"What Aiqing said is very true. It fits my heart. Danyang is the place where I dive into the dragon and rise from the abyss. There should be a palace for me to commemorate my literary and martial arts and great achievements for thousands of years. It is also convenient for me to comfort me when I am in the south of the Yangtze River." People in the south of the Yangtze River use it!"
Hearing Emperor Sui Yang's joyful words from the heart, Yu Wenshu, Lai Hu'er and other military officers wanted to strangle Chen Sangliang to death, and they all asked Chen Yingliang in their hearts, what are you doing here? Did he come to ask for military pay for the soldiers, or did he come to flatter the emperor to encourage the emperor to rebuild the palace? Most of the civil and military systems laughed dumbfounded, everyone said yes, good encouragement, His Majesty originally wanted to reduce your rewards to build a dragon boat repair water palace, the harder you Chen Yingliang urged, the more those Qiu Bayue wanted to skin you!
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Before the matter was over, the situation was already extremely dangerous, and Chen Sangliang even said: "I secretly thought that the officials of the Great Sui Dynasty, and all the people in the world, thought the same way—colleagues, Don't you think so?"
Because they couldn't understand Chen Sangliang's flattering face, and because they were dissatisfied with stealing their own flattery, almost no civil and military officials wanted to go along with it. Let's go along with it, knowing that Chen Sangliang is Xiao Yu, who is looking for death on his own. By the way, a palace should be built for His Majesty in Danyang!"
"Then it's settled!" Emperor Sui Yang was on his head, and ordered casually: "The decree is issued, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will immediately pull out money and food, order the counties in the south of the Yangtze River to send 100,000 troops, and immediately build a palace for me in Danyang. The palace regulation must be as big as Jinyang Palace! No, it must be bigger than Jinyang Palace!"
The lively scene just now suddenly quieted down. This time, the legs of Pei Ju, Su Wei and other civil servants trembled slightly, and Wei Anshi, the Minister of Civil Affairs who was in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs on behalf of Fan Zigai, trembled even more. He gave Chen Yingliang a quiet and fierce look , Wei Anshi came out tremblingly, and played to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty: "Your Majesty, forgive me, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been unable to draw out money and food."
"You can't get enough money and food?" Emperor Sui Yang's expression changed.
"It is true that there is no more money and food." Wei Anshi's words brought a crying sound, and he said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty, most of the money and food in the treasury have been used to rebuild the Dragon Boat Palace. Apart from the official salaries and daily expenses, it will also be used to pay for the geese. The rewards for the military merits of the Clan War are already beyond their means, and no matter what, they are not enough to build the Danyang Palace."
Emperor Sui Yang's face became even more ugly, and he suddenly asked: "Then can we cut some more expenses and free up money and grain to build Danyang Palace?"
Wei Anshi bowed his head in mourning and didn't dare to answer, but Chen Yingliang asked suddenly, "Wei Shilang, please forgive me for asking, if the treasury money doesn't have to be used to pay military rewards, can it be enough to build the Danyang Palace?"
At the sound, the crowd of all the officials was already in an uproar. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty turned his head to look at Chen Yingliang in surprise. He couldn't believe that Chen Sangliang could be so loyal to him. My heart said you dare to seek death like this? Uncle Xiao Guo squinted his eyes in joy, but Yu Wenshu, Lai Huer and others who had already collapsed before calmed down again. While commenting on Chen Sangliang in amazement, a military term suddenly came to mind - set Live from death!
Under the eyes of everyone, Chen Sangliang asked Wei Anshi with a sincere expression: "Wei Shilang, if you don't count the expenditure of military rewards, can the remaining money and food in the treasury be enough for Your Majesty to build the Danyang Palace?"
"You are looking for death yourself, don't blame me." Wei Anshi also felt ruthless in his heart. After quick calculation for a moment, Wei Anshi shook his head and said, "It's still not enough. This year's expenditure is too big, except for the necessary money and food for the construction of the Dragon Boat Water Palace. , and then remove the official salaries and daily expenses, all the remaining money and food will be used to build the Danyang Palace, which is only 60 to 70% at most."
After all, Wei Anshi hurriedly added: "If we save a little more, the remaining money and food in the national treasury may barely be enough to build the Danyang Palace."
"Wei Shilang, then it's best not to move the remaining money and food, and leave it to His Majesty to reward officials and buy ceremonial guards, so that His Majesty and all colleagues can have a good year."
Chen Yingliang's caring and thoughtful words made everyone's eyes widen. Then Chen Yingliang became even more astonishing, and asked Wei Anshi: "Wei Shilang, if you follow the military rewards that His Majesty promised to all the soldiers before the Yanmen battle, plus building How much food does the Danyang Palace need in total? Don’t worry, I won’t let you pay the money and food, I have a way to get the money and food for you.”
"Do you have a way to get this money for me?"
Wei Anshi and Emperor Sui Yang were tongue-tied again, and the officials were in an uproar again. Yu Wenshu, Lai Huer and others who knew the inside story suddenly realized that after exchanging a relieved look, Yu Wenshu, Lai Huer and others inevitably had another Some worried, all secretly said: "This kid is too ruthless, will it backfire? However, if this is done, the Li family will have to be skinned even if they don't die."
"Chen Xiongqu, can you really get this money? Where did you get it?" Da Xiao Guoshu was so shocked that he didn't dare to take the opportunity to attack Chen Sangliang, but carefully reminded: "There is no joke before the emperor drives."
"Of course, before the emperor drives, how can you allow jokes?" Chen Sangliang said with a serious expression, "Don't worry, Doctor Xiao, since this junior dares to say this in front of His Majesty, he dares to take the responsibility! "
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Uncle Xiao Guo were tongue-tied, too surprised to speak, but Wei Anshi calmed down again. Seeing that Chen Sangliang had already spoken to this point, Wei Anshi was even more unwilling to be polite. After a moment of quick calculation, Wei Anshi said: "Chen Xiongqu, if you are not joking, then as long as you can get one million guan and 400,000 pieces of silk, it is enough to pay for military rewards and build the Danyang Palace. Or, 1.3 million guan And 300,000 bolts of silk are fine."
The ball was kicked back in front of Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang didn't panic, but asked Wei Anshi again: "Wei Shilang, I don't know if you have read overseas books. Do you know that there is a money and food system in overseas, called crime money?"
"Argument money?" Wei Anshi was dumbfounded, and shook his head blankly and said, "Chen Xiongqu laughed at me. I have never read overseas books, never heard of arraignment money, and I don't know what this arraignment money is."
Relying on the fact that Wei Anshi's immediate superior is his strong backer, Chen Yingliang was not polite at all, put on airs and pointed out: "Wei Shilang, the punishment for crimes is a punishment for officials who commit crimes. In addition to treason, corruption and bribery, you can hand over money and food to replace the crime according to the severity of the crime committed, in exchange for varying degrees of immunity. For example, if an official commits a crime, he should be exiled for three thousand miles. After paying a thousand guan, he can be exiled for two thousand miles. , In other words, if an official commits a crime, he should be imprisoned for three years, and after paying 3,000 guan, he can exchange for three years of probation and spend three years outside prison."
"Wei Shilang, you may not believe me when I tell you." Chen Yingliang said mysteriously: "Hongli, the overseas monarch who created the crime money system, built more than 60 palaces during his reign, and held banquets for the elderly twice. Inviting ten thousand people over the age of 80 to a banquet in the capital does not cost the treasury a single piece of silk."
What Chen Yingliang said was mysterious, and Wei Anshi and all civil and military officials were speechless. Sui Yang Emperor, who was as happy as a certain dwarf, listened with great interest and asked, "Chen Aiqing, where are you in the system of discussing crimes and money?" Seen it in this overseas book? I can be regarded as a well-read book, why have I never heard of it?"
"Forgive me, Your Majesty, I have already forgotten which book it is." Chen Sangliang hurriedly pleaded guilty, explaining: "When my family was not in the middle of nowhere, I accidentally saw this system in an overseas book. I remembered it because I found it interesting, but later Weichen’s family fell into decline, and that book disappeared.”
After the explanation, Chen Yingliang, who became a whore and set up the memorial archway, hurriedly said to Emperor Sui Yang: "Your Majesty is wise, although the system of crime money comes in quickly and can make up for the national treasury in large quantities, it has many disadvantages. It must not be implemented for real, at most it can only be used occasionally to relieve urgent needs.”
"Hehe." Emperor Sui Yang laughed, and said with a smile: "Chen Aiqing, while you promised Wei Aiqing to obtain military rewards and money for the construction of the Danyang Palace for the national treasury, you also advised me not to carry out this crime money. The worst thing is to do it occasionally. Use it, use it occasionally, who can give me millions of coins and hundreds of thousands of silk at once? In this world, who can give me so much money at once...?"
Before the words were finished, Emperor Sui Yang was stunned for a while, because Emperor Sui Yang suddenly remembered that among the officials who are now on trial, there is indeed one person who may be able to pay so much money and food!
"not good!"
Uncle Xiao Guo also came to his senses, and when he realized that something was wrong, he was just about to speak, but Chen Yingliang, who moved faster, already knelt down to Emperor Sui Yang, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the afternoon before yesterday, you asked my minister to consider whether to Pleading for Tang Guogong, now I have thought about it, I am bold, I want to plead for Tang Guogong, I implore His Majesty to spare his life, allow him to redeem his sins with money, and put out one million pennies and 400,000 pieces of silk. Hand it over to the national treasury to make up for the shortage of money and food in the national treasury, and use it to reward the soldiers who have done meritorious service in the Yanmen War and build the Danyang Palace, as a small punishment!"
The whole audience was silent, while Emperor Sui Yang was thinking about it, while Pei Ju, Pei Yun, Pei Hongce and other backers of Chen Sangliang changed their faces drastically, Uncle Xiao Guo also turned pale as paper, and Xiao Yu immediately pointed at Chen Yingliang shouted loudly: "Chen Yingliang, you are buying people's hearts! You are going to use Tang Guogong's money to buy the soldiers' hearts, what are you trying to do?!"
"Doctor Xiao, what kind of people did I buy?" Chen Yingliang asked calmly: "Did I ask Tang Guogong to hand over the money and food to me, and let me distribute it to the soldiers to buy people's hearts? I asked Tang Guogong to hand over the money and food to the treasury." , The national treasury will issue meritorious soldiers, so that His Majesty has money and food to fulfill the promise to the soldiers before the Yanmen War, and also has money and food to build the Danyang Palace to commemorate His Majesty’s hard-won achievements, how to buy people’s hearts?"
After the nonsense, Chen Yingliang said to Xiao Yu again: "Doctor Xiao, if the younger generation remembers correctly, you and Tang Guogong are cousins, right? If you think Tang Guogong's crime is unforgivable, you should be considered a serious crime, and I can withdraw the petition." .”
Uncle Da Xiao's face turned pale, and he quickly cupped his hands to Emperor Sui Yang and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Yingliang's actions are purely malicious and intended to retaliate. You must never agree to such a huge sum of money and food. The public will definitely not be able to take it out!"
Emperor Sui Yang didn't bother to pay attention to his brother-in-law's entreaties, he closed his eyes slightly and was only planning in his mind, Chen Yingliang did this to win the interests of the army and prevent the military generals from being difficult to explain to the soldiers, of course Emperor Sui Yang could see his intention. But Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also immediately discovered that it was indeed a good idea to ask Li Yuan to take out the money to redeem his sins. The wife and relatives confessed that they could save money for the national treasury and live a prosperous year with ample money. At the same time, they could also ensure the smooth completion of their Dragon Boat Water Palace, and then the Danyang Palace that should have been built long ago.
In the end, of course, I can fulfill my promise of rewards to the soldiers before the Yanmen War - although Emperor Sui Yang didn't care about this very much, but fulfilling the promise can at least make himself more famous, and it can also make these stinky mounds more famous. Emperor Sui Yang didn't really mind working hard and doing a favor by the way.
Chen Yingliang knelt in fear and waited for the verdict. Yu Wenshu, Lai Huer and other generals all looked nervous. Old General Yun, who had already had a riot in the army, was so nervous that he broke out in a cold sweat amidst the snowflakes. He kept praying to Emperor Sui Yang to hurry up. He agreed, but no one dared to agree. The civil service system stayed out of the matter, and was even less willing to talk about this troubled water. However, many civil officials hoped that Emperor Yang of Sui would agree in their hearts-the Guanlongmen clan was as rich as the enemy's country, and it had already aroused the envy of countless people.
Of course, while gloating over Li Yuan's misfortune, more civil and military officials were gloating over Chen Yingliang, an early bird, all thinking: "Boy, it's a good time now, be careful about pulling out the list in the future, offending the Li family to this point, wash your neck clean Wait to die."
"Why are you still talking?" Chen Yingliang was also so nervous that his forehead was sweating a little, and he thought to himself: "If Yang Er refuses to agree and let me be a villain, I will simply go to Wagang and lead the Wagang army to fight the world by myself!"
Fortunately, Emperor Sui Yang made the final decision to avoid the most terrible enemy for himself. After thinking for a while, Emperor Sui Yang finally spoke and asked all the officials: "My dear friends, Chen Aiqing proposed to let Li Yuan pay for the sin. What do you think?"
No one dared to say anything, but Emperor Sui Yang refused to give up, and shouted: "Speak up! Don't pretend to be dumb, what do you think? Is this appropriate?"
Still no one dared to make a sound. Seeing this scene, Emperor Sui Yang, who was just walking through the scene, his head, which likes to soak in water from time to time, suddenly became clear, and his face suddenly changed color. It’s so bad that there are still so many court officials who fear them, even a Li family who has proven criminal evidence dare not offend? Even Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer, my love general’s confidantes, are like this? I can't see that this is a joint play between them and Chen Yingliang? Chen Yingliang has already become the first bird, and they dare not even say a word of agreement, are they really afraid of the Li clan to this extent?"
Surprised in his heart, Emperor Sui Yang couldn't help but get angry, and said angrily: "Very well, it seems that Tang Guogong is really feared by everyone in the court, and no one dares to offend! I will ask you one last time, and let Li Yuan pay for it. Is it appropriate to use money as a scapegoat? If you don't speak again, you will be guilty of the same crime as Li Yuan!"
Seeing that Emperor Sui Yang lost his temper, all civil and military officials also panicked, nodded quickly and said, "This is a very kind move, the best thing to do."
After finally persuading all the civil and military officials, Emperor Sui Yang said in a cold voice: "Xiao Yu, my Xiao Aiqing, you are related to Tang Guogong, and your care and love for him has always surpassed your love for me."
"Since that's the case, then it's up to you to ask him, is he willing to pay money for atonement, or is he willing to put his head on the ground? Before the palace gate is closed today, I want to hear his answer! If not, tomorrow I will ask him to beheaded in public." ! And no family property, it is used for public use!"
Hearing Emperor Sui Yang's murderous words and the vicious sarcasm in Sui Yang's words, Xiao Yu also shed cold sweat in the snowflakes, and replied tremblingly: "My minister obeys the order."
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty snorted coldly, and suddenly shouted again: "Chen Yingliang listened to the decree, and Aiqing's advice has contributed to alleviating the crisis of the national treasury and solving the urgent need for me. I have made great contributions! I will now give you the title of Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, reviewing the internal history of Henan, Give Yulin Talismans to replace the Bronze Beast Talismans, and three hundred armored soldiers to protect you when you go in and out! I will give you the same chariot to go back to the city with me!"
The scene was once again completely silent, even Chen Yingliang opened his mouth wide open, never dreaming that Emperor Sui Yang would suddenly seal him so heavily, the doctor Jinzi Guanglu from the second rank is just a noble title, not worth any money, just pay it off, Reviewing the internal history of Henan, granting Yulin talisman to replace the bronze beast talisman, going in and out with armored soldiers for protection—this temporary official position and these two honors, so far only one person has ever received——Fan Zigai, the most trusted veteran of Emperor Sui Yang! Emperor Sui Yang suddenly gave himself the honor of only Fan Zigai. Chen Yingliang didn't even dare to imagine the meaning of it.
Shocked, Chen Yingliang hastily declined humbly, while Emperor Sui Yang waved his hand and shouted: "I have made up my mind, don't refuse, go to the imperial chariot with me, I have something to say to you."
Pulling Chen Yingliang's imperial chariot with his own hands, Emperor Sui Yang immediately ordered to be driven back to the palace. While all the officials hurriedly lined up to follow, the party members also took the opportunity to gather together for a quick discussion. Among them, Pei Ju, Pei Yun and Pei Hongce were of course one party. As soon as they got together, Pei Hongce immediately asked Pei Ju and Pei Yun: "You two brothers, that kid Ying Liang did something to offend Li Clan to the death. Why did His Majesty seal him so heavily all of a sudden?"
"It was us and all the court officials who unintentionally helped nephew Ying Liang." Pei Ju said in a low voice, "Just now the emperor asked all the officials for their opinions, but all the officials dared not be the first to offend the Li family. Remind Your Majesty that the Guanlong Clan is still a big tree with deep roots and great influence. Even if Li Yuan has been convicted and imprisoned, no one in the court dares to offend him. He indirectly despises His Majesty's imperial power. His Majesty is furious Under this circumstance, we will focus on promoting Ying Liangxian, the only nephew who dares to fight against the Li Clan."
Pei Yun nodded and agreed with Pei Ju's judgment, while Pei Hongce asked worriedly in a low voice: "Since this is the case, is this a disaster or a blessing for nephew Liangxian?"
"Future misfortune and good fortune are still unpredictable." Pei Ju said in a low voice: "However, I can be sure that His Majesty has made up his mind to vigorously promote and cultivate Ying Liang's virtuous nephew, and the Guanlong clan will be in bad luck again."
At the same time, on the imperial chariot, Emperor Sui Yang suddenly held Chen Yingliang's left hand who was sitting side by side with him, and said in a low voice: "Ai Qing, I admit that I named you General Youwuwei in Yanmen City. It was a temporary idea, but today's incident made me understand that I did nothing wrong, and I did it right. I promise you that I will give military rewards to the soldiers who have done meritorious service. You must also promise me that you must treat me well. Be loyal, I still have a lot of important things, and I am waiting for you to do them for me."
While hastily and respectfully agreed, Chen Yingliang, who had come to his senses, was still confused, and wondered in his heart: "I am a young man, is it right?"