"Back to Your Majesty, after closing the teahouse, Tianling specially visited those who were ruined by the gambling house, and wanted to know why these people would desperately invest all their wealth in it, and why these people didn't stop in time after losing a lot of money, but thought about doing it again."

After Tianling visited these people, he found an unbelievable fact, that is, among these people, many of them clearly knew that they might fall deeper if they gambled further, but they just couldn't control themselves, so they thought that if they won it all, what if they won it all? With this kind of mentality, they gambled themselves until they lost all their money, and finally lived in misery. ”

"In the past, I always thought that these people deserved it, and did not deserve sympathy at all, but when I went to the homes of these people, I learned from their wives and children and neighbors that before these people fell into gambling, they were also industrious husbands and loving fathers, warm and kind to people, and they should have been good and obedient people, but because of gambling, they abandoned their own business, and became greedy gamblers who wanted to get something for nothing, and made the originally happy family miserable and desolate."

"For many gamblers, winning is a process, and the end result is losing, so the result is never good. And some people know that gambling is not good, but they always can't control themselves, so they can only let themselves indulge, and eventually harm themselves and their families, the reason for this, in addition to the inferiority of the person itself, is partly tempted by the outside world. ”

"Now they are inciting the people, preaching that they have a lot of money in one night, lure gambling, and enrich themselves, but the bad thing is the foundation of the Great Wei!"

"It is in the opinion of the heavenly spirit that it must be severely punished." The heavenly spirit will tell the reason.

After listening to Tianling's statement, the emperor glanced at him approvingly, yes, some insight.

"Do you have any opinion on the law of severe punishment?" The Emperor then asked.

"This ······ In the major affairs of the country, Tianling is just a small servant, and he does not dare to listen to his nonsense. Heavenly Spirit hesitated slightly.

The emperor felt extremely comfortable when he heard this, and in his opinion, Tianling did not know the height of the sky because of his value and favor, and listening to the words, it seemed that he really had an opinion on this matter.

So he said, "It's okay, if you have any ideas, just channel them, and I won't blame them." ”

"Heavenly Spirit thanks Your Majesty." Tianling did a very thorough job of etiquette, and after thanking him, he opened his mouth to say the words in his heart, "Your Majesty, Tianling feels that the government can come forward and directly seize the major gambling houses. ”

This is a rhetoric that Tianling has prepared a long time ago, as early as when he asked the attendant to take out the pleadings and let the person from Baihualou go to the palace to complain, he wanted to say this sentence to the emperor.

It's just that he can't take the initiative to say this, so he can only wait for the emperor to ask and let him say it, so that he can speak.

From the beginning of the layout of his teahouse, to the preparation of the Sparrow God Competition, to the closure of the teahouse and the emperor's questioning of the book income, this series of laying out can finally begin······ The net is closed!

Next, he only needs to eliminate the concerns in the emperor's heart, and he can easily let Baihualou collapse in Pingjing City from now on, and it is time to take revenge for the beating!

"The government seized the gambling house?" The emperor was a little funny, if this method worked, why would there still be so many large and small gambling houses in Pingjing City?

But thinking that Tianling didn't know the inside story, it was understandable to say such a thing, thinking like this, he roughly mentioned the relationship between the court and the gambling house to Tianling.

"You can see the harm of gambling houses to the community, how can the ministers of the DPRK and China not know about it? Earlier, some courtiers proposed to ban gambling in the territory of Great Wei, but the final result was repeated bans, not to mention ······" The Emperor stopped abruptly and did not continue.

He wanted to say, not to mention that the major gambling houses pay a lot of taxes and silver to the imperial court every year, which is a lot of money! But he looked at the straight Tianling sitting in the first seat at the moment, and felt that it was a bit embarrassing to say this, so he stopped in time.

"In short, the method of letting the government come forward and directly close down the gambling house will not work." The emperor finally said.

"If it is not advisable for the government to seize the gambling house, Tianling has thought of a method, but I don't know if this method can be done." The Heavenly Spirit waited until the emperor finished speaking, then spoke, and then waited for the emperor to ask questions.

Tianling actually knew that it was impossible for the imperial court to directly seize the major gambling houses, but he still said that in front of the emperor, it was nothing else, just to make the emperor less suspicious of him in his heart.

No matter what happens, there is a gradual process, and if the Heavenly Spirit gives the Emperor an unassailable solution from the beginning, it will make the Emperor doubt his intentions.

What's more, when talking to the emperor, you have to take care of the emperor's emotions, so that the emperor thinks he is smart, but you can't make the emperor feel that his IQ is crushed by him.

So in front of the emperor, sometimes selling stupidity at the right time is actually more reassuring to the emperor than not making mistakes all the time.

"What's the idea, let's hear it." The emperor really followed the words of the heavenly spirit and asked.

"At the beginning, Tianling came up with these two ways of playing Pai Gow, just as a simple way of competition, and there was no other meaning in it, and now it has developed like this, which greatly deviates from the nature of their own competitive competition······" Heavenly Spirit Dao.

The Emperor hummed softly and motioned for the Heavenly Spirit to continue.

"So Tian Ling thought, if the major gambling houses can't be closed, and these two ways of playing can't be banned, can we try to give it another meaning, for example, competitive fun." Heavenly Spirit Dao.

"Competitive fun? How do you explain that? The Emperor asked.

"It's to separate mahjong and poker from the gambling house as a kind of fun like playing chess and throwing pots." Tian Ling explained, "Playing chess and throwing pots, there are games to win and lose, and the same is true for mahjong and playing cards, so Tian Ling thought, can we group them together?" ”

"Yes, but what does this have to do with curbing gambling? Putting mahjong and poker in the category of chess throwing pots can make people not gamble? The Emperor said.

"Your Majesty, let Tianling speak slowly." Heavenly Spirit Dao.

"Then you go on." The Emperor said.

"If it's just a simple classification, of course, it can't curb the trend of gambling, but what if the people are guided to play chess against general self-cultivation?" Tianling looked at the emperor with sparkling eyes, "The Imperial Court has added a chess and card division to the Ministry of Etiquette, which will be removed from the gambling house, and the people can play cards, but they cannot involve money and property. ”

"Of course, the most important key to this method is how to let people play cards without involving money betting." Tianling smiled slyly, "I think it may be like this, by the chess and card division to study and set a silver amount, if someone in the chess and card play more than this amount, then the chess and card division can take it down, confiscate the silver, and punish these people who do not abide by the rules as appropriate, if this method, I think, the use of pai gow gambling, will be greatly reduced." ”

"In fact, most people have a hidden taste and evil in their bones, if they are left to their own devices, they will definitely bear unimaginable consequences, for ordinary people, they can not see so long-term, and there is no such strong determination to restrain their nature, at this time, the best way is to educate and control, but education requires a long process, its effect can be revealed, in contrast, although control seems rough and unreasonable, but it is the most practical and effective way."

After Tianling finished speaking, he saw the emperor sitting on the dragon chair looking at him with an incredulous expression, Tianling was a little hairy, what's wrong? Did you say something wrong? Quickly recalled what I just said, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, why is this expression looking at me?

"Your Majesty?" Heavenly Spirit tentatively shouted to the emperor, but the emperor did not react.

"Your Majesty? Are you listening? The heavenly spirit shouted again.

"Huh? Yes! I'm thinking about what you just said. The emperor came back to his senses and replied, "There is some truth in your method, but there are also problems. ”

"If there is something wrong with what Tianling said, please show it to Your Majesty." Heavenly Spirit Dao.

"This method is only for mahjong cards and playing cards these two kinds of pai gow play, according to your method, only cure the people who use these two kinds of pai gow gambling, but in fact, the major gambling houses are not only these two ways to play, the previous dice, the order, etc., can still be used for gambling, if according to this law, I am afraid of losing bias." The Emperor said.

"Your Majesty is very right." Tianling said, "Tianling's shallow knowledge makes His Majesty smile." ”

"But······ It's not without merit. The Emperor pondered for a moment, then burst out laughing.

When Tianling heard the laughter, he secretly raised his eyes, and saw the joy overflowing on the emperor's face, and knew that what he was thinking about this time was already in place.

Stand up now, no more.

"Okay, I have already taken care of the matter of the teahouse, although this matter started from you, but for the sake of your loyalty to the king, and there are not many things to do at a young age, I will not pursue you, you just take care of the business in your hands, earn more money for me, and make up for it." The emperor had just listened to the words of the Heavenly Spirit, and was inspired by it, and had considered the matter of the gambling house in his heart, and was in a very good mood at this time, so he did not blame the matter caused by the Heavenly Spirit.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Heavenly Spirit Dao.

The emperor nodded with great satisfaction, this little minion is smart, knowledgeable, loyal, and especially eats, the emperor looks at Tianling, and the more he looks at it, the more he likes it.

As soon as I was happy, the emperor's old mistake was committed again, and it was a pity that such a useful person did not assign him a little heavy responsibility?

Tianling has been following the emperor for so long now, and he has reached the point where he knows the emperor very well, and when he sees the emperor's expression at this time, he knows that he must be thinking about how to entrust him with a heavy responsibility in his heart, and hurriedly said euphemistically, "Tianling must be loyal and wise, and live up to Your Majesty!" Take up the burden you have placed on my shoulders and share your worries for Your Majesty! ”

When the emperor heard this, yes, he has already explained such a big matter as Tianling, so let's do it first.

"Tonight, you will stay in the Tianqian Palace." The emperor then said, "Ming'er accompanied me to breakfast before leaving the palace." ”

"Yes." The heavenly spirit replied respectfully.

There is a small soft couch in a side hall of Tianqian Palace, which is prepared by Gonggong Hai for Tianling, and the emperor stayed in Tianling before, and Tianling rested there.

So at this time, the emperor ordered like this, and Tianling thought that it was still the same as before, and after replying, he was ready to retreat to the side hall to rest, but as soon as he turned around, the emperor said suspiciously, "Didn't you let you stay in the Tianqian Palace?" Where are you going? ”

Tianling was stunned, didn't he already say it just now? How to say it again, but the emperor's words could not be replied to, so Tianling said truthfully, "According to Your Majesty's will, Tianling is going to the side hall to rest." ”

"You don't have to go to the side hall, you sleep with me tonight." The Emperor spoke calmly.

Hearing this, Tianling stumbled, and almost didn't fall to the ground!

Are you kidding! Emperor, are you crazy? Know what you're talking about?

"Your Majesty, aren't you going to rest in the palace of the ladies and daughters?" Tianling opened his mouth and tactfully reminded the emperor not to forget the harem concubines and beauties, they are the ones you should say this!

"I'm a little tired today, too lazy to toss." The emperor said, "I heard that Gonggong Hai said that you gave him a set of massage methods, relieving fatigue and relieving fatigue is very effective, the imperial doctors have seen it, and said that it is an excellent technique, I let them try it for me, it really works, so from time to time let them come over to pinch me, today it is a little late, recruit them to come over and toss, since you made the method, I think you will also press it, and you will wait for me to rest for a while, so you don't have to go to the side hall." ”