Xianfeng's banquet will not last long, but it is not short, for more than an hour, the most unbearable thing is that he has eaten for so long, and he has not eaten much, but he has just tasted it, Guo Ye is really guilty of kneeling there, especially looking at those old men in their seventies and eighties, when they receive Xianfeng's food, they have to buckle their heads again and again to thank them, and I don't know how these old men's knees are trained, even with Guo Ye's great physique, after some torture, they all feel that their knees are sore!

Back at the Prince's Mansion, Seng Lingqin looked at Guo Ye and smiled: "Boy, how do you feel?" What does it taste like? ”

Guo Ye smiled bitterly: "Lord Wang, you let me tell the truth?" ”

Monk Lingqin nodded, and Guo Ye replied: "To tell the truth, this meal is the most sinful thing I have eaten in my life, and I really suffer from it, so where is the ...... to eat?"

Monk Greenqin smiled and said: "Boy, you can be content, when Lord Qianlong held a banquet for thousands of people, those old ministers were directly carried out several times, and two were tossed to death, but even so, it is the supreme glory of the courtiers, not all of them have the opportunity to enjoy the emperor's banquet ......"

Guo Ye felt a burst of contempt in his heart, these people are really cheap, there is no way, it is really incorrigible, this mind full of thoughts of monarchs and ministers cannot be corrected at all!

Monk Lingqin then said: "Okay, it's still early, rest for a while, and when it's time to hold the lamp, you will go out with me to pay respects." ”

Guo Ye's heart moved, and he remembered Prince Gong? 's eyes, and said in a low voice: "Monk King, let's go to see Prince Gong at night?" ”

Monk Lingqin was shocked and said in surprise: "Boy, how do you know that this king is going to take you to see Prince Gong?" ”

Guo Ye said with a smile: "Prince, when the emperor received me, Prince Gong glanced at you, I saw it really, I offended Prince Zheng, I don't know when this prince will trouble me, when you are in Tianjin, I don't have half a backer, even if Lord Sushun is willing to come forward, then I have to be willing to hold his stinky feet, there have always been a few people in the entire court, who can keep me safe, Prince Gong and a few others......"

Monk Greenqin sighed and said: "Prince Gong has outstanding ability and talent, sooner or later there will be a day when he will display his ambitions, but now the emperor is very good at guarding against him, and the dragon dives into the shallows, and he still has to boil it, but even so, in the entire court, there are really not many people who don't sell his face." ”

Monk Greenqin continued: "You go in and out of the capital, there are still many places that need to be dotted up and down, once I am gone, you have to go alone, remember that mortals are only half credible, the water in the court is too deep, not anyone can wade out, the emperor and the Ministry of Industry allocated me 400,000 taels of silver, I will withhold 40,000 taels, all in your hands, when you should spend money, don't be reluctant!" ”

Guo Ye's heart was shocked, others paid out of their own pockets to honor their bosses, this prince is good, he actually paid out of his own pocket to fund himself, although all this money comes from military salaries, but this friendship is really important.

Guo Ye hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, how can this be done?" The 400,000 taels of silver, all earned by the blood and sweat of the soldiers, how can I be wasted, how can I treat those brothers to them? ”

Monk Greenqin shook his head and replied: "Guo Ye, the world is like this, you don't want to be alone, just ask which official doesn't earn a share of his family business for himself and leave it to future generations, even if it is the Zeng Guofan in the south, what if he prides himself on being honest, look at his younger brother, how much benefit he has gained?" The younger brother's, the elder brother's, can you tell the difference? ”

Guo Ye was silent for a while, all the officials have become like this, this is where the Qing Dynasty is in a slump, think about it, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty from Huang Taiji to Qianlong, which one is not a martial art? Fang has expanded the Manchu Qing Dynasty to such a point, the road is blue, it is difficult to start a business, now, corruption everywhere, there is no official who is not greedy, the so-called ten years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver! If this situation is not changed, China will still sink to the depths!

Monk Greenqin looked at Guo Ye and didn't speak, and said with a wry smile: "Okay, you and I are also fateful, forget it, since you don't want to do this, the 400,000 taels of silver will all be solved in Tianjin and rewarded to the soldiers, as for the silver for this activity, it is still from the treasury of this king, a prince of this king's dignified state, tens of thousands of taels of silver, can still be taken out......"

Guo Ye smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Wang, you are so loving, and it is really a little difficult to sleep and eat in your humble position." ”

Monk Lingqin smiled: "Okay, you don't have to be a child, I absolutely believe that you are not a thing in the pool, as long as you wait until the old man is a hundred years later, for the sake of the old man, help me take care of it, and those children and grandchildren who are not successful will become!" ”

Guo Ye replied, "Lord Wang, what did you say?" You have the grace of knowing the lowly position, even if you don't have these yellow and white things, the lowly position will never do ungrateful things! By the way, Lord Wang, could it be that the important ministers in the court, each family can come up with tens of thousands of taels, or more silver? ”

Seng Lingqin was stunned for a moment, and replied: "I don't know too much about this matter, but the vast majority of people can get it, some even more than tens of thousands of taels, even if it is hundreds of thousands of taels, millions of taels, there are also many people, these people, they may do things unsatisfactory, and when it comes to the ability to make money, it is not bad at all, hehehe!" ”

Guo Ye said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, you said, now that the state affairs are difficult, there are many wars, and the treasury is empty, if we can think of a way to let the important ministers of the court spit out some money and support the government, isn't it a good thing?" ”

"Shut up!"

Monk Greenqin's face changed greatly, and he shouted: "Guo Ye, you are confused, how can you do such a thing?" If you really do that, I'm afraid that you will say that all the hungry ministers in the court will be offended! This is not a joke, if you are not careful, it is possible that you will be killed! ”

Guo Ye was really startled, looked at Monk Greenqin's voice was fierce, and snorted: "Lord Wang, the humble position is just talking like this, is it so serious?" ”

Monk Lingqin said angrily: "Who do you think you are? The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are as impartial and selfless as you, dedicated to the country? That's white money! Silver! Blocking people's money, such as killing your parents, you will offend all the important ministers at once, who will help you in the future, who will be close to you? I'm afraid that you are powerful, and you can still prevent everyone's open and dark arrows? ”

Guo Ye's heart was pounding, rubbing, he was still a little tender, he didn't even see through this little thing, if it wasn't for the monk king to wake himself up, it would really be playing with fire and self-immolation!