Wang An, as the ruler of a country and the head of one of the top gate valves in the world, wantonly touted Jing Jun in front of the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and slapped Qing Yu Huaijin on the back, which should have caused countless cold eyes, but the actual situation is not.

Perhaps ordinary people can't believe that there are many people in the Taiji Hall who are jealous at this moment.

They were jealous that Wang An was one step ahead of themselves, and they brazenly showed their loyalty to the county lord of the Jing Dynasty in front of everyone.

So when the indifferent voice finished speaking, those people felt extremely harsh, and they followed the prestige, only to see that the person who spoke was the second minister.

Wang An turned his head to look, and what caught his eye was Yu Xinchen's iron-blue face.

He asked unhurriedly, "What does Yu Xiang mean by this?" ”

Yu Xinchen said coldly: "Xiaguan said it very clearly. ”

Wang An said lightly: "It seems that Yu is very prejudiced against the official, and thinks that what the official is saying is bragging about the facts. Anyway, in front of His Majesty, the county lord of Yongping and his colleagues in the Manchu Dynasty today, this official wants to ask Yu Xiang, now that the Huaizhou army is outside the city, is Yu Xiang willing to go out of the city and retreat the enemy army with his incorruptible tongue, so as not to suffer the devastation of the war? ”

Yu Xinchen frowned slightly, and responded: "Why does the prime minister want to be reasonable? As a civil minister, Xia Guan is not familiar with military affairs, so he naturally does not have the ability to retreat from the enemy while talking and laughing, but this has nothing to do with the remarks of Fang Cai Wang Xiang. ”

Wang Andao: "Whether you have the ability and dare to do it is also two different things. ”

Provoked by him like this, Yu Xunchen immediately said awe-inspiringly: "Why don't the lower officials dare? If the court needs it, the lower officials can go out of the city to meet the general of the Qi army later, and try to persuade him to withdraw from the army, even if he dies, he has no regrets! ”

The ministers had different expressions.

The two prime ministers confronted each other, and the second prime minister openly expressed his will to die, which was extremely rare in the court of the Yan Kingdom, and a similar situation had never happened before.

On the dragon chair, Zhang Can looked at the two of them with a complicated expression, and did not immediately speak out.

Wang An's face was still calm, and he said unhurriedly: "Don't misunderstand, Prime Minister Yu, this official is not trying to force you to die. From what you have just said, we have no good way to rely on the defenders to block the enemy in the face of the enemy outside the city. Now in addition to the Praetorian Guards of the Imperial City, the main force defending the city is the army of the Jing Dynasty. ”

Yu Xinchen's eyes were cold, and he had already guessed the other party's next words.

Wang An took a step closer to him and said in a deep voice: "The Jing army protects not only themselves, but also the countless Li people in the city, as well as Your Majesty, you and I and other ministers. Yu Xiang is the bone of a literati, so he naturally can't get used to the official's gratitude to Jing Jun and the Yongping County Lord, but Yu Xiang should not forget that if it wasn't for Jing Jun blocking the enemy, Ling's head would have been hung on the city wall by the Southern Qi Army at this moment! ”

As soon as these words came out, Yu Xinchen's face turned a little pale.

Baiguan pondered Wang An's words, and some people couldn't help but sigh secretly, no wonder people could become the head of Zhai Lin's Wang family, and they changed into the hall and entered the house, and jumped to the position of prime minister.

Ordinary people faced Yu Xinchen's hot sarcasm, even if they didn't lose their temper in public, they would be ashamed and dare not say anything more, but Wang An grasped the essence of the problem in just a few words, not only easily resolved Yu Xinchen's criticism, but also forced the other party into a corner.

The key to this is that the Yan army's record against the Southern Qi border army in the past two years is simply unsightly, although the Jing army has also been defeated several times, but at least they still have the courage to face the side directly, and they can only rely on them to hold Heluo City.

Zhang Can saw that Yu Xinchen's momentum had weakened suddenly, his expression gradually turned indifferent, and he still did not interject.

Qing Yu Huaijin looked around at everyone and said slowly: "Wang Xiang's words are serious, I think Yu Xiang has no malice, he is just emotional for a while. Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, Jing Yan is a good neighbor, and has helped and benefited each other for more than ten years, but there is no need to distinguish too clearly. Please also rest assured that Your Majesty and all the adults will always stay in the city, and the army of the Jing Dynasty will also ensure that the city defense is worry-free. Within ten days at most, my brother will return with the main force of cavalry, and if the Southern Qi border army does not withdraw its troops, they will never be able to leave again. ”

These words contain a lot of information, and the civil and military officials can't help but think about it carefully.

First of all, it is naturally the whereabouts of Qing Yu Zhongwang, until this moment there are still many people who do not know the whereabouts of him and the Jing Dynasty cavalry, but after Qing Yu Huaijin expressed his position, the boulder in their hearts fell smoothly.

Within ten days, it was impossible for the Huaizhou army of Southern Qi to break through Heluo, after all, the Jing army, which was in its heyday more than ten years ago, could not do so.

When Qingyu Zhongwang led the main cavalry to return, the situation would inevitably be reversed.

On the other hand, the courtiers in the palace noticed Qing Yu Huaijin's sentence "I will always stay in the city", and someone's eyes lit up suddenly.

On such an occasion as today, when hundreds of officials gather, Qing Yu Huaijin's words are almost explicit.

It is conceivable that in the near future, Jing Chao will take that step.

Wang An's heart was like a mirror, he quietly glanced at the Son of Heaven above, and continued to arch the fire: "His Royal Highness the County Lord and the Jing Dynasty Iron Cavalry are sitting in Heluo, and there must never be such a crisis as it is now." Your Majesty, in the humble opinion of the minister, our dynasty should reward the army of the Jing Dynasty to strengthen its line! ”

No one knows what Zhang Can is thinking at the moment, in fact, until today's court meeting, he still has a trace of fantasy.

The ministers of the court were afraid or close to Jing Dynasty, which was not unacceptable to him, he only hoped that these people's butts would not sit so crookedly, and there was still a sense of responsibility of the courtiers of Yan State in his heart.

However, from beginning to end, what he saw was that most people were extremely in awe of Qingyu Huaijin, and they didn't bother to care about his existence as a son of heaven. Just like in the past few years, they only used him as an ornament and a scapegoat to cover up their ugliness.

When Yu Xinchen stepped forward, Zhang Can's heart was a little nervous, he hoped that most of the courtiers would refute Wang An's flattering posture like Yu Xinchen, but he also didn't want to see this scene appear, because it would shake his determination.

It's hard to tell.

Hearing Wang An's more and more explicit words at this moment, Zhang Can calmed down and said unhurriedly: "What Wang Xiang said is also my idea. In the past two years, the border war has been unfavorable, and the Southern Qi has become more and more inch-inch, but fortunately, the Jing Dynasty army has helped and supported, and now it is even more dependent on them to hold Heluo. Therefore, I said earlier that we should not treat the soldiers of the Jing Army who are fighting to the death. ”

Wang An's face was calm, but he was slightly surprised in his heart, the attitude of the Son of Heaven did not seem to be in line with the information he had, could it be that he had suddenly changed his personality in the past two days?

However, Zhang Can's later words made Wang An feel at ease, and he only listened to the Son of Heaven continue: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have asked Li Fuqing to count the treasury of the palace, and there are still 70,000 taels of silver in stock. I decided to give 50,000 taels of them to the soldiers defending the city, so as to boost the morale of the army. ”

The Tai Chi Hall suddenly fell into an awkward silence.

Qing Yu Huaijin frowned slightly, and Xiao Jun and the others behind her seemed to be smiling unbearably.

The Son of Heaven of a country, the treasury of the palace is only 70,000 taels of silver, maybe this is still the personal money of the Zhang family in Jingshan, which is enough to show that the civil and military officials in the court did not take the Son of Heaven seriously at all.

In the crowd, Tobe Shangshu quietly shrunk his neck and tried to hide behind others.

In fact, he felt a little aggrieved in his heart, although he was the head of the household, but the taxes of the imperial court did not pass through his hands at all, and they were all distributed by the prime minister Wang An and the privy envoy Pang Shigu in accordance with the instructions of the magnates of the Jing Dynasty.

However, there are some things that can be done but cannot be said, forcing the Son of Heaven to this part, and it is a shame to spread it.

People live in the world, after all, they must pay attention to decency.

Zhang Can didn't seem to notice the awkward atmosphere in the main hall, and asked puzzledly, "Could it be that all the Qing family members don't agree with my idea?" ”

Wang An and Qing Yu Huaijin glanced at each other, both of them didn't seem to know the intentions of the Son of Heaven, and after getting Qing Yu Huaijin's eyes, he bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty is generous and loves the people, and the ministers can't do it." ”

Zhang Can suddenly felt that this middle-aged man had become pleasing to the eye, so he smiled and said, "I don't have any extra silver on hand, so I can only set an example for Aiqing." After today's court meeting, everyone went back to sort out their family belongings, took out seventy percent and handed it over to the imperial court, and then handed it over to the county lord of Yongping for the use of the labor army. ”

Wang An was stunned, and everyone else was the same.

Zhang Can, however, didn't seem to think that his proposal was ridiculous, and continued to say to himself: "When Prince Qingyu returns to Heluo with his army, I plan to ask him to serve as the Minister of Parliament, and at the same time as the position of Supervisor. Don't hide it from the ministers, I have recently felt that my energy is getting worse, and I am really unable to take care of the government. Since you and the others all recognized the strength of the Jing Dynasty's army, I wanted to hand over the power of the military state to the prince of Qingyu. Lord Yongping, please also say a few kind words for me in front of the prince, and don't shirk. ”

Before Qing Yu Huaijin could speak, Yu Xinchen stood up again, only to see the second prime minister with tears in his eyes, and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, why is this so!" ”

Zhang Can ignored him, slowly stood up and said, "I still think of one thing, the soldiers of the Jing army are far away from their hometowns and are suffering alone, so how can they concentrate on the war?" I decided to select 100 concubines from the palace and send them to the Jingjun military camp, and all the families should not be left behind, and each family should send at least ten women of the right age to the Jingjun soldiers to help them start a family here. ”

As soon as these words came out, the courtiers in the palace were stunned.

Although the vast majority of people were well aware of the relationship between Jing and Yan, nominally the Yan Kingdom was not under the jurisdiction of the Jing Dynasty, and could only be regarded as vassals at best.

Wang An looked at the face of the Son of Heaven and sighed quietly in his heart.

Yu Xinchen's body trembled uncontrollably, and he said word by word: "The minister is brave, I implore Your Majesty to take back what Fang Cai said!" ”

The courtiers finally reacted, and although they still didn't know why Zhang Can suddenly went crazy, those orders were too sensational.

Don't say that the formation of the holy decree is issued, as long as it is leaked out, everyone in the temple today will become a laughing stock in the history books.

For a while, the crowd was full of emotion, and some people even knelt down and kowtowed, just begging Zhang Can to retract those terrifying words.

"Enough!"

Zhang Can shouted loudly, although he was not full of energy, he showed a bit of power at this moment.

He looked around at the ministers, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said quietly: "Haven't you always looked forward to becoming a courtier of the Jing Dynasty?" ”

"For so many years, I've been waiting for you to speak, but I haven't waited. In that case, I have no choice but to speak for you. ”

"Let Jingren take power, and a word can determine your life and death."

"Give your Wanguan family wealth and your wife and daughter to Jing Jun, so that they will protect you."

"Obviously, this is your extremely ardent expectation, why did I help you do it, and you have to put on such a crying posture?"

"I'm really puzzled!"

(End of chapter)