"A bargain?"

Li Dongyuan shook his head disappreciatively, with a bit of seriousness in his voice: "Is the virtuous nephew treating the court's major affairs as a vegetable market?"

When Ying Chong heard this, he was at ease: "I'm sorry uncle! I am a new country, the foundation is just beginning, and the family background is too thin, Ying Chong can't help but pay baht." ”

Li Dongyuan snorted softly when he heard this, looking dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything more, and there was nothing wrong with Ying Chong's position.

"Isn't it enough for four county magistrates or three Wupin county envoys to exchange for the support of your Anguo Mansion?"

But in the opinion of the little nephew, it is really not enough. ”

Ying Chong raised the corners of her lips slightly: "The little nephew thinks that the value of my An Guoying is not just the three votes." ”

"It's not just three votes? How can the virtuous nephew have the confidence that An Guoying in a few months will be able to take advantage of the situation? Don't forget Ying Shiji, he is now serving as the envoy of the Broken Army, if he waves his troops south, he will also have the ability to raze the civil unrest in Jizhou. ”

"But if you want to use the border army to quell the rebellion, how many court debates do you need to go through in the court?

Ying Chong thought that in a month or two, the northern Xiongnu army would go south, and it would be strange if the broken army at that time could move, and it would be good if it was not disabled or even wiped out.

However, these words could not be stated at this time, so he could only smile and say: "Uncle, can't you believe in my brother's art of war?"

Li Dongyuan shook his head, after winning my art of war, he was naturally trustworthy. But on the chessboard in the north, there are other factors that are not conducive to Ying Chong - such as the Wuyang Ying clan and the hundred miles of long rest that left just now, they will not be happy to see Ying Chong succeed. Especially the latter, the fall of the Baili family is imminent, but this one can do whatever crazy things are.

Just looking at Ying Chong's appearance, he is still confident and calm. And with this son's wisdom, he should not be able to see the difficulties of his own situation.

After thinking for a while, Li Dongyuan had already made a decision: "At most, add one more county, this is the last concession of the old man." You should know that none of the several rulers in the court today are biased towards you,"

At this time, An Guoying, although he was deeply involved in the three legal divisions, used the imperial history to supervise the rights of court officials, and consumed the entire court. However, its own strength in the six ministries of the three provinces and the local government is still very weak. Especially in the political affairs hall, he Li Dongyuan ascended to the throne, which is a matter of mutual benefit.

So under this condition, he is confident that he is already very sincere.

But this sentence still did not make Ying impulsive, and he only smiled: "Uncle is indeed generous, but these conditions are still lower than the expectations of the little nephew." Since my uncle felt that the current Anguo Mansion was not worth it, then he might as well wait a little longer and discuss this matter in two months? At that time, the matter in the north was almost settled. ”

Li Dongyuan frowned when he heard this, and looked at Ying Chong in confusion. I thought that even if I waited for a few more months, it would be nothing more than to finish my great work, make a hereditary marquis, and be promoted to a state festival envoy. And the things he took out have exceeded the bottom line of his expectations a lot, and he has also overestimated the strength of An Guofu a lot. Where did this young prince get his confidence? Asking him for such conditions?

The three fourth-rank county guards - even if he was promoted to the rank of deacon, it would not be easy to do this.

Originally, he thought that Yingchong's previous offer was just a lion's mouth, waiting for him to make a bid. But at this time, it seems that this person is very serious.

But when thinking of Ying Chong's past, Li Dongyuan's mind calmed down again.

Wait until two months from now? By then, it's not too late. Let him see what kind of hole cards this person has that can make him meet such conditions.

-- Asking for three counties in one go, this is not the current Anguo Mansion, which can be swallowed with strength.

"Since the virtuous nephew said so, then it doesn't hurt for the old man to wait any longer, and this matter is indeed not in a hurry. ”

Bowing his head slightly, he agreed, Li Dongyuan raised his eyebrows and asked Ying Chong: "You little guy, although you are young, your appetite is really not small." I'm curious now, how much did that Baili Changxi ask you, but he didn't make you moved?"

Ying Chong hesitated slightly, but thinking that even if he said it, he couldn't do it, so he replied with a smile: "Five million gold!" plus a Qianyuan Divine Armor, and two real shares of the Divine Intention Workshop. What does Uncle think?"

"That's sixteen million gold?"

Li Dongyuan was quick-witted, and instantly estimated the approximate value, and then gasped, thinking that this price was enough to buy seven or eight county guards. It was even enough to guarantee him the position he wanted.

This time, the hundred miles of long breath was undoubtedly out of blood, but this did not make Yingchong relax.

But if you think about it carefully, although it is only ten days, Ying Chong at this time is indeed worth the price. If Ying Chong takes this 16 million gold, it will not only be delayed for ten days, but also have the responsibility of helping Baili to suppress the court.

It is estimated that most of the sixteen million gold will be used, and in the end, Yingchong will be able to get about seven or eight million gold at most.

-- But even if it's seven or eight million gold, it's not too little. Few people have such sanity and refuse to spend so much money.

It can also be seen from this that the young man's heart is so firm.

Thinking of this, Li Dongyuan couldn't help but sigh, thinking that this is really a difficult little guy, not to be underestimated.

"Why refuse? That hundred miles of long breath is already very sincere. ”

"Well, does uncle want to listen to the truth or lie?"

"How can you tell the truth, and how can you tell a lie?"

"The truth is that this catastrophe has shaken my Great Qin country, and the sixteen million gold is not comparable to His Majesty's holy family, and the lie is that the prince is worried about the country and the people, and the people of the five northern states are miserable. When I say that, will my uncle be satisfied?"

Li Dongyuan couldn't help laughing when he heard this, thinking that this little guy didn't know what he was doing awkwardly, and his words were wrong. In fact, these two should be both, right?

He knew that more than a month ago, Ying Chong had already played to the Heavenly Holy Emperor, asking the imperial court to pay attention to the floods in the north. More than ten days ago, this person went to the major charity halls in the north and donated more than 300,000 yuan.

The former made Ying Chong lose the opportunity to make tens of millions of gold, while the latter was squeezed out of the already poor silver money by An Guofu.

But if he asks directly today, this little guy will definitely say that he can't bear to see the country sink or something.

"I have to say, little nephew, your temperament is really like your parents. I remember when you were a child, others said that you were a little bodhisattva-like person. Now that I've grown up, I don't seem to have changed much. ”

Ying Chong couldn't help frowning, the most impatient thing for him was to listen to others say this,

In the elegant room three hundred zhang away, Ye Lingwu and Ye Lingde looked at each other, confused.

"What the hell are they talking about?

Ye Lingwu's eyes were puzzled, but he felt that his brother-in-law was really majestic, and between words, he could decide on the candidates for several five- or six-grade officials.

Ye Lingde was also distracted for a while, and when he heard Li Dongyuan say the words 'political affairs hall is in charge', he guessed about it.

"What they are talking about should be Tingtui. ”

Although Pei Xiuyuan is due to his cultivation, the news is relatively closed, but because he is in Beijing all the year round, he is better than the two guys around him.

"According to the rules of my Great Qin, if there is a dispute about the candidate for the ruling officer of the political affairs hall, it will be determined by the court of ministers. And now there are only six people in the political affairs hall (prime minister) and the governor (deputy minister), and there is still one shortage. According to the law, a re-elected governor should be appointed before June. But now there are five candidates in the DPRK and China, including Yongzhou Mu Li Dongyuan, and the DPRK and China are at loggerheads. If by March, His Majesty and several governors of the political hall still disagree and cannot decide, then it can only be decided by the court. ”

-- The so-called court push, that is, when the court encounters a major political matter, or when there is a vacancy in the minister of civil and military affairs, His Majesty will order the ministers to discuss and discuss with each other. All decisions are made by the number of votes.

Tingtui is divided into small Tingtui and Datingtui, the former only includes many three-rank officials in Beijing, while Datingtui has a broad scope.

Those who are eligible to participate include all substantive officials at or above the third rank of the DPRK. Seven of them were from the Council and five from the Privy Council had two votes each, for a total of twenty-four votes. The six Shangshu and the left and right imperial history, Dali Siqing, Tongzheng envoy and other Dajiuqing have a total of ten votes, as well as their deputy Shilang Shaoqing, deputy capital Yushi and other eighteen people, also one person, one vote, a total of twenty-eight.

In addition, there are Taichang Siqing, Taifu Siqing, Guanglu Siqing, Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, Hanlin Bachelor, Honglu Siqing, Guozi Priest Wine, Yuanma Siqing, Shangbao Siqing and so on Xiaojiuqing nine people, plus the state pastors of the thirteen states, thirteen Dazhongzheng, the governor of the river, the governor of Caoyun, Zongrenfu Zongzheng, a total of 37 votes.

The sum of all the civil servants above the third rank is eighty-nine votes.

-- This is only for the civilian position, and the military side has more votes. The three kings of the Three Kings and the Nine Princes each have three votes, and the Nine Princes each have two votes.

The six generals of the town state, as well as the current four state envoys, are also counted as three votes. The twelve generals of the Pillar Kingdom only had two votes.

In addition, there are 16 guards of the government army, 6 departments of the forbidden army, a total of 22 generals, as well as 24 roads of the border army, and 24 military town envoys.

All the martial ministers above the third rank add up, which is one hundred and twenty-nine votes. and the sum of civil and military is 218 votes. In addition, His Majesty's own opinion is worth nine votes. Why nine votes? Just because nine is an extreme number. In addition, there are five royal princes designated by His Majesty, each with the right of three votes, which is the number of ninety-five.

The war of the Seven Kingdoms was chaotic, and the Great Qin valued military and light literature, so the weight of military duties far exceeded that of civilian positions. In the court push, the more than 100 people who held these 217 votes were the top existence in the Great Qin official system.

Once His Majesty disagrees with the government hall and the Privy Council, and there is something to be decided, it is necessary to synthesize the opinions of these more than 100 high-ranking officials of the third rank and above.

If Yongzhou Mu Li Dongyuan wants to successfully enter the political hall this time, he must obtain at least a quarter of the votes of the court to successfully win the primary election.

At this time, Ying Chong had three votes. An Guogong has two votes, and the general of the Zuotun Guard Army has one vote. This vote is not much, but it cannot be ignored, especially Xiao Tingtui, after all, although the general of the Zuotun Guard Army is in charge of the Yuanzhou Mansion Army, the nominal garrison is still in the capital. (To be continued.) )