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Xiang Liang's estimation was not wrong at all.Even though the inside and outside of Chang'an had been blocked in time after the palace change, rumors spread like wildfire, flying all over inside and outside Chang'an overnight.Some palace slaves who escaped arrest by chance sneaked into the folk, and by the way, spread all their knowledge in the imperial city—it’s just that the ancients lacked knowledge after all, and their memory was confused and their brains were muddy under panic, so All kinds of rumors were mixed in private and distorted and influenced each other, and finally formed a final version that synthesized news from all parties:

"—Have you heard? The King of Qi drowned the empress dowager and the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty in the latrine yesterday!"

In general, the so-called rumors of "the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty died in vain in the latrine" were too absurd and terrifying, and did not resonate with them at first. Even the most die-hard royalists lurking in the city would not believe the court ladies and eunuchs. Talking nonsense.But the wind direction suddenly changed in the early morning of the next day, and a gust of southeast wind blew past the imperial palace and poured straight into the city, immediately killing many spies who were waiting for news outside the imperial city.This sign is simply obvious, adding the most irrefutable ironclad evidence to the original absurd and grotesque rumors.

——To put it bluntly, digging out the sewers and blowing up toilets in Chang'an City has never been such a stinking method!

After the coup, the city was full of soldiers; at noon on the second day, the spies from the Qi Palace finally found out about the so-called rumors of killing the emperor in the Maokeng. The aftertaste lingers, no one is willing to enter the palace to handle business; Qi Wangfu is suspected to be contaminated by mercury, after much deliberation, he can only temporarily borrow the lobby where the prime ministers do business.King Qi was strategizing and mobilizing people in the political affairs hall. After hearing the news, his expression changed immediately, and he didn't speak for several minutes.

After deciding to cooperate with the Hengyang Palace to seek the throne, King Qi has already made a rough mental preparation for his posthumous reputation: Although the change of the throne between the Northern and Southern Dynasties is like a revolving lantern, the true sense has realized the free iteration of the emperor with a strong army and a strong horse; After all, his reputation is not good, let alone cooperating with the Southern Dynasties to seek supremacy; in the future, it is impossible for the meticulous writing of history books to be much better in terms of praise.But when he really heard the rumors boiling in the city, King Qi realized in horror that his thinking was too simple - seeking to usurp the throne is one thing; killing the king and liquidating it is another.However, killing the emperor by drowning in a cesspit is simply an anecdote that has never happened in thousands of years since the creation of the world, and it is enough to nail him to the highest pillar of shame in history!

All through the ages, courtiers have killed kings, and the exchange is nothing more than Bai Ling's dagger and gold flakes wine. What a weird, perverted, crazy and violent person must be to come up with the method of drowning in a cesspit?

Thinking of this, the king of Qi couldn't sit still any longer, pushed away the cases and stood up straight, beckoning his confidants to come over to discuss.His heart was full of ups and downs. On the one hand, he was worried about his reputation, but on the other hand, he was afraid of the negative effects of this rumor. The imperial family in the Northern Dynasty was in decline. It went so smoothly; but the rumors of killing people in the cesspit were too vicious. If someone really believed the news, they might not have any good feelings for King Qi, and would even go straight into hiding and refuse to cooperate; and the royalists would be so stimulated How to counterattack is naturally conceivable...

This rumor is certainly ridiculous, but it is very difficult to refute.The easiest solution, of course, is to ask the queen mother to take the emperor outside to shake the rumors.But now the emperor is detained in the grassland by the Hengyang Palace, as if he wants to use this as a bargaining chip to subdue the King Qi; and the Queen Mother... Although she has washed everyone who was affected by the stench for more than a dozen times last night, the smell of people The nauseous stench lingered for a long time, as if it had been pickled.

Whether this smell can be washed off or not, if Wai Chao sees such a queen mother who looks like she crawled out of a latrine, King Qi's reputation will never be cleared.

In the end, King Qi thought about it and ordered Xiang Liang to come, hoping that the Hengyang Palace would lend him the emperor for a while.This was nothing at all, Xiang Liang agreed at the time, but after agreeing, he took out a list from his sleeve and asked Qi Wang to "read it personally".

Undoubtedly, this is the condition on which the Hengyang Palace agreed to lend the emperor.King Qi took it and took a rough look, and found that most of the conditions were negotiated before the palace change, and it was nothing more than more detailed implementation; however, when he saw the last page, he frowned instinctively.

This page is not a sensitive content, in fact it is exactly the opposite. In King Qi's view, the above things are really... irrelevant.The first one puzzled him a lot. It was carefully and solemnly listed in the clauses, but in fact, several entertaining "pictorials" were to be published inside and outside Chang'an as the so-called "adjustment of residents' lives".

King Qi also had some impressions of this "pictorial".Before Zhang Yao was ordered to control the epidemic in the northern army barracks, she had printed and distributed a lot of vivid small pieces of paper to let the soldiers wash their hands and face to maintain hygiene according to the appearance on the paper; the images on those leaflets were all fine and accurate, It looks like a painting carefully crafted by a master Danqing.Rao Qi Wang Guang has experience, he was very surprised when he saw this thing for the first time.After getting a little familiar with Zhang Yao, I realized that this is the so-called "printing" technique. It is not a master's painting, but a board that is used to print one by one.

Of course, he doesn't understand whether "printing" is not "printing", but wasting such delicate and ingenious stunts on ignorant civilians is simply wasteful to the extreme.King Qi has always had a city, and when he saw the word "free delivery" on the list, he was slightly startled, almost surprised.

This extravagant and wasteful handwriting is really too extravagant!

Xiang Liang smiled, but his tone was very calm:

"It's just a trivial matter. Why did His Highness pay attention to it for so long?"

King Qi glanced at him, but didn't speak.

Of course, the person surnamed Xiang was right.In the final analysis, it was just that the king of Hengyang had a feverish brain and somehow distributed papers to the poor in Chang'an.It's just a group of Qianshou who can't read a word, so it's a trivial matter that couldn't be more trivial.King Hengyang is willing to throw away real money, why should he stop it.

So King Qi tapped the paper and nodded calmly.

He thanked Liang Chashou, but seemed to casually mention a few small things related to the "pictorial".He said that according to the rules of running newspapers since Jiankang, apart from various current interests, there are often columns in the pictorials that include the prices of vegetables and goods of the day, and the rise and fall of various objects; therefore, he wants to send more people to inquire about the prices in Chang'an City. .

The province is the most important place in the world, and the exchanges between the two countries are so solemn that even the price of vegetables can be discussed in detail!The other party was ridiculous and trivial to such an extent that King Qi couldn't help laughing for a moment.With a sigh, he picked up the vermilion pen on one side, and marked a big "tick" on the list.

"Okay, I agree to everything." He dropped the ink pen casually, and pushed the list back: "Is there anything else important to ask the envoy? If not, then please go back and report to His Royal Highness King Hengyang, and send me to the court as soon as possible." His Majesty the Emperor sent it back."

Perhaps it was because he was so irritated that he was really speechless. After King Qi blurted out these words, he realized that his remarks were really a bit impolite.So he paused for a moment, and immediately adjusted his tone to be more pleasant, and handed over a piece of silk from the wooden table:

"This is the list of rewards I drafted. Please take it to the envoy, and ask His Royal Highness King Hengyang to correct me."

Xiang Liang noticed this strange change in tone.But the right to public opinion and investigation has already been obtained; if you are in a happy mood, then naturally you can ignore everything.He took the silk silk and crossed his hands to salute, and retreated respectfully.

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To stabilize the situation in a timely manner after the palace change, in addition to the most critical personnel transfer, the promotion and promotion of rewards and punishments is also an extremely important part-the usurper must appease everyone, in addition to punishing political opponents to clear up future troubles, he must also give rewards to buy people's hearts. Minimize hostility.And the purpose of King Qi's silk has been scrutinized repeatedly is exactly this.

Of course, in addition to the regular official appointment and wish, in order to express gratitude to Hengyang Mansion for its great help, Xiang Liang and others were also specially listed in the list as "several meritorious and courageous" and rewarded together.King Qi asked Mu Chen to "correct and adjust", and it was these rewards. 33 Novel Network

This kind of reward list is not attractive to modern people, but Wang Zhi is quite interested in historical details, so he took a closer look at it.

But after a few glances, a strange look appeared on his face.Wang Zhi pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hand to summon the eunuch outside the door, pointed to the reward on the silk and asked him:

"Why is the silver on it folded into cloth and gold?"

The eunuch quickly bowed his head and answered: "Your honor. Silver, silver is really expensive, and the court can't do anything about it...Nowadays, officials say that it is ten taels of silver and one tael of gold, but in fact, everyone pays eight taels of silver to one tael in private. Gold calculation. The rich and powerful in the capital like to collect silver the most..."

Wang Zhi pondered for a moment, then waved him out, but his mouth slightly curled up.

"It seems that ancient China was really short of precious metals to the extreme." He said softly: "Ten taels of silver and one tael of gold, the exchange ratio is one to ten; we were busy issuing steel coins before, but we missed this one... Do you know the price of gold and silver through pre-modern times?"

The tone was soft and gentle, but it seemed to be thoughtful. Mu Chen blinked his eyes and was definitely a little confused, so he quickly asked shamelessly:

"what?"

Wang Zhi shook his finger at him.

"It's nothing." He smiled and said, "Of course I don't know much about the news. But I heard that the gold market is not good recently, it has fallen to 350 a gram, and silver is still hovering at 7 yuan a gram... In other words, One to fifty exchange ratio."

Mu Chen continued to blink, but still didn't understand:

"What do you mean?"

"That's what it means." Wang Zhiman said, "As long as Bei Yan arrives in time, he should be able to wipe out all the wealthy people in Chang'an City within a month."