Xue Hai was stunned, not expecting that Song Huan would suddenly ask him questions.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, when Your Majesty was still the Crown Prince, this servant has been serving you."
"Counting the time, this year is also the thirty-ninth year!"
When mentioning this matter, Emperor Liang was filled with emotions for a while.
"Over the years, Xue Hai has also been dedicated and loyal, and has solved a lot of worries for me."
Hearing Emperor Liang's praise, Xue Hai hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty's words are serious!"
"As the head eunuch, these are what a slave should do!"
Song Huan smiled and said: "In my impression, Eunuch Xue has always been hard-working, meticulous, rigorous and responsible."
"In this case, I will reward you with these Xia Kingdom specialties to commend you for your hard work over the years!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked!
It turned out that Prince Rong took the initiative to ask Emperor Liang for these tributes in order to reward the eunuch Xue Hai!
After such a move by him, what was just a tribute from the Xia Kingdom turned into a worthless Xia national specialty.
And the most important thing is, didn't your Xia Kingdom forcefully give me these worthless things like Daliang, and still hold me morally hostage?
Then I will accept these things as you wish, and then transfer them to your slaves!
I just want you to see that your deception is only worthy of being rewarded to a slave!
Want to humiliate me, Daliang?
There are no doors!
Thinking of this, several wise ministers covered their mouths and started laughing.
I have to say, Prince Rong’s mind works really fast!
Hearing that Song Huan actually wanted to reward himself with these tributes, Xue Hai was at a loss for a moment, either agreeing or not agreeing!
"Your Highness! This...this..."
"This slave really deserves it!"
When Emperor Liang heard this, he was slightly stunned at first, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"Okay! Okay!"
"Old Fourth, among all my sons, you are the only one with a kind heart who is the most like me!"
"Xue Hai, since it is a reward from Prince Rong, then you can take it."
"You have served me for so many years, and you deserve this."
Xue Haizhan was trembling, and after listening to Emperor Liang's approval, he turned to Song Huan and said, "Thank you, Prince Rong, for the reward!"
"Then... this slave will be disrespectful!"
Saying that, Xue Hai quickly waved his hand, signaling the young eunuch to accept these boxes of tributes.
Xia Wenqi was feeling very proud, waiting to see Emperor Liang's joke.
But he didn't expect that the big drama that he had planned so carefully would be so easily resolved by the fourth prince!
Xia Wenqi looked at Song Huan with hatred, his slender phoenix eyes overflowing with anger and resentment.
"Prince Rong, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to do this!"
"These tributes are not just things used by our Xia Kingdom to pay tribute."
"It's the dowry for my sister to marry the prince!"
"Your Highness has given such a reward to a eunuch. Isn't it inappropriate?"
As soon as Xia Wenqi said these words, Song Huan fell silent.
All civil and military officials in the court fell silent.
Emperor Liang was also silent!
That's it?
That's it?
How can this little thing be called a dowry?
In any village, if a rich man marries his daughter, he will probably have to pay much more than this!
And Song Huan keenly captured the key points of Xia Wenqi's words.
If this is a dowry...
Then next step, wouldn't Xia Wenqi want to ask Emperor Liang for a betrothal gift?
Sure enough, as soon as Song Huan had this idea in his mind, he saw Xia Wenqi pulling his sister and kneeling down to Emperor Liang again.
"His Majesty!"
"Now the people of our Xia Kingdom are living in dire straits, and their livelihood is extremely difficult and miserable!"
"Please also ask the Emperor of Daliang to do justice for heaven and extend a helping hand to our people in Daxia!"
"Rescue them from natural disasters!"
"Your Majesty, please give Xia a hundred thousand stones of grain, twenty thousand feet of cloth, and five thousand pounds of tea!"
"My sister is marrying His Highness the Crown Prince. These rewards can just be regarded as His Highness the Crown Prince's betrothal gift!"
Song Huan: "?!?!?!"
I bet this Crown Prince of Xia Kingdom is here to purchase goods in Daliang!
What is the difference between this and zero-yuan purchase?
It's just a waste of money!
What Song Huan didn't expect the most was that this guy could make such a shameless request without blushing and without any shame!
What a solid psychological quality this must have!
As soon as this statement came out, the entire court instantly fell into heated discussion!
"One hundred thousand stones? Twenty thousand feet? Five thousand catties!"
"The lion's mouth is so wide open! How dare you ask for it!"
"In the past, Daliang would give rewards to the Xia Kingdom every year, but where have they ever given so many things?"
"I'm afraid this means that our warehouse in Daliang will be emptied out!"
Chen Zilin immediately spoke sarcastically: "The prince of Xia Kingdom demands so confidently, I'm afraid he thinks that I, Daliang, have been taken advantage of!"
"Don't you know, our country, Daliang, has just experienced years of war and it has just calmed down, and the national treasury is unable to make ends meet and is stretched thin!"
Xia Wenqi blinked: "As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse!"
"No matter how much the Daliang treasury makes ends meet, it will still be much stronger than our Xia country's treasury."
"Daliang has a vast territory and abundant resources, and has sufficient financial and material resources to support this war that has lasted for many years."
"But apart from some beast furs, herbs and useless black iron, our Xia Kingdom doesn't even have enough basic food!"
"If our Xia country really wants to go to war with other countries, it won't be able to last for so long!"
"We can only resort to desperate measures, mobilize the strength of the whole country, and fight to the death!"
On the surface, Xia Wenqi's words were crying for poverty, but in fact, he was threatening Emperor Liang intentionally or unintentionally.
If you let us Xia people not have enough to eat, then when we Xia people rebel, we will try our best to fight to the death!
Seeing that Emperor Liang's expression was very ugly, Xia Wenqi quickly changed his expression and patted Emperor Liang's horse.
"Your Majesty, you are the proud son of heaven, and all people in the world are your subjects!"
"Including the people of our Xia Kingdom, when we mention your great achievements, they are grateful to you and praise you endlessly!"
"I believe that as a wise king, you will not turn a blind eye to the miserable situation of the people of Xia Kingdom, right?"
Emperor Liang's biggest weakness was that he was too obsessed with face.
After hearing what Xia Wenqi said, Emperor Liang hesitated again and again and could only reluctantly agree to his request.
What can I do if I don’t agree?
If he shakes his head and refuses, then if this matter spreads, he will be a foolish king who does not care about the life and death of his people!
A hundred years from now, how will future generations evaluate themselves?
How will Qingshi write about himself?
How would our ancestors view themselves?
Thinking of all this, no matter how unwilling he was, Emperor Liang couldn't refuse it outright!
However, just when Emperor Liang was about to open his mouth to agree.
But Song Huan took a step forward and said to Xia Wenqi: "I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not!"
"Your Majesty loves to quote scriptures. He probably doesn't understand the saying, 'It's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish', right?"
