East Palace.

There was a loud crackling sound.

"How can this be true? How can it be true?"

Zhao Huan was pacing back and forth in the room, with a particularly angry expression on his face.

However, what made him angry was the pile of gifts behind him, such as ginseng, jade, jade, etc., they were all rare and rare treasures, countless.

Needless to say, this was naturally a gift from the ministers. Now that the biggest threat to the East Palace has been eliminated, it can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai. Those ministers did not rush to curry favor with the future emperor, for fear of falling behind others, especially those who would have favored King Yun in the beginning.

Even the money was spent to please Zhao Huan.

It is a pity that although Zhao Huan was indecisive, opinionated, cowardly and timid, he inherited a very good tradition of the Northern Song emperor, which was frugality. He hated luxury and extravagance very much. It is precisely because of this that,

He just had a falling out with Wang Fu at the beginning. In fact, it was Wang Fu. When Cai Jing was in power, his relationship with him was not so harmonious.

Li Qi stood aside and looked at the rare treasures in that place, feeling pity in his heart.

"Before Wang Fu came to power, you turned a blind eye to me, and even basic etiquette seemed careless and perfunctory. Now you are trying to curry favor with me with these stolen treasures. This is undoubtedly to trap me in injustice.

Ah, these people are really more hateful than Wang Fu, how can I, Zhao Huan, be at their mercy?" Zhao Huan seemed to have not vented enough, and suddenly picked up a nearby Yu Ruyi and prepared to throw it into the ground.

"Your Highness."

Li Qi's face tightened, and he quickly stepped forward to firmly grasp Yu Ruyi, who was lifted above his head by Zhao Huan, and said: "Your Highness, please calm down, this Yu Ruyi is a gift from the British official."

Zhao Huan was stunned and said: "That's not right, you don't still want to speak for him, do you?"

Li Qi chuckled and said, "Your Highness, please let go first." But he said in his heart, I don't have the habit of standing so close to a gay guy and talking.

Zhao Huan snorted angrily, let go of his hand, and sat back on the chair angrily.

Be good, this thing is so valuable. Li Qi played with it for a while, then carefully put it back and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Highness, please calm down. What they did is only human nature. Don't blame it. Don't blame it."

Zhao Huan snorted: "Then they look down on people too much. How can I, the prince, be confused by these things?"

These are really a bunch of idiots. It would be much more practical to give him dozens of Geng Nanzhong inflatable dolls for safekeeping. Li Qi shook his head and said: "That's just from your standpoint, Your Highness, but from their standpoint, if you don't give this gift,

They feel uneasy, and if His Highness does not accept it, they will become even more frightened, which will be very detrimental to His Highness."

Zhao Huan frowned and said: "Li Qi, you seem to mean something in your words. There is no one else here. Just say what you have to say." After several days of contact, he trusted Li Qi more and more. Whenever there was any trouble, he would ask Li Qi to enter the palace.

After discussing, the relationship between the two is getting better and better.

Li Qi also sat back and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the ministers who gave these gifts probably accounted for half of the court. Although Your Highness has a great status now, if it arouses their fear and forces them to stand

Being on the same front, this is particularly disadvantageous to Your Highness, especially the British Duke. I believe Your Highness also knows that the British Duke is deeply favored by the Emperor, and he is with the Emperor all day long, and his status is very special. This

It is also beyond the reach of the Grand Master and I, so His Highness cannot be his enemy for the time being. Not only can His Highness not refuse the British Duke's overtures of kindness, but he must also appear very happy."

Zhao Huan also calmed down at this time, nodded and said: "What you said makes some sense, but you and the British father---?"

Li Qi chuckled: "It is true that the British Duke and I are incompatible, but this has nothing to do with you, Your Highness. Your Highness can be on good terms with him. If we can get the support of the British Duke, no one can shake His Highness's status.

The temporary calm in the court will also be of great benefit to the reform of the lower officials. Your Highness should focus on the overall situation. As for the British Duke and I, I prefer to deal with it privately and not to affect the government affairs."

Zhao Huan nodded frequently and said with a smile: "Yes! You are right! I should put the overall situation first, but I really don't like these things."

Li Qi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Your Highness, why don't you lend flowers to the Buddha."

Zhao Huancuo said in astonishment: "Borrow flowers to offer to Buddha?"

Li Qidao: "Your Highness just said that most of these things are harvested. To put it in a nice way, they are taken from the people. In this case, Your Highness will help them do good things and use them for the people.

Donate to the charity foundation, so that His Highness will not have to worry about these things, and it will also help many homeless people, which will also be of great benefit to His Highness's reputation."

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Zhao Huan called out three wonderful words in a row, and said haha: "Li Qi, your idea is really wonderful. It's a good idea to take it from the people and use it for the people. Let's do what you say. Come here!"

"Your Majesty, what do you have to say?"

"Pack these things immediately and donate them all to the charity foundation later."

"I wonder which charitable foundation your Highness wants to donate to?"

Zhao Huan was stunned by this question and said: "Which other charity foundation is there?"

Li Qi chuckled and said, "Have you forgotten, Your Highness, that there is also the Qingtian Charity Foundation established by Gao Yanei?"

Zhao Huan patted his forehead and said, "That's right, that's right, I almost forgot." After saying that, he said to the person in charge, "It's not the Qingtian Charity Foundation anyway."

"Yes. The villain understands."

After those people moved the gifts away, Zhao Huan exclaimed: "Li Qi, with your help, I am really more powerful than a tiger."

"Your Majesty, this is a great reward."

Zhao Huan waved his hand and suddenly said: "By the way, there is something I almost forgot to tell you. Just a few days after the Yingfeng Bureau was abolished, I heard that someone suggested to my father that the Yingfeng Bureau should not be abolished."

Li Qi was surprised and said: "So fast? Is it the British father?"

Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "This comment comes from the harem."

Those women must be so poor that they are crazy. Li Qi was furious in his heart, but he said: "What does the emperor mean?"

"Father, it seems that he has not wavered, but this is always a hidden danger." Zhao Huan frowned.

Li Qi nodded and said: "Your Highness is right, so we need something to replace Ying Fengju."

"Replace Ying Fengju? What should we replace it with?"

"Ordnance Supervisor."

"Ordnance Inspector?"

Li Qi nodded and said: "Yes, envoys from various countries will definitely come to Bianjing during the New Year. This is our opportunity. As long as the weapons inspector makes money, the emperor will gradually forget about his duties."

Zhao Huan frowned and pondered for a moment, then said: "There is still something wrong. What my father likes is not the strings of copper coins, but the strange stones, flowers and trees, etc."

Li Qi smiled and said: "I know this, but as long as we have money, everything will be easy. The so-called strange stones, flowers and trees are just luxury goods among commodities, and the existence of luxury goods also has its reasons. Once we are big

With the economic recovery of the Song Dynasty, some people will definitely think of the benefits in this area. At that time, there will only be an endless supply of luxury goods shipped from Jiangnan to Bianjing. However, this is different from Ying Fengju. Ying Fengju is acting under orders, and the latter belongs to

Private business is a legal transaction. For example, if Ying Fengju takes a fancy to a certain strange stone, their past practice is to transport the stone to the capital at all costs, destroying houses, bridges, and even buildings on the way.

Even if it is a palace wall, they cannot be held responsible. But if it is done by private individuals, they must consider these factors and come up with the most reasonable and legal way to transport the stones. If they damage people's houses, it is illegal.

, should be compensated. When these luxury goods are transported to Bianjing, the emperor can pay to buy them from merchants. In this way, it will not only save the country’s expenditure, but also reduce the harm to the people, and it can also stimulate to a certain extent

Consumption."

Zhao Huan listened patiently to Li Qi's words, and then pondered for a while before saying: "Well. In any case, this is much better than Yingfeng Bureau, but you are sure that the weapons supervisor will definitely make a lot of money."

"Of course I am sure. Moreover, Your Highness, you can apply for this position to the Emperor and participate in all weapons sales in the Arms Supervision on behalf of the Emperor." Li Qi smiled slightly. In fact, he was doing this to prevent the Third Si and Cai You from getting involved.

The most important thing is Cai You. Because if the arms business is really done in the future, then Song Huizong will definitely send someone to participate as his representative. After all, this is an arms transaction. No matter how faint Song Huizong is, he will not be able to completely let Li Qi have full power.

The decision was made, and Cai You was the privy envoy. He wanted to get involved, and the reason for his participation was quite good. Rather than letting Cai You take advantage of it, it would be better to involve the weak prince. In that case, he could control the situation.

When Zhao Huan heard this, he immediately understood the stakes involved. He smiled thoughtfully and suddenly said: "But my father may not agree?"

Li Qi smiled and said: "Your Highness, just go, the Emperor will definitely agree, because Your Highness is the most suitable candidate."

Having said this, how could Zhao Huan not know and said: "Okay! Then I'll go and give it a try. Haha, Li Qi, you just think you're one step ahead of others. I'm not wrong about the person."

"Where, where, Your Highness has given me the award."

After deceiving the prince, Li Qi left the East Palace. It was almost evening, so he went back to the Qin Mansion directly without going to the company.

"Wow! What are you doing? Am I back in the East Palace again?"

When Li Qi came to the back hall and saw the room full of gifts, he jumped up in fright, covered his mouth with his hands and said in horror.

At this time, there was also a big beauty and a beautiful lady sitting in the room, it was Mrs. Qin and Li Qingzhao.

"You are finally back. Look at the good things you have done." Mrs. Qin glared at Li Qi slightly and said.

Li Qi was confused. He opened his hands and said, "Madam, I have done a lot of good things. I wonder which one you are talking about?"

Li Qingzhao smiled slightly, pointed towards the gifts, and said, "This is a good thing."

"Sister Qingzhao, who sent these gifts?" Li Qi's eyes lit up as he spoke, "Could it be the betrothal gift given to his wife by the rich man?"

"Li Qi, what are you talking about?" Mrs. Qin shouted immediately, and her chest felt turbulent again.

Li Qingzhao also rolled his eyes at Li Qi and said, "These are all given to you by others."

"Given it to me?" Li Qi asked quickly: "Is it a boy or a girl?"

What is this person thinking about all day long? Mrs. Qin hummed: "What about men? What about women?"

"If I'm a man, it's about my career. If I'm a woman, it's about my appearance! So my response will be different." Li Qi said hehely.

Shameless!

Mrs. Qin's face turned away angrily and she was speechless.

Li Qingzhao was used to it and said with a smile: "The former."

Li Qi snorted and said calmly: "So you are here to curry favor with me."

"You seem quite disappointed?"

Mrs. Qin looked at Li Qi's disappointed look and hummed.

"A little bit, but now that I think about it, I'm not disappointed anymore. I've been around for so long and finally someone gave me a gift. Oh my god, it's really not easy when you think about it." Li Qi sighed.

Mrs. Qin was shocked and said: "You still want to accept it." One can imagine how guilty accepting bribes must be for a conservative woman like Mrs. Qin.

"Isn't it possible?"

"Of course not. This is ill-gotten wealth. How can you collect it? Do you still lack this little money?" Mrs. Qin affirmed.

"It's not lacking." Li Qi shook his head and said: "But madam, since you knew this was ill-gotten wealth, why did you keep it? Why didn't you refuse it at that time?"

Mrs. Qin snorted: "You said I didn't. I don't know how many times I've helped you refuse in the past few days---"

"What!"

Li Qi exclaimed and said: "No - I don't know how many - how many have I rejected? Isn't this the first time? Madam, how could you do this? People gave me gifts out of love.
To be continued...