CHAPTER XLII

The system of the Cangbei Empire should have established clear rules and regulations since the beginning of the previous generation of Wanyan Lie. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the early dynasty, the minister must get up at midnight, go to the noon gate through half of the imperial capital of Beiping, and wait for Yin, the minister should arrive outside the noon gate to wait, when the drum on the tower of the noon gate is beating, the minister must line up. At the end of the day, the arch opens, and the hundred officials enter in turn.

Most officials and ministers have followed the rules over the years, but there are two exceptions.

One is naturally the Wuwei general Xu Pingguo, who was the official of the dynasty and the military general, since the battle of the deer, with the great military might, not to mention obeying the rules, and often not even coming to the court. The other is Liu Zhishu, the prime minister of the first civil official, not that he doesn't take the rules seriously, but when the emperor sees that he is old and often has tuberculosis, he specially approves him to enter the palace when he is old, and he does not kneel in the court.

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In the Taihe Palace, the emperor Wan Yan Kang was sitting on the dragon chair with his brows furrowed.

I wanted to speak several times, but finally said, "Gonggong Li, do you mean that Xu Changping is already waiting outside the door?"

Li Changping nodded and replied, "Well, our family has already felt his breath."

"The last time I came to the court, I was to give his henchmen an official position in the Imperial Forest Army, hmph, I think it's very beautiful, if the Imperial Forest Army let him intervene, then wouldn't the Cangbei Empire be surnamed Xu. Unexpectedly, after rejecting him, he dared to retreat directly from the court, and he simply didn't take me seriously. Since that time, he has not come to the court, and I don't know what he wants to do this time. But it definitely won't be a good thing!" After Yan Kang finished speaking, he was even more furious, and slapped his right hand directly on the dragon chair.

"Originally, our family shouldn't have intervened in these things, but since the emperor has taken a fancy to our family, our family will talk about it again. Since Xu Pingguo doesn't take the emperor in his eyes like this, the emperor doesn't have to worry too much, and he won't dare to rebel for a while, otherwise he can't afford to raise any big waves with tens of thousands of soldiers near Beiping, and in a short period of time, it will definitely be whoever makes the first move and who suffers. So the emperor doesn't have to be afraid of him."

"Well, what Grandpa Li said is right"

Li Changping glanced at the sundial on the side, hugged the dust and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for the dynasty to start."

"Then let's call them in, I want to see what this old man wants to do" Wan Yankang nodded.

When Li Changping heard this, he immediately shouted at the top of his voice, "Xuanbai officials are here!"

Then, I heard a eunuch outside the hall repeating the long tail and shouting, "Hundred officials come to see me"

As soon as the words fell. Xu Pingguo, who was wearing red black gold scale armor, rushed in directly and stood at the front of the left side of the Taihe Palace. And then Liu Zhishu, who was wearing a Confucian robe, also walked in, directly in the front of the right side of the Taihe Palace. The civil and military officials in the back all consciously entered the hall and stood in turn according to the size of their official positions.

Li Changping saw that everyone was together, shook off the dust, and said the word "kneel" cleanly.

When the officials heard this, they all knelt down according to the ceremony, and the mountain shouted, "Long live my emperor, long live", Prime Minister Liu Zhishu was sick and the emperor's special decree, so he just bent down slightly.

But Xu Pingguo, who was on the left, just looked at Wan Yankang on the dragon chair, and said "Long live" extremely blandly, and he didn't even lower his head.

Seeing this, Wan Yankang clenched the hand in his sleeve, and then stared at Xu Pingguo and said word by word, "Zhong Aiqing is flat"

Xu Pingguo still looked harmless to humans and animals, and when the officials heard this, they all replied, "Emperor Xie", and then they all stood up.

Li Changping saw that all the officials were standing, and shouted at the top of his voice, "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat from"

After listening to the "......" officials, no one stepped forward to speak. Under the reform of Prime Minister Liu Zhishu in the Cangbei Empire, most of the world is safe and peaceful, and some small things that can be solved do not need to be reported in the Taihe Palace, just ask Prime Minister Liu Zhishu in private.

Xu Pingguo first glanced back at the civil and military officials, and said with a presumptuous smile, "Since you have nothing to say, then I'm welcome" After speaking, regardless of everyone's eyes. Take a step directly and stand in the center of the main hall.

Then he laughed and said, "I'm here, it's not a big deal, it's just that the border has not been very peaceful recently, and there has been some small friction with the Changguan country, so I also ask the emperor to issue a holy decree and allocate some grain and grass to the past, so that my hundreds of thousands of soldiers can eat enough, only when they are full can they guard the country, your majesty, don't you say?"

Seeing this, Wan Yankang clenched his fists, stared at Xu Pingguo with his eyes, and said meaningfully, "I don't know how much grain and grass the general wants?"

Xu Pingguo smiled and stretched out three fingers.

"Thirty thousand stones?"

Xu Pingguo shook his head and said, "300,000 stones"

When the officials heard this, they all talked about it, and Liu Zhishu's face changed slightly, and Yan Kang asked word by word, "Does the general know that 300,000 stones is enough for the people of Beiping to eat for a month?"

"Hehe, does the emperor only care about the people, and doesn't care about the hundreds of thousands of soldiers guarding the border for my Cangbei Empire?

"You!" After Yan Kang listened, the anger in his heart deepened, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Xu Pingguo showed a hint of mockery on his face, and he didn't speak again.

Wan Yankang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said coldly, "I'll give the general an answer when I've thought about it." ”

"Hmph, the soldiers on my border can wait for food to eat."

Wan Yan Kang was already furious, and when he heard this, he immediately stood up and said sharply, "Are you forcing me?"

Seeing this, Xu Pingguo remembered the words of the eight-character Hu Junshi, shook his head and smiled, "Don't dare, then I'll give three days for the emperor to think about it clearly, and after three days, I'll ask again." After speaking, without waiting for Yan Kang's reply, he immediately turned around and left.

"How can this be reasonable" After Yan Kang looked at Xu Pingguo's back, slapped the dragon chair fiercely, and left directly.

Li Changping immediately shouted "retreat from the dynasty"

The civil and military officials all talked about it and retreated.

But Liu Zhishu remained in place, Li Changping looked at Liu Zhishu and nodded, "I'm still bothering the adults to persuade the emperor."

Liu Zhishu also nodded and did not speak, and followed Li Changping into the side hall.

Wan Yankang, who was sitting on the chair sulking, saw Liu Zhishu walking in, and hurriedly asked, "National teacher, this old man is so tight, what should I do?" ”

Liu Zhishu sighed, sat down too, shook his head and said, "He must have someone behind his back to point out and ask us for food, if we give it, he can use the grain and grass we give to rebel in the future." If we don't give it, he will have an excuse to take the opportunity to transfer troops back to Beiping, which is really a good calculation."

Wan Yankang didn't think of this at first, and hurriedly asked, "Then between the national teachers, what should we do?" ”

Liu Zhishu stretched out a finger and replied, "At most, 100,000 stones, if he asks for it, we can delay it for a while." If he still dares to do it, then we won't have to put up with it anymore."

After listening to this, Yan Kang thought for a while, and then nodded and said, "It's only like this, but it's better not to dare not, I can't help it for a long time!"

After saying that, he clenched his fist and slammed it on the table.

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Liu Zhishu still looked angry after seeing Yan Kang, thinking of saying something else to calm down Wan Yan Kang, he remembered one thing in his mind, and then said to Li Changping with a smile, "I heard a few days ago that my father-in-law brought back a teenager from outside the palace, could it be that my father-in-law wants to find a godson for himself?"

"Oh?" Yan Kang was also a little puzzled when he heard this.

Li Changping smiled, "Why are adults making such jokes with our family, our family has always been used to being pure, where would you accept a godson for nothing." This matter, we have to start with going to Wangtian Pavilion to deliver a letter...... "Then, he told Liu Zhishu and Wan Yankang about the good intentions of the situation.

After listening to this, Liu Zhishu stroked his beard and said, "It's still my father-in-law's heart, the Shenji Battalion is thanks to my father-in-law's attention, otherwise we don't know anything about the situation in the General's Mansion."

"Where, this is our family's duty, and our family will only do these things of fighting and killing."

Wan Yankang's anger finally calmed down, and he sighed, "Well, thanks to the two of you all these years, otherwise I, the emperor, may not be able to be the emperor for a long time."

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