Chapter 981 Everything is in the plan (seeking a monthly ticket)
While Li Qi and Liu Yunxi were having an in-depth discussion on this academic issue, Feng Yinu on the side wanted to dig a hole in shame. Even though she was Li Qi's wife, she did not dare to discuss this topic with him, let alone
Li Qi was still talking about this matter with an outsider, and a woman at that. She couldn't sit still and pulled the reluctant Li Qi out quickly. On the way, she kept complaining that Li Qi was too "dirty".
How could such a topic with research value become obscene? Women really love to use strong words to reason. The "upright" Master Li felt extremely wronged.
After coming out of Liu Yunxi's place, Li Qi first sent Feng Yinu back. Then, he took gifts and went to Wu Furong's house to pay Wu Furong New Year's greetings.
Yes, although he is now a third-rank official, he still dares not forget Wu Furong's kindness to him. Every New Year, no matter how busy he is, he will go there and give Wu Furong some high-quality Korean ginseng.
go.
Wu Furong is an honest man. To him, Li Qi is both a high official and his boss. How can a proprietor pay New Year greetings to his employees and an official pay New Year greetings to the common people? Therefore, he is moved and frightened every time.
However, Li Qiwu always reported in on time every year, so he had no choice but to let Li Qi go.
Maybe in the eyes of others, it is just a small favor, but in Li Qi's view, this kindness is as heavy as a mountain. This can't be explained by a few pennies. If it weren't for Wu Furong's momentary kindness, he would have been unable to recover at that time.
Li Qi, who was depressed, cheered up again. How could he have reached his current status?
Then again, how could Wu Furong have imagined that his temporary kindness would bring such a big change to himself, Zuixianju, and even the Song Dynasty. You must know that it was precisely because of Li Qi that his success in Bianliang
His status is considered important, and he is no longer the humble shopkeeper before. Not to mention those businessmen, even Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others gave him three points of courtesy. Of course, this was all for Li Qi's sake.
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Whoever dares to bully Wu Furong will have foreseeable consequences.
This is enough for Wu Furong.
Li Qi stayed with Wu Furong at Wu Furong's home, chatting with Wu Furong all afternoon as a junior, and left after dinner.
The next day, Li Qi hugged Li Zhengxi and played on the bed, while Ji Hongnu sat on the edge of the bed with a happy face, looking at their father and son. With a sweet smile on his lips, he suddenly remembered something and said: "Brother, I
I have something to discuss with you!"
"It's up to you to decide whether to discuss or not." Li Qi put down Li Zhengxi and looked at Ji Hongnu seriously.
Ji Hongnu said: "I want to take Zhengxi and the palace to pay New Year's greetings to Madam tomorrow. Anyway, Madam, she is also Zhengxi's godmother."
Li Qi nodded and smiled: "That's right. I'll go with you tomorrow. I also have to go and give New Year greetings to Mr. Wang, uh...Uncle Wang."
Mr. Wang? This eldest brother is really outspoken! Ji Hongnu couldn't help but give him a rollicking look.
At this time, the servants outside reported: "Uncle, Qin Xue is outside seeking an audience."
"Qin Hui?"
Li Qi frowned. Qin Hui came to him. It was impossible for him to come to him for a drink and a slap in the face like Gao Yanei and others. It was usually a business matter, and it would never be a trivial matter, because Qin Hui was a smart man, and it was trivial.
He could solve it himself. Li Qi did not dare to neglect this, and sent his son to Ji Hongnu's hands, and then went to the front hall.
"I have seen you sir."
When Qin Hui saw Li Qilai, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"No gift!" Li Qi stretched out his hand and asked, "What do you want from me?"
Qin Hui said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked the officials to invite you to go to Honglu Temple."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Li Qi raised his eyebrows, glanced left and right, and said, "Let's talk while walking."
"yes."
The two of them immediately left the Bai Mansion. Li Qijiu asked, "Why did Li Gang take action so soon?"
Qin Hui nodded and said, "Your Excellency, this is really a clever plan. I originally thought that Li Gang would endure it until those envoys returned before complaining to the prince, but I didn't expect that--hehe, this man really can't tolerate the slightest bit of sand in his eyes."
Li Qi asked half-jokingly: "If you were Li Gang, what would you do?"
Qin Hui said: "The lower officials will also complain."
Li Qi chuckled: "But while you are complaining, you will also make Geng Nanzhong regard you as a confidant."
Qin Hui smiled and said nothing, acquiescing.
They both complained, but their goals were completely different. Li Gang didn't want to join the others, while Qin Hui wanted to eradicate dissidents. Li Qi smiled and said, "You are indeed a smart man. Fortunately, I don't have Li Gang around me."
Qin Hui looked shocked when he heard this. He knew that he had made a mistake and said quickly: "My lord, I am definitely not a low-ranking official---."
Li Qi raised his hand and said: "There's no need to say those words. I'm not blaming you. It's human nature to walk to higher places. If you didn't have this intention, you wouldn't be sitting here."
In my seat, I am more willing to listen to the truth than those false words. Let’s go quickly, I don’t want to miss any exciting moments.”
The two of them rushed to Honglu Temple. After being notified, Li Qi and Qin Hui entered the house. They saw only three people in the house, Prince Zhao Huan, Li Gang, and Geng Nanzhong.
However, the expressions of the three of them were completely different. Zhao Huan's face was extremely angry, while Li Gang's face was expressionless. The most exciting one was Geng Nanzhong's, whose face changed unpredictably, with red, white and purple colors constantly appearing on his face.
flashes of time, but in this cold day, he was sweating like rain. Standing in the middle, his legs were shaking slightly, which made people laugh.
"Li Qi (Qin Hui) meets His Highness the Crown Prince."
"No gifts, no gifts!"
When Zhao Huan saw Li Qi coming, a smile appeared on his face.
Li Qi pretended not to know: "I wonder if your highness is in a hurry to summon your subordinates. What do you want to say?"
Zhao Huan's face suddenly became angry. He pointed his hand at Geng Nanzhong and said, "This guy is really ruining my big job! It's so hateful!"
Geng Nanzhong's legs trembled suddenly and he said hurriedly: "Your Highness, I'm the official ---."
"The evidence is irrefutable, but you still want to quibble, you are really unrepentant!" Zhao Huan waved his long sleeves and said angrily.
"Your Highness, have mercy on me, Your Highness, please have mercy on me!" Geng Nanzhong immediately knelt down and cried for mercy.
Zhao Huan snorted, but ignored him, and said to Li Qi: "Li Qi, I am also responsible for this! When I saw that this man had some ability, I let him enter Honglu Temple. But I never thought that he would take advantage of it.
I really feel ashamed of my father's trust in accepting bribes from those envoys just for the sake of my official position."
From the fact that he was in a hurry to find Li Qi, it was not difficult to guess that those bribes had already taken effect and he followed Geng Nanzhong's advice. This made him afraid that he would miss important events because of this. This New Year's Eve is of great significance to him.
, there couldn't be any deviation, so he hurriedly discussed it with Li Qi.
Li Qi was naturally as clear as a mirror. He asked, "May I ask, Your Highness, what about the envoys from Korea and Japan?"
Zhao Huan was stunned and said: "You also know?"
Geng Nanzhong was shocked and thought, It's over, it's over, it's all over now. He clearly remembered that Li Qi had warned him at the beginning that if Li Qi tried to add insult to injury again, even if Zhao Huan wanted to protect him, there would be nothing he could do.
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Unexpectedly, Li Qi changed the topic and said hehe: "Actually, this is arranged by the lower official."
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Huan, Li Gang, and Geng Nanzhong immediately became stunned.
Is he trying to frame me? Geng Nanzhong looked at Li Qi angrily and was about to speak, but Qin Hui stopped him with his God.
After Geng Nanzhong saw it, he thought to himself: Could there be another hidden secret? Now that life, death, wealth and wealth only depend on Zhao Huan's thoughts, he does not dare to act rashly.
Qin Hui secretly frowned. This man was so greedy for life and afraid of death that he could not keep his composure at all. He was really useless. He would never be of great use in the future. Thinking of this, he glanced at Li Gang again and sighed in his heart. This man is really good.
Ten thousand times stronger than Geng Nanzhong, but it's a pity - no one is perfect!
It took quite a while before Zhao Huan reacted and said: "You---what did you say? This---this was all arranged by you?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Exactly."
"Why are you doing this?"
Li Qidao: "I am doing this to win over His Highness's hearts."
Zhao Huan groaned and asked in confusion: "How do you say this?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Your Highness, before the original negotiation, we had already discussed it, whether it was to let Goryeo join the Five Nations Summit, or to secretly help Iga Baichuan and the others, etc. But we can't let them know that this was something we had already done.
It has been arranged. Goryeo's status at this banquet is not very high. If His Highness the Crown Prince grants them favors at this time, they will definitely treat His Highness as a benefactor, which will be of great benefit to the Crown Prince's influence. In order to make this happen
To make the play more realistic, I asked the Korean and Japanese envoys to ask Geng Zhan for help. In this way, they would feel that your Highness was deliberately favoring them during negotiations. As for accepting gifts, I did not hide it from the truth, and even the lower officials accepted it.
A lot. In fact, Geng Zhanshi also asked me vaguely. Although I didn't say it explicitly, I also secretly told him to accept it boldly and confidently. Don't accept these gifts in vain. Besides, Honglu Temple is also short of funds now.
'Gifts' are also very helpful to Honglu Temple. Since we have planned to help them, it is natural for them to send us something. This is diplomacy, not charity, isn't it?"
"I see!"
Zhao Huan's face immediately softened a lot, and he said to Geng Nanzhong: "If that's the case, why didn't you say it just now?"
Geng Nanzhong seemed to have gone from hell to heaven. This feeling of ups and downs cost him half his life. Although judging from Li Qi's words, all the money he collected had to be confiscated, but at least he could keep his official position.
, as long as you are still in Honglu Temple, are you afraid that you will not have the opportunity to receive gifts in the future? He said hurriedly: "When I go back to Your Highness, the economic envoy only told me in secret at the beginning, and I really dare not speak nonsense, so as not to drag down the economic envoy."
Even if you are a fool, your reaction is not slow. Li Qi said: "I do have some responsibility for this matter, because I am not very familiar with Geng Zhan, and I don't know him very well, so I was afraid that he would be exposed, so I did not tell the truth.
However, I believe that some gifts must not be accepted, and some gifts are not harmful if accepted, so you must control this."
Zhao Huan chuckled and said: "If everyone is like you and can grasp the sense of proportion, then I don't have to worry about it." Then he said to Geng Nanzhong: "Since this is a misunderstanding, then you
Get up. However, I have to warn you, if you accept bribes without asking for permission next time, I will never tolerate it. Also, all the gifts you received will be confiscated."
He hated this kind of thing the most. Li Qi was not qualified to take care of it, but Geng Nanzhong was not Li Qi, so how could he let it go.
"Yes, yes, thank you, Your Highness, for sparing your life."
Geng Nanzhong climbed up with difficulty. As soon as he raised his head, his eyes quickly glanced at Li Gang, full of resentment.
Although Li Gang's face remained calm, there was still a trace of uneasiness in his eyes.
Li Qi and Qin Hui all saw it, and they both thought that if such a villain is interested in you, you can either completely destroy him, or wait to be destroyed by him.