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They walked through the long corridor and came to the front steps of the main hall, where thick smoke was billowing and people stared at them. Well, at the bottom of the steps were thirty large oil pots, each about four feet long and wide and deep, placed on a shelf and stacked with firewood. The fire was in full swing, and the oil in the pots was boiling and bubbling.

When Liang Xing and the others saw this, their hearts shivered. What did Tang Yin mean by putting so many oil pots here? What was he trying to do? The people had to keep calm and walk slowly up the steps.

Before they could walk up, a person walked out from the main hall. This person was dressed in a black and red striped county governor's uniform, with a black embroidered belt tied around his waist, and a black crown on his head. He looked to be in his twenties, with a face as white as jade. He smiled as he stood at the top of the stairs and looked down at Liang Xing and the others. He cupped his hands and said, "Good morning, my lords!

The officials looked up, and the one they spotted was none other than Tang Yin.

No matter how much hate and fear he had towards Tang Yin, on the surface, he still had to get by with etiquette. The ministers cupped their hands in return, forcing a smile: "Good morning, Master Tang!"

Liang Xing was not as courteous as the rest, he walked up the stairs and arrived in front of Tang Yin, then said coldly: "Master Tang, you suddenly gathered so many troops to enter the palace, and formed such a large array. What exactly is the purpose of this?"

Tang Yin shrugged his shoulders and said: "Today is the big day of me choosing a monarch with my Feng Country. The reason I had my soldiers sent to the palace was also to make the coronation ceremony a little more grand!"

Since he said so, Liang Xing did not refute him. He snorted coldly and spoke while pointing a finger: "I hope so! This sovereign has to remind Master Tang that there are hundreds of thousands of citizens outside the palace watching. If something were to happen inside the palace, it will definitely spread out and make everyone in the world know about it. "

Tang Yin was startled at first, then laughed out loud. He first looked at Liang Xing, then stealthily said to the other Minister of Civil And Military Affairs s: "Prime Minister Liang, don't worry about this, I have already sealed up the entire palace, even if the situation inside the palace were to be turned upside down, we will not know anything about it.

When he said that, the expressions of Liang Xing and the other ministers changed, their hearts beating so fast that it almost jumped out of their throats. Liang Xing swallowed his saliva and pretended to be calm, he turned and looked at the plaza below and changed the topic, then asked: "What is Master Tang's motive for placing the oil pots below?"

Tang Yin laughed and said: "I am not lacking in vicious scammers. Those oil pots down there are for them." As he spoke, he clasped his hands behind his back, turned around, and walked into the hall. At the same time, he continued, "If I find out who is deceiving this official, hehe, and you all see it, I'll throw him into the frying pan!"

He said it casually, but the ministers behind him all broke out in a cold sweat. Some of the more timid ones felt their legs go weak and almost fell to the ground on the spot. Throw a man in a frying pan? ~ This is something that I have never seen or heard before, how dare Tang Yin do this? The ministers did not know if Tang Yin was speaking the truth, but they were not sure.

Tang Yin walked to the center of the hall, seeing that the ministers were still standing outside the hall in a daze, Tang Yin squinted his eyes, pursed his lips and laughed: "Masters, why are you all standing outside instead of discussing?"

Everyone seemed to have woken up from a dream, they looked at each other, and then at Liang Xing. Liang Xing was their leader and their pillar of support. In a critical moment, it all depended on Liang Xing. Liang Xing knew that the ministers were all waiting quietly for him to make a move. He raised his head and looked at the amiable and kind Tang Yin, gritting his teeth, then turned and walked into the hall.

When Liang Xing entered the palace hall, the ministers followed suit without hesitation.

Right now, Wu Yu was sick and home, Ziyang Haochun was imprisoned in the Sky Prison, and the only person who had the qualifications to take charge of the overall situation was Liang Xing. As usual, Liang Xing took out the reports on the Yan City and discussed with the ministers. Very quickly, they had reached the end of the discussion. Liang Xing picked up the last report, and said: "In the Ling Dong Prefecture, there was a torrential rain for three days in a row, affecting more than a hundred thousand citizens. County Head Lord Wu requested for two hundred thousand silver from the imperial government as relief.

"This official has also heard that over a hundred thousand people were displaced by the flood in Zhonglin County. Therefore, Sir Wu's request for payment should be approved."

"However, my Great Feng Country warehouse is currently empty. Two hundred thousand silver is not a small amount!" The Censors in charge of financial affairs, Liu Huan frowned as he shook his head. At the same time, his gaze drifted towards Tang Yin who was standing at the very end of the hundred officials. There were many reasons behind the emptiness of the Feng Country treasury. On the one hand, the consecutive years of war was caused by Zhong Tian's rebellion had also caused the treasury to run out of silver, and after Zhong Tian's destruction, the treasury had only just started to accumulate some silver, so Tianyuan Army had also started to expand its military on a large scale. Of course, Tang Yin would not pay for the army's money, and he could not afford to pay for it either, as it all came from the treasury.

Liang Xing frowned: "The silver for disaster relief is related to the lives of over a hundred thousand citizens, could it be that the national treasury does not even have a measly two hundred thousand silver?"

"There is, but …" However, it had already been reserved by Tang Yin. Liu Huan paused, not daring to finish his words.

Feng Qingyun calmly said, "The national treasury naturally needs to use its money in the most important areas. As for the Ling Dong Prefecture's request, I can let the County Head find a way to settle it herself, as far as I know, Ling Dong Prefecture is a large and prosperous county, with many merchants in the county. The money needed for disaster relief can be collected from them!"

Tang Yin not only had control of the army, he even had control of the national treasury. Liang Xing hated them to the point that the roots of his teeth itched, but he did not want to fall out with Tang Yin over such a small matter. He suppressed his anger and said indifferently: "Since Master Tang's words are polite, then … This matter will be handled according to Master Tang's orders! "

"Yes sir!" Liang Xing had already spoken, none of the ministers had any objections, and they all agreed.

After this discussion, the next step would be the selection of the new ruler of Feng Country. This truly involved the personal interests of everyone present, and caused them to tense up.

"Master Tang!" Finance Minister Zhang Xin cupped her hands towards Tang Yin and said: "According to the agreement, today should be the day when I, Windy Sovereign, will be chosen. I wonder what Master Tang thinks about this?"

He finally got to the point. Tang Yin smiled and said: "Since it is a promise between me and Prime Minister Liang back then, of course I have no objections. With his hands behind his back, he leisurely walked to the center of the great hall. Looking at the ministers around him, he said faintly: "As a County Head, with the power of one country, I have single-handedly resisted the traitorous Zhong Tian and the four hundred thousand strong army of Ning Country. This can be considered as having done meritorious deeds for the strong wind, and I think that no one would object to me taking on the position of the new monarch of the great wind, right?"

He never thought that Tang Yin would be so straightforward, revealing his intentions of wanting to be the Feng King from the very start. This was out of the officials' expectations, and they did not know how to react.

Liang Xing was furious to the point that he was almost about to say something, but he cleverly shut his mouth and turned to look at "Tai Cang" Peng Cheng.

Peng Cheng naturally understood what Liang Xing meant, and his heart was moved for a moment. When he was first captured by Wu Yu, thanks to Liang Xing for saving him, he kept pondering about how he should repay Liang Xing. He deliberately cleared his throat and said: "Master Tang is being a bit too serious, right?!"

Hearing that, Tang Yin turned to look at Peng Cheng, and asked: "What does Senior Peng say?"

Peng Cheng said: "Master Tang did indeed have a great merit in destroying the traitor, but isn't all of this due to you, the Master Tang, alone?! If the Prime Minister Liang had not given his the Liang Family army, the army under his command would not have expanded so quickly, right? If there wasn't Prime Minister Liang protecting the capital and if there wasn't any worries in the city, I think the battle between the Master Tang and Zhong Tian and Ning Jun wouldn't be going so smoothly? Master Tang's contribution points are only on the surface, but Prime Minister Liang's contribution points can't be seen but can't be seen yet. Just based on the contribution points made for Windy, Prime Minister Liang is not inferior to your Master Tang! "

Peng Cheng's words were clear and straightforward. As he shook his head and belittled Tang Yin, he praised Liang Xing to the point that he seemed to be floating in the air.

Tang Yin looked at Peng Cheng with a strange glint in his eyes, smiling without saying a word.

Seeing him not say anything for a long time, thinking that he had made Peng Cheng speechless, Peng Cheng became even more pleased. He strode to Tang Yin's side, raised his head and said: "What? The Master Tang was speechless now? Then let me make my stance clear, I support the Prime Minister Liang as the new ruler of my sect, and only the Prime Minister Liang as the Feng King can make my great Feng Country strong, make our country peaceful, and make us eternal in this world … "

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, the laughing Tang Yin suddenly swung his arm. A crisp smack sounded in her ear as Tang Yin's palm solidly slapped onto Peng Cheng's face.

The force of this slap caused Peng Cheng to spin around in place, and then, he could not stand still as he sat on the ground. He only felt that half of his head was already numb and he did not feel anything.

No one expected Tang Yin to dare make a move on the court officials in front of everyone, causing gasps to resound through the hall.

Without waiting for the others to question him, Tang Yin extended his hand and pointed at Peng Cheng's nose, laughing sinisterly: "I already said that there are thieves within the imperial court, and I think that Master Peng is one of them. For your own self-interest, you speak nonsense, and you speak nonsense indiscriminately. How could he be worthy of standing in the imperial court? Someone come! "

Just as Tang Yin finished speaking, four black-armoured guards with blades on one knee walked in from outside the palace gate. After the four came in, they knelt down and intervened: "What does Master need?"

"Drag this thief out and throw him into a wok to show that the wind is rising!" Tang Yin looked down at Peng Cheng who was seated on the ground, and spoke coldly with an expressionless face.