Chapter 36 One thousand taels of silver!
What the Empress Dowager's party wants to see is a cowardly Ying Chang, not a normal Ying Chang. It can be said that they have tried their best to destroy the Emperor of Qin!
Ying Chang jumped off the dragon couch and walked to the window. He looked up at the dazzling starry sky with a slightly solemn expression. "Chang Zifei, it's Changjing. Whether I can regain the imperial power depends on whether you two are powerful!" Ying Chang murmured to himself.
Nowadays, seizing power has become the only thing Ying Chang has. As long as you seize power, everything you think can be realized. This fact is too important. Winning and defeat are only at the time of the palace change. From then on, you will become a puppet emperor. From then on, you will stand at the highest end of the power pyramid of the Qin Dynasty!
This is a war without gunpowder, and neither side can afford to lose.
Just when Ying Chang was in sorrow, there were two people sitting in the inner hall of Chang Mansion. One was Chang Zifei, the other was about the same age as Chang Zifei, about forty years old. Chang Zifei smiled and the other looked flattering.
This person is Zhao Fu, the official rank of the Ministry of Personnel, and his official title is from the sixth rank.
This incident has spread since Chang Zifei apologized to Wei Huai when he retired from the court. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Chang Zifei had already defected to the prime minister. Before Chang Zifei had defected to Wei Huai, although he was a second-rank minister of the current dynasty and a minister of the Ministry of Personnel, no official dared to visit him, for fear of being targeted by the Empress Dowager's party.
But now, Chang Zifei has become the empress dowager party in their eyes, and there is no need to worry about being targeted because of visiting Chang Zifei. So, a visitor comes at night.
Chang Zifei and Zhao Fu sat on a tea table, and the two sat on each other. Chang Zifei picked up the fragrant tea he had just made, let out a gentle breath, showing the desire to enjoy, then put down the tea cup, and said to Zhao Fu with a sly smile: "Mr. Zhao is visiting late at night, don't you know what the purpose is?"
"Haha, sir, please see..."
Zhao Fu carried a bag of tea in his hand, and the tea was wrapped in oil paper. Zhao Fu smiled and put the tea bag on the tea table, looking at Chang Zifei with a flattering look on his face and said with a smile: "The official knows that the adults love to drink tea, so he specially asked someone to buy tea from the Great Qi Empire. You may not know that this tea is the most well-known purple leaf of the Great Qi Empire. There is no one in the Great Qin Empire. Please accept it with a smile!"
Chang Zifei felt disgusted, but for the sake of His Majesty's plan, he had to smile excitedly. While bringing the tea bag over, he smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao is really intent. I accept Mr. Zhao's wish, haha!"
When Zhao Fu saw Chang Zifei collecting tea, he was even happy. In fact, tea is not important. What is important is to collect or not. As long as Chang Zifei collects it, it means that Chang Zifei will help him next. This is to use short hands and short mouths to eat people.
"It seems that Lord Chang has abandoned his past style!" Zhao Fu said secretly happily. Chang Zifei is his immediate superior, so he naturally has to establish a good relationship with his superior. If Chang Zifei doesn't get in, he will be rejected no matter what he sends him. He has always maintained a clean style, which makes it a headache for those who are subordinates.
So as soon as he learned that Chang Zifei lowered his head to the Prime Minister, he wanted to give it a try and see if Chang Zifei's style had changed, and the result was obvious.
"Sir, the lord...this..."
Zhao Fu hesitated and wanted to speak but stopped. Chang Zifei knew Zhao Fu's purpose at a glance. He immediately interrupted and said, "If you have something to say, you and I are both officials in the court, and you are subordinates of our officials. If you have any difficulties, just let me help you, and if you can help me!"
Zhao Fu was overjoyed when he heard this and said embarrassedly: "Sir, I have been a staff member for seven or eight years. Can you please mention it?"
"That's it..." Chang Zifei frowned slightly, showing a look of embarrassment. Seeing this, Zhao Fu immediately took out a silver note from his arms and put it on the coffee table. Then he pushed it in the direction of Chang Zifei. Chang Zifei raised his brow and glanced at the amount.
One thousand!
Chang Zifei was a little shocked. He should know that his annual salary is only 300 taels, compared with his three-year salary, and now a mere sixth-rank official can take out 1,000 taels of silver. He is really a corrupt official. No wonder His Majesty wants to make him corrupt.
"Let's go back tomorrow and wait for news!" Chang Zifei said indifferently.
As the Minister of Personnel, he can make the decision on any official who is under the fourth rank and below. For those who are above the fourth rank, he needs to submit it to the Prime Minister. Zhao Fu is now at the sixth rank, and then he is only at the fifth rank, which is not a problem for him.
"Yes, yes, sir, please rest first, and the official will leave first!" Zhao Fu, excited, hurriedly bowed and left the inner hall in a hurry.
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As soon as Zhao Fu left, Chang Zifei breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, he took out the prepared blank account book, brush and ink, and wrote it on the first page of the account book: [Zhao Fu, a thousand taels, the Ministry of Personnel,]
After writing, Chang Zifei put the silver notes with a denomination of 1,000 into a wooden box.
“How is it like taking bribes?”
"ah!"
A voice suddenly sounded behind Chang Zifei. Perhaps he was guilty of accepting bribes. When he heard a sound from behind, Chang Zifei was so scared that he jumped a little, and even screamed subconsciously, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
When he turned around and saw that it was Du Changjing, Chang Zifei breathed a sigh of relief, and then he started to breathe heavily, as if he had just run around the Chang Mansion for more than ten laps, sweating all over his head.
Chang Zifei raised his hand in a panic and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said helplessly: "Can you knock in the door next time? You have scared me twice."
Du Changjing slowly walked to the coffee table with a smile, sat in Zhao Fu's seat, and brewed a cup of tea for himself, "There is no choice. There are spies around your Chang Mansion, and there are many ghosts inside. I have to be elusive!"
Du Changjing's mouth smeared a curve, stretched out his hand to Chang Zifei, and said with a smile: "Come on it!"
"What are you bringing?" Chang Zifei didn't recover for a while.
"I saw all the money, one thousand taels!" Du Changjing said anxiously.
Chang Zifei shook his head and said with a serious expression: "I can't give this money to you now!"
Du Changjing's brows suddenly frowned, looked at Chang Zifei with a bad look, and said a little coldly: "I tell you, if you betray Your Majesty, I will be the first to bury you with me. This money must be given to me. I have this one thousand taels, and the early stage of training the dead soldiers can be successfully completed!"
"I didn't betray Your Majesty!" Chang Zifei shouted angrily.
"Then why don't you give money?" Du Changjing showed a look of confusion and his tone became a little gentler.
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Chapter completed!