Emperor Zhizheng rarely received his ministers in the Wanshou Palace.

But today he made an exception.

After the sound of the tea, a Taoist priest wearing a crane and a fairy wind bone walked out of the gate.

Seeing Qin Yan and Xu Song, the man made a mockery and said: "Amitayus Buddha, Qin Ge Lao, Xu Ge Lao!" The Taoist priest is polite! ”

Qin Yan said with a smile: "Daoist Lu is leading His Majesty to cultivate again?" Great work! ”

It turned out that this person was Lu Xixing, a person from Xinghua County, Nanzhili, who claimed to be a disciple of Lu Zu.

Lu Xixing brushed the dust and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is deeply blessed, it is the reincarnation of the Ten Directions Heavenly Venerable, and the Taoist priest is just accompanying His Majesty to cultivate!" ”

Qin Yan smiled, obviously not believing in any such as the reincarnation of Tianzun.

However, he was extremely enthusiastic about Lu Xixing and said: "Daoist Lu, I happen to have a good Laoshan tea sent by a student, and I will ask someone to send you some in a while." ”

Lu Xixing said with a smile: "That Taoist priest thanked the old Qin Ge!" ”

"You're welcome!"

Lu Xixing looked at Xu Song after being polite with Qin Yan and said, "Old Xu Ge! ”

He said this in Xinghua Township, and the expression on his face was much warmer than that of Qin Yan.

But Xu Song frowned imperceptibly and said, "Daoist Lu! ”

The hot face was attached to the cold ass, and Lu Xixing was a little embarrassed.

But soon he said, "Two elders, then I'll go first!" ”

Qin Yan smiled and nodded: "Daoist Lu, go slowly!" ”

After Lu Xixing left, Qin Yan turned his head to Xu Song and said, "Zhongwang, you are still like this, ...... these Taoist monks and the like."

Xu Song arched his hand and interrupted: "Shoufu, let's go in, don't let Your Majesty wait!" ”

Qin Yan shook his head with a wry smile and led the way into the hall.

Because the emperor is the reincarnation of the Immortal Heavenly Venerable in the Northeast, he does not worship Taoist gods.

Taoism is actually a bit strange, and his genealogy is very complicated.

Among the immortals, there are the three Qings, the five old monarchs of the five directions, the six imperial emperors, the golden mother Mugong, the three official emperors, the ten heavenly emperors, as well as the heavenly officials and Xingjun, the gods of mountains, rivers and seas, the four heavenly masters, the four generalissimos, the four great King Kongs, the gods of the world, the eight immortals, the difference between real people and immortals.

If you want to say who is the biggest official in this, there is actually no clear statement.

For example, Lu Xixing claims to be a disciple of Lu Dongbin, then he is the fifth ancestor of the North, the disciple of the Pure Yang Yanzheng Police Caiyou Emperor.

Logically speaking, this belongs to the genus of real people and immortals.

Do you say that Lu Dongbin can lead the Ten Directions Heavenly Venerable?

No, don't look at Lu Zu's fame among the people, but there are really no Taoist classics that say how big an official this is, and who is in charge of it.

Therefore, at this time, there was no statue of a god in the Wanshou Palace.

In the end, the emperors of the Great Wei Dynasty cultivated and cultivated, but there was no object of worship.

Also, isn't it true that this majesty worships himself?

At this time, there was a sound of rustling from the back of the hall.

Qin Yan and Xu Song hurriedly stood up, bowing their heads and waiting for Emperor Zhizheng to come out.

"Unsatisfactory things are often eight or nine, but there are no two or three who can speak!"

Before the people of Emperor Zheng arrived, the voice came out first.

When Qin Yan and Xu Song heard this, they quickly knelt on the ground.

At this time, the pale-faced Emperor Zhizheng walked out of the apse and sat directly on the couch of the two of them.

"Say it!"

His voice seemed to be far away, so that it was impossible to hear the joy and anger in his words.

Qin Yan said: "Your Majesty, there are thieves in Jiangxi and Guangxi......"

Before he finished his words, he heard Emperor Zhizheng interrupt him and said: "Qin Yan, you are my first assistant, I asked you to sit in this position, not to let you be the mouthpiece, I want you to find a way to come out, understand?" ”

Emperor Zhizheng's voice was still neither sad nor joyful, but this was already the harshest reprimand Qin Yan had heard over the years.

Qin Yan lay on the ground, kneeling on the purple gold brick with a pair of old knees, trembling violently.

To tell the truth, he is a bit of a man in terms of economic talent, but when it comes to the use of soldiers, this is really not his strong point.

But fortunately, he had already communicated with Xu Song when he was outside just now, and hurriedly replied at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the ultimate goal of the Guangxi soldiers and the Jiangxi soldiers is to go north and collude with the thieves in Hefei." ”

"Therefore, for today's plan, we should concentrate our forces to destroy the enemy in Hefei first, and then use the army of the king division to the south to extinguish the thieves in Jiangxi in one fell swoop!"

After saying that, a needle drop could be heard in the main hall.

Emperor Zhizheng seemed to be thinking about what Qin Yan had just said.

After about half a cup of tea, Emperor Zhizheng slowly spoke: "Wang Ji, go, move two brocade stools to the two elders!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Ji, who had been standing next to him and didn't dare to breathe, hurriedly asked the little eunuch to bring a stool to the hall, and then personally helped Qin Yan and Xu Song to stand up.

Qin Yan and Xu Song are both in their sixties.

After kneeling for so long, both of them were already a little unable to hold on.

But the emperor watched from above, and the two didn't dare to rub their knees, so they could only endure it.

But at this moment, Emperor Zhizheng asked Qin Yan again: "It's already February, when will the enemy of Hefei be wiped out?" Does your cabinet have a detailed statement to hand it over? ”

Speaking of this, the sweat on Qin Yan's forehead that had just receded came out again.

Xu Song asked for food several times, but he shirked it for various reasons.

As for the reasons for this, one is that the imperial court does use money everywhere, and it has been eating grain all these years, how can there be money to fight?

There is also the fact that he has always had a grudge against the candidates for the cabinet, especially Xu Song and Wu Xingbang, who are from Nanzhi, and always wants to get one of the two away.

Previously, he had always targeted Xu Song, who had just entered the cabinet and had an unstable foothold.

But after the last discussion, he has quietly turned his head to Wu Xingbang, the second assistant of the cabinet.

So thinking of this, he quickly stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, at the end of the year, all yamen have to use money, and at the beginning of spring, they have to guard against the outside of the plug, and the household is also stretched thin with silver, Xu Ge Lao has asked for silver several times, but the old minister is useless, and he has not been able to squeeze out the silver!" ”

"Fortunately, in the spring, there are fewer places to ask for silver, and the old minister is thinking about squeezing out some silver from the river to give Hefei the war!"

Xu Song was silent, and there was not even a trace of wave on his face.

He had long expected that Qin Yan would use this matter to sell his wife at this moment.

However, at the moment, I have only passed the first level, and if you want to get the silver, you have to look at the meaning of the above.

"Xu Song, how many silver taels do you need?"

"It's coming!" Xu Song said secretly in his heart.

He got up and replied: "The old minister originally planned to use a thousand men and horses of Xuzhou Wei to temporarily return to Zhang Jingxian's command, but now the thieves are likely to go down the Xiangjiang River, and they need to order the guards along the Xiangjiang River to assemble and be under the control of the officials sent by the imperial court!" In addition, Jiangxi Jiujiang Lake estuary and other places need ......"

When Emperor Zhizheng heard this, he said impatiently: "You just say how much it is, right?" ”

"At least two million!"

After Xu Song finished speaking, there was no movement for a long time.

In the end, Emperor Zhizheng said: "Only one million!" I also want your cabinet to ensure that this million is thrown out, and the sound can be heard! ”

Qin Yan was afraid that Xu Song would be bullish, so he hurriedly came out and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

Xu Song bowed down at this time and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jingxian once trained a group of regimental exercises in Huaiyang Coastal Defense Road, and the coastal defense battalion once confronted the Japanese people on the shore and did not fall behind!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of Emperor Zhizheng and Qin Yan were all staring at Xu Song.

Xu Song arched his hand and said: "Accidents in the south, especially in Huguang and Jiangxi, have a great impact on the spring ploughing immediately, both of which are important places for the imperial court's finance and taxation, if you don't ...... it in time."

Emperor Zhizheng interrupted: "Yes! ”