Soon, Li Qi was disliked again. After Cai Sui finished speaking, he found another colleague, and the two walked quickly inside, as if they were afraid of getting involved with Li Qi.
In the main hall, because Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty had not yet come, the group of dressed beasts stood together in twos and threes chatting, but the topics they talked about were all related to what happened last night. When they saw Li Qi coming, they couldn't help but retreat, which had to be done.
Li Qi lamented Cai You's intimidation.
"Hey, the economic envoy is here."
After a while, someone finally walked towards Li Qi. This person was none other than Li Qi's archrival, Wang Fu. Naturally, he didn't have to worry about Cai You.
Li Qi cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have met the Prime Minister Wang."
Wang Fu waved his hands in a flirtatious manner and suddenly said in surprise: "Huh? The economy has made you look so haggard. Did you not get a good rest last night?"
Damn you, you really know how to treat people badly. Li Qi sighed: "Oh! There is a barking dog at home, how can I sleep!"
This kid is really brave enough, he even dared to compare Cai You to a dog. Wang Fu chuckled and said: "So that's it, the economy is now a very important task, so you should pay attention to your own health."
"Thank you very much, Wang Guang, for your concern. I will, I will."
Wang Fu said again: "By the way, I have a private matter that I want to discuss with you."
"Please speak, Mr. Wang."
"It's like this. Thanks to the emperor's grace and the support of all colleagues, Fu is what it is today, so I plan to hold a banquet at home to entertain the emperor and all your lords."
Li Qixiao asked: "Wang Xiang, you are not asking me to help you cook, are you?"
Wang Fu laughed and said: "Of course I want to, but now that your status is not what it used to be, I'm afraid I won't be able to invite you. But I hope to cooperate with you Zuixianju like last time, and you can help me financially.
The arrangement and the money are easy to discuss, what do you think?"
After hearing this, the others all looked here with smiles. It was obvious that Wang Fu wanted to give Li Qi some power. After all, Li Qi was now a third-rank official. Except for the emperor or his own volition, who would dare to give orders?
He is going to cook.
You're so quick to change your face. You just received the merit yesterday and you're here to bring bad luck to me today. Li Qipi said with a smile: "I shouldn't refuse the King's request, but the King also knows that in recent years,
I have been exhausted all day long, and I am afraid that I may have more than enough ambition but not enough energy.”
Wang Fu chuckled, "Of course I know that. I can wait for you to rest."
Li Qi pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said: "The Prime Minister thinks so highly of the subordinates, and the subordinates can only be respectful rather than obey orders. What about a month later? After all, your mansion cannot hold banquets casually, otherwise it will lose the Prime Minister's face."
, that would be bad."
"Okay! It's settled." Wang Fu laughed.
Suddenly I heard someone say from behind: "A cook is still a cook after all. If a villain succeeds, who says a dog can bully a tiger?"
Li Qi turned around and saw Cai You and a few scoundrels walking in. They were so arrogant.
When the others saw Cai You coming, they thought they were in for a good show.
Not to be outdone, Li Qi said: "A mouse is a mouse after all. A mouse's eyesight is short-sighted. How could a fish not turn into a dragon?" He then smiled at Wang Fu and said, "Prime Minister, now you know why I am so haggard today."
The implication is that Cai You is still compared to a dog.
Why are you scolding me for dragging me into the water? Wang Fu nodded or shook his head, he laughed, and suddenly pointed his hand towards Tong Guan who came in after him, and said: "The Prince of Guangyang is here."
Then he walked over quickly.
Cai You glared at Li Qi angrily, sneered, and went to his seat.
Li Qi smiled and returned to his seat.
Bai Shizhong looked at this scene and couldn't help but close his eyes, trying hard to suppress the anger in his heart. After a moment, he sighed and whispered to Gao Qiu on the side: "Lieutenant, look at this kid.
It’s becoming more and more lawless.”
For public purposes, he naturally does not want Li Qi to be an enemy of Cai You. For private purposes, he does not want Li Qi to have anything to do with Feng Yinu. After all, his daughter can be Li Qi's woman, but now he doesn't even have the guts to teach Li Qi a lesson.
No, for fear of being related to Li Qi and causing misunderstanding.
Gao Qiu smiled bitterly and said: "Now we can only rely on his luck, and we can't do much to help him."
After a while, a sharp voice sounded, "The Emperor has arrived."
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."
I saw Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty wearing a dragon robe, sitting high on a dragon chair, stretching out his hand and saying: "Everyone loves you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Song Huizong glanced at the ministers. When his eyes glanced at Li Qi, there was suddenly a trace of anger. The people standing here were all smart people, and they captured this information very keenly. They all had a look on their faces.
Very weird.
After a while, Song Huizong suddenly said loudly: "Since I came to the throne, I have always sought reforms to strengthen and enrich the country. However, some people always have evil intentions and try to seek personal gain through reforms. I deeply hate such people."
The first sentence of this opening made Li Qi tremble. It was obvious that Song Huizong's words were directed at him, but he didn't remember what he had done wrong to make Song Huizong furious. He secretly thought,
Could it be that the reason why I came to court today was not for Cai You, but for something else?
At this time, Huang Xinren, one of the giants of the three divisions, suddenly stood up and said: "I would like to report to the emperor that I have my own personal request."
Song Huizong said: "Say."
Huang Xinren said: "Wei Chen wants to impeach Deputy Economist Qin Hui. He abused his power, was arrogant and unreasonable, defrauded his colleagues, and forced Wei Chen's subordinates to engage in business. Now there is overwhelming resentment among the three departments."
Song Huizong snorted and said, "Is this true?"
Qin Hui? This is terrible! Li Qi frowned, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Song Huizong and Huang Xinren were singing a double act.
Another person stood up and said: "To report to the emperor, I also want to impeach the deputy economic minister for relying on despicable means, not communicating with us, and making decisions without authorization. He is disrespectful and does not take the minister and others into consideration at all.
His crime is punishable."
This man's name is Cao Shuyi, and he is the Minister of Rites.
Next, almost everyone from the three provinces and six ministries came out to impeach Qin Hui, but they all seemed to deliberately avoid Li Qi, and some even put in good words for Li Qi.
Li Qi's face was full of sorrow when he heard that, he couldn't help but glance at Wang Fu, and saw the minister standing at the front, closing his eyes and saying nothing, as if everything had nothing to do with him. He cursed secretly, Wang Fu, you actually want to kill a chicken.
Show it to the monkey.
But the problem now is that no one has impeached him, and they have even cleverly used words to prevent him from coming out to defend Qin Hui. If he goes out to refute now, it will make people think that he is covering up and not asking for trouble.
, just be anxious.
Cai You seemed not to have expected such a scene, and couldn't help being happy. He winked at his comrades, and immediately several more people stood up and followed the words of the people in front to impeach Qin Hui.
However, Song Moquan of the Hanlin Academy and other bachelors saw the sudden change in the situation and quickly stood up to impeach Qin Hui.
Now Qin Hui has become the target of public criticism.
When Song Huizong heard that Long Yan was furious, he slapped the dragon chair and said angrily: "It's really unreasonable to send Qin Hui to the palace."
After a while, Qin Hui came up to the palace and saluted: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty. Long live, long live, long live my emperor."
Song Huizong shouted angrily: "You are a Qin Hui, but I trust you so much in vain. You actually use the public for personal gain. Do you know your crime?"
Qin Hui bowed and said in salute: "This humble minister is stupid and doesn't know what crime he has committed. Please make it clear to your majesty."
Strange! Could it be that he had been prepared? Seeing that Qin Hui didn't panic at all, Li Qi was filled with doubts. He pondered for a moment and then understood. He clearly remembered that Qin Hui said yesterday that Wang Fu would come to the door immediately. He must have come to the door immediately.
He was already mentally prepared.
Song Huizong picked up a stack of memorials on the table and threw them in front of Qin Hui, saying, "Read it yourself."
"I obey my orders."
Qin Hui picked up the memorial on the ground and read it carefully. After he had finished reading it one by one, he saluted and said, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged by this humble minister!"
Cao Shuyi suddenly stood up and said: "Qin Hui is so bold that he dares to lie in front of the emperor. If you hadn't been so unreasonable and unreasonable, how could I and other adults impeach you, a fifth-grade official?"
Qin Hui said without being humble or arrogant: "Cao Shangshu, you said that I don't communicate with you. It's really funny. I went to you three or four times at that time, but you avoided me. How do you want me to communicate with you? And Mr. Huang, you
They said that I abused my power and deceived my colleagues, but you people from the Salt and Iron Department have glared at me from the beginning and refused to let me in. Moreover, you tore up the notices I ordered people to put up on the spot. If I don't be tougher, then
How can we recruit people?"
Then he pointed at Xue Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and said: "Xue Shangshu, you said that the subordinate officials have poached the talents of your Ministry of Industry. That is even more nonsense. Our Bureau of Commerce has clear recruitment requirements. Weibo
I only need to submit the charter to the emperor for review, and it will be clear at a glance which one is right and which one is wrong."
Cai You suddenly stood up and angrily said: "Bold Qin Hui, Lord Huang, Shangshu Cao, Shangshu Xue, and all of you are the pillars of our Song Dynasty. If you hadn't caused public anger, how could they impeach you at the same time? You still
If you don't want to be honest, did someone tell you to do this?"
Wang Fu raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at Cai You angrily, and cursed secretly, "You really fail in success but fail in failure."
Since Huang Xinren and others did not mention Li Qi before, and Song Huizong did not mention Li Qi's name, even if he wanted to help, he could not find an excuse. Now Cai You gave him such an excuse and quickly stepped forward.
He smiled and said: "The British Lord is talking about being a lower official, isn't he?"
Cai You sneered and said: "I didn't say that. However, a wise man will never do anything bad in his life. He will not be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. If an economic leader doesn't have ghosts in his heart, there is no need to stand up."
Li Qi smiled, and suddenly saluted Song Huizong and said: "This is to be reported to the Emperor, and the ministers also have their notes."
Song Huizong glanced at Li Qi and said calmly: "Say."
A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Qi's mouth, and he said: "Wei ministers want to impeach Mr. Huang, Cao Shangshu, Xue Shangshu, Song Xueshi... conspired to disobey the emperor's order, use the public for personal gain, and use their own private interests to trap the emperor.
Because of injustice, they ignored the people of the world and intended to break the alliance between Song and Jin. I also ask the emperor to punish them severely."
"Li Qi, you are so slanderous." Huang Xinren was furious, pointed at Li Qi and cursed.
Damn your mother! Li Qi laughed and said: "The emperor issued an imperial edict asking your yamen to cooperate with us in economic construction, but you have obstructed it openly and secretly, and used some despicable tricks to destroy the emperor's dream of a strong and prosperous country. , this is not disobeying the emperor's order, and using the public for personal gain is nothing. However, the deputy economic envoy and I have repeatedly tolerated it in order to take the overall situation into consideration, but now you still don't know your fault, and you are beating him up, falsely accusing Zhongliang, and satisfying your own selfish desires. It is really a waste of your life. Minister." (To be continued.)