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I want to use these heads to exchange some silver flowers with Long Live!

All the civil and military officials in the court showed surprise, Feng Kui's expression was so rascal, and he was holding a grinning head in his hand, with protruding eyes, hideous facial features, and blood-stained face, standing in the middle of the golden hall. It means that the head will not be removed unless the money is given.

"One head costs 1000 taels of silver. This is all paid for by the ministers and brothers. The price is fair and reasonable!" Feng Kui shook his head and openly calculated the score in front of all the officials.

Ten thousand heads, one thousand taels, a total of 1000 million taels of silver.Not to mention Feng Kui's big mouth, using these people's heads to extort money from the Golden Palace, how resentful and disgusting it is.Just taking him to use the battlefield to fight and kill the enemy bandits for business, and counting the rewards with the heads of the enemy soldiers like a businessman is enough to make people despised.

It's not that they shouldn't be given pensions, it's just that as a man from Dongli, a citizen of the country, facing the invasion of foreign enemies, the first thought in his mind is mostly to defend his family and country, and stick to the reins.Dongli puts more emphasis on culture than military. Although there are military households, the number of them is not too large. It is enough to garrison the border in peacetime, but once a war breaks out, it still needs to be temporarily recruited or sent from other places.

Many of the soldiers who closed the Yulong Pass went to the battlefield just after throwing their hoes. They were full of enthusiasm, and they only wanted to drive the Beimang Tartars out of the land of Dongli, so that the parents and wives who stayed behind could spend the day safely. , Don’t worry about becoming a captive of other countries and being slaughtered like livestock.

Feng Kui's exchanging the heads of these enemy troops for money is simply ruining the hearts of those soldiers who are really willing to serve the country.

This money really shouldn't be given to him.

All the officials were shocked by Feng Kui's overbearing and shameless behavior, and Liu Tong was so angry that his beard pouted.Feng Kui looked composed and complacent, shaking the head in his hand, wishing to show it off in front of all the officials.

All the officials frowned, and the upright ministers were even planning how to remonstrate with Hongyou, but they would never let Feng Kui, a villain, do what he wanted.

Emperor Hongyou was so frightened that his face paled. He was sitting on the dragon chair, his whole body shaking like chaff.Everyone thought that the emperor would definitely scold Feng Kui and would never agree to his rude request.Unexpectedly, as soon as Feng Kui's words fell, Emperor Hongyou agreed without thinking, "Quizu! Zhuizu! You just ask Prime Minister Liu for money."

Emperor Hongyou stood up while speaking, covered his face with the sleeve of his robe tightly, not daring to take another look at Feng Kui, tremblingly supported Luo Sixi's hand, and said, Voice: "Back to the court!" Turn around and get off the high platform, and fled back to the harem like a smoke.

Emperor Hongyou was frightened to death. He wanted to stay away from those disgusting things, so he didn't care about the expenditure of the treasury.As for where the money Feng Kui asked for came from, and under what name, he was coerced by others, and he was terrified by Feng Kui's taking a few heads, so he just let others lead him by the nose. , spread the word, where is the king's prestige, etc., Emperor Hongyou didn't think about any of these things.

The emperor ran away, leaving a mess for Liu Tong to clean up.Liu Tong's face was ashen, but Emperor Hongyou's will had been made, and if he wanted to refute it, he had to wait until he went back and re-drafted the scriptures to impeach and suppress him.At least in this golden palace, it is absolutely forbidden to disobey the emperor's wishes face to face, confront Emperor Hongyou, and say anything to hinder him.

Emperor Hongyou was extremely difficult to serve, he was headstrong and had a high opinion of himself.What he said was the imperial decree, so no one was allowed to refute it.Under Emperor Hongyou, if you want to be a good official who is upright and upright and pleads for the people, you can't be too outspoken and dare to admonish him. Think of other ways to get the emperor in, and Liu Tong is the second. The prime minister for more than ten years is also a magic weapon trusted by Emperor Hongyou.

He was so angry that he scratched his heart and liver, but Liu Tong quickly calmed down. He talked to Feng Kui with a smile, his molars were clenched tightly, but the creases on his face were stretched out. With such a scheming meaning.

Liu Tong arched his hands, with an extremely sincere expression, and said to Feng Kui: "Congratulations, General, the future is limitless. In the lifetime of this old man, I can still see the day when Bei Mang writes a letter of surrender and pays tribute. It is all because of General Feng's bloody death at the border. Enemy, fight for the country!"

After a few compliments, Feng Kui's heart, which is used to being praised, immediately blossomed. He seldom went to Beijing in the past, and as a general, he had never dealt with Liu Tong much. Prime Minister Liu is a cunning old man who can't even fight an old fox like Shu Shangshu. If Feng Kui wants to play tricks in front of him, it's like an ant shaking a tree and asking for trouble.

Throwing the head in his hand into the box and rubbing the blood on his hands on the lid of the box, Feng Kui restrained his arrogance a bit when he saw that Liu Tong was still knowledgeable about current affairs. He opened his wide mouth and grinned with the fork to both sides.

Feng Kui opened his mouth to ask Liu Tong for money, and the 1000 million taels had to be cashed in, and it had to be prepared within three days and delivered to his house.Liu Tong smiled, nodded and said, "It's easy to say! It's easy to say! Long live I have agreed, and the money is naturally indispensable to you."

Feng Kui became more and more complacent, a white silver ingot flashed in front of his eyes, and it was like a pot was boiling in his heart, so hot that he wanted to jump up.

This money is too easy to earn, if he had known, he would have brought back more heads.

Feng Kui calculated the money and was secretly delighted, but Liu Tong circled around the dozens of mahogany boxes. He circled back and forth five or six times, turning Feng Kui's hair off, and Feng Kui's lieutenant generals also All of them were amazed, seeing Liu Tong's normal face, calmly staring at the box full of hideous and terrifying heads, and couldn't help but be amazed.

When the emperor left, the court meeting naturally also ended.When all the officials saw Liu Tong and Feng Kui chatting, they all surrounded them from a distance, watching their movements.Song Ru was worried, and wanted to step forward to help Liu Tong out of the siege. He didn't want to be seen by Liu Tong, so he gave a secret wink and asked Song Ru to watch the changes quietly, just watch from the sidelines.

Liu Tong was over sixty years old, his beard was half white, and he was a powerless civil servant. Song Ru couldn't help but feel anxious. He was really afraid that Feng Kui's vigor would be detrimental to Prime Minister Liu.That Feng Kui was born tall and burly, with a rude and domineering temper, he just pushed and pushed, and Liu Tong might not be able to stand it.

There was no sound in the golden hall, Liu Tong carefully looked through the boxes, and then asked the little eunuchs to bring some basins of clean water and pour them on a box of heads and faces.Taking the cloth towel, Liu Tong didn't mind getting dirty, and brushed away the messy hair hanging from one of the faces with his own hands, exposing the whole face, and wiped it carefully.

After wiping, look carefully, and then go to wipe another one.Liu Tong wiped it seriously, and all the officials felt disgusted. They thought that this Prime Minister Liu looked so polite, but he didn't expect to be so courageous, even daring to play with a dead man's head. No wonder he can be a prime minister.

After sighing, he still didn't understand what his intentions were. Even Feng Kui was taken aback by Liu Tong. He was dumbfounded, watching Liu Tong busy in front of a bunch of people. After a long while, he raised his head. .

Feng Kui's heart pounded, "What? What's wrong with this head?"

Liu Tong put away his solemn face, turned back to face Feng Kui, and had already grinned white teeth, "There is nothing wrong. This old man hates the people of Beimang to the bone, and just wants to see these thieves who killed countless people in Dongli. What does it look like."

After washing off the dirt on his hands, Liu Tong took the towel handed over by the little eunuch, wiped it dry, shook his arms twice, and said with a smile, "I accept the money! I'll ask General Feng to count the number of heads. I’m just counting money here.”

All the officials couldn't help being disappointed, thinking that Liu Tong had some clever plan, who would have thought that he was also a coward who bullied the weak and feared the hard, and because of Feng Kui's prestige, he didn't even dare to question him, so he happily gave the money.I just don't know where the people are going to suffer.

Feng Kui was also overjoyed, he held up these heads, making it clear that he was taking the opportunity to blackmail, and wanted to take advantage of the victory at Yulongguan to blackmail these heads and gain some benefits for himself.

I never expected it to go so smoothly. Not only did the emperor not refute, but even the civil and military officials, no one dared to stand up and say "no", and now even Liu Tong, the most difficult to deal with, fully agreed. .As long as he thinks of the white money, Feng Kui wants to grin wildly and endure it for a long time until his brows and eyes twitch.

When he was happy, Liu Tong also said slowly: "This money can be given, but..."

Feng Kui almost lost his temper. People are most afraid of hearing the word "but", because there is usually nothing good to say after it.

I saw Liu Tong stroking his long beard, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and said: "I don't have any doubts here, it's just that there are so many heads, how many are there, what are their surnames, and where are they from? No one knows about any official positions, and the authenticity is open to question. If the common people ask, there must be an excuse here, which can prove that these heads are indeed the enemy of Beimang."

Before Liu Tong finished speaking, Feng Kui's face changed color.Being poked at the center, Feng Kui couldn't help but panic for a while, the panic flashed, but it still didn't hide it from Liu Tong's eyes.

Liu Tong remained calm, and Feng Kui quickly calmed down. He shouted loudly, "Couldn't Prime Minister Liu not believe what I said? These heads were all brought back by the commander from Yulong Pass. With the witness of these generals, Could it be wrong?

Liu Tong shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course I can trust what the general said. But you have to be reasonable in everything. There must be a justifiable reason for approving such a large amount of money from the old man. The people confessed that it was not."

Liu Tong clenched his fist and beat the corner of his forehead, pretending to be in deep thought. He thought of himself so much that even Feng Kui was bluffed by Liu Tong. How could he have thought that Liu Tong was trying so hard to trick him. Woolen cloth.

After thinking hard for a while, Liu Tong suddenly slapped his hands, "Yes!"

Everyone startled him, and quickly stretched out their ears to listen carefully to see what he had to say.

I only heard Liu Tong say: "How about this, General Feng took these heads back, scrubbed them well, and wrote a biography on them one by one. After I read them, the approval was correct, so I can pay them accordingly."