In the midst of sighs, Ye Ting made Bi Lan feel more and more aggrieved, but he couldn't help complaining: "The scholars outside are shouting to punish us every day, and the generals before have also come up to punish us.

, Now even the rebels want to kill us, what is going on in this world?"

"In the final analysis, our subordinates are still weak." Someone else analyzed. "No real talent in the world is willing to defect to us. If we have people with real talent and learning, we can go up and level Liangzhou. How can we be like this?"

So troubled? Why did he become a traitor and lose his position as governor of Liangzhou?"

"This has nothing to do with Liangzhou." Zhang Rang was tired of hearing this and refuted it sharply. "And what if the governor of Liangzhou is sent out? Not to mention whether the current situation in Liangzhou can be saved by a scholar.

Even if the outer dynasty is completely defeated, how can we shake the foundation of you and me?! We are palace servants and the emperor's close servants. All honors and favors belong to the emperor. If the emperor's favor is there, everything can be done. If there is no emperor's favor, everything can be done.

, then nothing can be done! Do you have to ask me to say this truth over and over again?"

"But the problem is that your Majesty has been in a bad mood for several months now." Zhao Zhong said quietly from the side. "The situation outside is becoming more and more unstable. Everyone wants to punish him, but the emperor is in a bad mood."

"This is exactly why I called you here." Zhang Rang sneered. "As a regular servant, if you can't make the emperor peaceful, that's the real way to bring disaster."

Everyone in the house nodded one after another, but immediately, most people looked at Ye Tingling Bi Lan among them.

"Bi Changshi." Seeing that everyone had unified their thoughts, Zhang Rang also looked at Bi Lan with a little expectancy and asked. "You are Ye Tingling, and you are the best at ingenious things. The previous bronze man, big bell, spit water

The toad and the overturning car that automatically sprinkles water make His Majesty happy. Now..."

Before the other party finished speaking, Bi Lan nodded and shook his head again and again.

"What does this mean?" Zhao Zhong was speechless.

"There is always a way." Bi Lan clasped her hands and sighed. "To be honest, I have all the skilled craftsmen at my disposal, and there is no shortage of new things in the world. Of course you can make something if you want to, but you can't!"

"Why?" someone asked confusedly.

"Why?" Bi Lan helplessly stretched out his hands in front of everyone. "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice! What can I build with no money to make His Majesty happy? You don't have to pretend, I am Ye Tingling, and I am in charge of the palace.

The account book is correct, but don’t you really know that there is no money in the palace? Why has the emperor had trouble sleeping and eating for several months? Why does the queen mother have such a bad temper? In just one sentence... there is no money in the palace!"

As soon as these words came out, all the other regular attendants felt as if they had eaten flies, feeling disgusted and helpless.

"It was all caused by the Yellow Turban Rebellion before." Someone cursed helplessly. "It took a hundred thousand troops more than half a year to put down the rebellion, and all the money in the West Garden and the money in various government treasury were used up.

The many fine horses that we had raised in the corridor of the West Garden are all gone...The Emperor and the Queen Mother are of the same blood, and they were both accustomed to poverty since they were young, so it is natural that they feel extremely uncomfortable without money."

"More than that." Someone else added. "The official income in Xiyuan has also been reduced a lot in recent months..."

"Why is this?"

"It's because there are too many heroes who have contributed to the suppression of the rebellion. These heroes are neither easy to collect money nor easy to remove." Someone explained helplessly. "Therefore, the income in Xiyuan in the past few months has been extremely low..."

"It's not just that." Another person said. "After all, the war has been fought for more than half a year, and the local treasury is also very empty. For this reason, His Majesty also exempted Jizhou, Central Plains and other places from the annual tax... So it is not just

Official money and official tax income are also much less."

"There is also the Great Kantung Epidemic. I heard from my family members from my hometown..."

"Don't forget Liangzhou, it's a remote place and fighting a war will cost more..."

"What does this have to do with us?!"

Just when all the regular attendants were busy lamenting the situation, Zhang Rang suddenly interrupted everyone's discussion coldly, causing a moment of astonishment in the house.

"What does this have to do with us?!" In the silence, Zhang Rang stood up and asked sternly again in a high-pitched voice. "We are eunuchs, and our life and death, honor and disgrace are tied to the emperor alone. I want to teach you this truth.

How many times have you done this? Don’t you know what happens to eunuchs who lose the emperor’s trust? Don’t you remember what Wang Fu’s piece of rotten flesh looks like?!”

The expressions of all the eleven regular attendants changed.

"Don't I know that the situation in the world is not good?" Zhang Rang asked angrily. "Don't I know that there is a great epidemic in Guandong? Don't I know that there is chaos in Liangzhou? I don't know that now we seem to be cooking in a raging fire, but we are actually the target of public criticism.

?" At this point, Zhang Rang suddenly bent down among the crowd, turned around in a circle, and then lowered his tone and spoke earnestly. "Everyone, the more difficult the situation ahead, the more careful we must be in flattering the good emperor... Otherwise

, we will really end up like Wang Fu."

The other eleven people were mourning and nervous. In the end, it was Zhao Zhong who took the lead to take off his two thousand stone crown and led the others to bow down to Zhang Rang who was standing in the middle of the crowd.

"What Zhang Changshi said hit the point." After raising his head, Zhao Zhong gritted his teeth and said. "What does the situation in the world have to do with us? Isn't it those scholars who should be worried? But those scholars want to kill us first, so we

Why should we worry about the situation in the world? The only thing we want to do is to be loyal to the emperor... Zhang Changshi, I know you have a way, so please give me your instructions!"

The other ten regular attendants did not dare to neglect, and they also bowed down and bowed, saying that they obeyed the order.

"We still have to make money for the emperor." Zhang Rang gritted his teeth and replied. "Only in this way can we maintain our favor and avoid this situation. Only in this way can we maintain the prosperous situation in front of us and even take it a step further."

"But there is really no room for making money now?" Someone said helplessly. "You can't just say that the Jihou family in Hanoi has money, so we asked him to donate 100 million yuan. The Huailihou in Jizhou saved a lot of money in the war, so

Asking him to donate 100 million yuan... This whole thing has no other purpose than to make everyone in the world imitate Liangzhou's rebellion, right?"

"How can we bankrupt these people with knives?" Zhang Rang sneered. "If we really push all these people into panic, I'm afraid the Han Dynasty will really die, and even ordinary families, in this situation, I'm afraid

It’s not easy to exploit... At best, we can schedule it more frequently and let those who serve the country and the people contribute a little bit of promotion money."

"That……"

"The emperor is the king and father of all the people in the world," Zhang Rang sat down again and said. "Of course the world must jointly contribute money to make the emperor feel comfortable... I have a plan... Zhao Changshi, you have been dealing with the Secretariat for a long time. I don't know.

How much arable land is there in the world?”

"I can't remember the exact data in the register, but I vaguely heard a certain Shang Shulang mention it once. It seems that there are more than 300 million acres in total..." Zhao Zhong frowned slightly, and then immediately panicked. "What do you want to do?

?”

"Ten dollars per mu means at least three billion dollars..." Zhang Rang Lingran responded. "Three billion dollars, Bi Changshi, is enough to do a lot of things, right?"

Bi Lan hesitated to answer.

"The emperor has just reduced half of Guandong's fortune. Doesn't this make him lose his trust in the world?" Some people really couldn't bear it anymore, but it was Duan Gui. "What if the world is in chaos then?"

"Duan Changshi, didn't you kneel down to me just now?" Zhang Rang glared at him. "I have to say it a few times. What does the world have to do with you and me? They only want us to die! And only the emperor can give us a way to live.

Together with wealth! Besides, Kanto has just gone through the great chaos caused by the Yellow Turbans, how many people dare to rebel again?"

"That's not what I meant," Duan Gui said hurriedly. "I mean, the emperor is afraid that he is not willing to break his promise to the world, right? Although our majesty has been used to poverty since childhood, he really loves money, but after all, he is Yang

, Liu is a student taught by two people, and he is very talented, so he will also consider the situation, right?"

"That's right!" someone else said. "If not for this, how could His Majesty have agreed with Huangfu Song and others to be exempted from local taxes? Let me tell you, our Majesty is greedy for money, but he is also very special in his heart.

I understand!"

"Everything you say is correct, but none of it is right." Zhang Rang looked around and said sternly. "You people, you talk like smart people can't be greedy for money, and people who are greedy for money can't have a clear understanding of the situation.

...In fact, if you think about it, the emperor has been having trouble sleeping and eating in the past few months. Doesn’t it mean that he is gradually losing his patience and that his heart has been shaken? At this time, we, the servants, have to give us ideas on how to deal with the situation.

Money; secondly, let him step down and let him find a good reason for collecting money! If you use two-pronged approach, once the hole is opened, His Majesty will give it all."

Zhao Zhong's heart was moved and he couldn't help but ask: "So, Zhang Changshi had a plan in mind?"

The other ten regular attendants also suddenly realized, and then their eyes shone under the flickering lights.

Zhang Rang did not reply directly. Instead, he took out the small knife he carried from his waist and gently drew a red line on his palm in front of everyone: "Everyone, this matter is not for my personal gain, but for your life and death."

, please also swear to obey me and never leak it!"

Blood drops fell to the ground, and the words were spoken with certainty.

But this time, the eleven regular attendants who had already been persuaded by Zhang Rang did not hesitate. They each took a knife from their waist and cut their palms. Then, Zhao Zhong led them and swore an oath with bare arms not to reveal anything.

"Please speak frankly, Zhang Changshi, how can the emperor no longer have worries?" After the oath, Zhao Zhong was the first to ask seriously.

Zhang Rang smiled and said nothing, just high-fiving.

The few small yellow gates who were originally waiting outside to watch the wind immediately opened the door of the house and bowed down. Under the palace lantern, their figures were dragged extremely long.

"Go ahead!" Zhang Rang commanded solemnly. "This was agreed upon by the twelve regular servants in the palace. You don't have to worry."

The little Huangmen didn't dare to say anything and kowtowed and left one after another, leaving only the eleven regular servants who continued to look at Zhang Rang at a loss.

"This..." Someone wanted to ask what happened.

"No need to ask." As soon as the little yellow men who were doing the work left, Zhang Rang suddenly let out a sigh of relief. He no longer had the energy before, and his back instantly hunched down. "If the situation hadn't been extremely bad, I wouldn't be willing to do this.

Waiting for something... As for what it is, it can't be undone anyway, so you might as well wait for the news with peace of mind."

Including Zhao Zhong, the 11 Chang attendants felt like a hundred claws scratching their hearts. They were anxious, expecting, and a little afraid and panicful. In the anxious atmosphere, they did not dare to whisper, and only about a dozen cluttered figures were left.

It swayed left and right under the inner palace lamp.

I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly, there was a shout from a distance, and then there were bursts of gongs, and the whole palace was boiling!

Zhang Rang remained silent and stood up straight away. The eleven regular attendants were half expecting and half confused, but they had no choice but to follow quickly... But when everyone arrived outside the house, they were all shocked.

No words are needed, no explanation is needed, it is clear at a glance... It turns out that the night sky in the direction of Nangong is a red color, like a raging flame, raging in the sky.

Everyone had been living in the palace for a long time, and they knew just by looking in the direction that the Emperor's favorite Yutang Hall in Nangong suddenly caught fire, and the fire was difficult to control and spread in all directions.

"This..." The faces of the regular waiters were pale, but when they looked back at the expressionless Zhang Rang, they were all speechless.

"Don't stay here anymore." Zhang Rang Surong ordered. "There is a fire in the palace. Come with me to appease the emperor, the queen mother, the empress, and the two princes. The rest must follow Zhao Changshi to Nangong to put out the fire.

...Zhao Changshi."

Zhao Zhong raised his hand and said yes.

"The fire is too strong, you don't have to force it." Zhang Rang warned seriously.

Zhao Zhong sighed and simply bowed down: "I already know what Zhang Changshi can do. Please rest assured that everything will be at your command!"
To be continued...