Chapter 813

They still have to rely on the Emperor's generous gifts to have a grand funeral!

The other three major noble families, not having been affected themselves, could still remain clear-headed.

Thinking about it, it is better to identify the enemy as Great Qin. At least they can be considered to have sacrificed for the country and can harvest quite a bit of support and reputation among the people.

"Your Majesty, Great Qin is bullying people too much, daring to enter Jin Ling City to kill! What should we do now?"

Everyone knows in their hearts that the Great Tang absolutely does not dare to go to war with Great Qin.

But they still have to ask to let the Emperor make a decision.

What Li Er is thinking about is to let the four major noble families take out the one million taels of silver needed for the reparations.

He deliberately said.

"Great Qin's target is the four major noble families. If we don't quickly take out the reparations to make peace with Great Qin, I don't know which family will suffer next?"

The threatening meaning of these words is very obvious; it is meant for the four major noble families to hear.

Sure enough, the complexions of the four major noble families were all very bad.

Suffering such an attack, the loss can be said to be very huge.

In comparison, the silver shared by the war reparations is nothing.

The Cui family was attacked last night, and in a short time, their guards and martial arts masters were almost all slaughtered. But the enemy didn't die much, and when they retreated, they even carried away the corpses. With such terrifying combat power, which noble family is not afraid?

"Your Majesty, the matter of making peace with Great Qin must be decided today. In my opinion, why not have the national treasury pay half of the reparations, and the remaining half be shared by the families of the court officials, how about that?" This is asking for an exorbitant price.

Knowing that the Emperor could not possibly agree, they still proposed such a ridiculous plan.

Li Er's face immediately sank, as black as the bottom of a pot.

"The national treasury has no silver; I believe everyone knows that. This Great Qin invasion, to put it bluntly, was all trouble caused by your four major noble families. Do you still want others to share it for you?"

"Great Qin's anger is also directed at your four major noble families. Whether to pay or not, you should think about it carefully!"

Besides the four major noble families, there are the Guanzhong powerful families and the Longyou gate valves. These major noble families do not want to get involved in this matter.

The Emperor's words were immediately supported by other noble families.

The four major noble families were isolated in the court at this moment.

They were somewhat helpless.

Now, everyone in the Great Tang is facing the threat of Great Qin.

But the four major noble families are the first wave to bear the brunt.

For others, there is still the possibility of shrinking back.

But the four major noble families do not; they must make a decision!

"Your Majesty, how about this: the national treasury pays two-tenths, and our four major noble families each pay two-tenths. The other families don't need to pay, how about that?"

This suggestion was supported by most of the court officials.

Anyway, as long as they don't have to pay, it's fine.

Li Er, however, was unwilling.

For him, the Emperor, the mistakes made by the noble families should be paid for by him, the Emperor; he won't do it!

"I have said it, the national treasury will not pay a cent! If you don't want to pay these fifty thousand taels of silver each, then we will discuss it again tomorrow."

"Let's see whose house will be slaughtered tonight?"

These words made the four major noble families feel cold.

Who dares to gamble on this?

The Great Qin night raid seems to have become Li Er's trump card. Even if he didn't give an inch, the four major noble families still had to compromise.

"Fine, let our four major families bear it. Everyone must remember that this time, it is our four major noble families who saved the country from danger!"

These words are okay to fool the common people, but no court official believes this.

If they hadn't been forced to the point of no return, would they have paid this money?

Serves them right!

Cui Gan was still somewhat dissatisfied; their Cui family suffered huge losses. He was unwilling to share like the other three families.

After discussion, each family helped the Cui family pay an extra twenty thousand taels of silver, and then it was settled.

Li Er finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Facing the battle with the noble families, this time, he won!