The first county magistrate in history

Chapter 36 Empress, I will tolerate you once

Qin Zheng let out a loud cry, and everyone looked at him in confusion.

Qin Zheng's face looked extremely ugly at this moment.

After a long while, he said, "Do you want to live or die? If you want to die, I will report the truth right away. If you want to live, you must obey me!"

thump!

Zhang Shaoyong and others, along with the eunuchs, were so frightened that they all fell to their knees.

"Master Qin, save us!"

"Master Qin, help!"

Zhang Shaoyong and Zhu Shigui kowtowed loudly.

Qin Zheng said, "If you want to live, keep it a secret and don't tell anyone. Seal the box and set off tomorrow!"

Zhang Shaoyong mustered up the courage to ask, "Master Qin, but once we get to the disaster area, we can't hide it!"

Qin Zheng waved his hand: "I will make my own decision!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

In the county government office.

Tian Fuan burst into tears, as if his father had died. "My Lord, His Majesty is such a rip-off. One tael of gold is exchanged for ten taels of silver, so one million taels of gold is ten million taels of silver. This is equivalent to cheating us out of nine million taels of silver!"

Zhang Mingli sighed, "Even if we knew we were tricked by the Empress, the relief money had already arrived in Hongtong County, and we were the ones who opened the box. There's no way we can justify it!"

Wu Xiaoyou was furious: "Your Majesty, you have not only betrayed me, but also killed those eunuchs who delivered the imperial edict and the Yihui Army."

Tian Fuan's face turned pale. "Is Your Majesty so cruel? They are innocent. We are innocent too. How did we offend Your Majesty?"

Zhang Mingli analyzed: "The Empress must have known that Hongtong County is rich. She is the Empress, but she is too embarrassed to speak directly, so..."

Tian Fuan looked down on her: "This empress is too filthy..."

Suddenly seeing Qin Zheng's murderous eyes, he quickly covered his mouth.

Zhang Mingli scolded: "You're talking about the Empress behind her back, do you really want to die?"

Tian Fuan chuckled and said, "Isn't there no outsiders here?"

Zhang Mingli continued his analysis, "This should also be a test from His Majesty, a test of whether our Lord is willing to sacrifice himself for others and donate money for disaster relief. It is also a test of whether the Lord is loyal to His Majesty and can secretly resolve this matter."

Wu Xiaoyou said angrily: "Is there such a test? How many lives are at stake?"

Zhang Mingli looked shrewd and said, "They were sent by His Majesty. Our master has no right to decide their life or death. We can only report to the court. They were taken back to the imperial capital, and they were released with an excuse."

Tian Fuan looked at Qin Zheng: "In other words, His Majesty only wants to trick our master? Sir, do you have a grudge against His Majesty?"

Qin Zheng glanced at him: "I haven't even seen her!"

Wu Xiaoyou frowned, "Since there's no grudge, why not just issue an imperial decree and have Hongtong County pay the money? Why go through all this trouble?"

Qin Zheng didn't say anything either, just paced back and forth.

Tian Fuan, Zhang Mingli, and Wu Xiaoyou all looked at Qin Zheng pacing in the room, extremely anxious.

Zhang Mingli couldn't help but say, "Sir, since these eunuchs and the Yihui Army can't die, just report the truth. We have no obligation to make up for this shortfall!"

Qin Zheng shook his head: "At present, it is just our judgment, without any basis. If we are wrong, the Yihui Army and these eunuchs will not survive."

Zhang Mingli stopped talking. It was true!

Tian Fuan said, "Sir, although Hongtong County doesn't care about the one million taels of gold, the wealth of Hongtong County belongs to the people of the entire county, not to us personally. Sir, please don't try to take the treasury. I'm the first to object..."

Before I could finish my words, whoosh!

Qin Zheng rushed over and kicked him to the ground: "Did I say I was going to touch the treasury silver?"

Tian Fuan held his head, but smiled: "Just don't move, just don't move."

Zhang Mingli looked at Tian Fuan speechlessly and said, "You Pixiu, if you don't let me move, how can I solve the current crisis? Isn't the wealth of Hongtong County all earned by you?"

Qin Zheng said, "Not a single ounce of silver from the treasury can be touched. This is the capital for Hongtong County's ten-year plan."

Wu Xiaoyou asked worriedly, "Sir, how are you going to report back?"

Qin Zheng waved his hand: "Let me think about it again."

"I knew that my master is resourceful and capable of doing anything. How could such a small difficulty possibly stump my master?" Tian Fuan was completely relieved.

Zhang Mingli glared at the money-grubber Tian Fuan and said nothing.

Tian Fuan continued, "Sir, when I saw them carrying so many boxes, I was wondering if it would be more convenient to just use gold notes. It turns out the empress wanted to trick you. But why did she trick you?"

Qin Zheng shook his head: "I haven't even seen her, how would I know?"

Tian Fuan suddenly asked, "Sir, are you going to inform the innkeeper to kill that damn eunuch?"

Qin Zheng sneered: "It's a deadly trap!"

Tian Fuan was grinning from ear to ear. He loved to cheat people the most.

Suddenly, an idea came to his mind: "Sir, how about we paint gold paint on the silver?"

Zhang Mingli was at a loss for words: "Old Tian, you're mentally retarded. What's the point of using that thing? If it's fake, it's fake. How can you treat it as real gold?"

Wu Xiaoyou also said: "Your Excellency is going to provide disaster relief, and you want to use the relief money to buy real things and do practical things."

Tian Fuan spread his hands and said, "Then I have no other options. I have run out of tricks!"

Qin Zheng suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Empress, I will tolerate you just this once."

He looked at Tian Fuan and said, "Tian Fuan, send someone to paint these silver coins with gold paint immediately!"

what?

Zhang Mingli and others were dumbfounded.

"Master Qin..."

Suddenly, a beautiful figure rushed in from outside the door.

When Qin Zheng saw this girl, he slapped his forehead. He was about to leave and almost forgot about this girl.

"I heard that you are going to Liangjin to provide disaster relief?" Xia Mo looked at Qin Zheng with wide eyes, her long eyelashes fluttering.

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Xia Ning, are you going home or staying in Hongtong County?"

Xia Mo Ning pursed her lips and thought to herself, I really want to stay in Hongtong County forever, but my sister won’t allow it!

"Master Qin, I want to go with you!"

Qin Zheng frowned. "I'm going to provide disaster relief. It's not only hard, but also very dangerous. What are you going to do?"

Xia Mo Ning pouted: "I don't care, I'm going. If you don't take me with you, I'll go secretly!"

As he said this, he rubbed his eyes hard.

But my sister said that the best way to deal with Qin Zheng is to cry.

She is not as strong as her sister and can cry whenever she wants.

But she was smart and had applied chili water on her palms beforehand.