"I'm giving up. This is the last batch."
The middle-aged man in brocade clothes looked at Zhou Xing with an aggrieved look.
"Tell me which families are there this time, give me a clear explanation!"
As he spoke, Zhou Xing coughed violently.
Being provoked by Zhao Ding, although he did not kill his old life, most of his old life was lost, and he still relies on medicine to maintain it.
"The Zhang family, the Li family, the Lu family, the Qian family, and the Sun family, as well as Hu Liu, the Yamen of the Yangzhou Patrol Department, and Liu Quan, the Yamen of the Qingzhou Patrol Department.
That's all. "
Qi Cheng lowered his head and counted on his fingers honestly.
After saying that, he lowered his head again.
"In Qingzhou and Yangzhou, not only the gentry but also the officials of the Patrol Department? You... cough cough cough..."
As he spoke, Zhou Xing coughed violently again, and cursed angrily: "Don't you know that Qingzhou and Yangzhou are extremely sensitive now? Don't you know that even I was transferred out of the Imperial Academy by the Holy Emperor? Send to Taichang Temple?
You know all this, how dare you still cut ties with those families? "
Zhou Xing was furious, and even Zhou Shan's face looked completely ugly.
"But in previous years, they were always like this."
Qi Cheng looked at Zhou Xing and Zhou Shan with aggrieved expression.
"In previous years, that was the previous year, and this year, that is this year. Can this year be compared with previous years?"
Zhou Xing leaned on the back of the Taishi chair, covering his chest and coughing violently, while looking at Qi Cheng with an extremely embarrassed expression.
In previous years, in order to deal with the threats from Nanchen and Beiliang, Zhao Chongyuan turned a blind eye to everything they did, just to prevent civil strife in Daqian.
But now, there is civil strife in Nanchen, the old emperor of Northern Liang is seriously ill, and several princes are fiercely fighting for power.
There is no threat to Daqian anymore.
It was when Zhao Chongyuan was free to deal with them, but unexpectedly, Qi Cheng didn't realize the seriousness of the problem.
"Tell me, how many taels of silver are there this time? What are these silvers used for?"
After a while, he finally calmed down. Zhou Xing immediately grabbed Qi Cheng's collar and asked eagerly.
Qi Cheng subconsciously replied: "A total of one hundred thousand taels of silver, fifty thousand taels are for us as a tribute, and the other fifty thousand taels are for me to store grain for them, and then transport it back to Qingzhou and Yangzhou for them before the rain comes. "
"What do you mean we, don't get involved with me."
After hearing what Qi Cheng said, Zhou Xing subconsciously looked at Zhou Shan aside and quickly waved his hand.
"What is "tuning grain"? What do you mean by this? The imperial court has a plan for floods this year, but it does not mean that the dry water will really flood. Then the Zhang family, the Li family, the Lu family, the Qian family, and What does the Sun family mean by asking you to collect grain in advance?"
Zhou Shan looked at Qi Cheng with a gloomy expression after hearing this.
"me...."
Listening to Zhou Shan's questions, Qi Cheng suddenly became stammering and looked at Zhou Xing with eyes pleading for help.
However, Zhou Shan suddenly turned to look at Zhou Xing: "Brother, what did he mean by us just now? Are you involved?"
"I...."
Zhou Xing opened his mouth, suddenly not knowing how to speak.
Looking at the faces of Zhou Xing and Qi Cheng.
No matter how stupid Zhou Shan is, he realizes that something is wrong.
He stood up and looked at Zhou Xing and Qi Cheng coldly: "Since you don't want to talk about it, just pretend that I don't know about this matter today, and don't ask me for help in the future."
After saying that, he rolled his sleeves and was about to leave.
Seeing this posture, Zhou Xing suddenly became anxious, and Qi Cheng even hugged Zhou Shan's thigh: "Master Zhou, if you don't save me, then I'm really going to die."
"Ahem... you sit down first,... you listen to me first... ahem..."
Zhou Xing coughed and looked at Zhou Shan eagerly.
Zhou Shan's face suddenly turned cold, and he looked at Zhou Xing coldly: "What are you talking about? You want me to hear those dirty things about your collusion? Do you really think that His Majesty dare not take action against our Zhou family?"
When you were in the Imperial College, His Majesty was furious because of such a trivial matter. His Majesty did not touch you, not because he was afraid of the power of my Zhou family, but because the time had not yet come.
Don’t forget, how come the four major families in Qingzhou and Yizhou didn’t win! "
"I..."
Zhou Xing opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer the question.
Zhou Shan said with a cold face: "Don't tell me about your affairs. I don't want to know, because I can't protect you. If you still want to leave a trace of blood for my Zhou family, you should take Qi Cheng to the Ministry of Punishment now." , went to Dali Temple to surrender.
In this way, we may be able to protect my Zhou family from perishing in your hands! "
Zhou Shan looked at Zhou Xing with a cold expression.
After saying that, he just rolled up his sleeves and walked away without even looking at Zhou Xing.
"Brother-in-law, we..."
Seeing Zhou Shan leave, Qi Cheng immediately looked at Zhou Xing hurriedly.
Zhou Xing glanced at Qi Cheng coldly, then stood up and looked at Zhou Shan who had already walked to the door, and shouted sternly: "You are noble, you are great, you just want to keep your black gauze hat, but you have I never thought about why Qi Cheng's affairs were found out by King Yan at this juncture.
Do you think you can protect your Wu Sha Mao by losing Qi Cheng and me? Can His Majesty not take action against the Zhou family?
Your Majesty kicked me out of the Imperial College with one foot, and then something went wrong here, and His Highness King Yan wants to reform the Imperial College. Do you think all this is a coincidence?
Your Majesty's purpose is to reduce the power of our noble clan.
The Zhou family and the Ye family are both the leaders of the Daqian gentry. If we are attacked, the other gentry behind will naturally not dare to obstruct the reform of the Imperial College.
Once the reform of the Imperial College is successful, do you think we and other nobles will still be able to get a share of the pie in the Daqian Palace in the future?
Can we still have today? "
Zhou Xing shouted sharply.
As he spoke, he coughed violently.
After speaking, he continued: "Once you lose the support of the nobles, how long do you think you can hold your position in the cabinet and the position of minister of civil affairs?"
Listen to Zhou Xing's words.
Zhou Shan's footsteps gradually stopped.
He stood there with a somewhat uncertain expression on his face.
I don’t know what I am thinking about.
After a while, he raised his head and glanced at Zhou Xing, then at Qi Cheng.
Then he walked toward the door without saying a word.
And watched Zhou Shan leave.
Zhou Xing seemed to have lost all his strength. With a pop, he collapsed on the Taishi chair, breathing heavily from his chest.
He turned to look at Qi Cheng and ordered: "Find someone you trust, give him a sum of money, and let him take one of your heirs and leave Yingtian immediately."
After saying that, Zhou Xing sighed and closed his eyes.
Maybe things are really going to change in Daqian!
After listening to Zhou Xing's words, Qi Cheng collapsed on the ground with a thud.
