Legend has it that in ancient times, there was an emperor who was very stingy. No matter whether there was a celebration or the minister made merit, he never gave a reward. It just so happened that several ministers were all fans of money. Apart from scouting the people, they wanted to coax money from the emperor.
One day, several ministers quarreled about whose knowledge they were, and someone suggested that they bet on knowledge. Whoever gets the most silver rewards from the emperor has the greatest knowledge. To be fair, everyone can only use one jar of the emperor’s favorite osmanthus wine. The result of the lottery was that the Minister of Military Affairs came first, the Minister of Civil Affairs second, and the Minister of State Affairs third.
The Minister of Military Affairs offered the wine to the emperor, saying that it was a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine he had obtained from a foreign land. It had a unique exotic flavor and he was reluctant to drink it and used it to honor the emperor.
The eunuch took the emperor’s silver-carved dragon ox-eye cup, poured out a cup for the emperor to taste, the emperor drank it, and shouted: “Okay!” Pour a cup and drink a cup, drank a dozen cups in a row, the emperor Just not mentioning rewards. If you drink the emperor again, you will get drunk.
The Minister of Military Affairs could not hold back his breath, so he tentatively reminded: “The emperor, the wine is so good, don’t forget to give a reward.” Unexpectedly, the emperor became angry when he heard this, threw the wine cup on the dragon case, and asked, “Stab? You? Who do you want to stab? Come here, pull out the Minister of Military Aircraft and hit the 20th board.” Listening to the begging outside, the emperor secretly smiled in his heart: I want to coax money from me, no way!
At this time, the Minister of Civil Affairs was frightened, but a Minister of Civil Affairs could not give up without a bet. He had no choice but to stabilize his heart, and forcefully move forward and said: “Please calm down the emperor, there are also ministers here. A jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine, honor the emperor.”
The emperor drank two cups in a row, and also shouted aloud. The Minister of Civil Affairs did not dare to talk about rewards, let alone ask for it so bluntly. He just said: “The emperor thinks the wine is good, and the ministers are grateful, and the ministers are polite.” He said, he fell on the ground. Took a head.
The emperor heard the meaning of the words of the Minister of Civil Affairs, but he pretended to be stupid, and repeatedly praised the Minister of Civil Affairs for his filial piety. He brought drinks and gifts to him. Then he urged: “What is the gift? Bring it up quickly and show me.” Seeing that the Minister of Civil Affairs did not respond stupidly, he reminded him: “You said it was polite, is it a jade pendant on your neck? I just fell in love with it.” The Minister of Civil Affairs did not dare to refute, so he obediently took off the jade pendant and placed it in the hands of the eunuch.
The minister of state affairs naturally saw all this clearly, and he muttered in his heart, it seems that the emperor’s silver is no more, as long as you keep yourself from being beaten or ruined, you will win-then there is only one way to get the emperor drunk. . Thinking of this, the Minister of State Affairs stepped forward and said: “The emperor got the wine and the jade pendant. It is really gratifying, and the minister also respects a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine, please drink the emperor.”
The emperor drank more than a dozen cups and couldn’t open his eyes. The Minister of State Affairs was about to signal the eunuch to help the emperor go back to rest. Unexpectedly, the emperor said: “Also, the Minister of State Affairs is kind to me, rewarding and rewarding one hundred thousand taels of silver. “When the minister of state affairs heard this, he almost jumped with joy.I got up and kowtowed my head in a hurry. I was afraid that the emperor would regret it, so I quickly repeated: “Thank you, the emperor will reward one hundred thousand taels of silver.”
Unexpectedly, he just fell off here, but the emperor’s face was furious, and he slapped the dragon case and yelled: “Come here, twist the ears of the Minister of State Affairs.” When the Minister of State Affairs heard this, he was so scared that he pissed off his head and said that he didn’t know. Where did you offend the emperor, please be clear from the emperor. The emperor blamed the Minister of State Affairs: “What kind of ear are you? I clearly said it is forty thousand taels. How do you say it is one hundred thousand taels?” When the Minister of State Affairs heard this, he was happy again. Forty thousand taels are not too many. He hurriedly admitted that it was himself. I got it wrong, the emperor said forty thousand taels, then forty thousand taels.
Unexpectedly, the emperor became even more angry and asked the minister of state affairs to be pulled out and cut. The Minister of State Affairs still didn’t know what was going on, and hurriedly begged the emperor to make it clear again. The emperor said angrily: “I am talking about four bowls, how do you say it is forty thousand taels?” The Minister of State Affairs thought to himself that the four bowls can also produce more than a dozen taels… He was thinking, but the emperor did not expect the emperor. Throwing the wine cup down, he said: “Come here, use this bowl to measure the money for the minister of state affairs.” The minister of state affairs knew that the emperor had no intention of rewarding himself for money. So he hurriedly said: “If the emperor has said this, the minister is grateful, how can I really ask the emperor for a reward?”
Although I was frightened and nightmares repeated at night, I still thought that I was not beaten or bankrupted. I was still a winner. The Minister of State could not help but feel happy.