In the North Palace, the father-in-law, who is more idle on weekdays, is tired at this time, and the soles of his feet are smoking, and a letter of envelope keeps handing it up.

His Majesty the Emperor sat on the dragon chair but did not open a letter and inspect it, he knew that the contents were all the same, nothing more than to find out the person who committed the assassin and deal with it strictly.

These words are all nonsense, and they don't need to say that they will try their best to find out that person, and as for dealing with it strictly, it is even more nonsense that can no longer be wasted.

When I find out, I won't deal with them strictly, and I will let them go?

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the stacks of folds piled up in front of the dragon chair and said, "There are quite a few people who are involved in things. ”

No, the students who were assassinated and killed can only be counted on their hands, but there are more than twenty folds piled up on it.

It is enough to see that there are many people who want to play on the topic.

The eldest prince stepped forward, waved his hand and saluted: "This is a major event, and the officials of the court and the central government will naturally care about how it goes. ”

His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand and said, "These pieces will be sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial History Mansion, and the two of them will be able to deal with them." ”

Just as he was talking, a father-in-law came from outside again and said, "The Prime Minister asks to see you." ”

"Oh? His Majesty the Emperor glanced at the eldest prince and said with a smile.

Prime Minister Li Si came from outside the hall and saluted the two respectively.

His Majesty the Emperor opened his mouth and asked, "Why is the Prime Minister here?"

Prime Minister Li Si said: "There is such a major event in the court, and the officials are resentful, so the ministers came to ask His Majesty how to deal with it." ”

"If this kind of thing happens, it should be unfair to all officials. The emperor nodded slightly, looked at the eldest prince and asked, "I don't know what the eldest brother thinks, how to deal with this matter?"

The eldest prince thought for a moment and replied: "If you go back to Your Majesty, the only thing you think you can do is to comfort the courtiers, and then find a way to find out the truth as soon as possible." ”

It's still nonsense, but the eldest prince also said that this is the only thing that can be done at present, and there is no other way than to comfort the ministers and find out the truth as soon as possible.

His Majesty the Emperor nodded slightly, looked at Li Si and asked again, "What do you think the Prime Minister should do?"

"Deal with it impartially. ”

His Majesty the Emperor couldn't help but laugh twice, looked at the eldest prince, and then looked at Prime Minister Li Si, and said, "Deal with it impartially?

"In the words of the eldest prince, be relieved. However, if there is any emotion and nonsense, they will be handed over to the Tingwei Mansion to deal with according to law. ”

In the eyes of the Prime Minister, these are completely different things, and the assassination of the descendants and the slander of the emperor without knowing the truth need to be counted separately.

The emperor showed dissatisfaction on his face and said, "People have just lost their son, and it is normal for them to be emotional and angry and scold me a few times, how can they be sent to the Tingwei Mansion like this?"

Li Si bowed and replied: "What Your Majesty said is very true, but the minister has not thought it through. ”

His Majesty the Emperor nodded and said, "Then according to what the eldest brother said, I will be relieved, I have arranged for He'an County Supervisor Yushi and another person to find out the truth as soon as possible." ”

Li Si frowned slightly, and asked suspiciously, "I don't know who this other person Your Majesty is talking about?"

The emperor laughed twice, looked at the eldest prince and said, "This other person is a person we have never met. ”

Li Si stood in place, nodded slightly, and then stopped talking a little.

Seeing this, a smile appeared at the corner of the emperor's mouth, completely because you didn't say that I didn't ask, pretending not to see his small movements.

The hall was quiet, the emperor didn't ask didn't mean that the scene would be so deadlocked, the eldest prince Chunqiu saw this and asked, "I don't know if the prime minister has something to say?"

That's right, someone asked to show that I was quite embarrassed about this matter, but I didn't dare to open my mouth so as not to live up to the holy will.

This is obviously much more cautious than directly rejecting His Majesty Long.

His Majesty the Emperor raised a hand and rubbed his eyebrows, just to see the two old foxes playing a round with each other.

Li Si nodded slightly, and said, "The old minister still has something he wants to play His Majesty." ”

It would be boring to pretend to be confused at this time, His Majesty the Emperor put down his hand and asked with a puzzled face: "I don't know what else is going on with the Prime Minister?"

Li Si licked his lips, thought about the wording in his heart, and said, "It's me who is going to help Qi and kiss..."

His Majesty the Emperor hurriedly raised a hand to interrupt the other party's words, and said very confidently: "Don't worry about the matter of aiding Qi, the Prime Minister doesn't have to worry, the Honglu Temple has already been negotiated, I will send troops to help the Qi State take the land of Chu State, and the Qi State will give me ten years of taxes from Qingyun County, and the distribution of the spoils is still on the way to discuss." ”

Li Si was shocked when he heard this, raised his head and asked incredulously: "Ten years of tax revenue in Qingyun County, which is equivalent to ten years of military expenses in our dynasty, are they willing to give it?"

The emperor stepped down from the dragon chair, came to Li Si, patted the other party's shoulder, and said, "They gave it, my prime minister, I want to use the military expenses of the past ten years to destroy the state of Chu." ”

Li Si was not confused by His Majesty the Emperor's nonsense, although the topic was pulled away a bit, he still knew what he was going to say, and said: "If you can win the tax revenue of Qingyun County, this is indeed a good thing for our dynasty. But this..."

When the words came to his lips, how could His Majesty the Emperor not know what he was going to say? He patted the other party on the shoulder again and interrupted him, and said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, even if the Qi State wants to play any tricks, it is only in the distribution of the spoils, if the tax revenue of Qingyun County is missing a copper plate, his Qi State will be the next Chu State!"

Good guy, the more you talk about it, the more you want to suppress what you want to say?

After all, in the face of such an extremely important state event as destroying the other party's country at every turn, I can't talk to him about my son's marriage anymore, right?

For the sake of his son and the Prime Minister's Mansion from being spurned by the world, he can!

But there's no need...

Because the situation has changed now, in the past, the officials of the DPRK and China all thought that there would be no harm in aiding Qi and no benefit, and if the people blamed it, the friendly Prime Minister's Office would bear the brunt, so it was natural to try to push the matter off by all means.

But at this time, he got ten years of tax revenue from Qingyun County of Qi State, so this has become a blessing for the benefit of the people.

You must know that Qingyun County cannot be compared with the land of Ningguo, one state and three counties won by the eldest prince in the Spring and Autumn Period.

There are nine counties in the country of Qi, and among these nine counties, whether it is population, circulation of goods and expenses, Qingyun County has always been the first one for a hundred years.

The situation that can cause this situation of one county arriving in three states is entirely due to the fact that there is a great cultivator in Qingyun County, the number one master of Qi State, Qi Yunqing.

It is said that this Qi Yunqing ancestors were in the wine business, and they started from scratch in Qingyun County hundreds of years ago, and they are quite business-minded.

As the wine became more and more fragrant, it spread farther and farther, and more and more people came from other places, which led to the development of the entire county, and by the generation of Qi Yunqing, Qingyun County has become the largest source of tax revenue in Qi today.

It's just a county, but the tax revenue of this county for ten years is enough to cover the military expenses of a powerful country like the Dachang Dynasty for ten years.

It can be seen from this that the conditions for aiding Qi this time are very rich, and it can also be seen that the State of Qi is really at the end of the road, that is, as long as the State of Qi is not classified into a vassal state, any conditions are easy to discuss.

At the beginning, His Majesty the Emperor put forward the condition that the other party was required to pay in a lump sum, and Qi Guo could not come up with so much money. But the tax is different, the tax is paid locally, and I will give it to you later, not from the treasury.

And the Prime Minister's Mansion married the son of the Qi State, it can also be said that the Prime Minister's Mansion contributed to this fortunate event, when people enjoy the conditions given by the Qi State, the first thing that will not be forgotten is naturally the soldiers who are willing to go to the aid of Qi, and then the Prime Minister's Mansion is friendly.

Therefore, at this time, the Prime Minister's Mansion married the prince of Qi State, which can be called a beautiful thing.

How shrewd is the Prime Minister, and how can he be willing to push this kind of thing out again?

However, is this really a beautiful thing, and since it is a beautiful thing, why would His Majesty the Emperor arrange this matter to the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion?

Or is this a co-optation? Didn't His Majesty the Emperor make it clear not long ago that he was going to attack him? Why did he co-opt again at this time? Or was it just a threat?

The Prime Minister didn't know, but he didn't insist on the unfinished words, and replied, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Prime Minister Li Si with a smile, frowned slightly and asked, "Your Excellency Prime Minister, do you still feel that something is wrong?"

Li Si shook his head and replied, "Your Majesty has his own arrangements, and the old minister should support him." ”

The emperor stretched out a hand back, and the father-in-law understood the meaning and hurriedly handed over the folds, and the emperor spoke: "My Prime Minister, support can't just be verbal, I have a headache to see these folds, and the Prime Minister will take it to the instructions, if there are such folds again, you don't have to send them to the palace, you can deal with Lord Cui." ”

Li Si took his hands together and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Then he retreated and turned to leave.

The emperor turned around, looked the eldest prince up and down, and asked, "Those words of the prime minister are what the eldest brother wants to say, right? ”

The people who were killed were all the sons of officials under the command of the eldest prince, and it was naturally impossible for the eldest prince to say the nonsense of those people and deal with them impartially and send them to the Tingwei Mansion to only obey the law and not be merciful, but if those people were allowed to continue to mess around, it would make the eldest prince even more suspicious of deliberately assassinating His Majesty the emperor.

Therefore, at this time, the Prime Minister opened his mouth to say these words, although they were not spoken by the eldest prince himself, but the effect was the same.

The advantage is that the prime minister is in charge of hundreds of officials, and he is qualified to say those words, but he is just exercising his responsibility as the prime minister, even if those people have a grudge against the prime minister, they will not be angry with the eldest prince and tear their faces.

When the eldest prince heard His Majesty the Emperor's question, he did not refuse or admit it, and replied: "Your Majesty should know that it is inconvenient for you and me to say anything more in this matter. ”

The emperor slapped his thigh and agreed: "That's why I will let them mess around and leave it uncontrolled, just waiting for those two to find out the truth as soon as possible." ”