Yan Qi whistled: "Just wait, do you think I'm scared? Okay, I'll go take a nap first and see you again at noon."
Yan Qi didn't take Jiang Dongqu seriously and really went to the rest room and fell asleep.
Jiang Dongqu's lungs were about to burst with anger.
This guy is too crazy. If he doesn't win it as soon as possible, he will regret it.
Jiang Dongqu did not dare to delay and went straight to the cabinet to discuss important matters with Yang Ke.
…
Ten minutes at noon.
Yan Qi received news of a meeting in Shangshu Province.
This meeting is of great significance.
The theme is political performance torture.
Yan Qi heard this and found it very interesting: A performance torture?
Who are you interrogating?
The meaning is self-explanatory.
The host of the political performance torture was Yang Ke.
Yan Qi arrived at Shangshu Province according to time.
Zhao Qing hurriedly sat over and chatted with Yan Qi.
Wan Liang, the Minister of Household Affairs, did not avoid the attention of everyone and had a cordial conversation with Yan Qi.
After all, Wan Liang was 'promoted' by Yan Qi. He had already been labeled by Yan Qi. If he avoided it, it would be hypocritical.
Qi Ying benefited from Yan Qi and secured his position as Minister of Punishment. He was also very grateful to Yan Qi. Although he did not go over to talk to Yan Qi with a smile, he nodded, which was regarded as communication.
Xia Ming and Jiang Dongqu also came to attend the meeting.
Although Xia Ming was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he hid in the corner of his own accord. He lowered his eyebrows and seemed to have no awareness of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Is this called a minister?
Yan Qi saw this and shook his head speechlessly.
Jiang Dongqu placed himself in the same position as the Minister, and came close to Tang Hanxiao and Liao Zhan, looking for something to talk about.
Tang Hanxiao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Liao Zhan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, were sitting together. Although they were talking to Jiang Dongqu, their focus was on Yan Qi.
Especially when he saw the two ministers Zhao Qing and Wan Liang chatting animatedly around Yan Qi, he couldn't help but frown.
"Yan Qi is really amazing. How powerful is he? He actually has Zhao Qing and Wan Liang surrounding him. He is the minister, and he is just the deputy minister, two levels behind."
"That's true. Yan Qi is too powerful. You and I must be careful. Don't follow Zheng Ding's old path."
Tang Hanxiao and Liao Zhan whispered to each other and warned each other.
Jiang Dongqu heard this, feeling jealous and resentful at the same time, and said to Tang Hanxiao and Liao Zhan
: "Two adults, there is no need to boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige. Today, someone will take care of Yan Qi. This time, he will really take a break."
Tang Hanxiao looked disdainful and looked at Jiang Dongqu pitifully: "Are you scared by Yan Qi? Why are you talking nonsense? Who can deal with Yan Qi now? Even Prime Minister Yang, I'm afraid he won't be able to get what he wants, right?"
Liao Zhan shook his head: "Yan Qi has no leverage, and An Sihai is behind him. Who can afford to offend him? Minister Jiang, I'm afraid you don't have any solution against Yan Qi? Haha."
There was a hint of schadenfreude in his words.
Jiang Dongqu heard Tang Hanxiao and Liao Zhan's contempt for him, and felt helpless.
After all, he was just the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his status did not match that of Tang Hanxiao and Liao Zhan.
Furthermore, they had suffered too much from Yan Qi and felt a little inferior. Tang Hanxiao and Liao Zhan felt proud that they had not been bullied by Yan Qi.
Jiang Dongqu held back his breath and looked fierce: "Tang Shangshu, Liao Shangshu, I'm not lying. Yan Qi is really in trouble this time. It's such a big, big, big thing."
Tang Han smiled and asked, "What's going on?"
Jiang Dongqu had a bad smile on his face: "Today, the Eight Wise Kings will replace the emperor and come to Shangshu Province to inspect the work and supervise the torture of political performance. Haha, so, you know the market here, right?"
"The Eight Wise Kings are here?"
"Oh, the Eight Wise Kings usually don't appear. This time, they still appear on behalf of the emperor. The meaning is different."
Tang Hanxiao and Liao Zhan looked at each other, and then looked at Yan Qi in unison.
The two looked at each other and smiled and stopped talking.
…
Zhao Qing whispered softly to Yan Qi: "Brother Yan, you must be careful during today's meeting, I'm afraid it's coming against you."
Yan Qi smiled: "What are you afraid of? Haven't I been targeted all the time?"
Zhao Qing frowned: "This time, it's particularly different."
Yan Qi asked: "What's the difference?"
Zhao Qing lowered his voice: "I heard that the Eight Wise Kings are coming to inspect and question."
"The Eight Wise Kings?"
Yan Qidao: "What is the origin of the Eight Wise Kings?"
Zhao Qing looked respectful: "Of course he is a very virtuous prince. Otherwise, how can he be called the Eight Wise Kings?"
Yan Qidao: "Is he very virtuous?"
Zhao Qing's expression was solemn: "The Eight Wise Kings are the emperor's right-hand assistants. The emperor is in poor health and coughs up blood day and night. He cannot concentrate on handling government affairs. Therefore, many
Let the Eight Wise Kings take over everything. "
"The Eight Wise Kings were indeed very capable. They showed great respect to the emperor and were extremely diligent towards the officials. Moreover, the Eight Wise Kings had a particularly good relationship with the late prince. When the prince passed away in Hongcheng, the Eight Wise Kings cried. He worked hard to guard the prince's mausoleum personally for three years. Oh, this kind of kindness is truly admirable."
Upon hearing this, Yan Qi nodded: "It seems that the Eight Wise Kings are really sage."
After listening to Zhao Qing's words, he could also get some information by comparing it with the image of the Eight Wise Kings that Guoping people had talked about.
The Eight Wise Kings handle government affairs on behalf of the emperor. This is true.
It is also true that the Eight Wise Kings and the late Crown Prince were very close friends.
Yan Qi thought about it and suddenly smiled: "Since the Eight Wise King is so virtuous, what should I be afraid of? He will never wrong a good person. For example, I am a very good person."
Zhao Qing chuckled, his eyes full of suspicion.
Yan Qi pouted: "Zhao Shangshu, what do you mean? What I said is the truth."
Zhao Qing's eyes became even more suspicious.
If you are a good person, are there any bad people in the world? You are just cute and bad, and you use your methods on evil people.
Zhao Qing did not discuss the good or bad issues with Yan Qi, but he still knew the Eight Wise Kings very well: "The Eight Wise Kings take their work very seriously, especially this time, when the acting emperor comes to inspect, he will definitely ask every detail. I understand. If Yang Ke deliberately leads the Eight Wise Kings to focus on you, then you will be in serious trouble."
Yan Qi shrugged: "Then just ride on the donkey and look at the ledger, and we'll see."
Just finished.
Someone comes in outside.
"The Eight Wise Kings arrived, and all the officials saluted."
Crash.
Hundreds of officials in the audience immediately stood up and bowed to the door. No one dared to be careless.
Yan Qi also stood up, bowed and looked toward the door.
At the door.
First, four patterned pioneers came in, wearing brocade hats and mink fur, with sunken temples. At first glance, they looked like masters of internal martial arts.
Behind, eight honor guards came in.
Later.
Yang Ke walked in. .
When you enter the door, you stop, turn sideways, and hold your hands respectfully.
The Eight Wise Kings, dressed in brocade purple robes and wearing purple crowns, entered slowly.
Yan Qi looked over carefully with sharp eyes.
Unexpectedly, the Eight Wise Kings could wear purple robes and crowns.
This status and this kind of appearance are rare.
