Jingle, five against six, there was a difficult fight, and once Maude's big knife almost slashed Longzi's body, causing him to retreat and shout, "Come on, stop this madman." ”

Needless to say, a group of soldiers in the distance had already rushed over and surrounded the five of Maude, looking like they couldn't escape.

Seeing that there were more and more soldiers surrounding him, Maude's face became more and more ugly. Knowing that if he continued like this, he would inevitably die here today, and after looking around at the ministers who had come to the banquet, he suddenly shouted, "What are you all doing?" Can't you see that Lonzy is rebelling? But knowing that it is also a felony not to report it, not to mention whether he has already given you any benefits, if you fail, what consequences have you ever thought about? ”

Maude's shout slammed down on the ministers like a thunderbolt. Yes, the rebellion of the national teachers has become a fact, but what are they? Which side is it?

Agree to rebel? They didn't do that? No one even promised them a word of benefit, and many ministers stood up and looked at the national teacher Longqi in unison, obviously wanting an explanation.

Of course, the ministers who can come here are not alone, and they usually bring two family guards with them. There are fifty or sixty courtiers here, and there are hundreds of guards around them, and most of them are good at following their masters. As soon as they stood up, the family members who had already heard the movement and came here to watch the excitement became nervous one by one, and even some of them had already reached out to touch their waists, looking fierce that they would strike at any time.

So many courtiers stood up, and instinctively Longqi got up and stepped back. Although it is true that this is his mansion and certain arrangements have been made, most of the soldiers are in charge of the periphery, and the security forces around him are not very sufficient. Except for the few people who were working with Maude, there were only two guards left.

Relying on these two people, he had to face the group attack of dozens of courtiers, and Long Qi didn't have such a big heart and such a good mentality.

Lonzi walked backwards, showing his inadequacy. The other ministers saw that there was an opportunity, and they stepped forward step by step, and those with straight tempers had already shouted, "Longqi, what are you going to do?" Is there really a rebellion? But don't know what benefits mercenaries give you? Can you tell us about it? ”

Obviously, everyone wants to hear what the national teacher will say and what kind of conditions will be offered, and then everyone can weigh the interests and make a judgment.

Faced with the questioning of the ministers, Long Qi had a bitter face, and his mouth opened and closed.

This time the ministers were gathered, but they didn't want them to disrupt the mercenaries' plans to enter the city and take control of the situation. As for the benefits or anything, there really isn't. Although he said that he would get five million taels of silver from the loyal and courageous prince afterwards, it was his own and he couldn't take it out and distribute it to everyone. Besides, five million taels of silver seems to be a lot, but if these people have to distribute them together, how many will be in their hands?

Spit out the fat to the mouth, which few people are willing to do. Naturally, Longzi won't, so he retreated and looked at the side door behind him, thinking if he could slip away from there, and then he would escape first, anyway, the mercenaries should be coming, just wait and wait, and the overall situation will be decided.

"Watch him, don't let him run." Someone saw the side door behind Longqi and shouted loudly, and then a few slightly younger officials ran towards the side door, cutting off Longqi's back road one by one.

Seeing that his thoughts were understood, Longzi secretly screamed badly. It's just that he's a little older and his speed is limited, and it's obviously too late to leave from there.

Just when everyone was about to surround Long Qi, ask for an explanation, or even openly ask for benefits, a person suddenly walked out of the side door. The Hanfu is not very tall, and the length is very ordinary, but the eyes are too bright, but after seeing it, it always gives people a very unforgettable feeling.

The person who came was none other than the lark who was the head of the third team of the foreign affairs team of the Security Bureau. He didn't want to come out, after all, the fewer people who knew his identity, the better. But I didn't expect that Maude with a mallet style would also have some scheming, and knew that he would use everyone's strength to put pressure on Longzi. Seeing that this national teacher was about to be in danger, he had to stand up. Otherwise, once Lonzi dies here, even if he didn't do it, it is inevitable that some people will have such thoughts, which is not a good thing for them to convince the ministers of other countries in the future.

For the sake of the future, for the sake of the overall situation, the lark took the initiative to stand up. As soon as he came out, he squinted at the ministers of the Lancang Kingdom who were standing in front of him.

Despite their squinted eyes, they still gave people a very dangerous feeling, like a poisonous snake lurking in the grass, as if it would rise and hurt people at any moment, and this feeling actually made these young courtiers involuntarily retreat backwards.

"What are you doing? Want what benefits? Tell me about it. "Now that he has come out, of course the lark has to take the right to speak. As he spoke, he found the nearest chair and brought it to his seat, and then played with a small seven-seven pistol in his hand.

Although the lark had undergone special training when he entered the Security Bureau, he was not arrogant enough to fight against a crowd, and there were dozens of them. The so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and he takes out the pistol for self-protection. Of course, it can also play a role in intimidating the other party.

"Who are you?" Seeing the lark appear here as if everyone was nothing, there was an aura of decisiveness in killing. These ministers couldn't understand him, so they asked hesitantly.

Originally thought that he was in danger, but he didn't expect the lark to take the initiative to come out, and while Long Qi was grateful, his expression also became proud, "Who are you asking him?" Don't be frightened after knowing it, he is the envoy sent by the Daming Zhonggong Gong. ”

"Envoy?" Listening to Long Qi's introduction, all the ministers, you look at me, I look at you, and then everyone has a clear look on their faces, it seems that the national teacher has really hooked up with the mercenaries.

It was just a guess just now, but now it can be confirmed, which is not surprising to everyone. Now everyone is more concerned about what kind of power this envoy has, and whether it can bring them benefits?

So soon the ministers fell silent, and then one of them asked in a loud voice, "It turned out to be Mr. Special Envoy, but I don't know what kind of benefits you gave to the national teacher to make him so loyal and courageous?" ”

This was originally a temptation, and even if the lark did not answer them next, these people would not be able to say anything. Just to stall for time, the lark decided to answer the question anyway. "Do you want to know that? Okay, then the envoy will tell you that the loyal and courageous prince gave the national teacher five million taels of silver, I don't know if these are enough? ”

"What? Five million taels! ”

"There are so many, if I were a national teacher, I'm afraid I wouldn't refuse."

"Yes, yes, if you give it to me, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend all this money in a lifetime, it must be enough."

Listening to the lark's answer, the ministers immediately boiled, and even some courtiers completely disregarded their image and expressed their envy of the national teacher without reserve. Some even said that enough was enough, and then they wished that they were the ones who were favored by the envoys.

The crowd was gossiping, and this was delayed for a while. Finally, a slightly older, respected minister coughed lightly, "What are you doing?" Have you forgotten who you are? Yes! ”

This reprimand immediately made the faces of many courtiers hot, but such embarrassment only flashed in an instant. interests of the present, who of them will retreat.

Unexpectedly, the elder who scolded them just now suddenly changed his voice at this moment, "Mr. Special Envoy, in fact, we can also help mercenaries, but I don't know what kind of benefits it can give us?" ”

"Poof!" Hearing this, the lark almost squirted out the tea he had just drunk in his mouth. I've really seen shamelessness, but I've never seen such shamelessness.

It can also be seen from this point that it seems that the courtiers of the Lancang Kingdom are not treated well. In fact, not only the Lancang Kingdom, but also the Jiaozhi Kingdom, and even the treatment of the Ming courtiers was not very good.

Especially Da Ming. From the time of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the treatment and salary of courtiers were not high. As a result, a large number of corrupt officials appeared in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, so that they could not be killed at that time. There was a very strange thing, that is, the number of people who were admitted that year reached 364, but the number of corrupt officials who were convicted the following year also reached 364. In other words, all the people in the previous year were greedy after becoming officials.

This is not to say that the people's hearts are insufficient, but it is because the salary is too low, so low that all the officials can't support themselves and their subordinates, although they know the possible consequences after greedy ink, they still have to do so. As a result, there were not enough officials in the early Ming Dynasty. All this was changed later in the hands of several other Ming emperors. But even so, it is only enough to live, and if you don't have foreign wealth, if you want to make a fortune from your official income, you can never count on it.

In comparison, Yang Chendong is much more generous. The annual salary he gave to officials was not to mention supporting their families, even if they lived a prosperous life, there was no problem. Of course, the anti-corruption section is also very strict. Even though they have given you such good treatment and given you so much power, but you still want more, then I'm sorry, I can only take down a greedy person like you and replace it again.