Su Mei looked at Gongsun Ying at the door, then looked at Bai Jin who came out of the room, walked to the stone table in the courtyard and sat down, crossed her long legs, and asked indifferently, "Do you want to avenge the prince?" ”

Gongsun Ying came over and said, "The death of the prince is his own fault, and he can't blame others, let alone you." ”

Su Mei raised her eyebrows and asked, "That's to blame me?" ”

Gongsun Ying shook his head and said: "The son of the world is dead, everything is empty, my senior sister and I came to Beijing this time, not to seek revenge on him." ”

"Then what are you doing in Jingshi?" Su Mei glanced at her and said, "Chen Guo is looking for you everywhere, you still dare to swagger in Jingshi, don't want to return to the country?" ”

Gongsun Ying said: "The great cause of recovering the country naturally cannot be forgotten, we came to Beijing for this matter." ”

Su Mei was surprised: "You want to rebel in Beijing? ”

Bai Jin looked at her and said, "We want you to be a saint." ”

In the Ten Thousand Gu Sect, the status of the Holy Maiden is the most respected, and she can command thousands of sect members, and the position of the Holy Maiden has been vacant for decades, and the various veins have also fought for decades in order to compete for the position of the Holy Maiden, and no one has succeeded so far.

If you control the Ten Thousand Gu Sect and want to restore the country, it will be much easier, and you can reduce a lot of resistance from Qiandi.

Su Mei looked at Gongsun Ying and said, "Uncle Gongsun's Gu skills are so profound, she is more suitable than me. ”

Bai Jin glanced at her and said, "You don't know, those who compete for the Holy Maiden cannot be more than forty years old, and you are the youngest and most talented in our lineage, and only you have the hope of competing for the position of the Holy Maiden." ”

"Not interested." Su Mei shook her head and said, "You want to return to the country, but I don't want to return to the country, and I don't want to be a saint, so you better go find someone else." ”

She stood up, patted her dress, and said, "Is there anything else, I'll go back to eat if it's okay, my family will be worried about it after a long time......"

Bai Jin frowned and said: "I rescued you from the disaster, provided you with food and clothing, taught you Gu Kung Fu, raised you to such a big age, how did you repay me?" ”

Su Mei stopped, looked back at her, and said seriously: "What I owe you has already been paid off, from now on, we don't owe each other, whether you want to restore the country or fight for the Holy Maiden, it has nothing to do with me......"

She looked at Bai Jin and said, "Linger on me and report to the official to arrest you......"

Watching Su Mei stride out, Bai Jin's brows furrowed, and as soon as he took a step, he was stopped by Gongsun Ying.

Gongsun Ying shook his head and said, "Take your time, no matter how you say it, you are also masters and apprentices, she won't be so ruthless." ”

Bai Jin waved his sleeves violently and said: "What's wrong with being a saint, above ten million people, it's not as beautiful as being someone else's concubine, what's not so satisfying about her, I'm not doing it for her good?" ”

"As long as you like each other, what's wrong with the concubine?" Gongsun Ying looked at her and sneered: "In this life, senior sister has never known what liking is, right?" ”

"You know?" Bai Jin glanced at her disdainfully and said, "You have liked King Wu for so many years, and you don't hesitate to turn against your master for this, for so many years, has he ever looked at you squarely?" ”

Gongsun Ying looked at her and said sharply: "Bai Jin! ”

Bai Jin sneered: "What, I poked it in the sore spot?" ”

"Look for death!"

"Just you?"

……

In the middle of nature, a guest walking by the lake, when he walked somewhere, suddenly stopped, and looked at a courtyard in surprise.

Although the gate of the courtyard was closed, there was a crackling sound from time to time in the courtyard, like the sound of something collapsing, and the man stood in place, looked at it in surprise for a while, and was shocked to see that the roof inside seemed to have been hit hard, and collapsed......

……

Officials.

Tang Ning had just returned to Beijing, and he could have rested at home for a long time, but judging from the current situation, he could have a good rest in the yamen.

The first thing he did after returning to the government was to transfer Xu Qingyang and Zhang Yansheng back to Beijing from Jiangnan as the left attendants of the ministry, which was just a matter of his order.

Not long after sitting in the yamen, a message was sent by a eunuch in the palace, saying that it was summoned by His Majesty.

Emperor Chen must have been blinded by the silver these days, otherwise he would not have delayed until this time to summon him.

When he entered the palace, he met Qian Shuo, the head of the household department, at the gate of the palace, Qian Shuo looked at him from a distance, walked over quickly, and whispered: "Lord Tang, you give the official a secret, how much money did you bring to Your Majesty's inner mansion when you came back from Jiangnan this time?" ”

Downing looked at him and held out a finger.

"Hiss......" Hube Shangshu gasped and said in shock: "Ten million taels, the national treasury has only so much tax silver for a year......

Qian Shangshu's imagination is so much, Tang Ning is worried that telling the truth will scare him, in case he scares him out of three long and two short, some people will say that he has finished the prime minister and Keshangshu......

Qian Shuo followed behind him and said, "Lord Tang, you also know that the treasury has been really tight in the past few years, and it is useless for His Majesty's inner government to ask for so much silver, it is better to put some ...... on the treasury."

"Qian Shangshu is reasonable." Tang Ning nodded and said, "The household department can suggest to His Majesty, as for whether His Majesty agrees or not, it depends on Lord Qian......"

"It's better for Lord Tang to give your Majesty advice......" Qian Shuo smiled and said: "Lord Tang is the favored minister of the Son of Heaven, your Majesty will definitely consider it seriously, after all, silver is not omnipotent, Your Majesty can't do anything big with so much silver in the inner mansion......"

Tang Ning looked at the Hubu Shangshu, shook his head and said: "Lord Qian's words are wrong, except for silver, there is nothing in this world that is omnipotent, and if it is not even silver, then there is nothing to ......"

Qian Shuo was stunned in place, always feeling that there was something wrong with Tang Ning's words, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense......

Tang Ning ignored the book of the household department and left on his own.

Qian Shangshu has a good calculation, he does the wicked, and the benefits are all taken by the household, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

Asking Emperor Chen for silver is tantamount to snatching food, although his silver will be spent sooner or later, but it will be spent from the treasury or from the inner government, and the effect will be different.

Spending from the treasury, the people will praise the court at most, and spending it from the inner palace means that His Majesty loves the people and does not hesitate to reduce the amount of money in the palace to benefit the people......

When he was brought into the imperial study by a eunuch, there were already several figures inside.

The squire of the Criminal Department played and wanted to apply for the renovation of the prison of the Criminal Department; Two academics wanted to apply for funding to print their books; An imperial historian hoped that the imperial court could build a public residence for officials from poor families in Beijing, so that they would not have to travel for several hours every day, and Emperor Chen agreed one by one, promising that the inner government would allocate money as soon as possible.

Chen Huang, who has silver, is really different, his gestures are full of atmosphere, and he dials down 100,000 taels of silver without blinking his eyes.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there are several royal gardens outside the city that have fallen into disrepair, and the Ministry of Industry wants to apply for a comparison of funds to repair them......

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Emperor Chen waved his hand and said, "What is there to repair in those gardens, save it, and the money in the inner government will not blow in the wind......"

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu reluctantly retreated, Tang Ning stepped forward and arched his hand: "See Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Chen looked at him, the smile on his face was even bigger, and asked, "Is there anything else you Zuo Xiaowei need silver, although it is said that you have approved it together this time......

Tang Ning thought for a while and said: "Zuo Xiaowei doesn't need any silver, but the firearms battalion, developing new firearms, needs a lot of silver." ”

Chen Huang said: "Give you 500,000 taels, is it enough?" ”

"That's enough, that's enough...... Tang Ning arched his hand, "Your Majesty." ”

He thought for a while, and then said, "The minister still has one more matter, and I want to ask His Majesty to agree." ”

Chen Huang said: "Say it." ”

Tang Ning raised his head and said, "The minister wants to ask His Majesty to give him a marriage ......."

Emperor Chen thought that he still needed some silver, so he looked at him in surprise and asked, "Who do you want to marry?" ”