Chapter Thirty-Eight: One Hundred Thousand Taels of Silver!
Jian Bi'an raised his hand and saluted, and replied expressionlessly: "Since the prime minister accepted this person's apology, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought that he had taken refuge in the prime minister, and many officials were led to go to the knot, this Chang Zifei also seemed to have changed his temperament, for the money and jewelry sent by the officials, he accepted all the orders, and also did things for them, and now many low-level officials have risen up, for those officials, I have checked, all of them are sloppy people!" ”
The corners of Wei Huai's mouth rose slightly, and he said with some disdain: "This is a person who thinks of himself as high, ridiculous, ridiculous!" ”
Originally, he admired loyal ministers like Tang Zemin and Chang Zifei, but now it seems that all officials are black officials, but they didn't show it.
"Prime Minister, there is one thing I have to say, this matter is that recently, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Crime, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Households, the four Shangshu have all been close to Chang Zifei, and they are helping each other, we have to guard against it!" Jian Bi'an said with a worried expression.
Wei Huai raised his hand and said disapprerovitically: "It's okay, maybe the prime minister doesn't understand Chang Zifei, but these four scholars, the prime minister knows it clearly, they are all some gods who are good and good-looking, and have greed in their hearts, if not, how can the prime minister promote them, now that Chang Zifei has fallen, they are close to common sense, they help each other, it is nothing more than mutual wisdom, for a group of villains, what is there to prevent, this phase can be destroyed in a snap of a finger!" ”
Wei Huai had no fear, and he was not worried about Chang Zifei and them plotting to rebel at all, anyway, the entire military power of Great Qin was in his hands.
Jian Bi'an listened to these words, but still did not sweep away the worries in his heart, and faintly felt that something bad would happen in his heart, and couldn't help but speak: "Prime Minister, having said that, this Chang Zifei is a scourge to keep, why don't you kill him?" ”
Wei Huai opened his eyes lightly, but did not say a word, fell into silence and thought, Jian Bi'an's words may not be unreasonable, Chang Zifei is so abnormal all of a sudden, although it is in line with common sense, but he is always an unstable person, and it is not good to keep him.
Trample.. Trample..
A sound of footsteps came, Wei Huai and Jian Bi'an subconsciously glanced over, only to see a guard of the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly walking in, walking three steps in front of Wei Huai and bending down to make a report: "Prime Minister, Chang Zifei, the official secretary Chang Zifei begged to see the Prime Minister!" ”
"Chang Zifei?" Jian Bi'an's brows furrowed, suspicious.
"Let him in!" Wei Huai snorted lightly in anger, and then closed his eyes again.
The guard nodded, bowed and exited the bedroom, and it didn't take long for Chang Zifei to wear an official uniform and walk into the bedroom with a flattering smile, when he saw Wei Huai, Chang Zifei was even more attentive, bowed to Wei Huai and saluted and smiled: "The lower official meets the prime minister, and the prime minister is blessed!" ”
Wei Huai still closed his eyes, and said in a tone that was not light or serious: "Lord Chang came late at night, what's the matter?" ”
"Haha, this...."Chang Zifei laughed, looking around with an embarrassed face, Wei Huai listened to the embarrassed tone, he knew what Chang Zifei meant, and immediately waved his hand, and the maid saw this, and exited the bedroom very sensibly...
After everyone retreated, in the bedroom, there were only three people left: Jian Bi'an, Wei Huai, and Chang Zifei.
Wei Huai opened his eyes at this time and looked at Chang Zifei with a smile, "I heard that Master Chang has been very close to several Shangshu lords recently, is there an ulterior secret?" ”
"Oh, look at what you said, Prime Minister, how can the lower officials have any ulterior secrets, this time I came today to honor the Prime Minister!" Chang Zifei had a flattering smile on his face, like an old dog.
"Oh?" Wei Huai and Jian Bi'an were a little surprised, and when they saw Chang Zifei reaching out and touching his sleeve, he took out a stack of silver tickets, the denominations of silver tickets were large and small, there were ten thousand and two thousand, etc., Chang Zifei put a stack of silver tickets on the table next to the tiger skin cushion chair and pushed it in the direction of Wei Huai.
"This is the harvest of the lower officials in recent days, a total of 100,000 taels, just a small amount of money is not a respect, just a heart of the lower officials, and please smile at the prime minister!" Chang Zifei bowed down respectfully and smiled.
"One hundred thousand taels?" Wei Huai was slightly surprised, 100,000 taels is not much for him, but it is also a lot, for example, the monthly salary of the Qin sergeant is fifty yuan, one tael is equal to one hundred yuan, and 100,000 taels is relative to the monthly salary of 200,000 troops!
"Yes, the lower official did not hide one or two privately, all of them were used to honor the prime minister, and I hope that the prime minister will carry it more, maybe these things are just a drop in the bucket for the prime minister, but the lower official guarantees that filial piety continues!" Chang Zifei said with a respectful expression.
"Haha!" Wei Huai couldn't help laughing, and patted Chang Zifei's shoulder with a vigorous and powerful hand, "Lord Chang has this heart, and his appearance is even pleased, so let's go down first, your affairs, this appearance will talk to the Empress Dowager!" ”
"Haha, then thank you Prime Minister, the next official will retire first!" Chang Zifei respectfully bent down to say goodbye, and soon exited the bedroom and left the Prime Minister's Mansion.
As soon as Chang Zifei left, Wei Huai showed a meaningful smile, Jian Bi'an frowned into the word "Chuan", and said with a look full of worry: "Prime Minister, Chang Zifei is showing loyalty!" ”
"Isn't that a good thing?" Wei Huai smiled indifferently.
"I'm worried that Chang Zifei is deliberately approaching the prime minister, and the plot is not treacherous!" Jian Bi'an couldn't believe that Chang Zifei would have such a big change, and there must be an ulterior secret in it.
"What is he trying to do? Kill the real thing? Who in the world doesn't know that his martial arts are profound, just with a weak scholar like him, he can't kill his own appearance an inch away, okay, don't always doubt this and that, be suspicious all day long, look upset! Wei Huai said with a displeased expression.
The current Wei Huai doesn't want to get rid of Chang Zifei at all, because he already sees Chang Zifei as a vault, he can sit and make money, why not, as for worrying about whether Chang Zifei will continue in the future, Wei Huai is not worried at all, there is a first time in this matter, there will be no second time, only countless times.
In Wei Huai's eyes, the Great Qin Empire will definitely perish within ten years, and as soon as the Great Qin is destroyed, he will be gone, and when he returns to the Jin Empire, he will have no chance to collect money.
"Yes!" Jian Bi'an lowered his head helplessly.
Time passed slowly, day by day, Chang Zifei successfully won Wei Huai's trust through his own efforts, and the road of corruption went farther and farther, and he was greedy for more and more money.
Two months in a flash, September 12 of the third year of Shengqin, the end of summer!
At four o'clock in the night, the night wind was whining, mixed with a trace of coldness, blowing through the palace maids and eunuchs on duty, making them can't help but shake their bodies.
PS: "Ask for a recommendation ticket!" ”