After listening to Li Guanqi's question, Lu Yunhai reacted that he was very familiar with "Mencius", so he didn't have to think about it at the moment, and replied: "Self-reflection does not shrink, although brown and broad, I am not worried?" ”

"Oh." Li Guanqi suddenly realized, "It turns out that this is the sentence." You're so knowledgeable, tell me what it means when you're free. As he spoke, he pushed open the door and stepped out.

Li Guanqi went out and saw that Qin Minzhong and other officials of the household department were still standing in the square in front of the door, so he beckoned Qin Minzhong to come over and said: "Yesterday morning, you said that the silver in the treasury was less than two million taels. I want to know how much my dynasty earns and spends in a year, and why the treasury is almost empty in October. ”

Qin Minzhong hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, I will enter the ...... of the Great Qianchao Dynasty."

Li Guanqi didn't wait for him to finish, then interrupted: "I have other things to do now, I don't have time to listen to you, and I don't think you can understand what you say." In this way, you should prepare in advance, make a written report, and come back to the Qinzheng Palace, where I will have a separate interview with you. Oh, when you're ready, you can come and see me. ”

"Yes. Obey the Divine Commandment! Qin Minzhong bowed and replied.

The next day, after Li Guanqi got up, he didn't go directly to the front hall of the Qinzheng Palace to work, because Zu Donglai was troublesome, and there was really nothing he needed to deal with, so after breakfast, he walked around the small garden in the palace, pondering his next plan.

Xiao Ying came in running, and although it was already October, she was still sweating profusely. Seeing that he was in such a hurry, Li Guanqi asked, "What's wrong?" There's a dog chasing you? ”

Xiao Ying hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Grandpa arrived at the Qinzheng Hall early in the morning and said that he had something important to see the emperor. I've been waiting there for nearly an hour. ”

Li Guanqi couldn't help but move in his heart, and secretly thought: "It's been more than a month, and I've never seen him have anything to discuss with me, what's wrong with me today?" Could it be that I went to the household department yesterday? He really has a lot of eyeliner. ”

Li Guanqi actually wanted to see Zu Donglai very much, because he had already thought about several things just now, and he still had to let Zu Donglai know, and the reason why he went to the household department with great fanfare yesterday was to let Zu Donglai know his behavior, and then come over to probe his style.

I want to see it, but I must not show my eagerness, otherwise I will fall behind again. So Li Guanqi thought for a while, and then said: "When you go back, tell him that I have just gotten up and now I want to eat, and let him go to the Imperial Garden to meet him later, and I will go there to eat after eating." ”

When Zu Dong came to the imperial garden, Li Guanqi was there with fish food to feed the goldfish in the pond, and when he saw Zu Dong coming in, he waved his hand to excuse him, and said with a smile: "You are an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and you don't need to do anything to see me in private in the future." Oh, you wait a while, I'll feed the fish over there, and then we'll go to the pavilion over there and sit down." ”

Li Guanqi deliberately grinded, and it took more than ten minutes to feed the fish. Only then did Zu Donglai sit on the stone drum on the pavilion in the middle of the pool, and then took a sip of the tea handed by the eunuch below, and then said, "What's the matter, come in so early to see me?" ”

Zu Donglai took out a fold from his sleeve, handed it over and said: "Lingnan Dao disposal envoy Shangjuan, the province has suffered a severe drought this year, and the grain production has been seriously reduced, and he has requested the transfer of two million stone grains for disaster relief, and the minister has come to ask the emperor for an edict. ”

Li Guanqi didn't take the fold, stretched out two fingers to rub his temples, and said: "The wind was blowing at night before me, and my brain has been drowsy when I got up this morning. You can just look at it. "He is deliberately showing weakness, because this matter is really not a big matter, there is no need for Zu Donglai to run over to ask the emperor for instructions so eagerly, so this excerpt is just a stepping stone for Zu Donglai, and what he really wants to say is still to come.

Zu Donglai originally heard that Li Guanqi went to the household department yesterday to summon Lu Yunhai alone, so today he specially picked up something related to the household department and came in to ask for a meeting, in order to explore Li Guanqi's intentions. Unexpectedly, Li Guanqi didn't even take the excerpt, and pushed it back directly, and he didn't have a chance to pull it to the personnel aspect of the household department. I had no choice but to reply: "The minister will go and convene people to discuss countermeasures, and he will definitely live up to the emperor's trust and trust." With that, he got up and took his leave.

Who thought that Li Guanqi spoke again, "Look at me, you don't have to think about disaster relief, just ask Qin Minzhong to handle it, who told him to be in charge of money and food." After a slight pause, he said, "Speaking from the heart, I don't like him personally, he is too dull to see, and the Heavenly Empire actually cried with me in public, which made me very shameless." Didn't he say that the household department had no money? This time, let him think of disaster relief, I don't believe it, he won't pay for the war, and he won't pay for disaster relief? ”

Zu Donglai didn't expect Li Guanqi to take the initiative to talk about the household department, and hurriedly said: "The minister obeys the order, and let him do this errand when he turns around." After a slight pause, he deliberately sighed and said: "Qin Minzhong has always been stingy, and he regards the money of the court as his own money, which is also reluctant, and that is reluctant." For the funeral of Emperor Muzong, the ministers and the Ministry of Rites originally agreed to use 9 million taels of silver, but in the end, Qin Minzhong only allocated 5.5 million taels, which was really undignified by the court. ”

Zu Donglai took the opportunity to sue and attack political opponents, but Li Guanqi listened to it and scolded his mother again and again: "I bought a watch last year!" It cost 5.5 million taels of silver to hold a funeral for the old emperor, Nima's, how much is that? It would take hundreds of millions to convert to RMB, right? This is still discounted, no matter how rich you are, you can't afford to toss like this, no wonder there is no money to fight?

Surprised, surprised, but Li Guanqi couldn't show it in front of Zu Donglai, anyway, Qin Minzhong had to report to Jun alone, so let's ask when I see him. So Li Guanqi also went down and said: "You're right, I went to the household department yesterday and summoned a person alone, that is, Lu Yunhai, who compared himself to Mencius. I thought he was a sensible person, but it disappointed me. Don't talk about it, but also have a problem with Qin Minzhong, he is full of money and silver when he opens and closes his mouth, and I don't like him very much. After speaking, Li Guanqi deliberately pursed his lips to show contempt.

Zu Donglai continued: "What does the emperor plan to do with this person?" He knew that Qin Minzhong and Lu Yunhai had a good relationship, and Qin Minzhong's high reputation was not easy to deal with, and disposing of Lu Yunhai could be regarded as a blow to Qin Minzhong.

"Dispose of him?" Li Guanqi deliberately pretended to be careless and said, "I haven't thought about it carefully. What do you mean? ”