Everyone wants to do something beneficial, but this kind of initiative will become a pigtail in the hands of others, so naturally no one is willing to do it.
Not everyone is willing to be a loyal minister without expecting anything in return.
Qian Qianyi has been an official for many years and naturally understands this truth, so he is unwilling to get involved in things like Shanhaiguan, which are very easy to be settled.
"In addition to Shanhaiguan, do the Qing Dynasty have other requirements?" asked the great eunuch Yang Guorui.
Qian Qianyi replied: "At first, they said they wanted all the land on the nine sides. After being rejected by Xiaguan, they retreated to Shanhaiguan. However, in Xiaguan's opinion, their goal should be Shanhaiguan."
"Then do you think you should agree to their conditions?" Grand Eunuch Yang Guorui asked.
Old fox!
Qian Qianyi cursed in his heart, but said very humbly: "How can a subordinate dare to make the decision privately on such a big matter, especially if such an important place as Shanhaiguan is to be given away? No matter how courageous the subordinate is, he would not dare to agree!"
"You can agree to him directly next time we meet." said the eunuch Yang Guorui.
Qian Qianyi was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile: "Don't you need to discuss with the other auxiliary ministers before making a decision? Isn't it inappropriate for me to agree just like this?"
"There is nothing inappropriate. You are the chief minister of the cabinet and you have this right. As for the other auxiliary ministers, it is up to our family to decide. I believe they will still give it to our family for this face." The eunuch Yang Guorui spoke very calmly. Just like talking about a common little thing.
However, after Qian Qianyi heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
The other party completely wanted to treat him as a yes-man and a bastard, and did not regard him as an auxiliary minister at all.
"What? You can't do something as simple as sending a message?" The eunuch Yang Guorui noticed the change in Qian Qianyi's expression, but did not take it seriously.
From the beginning, he promoted Qian Qianyi to the position of assistant minister just to find an obedient dog, but it did not mean that the dog could be on an equal footing with its owner.
"I think it's better to discuss with the other auxiliary ministers first before deciding whether to agree to the Qing's request." Qian Qianyi said in a soft voice.
After finally climbing to his current position, what he wanted to do was to be in charge of the court, Zhang Juzheng, instead of being a dog for a eunuch, and his literati character did not allow him to do this.
The great eunuch Yang Guorui frowned slightly.
I didn't expect Qian Qianyi's reaction to be so intense, thinking that I might be a little too anxious.
Then he softened his tone and said: "Our family is too anxious. We always want to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible so that we can deal with the tiger thieves earlier. We almost forgot that Mr. Qian Ge is already the assistant minister. In this way Well, tomorrow we will invite several other auxiliary ministers to the palace to discuss the alliance with the Qing Dynasty."
"I will listen to my father-in-law's arrangements." Qian Qianyi saw Yang Guorui take a step back, so he also took advantage of the situation and walked down the steps.
The great eunuch Yang Guorui showed a smile on his face and said: "That's it for today. Little Li, you can send Mr. Qian Ge out of the palace."
The little eunuch named Xiao Lizi came to Qian Qianyi in two steps.
Qian Qianyi stood up, cupped his hands towards Yang Guorui, and said, "I will resign first."
The great eunuch Yang Guorui smiled and nodded.
Eunuch Xiao Lizi took Qian Qianyi and left the room.
Snapped!
The gaiwan in the hand of the great eunuch Yang Guorui was hit hard on the door of the room.
"They are all immature wolf cubs. You can become an assistant minister in the court without our family!" The face of the great eunuch Yang Guorui became distorted with anger.
The ravine lines on his face crawled all over his face like twisted insects.
Qian Qianyi also knew that he had offended the guarding eunuch this time, but he understood that as long as he did not want to become the other party's tool, sooner or later he would be like this.
If he had not announced in the court that he would go north to rescue the Supreme Emperor, he would have wanted to imitate the other three auxiliary ministers who were born as lords and devoted themselves to guarding half of the Ming Dynasty to welcome the Supreme Emperor.
With the little eunuch Xiao Lizi leading him, Qian Qianyi left the palace smoothly.
When he returned to the palace again, it was already the second day.
As the chief assistant, when he was still on duty at Wenyuan Pavilion, he was taken to the main hall by this young eunuch named Xiao Lizi.
There were several Han generals on duty standing outside the main hall door.
Eunuch Xiao Lizi brought Qian Qianyi into the main hall and then retreated.
At this time, there were five seats placed in the hall, four of which were occupied, but the last seat was empty.
"Wei Guogong, Ding Guogong, Cheng Guogong, Yang Eunuch." Qian Qianyi greeted several people with his hands in hand.
However, the auxiliary ministers whom he greeted sat firmly on their seats without moving, not even bothering to show off their superficial politeness.
Qian Qianyi frowned subconsciously.
"Come and sit, this will be your seat from now on." Grand Eunuch Yang Gonggong greeted Qian Qianyi and raised his right hand to point to the empty seat at the end.
Qian Qianyi nodded in response, walked to the only empty seat and sat down.
"Everyone is here. Eunuch Yang can say that he has brought everyone here this time!" As soon as the people sat down, Wei Guogong asked the eunuch Yang Guorui.
"Yes! Everyone is busy. If there is a time, why don't you tell me earlier so that you don't have to wait for someone else? When will you go?" As he said that, Cheng Guogong glanced at Qian Qianyi.
He was not convinced that Qian Qianyi became the assistant minister.
He became the assistant minister because he escorted the young emperor to Nandu safely and had the merit of following the dragon. Qian Qianyi, for example, got a blood edict from nowhere and became the assistant minister. The minister, in his opinion, was completely opportunistic and did not deserve to sit with him at all.
However, Qian Qianyi directly chose to ignore Cheng Guogong's strange aura.
The other party looked down upon him, and he also looked down upon these martial arts achievements.
In his eyes, these martial arts are all the moths of Ming Dynasty. They are of no use except lying on Ming Dynasty to suck blood. Without these people, Ming Dynasty might be better.
Ahem!
The great eunuch Yang Guorui coughed, attracting everyone's attention to himself.
Then, he said: "We are called here this time because there is something that requires the consent of all the auxiliary ministers."
As he spoke, he looked at the other auxiliary ministers.
"Everyone is here. If you have anything to say, just say it directly. As for whether to agree, we can discuss it together." Wei Guogong urged.
The remaining people also looked at Yang Guorui.
The great eunuch Yang Guorui said: "I wonder if everyone knows about the Qing envoy coming to Nandu?"
