I’m The King Chapter 1059: :East and west (fifty-two)

Hearing the scribe's reply, Wu Qi sighed and put the tasteless tea, which had almost turned into a cup of white water, on the desk, stood up with his back bent, and nodded to the clerk , stumbling towards the outside, looking at the old figure, the scribe couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic.

Walking out of the political affairs hall, Wu Qi looked back at this inconspicuous side hall. He used to think that the Han Kingdom would be the one with little righteousness, but now it seems that there is no one in this world who does not eat meat Wolves! In this side hall, the attitude of the few people who control most of the empire's power towards him has fully demonstrated their thoughts on Wei Guo.

The defeat of the Qin people on the grassland triggered their strategic retreat. In just one month, Ye Zhen led his troops to recover more than half of the Wei country. The day of returning to the country to take over the government again is not far away, but now it seems that there is no hope at all, and there is even no hope at all.

Han has no intention of reviving Wei.

Although he is in Jicheng, Wu Qi still has some scrutiny in the territory of Wei State. After Ye Zhen regained the land of Wei, all the officials have been arranged to restore the rule, but those officials do not belong to Wei State. It is the officials of the Han Dynasty who have been transferred from various counties in the country, as well as some Han scholars who have just graduated from intensive training at Jicheng Comprehensive University.

It's clear what his heart is like.

But what can I do? Now even King Wei and himself are guarded in Jicheng by the reserve troops of the Young Guards of Han.

The sun crossed the side hall and shone on his face, causing his eyes to narrow involuntarily, and also deepened the wrinkles on his face, Wu Qi turned around desolately, ready to leave.

Suddenly bursts of hearty laughter came from behind, Wu Qi stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and saw a group of people in the magnificently decorated palace next to the political affairs hall. He was happily walking out from the inside, talking loudly about the military situation on the front line as he walked. The Han army is now victorious. All of these people are blushing and dancing.

Wu Qi knew that these people were members of the Great Council of the Han Kingdom. They came from various counties in the Han Kingdom. Based on his experience in politics, the existence of this great council is simply an existence that empties the imperial power. It is said that Gao Yuan disregarded the opposition of Jiang Jiaquan and others, and created it all by himself. From ancient times to the present, he has never heard of that one. The king will think that his authority is too great and ask for trouble, and set limits for himself.

Wu Qi felt that he had never understood the king of the Han Kingdom.

"This time, the Zhengshitang proposed to impose a special war tax to make up for the cost of this war. Tell me, can the big council pass it?" a member of the council said loudly.

"Places like Jishi, Dayan, and Yuyang will definitely support it with both hands, because this time they are war zones and have been severely damaged, especially war tax revenues are not on their heads, while Langya, Tianhe, Hejian, Cangzhou, Kunzhou and other places may not be happy, so this time there will definitely be no more battles in the Great Council!" another said with a smile.

"Hey, I said don't stand up and talk without back pain. What's your attitude in Liaoxi?"

"We in Liaoxi have paid a lot to support Jishi this time. Even if we want to collect war taxes, we shouldn't be able to collect much. Anyway, when the time comes, I support Jiang Yizheng's proposal based on local prosperity and this The loss in the first war is determined by the proportional distribution method, and Yan Yizheng proposed equal distribution, which I firmly oppose."

"Cut, after all, it's just for you to pay less money!"

"We are poor in the west of Liaoning, but you fat lands, the mud will produce oil when squeezed!"

"Go away, I used to say that you are poor in Liaoxi, I still believe it, are you poor now?"

"Aren't we poor? We are still poor, with a weak foundation!"

"Stop arguing, this time I don't think we can hold back the general trend, not to mention anything else, the representatives of the three counties in Liaodong are definitely in favor, not to mention places like Dayan, Hetao, Jishi, and Yuyang , and the counties in Qidi, which were newly included in our Great Han territory, are trembling now. If they are asked to pay, they will never dare to say anything, so they will definitely raise their hands when the time comes. You can count the votes yourself, it is already more than half. So let's not be villains in vain this time. This special tax must have passed the approval of the king. This time, our losses are a bit greater, especially Yuyang, who was harmed by Lu Chao beyond words , our places have not suffered from the disaster of war, so we should pay more money. I think the common people can understand that if there are no sacrifices in these places, how can we live and work in peace and contentment, especially this time the Xiongnu herdsmen in Jishi County, on the battlefield More than 20,000 people died, and how many families lost their pillars."

"That's that!"

Wu Qi stood there in a daze, listening to these people discussing and walking away, could this be their member of parliament? Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, yes, member of parliament, big council. Maybe he can Find a way from this direction.

Wu Qi raised his head and hurriedly walked towards the residence of King Wei and himself.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" After returning to the mansion, Wu Qi rushed straight to the main hall where King Wei lived.

"Wu Xiang, is there any good news?" Looking at Wu Qi's appearance, the Wei Wang who heard the sound was overjoyed, "The Zhengshitang promised to let the king return to the country?"

Wu Qi shook his head, "No, they didn't see me at all, and Jiang Jiaquan didn't see me at all because the King of Han is no longer in Jicheng and he can't make decisions!"

"So, they still don't mean to let me go back?" King Wei sat down disappointed.

"Looking at what they mean, I'm afraid they never want to let the king go back!" Wu Qi sighed: "The land that Ye Zhen recovered from my Great Wei has now been officially taken over by the officials appointed by the Han Dynasty."

"How is this possible, how is this possible, this is the land of my Great Wei, how can they take it away from the Han Kingdom?" King Wei cried out. "Isn't the Han Kingdom our friendly country? Didn't they promise to help Shall we defend Wei Guo?"

"Your Majesty!" Wu Qi sighed: "They promised this in the scriptures, but the problem is that they didn't keep it. Even the capital of Wei State was taken by the Qin people. Although they took it back, they did not It can be rightly said that they were taken back from the Qin people.”

"Is this okay?" King Wei was dumbfounded.

"Why not? The truth is always in the barrel of a gun. This is what Han Wang Gao Yuan said." Wu Qi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, how much money do we have?"

"Why did you suddenly ask this? Of course we have a lot of money, but we don't have much on hand. At the beginning, the gold and silver treasures in the palace and treasury were registered one by one by the infantry generals, and then He only gave me the brochure and said he would return it to me after the war subsides, but I don't know where it is now!" Wei Wang said in a daze.

"Your Majesty, give me what you have left."

"Well, what do you want to do?" Wei Wang asked strangely.

"Your Majesty, do you know that there is a great council in Han?" Wu Qi sat down and asked.

"Of course I know this."

"The power of this great council is enormous. As long as they gather a few people, they can move a proposal. If it is passed by the great council, even the Political Affairs Hall cannot deny it. The only one who has the final veto power is Hanwang Gaoyuan , Therefore, I need a large sum of money to bribe these great councilors and attract a group of people to speak for us." Wu Qi lowered his voice and said, "Using the terms of the promise that King Gao Yuan of Han gave us at the beginning, we demanded that the King of Han return to us. The country is governed."

"Can these congressmen agree?"

"Money touches people's hearts. As far as I know, these councilors are not stable for a lifetime. They have to be re-elected every three years. Among these people, there must be those who are greedy for money. Moreover, none of them They are not united and each has their own ideas, so I'm going to give it a try." Wu Qi clenched his fists: "As long as the Great Council can make a motion and put forward a proposal, this matter will be considered public and let all the people of the Han Kingdom We all know that if we go one step further and let the Great Council pass the proposal, the only one who can veto this matter is Hanwang Gaoyuan."

"What if Han Wang directly vetoed it?"

"If the Great Council really passes it, the King of Han will never reject it, because this matter concerns his face, his honor, and the maintenance of his prestige to the Great Council. The King of Han has been working hard to maintain it. The prestige of the Great Council, since the establishment of the Great Council, he has not rejected a single thing passed by the Great Council." Wu Qi said.

"Okay, as long as this king can return to the country and resume his administration, gold and silver treasures are nothing, you can just take them, but I don't have much on hand!" Wei Wang said.

"I still have some in my hands. Besides, there were quite a few rich and wealthy gentry from the great Wei family who moved to Jicheng with the king. If I ask them to beg for alms, this is also related to them. For their own interests, I want all of them to mobilize and lobby the congressmen they know." Wu Qi said.

In the political affairs hall, several councilors were dumbfounded when they heard Cao Tianci's report on Wu Qi's every move in the past two days, "This Wu Qi is really a talent, to actually make him come up with such a move, really let him It’s done, so we’re pretty passive?”

"Are any congressmen moved?" Yan Shenghao asked.

"Of course." Cao Tianci grinned, "I have a detailed list everywhere, and I will send it to the adults later."

Jiang Jiaquan snorted, "Tianci, warn these people, especially those who don't want to pay this time, this is a good handle! Hold them in your hands, squeeze them hard, I am a big man Congressmen, accepting bribes is a felony, tell them, if they don’t raise their hands on the special war tax this time, I, Jiang, will send them to justice!” (To be continued)