After Zhao Hou finished sacrificing to the gods, he took the seal of the prime minister from the hands of the eunuchs beside him, walked in front of Su Qin, and handed the big seal to Su Qin. Su Qin also straightened his body, stretched out his hands flat, and respectfully accepted the seal from Zhao Hou's hand.

However, at this moment, a thirty-five or six-year-old son of the Zhao Guozong family, surnamed Zhao Mingxi, came out of the queue standing on the right side of the main hall to watch the ceremony, and he only heard him say aloud:

"The ministers thought that the prince was solemn and solemn, and the minister they worshipped must be a respected old minister of Zhao State, but the prime minister turned out to be the prodigal Su Qin, we are really ashamed. Please also think twice. ”

Zhao Xi suddenly stood up and made a statement of opposition, which made Zhao Hou unable to step down in front of the ministers. Today is the ceremony of worshipping the prime minister, and Zhao Hou feels that if he has a seizure on the spot, it will inevitably be unseemly, and it will also destroy the grand scene and the original pleasant atmosphere.

He suppressed the anger in his heart, and as if he hadn't heard Zhao Xi's words, he handed Xiangyin to Su Qin steadily.

Su Qin was also stunned at the time, he found that Zhao Xi didn't say it sooner or later, and it happened to be when he delivered the Xiangyin, it seems that he took advantage of the inconvenience of Zhao Hou at the ceremony to be angry, deliberately arousing the dissatisfaction of the ministers of Zhao Guo with himself, and it can also add a blockage and smear to the ceremony of worshipping the prime minister.

Su Qin's complacent joy just now, after hearing Zhao Xi's opposition, suddenly weakened a lot, and he had a hunch that he would face many difficulties in this position in the future.

After Zhao Xi admonished, he found that Zhao Hou and Su Qin did not pay attention to him, and he did not achieve the expected effect of the big ceremony, and he thought about whether to make a big deal about it.

Later, thinking about it, where can he make trouble, Zhao Hou has already made up his mind, unless it is thunder in winter and snow in summer, otherwise, who can stop him. Zhao Xi quietly returned to the train, but at this time, the ministers in the main hall were already talking about each other.

Zhao Hou saw that the scene began to be a little chaotic, and he didn't want to make another incident on this occasion, so he immediately announced the end of the ceremony and instructed Su Qin to do the affairs of Zhao Guocheng and assist in Zhao Guo's government affairs.

Su Qin thanked him and replied loudly: "The minister is willing to do his best, stay up all night in the office, and serve Zhao State conscientiously!" ”

When Zhao Hou saw that all the procedures of the ceremony had been completed, he waved his hand and motioned for the ministers to disperse, and he himself turned around and walked quickly from the gate behind the main hall.

Su Qin stood up, and left the main hall of Handan Palace and returned to his office in the midst of the provocation of the ministers' fingers and poks and the distraction.

After Su Qin went back, he sat in the lobby, thinking about the scene just now, and thinking hard about how to resolve the hostility of Zhao Guoqun's ministers, he thought about it for a long time, but before he could form a clear idea, he put the matter aside for the time being, and began to deal with government affairs first.

After living in a hurry for five days, Su Qin has always been angry about the unhappiness that happened on the day of worship. In addition to doing things, he always thinks about how to deal with Zhao Xi and others.

However, whenever he thought of the stubborn attitude and strong opposition of those people, he suddenly felt that the matter was very difficult.

That afternoon, Fei Yi came to ask Su Qin to take a look at a pile of papers, Su Qin asked him to put the documents on a few cases, and by the way, he asked him what he had been busy with recently, and Fei Yi reported his errand.

Su Qin looked at Fei Yi and always felt that he had something to ask him, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he chatted casually with Fei Yi, nominally asking him to report on government affairs, but in fact, he was trying to think about what he wanted to ask.

Su Qin listened to the report without a match, looking at Fei Yi's eyebrows dancing and his demeanor with great interest, Su Qin suddenly remembered what he wanted to ask, isn't that incident related to Fei Yi?

Su Qin waited until the end of the Feiyihui report, and Su Qin suddenly asked him: "The first few **** sentences sentenced the Meng sisters to pay a fine of thirty gold each, and there seems to be no follow-up to this matter, I wonder if they want to get rid of it?" ”

How would Fei Yi have expected that Su Qin would ask about this matter again, he showed an innocent look, and said, "I asked them to pay a fine of thirty gold each, but they still haven't given it to you?" ”

"No, I haven't received a penny. Are you trying to rush them, after all, you are the presiding judge. Su Qin said with a serious face.

Fei Yi's face was red, and he said shyly and anxiously: "They are too disagreeable, they have already turned a deaf ear to the judgment that has been made in accordance with the law, is it really child's play when the law is made?" Prime Minister Su Cheng rest assured, I will go to Mengfu to negotiate today. ”

"Then it is better sooner rather than later, lest their nobles forget things too much and treat the decree as a dispensable joke." Su Qin commanded coldly, looking intolerant.

Fei Yi no longer had the passion he had just now, and he said goodbye to Su Qin with a solemn face.

Su Qin didn't care about the mere sixty gold, he was dissatisfied with the attitude of the Meng sisters, obviously he was punished, and he didn't even say a word.

Su Qin thought of the Meng family, and couldn't help but see them as representatives of those who opposed him, so he bit the Meng sisters' fines and didn't let go. He was also hoping to make some fuss through the Meng clan to break down the opposition within the Zhao court.

Early the next morning, Su Qin took a carriage from the peach garden where he stayed to the Xiangfu, and as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the lobby, he found that Feiyi was already waiting for him there, and Su Qin asked him to enter the lobby with him.

Fei Yi stood in front of the hall, waited for Su Qin to sit down, respectfully gave Su Qin a salute, and said with a guilty face: "Xia Guan has already asked the Meng sisters for a fine last night, but ,......"

Fei Yi wanted to speak and stopped, looking very embarrassed.

"Why don't you say it, it's okay, just say it and listen to it, I won't blame you easily." Su Qin stared at Fei Yi and encouraged him to continue.

Fei Yi plucked up his courage and continued: "Then the Meng sisters said that they didn't want to lose the fine, after all, it was a contract by law. However, they said that not now, but that they had to wait. ”

Su Qin let out an "oh", read the documents on a few cases, and said, "Isn't this just trying to repay the debt?" Not now, when will it be? ”

"It's not that the Meng sisters don't want to pay, but they can't afford to pay, and Prime Minister Su must not believe it, the Meng family is now in debt, and it is really stretched at this time." Fei Yi looked embarrassed.

Su Qin put aside the documents he was reading and asked, "What kind of thing did the Meng family encounter, such a big pomp in the past, but now it has fallen into such a predicament." ”

"It's not that they're making a fuss about pomp and circumstance. Swollen face and fat man, everything has to be extravagant and luxurious, and as a result, they consumed a lot of money, they used to rely on debt to survive, and now they can't borrow money from anywhere, everyone knows that Meng's bankruptcy is a matter of time. Fei Yi analyzed in an orderly manner.

"However, they have Concubine Meng in the palace and Marquis Zhao, can't they ask for a large amount of money just by opening a mouthful?" Su Qin was still a little unconvinced.

Fei Yi heard his doubts from Su Qin's words, and replied anxiously: "His family probably asked Concubine Meng and Zhao Hou for money, so that Zhao Hou and Concubine Meng have made it clear that they will never give Meng a penny again, and ask them to solve it themselves." ”

Su Qin listened to Fei Yi's words and thought, "The Meng clan is probably really at the point of exhaustion, and the six hundred gold obtained from the sale of the peach orchard may also be used to repay the debt." Now he can't even take out sixty gold, which is simply unthinkable in the eyes of those who have seen the scenes of Meng's luxurious life in the past. ”

Su Qin groaned, hesitating whether he should continue to ask for a fine.

Seeing that he was silent, Fei Yi didn't know what Su Qin thought, he plucked up his courage and said to Su Qin: "The lower officials heard that the prime minister encountered the ridicule and opposition of the ministers at the prime minister's worship ceremony, I don't know if it's right or not?" ”

Su Qin heard Fei Yi mention the disgusting thing he didn't want to mention the most, and he was unhappy, and he didn't know if he could do it for a while.

"If the situation is true, Xia Guan feels that Prime Minister Zheng can take advantage of Meng's predicament to make an article and reverse the whole situation." Fei Yi bravely continued, he felt that what he said was reasonable, so he didn't care if Su Qin would be angry.

Hearing this, Su Qin's interest immediately rose, because Fei Yi pointed to the difficulty that he had been thinking about and couldn't figure out.

"What do you think, why is the Meng Clan's predicament going to be my chance?" Su Qin asked quietly.

"I know that Prime Minister Lu Dao may resent the Meng family, but if you can restrain your resentment, give the Meng family some benefits, and help them, then won't they bow down to you and obey your words?"

Fei Yi is a native of Zhao State, and he is well aware of Meng's weaknesses. Su Qin nodded and motioned for Fei Yi to continue.

"The Meng family has deep roots in the Zhao State and has a wide range of contacts, if they can obey and obey you, can't you take advantage of the situation to make the magnates of the Zhao State obey the wind and gain a firm foothold in the Zhao State from now on?" Fei Yi talked eloquently.

After hearing this, Su Qin was overjoyed in his heart, and deeply agreed with Feiyi's point of view, but he was the prime minister and the creditor, so of course he didn't want to show gratitude.

"I listened to Fei Lingshi's analysis and felt that there was some truth, so I'll give it a try for the time being." Su Qin said lightly.

Fei Yi was very happy to see that Su Qin could suppress the dissatisfaction with the Meng family in his heart and listen to his own proposal, of course, he was very happy, he naturally understood that Su Qin was a person with a stomach, so he just said all his suggestions, and now it seems that it is working.

Fei Yi's words also solved his own predicament, he secretly helped his friend Prince Zhao Yong's aunt in the trial of the Meng sisters' case, and he couldn't afford Su Qin. Now that Su Qin has also been compensated, and Feiyi has also been indebted, it can really be said that he has killed two birds with one stone.

Su Qin didn't know the calculation of fat righteousness in his heart, but it was beneficial to himself and others, so why didn't he do it. Therefore, Su Qin nodded, and did not follow up on the matter of the Meng sisters' arrears of fines.