I thought to myself that this He Yushan was really harmful to people. If it weren't for what he said just now, why would they be like this? No matter how angry Emperor Qianxi was, it was just that the emperor and his ministers had different views and would send them away with a few scoldings.
Now, after pulling out Emperor Qianxi's dragon beard, if they can't think of a way to satisfy Emperor Qianxi, they will definitely not be able to escape from the imperial study today.
But what can he do? He is not the Minister of Household Affairs, and he knows nothing about the methods of poaching money.
Qiu Yingcai closed his eyes and sighed, "Your Majesty, I...I don't know!"
Emperor Qianxi sighed sadly, "Hey! I regard you as my pillar ministers, but your performance has disappointed me. What do you think I should do? Should I take off the black gauze hat you are wearing and let you go back and repent?" "
As soon as these words came out, the three of them were stunned. They never expected that Emperor Qianxi would be so cruel and even wanted to dismiss their officials. How could this happen?
The three of them begged for mercy in unison, "Your Majesty, once we realize that we are guilty, please show mercy to your Majesty!"
Emperor Qianxi said slowly, "I asked you to make a decision before, but you didn't. Now I ask you how to solve the problem of military pay, and you don't have one either. How can I not be disappointed..."
After a pause, he said meaningfully, "Today, if you can come up with a way, I will naturally be merciful. If you can't, don't blame me for turning against you."
"Your Majesty, have mercy! Your Majesty..."
"It's not impossible to be merciful. I only want military pay. What do you think?"
Emperor Qianxi's meaning was clear and he opened his mouth to ask for money. The three of them were dumbfounded. They really didn't expect that Emperor Qianxi would be so willing.
He Yushan is indeed a bitch. As soon as Emperor Qianxi finished speaking, he shouted loudly, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please be kind. I... I am willing to donate 50,000 taels of silver on my own."
Emperor Qianxi's eyes lit up and he thought that although He Yushan was not very talented, his brain was bright and he could understand it with just a little bit. His ministers couldn't help but feel happy to have him.
Although He Yushan knew Emperor Qianxi's intentions, it was obvious that this mere 50,000 silver was not enough to meet Emperor Qianxi's requirements. Each of the three of them would have needed more than 100,000 to meet his requirements.
So he hesitated to speak, "This..."
When He Yushan heard this, he felt that something was wrong. He gritted his teeth and made up his mind and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to donate one hundred thousand taels."
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Emperor Qianxi finally showed his frown. Facing He Yushan, he smiled brightly and praised without any secret, "You are really a great minister. It is my honor to have a minister like Youxiang in Daqian." !”
"puff!"
The other two people looked at Emperor Qianxi and He Yushan talking to each other. Especially when He Yushan took the initiative to donate money, the atmosphere of the scene began to change, because the two of them already understood that Emperor Qianxi was nakedly asking them. Ask for money.
At the same time, they could not help but become suspicious of the two of them. He Yushan and Emperor Qianxi were already closely related. Now that He Yushan took the initiative to donate money, they had to suspect that Emperor Qianxi was working with He Yushan. A trap designed to trick them into donating money.
This can clearly explain why He Yushan angered Emperor Qianxi as soon as he came up. Now it seems that this was a long-planned conspiracy.
Wang Yangyu and Wang Yangyu lowered their heads, but it was not difficult to see that their eyes were looking at He Yushan at the same time. Although they lowered their heads, the anger in their eyes seemed to reach the sky.
Compared to the anger of Wang Yangyu and the others, He Yushan was completely unaware that at this moment, he was feeling complacent because of Emperor Qianxi's praise, and at the same time he was feeling lucky for his own wit.
I thought that with this mere 100,000 taels of silver, I could not only keep the black gauze hat on my head, but also get the praise of Emperor Qianxi. It was simply a big deal with a sure profit and no loss.
Emperor Qianxi coughed twice, and then his eyes turned to Wang Yangyu and the two of them involuntarily. The meaning was self-evident!
Qiu Yingcai's heart felt like it was being stabbed by tens of thousands of steel needles at the same time, leaving scars everywhere. When he caught a glimpse of He Yushan from the corner of his eye, he really wanted to slap or kick him twice.
But no matter what, facing the aggressive gaze of Emperor Qianxi, if you want to escape without heavy bleeding, you obviously cannot walk out of this door unharmed.
Qiu Yingcai closed his eyes and said with grief, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I... I am also willing to donate one hundred thousand taels of silver."
Emperor Qianxi was overjoyed and praised repeatedly, "Good! Lord Shangshu is indeed my right-hand man. He never forgets to share your worries at any time and anywhere. He is truly a good minister of mine."
"Your Majesty, this is what a humble minister should do."
Having said that, when Qiu Yingcai said these words, his heart was bleeding continuously. One hundred thousand taels of silver, a full one hundred thousand taels! How much time and energy it will take to fill this vacancy.
Even though Qiu Yingcai was heartbroken, he could still get out one hundred thousand taels by scraping together the money. However, when it came to Wang Yangyu, it was not a question of scraping together the money. Even if he scraped together ten pieces, he would not be able to sell the house. I was determined not to be able to get the one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Why is this?
This is also Wang Yangyu's own fault. As the left prime minister of the Daqian Dynasty, he was the most powerful person under Emperor Qianxi. However, in order to avoid leaving any traces to himself, he neither developed his power nor invested in business.
Even if there were people who wanted to cling to him and give him money, he would not accept it. This resulted in the fact that although Wang Yangyu was extremely powerful, his living conditions were not very good.
Of course, what's not so good here is that compared with people in high positions and positions like him, his living conditions are not so good. Compared with ordinary people, it's still pretty good, and he feels like he's content with being a little rich.
It has to be said that because of Wang Yangyu's move, no one can shake his position from the moment he was promoted to left prime minister to now for more than ten years.
In the past ten years or so, even if his position as Prime Minister or other positions have changed countless times, Wang Yangyu is still in that position, as stable as Mount Tai.
Perhaps it was precisely because he did not form cliques for personal gain and did not covet glory and wealth that he was always valued by Emperor Qianxi.
But now, Emperor Qianxi wants him to pay one hundred thousand taels of silver, which is tantamount to killing his whole family!
Even if he went back to sell iron and sell everything in his house, he would never be able to make one hundred thousand taels of silver.
If you want to say one thousand taels, it may be okay. Even if it is increased to ten thousand taels, if you scrape it here and there and ask someone to borrow some, you should be able to barely cope with it. But now Emperor Qianxi has asked for one hundred thousand taels. This is simply not something he can do.
So much so that Wang Yangyu cried and said, "Your Majesty, I really can't afford these hundred thousand taels!"
"Oh? Mr. Zuo Xiang, what do you mean by this? The other two adults are willing to help with all their money. Is it possible that the hair on Mr. Zuo Xiang's body is a little harder than that on the iron rooster?"
Of course Emperor Qianxi knew the details of Wang Yangyu, but this old guy had been rebelling against him recently. If Wang Yangyu was not given some lessons today to make his memory long, he would probably go further and further.
"Your Majesty, I really can't get the minister to show you..."
At this time, He Yushan jumped out and said dissatisfiedly, "Master Zuo Xiang, what do you mean by this move? Master Qiu and I have already donated generously. Could it be that it is the turn of Master Zuo to make up various excuses not to pay?"
Wang Yangyu closed his eyes and did not answer. If He Yushan observed carefully, it was not difficult to find that Wang Yangyu's face was constantly trembling, obviously he was trying his best to endure something.
It's just that the careless He Yushan didn't notice Wang Yangyu's abnormality at all, or maybe he noticed it and didn't care.
Seeing that he didn't say a word, He Yushan pressed forward and said, "Since Mr. Zuo Xiang can't show it, why don't you write an IOU to express your feelings?"
Wang Yangyu glared, suppressed his anger, gritted his teeth and said, "He Yushan, don't bully others too much!"
He Yushan glanced at him, turned a blind eye to his anger, and said disdainfully, "Master Zuo Xiang, what do you mean by this? I have never bullied you before, I'm just reminding you."
"He Yushan, let's wait and see."
After saying that, he asked Emperor Qianxi to borrow a pen. The latter did not delay and directly pointed to Xiao Lizi with his eyes.
In this way, under the coercion of He Yushan, Wang Yangyu wrote an IOU of one hundred thousand taels of silver to Emperor Qianxi.
After one operation, he made a huge profit of 300,000 taels of silver. Emperor Qianxi smiled happily and kept laughing.
After the goal was achieved, Emperor Qianxi no longer kept anyone around, and with a wave of his hand, he asked them to retreat.
Wang Yangyu and the two men who came out of the royal study stared at He Yushan fiercely, wishing to cut him alive. It was because of this man's arrogance that they were allowed to stay here, and a hundred thousand taels of silver disappeared in vain.
Seeing the cannibalistic expressions on the two men's faces, He Yushan was filled with fear and said incomparably, "What are you doing? This is the palace. If you dare to attack me, His Majesty will never spare you."
Wang Yangyu and the others looked back at the imperial study, guessing that He Yushan was ordered by Emperor Qianxi. If they touched He Yushan, Emperor Qianxi would definitely not sit idly by.
Thinking of this, I felt powerless and could only stare at him with wide eyes.
Wang Yangyu threatened, "He Yushan, you wait for the truth. Don't fall into my hands one day, otherwise the truth will make you miserable."
After saying that, he tossed his sleeves and walked away angrily.
Qiu Yingcai did not say harsh words. After all, he was different from Wang Yangyu. He was still wary of He Yushan's identity and did not want to directly stalemate the relationship, so he just snorted coldly, crossed He Yushan, and left. Royal Palace.
In the imperial study, Emperor Qianxi unexpectedly received three hundred thousand taels of silver, and Emperor Qianxi was in a particularly happy mood.
Emperor Qianxi never expected that Ling Yun's casual words could actually get him money. It was an unexpected surprise.
I still remember Ling Yun saying to him, "Your Majesty, if you can't figure out where the military salary comes from, why not ask the ministers in this article, if each minister in the court donated ten thousand taels of silver, this mere military salary of hundreds of thousands taels, What a big deal!"
At first, Emperor Qianxi didn't pay much attention. He just thought about the need for military pay for the deployment of the army. Suddenly he remembered Ling Yun's words and wanted to set a trap to try. He never thought that just this try would surprise him.
Emperor Qianxi was filled with emotion, thinking that this kid Ling Yun is really smart. He can imagine such methods of collecting money. It is incredible!
He Yushan was the most unlucky. Not only did he lose money, but he also inexplicably became the scapegoat.
How could Wang Yangyu and Qiu Yingcai imagine that the person who colluded with Emperor Qianxi and defrauded them of their money was not He Yushan, but someone else.
One day, they know that the real culprit is actually the hands of a fledgling brat. I wonder what they will think!
"Little plum."
"The slave is here."
"Go and prepare some delicious cakes or fruits for our champion."
Xiao Lizi was stunned for a moment, thinking that Emperor Qianxi was calling him for something, but he never thought that it was because of that boy Ling Yun, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
