The Minister of Household Affairs on the side also had a pale face and gritted his teeth: "What a father and son of the Qin family! The son takes advantage of his lack of official status and being a junior to come out to provoke others. When everyone is fooled, Qin Tianhu will come out and scold him. I am in the middle of the court. I have been working for more than ten years, but I didn’t expect to fall into this shameless market trick today!”
All the officials have woken up and want to eat Qin Feng alive on the spot.
Although Emperor Liang opened his mouth and said that there are no taboos today, as an official, he should reflect on himself. Nowadays, high-ranking officials in the court are participating in gambling, not to mention that it is humiliating and unbecoming of an official. Emperor Liang must have written down today's events in a small book. When the matter is settled in the future, none of today's officials will be able to escape.
Everyone looked at Emperor Liang one after another, feeling chills running down their backs. Emperor Liang, who had been smiling just now, now looked extremely gloomy.
Others may not have noticed Qin Feng's little moves, but how could Emperor Liang ignore them? From the moment Qin Feng waved his finger to Qin Tianhu, Emperor Liang had already realized that Qin Feng was preparing to do something big. Emperor Liang planned to use his plan, but he wanted to see who among the high officials in the court cared about the rise and fall of the country.
The result was that Emperor Liang was greatly disappointed.
Although Emperor Liang's tone was still relaxed and he did not mean to blame at all, his face and eyes made the officials present shudder: "Master Qin, I have already said that today is a special case and there are no taboos. You can just place a bet for Qin Feng. I will not It’s your fault.”
Qin Tianhu fell to his knees with a plop, wishing he could burst into tears: "I have been an official for more than twenty years. I dare not disobey the holy will even if I die. But today, even if I die, I will never participate in gambling. As an official, The minimum bottom line. Today's special case may be no taboo for other ministers, but for me, I dare not relax at all."
Emperor Liang snorted coldly, his face full of displeasure: "Since Mr. Qin is unwilling to follow my will, I will not force you to do so. Just step aside!"
If this had been said in the past, everyone would have thought that Qin Tianhu had fallen out of favor and was just about to be relegated to the cold palace by the saint. But it's different today. Emperor Liang's words were clearly derogatory and implicitly complimentary!
Emperor Liang's eyes swept over the other officials one by one, especially the officials from the Hubu faction who stayed the longest: "My lords, there is no need to disturb Yaxing because of some people. Today's gambling is witnessed by me, and it still counts. Some of them will count. As a first-class official, his annual salary is hundreds of thousands of taels, but I don’t know where the money goes, and I can’t even get out a mere 1,800 taels of silver!”
"My lords, you know how to save money and make money. On this special day, you spent tens of thousands of taels of silver without even frowning. I must be extremely frugal on weekdays. Tomorrow morning, you will tell me how to save money." How frugal they all are, so some officials can learn from them."
Not to mention those second and third grade officials, even the Minister of Hubu and Ning Qingquan were sweating profusely and felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.
All the officials who participated in the gambling were eager to swarm Qin Feng and skin him.
At this juncture, Qin Feng jumped out again, adding fuel to the fire and making all the officials itchy with hatred.
Qin Feng looked heartless and pretended to be generous: "Beidi is at the gate and the treasury is empty. It is the time to use money. If I win today, I will spend half of my gambling money to fill the treasury. I must be equipped with half a gun." The army and horses are more than enough. If we gamble a few more times, won’t the border troops be armed to the teeth?”
As soon as these words came out, the gambling officials almost lost their temper.
Emperor Liang was smiling all over his face, but it made all the officials tremble: "The Qin family has a serious intention. Knowing that the national treasury is now empty, he thought of using this method to raise military expenses. If it weren't for today's comparison, I would not have known that a small circle in Kyoto There is so much wealth hidden inside."
"Today's special case? Hahaha, in order to repel Beidi and for the sake of Daliang, why don't I give a direct order that gambling will be legal in the future? What do you think, ministers?"
As if being electrocuted, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance hurriedly walked out of his seat, knelt down with a thud, and shouted hoarsely: "Sage, no, if the beam is lifted high and you indulge in gambling, it will only deplete the country's strength."
Although Ning Qingquan was reckless, he also knew the stakes of today. He also knelt on the ground and started to cry hypocritically: "For the sake of Daliang and the common people, please ask the saint to take back his holy life."
With the Minister of Hubu and Marquis Yong'an taking the lead, the officials on site knelt down and kowtowed like garlic.
"Please ask the saint to take back the holy decree."
Emperor Liang's eyes were calm. Although he could clearly see the thoughts of the officials in the court today, as the saying goes, the law does not blame everyone, he glanced at Qin Feng and found that Qin Feng was standing aside, his cheeks were flushed, and he seemed to be holding back his laughter. Uncomfortable.
Feeling Emperor Liang's eyes, Qin Feng immediately borrowed the donkey from the slope, not afraid of offending anyone, and shouted loudly: "How come you have no money for sending troops to attack Beidi, but you have money for gambling? It's really weird. I think the saint's plan is good. , after all, it is a helpless move to guard the border of Daliang."
Qin Feng ignored the murderous looks of the officials around him and spread his hands: "Who made us Daliang have no money?"
Originally, the peace faction relied on the excuse of "empty treasury" and tried their best to stop the war. Who would have thought that today's farce would actually contain such sinister murderous intentions.
Even the wily Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance did not expect that Qin Feng would take the wrong side of the sword and take this opportunity to severely attack the Zhuhe faction.
Now it is too late to hate. The Minister of Hubu could only gnash his teeth and pretend to be sad: "It is worse than this. All the officials jointly raise military expenditures to prepare for the attack on Beidi. Everyone contributes."
As soon as this statement came out, all the officials agreed, and for a while the entire Prince Ji's palace reverberated with impassioned declarations.
"For the sake of Daliang and the saint, we should donate our money to help!"
"That's right. We are all protected by the Holy Grace, and we are what we are today. Now that the Beidi barbarians are blocking the border, we should naturally work together!"
Only Prince Ji could still sit still at the scene. He looked at the civil and military officials of the court who were kneeling together, and at Qin Feng who was not far away with a smirk on his face. He couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This brat is really unexpected. It's troublesome. The long-standing war between the saints was actually solved by this guy in a rolling manner."
"With this son in the Qin family, why worry about not being prosperous?!"
Emperor Liang's eyes were full of contempt, but when his eyes shifted to Qin Feng, his eyes changed completely and he became extremely favored.
Li Zhan was good at observing words and emotions, and knew the saint's thoughts well. He quickly echoed: "The father and son of the Qin family are all in the same spirit as the saint. Although Qin Tianhu is loyal, he is too upright. Now he has a smooth boy like Qin Feng to complement him. , will definitely be able to solve the saint’s worries and problems, congratulations to the saint, congratulations to the saint.”
Emperor Liang glanced at Li Zhan and snorted: "Old man, you talk too much!"
Li Zhan trembled in fright and quickly lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.
Some things can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.
