The filial piety period selects women, and as soon as the news came out, there was almost an uproar in the government and the opposition.

Before Guan Zhi could make any moves, the direct ministers led by Meng Songyan scolded Guan Zhi and his party in the court.

"The saint, now that the national mourning has not passed, Guan Zhi arbitrarily selects women, and with the heart of a flattering king, he puts the saint in a place of unfilial piety and injustice, which can be said to be his heart can be punished. That's it, and even hid the recruited woman in the courtyard given by the first emperor. Before the first emperor's handwriting, he did this thing of flies and dogs, he had half a national dynasty in his heart, half a first emperor, and half a saint! If this thief is not removed, I am afraid that the country will be in danger! Meng Songyan dragged his elderly body and stood in front of the hall, holding a jade wat in his hand, and every word was loud.

"Holy Mingjian!" Without waiting for the young Son of Heaven to speak, Guan Zhi knelt in front of the hall, dragged his crying voice and said: "The heart of the slave and maid for the country and the dynasty can be learned from heaven and earth." The slaves and maids really don't know about the selection. The slave did tell her subordinates some time ago, reminding them that the national funeral is coming to an end, and the holy harem is empty, so they should prepare early. Who knew that Chen Run made his own decision and committed such a big crime. ”

Zhou Shuzhan looked at all this coldly, and said mockingly: "Lieutenant Guan picked himself up in one sentence." The lieutenant said that Chen Run did it, but the place where the group of women were hidden was the mansion in your name. Could it be that Chen Run is so capable? You must know that Chen Run is not a young eunuch and has no official position in the Shence Army, how can he mobilize the garrison of the Shence Army? And you're a lieutenant in the Divine Army! ”

"The Shence Army has always been the Shence Army of the Dynasty, not the private army of slaves, before this they were stationed in the Fengshan Courtyard, in order to take care of the Emperor's imperial plaque handwriting. The Shence Army is loyal and has a great heart. If not, how would they come to guard the slaves' private houses? Guan Zhi retorted.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Shuzhan sneered and said: "A good sentence in order to take care of the imperial plaque handwriting, Lieutenant Guan can know that after the incident in the east window yesterday, the Shence Army did not hesitate to burn the Fengshan Courtyard in order to destroy the corpses and destroy the traces, if it wasn't for Jin Wuwei breaking in in time to extinguish the fire, the entire Fengshan Courtyard would be turned into ashes!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Shuzhan made another sad look, and he said guiltily: "It's a pity that because of the obstruction of the Shence Army before, Weichen was one step late after all. By the time Weichen entered the courtyard, the first emperor's handwriting had already been burned! Shengshang, Lieutenant Guan is deeply valued by the emperor, but he is still so mad, he does not hesitate to destroy the things given by the emperor, and does not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of innocent women in the hospital. is such a minister, it is simply a moth of the country. It must not be tolerated. ”

"How so? Zhou Shangshu didn't go in, how could he say that it was the Shence Army that set fire? If it was really the Shence Army that set the fire, then after the fire, how could the Shence Army let Zhou Shangshu and Zhonglang General in? Guan Zhi immediately retorted.

Before Zhou Shuzhan could answer, Guan Zhi cried again: "Since the Holy Lord ascended the throne, the slaves and maids have served day and night, only yesterday when they left the palace, they still went to talk to the Xirong delegation about the business and trade exchanges in the Japanese field, how did the slaves and maids know that Chen Run had done these things?" How did the slave know about the Maple Mountain Annex? Moreover, although the slave maid is a lieutenant of the Shence Army, she is also an internal official, and after the saint ascended the throne, the slave maid has not contacted the Shence Army once. Not to mention that it may not be arson from the Divine Army, even if it is, it has nothing to do with slaves and maids! ”

As soon as his words fell, Su Changtai, the secretary of Honglu Temple, immediately stood up and defended Guan Zhi: "Shengshang, Lieutenant Guan has always been loyal to the monarch and the country, respected the country, respected the saint, and when he discussed the exchange of meetings with the Xirong delegation yesterday, he also negotiated a business worth five million yuan for the country. If the lieutenant has made such a great achievement, the country will not reward him, how can he speculate on his great rebellion. Doesn't this chill the hearts of loyal ministers? Besides, Young Eunuch Chen has always been well regarded by the lieutenant, if Chen Run deliberately deceived and used the name of the lieutenant to fake the tiger, it is not impossible, and I hope that the saint will be Mingjian, don't hurt the innocence of the lieutenant. ”

Five million times!

Everyone in the court gasped. The famine in Yuanzhou, the snow disaster in Wanzhou, and the impoverishment of the imperial court gradually weakened. If it weren't for the Marquis Xiangcheng's contempt for the imperial court over the years, the imperial court would have a reason not to issue Xichang's military expenses, so that Xichang would be self-sufficient, and the household department would have been in deficit long ago.

It stands to reason that five million guan is not a big amount for a country, but at this juncture, five million guan is enough to earn a little respite for Northern Qi.

Rongzhi's eyelids drooped slightly, and his gaze was removed. No wonder when the East Window incident happened, Guan Zhi was not in a hurry, no wonder last night after discussion, Guan Zhi would think of taking Chen Run out to take the blame.

With five million such a death-free gold medal in his body, who can move him? Zhou wanted to bite it, but the people in the household department were afraid that the first one would not let Zhou go. If you want to dispose of Guan Zhi, you can, Zhou will take out five million.

Even if it was Mrs. Meng, he couldn't help but clench his fists and swallow all the teeth and blood that had been knocked out.

Without him, Northern Qi is really short of money, even if he really wants to dispose of Guan Zhi, then he has to wait for the matter of the field to be finalized.

In fact, Mrs. Meng and the others did not want to trade with Xirong. After all, if it is not my race, its heart will be different, and the Xijon people are ambitious. Dealing with them and opening the southwest gateway to the southwest is very likely to give them an opportunity.

This is undoubtedly raising tigers for trouble.

But Northern Qi was too poor.

The famine in Yuanzhou and the snow disaster in Wanzhou were all military rations. Now that the Southern Jin Dynasty is rising, Xirong is looking at the tiger, if you don't want to be encroached upon, military spending must not be saved, and this is money.

Now is the beginning of spring, and when May arrives, the flood season comes, and the Li River will be flooded, and it will be money to build and consolidate the embankment at that time. If the embankment of Jiangbei bursts, then it is a place to rebuild Jiangbei and treat the victims, and it is a place to use money.

The court needs money everywhere, but there is no money anywhere. Even if doing business with the Xijon people is to lure wolves into the house, keeping it in charge is to raise tigers. But I had to do it.

Rong Zhi's tongue was bitter, and there was a strong sense of powerlessness in his heart, he really didn't expect that Northern Qi had fallen into this situation.

The episode of five million guan caught everyone off guard, Meng Taifu pursed his lips, Zhou Shizhong lowered his eyes, Zhou Shuzhan clenched his fists and said nothing, and Guan Zhi covered up the smugness in his eyes and continued to plead guilty.

And the master of Northern Qi, the Son of Heaven in the court, hid a pair of confused eyes behind a string of white jade beads.

He was originally just an idle king of Liangzhou and didn't know anything about politics, but now he has only begun to learn the way of the Son of Heaven.

In order to seize power, the Zhou family and the eunuchs did not hesitate to close the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven.

Emperor Yuan Jia's understanding of the court situation is not even as good as that of the last officials in the palace.

If it was from the heart, he didn't want to deal with Guan Zhi. There is no other reason, Guan Zhi is very good at flattery, and only here is Guan Zhi that he feels that he is a real emperor.

Zhou's self-sustaining support, Mrs. Meng is too strict, and often routinely advises. Even the queen warned him to listen more and think more, but to say less and do less.

Only Guan Zhi obeys his heart almost everywhere.

During the state funeral, the concubines could not be visited, and the Guan Zhi secretly brought women into the palace.

He didn't want to deal with Guan Zhi, but now that he looks, it seems that there has been a turnaround.