Stealing money? "
Yan Qi sneered: "Eight Wise King, do you know that Lan Yiwei blackmailed more than a thousand people and extorted one million taels of silver? I don't care where the money goes, you have to take it out anyway."
"In addition, there are more than a thousand people arrested and imprisoned, but their cells are in vain? Are they not compensated? They are tortured and tortured every day, so their beatings are in vain? Are they not compensated? One thousand taels per person is considered too much. Is it? A thousand people, each compensated with one thousand taels, that’s one million taels.”
"The most cruel thing is that the blue-clad guards actually killed more than a hundred innocent people. This is simply outrageous. The compensation for each citizen is 10,000 taels of silver. Is it still more? This is another one million taels."
"Eight Wise King, I'm going to wipe your ass and ask you to take out three million taels of silver. It's already a small amount. What else do you want? These are account books. When I do things, I always speak according to the facts. If you have If you have objections, just check the account books and I will cooperate to the end."
The Eight Wise Kings were simply speechless.
The rest is just staring, staring, staring!
Among the cabinet members, everyone felt excited and surprised when they heard Yan Qi yelling at the Eight Wise Kings.
Within the cabinet, the Eight Wise Kings are the bosses of the cabinet, which is equivalent to replacing the emperor and exercising some of their powers.
Others include Prime Minister Yang Ke, Deputy Prime Minister Yan Qi, Zuo Du Yushi An Sihai, and Zhenguo General Zhang Yongwu.
The cabinet also includes the ministers of the upper three departments: Tang Hanxiao, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Wan Liang, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and Zhao Qing, the minister of the Ministry of rites.
In addition to Zhang Yongwu, there are also several military generals among the military figures.
In fact, Leng Wanshan is also a member of the cabinet.
However, he withdrew from politics and refused to participate in the cabinet due to illness.
The remaining members include bachelors from the Hanlin Academy and staff from the military.
These people are considered advisors in the cabinet.
Although they have no real power, they all have the right to speak.
There are all kinds of people, adding up to more than a hundred people.
These people were all shocked by Yan Qi's momentum.
Yan Qi was formerly the Minister of Industry.
Only the third highest minister can participate in cabinet meetings.
The Ministry of Industry is not the top three ministries, and Yan Qi is not qualified to participate in cabinet meetings.
Today was the first time Yan Qi held a cabinet meeting as deputy prime minister, which made all cabinet members shine.
This guy is so domineering.
The previous cabinet was decided by the Eight Wise Kings and Yang Ke.
Calculate.
After these two people informed them, the cabinet meeting passed it.
Looking at it now, with Yan Qi, the cabinet is no longer just a decoration.
Yan Qi stared at the eyes of the Eight Wise Kings, which were as wide as cows, and gave an ultimatum: "The compensation I calculated is reasonable and legal, without any exaggeration. Please cooperate with the Eight Wise Kings."
"If the Eight Wise Kings refuse to hand it over, I will have no choice but to hand over the information to the Emperor, and ask the Emperor to make up his own mind."
The Eight Wise Kings were so angry that their lungs were about to explode.
Three million taels of silver, just handed over for free.
Heartache.
But I had no choice but to admit it.
The Eighth Sage King signed it and said bravely: "Vice Minister Yan, I am willing to pay the money."
Yan Qi asked: "When will it be delivered?"
The Eight Wise Kings gritted their teeth: "Within three days."
"very good!"
Yan Qi put away the documents: "I hope the Eight Wise Kings will do what they say and don't chill the hearts of the people."
The Eight Wise Kings felt very aggrieved, shook their sleeves, and walked away in frustration.
Among them, Yan Qi took advantage of him and blackmailed him. This was too embarrassing.
This king also wants face.
…
As soon as the Eight Wise Kings withdrew, Yang Ke was about to announce the end of the meeting.
"Wait!"
Yan Qi smiled and looked at Yang Ke: "I still have something to ask Prime Minister Yang."
Looking at Yan Qi's playful smile, Yang Ke knew that he wasn't holding anything back, so he asked with a guilty conscience: "Does Deputy Prime Minister Yan have anything else to do?"
Yan Qidao: "I took over the specific affairs of the Prince's Grand Sacrifice. Through investigation, I found that the prices of many buildings have increased several times, and the prices of the purchased raw materials are extremely high. For example, the sacrifices used in the sacrifices are all many times higher."
"Look, this is the list. The unreasonable price alone is half a million taels. Please take a look at it, Prime Minister Yang, and give me a reasonable explanation."
Yang Ke felt guilty and explained: "Vice Minister Yan, you don't know something. The emperor has very high requirements for the prince's grand ceremony, and everything needs to be purchased from the best. As a result, the price will be much higher, which is inevitable."
Yan Qi nodded: "That's it."
Yang Ke said: "Yes, Vice Minister Yan has no objection now, right? Okay, the meeting is over."
Yan Qiyi glared: "Wait a minute, I have something else to do."
Yang Ke was anxious: "What else do you want?"
Yan Qi
Said: "In the past, Prime Minister Yang was in charge of the Prince's Grand Sacrifice, but now I am in charge. I think Prime Minister Yang's expenses are too huge. You actually spent five hundred thousand taels on these sacrificial items and buildings. From my point of view, as long as One hundred thousand taels can be purchased completely."
"So, I now ask Prime Minister Yang to return all the purchased sacrificial items, and then take back 500,000 taels of silver and put them into the national treasury."
Yang Ke was anxious: "Yan Qi, what do you mean?"
Yan Qidao: "Do you still need to ask? The things you purchased are too expensive and I can't afford them. You return them all and I buy them again."
Yang Ke was furious.
Yan Qi is really good at what he does.
Yang Ke spent 500,000 yuan on purchasing sacrificial supplies.
In fact, one hundred thousand taels of silver is enough.
The 400,000 taels have already gone into Yang Ke's pocket.
Now, Yan Qi clearly wants Yang Ke to spit out the 400,000 taels of silver.
Who else could I be, not in a hurry?
That's four hundred thousand taels of silver.
Too much.
Yang Ke was extremely reluctant to give up and said to Yan Qi: "Vice Minister Yan, the emperor has very high requirements for the items for the prince's grand sacrifice. We would rather be more expensive than use good sacrificial items. We must not fake them this time."
Yan Qi waved his hand: "Don't worry, Prime Minister Yang. No matter how good it is, it won't cost five hundred thousand taels. One hundred thousand taels is enough. If something goes wrong, I will be responsible and have nothing to do with Prime Minister Yang."
"this……"
Yang Ke was furious: "Yan Qi, you are forcing someone to make things difficult for you. These sacrificial items have been bought back, how can there be any reason to return them? How can those suppliers be willing to return them? Doesn't this violate the business rules?"
Yan Qi sneered: "Prime Minister, you don't want to retreat?"
Yang Ke said: "It's not that I don't want to refund, but those suppliers won't refund. Yan Qi, judging from the truth, let's forget about it. The Prince's Festival will start in a few days. Don't do it at this critical moment. , extraneous branches arise, ruining the sacrificial ceremony."
Yan Qi stared at Yang Ke and launched his big move: "Since Prime Minister Yang feels embarrassed, I will handle this matter. The supplier won't return the goods? Haha, this is easy to handle."
"I will immediately invite all suppliers and hold an emergency meeting. They won't return the goods, right? I will ask them to list the prices of all the sacrificial items in order to verify the accounts. I want to take a look at these five hundred thousand taels of silver. What exactly was spent on it?”
As soon as this statement came out, Yang Ke was shocked.
