Updated: 2013-12-28

On the other hand, Zhao Ji was a little irritable, it turned out that since he heard about the change in Juyong Pass, he thought that the army in the pass was unstable, if the Liao people took the opportunity to attack, there would be a catastrophe, and he secretly hated Tong Guan, and blamed Liu Yanqing for not being vigorous enough, and he should have eradicated the old thief as soon as possible. Zhao Ji is sentimental by nature, but he is self-righteous and self-serving, and his thinking is not practical enough, so he blames Liu Yanqing for saying that he has no way of understanding the situation at that time, but he has already made up his mind.

Suddenly, the palace exclaimed and screamed with joy. Zhao Ji couldn't help frowning, and was about to shout why he was so noisy, at this moment, a eunuch hurriedly came, knelt on the ground, and his white face, which was neither male nor female, was full of ecstasy, and shouted in his throat: "Your Majesty~~!" Exultation~~! Great joy ~~~!! ”

"Presumptuous!! Now my army is majestic, if it is broken by the Liao, it is far away to recapture Yanyun, how happy is it!? Dog minion, if it weren't for the sake of your many years of service to me, and spare your dog's life, if you dare to talk nonsense, I would cut off your dog's head!! Zhao Ji was already unhappy in his heart, but now he heard the cheers and shouts in the palace, and the eunuch reported it, and he was even more annoyed.

When the eunuch heard this, his white face turned blue with fright, and he begged for mercy and confession. Zhao Ji snorted coldly and told him to retreat. Xu Yan, another eunuch arrived, saw Zhao You's angry face, quickly restrained his joy, did not dare to be presumptuous, and urgently reported that the Chinese martial arts had been waiting in the Xuanhe Hall for a long time.

When Zhao Ji heard this, his face sank, and he was in a very bad mood, but he didn't want to see him, and he wanted to teach people to drink and order the officials to retreat. Suddenly, Zhao Ji heard someone whispering in the southeast corner of the Yuhua Garden. Zhao Ji's thin eyes, which were originally slightly dim, were stared at in an instant, and they were instantly bright and gorgeous, and his pale face was even more ruddy.

"Quick!! Hurry up and announce it to the ministers, and say that I will come immediately and discuss state affairs with the ministers!! Zhao Ji was overjoyed and hissed. The eunuch listened, hurriedly 'chirped', and hurried away.

Half an hour later, in the Xuanhe Palace, the ministers were discussing, and most of them were excited, all discussing the Yanjing war. There was only one person, with a serious face and a blazing gaze, looking straight at the high hall of the hall. After a while, I only heard someone announce that His Majesty had arrived. The ministers hurriedly shut up one after another, restrained their expressions, and the hall became silent in an instant.

When he was young, I saw Zhao Ji wearing a bright nine-dragon yellow robe, wearing a beaded curtain crown, it can be seen that he took great pains and dressed carefully, although the conspicuous yellow robe was full of luxury, but on his thin figure, it always looked out of place. Even so, this lewd and ordinary man is indeed the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Ministers knock to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live~!!" The ministers in the hall saluted in unison, which can be said to be in good spirits on happy occasions, and the sound was much louder than before. Zhao Ji laughed and shouted urgently. The ministers all rose up, and they all wanted to be the first to report and win the joy of the dragon's face.

For a while, the ministers in the palace were gossiping and reporting one after another, quite flustered. Shicai's stern-looking minister, although he was a civil official, was extremely athletic, and even had a pair of terrifying eyes, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Above the court, you are so noisy, what is the difference between you and the street vendors!?" ”

As soon as this person's voice came out, most of the ministers were afraid, and some of them snorted coldly, but they didn't collide with him.

Zhao Ji was in a good mood, but he didn't care about it, and said with a smile: "All of you are a little restless. Where is the soldier!? ”

As soon as Zhao Ji's words fell, a veteran wearing a red tiger robe and a head-swallowing beast armor took a step forward and said, "Return to Your Majesty, I am waiting outside the hall!" ”

Zhao Ji was overjoyed and hurriedly shouted the word 'Xuan', and the eunuchs under the hall immediately shouted in unison. Suddenly, a soldier strode and came to the middle of the temple to bow down. Zhao Ji was very anxious, and opened his mouth to ask: "Where is the paperwork!?" ”

The general was obedient, hurriedly took out the personal paperwork, handed it over with both hands, a eunuch had been waiting for a long time, and hurriedly came to pick it up and handed it to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji couldn't wait, opened the paperwork and read it alone. After seeing it, he laughed endlessly, applauded continuously, and ordered a eunuch to read it to everyone.

His Royal Highness's ministers were suddenly shocked and listened carefully. When the ministers heard Tong Guan's rebellion, they all changed color, and even the minister with a serious expression was shocked, but he quickly stabilized again, and his eyes were full of light, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Some even lost their voices and exclaimed. And when the eunuch said that Tong Guan was killed, there were even more people who said that they were desperate, and the loudest voice was the red-robed veteran.

After the eunuch finished reading, some discerning officials hurriedly rushed to congratulate, and the hall became extremely noisy.

"Hahahaha~~!! This is truly a grand event that I have never had since I ascended the throne!! This is a strong man, who rushed to report day and night, and it must be extremely hard! Reward, when there is a heavy reward, come to someone, take a thousand taels of gold!! ”

Zhao Ji was overjoyed, and for a moment of pride, he actually started his profligate vice again. As soon as Zhao Ji said this, the minister with a serious face hurriedly rushed out, and shouted in a condensed voice: "Your Majesty, slow down!" Now that the treasury is empty, the consumption of 200,000 troops on the front line is already terrible, natural disasters in all parts of the world**, the people are miserable, how can they be wantonly swayed!? This thousand taels of gold is enough for the victims of a state and county, please think twice!! ”

It turned out that this minister was the world-famous upright, honest and loyal Li Gang.

"Lee! Class!! You are presumptuous~~!! But he said that Zhao Ji was in a good mood, but he was so confronted by Li Gang that he was so angry that Long Yan was furious and scolded angrily. When the red-robed veteran saw it, he hurriedly persuaded him, but he didn't say a few words, but he was also scolded by Zhao Ji: "Zong Ze, don't you think that I am a profligate and ignorant of the lives of the people!" ”

It turned out that the red-robed veteran was Zong Ze. Zong Ze frowned, and was about to reply. At this time, Cai Jing suddenly walked out and said in a condensed voice: "Your Majesty is angry." Li Shangshu has always been worried about the country and the people, and he is loyal to the country, and he is straightforward and quick to speak, so why should His Majesty care. What's more, as far as Lao Chen knows, for example, the people in various places are indeed gathering more and more, and the north is experiencing a drought, all of them are unable to cultivate, and they have gone south, and every time they pass through a city and a county, it is like a plague of locusts, if it is not stopped, it may cause a catastrophe sooner or later. ”

When Zhao Ji heard this, his face became darker and darker, and he was not very happy, and he was about to drink. At this time, Cai Jing suddenly changed his words and said: "But the so-called Jun has no jokes, Yanjing recaptured, destroyed the Great Liao, and shook the prestige of our country, which is really a grand event in the past hundred years of my Great Song Dynasty. Your Majesty's heart is pleased with the reward, and it is also reasonable. But Li Shangshu said that the treasury is empty, and the old minister has been an official for many years, and he often thinks that Longen is vast, but he serves His Majesty, which is the luck of the old minister's three lives, and most of the income is saved except for the usual expenses, about thousands of taels of gold. Now that the country is in trouble, it is incumbent on the old minister to take out all of them for the country!! ”

As soon as Cai Jing's words came out, several officials and ministers among the ministers immediately rushed out, and they all responded to the peace, and they were all willing to donate to the state.

"The prime minister has worked hard all his life to serve the country and the people, and now he is so generous and righteous, donating to the country, it is really the flesh and blood of the country!!" Seeing this, Zhao Ji sighed and sighed. As soon as these words came out, the ministers all changed color and donated one after another. Of course, these courtiers naturally don't have the same way to accumulate wealth as Cai Jing, and those thousands of taels of gold are just scratches of the surface for Cai Jing. But after all, Cai Jing took the lead, but the silver taels donated by everyone did not dare to be too small, all of them were more than 1,000 taels of gold. Li Gang saw that these traitorous ministers were prone to thousands of taels of gold, and wondered how much people's fat and ointment these people had collected, but he was extremely angry in his heart and was unmoved.

Liang Sicheng and several old ministers behind him looked at each other, all with angry faces.

"Okay, you old fox, let's all bleed with you, but you received most of the credit, it's really hateful!!"

Just as Liang Sicheng was in a flash, Zhao Ji's eyes suddenly turned over. Liang Sicheng hurriedly laughed flatteringly, and hurriedly reported that he was also willing to donate 5,000 taels of gold, nearly twice as much as Cai Jing, and seemed to want to suppress him. Cai Jing listened, but smiled coldly and disdainfully. The old ministers behind Liang Sicheng also opened their mouths one after another, and they all donated thousands of taels of gold.

Don't say that the Great Song Dynasty is poor, just these dozens of officials have donated nearly tens of thousands of taels of gold. Zhao Ji was overjoyed, and seeing that Li Gang hadn't spoken for a long time, he couldn't help but look pale, and asked coldly: "Li Shangshu is still full of truth, how can he be so quiet now, if you are in a tight pocket, but you can say it directly!" ”

Li Gang's face was shocked, he stepped forward to attend, and said with emotion: "Xiaguan will not stand idly by, he is willing to sell everything he has and donate it to the country!" ”

"Oh? I don't know how much I won? Hearing this, Zhao Ji's face changed slightly, and he asked in a groan.

"In addition to the wife and children at home, there is also this official robe, and the rest are all sold, and there should be a hundred taels of silver!" Li Gang's face was solemn, and his words were sonorous and powerful, but as soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly burst into laughter. Zhao Ji was startled at first, and then laughed too. Li Gang listened to the ridicule in the hall, did not change color, and suddenly asked Liang Sicheng: "Lord Liang, I don't know how much you have a year?" “

Li Gang has always been against Liang Sicheng, Liang Sicheng saw that Li Gang had lost face now, and he also laughed happily, so he didn't want to think about it now, so he replied casually: "Li Shangshu's words are redundant, and the rewards of all the officials in the court and the central government are not all supervised and distributed by you, how can you not know?" ”

"Hmph. Then I'm weird. Lord Liang has been an official in the court for decades, and in the previous fifteen years, he was only a five-grade official, even if he did not spend anything, the income was probably hundreds of taels of silver. Later, although Lord Liang was repeatedly promoted, according to my calculations, Mo Yue was only a thousand taels of silver. But now you are so generous, donating a full 5,000 taels of gold, which is nearly a hundred times different from what you receive, where does this come from, can Lord Liang elaborate!? ”

Li Gang snorted coldly, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and he stared straight at Liang Sicheng. Liang Sicheng's face changed continuously, and the secret way was not good, but he was speechless when asked for a while, and hurriedly glanced at Cai Jing in front of him for help. Who knew that Cai Jing completely pretended to turn a blind eye, so angry that Liang Sicheng gritted his teeth.

"Hmph, I'm afraid that this extra is the people's fat and people's ointment, the flesh and blood of the people, Lord Liang's conscience is troubled, it's really hard to speak!!" Li Gang was aggressive, took another step forward, and was full of heroic energy, which shocked Liang Sicheng's heart and regretted it!