No matter what Minister Earnest said, Zhang Chai didn't think so, Minister Earnest was just trying to find an excuse to exclude dissidents for personal gain, and he definitely couldn't believe what such a traitorous minister who coerced the Son of Heaven to tyrannize the country.

Looking at Minister Earnest in a fit of rage, Zhang Chai squinted and said, "Minister, that's all you want to say to me?" ”

“ZZ！” Minister Ornest's eyes were about to narrow, and he slapped the table and stood up, "You are the imperial tool made by the first emperor!" It's time to be loyal to the Empire! Sweep away the locusts in the Qing Dynasty for me! And not to ruin my layout for that pitiful sense of justice! You must know who you are, you are my emperor! ”

Zhang Chai didn't want to bother to speak, so he simply made his words clear: "I am your emperor, I don't deny this, and it is also my duty to maintain the empire, but if the empire is recklessly rectified by you like this, sooner or later it will inevitably perish." Minister, are you willing to be a minister who has died in the country? ”

Minister Earnest folded his hands behind his back, and laughed instead of anger: "You are narrow-minded! The new emperor ascended the throne at a young age, the world is in turmoil, and there are foreign peoples eyeing the empire on all sides! If you want the empire to be stable for a long time, you must use force to suppress all these alien peoples who intend to rebel! However, the war against foreign nations requires huge military expenditures, but in order to ensure that the emperor can win, only raising taxes by a small amount is said to be tyranny, and it is said that the people are not living? It's just nonsense! ”

Zhang Chai was unmoved, and sneered: "It's high-sounding, but in fact, it's just an excuse for you to make money." ”

"Collecting money?" Minister Earnest looked surprised, "In this world where money and profit have been soaked into their bones, who doesn't like money?" Even the great first emperor a thousand years ago amassed the wealth of the world to establish the current empire! How dare you say that about me! ”

Zhang Chai was stunned for a moment, and then retorted: "If you are willing to improve the lives of the people, then the empire will not be as unstable as it is now." But have you ever done that? ”

Minister Earnest scoffed and asked rhetorically, "What to improve?" Is it because someone is not well fed and clothed? I sue you, at least in my jurisdiction, there is no one who is not well fed and clothed! Moreover, the financial expenditures of the empire are increasing day by day, and which of the officials' salaries and the army's military expenses do not cost money? How can there be spare money to support these ignorant people? What is this little suffering they are suffering now? Why can't we wait for the world to settle down? Why don't these fools think about their children and grandchildren? A foolish people are a foolish people! After living a comfortable life for thousands of years and experiencing a little hardship, he dared to fight the idea of the empire...... How short-sighted they are! ”

Zhang Chai really didn't expect Minister Earnest to say this confidently, he was silent for a while, and said slowly: "Then it should be a fact that you exclude dissidents and wantonly suppress officials with disagreeing political views." ”

He clearly knew that in the original book, Minister Earnest had killed a lot of loyalty, which was an undeniable fact.

Minister Earnest snorted coldly: "These officials are a bunch of waste that should be executed!" They don't understand how much danger the empire is in now, they only know that they are in a corner of peace, and they even have to negotiate peace with lowly alien peoples, and with those traitors! This is an insult to the majesty of the Empire! The so-called worries about state affairs in the mouths of these officials are simply betraying the country for glory! Such an official who infiltrates the DPRK and China is a disloyal spies! ”

Zhang Chai was completely speechless, and in terms of eloquence, he couldn't say that he was the treacherous and slippery Minister Ornest, but these words of Minister Earnest made him have a lot of questions, is Minister Ornest really just a cruel and unkind traitor?

You can't just look at the surface of everything, especially since he is still in the imperial camp, and he really can't look at people and things with old eyes, but there is no doubt that Minister Earnest is by no means a good bird, and these words may just be used to fool him.

"Forget it, I'm sleepy too." Minister Earnest waved his hand tiredly, "You are now the First Emperor's envoy in charge of the Royal Guard, I won't delay your time, you can go to the military headquarters to complete the handover." ”

Zhang Chai got up immediately, and before leaving the lobby, he suddenly couldn't help but look back, and saw this old fat old man sitting alone on a bench muttering something to himself, and then recalling the conversation just now, his mood at the moment was extremely complicated.

……

Imperial City, Military Department.

The officials of the Ministry of War had already received a notice that Zhang Chai was coming to hand over, so they asked two teams of imperial soldiers to line up in two rows to welcome Zhang Chai's arrival in advance, after all, Zhang Chai was the person of Minister Earnest, and almost no one in the imperial capital dared to mess with him.

As soon as he saw Zhang Chai's figure, the official of the military department immediately shouted: "The envoy has arrived!" Salute! ”

"Yes!" The two teams of Imperial soldiers straightened up, saluted, and shouted in unison, "Greetings to the Messenger!" ”

Zhang Chai walked directly to the official of the Ministry of War, and said nonchalantly: "I am the handover." ”

"Your subordinates understand that this is your guard order, Lord Envoy, and you can use it to dispatch the guards in the imperial city at any time." The military officer nodded and handed over a token engraved with a golden tiger head.

Zhang Chai took the token and asked, "What do I need to do in normal times?" ”

The official of the military department bowed his body and said cautiously: "The usual job of the guards is to be responsible for the security of the perimeter of the imperial city, but of course, these small things will not bother the envoy to do it yourself. ”

Zhang Chai smiled and said, "Then you mean, I can do whatever I want?" ”

The official of the military department just wanted to nod, but suddenly felt that it was inappropriate, so he had to express it euphemistically: "It all depends on the preferences of the envoy." ”

As he spoke, the official of the Ministry of War took out a jade bracelet from his arms and handed it to Zhang Chai, and said in a sycophant: "This is the meager intention of my subordinates, and I hope that the envoy will mention more in the future." ”

Zhang Chai glanced at him and said, "Are you trying to bribe me?" ”

The official of the Ministry of War was shocked, thinking that Zhang Chai wanted the lion to open his mouth, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "The value of this jade bracelet is naturally not worthy of the honorable envoy, but I still have some good quality things there......"

"Enough! Your set won't work with me! Zhang Chai interrupted coldly: "If I see someone bribing again in the future, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless!" ”

Before the words fell, he suddenly pulled out the sword of the oath of victory, and threw out a wind cannon casually, only to hear the rumbling sound, and the wind cannon instantly smashed a big tree a few meters away.

Puff -

The officer of the military department was so frightened that he couldn't help but kneel on the ground, waved his hands in panic and said, "No! No! Please calm your anger, Your Majesty...... Your subordinates will never dare to offend you in the future......"

Grunt......

Looking at the tragic condition of the big tree, the two teams of imperial soldiers next to them couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and they all half-knelt on the ground, and bowed their heads in fear, lest they anger the newly appointed envoy of the First Emperor. (To be continued.) )