Tang Emperor Li Heng read the minister's recital, and sighed again and again, "Since the thieves rebelled, there will be no peace in my country, half a month ago, the East China Sea moved again, Henan Province, Hebei Province, and several counties along the coast were affected by it, and I blamed myself." ”

A cadre of old ministers all showed a sad look on their faces, and Li Fuguo, who was the leader, cried so much that he broke his liver and intestines, and his tears withered, and shouted: "My emperor is benevolent, touching the heavens and the earth, all of this is those chaotic ministers and thieves are turbulent, God punishes them, Your Majesty does not have to blame yourself, now General Yan is leading the army to recover the old land, and my Tang Dynasty has reproduced the signs of prosperity, which all depends on Your Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

Li Fuguo did not hide his flattery at all, and Li Heng was obviously subsided a lot by the sadness in his heart said in this paragraph, coughed a few times, calmed his mood, Li Fuguo saw that Li Heng did not put down his hand, thought for a while, and then continued: "Your Majesty, now that Henan and Hebei are affected by the disaster, the old minister implores the Holy Lord to exempt the two three-year taxes, and distribute silver and grain, which shows that our emperor is sympathetic to the victims and kind. ”

"I have this intention, this matter, let the prime minister handle it, as soon as the money and food are appropriated, the household department will allocate it, there must be no mistake" Seeing that Li Fuguo understood his mind so well, Li Heng was very happy, so he simply handed over this matter to Li Fuguo to handle, and the folds in his hand were also put on the side of the dragon case.

Wang De, the newly appointed secretary of the household department, frowned slightly when he heard this, and saw that the rest of the old ministers all echoed him, and finally had to stand up hard, "Your Majesty, now that most of the money and grain of the household department have been transferred to the front line, there is really no extra money and grain to help the disaster area, Your Majesty, the minister, you are really powerless." ”

Hearing this, a person suddenly stood up in the crowd and shouted angrily, "Wang Shangshu is talking nonsense!" Dare to talk nonsense here, Your Majesty, the criminal minister has just returned all the fat and ointment of the people looted by the thieves to His Majesty's treasury, and the amount of gold and silver is innumerable, Wang Shangshu actually said something here with a weak heart, I think it is Lord Shangshu who refuses to help the victims! ”

When Li Fuguo heard this, he raised his eyebrows, although he did not turn back, he knew in his heart the identity of the speaker, it was the prime minister of Dayan who led 50,000 rebels and thieves to the Tang Dynasty with all the gold and silver treasures - Yan Zhuang.

When Li Heng heard what Wang De said, he was already displeased in his heart, and was provoked by Yan Zhuang's words, and his displeasure rose to seven points, "Wang De, when Yan Zhuang surrendered, he brought more than one million dollars of gold and silver, and Yan Feng and Fugu Huaien also knew the gold, silver, and food consumption in the past year, not to mention all, even half of it couldn't be used!" ”

Wang De saw Li Heng's angry face, and his heart was shocked, but what he said was also the truth, the treasury had indeed bottomed out, not that he was greedy, but that there was someone else, this person was Li Fuguo, who was located in the prime minister, Wang De wanted to tell the truth and the discernment, but taking care of the family, he had to swallow his anger, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he thought of a plan, so he said: "Your Majesty, what Yan Sinong said is true, and what the minister said is also true. His soldiers can be asked for at will in the two capitals, but only two days of effort, the two capitals will be disturbed by those barbarians of the chicken and dogs, His Royal Highness the prince can not bear it, so he ordered the minister's household to allocate silver, which allows the Hui cavalry to retreat, this is one of them, plus General Yan reorganized the Xuanjia army, the Xuanjia army equipment is expensive, the armor army and the horse blades are all like this, this is one of them, the guards of His Royal Highness the prince came in to expand, this is another one, the Shuofang army of General Gu Huai'en relied on the merit of taking back His Majesty, and the money and food and military salaries were not slackened at all, this is one of them, Your Majesty, since the minister served as the secretary of the household department, he has been fulfilling his duties every day and dare not slack off, but even if the minister has worked hard, Yan Sinong's million gold and silver are not enough to toss so much! ”

Hearing Wang De say this, Li Fuguo's hanging heart fell to the ground, and he couldn't help but secretly admire Wang De's personality in his heart, you must know that although he is in Zaifu, if he is exposed to corruption, it will affect his image in the heart of the Tang Emperor, but Wang De's words are very clever to avoid his suspicion, but the forces that threaten him are counted in front of the Tang Emperor, he understands the psychology of the Tang Emperor very well, after many years of war and displacement, gold and silver are not as stable and peaceful as this troubled emperor, Otherwise, he would not have made such an undignified agreement with the Hui Hui, the Hui cavalry said that it was demanding, but in fact it was no different from looting, and wanton looting in the land of Liangjing was no different from humiliating the royal family. The crown prince's retreat from the barbarian army with gold and silver saved the face of the royal family, but it also gave him a crime of acting without permission. As for Yan Feng and Fugu Huai'en, and the prince's guards, the gold and silver spent were even less than one-fifth of the gold and silver of the national treasury, and most of the rest was indeed occupied by himself.

Thinking of this, Li Fuguo simply sold his favor and said, "Your Majesty, although Wang Shangshu is guilty of dereliction of duty, it is also reasonable, but at this time, the disaster is urgent, and the old minister is willing to take out some savings as relief!" ”

The old ministers of the Manchu Dynasty saw the wind and steered, and when they heard Li Fuguo's words, they all said: "The ministers are willing to give their ministers everything to buy relief grain!" ”

"The minister is also willing!"

"The same is true of the old minister!"

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Li Heng saw that many ministers were relieved of their worries, and the anger in his heart gradually subsided: "Zhong Aiqing is so heartfelt, I am quite pleased, Wang De, since the prime minister has spoken, I will exempt you from your sins this time, and now I order your household department to assist the prime minister with all its strength to solve this disaster, there must be no mistake!" ”

Wang De walked before the ghost gate was closed, and when he heard Li Heng's words, he was immediately relieved and relieved: "The minister's decree!" Long live our emperor! ”

Li Heng got up again tiredly, couldn't sit still, and his face was gloomy with a burst of defeat, in fact, the ministers present all knew that Li Heng was afraid that time was running out, although Li Yu is now the prince, but now he is not in Chang'an, who will succeed to the throne, it is still unknown, and now Li Fuguo in the court covers the sky with one hand, and the prince's henchmen are incompatible, this Tang Dynasty's qi number, to this day, is still an unknown number, just hope that before Li Heng dies, the two forces can fight for a result, so that they can spend the rest of their lives······

However, Li Fuguo, who was the leader, did not want to do this, and he now wanted to form an alliance with one person - the Empress of the West rather than being an enemy of the crown prince.

Empress Xi, is the biological mother of the prince, and the alliance with the Empress of the West means supporting the prince, although Li Fuguo is unwilling, but he has to do this, if it is the past, he will not do it anyway, but now although he has the emperor's support, but the emperor has little time, if he wants to live, he must find a force that can be climbed, he thought about it, and made such a decision, and the former enemy alliance.

An alliance is a nice word, but it's just a matter of subservience. (To be continued.) )