Great Wei scholar

Xu Qingxiao stood under the moonlight.

Looking at the sky.

Inexplicably, there is a feeling that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of the building.

Chapter 149: My king, Huaining, sued Xu Qingxiao today for practicing strange arts

One year in Wuchang.

August thirty.

Great Wei Palace, outside the main hall.

The Empress' birthday can be regarded as the most solemn event since the Great Wei Dynasty.

The Ministry of Etiquette is very busy with this matter. All kinds of ceremonies, including various materials, and other things related to etiquette, need to be done carefully.

Even the pattern of the flag needs a new design, which must not only be eye-catching but also reflect the majesty of Wei, but not be too domineering, and it must also conform to the birthday theme.

Just this kind of thing, the Ministry of Rites has been thinking about it for half a month.

But everything is ok, today is finally all completed.

"King Zhenxi sent a congratulatory gift! A purple jade coral tree, I wish your majesty a long life."

"King Zhou Ping sent a congratulatory gift! Taihe Zitian ancient jade, I wish your majesty a long life."

"The King of the Neighborhood of the South sent a congratulatory gift! The ancient blood stone of Huangshan, I wish His Majesty a long life."

Outside the main hall, the eunuchs received greeting cards and yelled loudly, sending treasures into the palace one by one, each of which was a priceless treasure.

And inside the temple.

Listening to these congratulatory voices, the empress looked extremely calm. For these congratulatory gifts, she would rather give money directly, which is more realistic.

In the Treasure Pavilion of the Great Wei Dynasty, there are such things everywhere, jewels and jade, rare gold calligraphy and paintings, piled up like a mountain, and they are all flashy things.

As for the outside of the hall.

Both the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Punishment are preoccupied.

"Wang Shangshu, why do you look so preoccupied?"

Chen Zhengru said, today is His Majesty's birthday, anyone can be preoccupied, but Wang Xinzhi can't be preoccupied, if something goes wrong, it will be a joke.

"Oh, it's nothing, I just want to return the gift."

Hearing Chen Zhengru's voice, Wang Xinzhi immediately opened his mouth, recovered from his thoughts, and said so.

"What about the gift?"

"By the way, you haven't told us about this, how much do you plan to return?"

Chen Zhengru asked curiously.

It wasn't just him, Gu Yan also leaned over and said fiercely, "Shangshu Wang, I've said the ugly thing before, if you exceed 200 million taels of silver, you won't be honored, this old man won't agree."

Gu Yan is completely a miser. He agreed in advance that the budget is only 200 million, and it depends on whether it is reasonable. If he wants to review it, he will not give it.

Glancing at Gu Yan, Wang Xinzhi didn't bother to pay attention, but looked at Chen Zhengru.

"Shouren is ready to return the gift."

Wang Xinzhi said so.

After saying this, the six ministers were a little curious.

"Shouren ready to return the gift?"

"What did Shouren prepare for you?"

"Why did it involve Shouren again?"

Everyone really didn't expect that Xu Qingxiao even intervened in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites?

"He asked me to return some special gifts."

"The envoys of all nations sent pigs, cattle, horses, sheep, and some jade treasures. Returning silver is too vulgar. Painting at night, Taiping poems will be drawn, plus wine, poems, and his stamp. Each envoy from various countries will have one copy. .”

Wang Xinzhi replied.

After saying this, everyone frowned slightly.

"Did Shou-jen write so much?"

"Do you sign your name with your own handwriting? Although the method is good, it still feels a little bit worth the loss."

"That's right, it's an exaggeration to send envoys from various countries. It is said that some people in Kyoto are willing to buy [-] silver copies of Shouren's copybooks."

"It's more than 10 taels. Someone wants 3000 taels of silver for his name."

A few people opened their mouths, but they didn't feel that they had made a profit, but felt a little bit of a loss.

But Wang Xinzhi shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Shouren didn't write it himself. He wrote the original and asked someone to print it. The signature was stamped. For his seal, the Ministry of Rites extended 20 yuan."

"It can't be used up."

Wang Xinzhi said so.

At that moment, the six ministers couldn't help laughing.

What is this and what is it? You said that you, Xu Qingxiao, wrote your own handwriting, and at least it has some value. Even if you sell the rubbing version, it will cost thousands of taels of silver.

Adding one piece per country will depreciate even more, and 1000 taels is too much.

This idea, the entire Great Wei, Xu Qingxiao can come up with it.

But Gu Yan said with great satisfaction: "Shouren is still Shouren, this temperament is like mine, not bad, not bad."

He sighed from the bottom of his heart, Xu Qingxiao did a double win by doing this.

"But if you do this, aren't you afraid that the envoy of all nations will be angry?"

Li Yanlong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, couldn't help frowning. Although this method is very good, he always feels that something will go wrong.

"You must be angry."

"This time the envoy from all nations gave at least 3000 taels of silver as a gift. If you return this thing, you will be a ghost if you don't get angry."

"However, Shouren said that Wei's dignity is maintained by weapons, not by money. If they want to be angry, they will be angry. Is it possible that they really dare to start a war with us?"

Wang Xinzhi said a little depressed.

As a minister of the Ministry of Rites, if this incident becomes a big deal, he will definitely take the blame, and if he doesn't make a big name, it won't sound very good.

This is a matter of reciprocity, as much as you give, you usually add a little back, if you have money, you can double it.

But this time, it was clear that it was a scam.

Of course, we are talking about envoys from all nations, but in fact, counting some small countries that may disappear tomorrow, that is, there are thousands of them.

So it’s nothing to have a thousand or so countries, most of them are small tribes, and they really dare not say anything to Wei, and some relatively powerful countries, such as Chen Guo and Tang Guo, don’t have the courage to trouble Wei Wei .

It's nothing more than a bad reputation.

But who is to blame?Didn’t you come up with this bad idea by yourself, give it as normal, I’ll go back with the gift normally, hello everyone, I’m sorry if you insist on treating Dawei as a fat pig, I’m sorry, I’ll let you see what it means to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

Of course, Wang Xinzhi didn't fully agree to Xu Qingxiao's request. For some small countries, if the offer is reasonable, he will give some compensation, but that will be a later matter. Compensation is impossible now, everyone is fair, otherwise there will be troubles.

"Well, what Shouren said is in line with the old man's temperament. Dawei's decency depends on weapons, not money. In the past, the gang used to give this and that, didn't they just want to cheat money?"

"Now that Shouren is in charge, I'm really relieved to wait, but have you noticed that Shouren has only been in court for three months?"

"I have already received the support of the six departments including me, including the generals who have a very good impression of him. Tsk tsk, Shouren is really a genius in heaven. Not only is he talented, but he can also be like a fish in water in the court."

The Minister of the Ministry of War opened his mouth, and he commented on Xu Qingxiao in detail.

This is from the heart.

Indeed, when he said this, except for Zhang Jing, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, who seemed to be preoccupied all the time, everyone else couldn't help but nodded.

That's right, it has only been three months since Xu Qingxiao entered the dynasty.

In just three months, Xu Qingxiao jumped from an unknown literati to the number one talented person in the Great Wei Dynasty.

It doesn't matter if you have a good literary talent, Xu Qingxiao is even more slick in matters of court, the first to join the Ministry of Punishment, it stands to reason that they will be suppressed, but Xu Qingxiao turned against the army.

After the disturbance in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, no one in the six divisions dared to provoke them. As for the subsequent events, I will not elaborate on them one by one.

But before he knew it, Xu Qingxiao had a very high reputation in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and now he went to the Ministry of Households to help the Wei Dynasty earn a lot of money. Who in the Ministry of Households would not respect Xu Qingxiao?

Who doesn't praise Xu Qingxiao's talent?

Let alone Chen Zhengru from the Ministry of Officials, ever since Xu Qingxiao spoke out for the people, Chen Zhengru had a great affection for Xu Qingxiao.

Li Yanlong from the Ministry of Industry is actually alright. After all, Xu Qingxiao's waterwheel project really makes him admire. He usually makes complaints about it, which is just the habit of the elders to the younger ones.

The Ministry of War has nothing to say. The generals themselves have an innate affection for Xu Qingxiao. If it wasn't for the Northern Expedition, Xu Qingxiao would have rebelled long ago.

Of course, if the Northern Expedition really started, then Xu Qingxiao would be more at home in the Ministry of War.

It can be seen from Xu Qingxiao's behavior that Xu Qingxiao is not a good person, and if he really wants to fight, he is definitely not the kind of person who only understands war on paper.

Finally, there is only one ritual department left.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if the Ministry of Rites likes it or not, anyway, no matter how bad it is, it is impossible to go to the Ministry of Rites.

Of course, this is just the idea of ​​the five ministers, the Minister of Rites Wang Xinzhi's feelings for Xu Qingxiao are not bad, if Xu Qingxiao is not against the Great Wei Wengong.

In fact, he has a good impression of Xu Qingxiao. After all, everything Xu Qingxiao does is for the people. As a parent and official, it is naturally for the people.

If Xu Qingxiao hadn't cheated himself a few days ago, Wang Xinzhi would have liked Xu Qingxiao even more.

But counting the 3000 million allocated by Xu Qingxiao to the Ministry of Rites, it is still a little more favorable.

In fact, after all, the reason why Xu Qingxiao was able to get along like a fish in water in the court was nothing more than solving the troubles of the six departments.

And the main problem of the six parts is the lack of money!

Including the lineage of the military officer, everyone is short of money, living a hard life every day, dry, and everything is possible with money.

Xu Qingxiao is Dawei's lucky star, his arrival made the impoverished Dawei better.

At this moment, Zhang Jing's voice sounded.

He said in a slightly joking tone.

"That's what you say, but if someone wants to harm Shouren now, what should you do?"

Zhang Jing said casually, as if it was just a joke.

Hubu Shangshu was the first to speak.

"If anyone dares to trouble Shouren, the old man will have his house copied."

This is Gu Yan's answer.

"After you ransacked the house, I will send them to the frontier."

This is Zhou Yan's answer.

"No, half of them will be sent to the frontier, and half will come to the Ministry of Industry to do heavy work. Now the Ministry of Industry is short of people."

This is Li Yanlong's answer.

"Then I will refer to them."

Wang Xinzhi answered.

But only Chen Zhengru didn't speak, just took a little extra look at Zhang Jing and said with a smile.

"Nowadays, there are not many people who dare to trouble Xu Qingxiao in this Great Wei."

He smiled lightly, and Zhang Jing nodded accordingly, as if everything was very casual.

Finally, at this moment.

Xu Qingxiao's figure appeared.

It is impossible for Xu Qingxiao not to come for the Empress's birthday, even if there is a big event, she must come to congratulate her.

"Chen, Minister of the Household Department, Xu Qingxiao, congratulate Your Majesty."

Xu Qingxiao opened his mouth and bowed to the empress in the hall.