Monk Kujing stood beside him, watching him cry helplessly, a trace of compassion appeared in his vicious face, he put his hands together, and said slowly: "If I heard it, for a while, the Buddha was in the Lonely Garden of the Buddha in the Lonely Garden, and the great monks were all 1,250 people. At that time, when the world-honored one was eating, he wore clothes and held a bowl, and went into the city to beg for food. In the city, he begged and returned to this place. After eating, collecting the mantle, washing the feet, and sitting on the seat......"

In the quiet night, the low scriptures flutter with the night wind, concentrating and quiet.

After a long time, Miao Yan slowly stood up, with tears on his face, but his expression became very indifferent, and asked, "How many coils did Zhi'an give?"

Bitter Mirror stopped the scripture and said, "A silver ticket of 50,000 taels." ”

"Oh. Miao Yan's indifferent face suddenly evoked a very weird smile, which had a great contrast with his original dusty and gentle temperament, which seemed a little demonic.

He said slowly: "Then let's go to prostitution together......

……

Same night.

A mansion in Huaxiang Hutong.

Mo Xichao slowly put the note in his hand on the table, frowned and thought deeply, and muttered, "Jiangmen, or Zhuangjia, or Zuo Zhongtang?"

Thinking so, he involuntarily tapped his fingers on the desk.

Mu Qinglian came to his side, gently pressed down his fingers that were tapping on the table, and said, "Bad habits, when you are restless, you will always have such actions, you have to change them." ”

Mo Xichao heard this, smiled lightly, stopped her fragrant shoulder, and said, "Thank you Madame for reminding me." ”

Mu Qinglian asked, "What's the matter?"

Mo Xichao sighed slightly, handed the note to Mu Qinglian, and said slowly: "The original plan was that Zhi'an would take this opportunity to temporarily retreat, let those noble lords make a big deal about it, and then hurt them solidly." Although it can't completely eradicate the noble forces, at least it can make them dare not act casually for a few years. ”

"I also plan to take this opportunity to pull the four surnamed families in, whether it is the Wu family, the Liu family, the Han family, or the Yue family, as long as any of them are defeated, the nobles can be completely restrained. But now, the situation has become a little more complicated. The four surnamed families didn't make a move, but the princes of each family jumped out. ”

Speaking of this, he shook his head slightly: "Sun Xiang saw this matter, a few days ago, he intended to promote me to become the Grand Governor, but he only mentioned it slightly in front of the Supreme, and there was no follow-up. The simple implication of this is that if the operation is successful, one-fifth of the officials of the big merchants will be dismissed. ”

"He meant to bring all the wild surins back to fill the vacant seats, and he was exalting me before the Supreme to tell us that he would not deliberately sabotage our plans, and this was the quid pro quo. However, the Supreme planned to reuse the Tai students of the Guozijian after the autumn and start a new party to balance the perilla forest. ”

After listening to him, Mu Qinglian put down the note in her hand, frowned slightly, and said, "Above the court, it is not good for a family to be dominant after all. Ming Yuangong's Su Lin is a pure Su Lin, but people's hearts are fickle, Sun Xiang's Su Lin may not be another Lin Xiang's Su Lin, and it is also appropriate to help Tai students to start another party as a check and balance. It's just that this is a court fight, why did you come in with the door?"

Mo Xichao frowned and shook his head: "It's not sure if this is the meaning of the entire Jiangmen, or the idea of the old family, or Zuo Zhongtang's own meaning." They did not hesitate to buy it from Xuanyi at the price of ten taels of silver for a new musket, which had the meaning of showing goodwill. However, this is a court dispute, if it is the meaning of the whole Jiangmen, then what good will it do them?"

In the room, the two looked at each other and fell silent, contemplating.

The heart of the lamp burst slightly, and Mu Qinglian took the silver hairpin and pulled it out, but after only pulling it slightly, she was distracted, and the hairpin was lit in the oil lamp, and it didn't move for a while.

After a while, she came back to her senses, took back the hairpin, and said, "There are two possibilities." ”

Mo Xichao also smiled at this time and said, "Three possibilities." ”

"Three?" Mu Qinglian was slightly surprised and asked, "Which three?"

Mo Xichao said: "Madame first, maybe we have different ideas? Three may become five or even more." ”

Mu Qinglian said with a smile: "First, this is the meaning of the old breeder, the old breeder has been a general, for two hundred years, they have died countless young talents for the sake of the big business, but they have always been the Marquis of Appeasement, and the title has never been promoted." And now the old breeder wants to withdraw, and plans to take advantage of the east wind of Xuanyi to become another king with a different surname after the Zhao family. With the glory of the king, he completely withdrew from the gate. ”

"The second possibility is extremely terrifying, which is the meaning of the whole Jiangmen. They are going to participate in political affairs, the Privy Council is completely free from the checks and balances of the military department, and the Nine Generals' family will completely control the nine legions, and the court will be completely infiltrated by them in the future, becoming a 'military and political integration' court......"

Speaking of this, her pupils shrank slightly, and then she said: "After a thousand years of Chinese precipitation, Qin, Han, and Tang died in civil strife, and Dujin and Song died at the hands of foreigners, if my big merchant generals are involved in political affairs, maybe it will be another warlord separatist drama, and then ......."

At this point, she didn't dare to say any more.

Mo Xichao sighed and said: "Zhi'an once said a word, called 'military government', and the participation of soldiers in political affairs is a very terrible situation. This is also something that the Great Shang has been guarding against for two hundred years, using the military department to balance the Privy Council, and the major festivals and festivals to balance the army, so now the nine major armies will defend themselves. If this is really a test of Jiangmen, then the forbidden army can only fight to abort the plan, and it will not be able to open this opening. Of course, this is only the worst-case scenario. ”

Mu Qinglian's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and asked: "The husband should have thought of both of these possibilities, so what is the third possibility that the husband said?"

Mo Xichao said with a smile: "The third type may be the mildest one, after this operation is over, not only will the officials kill one-fifth, but the lords and nobles will also die a lot, or a small half of the nobles of the big merchants will be raided and exterminated." Since Xuanzong, the great merchants have rarely been knighted again because of land annexation and business monopoly. ”

"Now these people are a vacancy, except for the nine generals, no matter how much credit the other generals under their command make, in the end it will only be a miscellaneous reward, and a large number of generals will take this opportunity to retire and fill the vacant titles. This is the third possibility. ”

Mu Qinglian felt a little incredible, and asked, "It took so much effort just for this?"

Mo Xichao said: "Who knows, this is only the mildest possibility, there are three possibilities, and they don't have a straightforward explanation, everything is guessing now, it's good to keep more eyes on it...... Oh, there's another possibility. ”

Mu Qinglian asked, "What?"

Mo Xichao said: "Although most of the treasury is spent on the Nine Legions, they are still very poor. After the end of this operation, the wealth of those princes, grandfathers, and marquis was divided equally between the treasury, the inner treasury and Xuanyi, and this wealth was too big, and the door was blushing, and he also planned to share it. ”

Mu Qinglian was stunned for a long time: "This, it's impossible, right?"

Mo Xichao said: "Yes, this is the most unlikely, but who knows? They will have a showdown in a short time, and these possibilities Xuanyi will have to make corresponding arrangements, and they will be very busy recently, so they won't come to you." ”

Mu Qinglian snorted and said, "It's okay, your business matters." ”

Mo Xichao took her soft twing, and said with some guilt: "I'm sorry, it's my fault that you keep changing yards." If possible, I really want to give you a stable place to live and marry you in the open. ”

Mu Qinglian shook her head and chuckled: "The dozens of courtyards in Huaxiang Hutong originally belonged to our family, what difference does it make when I live? ”

Speaking of this, her expression became a little lonely, and she sighed lightly: "But such an interesting day will not be long over, and you still have to leave after all......"

Mo Xichao was silent for a moment and said, "I will come back alive......"

As soon as he said this, Mu Qinglian stretched out her finger against his lips, shook her head and said, "Let's not talk about this, I don't want to hear it." Many of Li Zhi'an's stories are such confessions between the male protagonist and the heroine when he parted, and then ...... Unlucky. So, I don't want to hear it. ”

"Well, let's not talk about that. Mo Xichao grabbed her hand and said, "How about we play the piano?"

Mu Qinglian nodded and said, "Let's play together." ”

The two got up, came to the table where the strings were played, and sat down together.

Mo Xichao asked, "What are you playing?"

Mu Qinglian thought for a while and said, "General Order?"

"Good. ”

Mo Xichao stretched out his left hand, Mu Qinglian stretched out his right hand, and both hands pressed on the strings at the same time.

Then, the strings sounded, and they played together, and they cooperated very tacitly, as if one person was playing.

With the sound of the piano, Mu Qinglian asked, "Husband, I just heard you say that this game is to attract the four surnamed families into the game?"

Mo Xichao plucked the strings and said slowly: "Yes, but I didn't expect them to enter the game." This is also my strange place, the helmsman of the four surnames is Yue Yongxing, Zhi'an said that he is a very gambling person, it stands to reason that he will not let go of this opportunity, but for this battle for the forbidden army and the governor, the four surnames did not react at all, which is the most unexpected thing. ”

Mu Qinglian played the strings in her hand, but her brows furrowed, and she thought for a while: "Yue Yongxing is so heavy in gambling, what qualifications does he have to become the helmsman of the four surname families?