On the way to the palace, Prime Minister Qin met many old acquaintances.

Although the palace is not big, it would take at least several sticks of incense to go around it.

But today, the emperor summoned him in the innermost Hall of Selected Virtues.

This journey is almost from the southernmost end of the palace to the northernmost end.

Prime Minister Qin was so favored by the emperor that he did not have to get out of the sedan chair when he entered the palace.

Others are not treated so well. Except for Zhang Jun, who can also ride a horse, the others are just one step at a time, grinding their heels honestly.

"Prime Minister Qin! Prime Minister Qin!"

Zhan Dafang, the Minister of Household Affairs, was like a pet. After recognizing Qin Hui's sedan, he wagged his tail.

Regardless of the fatigue on his feet, Zhan Shangshu, who was over fifty years old, hurriedly followed Qin Hui's sedan.

"Prime Minister Qin, didn't we just say that we would go to court for three days? Why did an official announce us here again today?"

Just by listening to the voice, Qin Hui already knew the people outside.

Without even opening the curtain, the two just started talking across the sedan.

This scene is almost the same as when the Li Qingzhao sisters met just now.

"Besides you and me, have you met anyone else?"

"Captain Zhang...and Prince Xin'an, I didn't see anything else."

Qin Hui thought for a while and found that except for Zhang Jun, who was half of his own, the other two were both of his own.

"Have you made any mistakes in your official duties recently?"

Zhan Dafang didn't hesitate at all: "No! How it was done in the past is how it is done now."

"Well, let's see, the official has been thinking about it all these days, and it's not easy for him."

"Yes, yes..."

What does Lao Jiu want to do?

I didn’t hear anything big happened today!

It’s bound to cause some trouble!

In his heart, he couldn't help complaining about the emperor. Prime Minister Qin completely forgot how grateful he was to His Majesty the Emperor when he heard the call just now.

With this free time, you’d better think about business!

Zhang Tonggu is a lecherous person. Although the girls by the West Lake are good, their quality varies greatly. If you want to say that, you have to hire someone from the Qinhuai River.

This matter should be done urgently, and someone will have to be ordered to do it soon.

So what gift should I give?

If Li Qingzhao is willing to write something, that will definitely be enough...

I get angry just thinking about this woman!

Su Fu?

That’s it! Su Zhonghu has been with Su Dongpo for fifteen years and must have hidden a lot of good things.

Now that you have a choice of calligraphy and painting, what should you give as an antique?

Should gold and silver be given as soon as they arrive, or should they be given after negotiation?

Zhang Tong sent someone of Su Dongpo's level to the ancient capital, so who should Wanyan Wushu look for?

The more he thought about it, the bigger his head got. For a moment, Prime Minister Qin felt a little angry.

Because of this matter about the Song Dynasty, I am exhausted every day, and I still have to suffer from the Wang family insect!

Laojiu doesn’t teach people to worry either!

"They're all bastards!"

He couldn't hold back this sentence, and finally made him curse out loud.

After this scolding, the sedan stopped.

"Master Xiang...he's here, he's here."

"We're here when we're here. Why are you stuttering?"

After walking out of the sedan chair and looking at the scene in front of him, Qin Hui realized why the eunuch had stuttered.

At the top of the steps in front of Xuande Hall, Lao Jiu was not wearing court clothes... or should be said to be without a coat, just sitting like this.

There isn't even a chair.

His hair was scattered in front of his forehead. I don't know if he was sweating due to the heat, but the hair stuck to his face randomly.

All the emperor's appearance and royal demeanor are gone at this moment.

Below him, at the bottom of the steps, there were people kneeling.

After a brief glance, Yang Yizhong and Liu Qi, Zhang Jun and Han Xiaozhou...

Is there a war between the Huaihe River and Huaihe River?

That’s not right. If that’s the case, how come you didn’t receive any news at all?

Then I looked at the other people. Almost all the people from the Yantie, Duzhi, and Hubu departments, totaling 20 cases, had arrived, and there were even... people from the two general consulates in Huaixi and Huaidong.

This is...

Zhan Dafang had already caught up and was surprised when he saw this scene.

"Prime Minister Qin, what's going on?"

Qin Hui frowned and said: "Zhan Shangshu, Hui is old and has bad legs and feet. You go to the official family first to say hello."

Looking at Prime Minister Qin's sedan, Zhan Dafang swallowed and ran over.

"Chen Zhan is generous..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the emperor's voice came over:

"Just find a place to kneel by yourself."

Liu Bang really wants to laugh now.

That's it for other people. When he first started, he was still thinking that corruption was inevitable, so just don't go too far.

But who would have known that the first person to have problems would be the imperial guards of the Dianqian Division.

"There are 32,000 people recorded, but the actual number is no more than 28,000."

Yang Yizhong is very honest, very honest.

He hasn't been tried yet, so it's good for him to take the initiative and confess it.

Of the extra 5,000 people, more than 2,000 were on empty pay, and more than 2,000 were killed in battle but were not deported.

Liu Bang can also understand the idea of ​​taking free money...to a certain extent.

But the pensions for the more than 2,000 fallen soldiers have not been paid, so how can their relatives get the money!

If you can't get the money, you will be reduced to being rescued by Nasi Beilou!

On the contrary, the Song court continued to issue their military pay...

I don’t know whose pocket the extra difference went into!

Anyway, Yang Yizhong said he didn't take it, and Liu Bang believed that he didn't take it.

Just the way he looks, this seems to be normal and not a big deal.

What Liu Qi said was that Ma Junsi had 20,000 people on his books. The actual number... He had just taken over, and he didn't know the specific number.

But I estimate that the situation should be similar to that of the Dianqian Division.

This is what everyone calls his personal soldiers, the elite of the Song Dynasty.

If this is the case under the emperor's eyes, what about other troops?

When Zhang Jun arrived, Liu Bang asked him:

"Your Zhang Jiajun is said to have 100,000 men, not counting the side soldiers. How many are there actually?"

Zhang Taiwei only thought that the emperor wanted to understand the situation, so he replied honestly:

"Although there are not one hundred thousand, there are eighty thousand after all."

When the people from the Huaixi General Consulate arrived, Liu Bang asked him again:

"You are responsible for the food and salary of Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun's troops. How many people do you pay for Zhang Jun's troops?"

The man didn't even confront Zhang Jun, he just took out his account book and replied:

120,000 people.

As time went by, a gap of 40,000 sergeants appeared.
To be continued...