce oil when you pinch it!"

"Get out of the way, I used to say that you Liaoxi was poor, but now you are poor?"

"Aren't we poor? We're still poor, and our foundation is thin!"

"Don't quarrel, this time I don't think it's going to be able to resist the general trend, not to mention anything else, the representatives of the three counties of Liaodong are definitely in favor of raising their hands, not to mention the places of Dayan, Hetao, Jishi, and Yuyang, and the counties of Qidi, which are newly included in my Han territory, are now trembling, let them pay, and they will never dare to say anything, so they will definitely raise their hands at that time. Count the votes yourselves, it's already halfway through. So let's not be a villain this time, this special tax must have been approved by the king, this time in the war, our losses are really a little bigger, especially Yuyang, who was so scourged by Lu Chao that he couldn't speak, our places have not been affected by the chaos of the war, and it is also appropriate to pay more money. I think the people can also understand, if there is no sacrifice in these places, how can we live and work in peace and contentment, especially this time the Xiongnu herdsmen in Jishi County, more than 20,000 people died on the battlefield, and how many families have no pillars."

"That's that!"

Wu Qi stood in a daze, listening to these people discuss as they walked away, is this their councilor? A flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, yes, Councillor, Great Council. You might be able to find a way in this direction.

Wu Qi raised his head and hurriedly walked towards the residence of the King of Wei and himself.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Back at the mansion, Wu Qi hurried straight to the main hall where King Wei lived.

"Wu Xiang, is it getting better?" Looking at Wu Qi's appearance, King Wei, who heard the voice, was overjoyed, "The political hall promised to let this king return to China?"

Wu Qi shook his head, "No, they didn't see me at all, then Jiang Jiaquan didn't see me at all on the grounds that King Han was no longer in Jicheng and he couldn't be the master!"

"So, they still don't mean to let me go?" King Wei sat down disappointed.

"Look at what they mean, I'm afraid that they will never want to let the king return!" Wu Qi sighed: "The lost territory of my Great Wei that Ye Zhen recovered has now been officially taken over by officials appointed by the Han State."

"How can this be, how is this possible, this is the land of my Great Wei, how can they take away the Han Kingdom?" King Wei shouted. Aren't Han our friends, and didn't they promise to help us hold Wei?"

"Your Majesty!" Wu Qi sighed: "They have promised it like this, but the problem is that they didn't hold it, and even the capital of Wei was occupied by the Qin people, and now although they have taken it back, they can say in righteous words that they took it back from the hands of the Qin people."

"So, that's okay?" King Wei was dumbfounded.

"Why not? The truth is always in the barrel of the gun, and this is what King Gao Yuan said." Wu Qi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, how much money do we have?"

"Why did you suddenly ask this? We naturally have a lot of money, but we don't have much on hand, and the gold and silver treasures in the palace and the treasury, and the infantry generals all registered them one by one, and then only gave me the booklet, saying that they would return it to me when the war subsided, and I don't know where it is now!" King Wei was stunned.

"Your Majesty, give me what you have left."

"Well, what do you want to do?" King Wei asked strangely.

"Your Majesty, do you know that there is a great council in the Han Kingdom?" Wu Qi sat down and asked.

"Of course I know that."

"This great council has great power, they only need to gather a few people, they can move a proposal, if they are above the big council, even the political hall can not be denied, and the only one who has the final veto power is the Han king Gao Yuan, so I need a lot of treasure to bribe these big councilors and win over a group of people to speak for us." Wu Qi lowered his voice and said: "Using the clause of the promise given to us by the Han King Gao Yuan, we ask the Han Kingdom to let the king return to the country and govern."

"Can these councillors say yes?"

"Money is moving, as far as I know, these councillors are not able to hold it for a lifetime, they have to be re-elected every three years, among these people, there must be those who are greedy for money, and besides, they are not united, each has his own thoughts, so the minister must give it a try." Wu Qi clenched his fists: "As long as the Great Council can be moved and put forward a proposal, this matter will be made public, so that all the people of the Han Kingdom will know about it, and further let the Great Council pass the proposal, and only King Gao Yuan of Han will be able to veto this matter."

"What if King Han directly vetoes it?"

"If the Great Council really passed Guò, the King of Han would never deny it, because it was about his face, his honor, and the maintenance of his prestige in the Great Council, and the King of Han has been working hard to maintain the prestige of the Great Council, and since the establishment of the Great Council, he has not dismissed a single thing about the Great Council." Wu Qidao.

"Okay, as long as this king can return to the country and govern again, what is the gold and silver treasures, you can take it, but I don't have much on hand!" Wei Wangdao.

"The ministers still have some in their hands, besides, there are a lot of rich gentry from my big Wei family who moved to Jicheng with the king, and the ministers will find them to turn their fate, which is also related to their vital interests, I want to let them all move and go to the parliamentarians they know to lobby." Wu Qidao.

In the political affairs hall, several councilors listened to Cao Tianci's report on Wu Qi's every move in the past two days, and they couldn't help but be dumbfounded, "This Wu Qi is really a talent, he can actually make him come up with such a trick, and really let him do it, are we quite passive?"

"Has any of the councillors been moved?" Yan Shenghao asked.

"Absolutely." Cao Tianci grinned, "I have a detailed list everywhere, and I'll send it to a few adults when I turn around."

Jiang Jiaquan snorted, "God's gift, warn these people, especially those who don't want to pay this time, this is a great deal!" Pinch them in your hands, pinch them fiercely, my big and dignified parliamentarians, actually accept bribes, this is a felony, sue them, if they don't raise their hands for the special war tax this time, then I, Jiang, will be transferred to justice!" (To be continued......)