Da Wei Chun

Chapter 423 IQ Tax

The emperor summoned more than a dozen master craftsmen from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the General Supervisor. Isn't it easy to build a stone kang between two warm pavilions?
Under Li Chengzhi's guidance, in less than an hour, two warm pavilions with a radius of three feet and a stone kang with a width of about ten feet and a width of two feet were freshly baked.

The iron furnace is simpler, put one on the ground, hang the furnace tube with an iron chain, and a fire is lit in less than two moments.

The kang will burn for three to five days, and the people will not be able to live until the moisture is exhausted.But the stove has been burning for nearly an hour.The pavilion was already steaming, and the emperor's forehead was covered with sweat.After taking off the heavy fur, Yuan Ke felt light and comfortable all over his body.

With this stove and kang, in the future, when winter comes, you will no longer have to suffer from the severe cold and smoke...

Walking back and forth twice between the two warm pavilions, I felt warm as spring, but didn't smell heavy smoke. The emperor was amazed: "These two things seem not complicated, but why no one thought of them? If so Rumor: Can you do what ordinary people can't?"

Li Chengzhi cupped his hands, and said modestly: "Your Majesty's praise. When I was in the north, I saw the suffering of the poor people. Once winter came, countless people died of freezing. I have compassion, so I have studied these two things. I am also about to make a suggestion to His Majesty: You can call a hundred officials and give it to the world..."

The words were unremarkable, but the emperor seemed to be frozen.

Not to mention the North, but Luoyang, thousands of people freeze to death every winter.Further north, such as Guanzhong, Hebei, Jin, etc. are even more severe cold, how can the cold people survive?
But with the kang, this worry should be solved.

Yuan Ke is not only an emperor who only knows how to eat minced meat, but also knows people's livelihood.Knowing that a middle-class family can afford Dilong.Poor families can only endure it hard, at most smoke some charcoal and burn a brazier.But if he was not careful, the whole family died of poisoning.For example, thousands of poor people die in vain every winter in Beijing, and more than [-]% of them are poisoned.

Therefore, poor families cannot afford charcoal and firewood.At worst, there are always a few livestock, and the dung can also be used as firewood.The point is, I don't know how to detoxify...

Yuan Ke looked at the chimney built in the corner of the house, and the steaming kang that was burning, and secretly sighed in his heart: Who dares to say that this move will not benefit all people?
He suddenly thought of people such as Cui Guang, Liu Fang, You Zhao, etc., who praised Li Chengzhi for caring about all people and knowing the sufferings of the world.

For example, tofu, which is as low as [-]% of the market price, is melted at the bottom of the smoothie box after it is sold out, and it is specially transported to the workshop where the poor people live together, so that the children can enjoy the sugar water.

Now, is it like this kang?

"The king is the lightest, the country is second, and the people are the most important?"

The emperor muttered something, and asked in a strange way, "In your heart, is Zhen the last one?"

I just made up an excuse casually, how could it remind you of such a profound truth?

How could Li Chengzhi admit it: "I dare not!"

"Rebel!"

The emperor cursed secretly, then pointed to Liu Teng and said, "Immediately go and send an order to summon the Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, Sizhou Mu, Shangshuling, Shangshujian, Yushi Lieutenant, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs (the Department of Housekeeping) , Taichang waited for you to come here to discuss..."

As soon as you hear it, you can tell that the emperor approved Li Chengzhi's performance, and wanted to make these two things known to the world and benefit all people.And act vigorously and resolutely, and discuss matters on the spot.

Li Chengzhi's official talent is only from the five senses, and he is a military officer, so he has no qualifications to participate in civil affairs.Just as he was about to resign, the emperor refused to let him go: "Wait, wait until the business is over, and then we will see how to reward you."

reward?

Farewell, don't tell me you have no credit, and you have to be scolded?

Li Chengzhi rolled his eyes and had no choice but to stay.

Not long after, a group of ministers arrived at Shigan Hall.Everyone was surprised to see the emperor and Li Chengzhi wearing only thin shirts, sitting around the stove with a plate of preserved meat, one drinking hot wine and the other drinking hot milk.

The palace is too big, and the earth dragon basically doesn't work, so only charcoal basins can be used.And when there were too many charcoal basins, the emperor would cough for a long time, as if he was about to cough up his lungs, so it was almost the same as nothing.In winter, the palace is extremely cold.

Therefore, in the winter of previous years, when important officials entered the palace to meet the emperor, they all wore three layers of inner and outer layers, wrapped like a bear.

But today, how much warmer is the emperor's hall than the warm room with the earth dragon in the mansion?
After a closer look, I saw that the hall had already changed, it seemed to be divided into several rooms, and this was just one of them.

Between the two stood a thing that seemed to be cast iron, like a table or a tripod.There are layers of iron rings on it, and through the gaps, it can be seen that the flames are flourishing.

Yuan Jia wondered, "What is this?"

Yuan Yong glanced at Li Chengzhi who had stood up and stood by the emperor's side: "It should be the iron stove you mentioned before, but it was made so quickly and it is so easy to use?"

While talking in his mouth, Yuan Yong stretched out his hands and hugged the chimney.

This is purely a person's first reaction, and has nothing to do with whether IQ is high or not.In his previous life, Li Chengzhi had been scalded countless times from childhood to adulthood, but he never had a long memory.Every time I go back to my hometown in winter, the first thing I do when I enter the door is to hold the stove to warm my hands...

Li Chengzhi exclaimed: "Don't touch!"

But obviously too late.

Yuan Yong said "Yeah" and immediately jumped three feet high.Everyone immediately smelled the meat as if it was roasted.

The emperor laughed so hard that he almost fell off his chair.

If Li Chengzhi hadn't stopped him in time, he would have almost suffered this just now.I don't want anyone to follow in his footsteps...

Yuan Yong gritted his teeth in pain, raised his eyes, and immediately saw several blisters on his palm.

He scolded Li Chengzhi while blowing cold air: "Didn't you remind Yugu earlier?"

Li Chengzhi was speechless for a while: How did I know you were so stupid?

While talking, futons came like a yellow door, and seven or eight courtiers sat around the stove, only the emperor sat on a chair, and Li Chengzhi stood behind him.

Yuan Yi looked around, then looked at the raging flames in the furnace, and said amusedly, "Why do you worship fire just like Zoroastrianism (that is, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism)?"

Hearing the word "worship fire", Li Chengzhi's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but think of the people in Jingzhou who shouted "Sparkle the holy fire, burn my sins..." and rushed towards the fire without fear of death. scene.

"Don't be far-fetched!"

The emperor reprimanded lightly, pointed to the stove and said, "What do you guys think of this thing?"

They are all human beings, and it is impossible to see that the emperor's mood is not generally good.

Gao Zhao cupped his hands and bowed: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, with this item, you don't have to suffer from dampness, cold, and smoke in the future, and you will be safe in winter..."

The emperor nodded slightly.Holding the slightly hot milk cup that was scorched by the stove, he said with emotion: "Yesterday, I heard that there was a sudden heavy snowfall, and I couldn't sleep. My heart is as worried as I am, and like tens of millions of poor people in the world, how can I get through it?" The severe winter that lasts for four months. Do you want to take off your fur clothes today and stay in this warm pavilion like spring?"

Gao Zhao praised loudly again: "Your Majesty has the world in mind, and worries about all people, and is a blessing to the people of our Great Wei..."

All the ministers scolded the sycophants in their hearts, and they had no choice but to cooperate with Gao Zhao and make big shots.

It has to be said that it was not for nothing that Gao Zhao was able to become a lucky minister, a favorite minister, and a powerful minister.

After thinking about it for a while, looking at Li Chengzhi standing behind the emperor, many people sighed helplessly.

Gao Zhao is already very powerful, but compared to him, his prospective niece and son-in-law are even better.

What Gao Zhao relied on was his ability to quickly understand the emperor's mind and dare to blame the emperor.It's not that everyone in the hall can't do it, it's just that they don't want to do it.

But instead of Li Chengzhi, apart from admiration, they couldn't even be jealous.Just like the stove in front of me, it seems simple, but apart from Li Chengzhi, why can't others figure it out?

Yuan Yong clasped his hands, looked at the burning stove and the iron cylinder hanging from the beam, his eyes rolled around.

"What is the use of this iron cylinder? Why does it sound like there is a sound of wind and thunder in it?"

Where is the wind and thunder?
It's just because the outside is cool and the inside is hot, under the action of heat pressure, coupled with the blowing outside the hall, it produces a similar effect like a siphon, smoking outside.

Li Chengzhi rolled his eyes and spit out two words: "Exhaust smoke!"

Yuan Yong was stunned for a moment, and sniffed vigorously.Only then did he realize that there was not much smoke in the hall?

"Although this thing is ingenious, it can at best be called the icing on the cake. There is another thing that can be called a timely gift...and follow me..."

The emperor stood up while speaking, and led all his ministers to look inside.

Among them is the stone kang: stone strips are used as pillars, stone slabs are used to carry them, and clay and mud are used to build them up.It has been burning for a while, and there is fog in the pavilion, which is actually a bit warmer than the room just now.

"This is a kang, and it's not difficult to build. According to Li Chengzhi's words: if there are stones, you can build them with stones. If you don't have stones, you can use wet mud and grass leaves, and some mud embryos and clay boards can also be used to build them...

Wealthy households can burn it with charcoal, and middle-class and small households can use firewood and coal.Even poor people can pick up some cow, horse and sheep dung, fine firewood, sweep some withered grass and leaves and burn them... Therefore, I have issued an order to all the ministers to spread it all over the world..."

Seven or eight ministers were dumbfounded.

Someone asked: "Can it be built with mud and grass?"

Someone else replied, "All the houses can be built, let alone the kang?"

Yuan Yi took a step forward, touching the edge of the kang that was still wet, and felt quite warm where he touched it.

He suspiciously said: "That iron furnace is fine, but this thing, isn't it just moving the earth dragon to the ground, what's so strange about it?"

As soon as I heard that this person is a generation who does not know the sufferings of the people.Gao Zhao flicked his sleeves and sarcastically said: "King Qinghe, there is nothing unusual about this item, but it is not useless. Otherwise, why is it so highly praised by His Majesty?

Do you know that the earth dragon needed for the warm room in our mansion should be at least two feet square and six feet deep. How to build an ordinary house?You can also know how much firewood is needed for a winter in such a large basement? "

Although I still don't understand what it means, these two are old enemies.He didn't know that Gao Zhao was ridiculing him, "Why don't you eat minced meat", but in an instant, Yuan Yi's handsome face turned purple.

Li Chengzhi quickly smoothed things over: "What Situ said is true, this thing is the same as the earth dragon, it just moved from the ground to the ground..."

The rest of the people immediately heard the difference, how could they be fooled so easily by Li Chengzhi.

Liu Fang took a step forward, and asked solemnly: "If it is as Sikong said, how much firewood will it cost a day for a kang that is two feet wide and seven feet wide?"

"You don't need firewood, just sweep some broken grass and leaves. You should need [-] to [-] catties a day, which can be used for a family to keep out the cold. The manure of cattle, horses, donkeys, sheep and other livestock is better, ten catties is enough... If you really have money If there is too much, there is nowhere to spend it, so charcoal and firewood can also be used. For a greenhouse of the same size, the cost of the kang needs at most [-] to [-]% of the earth dragon..."

Cui Guang said again: "However, if the common people in Beijing have no dry grass and leaves to pick up, and no dung from cattle, horses, donkeys, sheep and livestock, what should they do?"

Li Chengzhi glanced at Yuan Yong, who had an uncertain face, and said calmly: "Then burn coal..."

"How to prevent the poison of charcoal smoke..."

As soon as someone asked a question, they knew that they asked nonsense.

It's been a while since I entered this warm pavilion, have all the ministers ever smelled a little bit of smoke?
Li Chengzhi dared to present this thing to the emperor, so he naturally solved this problem long ago.

After a careful calculation, compared with the earth dragon, it uses charcoal. This thing only costs less than [-]% of the money in a season, and it is extremely convenient to build. It can be built by digging some wet mud.

According to what Li Chengzhi said, if you can really sweep some broken grass and dead leaves and burn them, it can be called the gospel of the poor.Compared with the countless ordinary people who would freeze to death every winter in previous years, this thing can be regarded as "saving the people from the fire and water". No wonder the emperor was so excited?
Thinking of this, all the ministers looked at Li Chengzhi differently, as if they were looking at a saint...

Just as he was feeling secretly, he suddenly heard a loud roar from the pavilion: "Good thief, you are still a lonely charcoal mountain..."

Everyone turned their heads abruptly, only to see Yuan Yong's face was purple, his beard and hair were parted, his lips were trembling, and one finger was pointing at Li Chengzhi tremblingly, as if he was about to faint from anger.

Li Chengzhi secretly shouted in his heart: Here we come!

"Yelling, what's the proper way?"

The emperor just cursed, and then heard a "plop", and Yuan Yong knelt down on the ground straight.

"Your Majesty, you have to be the master for me. I was deceived by Li Chengzhi, a thief... Last month, he came to find me and said that he would cooperate with me to make charcoal for the people of the capital to protect the winter. I know the charcoal smoke well. I was afraid of hurting people's lives in vain, so I didn't respond to him, but rented all the charcoal mountains in the territory to him, and set a five-year contract..."

"Your Highness, isn't it?"

Li Chengzhi said with a smile, "I confessed to you that day: there is a furnace, cast in iron, which can be used by wealthy families. It can also help common people build earth dragons. These two things are very useful, but If the residents of the central capital use it, it would be appropriate to use charcoal...so I seek you to cooperate. You have made it clear before and after, so why are you talking about deceit?"

"Fart... You said you want to make an iron stove, but when did you say that there is a way to disperse smoke and poison? I just want to be like a charcoal basin. Although it can keep out the cold, I have the worry of being poisoned. And as long as anyone who is richer, every family If there are earth dragons dug, there is enough firewood and charcoal, so it is only assumed that no one is willing to buy charcoal...

Also, you only said that you want to help the common people build earth dragons, when did you say that it is so convenient, even the foundation does not need to be hollowed out, and the use of charcoal is so little..."

Only in the middle of shouting, suddenly heard a "puchi", as if someone laughed.Yuan Yong was extremely angry, and just about to yell, he saw that it was Taiwei Yuan Jia.He could only swallow the swear words that came to his lips.

Yuan Jia poked his beard and said sarcastically: "I really lied to you by Li Chengzhi. It turns out that you were the one who looked forward and backward, wanting to get rich but also afraid of taking responsibility?"

This is one of the six assistants who were granted by the late emperor to assist Yuan Ke.To put it bluntly, without Yuan Jia, Yuan Ke would have been forced to abdicate by Yuan Xi, Yuan Xie, and Yuan Xiang.In the emperor's heart, even ten Yuan Yongs were inferior to Yuan Jia, how could he dare to be presumptuous?
Yuan Yong pouted his neck and argued: "Taiwei's words are wrong. If Li Chengzhi let Gu see these two things earlier, how could Gu be fooled?"

Li Chengzhi was a little impatient: "Your Highness, please speak frankly, what do you want?"

Yuan Yong stretched out his hand: "Bring back the lonely charcoal mountain!"

go back?
"It's not impossible..." Li Chengzhi said with a smile, "but King Yingchuan must still remember that you and I agreed in the contract: whoever repents will pay ten times the penalty..."

ten times?
It was Yuan Yong who proclaimed the best in the world. Thinking of that huge number, his face turned green with pain.

But when he thought of being jealous by the emperor, fearing that he might lose his life, Yuan Yong gritted his teeth again: "At most three times!"

"make a deal!"

No one expected that Li Chengzhi agreed on the spot.He also looked at Yuan Yong with a smile on his face, "There is no evidence to say it, but even if His Highness gave me a written evidence at this time, the officials would not dare to believe it. What should I do?"

This is clearly ridiculing Yuan Yong's capriciousness, reneging on promises, and forgetting righteousness when he sees benefits.All the ministers burst into laughter, and there were many people who looked at Yuan Yong with disdain.Like the emperor...

But Yuan Yong has been through the wind and rain for a long time, so how can he lose this momentum.

Knowing that the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will never come again, Yuan Yong said with a flattering smile: "I hope that Your Majesty will grant you permission to let the minister out of the palace and give Li Chengzhi the penalty..."

Everyone thought that the emperor would be furious and cursed at him.But I don't want Yuan Ke to just glance at Yuan Yong with deep meaning: "I shouldn't have called you here today, get out..."

Yuan Yong was overjoyed, and left after paying homage, just like a wolf chased after him.

Li Chengzhi's heart moved: Why did Yuan Yong act out this act as if he didn't want to stay in the palace to discuss matters, not all for getting Meishan back?
Just being suspicious, the emperor asked again: "Tell me, what kind of tricks are you hiding to harm the king of Yingchuan? Well, let me tell you first, how much should the king of Yingchuan pay you three times the penalty?"

"The minister rented his Tanshan Mountain for five years, 15 gold per year, 45 gold, and it has been paid up to now. If King Yingchuan pays the minister three times, it will be [-] gold..."

"hiss……"

Suddenly there was a gasp in the hall.

45 gold, if you buy millet, you can buy nearly 45 stones, which is more than [-] million catties.

This much money is enough to buy a smaller house in the inner city...

The emperor had a look of disbelief, squinting and said: "It's more than that, with your nature, there must be another trick! To be honest..."

To be honest, the emperor still knows Li Chengzhi quite well.Li Chengzhi scratched his head helplessly: "The minister has already purchased enough coal in Beijing around the beginning of autumn, with nearly 30 stone, which is enough for the people of Beijing to use for a whole winter.

Even if it was a little short, the minister had already rented the Shitanling at the southern end of Xiaoshan from King Ruyang.But when the weather clears, people will be hired to transport charcoal to Xiaoshan.It's only two hundred miles to go back and forth, and it takes at most two days to go back and forth.If you hire more horses and chariots, you can transport [-] shi of charcoal to Beijing in a month, which should be enough... Therefore, King Yingchuan took back Charcoal Mountain, and this year is no longer profitable! "

Not only is it unprofitable, it is estimated that a little will have to be paid.

It's only because Yuanyue's Tanshan is close to Luoyang, which is hundreds of miles away.But Yuanyong's Charcoal Mountain is in Yingchuan, which is three hundred miles away, nearly three times farther...

All the ministers were speechless, but the emperor was very surprised: "I know that you rented Yuanyue's charcoal mountain, but why don't you know when and where did you buy 30 coal?"

Li Chengzhi was about to open his mouth, but Yuan Yi bowed down first: "It's all my fault... At the beginning of the beginning of autumn, Li Chengzhi told my ministers that as the weather gets colder, metallurgy and forging tools will stop working. The accumulated The charcoal can only be used again in the next year. It is also said that if it is piled up for a winter, it will lose some patience. It is better to sell it to him at the market price and wait for the spring of the next year to buy new charcoal...

The minister felt that it was reasonable, so according to what he said, he sold all the charcoal accumulated by the Qibu, Jinbu, Taicang, Sinonong and other departments to him, nearly 20 stone..."

This is 20, and there are [-]?

The emperor's eyelids twitched, and just as he was about to look at Liu Teng, the old eunuch knelt down with a thud: "The same is true for my ministers. The Taifu, Shaofu, and Neizang Cao You have accumulated nearly [-] stones of coal in the past years. The market price was sold to Li Chengzhi..."

Yuan Ke's face was as black as the bottom of a pot: "It's so huge, you should also ask Li Chengzhi, where should he use so much charcoal?"

"The minister asked..."

Yuan Yi said in a low voice, "He said he would sell it to the common people in winter to keep out the cold..."

Yuan Ke was taken aback for a moment, then gritted his teeth.

These two actually believed it?

Nine times out of ten, these two feel that there is a bargain to take, and it can save them a lot of trouble, so they push the boat along the way, regardless of whether what Li Chengzhi said is true or false, let's talk about it after selling it.

If Yuan Yong is stupid, aren't they even more stupid?

But, what did Li Chengzhi tell the truth?
In this way, if he, the emperor, wants to use coal, he has to ask Li Chengzhi to buy it?

Naturally, there is plenty of charcoal in the palace, and no one will be missing the emperor without anyone, Yuan Ke just feels uncomfortable.

"What is the market price of the sale to Li Chengzhi?"

"One stone, one gold!"

"The same is true for the minister!"

The emperor looked at Yuan Jia again.

As a Taiwei with both military and government functions, he must be familiar with people's livelihood. Yuan Jia thought for a while: "Winter is a little more expensive, but if you buy it around the beginning of autumn, a stone of charcoal should be worth about [-] yuan..."

One gold discount is 150 yuan, and Li Chengzhi gave [-] yuan more?
The emperor felt a lot better immediately, and asked squintingly, "In the end, the imperial court took advantage of you? Hmm... no, where did you get so much money?"

30 shi is 30 gold. In just half a year, Li Chengzhi earned so much by selling ice and tofu?

What's more, he also rented Yuanyue and Yuanyong's Tanshan, and paid it off in one lump sum.

"The minister pledged Ye Mingzhu to King Hejian, and borrowed millions of gold from him..."

The emperor was a little speechless: Can Li Chengzhi really give up?
"Such a lot of trouble must be to make a lot of money. Let's talk about it, how much do you want to use carbon charcoal?"

Li Chengzhi said amazingly: "It's still one stone and one gold!"

Seeing that everyone looked at it together, even the emperor looked like "you are fooling the ghost", Li Chengzhi laughed and said, "It is not how to collect it, but how to sell it... It is also a recent research by the minister: the charcoal Smash it, and use half of the clay, or loess, or red clay, and roll it into briquettes, which can still be burned.

Although it is not as prosperous as the original charcoal, it is superior in burning resistance.At most ten catties is enough for a small family to keep out the cold for a day.The minister is going to hire some idlers to make coal cakes of 30 shi with the 60 shi of coal. Although there are nearly [-] households of common people in Beijing, many of them must have some firewood, so it should be enough. "

Yuan Yi stared at Li Chengzhi with a pair of phoenix eyes, as if he was about to see flowers.

Uncle Yonghuang was cheated by you: Don't say one year, I'm afraid it will be ten or eight years, and he won't be able to earn a penny from that charcoal mountain...

Although there are only seven or eight important ministers, I know that there are many people in Li Chengzhi's mind.Cui Guang waved his sleeve, pointed at Li Chengzhi and asked, "If someone thinks your charcoal cakes are of poor quality and wants to buy raw charcoal, how much will it cost?"

Li Chengzhi blinked his eyes: "It should be a piece of hardware..."

It actually rose five times on the spot?
Yuan Yi and Liu Teng's intestines were about to turn green.

Li Chengzhi disagreed: "The wealthy family has enough charcoal and firewood, so there are not many people who need coal. The minister is just afraid that someone will compete with the people, so he buys coal from the minister, and then imitates the law of the minister. He uses loess to make inferior charcoal, so the price is so high, making it unprofitable, and naturally there will be no harm to the people..."

He didn't say it clearly, but everyone could tell that Li Chengzhi was guarding against people like Yuan Yong who were only interested in profit.

This is not bad, at least there is some bottom line, and the clan only knows how to make money, no matter whether the people live or die, there are many people who can dip their hearts in black ink.

The hall was silent, and the sound of the silver needle falling could be heard.Whether it was the emperor or several courtiers, although their faces were different, they all looked at Li Chengzhi firmly.

If other people say such words, even if they don't scold, they will laugh at them in their hearts and say a few words that are similar to instant and immediate.But from Li Chengzhi's mouth, everyone believed it.

Just because of this kind of robbing the rich and helping the poor, Li Chengzhi has already done a lot.

Just like that tofu, there is a five-fold difference between those sold to wealthy households and those sold to common people.

Therefore, no matter how many dignitaries Li Chengzhi offended and how many scolded him in the court, the folks praised him...

"You are good at calculating? You can make money and fame at the same time..."

The emperor snorted coldly, and explained to Yuan Jia and the others: "Your lords have also seen it, the kang masonry is not complicated, and you can tell the states as soon as possible to teach the common people to build it.

And the method of developing charcoal cakes can be selected by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to select the people of the counties to specialize in the production and sale... No matter how expensive the charcoal in the states is, it will always be more expensive than the capital, right?According to Li Chengzhi's law and the selling price shall prevail.The next year will be determined according to the market price... Yushitai needs to send envoys to investigate and visit secretly, but there are people who drive up prices and shoddy them, and they will be severely punished..."

Suddenly, a large group of people bowed down in the hall: "I obey the order..."

The emperor waved his hand: "Let's go!"

Without telling him to go, Li Chengzhi didn't dare to pretend to be confused and follow along, so he had to stay obediently.

After all the officials left, the emperor sighed leisurely: "Finally, how should I reward you?"

Li Chengzhi looked at the emperor's face: "The minister earns a lot, so he deserves it!"

"One pile is one pile, and we can't generalize it. I know what you mean: the reason why I delayed it until the heavy snow came, I didn't want to reveal the secret, and made it easier for the ghosts and monsters. I am very relieved... Either way..."

The emperor sighed again, "It will not be too late to judge your merits when the states send their reports..."

There are indeed such points, for example, Yuan Chen, the quasi-brother-in-law, is even darker than Yuan Yong.

I don't know what the emperor meant, and Li Chengzhi really didn't want to rely on this to ask for a reward, so he was very calm: "I obey the order!"

The emperor laughed lightly and said, "I'm tired, you should also step back..."

After that, Yuan Ke was like a wooden sculpture, leaning against the bed and staring blankly at the beam.

I don't know how long it took until he heard a "squeak" before he came back to his senses.

Liu Teng explained while opening the window: "When Li Chengzhi left, he specifically told him: Although there is no smoke visible to the naked eye in the pavilion, there is still charcoal poison left, so at most one hour, the window should be opened for a moment to disperse the charcoal poison. ..."

"Have a heart!" The emperor sighed sadly, "If all the officials are as proper as Li Chengzhi, if they can distinguish between public and private, and do everything in the clear, even though they love money, they make every penny clean, so why worry about officialdom? Unclear, the world is not fair?"

(End of this chapter)