The Tang Dynasty: The Concubine of the Holy Soldier

Chapter 371

Chapter 371

However, the ministers' denunciation of Wei Zheng did not end there. After all, there were not many opportunities to please the King of Beiliang, and they would never let it go easily.

And this Wei Zheng is really hateful, he dared to impeach the King of Beiliang regardless of indiscrimination, or even fabricated it out of thin air.

Li Er saw that the current situation was about to get out of control, his complexion was abnormally gloomy, and at the same time he gave the old eunuch who was accompanying him a wink.

After the old eunuch understood, he immediately shouted in a shrill voice: "Quiet~~"

This long sound made the court hall completely quiet in an instant, and everyone restored order and returned to their positions one after another.

Everyone is looking forward to how the holy minister will deal with this matter.After all, as the emperor of a country, he must deal with this matter fairly and justly, otherwise, the rest of the ministers will be dissatisfied...

After immersing himself for a while, Li Er said: "Before this, I only heard that anyone who visits the king of Beiliang must bring a generous gift!"

"What's more, every time I go, I can't leave empty-handed. I even have to give generous gifts three times in a row before I can enter the White Mansion and meet the King of Beiliang!"

While speaking, Li Er looked at Li Chengqian. After all, Li Chengqian gave three generous gifts in a row before he managed to enter the White House, and he was beaten violently before that.

Afterwards, Li Er changed his voice and said: "However, I never thought that the reason why the king of Beiliang acted so blatantly was to exchange money, food and cloth for the people of Liangzhou!"

"As the king of a country, I actually want my ministers to use their status to help the people. I really feel ashamed of the people of Liangzhou."

No one present at the scene expected that Li Er would confess and admit his mistakes in front of them.

All of a sudden, the anger of all the ministers on the field dissipated a lot. After all, the Holy Majesty has already confessed his mistake, so what right do they have to hold on to this matter?
Li Er saw that the anger of these people in front of him gradually calmed down, and he was relieved a lot in his heart.

However, Bai Jingyi just stood there from the beginning to the end, watching them as if watching a play.He even wondered how long this big show would last.

After admitting his mistake, it was time to solve the problem. Li Er looked at Bai Jingyi.Slowly asked: "Now that Bai Aiqing is serving the country and the people, even at the expense of destroying her own reputation, I don't know if Liangzhou still lacks money!?"

The reason why Li Er said this was to give Bai Jingyi a step down.What he meant by this sentence was to say: "A lot of money has been collected for such a long time! Relief for the people of Liangzhou must be rich and rich, and I don't care about the rest of the money and food, just dispose of it yourself!"

So in Li Er's mind, yes.Bai Jingyi followed his words and continued directly, saying that Liangzhou has enough money and food, and it can solve today's problem.

Although Li Er was thinking this way in his heart, and he had already said the words, he was still in a state of anxiety.After all, this Bai Jingyi couldn't be judged by common sense.

Sure enough, when Bai Jingyi heard this, the corners of Bai Jingyi's mouth rose a lot.He took a step forward slowly, bowed to Li Er and cupped his hands and said, "Return to Your Majesty's words! There are nearly 200 million refugees in Liangzhou! Including our army in Beiliang, there are more than 200 million!"

"What's more, my Liangzhou was ransacked by the Turkic barbarians not long ago, and the houses and granaries were all burned down! These accounts are just to allow the soldiers and civilians in Liangzhou to survive this year's end!"

"As for money, food and cloth, the more the better!"

When he heard this, Li Er's face turned black instantly, he never thought that he gave a step, and Bai Jingyi couldn't get down.

What surprised Li Er even more was that there was even a minister who found out and helped Bai Jingyi to speak.

"Report to Your Majesty! Liangzhou City is now crowded with refugees. If there is insufficient food, it will inevitably lead to turmoil!"

"Report to Your Majesty! There is still a surplus of food in the national treasury. I implore His Majesty to distribute it to Liangzhou to appease the people of Liangzhou!"

"My lord! Liangzhou is full of refugees. If there is insufficient food, the people will inevitably be in turmoil, and this hard-won peace and stability will definitely be destroyed!"

"At that time, the refugees will run around trying to survive, and there will inevitably be bandits! And if such a large number of refugees become bandits, my Tang Dynasty will never have peace!"

Several ministers talked about the cause and effect relationship, and they said it clearly and logically.And it's so reasonable that there's no way to even refute it.

What made Li Er most angry was that among the ministers who spoke out, there were officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The Ministry of Households is in charge of Datang's money and food, and is the most clear about the situation of Datang's treasury.Now that he has stood up to help Bai Jingyi speak, doesn't that mean that his pockets of money have already entered other people's pockets.

Although this pocket is still my pocket, the money in it no longer belongs to me...

Li Erqi's face turned red, but he didn't dare to attack at all. After all, refugees generally rioted, and Datang would inevitably fall into civil strife.

As long as the Tang Dynasty is in chaos, not to mention the surrounding barbarians Xiaoxiao will take advantage of the fire to loot, even the princes of these southern vassal states standing above the court will inevitably take the opportunity to launch civil strife to fight for land...

So Li Er could only admit it with his nose pinched, and said slowly: "Bai Aiqing has made great achievements in managing the refugees, and I deserve a reward!"

"And because Bai Aiqing cares about the people of Liangzhou, how about giving all this reward to the people of Liangzhou?"

Bai Jingyi cupped his hands slightly and said, "The Holy One is wise!"

Although Li Er didn't say what the reward was this time, Bai Jingyi didn't care at all.

After all, there is already enough grain in Liangzhou, and even enough seeds for next year's spring plowing season. No matter what kind of reward, then, who would dislike having too much money?

I don't know why, seeing Li Eryou's expressionless expression, Bai Jingyi couldn't help but want to laugh.

The surrounding ministers also stood up, bowed to Li Er and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"Holy Majesty is wise!"

Li Er looked at Bai Jingyi's half-smile expression, and felt as if a thorn had been pricked in his heart.

He looked at Wei Zheng, hoping that he would continue to speak out, but Wei Zheng seemed to be frightened, and stood there muttering to himself, not knowing what he was talking about...

Although Li Er felt helpless, he had to rely on Wei Zheng to find a way out. After all, he couldn't really punish Wei Zheng, otherwise it would definitely cause discomfort to the former officials.

So Li Erping calmed down, and said in a tone full of imperial majesty: "Wei Aiqing! But continue to impeach the King of Beiliang!?"

(End of this chapter)