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Chapter 735 Where did the money come from?

Qian Qianyi responded repeatedly, and took a sip of tea, then took a veil and pressed it to the corner of his eyes.

Then he looked up and said, "I'm not hiding it from the prince. I heard that Chen Zilong and Wang Yi are contacting the court officials and impeaching me..."

Speaking of this, Qian Qianyi looked at Wu Zheng with his eyes.

Wu Zheng was lowering his head slightly, playing with the lid of the tea bowl on the table with his left hand, as if he didn't notice Qian Qianyi looking at him.

Qian Qianyi waited for a long time, but when he saw that Wu Zheng had no reaction, he coughed dryly.

Wu Zheng then looked up and said, "I know this. When the chief minister came, Chen Zilong, Wang Yi and others had just left. As the chief minister said, they wanted to contact me and impeach the chief minister together."

Qian Qianyi almost let out a long sigh. He touched his chest and said, "I am not wrong with the prince. I am relieved... I dare to ask the prince, how did they respond?"

Wu Zheng frowned slightly and said, "What else can I say? These are all memorials, and I am often impeached by them. I have to be too unfair... I mean, although I am a Duke, I am not good at interfering in the affairs of the court, especially when impeaching the chief minister of the dynasty, so let them find others."

Qian Qianyi said with gratitude: "The prince is indeed a gentleman, I admire him."

Wu Zheng laughed in surprise. In the past four years, he had not had ten nicknames, but seven or eight, but this "righteous gentleman" was the first time he heard this. Unfortunately, even if these four words came from Chen Zilong's mouth, Wu Zheng could be happy, but now, Wu Zheng was disgusted and wanted to vomit.

Qian Qianyi said urgently: "I am here today, so I will ask the prince to help me. In the future, if Chen Zilong and others impeach me, I will ask the prince to help me."

Wu Zheng hesitated and said, "Is this...inappropriate?"

Qian Qianyi hurriedly said, "What's wrong with this? I'm not hiding it from the prince, Your Majesty is standing behind me. Chen Zilong and others screamed again. If Your Majesty refuses, they will just bark a few times. Prince, if you can help me this time, I will be able to win the prince's feelings."

"Oh?" Wu Zheng said, it was just the right time.

Qian Qianyi looked around and glanced at Song An.

Wu Zheng understood it and shook his hand slightly at Song An, and Song An took a tactful retreat.

Qian Qianyi said: "If the prince can help, I will thank you very much."

Speaking of this, Qian Qianyi raised his hand to compete with him.

Wu Zheng rolled his eyes and said, "Prime Minister, although my country's Duke is young, he is a person who has seen the world. Besides, my country's Duke is not a greedy person."

Qian Qianyi narrowed his eyes and smiled, and compared again, three.

Wu Zheng still shook his head and said, "All of them are colleagues, what can I not sit down and talk about it carefully..."

Qian Qianyi changed again, and he opened his five fingers with his right hand.

Wu Zheng said: "The chief minister, Gongzhong, was loyal to the country, but was wronged by a traitor. If the Duke of my country sits on the scene, where is the justice?"

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng asked: "How to deliver it?"

Qian Qianyi laughed and said, "Tomorrow is done, I will send someone to the mansion that day."

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "Okay. How can I help the assistant?"

Qian Qianyi's old face immediately became gloomy, "Xie Congren was dismissed from office, and the chief evil was exiled together with his family."

Even though Wu Zheng was mentally prepared, he felt a little shocked.

"Is the chief minister going to kill all the people?... No matter what, they are all colleagues, political views, and they are dismissed from office. Why exile and harm their family?"

Qian Qianyi was stunned when he heard Wu Zheng's words.

After a while, Qian Qianyi drew a few words on Wu Zheng and sighed: "The prince is indeed a person with a temperament."

He shook his head and said, "Any political enemy, once they act, they will live to the death and stop until they die. The prince's benevolence today will be retaliated against by them in the future. It is said that all evil things will be eliminated, the prince."

Wu Zheng hesitated and said, "But these... these people are not traitors and evil people. I feel sorry for it after all."

Qian Qianyi laughed and sneered: "The prince is really forgetful. On that day, Chen Zilong sent Song Zhengyu to collude with the Qing army and assassinated the prince in Zhenjiang Prefecture. Doesn't the prince remember?"

Wu Zheng frowned and said, "Of course I remember."

"That's it." Qian Qianyi said, "But His Majesty protects Chen Zilong that day, and Song Zhengyu did not deal with it, but was just imprisoned. But now His Majesty has regarded Chen Zilong as a thorn in his eyes and a thorn in his flesh. This time, the prince and I joined forces to not only bring down Chen Zilong, but also deal with Song Zhengyu by the way. He kills two birds with one stone."

Looking at Qian Qianyi's somewhat proud face, Wu Zheng suddenly said: "It turns out that the prime minister came by His Majesty's will."

Qian Qianyi was stunned and a little embarrassed, "The prince misunderstood. This is definitely not what His Majesty meant."

Wu Zheng sighed: "If the silver is the chief minister, I will accept it, but if it is your Majesty's... how can it be easy to receive it? Otherwise, I will trouble the chief minister and take this bill back together."

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng suppressed the bill of exchange on the table and moved towards Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi quickly pushed it back and said, "The prince is really misunderstood. This money is definitely not His Majesty's, nor is it the national treasury... it is my private property."

Wu Zheng's eyes flashed and said, "The chief minister was originally a happy family. He took out 200,000 taels. I am trusted. However, the chief minister was deposed by the Qing court last year and was demoted from Shuntian Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture. I am afraid that the family's fortune will be weak, right?"

Qian Qianyi didn't understand what Wu Zheng meant for a moment and nodded subconsciously.

Wu Zheng immediately changed his face and said, "Is the Prime Minister bullying me for being young?"

Qian Qianyi was shocked and hurriedly said, "What does the prince mean?"

Wu Zheng said angrily: "Since the prime minister's family is weak, the 500,000 taels that the prime minister just deserves. If His Majesty had not given him, would the prime minister afford to pay? Isn't this a fool to be young?"

Qian Qianyi then came to his senses, "Prince calms down and let me explain slowly."

Wu Zheng snorted.

Qian Qianyi thought for a while and said carefully: "The prince believes that with the current financial resources of the Yixing Dynasty, can the Qing army be defeated in three or five years?"

Wu Zheng refused to comment.

Qian Qianyi had to ask and answer, "In my opinion, it is impossible. After the court's battle, Liao Zhongping's Jingwei was lost more than half, and Duke Xingguo's navy was only 8,000. The Jianyangwei of Xia Wanchun, Taiping Hou, had more than 3,000 casualties. The 30,000 new recruits were still needed to train. Let's talk about the prince's army, the four guards army, after this battle, had a lot of casualties? I heard that the prince planned to build another two guards, but I knew that the treasury of the general's palace was probably tight, right? But even if the prince rebuilds the six guards army, it was just an army that was not too threatening to the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in the north. Although the prince has been constantly winning battles for four years, has it really hurt the muscles and bones of the Qing court? In addition to killing a prince Yu Duoduo, other victories were just gnawing the fur of the Qing court, which was far from being hurt."
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