readx;?readx; Chapter 350: The dawn is quiet here

The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and Qin Lei said helplessly: "Okay, wipe my face for me, and then change my clothes." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Ruolan pulled Qin Lei to sit down, and a row of palace maids stepped forward with various colored trays. She picked up a warm towel from the first tray and carefully wiped Qin Lei's face and dusted it. After a brief wipe, she put the towel back in the tray, and the maid bent her knees and retreated.

The second palace maid stepped forward with the tray again, Ruolan picked up a hot towel from it, gently applied it to Qin Lei's face, and gently tapped it with her dexterous fingers for a moment, and then slowly removed the towel, and the palace maid took the towel and also bowed her knees.

Next, the first palace maid also had their own affairs, and when the last one retreated, Qin Lei was already wearing court clothes. According to Ruolan, this set is a service that the provincial government stipulates that the county king should enjoy, although it is thoughtful, it is extremely cumbersome, and it is very inconsistent with Qin Lei's temperament. But he knew that this was a piece of Ruolan's heart...... I'm half-hearted enough, so why don't I even give her this little patience?

When Ruolan brought him the jade pendant around his waist, Qin Lei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, got up and smiled: "It's hard work." Ruolan shook her head and smiled: "Slaves and maids like to serve the prince." Qin Lei hooked her chin and smiled dotingly: "Let's go." He took Shi Dang to leave Qinghe Garden again and rushed to the direction of the palace.

Along the way, I saw chickens flying and dogs jumping, and people turned over on their backs, but the soldiers and officials of Kyoto Prefecture, Terracotta Temple, and the Criminal Department were searching the whole city, vowing to arrest the thief who robbed the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Closing the car window and blocking out the noisy sounds, Qin Lei chuckled at Shi Dang and said, "It's all the fault caused by that loud noise, otherwise Yousi is just making a show at most." ”

Shi Dang nodded, and said a little depressedly: "I just listened to the excitement in front of me all night, and I didn't catch any work." ”

Qin Lei felt the same way, and said with a smile: "I watched the excitement for a night, and I am not better than you." Seeing that Shi Dang's face was a little unnatural, Qin Lei smiled and comforted: "Don't worry too much, after all, we are from the army, and what we are good at is sabotage, blocking, and infiltration, this kind of rough work." Like breaking a mechanism or stealing something, naturally a master like Mr. Le is more proficient. ”

Shi Dang said with some palpitations: "Should our guards also bring in some martial arts people to deal with the assassination of local masters?" Although he didn't see it in person, he immediately had an association when he heard others tell the story of Le Buyi's solo ride.

Qin Lei nodded approvingly, and then said with a wry smile: "There are a lot of kung fu people, but there are too few real kung fu, it's hard to find." "A master like Le Buyi, although it is not helpful to rush and kill in battle, but if he hides in the shadows and hurts people, it is still impossible to prevent it.

And to deal with this kind of person, the best way is to also find some masters to defend, but masters are called masters because of the scarcity of numbers, at least the masters that Qin Lei has seen can be counted with one hand - super master Le Buyi, big master brown-clothed old man, little master Yunshang, half-master purple-clothed woman, and the rest such as Tie Ying, Great Prince, Chu Qianjun, Bo Xian Saiyang, Li Erhe, etc., can only be regarded as having a lot of strength and being good at fighting, and they have no chance with the master.

After pondering for a moment, Shi Dang said softly: "Lord Tie is the beloved disciple of Xia Suiyang, the first master of my Great Qin, the Purple Cloud Swordsman, do you want him to think of a way?" ”

Qin Lei smiled when he heard this: "I don't believe that he is better than Le Buyi." ”

Shi Dang scratched his head and whispered: "Even if it is not as good as Mr. Le, it is also the second master of Great Qin." ”

Qin Lei couldn't help but say: "More and more knowledgeable, okay, you write to Tie Ying in your own name and ask him to do this quietly, and don't forget to tell him, forget it if there is no master, don't take some half-bottle dangling guys to me to be conspicuous." Shi Dang hurriedly responded.

As he spoke, the carriage arrived outside the Chengtian Gate, and the civil and military officials were already lined up in front of the gate. Qin Lei looked at it and couldn't help but say depressedly: "Hurry up and hurry, I still haven't gotten rid of the fate of being late." Since the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, he has begun to go to court normally, but every time he is the last to arrive, which makes the ministers grit their teeth with hatred. Even Guo Bizheng, the picket imperial historian, reluctantly reminded: 'Lord, there are only three things to do, if you are the last one to arrive, the lower officials will have to make a note for you. ’

The so-called write-off, for ordinary officials, means that the year-end evaluation is not good, which will directly affect promotion. For Qin Lei, it was a disgraceful stroke. Imagine how many years from now it will be written in the history books: 'His Royal Highness the King of Longwei County is lazy by nature, and he loves to sleep soundly, so that he is late for the early dynasty...... how ugly it would be.

Thinking of this, he slowly straightened his clothes, and then paced out of the carriage, Shi Dang said strangely: "It's late, why isn't the prince in a hurry?" ”

Qin Lei smiled and said, "Anyway, it's too late, what's the hurry?" "Shi Dang stuck out his tongue in the darkness and said in his heart: 'What kind of theory is this?'

When Qin Lei arrived in the team, he found that his penultimate title was snatched away...... The number one seat in the civil service team is actually vacant, and then look at Wen Er and Wen Xiaoer, they are all gone. He couldn't help but look at Guo Bizheng on the side with great joy, Lao Guo nodded helplessly, and said in his heart: "Count yourself lucky." ’

After waiting for a while, I still didn't see the figure of Prime Minister Wen, at this time, the bell on the Chengtian Tower rang, the door slowly opened, Guo Yushi didn't even have time to roll call, so he shouted: "Go to the ...... Dynasty"

Hundreds of officials slowly lined up to go to the court, Emperor Zhaowu arrived, the mountain shouted long live, and the work was done.

As soon as Emperor Zhaowu came in, he saw that Wen Yanbo's old thing didn't show up, and he didn't wait for the ministers to do something, so he asked lightly: "Why didn't the Prime Minister come?" ”

Everyone exchanged their heads for a while, but no one could say a single thing. This happened recently, and the officials didn't know any details except that they knew that the Prime Minister's Mansion had been robbed, and if they knew that Wen Yanbo had lost the account book of selling officials, they would probably be so frightened that they would be sick at home.

Seeing that there was some coldness in the main hall, Qin Shouzhuo had no choice but to hold the wat board and said: "Long live Qiyu, the Prime Minister's Mansion was stolen in the early hours of this morning, and there was a huge roar, it seems that the loss is quite heavy,

Xiangye Xu is cleaning up the mess at home. "Since he has already set up the chariot and horse to follow the royal family, he has to perform more in Emperor Zhaowu to save some impression points.

Emperor Zhaowu was happy when he heard this, but he reprimanded sternly on his face: "Isn't Kyoto Prefecture doing a good job of public security? Why did this sudden happen! ”

Qin Shouzhuo hurriedly knelt down and pretended to beg for a crime, but he was not afraid at all, at this juncture, as long as he stopped dangling in his position, even if Emperor Zhaowu did not protect him, His Royal Highness the King of Longwei County would also protect him.

Sure enough, Emperor Zhaowu strictly ordered the case to be solved as soon as possible, and asked His Royal Highness the King of Longwei County to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion on his behalf to express his condolences in the future. The name in this is extremely simple, and a discerning person can see at a glance that His Majesty the Emperor is very happy about the robbery of the Prime Minister's Mansion - the so-called solving the case as soon as possible, but there is no limit to a date, ten days or 100 days? It's too flexible.

And the second order is even more outrageous, who doesn't know that His Royal Highness and Xiangye are-for-tat, and they are about to start, and sending him to the Prime Minister's Mansion to condole, what is the difference between letting the cat cry for a mouse?

Qin Lei and Qin Shouclumsy took the order seriously. I also listened to Tian Minnong come out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, spring plowing is about to start in less than a month, and hundreds of thousands of peasants from other provinces are still stranded in Zhongdu, if they are allowed to be idle any longer, nearly one million acres of farmland in Daqin will be barren." ”

When Emperor Zhaowu heard this, he was also reasonable, and immediately remembered the plan agreed with Qin Lei, so he twisted his beard and asked in a deep voice: "What Tian Aiqing said is good, what do you want?" ”

Tian Minnong arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty please issue an order to urge all farmers from other provinces to return to their hometowns. ”

Emperor Zhaowu rolled his eyes in his heart and scolded secretly: "I always want me to be a wicked person, but there is no door!" He still smiled and said, "Aiqing's words are a little inconsiderate." ”

Tian Minnong hurriedly put on a look of sincere fear, leaned over and said, "Please teach Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Zhaowu twisted his beard and said majestically: "Indeed, my holy decree is naturally a golden rule, don't dare to disobey it, but those refugees from other provinces are also my people, so it is really unbearable to expel them like this." ”

Tian Minnong smiled secretly in his heart: "You can pretend." Then he kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty's mercy is really a blessing for the people, but it is a small blessing for these refugees to stay in Beijing and sleep in the open, and it is their great blessing to send them back to their hometowns to live and work in peace and contentment." ”

This guy can indeed say that Emperor Zhaowu can't find the slightest fault. Fortunately, Emperor Zhaowu didn't want to find fault with him, and said with a faint smile: "Aiqing also has some truth in what he said, the so-called small intolerable is a big plan." ”

Tian Minnong said happily: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, and Weichen admires it. Before he finished being happy, he heard Emperor Zhaowu say: "But this holy decree can't be issued, and I can't bear it in my heart." In this way, you go to Wen Xiangye and ask him to place a document in the name of Zhongshu Province, can it also work. ”

Tian Minnong didn't know what was going on, he just thought that Emperor Zhaowu didn't want to be this bad guy, and said in his heart: "Anyway, Xiangye is not a good thing in the hearts of the people, and no matter how bad it is, it doesn't matter." Then he bowed, and Shane got up and went back to work.

At this time, Li Qing, the new secretary of the military department and the general of Tiance, went out of the squad and said: "Your Majesty, may I ask, can the first quarter of the military salaries of the three armies of Zhennan and Zhengdong be prepared?" All three marshals wrote to urge them to ask questions. "In Daqin, the Ministry of War is responsible for army logistics such as recruitment, salary, and supply, and as for the appointment and dismissal of officers and the command of the army, they are all owned by the Taiwei Mansion.

Hearing this question, Tian Minnong, who had just returned, had no choice but to re-enter the queue and arch his hand: "Your Majesty, last year, the treasury was tight, and after the autumn tax came up, it was only paid off the arrears owed to the hundred officials, and this year it was only enough to pay the salary of the forbidden army. ”

Emperor Zhaowu frowned slightly and said, "Didn't you say that after that piece went, there would be no more arrears?" Although he didn't say it explicitly, all the officials knew that it was referring to the abolition of the 'Wei' army, and it was a well-known secret that this plan would be implemented at the beginning of spring.

Tian Minnong swallowed and foamed, glanced at the king of Longwei County who closed his eyes on the imperial steps, and replied in a low voice: "When this matter was formulated last year, it was counted together with the south, but last year, the autumn tax of one son in the two provinces was also confiscated, and the millions of taels of silver were missing, so it was overstretched. "The aggrieved look, as if she was angry with the little daughter-in-law.

Emperor Zhaowu glanced at Qin Lei and asked calmly, "When you gave the south as a guarantor last year, what did you say?" ”

Qin Lei arched his hand and smiled: "Father, the child said that the south will not be short of the imperial court's silver, and he only asks for a few days to postpone the payment." ”

Tian Minnong whispered when he heard this: "The taxes in the autumn should be released into the treasury in October, and now the first month is almost over." ”

Qin Lei glanced at him apologetically, and said softly, "Please hold off for a few days." No matter what the positions of the two sides were, he admired this haggard old man who had worked hard to avoid the collapse of Great Qin's finances, and naturally he couldn't bear to play tricks with him.

But it is impossible for Qin Lei to agree to pay taxes, the south has suffered such a big **, it is said that tax exemption for three years should be deserved, otherwise how can production be resumed? But Wen Yanbo actually insisted that the south pay taxes on time, and Qin Lei couldn't control the household department, let alone the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he had to use the word 'drag', dragging it out for a while, and striving not to pay taxes for a year, at least for half a year.

Tian Minnong is not afraid of Qin Lei, when he is poor and crazy, he is really not afraid of heaven and earth, and he also wishes that Qin Lei would cripple himself, so that he can throw away this mess and go home to recuperate. Therefore, even though the Fifth Highness breathed in an extremely rare low voice, he still did not let go, and raised his voice slightly: "Wei Chen has also done some understanding of the situation in the south, and he has recovered very well...... It should be affordable to collect some land taxes. ”

Qin Lei was slightly annoyed in his heart, and said patiently: "Lord Tian, if you scavenge every grain of grain in the rice jar of the people in the south, you can indeed pay taxes, but how do you let the people survive the spring famine?" If you can't eat, don't talk about starving to death, it will definitely greatly affect the spring sowing wheat harvest, and also delay your Tian's spring tax! "He has lived above people for a long time, and he has long developed a self-respecting character, and his patience with the people below him is always limited.

Hearing the bitterness in the tone of the King of Longwei County, Tian Minnong's old face turned red, and he said in a trembling voice: "Lord Mingjian, if you don't really wait for the rice to go to the pot, why bother to persecute the people of the two provinces?" But the border army can no longer be in arrears, and it will be delayed any longer...... It is to become. ”

Li Qing on the side also spoke out and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the soldiers of the border army have the heavy responsibility of protecting the land and defending the country, but they can't chill their hearts!" ”

The hundred officials in the main hall said: 'Okay, you can't chill their hearts, but you can chill our hearts casually?' This is not discussed, so it will be suspended for us again by default, and let people not live? But after the difficult period of last year, they also knew that the treasury really had no money, so they had to do it first, and they didn't live on it anyway.

Qin Lei saw the two Shangshu firing at him together, rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, you guys go and collect it." "The heart said, 'It's strange to take it.'" But it's useful to cheat **.

Every time the discussion comes here, there will always be a deadlock, and Emperor Zhaowu is used to it, so he said at the right time: "The court and the local government have their own difficulties, and it is not easy to unify." "One sentence sets the tone: don't argue, there's nothing wrong with it, it's an internal contradiction in the court, and it can be negotiated.

The three of them had no choice but to bow their hands and say, "Please give instructions to Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Zhaowu bowed slightly: "Since it is an internal contradiction, it needs to be handled carefully. In this way, the military department will go back and sum it up and give the minimum number of needs; The two southern provinces are also tight, giving the highest payment amount. If that's not enough, the household department should think about making up for it. ”

The so-called 'connoisseur will know if there is one as soon as he makes a move', Emperor Zhaowu is worthy of being a mason for seventeen years, and the mud kung fu has reached the point of returning to the basics, this remark seems to be very reasonable, and the interests of all parties are taken care of. But in fact, Mao has no effect, in the end, it must be too much, too little, and the order to add said no, everyone has to continue to argue.

But at this time, the three of them felt that it was not bad, and they arched their hands and said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming." "The reason why Qin Lei thinks it's good is because quarreling is also a kind of 'drag', as long as it can be dragged on, it will be good to quarrel for a year. And Tian Minnong didn't want to offend His Royal Highness too much, besides, he was just a supplement, and the main owner of the family hadn't fought yet, so what was he anxious about.

As for Li Qing, this guy thinks that Emperor Zhaowu is very reasonable, and he has already begun to calculate how much is appropriate, but he can't figure out the trick behind it.

After the three of them retreated, the king of Wuyong County, who had been silent, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's vacation has ended, and I have come to bid farewell to Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Zhaowu's face sank slightly when he heard this, and he said lightly: "Promised, when will you leave?" ”

"The minister has already said goodbye to the emperor's grandmother, and will leave immediately after the next dynasty."

Emperor Zhaowu was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly lowered his eyelids and waved his hand: "Yutian will send him off for me, and retreat from the court." ”