Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 919 Song Gaozong: Liu Gao, a loyal minister among his loyal ministers! [2 more]

A few days later, Liu Gao pretended to go from Yangzhou to Tokyo to convey the imperial edict to himself, and then returned to Xijing to report.

Song Gaozong was very happy to see Liu Gao. After all, he was one of his own and he was holding his badge in his hand!

"My dear, what does the King of Yan say?"

Song Gaozong looked at Liu Gao expectantly, and Liu Gao said respectfully:
"The Prince of Yan is willing to quell the rebellion for Your Majesty!
"only--"

Song Gaozong's heart skipped a beat: "Just what?"

Liu Gao pretended to be cautious: "The King of Yan said that the emperor does not need hungry soldiers, and needs one million taels of silver for military expenses!"

"Seize the young master?"

Song Gaozong was anxious:

"One million taels of silver?
"Where can I find so much silver for him?"

"Taking advantage of the situation!"

Wang Fu, the Privy Councilor of the East Hall, was furious:

"King Yan is just taking advantage of the situation!"

Shang Shu You Pushe Zhu Shengfei said angrily: "Wolf ambitions!"

Yang Jian shook his head and sighed: "The court is in trouble, where can we get so much money to give him?

"I'm afraid this plan won't work..."

Zhang Bangchang, who came up with the idea, tried his best to make this happen, but he had no other choice but to shake his head and remain silent.

Liu Gao sighed and said, "Your Majesty, I am not saying anything discouraging!
"The world is in chaos now, with war raging everywhere!

"If we want to pacify the world, I'm afraid it must be the King of Yan!"

Song Gaozong smiled bitterly and shook his head. Yang Jian became Song Gaozong's mouthpiece:

"But King Yan's request was so high that we could do nothing about it..."

Liu Gao decisively used his trump card:

"One million taels of silver was nothing to the imperial court in the past!
"But the court is facing its most difficult time right now. As someone who eats the emperor's salary, I should share his worries!
"I have been an official for several years. Although I am incorruptible, I have some wealth!

"I am willing to donate 50,000 taels of silver!

"I just hope that the mountains and rivers are safe and that Your Majesty has nothing to worry about!"

Loyal minister!
The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough wind knows the loyal ministers!
Song Gaozong's eyes were moist.

Liu Gao reminded him that the imperial court could not come up with one million taels of silver, but the civil and military officials were not short of money!
Song Gaozong is just young, not a fool!

Among all the civil and military officials, especially the four treacherous ministers, who doesn't have a million or eight hundred thousand taels of silver at home?

what?
You can’t even come up with one or two hundred thousand taels of silver?

Are you worthy of being called a traitor?

Emperor Gaozong of Song did not care about his ministers' corruption, bribery and extortion. As the saying goes, if the water is too clear, there will be no fish.

What Song Gaozong cares about is that when I needed it, you turned a deaf ear and dumb and didn't give me a penny!
Comparing with the civil and military officials, Song Gaozong suddenly felt that Liu Gao was the loyal minister!

They are worthy of being the team that I recruited early on, they are so good!

I'm...

The four treacherous ministers and all the civil and military officials changed their expressions:
OK, OK! That's how we play, right?

Before they could react, Hua Rong had already started the conversation:

"I came from a humble background, my family was poor!
"Your Majesty, I will donate all my family property, 10,000 taels of silver!"

You are also a loyal minister!
Song Gaozong was moved and looked at Hua Rong.

He loved Hua Rong's handsomeness and was also grateful for Hua Rong's loyalty to the king.

Now Hua Rong was the second person to donate money, and Song Gaozong looked at Hua Rong with even more enthusiasm.

"Your Majesty, I will donate 100,000 taels of silver!"

Cai Jing said this with a pain in his heart, but he had to rush to speak out no matter how painful it was.

If he can't make it into the top three, all his time as a Grand Master will be in vain.

Zhang Bangchang: "I will also donate 100,000 taels of silver!"

Wang Fu: "I will donate 80,000 taels of silver..."

Deciding how much money to donate is also an art.

The donation is too little, it’s not enough.

What does it mean to donate more?
Therefore, the 100,000 taels donated by Cai Jing was the highest level, followed by Wang Fu's 80,000 taels, and then Su Yuanjing's 50,000 taels.

Going further down, there are amounts of thirty thousand taels, ten thousand taels, and five thousand taels.

The 1,000 taels of silver donated by Qin Hui was the lowest amount.

It's not that Qin Hui didn't want to donate more, he just didn't have any. He hadn't even been an official for two days.

Soon, one million taels of silver were raised, with some left over!
This scene made Song Gaozong deeply touched. The child, who was just ten years old, was taught a lesson by Liu Gao.

Originally he thought that those who supported him to ascend the throne were good people, but now he knows who the loyal ministers are.

Liu Gao!

Loyal minister!

A fighting minister among loyal ministers!
"All right!"

Song Gaozong, who now had money in his pocket, felt more confident and asked Liu Gao:

"Now that he has the silver, will he send out troops?"

Liu Gao looked embarrassed:

“The King of Yan also said that his current territory has far exceeded the ancient Yan territory.

"So he wanted to change his title, such as King of Han."

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"Humph!"

Emperor Gaozong of Song really wanted to swear, but the words were too dirty and he couldn't say them out loud.

However, since he had already raised the most difficult sum of one million taels of silver, a mere title seemed easy to him.

"That's right!"

Song Gaozong asked again: "Can he send troops this time?"

"It's fine, but——"

Liu Gao changed the subject:
"The Prince of Yan also said that he is willing to guard Tokyo for Your Majesty to prevent the Jin soldiers from making a comeback!

"Your Majesty, please do not worry about the Jin soldiers..."

This is too much!
You really think I'm a kid who's easy to fool, don't you?

Song Gaozong's face turned green, but what could he do?
Song Gaozong subconsciously looked at Cai Jing, and Cai Jing nodded slightly.

Song Gaozong remembered what Cai Jing had taught him:

Sleep on straw and eat bitter food, conserve your energy!
Song Gaozong took this to heart.

In fact, the foundation of the Song Dynasty is still there, and as long as we can hold on, we can create glory again!

The key is to get through this most difficult time...

Anyway, Tokyo was already in the hands of the Prince of Yan, and he couldn't get it back, so Song Gaozong accepted it with a pinch of his nose:

"Then there is King Lao Yan!"

Liu Gao solemnly told Song Gaozong:

"I will go and inform the King of Yan right away and urge him to send out troops immediately!"

"My dear, thank you for your hard work..."

Song Gaozong felt more and more that Liu Gao was the one who truly cared about him:
"I appoint you as the Minister of War!
"I will never treat unfairly those who work loyally!"

After saying this, Song Gaozong swept his majestic gaze over all the civil and military officials, using Liu Gao to warn them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Gao couldn't bear to hurt him anymore. Ninth Sister was too naive now...

So Liu Gao worked hard to bring the one million taels of silver he got from Xijing back to Tokyo.

In public, Liu Gao went to Yangzhou with great fanfare. When he reached the wilderness, he changed his clothes and returned.

He convened a meeting of all members of the Grand Council overnight, including Gongsun Sheng, Wen Huanzhang, Huang Wenbing, Xu Guanzhong, Zhang Shuye, and Zhu Wu.

In fact, Zong Ze, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were also members of the Grand Council.

However, Zong Ze was guarding Cangzhou and Yue Fei was guarding Jizhou, so they could not be present.

First of all, everyone congratulated Liu Gao on being promoted from King of Yan to King of Han.

In fact, Liu Gao himself felt that it was of little significance.

Even though the King of Yan was renamed the King of Han, his territory would not increase by an inch, but many people think it is of great significance.

The second thing is to discuss how to put down the rebellion.

Wen Huanzhang was the first to speak: “Your Highness, let’s start with the big ones!

"We've defeated those who have declared themselves kings. The sixty-four roads of smoke and dust are nothing but scabies."

Zhang Shuye made a suggestion: "I think we should first attack the rebellious Song officials, such as Liu Yu, Cao Rong, etc...."

Zhu Wu raised his hand and said, "Your Highness, Liang Wang Chai Gui has raised an army in Yunnan!

"He is the direct descendant of Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Chai Rong. If he were to gain power, the harm would be the greatest..."

(End of this chapter)