After Xie Chen heard Rong Yan's promise, he respectfully saluted Rong Yan and said, "Weichen Xie Chen, you must do your best to assist the prince and become the lord of Southern Chu!" After finishing speaking, he raised his head and continued: "Since the prince has made this promise, Weichen should naturally repay the favor. The pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info to ask for marriage, don't be in a hurry for the time being, anyway, as long as the concubine is here, the marriage between the little girl and the prince will not be a big problem. At present, the most important thing for the prince is how to collect the forces left by King Xuan. ”

Rong Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Xie Chen didn't ask him to marry Xie Yiliu immediately.

Although he agreed to marry Xie Yiliu, he knew very well that Xie Yiliu was now infamous, although there was Ning Guifei in front of him, no one dared to say it in person, but if he wrote at this time to ask for marriage, Emperor Chu would definitely be suspicious.

King Xuan has just died, and the matter of forcing the palace has not completely subsided, at this time, he has too close contacts with the Xie family, and Emperor Chu will inevitably suspect that King Xuan's matter is related to him, even if the reason for hindering Ning Guifei will not be dealt with, but it is not a good thing for him.

If you can get married immediately without hurry, of course it is the best.

Rong Yan couldn't help but smile a little on his face: "Lord Xie really understands the general situation, about the affairs of those people, what advice does Lord Xie have, this king listens to it." ”

Xie Chen heard this: "Since Weichen has taken refuge in the prince, he naturally wants to plan for the prince, as for those people...... Now that King Xuan is dead, those who originally defected to him are gathered for profit, naturally no one will resent the prince in order to avenge King Xuan, the reason why they refuse to take refuge in the prince now is that they have no bottom in their hearts and are still waiting. ”

He looked at Rong Yan Zhengse and said: "On the one hand, those courtiers are indeed afraid that King Xuan's rebellion will implicate them, after all, as soon as King Xuan died, they will vote for his master, which will inevitably not arouse His Majesty's suspicion." On the other hand, His Majesty's body is very clear to the people in the court, although he is still healthy at the moment, he may be able to control Bintian one day, and now in the court, King Qing and King Fu are more powerful than the prince, if the throne changes one day, whether it is King Qing or King Fu, they have a better chance to ascend the throne than the prince. ”

Rong Yan's face turned cold when he heard this, he didn't know why those people refused to take refuge in him, he couldn't help but snort coldly: "This king is indeed not as powerful as King Qing and King Fu, but it is not worse than King Xuan, since they are willing to be loyal to King Xuan, why are they unwilling to take refuge in this king, is this king not as good as King Xuan?" ”

"Of course not."

Xie Chen shook his head and said with a light smile: "Lord, do you think that King Xuan has no power and power, from a prince who doesn't even have a mother family, step by step to today, gathering so many courtiers, and competing with King Qing and King Fu, even the Xiao family can't help him, is it really because he has the image of Jackie Chan and becoming an emperor, so he has won everyone's support?" ”

Rong Yan frowned when he heard this, this is also what he has always been puzzled about.

On the city government, on the scheming means, King Xuan is indeed good, and when he faces outsiders, he has always shown a very polite demeanor, known as the "Ya King", but if it is said that this alone can win so many supporters, he does not believe it in any case. You must know that before King Xuan's accident, he alone held the power of the household department, the criminal department and the Ministry of rites, and the number of people who defected to him in the court was countless, and even King Qing, who was supported by the Xiao family, did not have his reputation among the courtiers.

If it weren't for the fact that he was designed to force the palace to rebel this time, he would talk about prestige and the prince every day, and even King Qing and King Fu would be difficult to match, how could this be because of what kind of personality charm can be done?

Seeing Rong Yan frowning, Xie Chen couldn't help but say lightly: "Lord Wang, do you know that King Xuan has five ore veins in his hands, twelve trading houses, and countless shops and fertile fields, and his annual income is comparable to the sum of the princes' assets, and with my help in the household department, he can be said to be the richest person among the princes in the court, but why did he take the risk of smuggling weapons with Chen Liang, the weapons supervisor?" ”

Because he is short of money!

Rong Yan's expression moved slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "You mean, King Xuan relied on silver to gather the hearts of those people?" ”

"Yes and no."

"What do you mean?" Rong Yan frowned.

Xie Chen said lightly: "When King Xuan first began to win people's hearts, he didn't have so much power and money in his hands, he secretly collected all the courtiers' handles, threatened them one by one, and forced them to join him, and after getting the support of those people, he appeased them with silver money, or invested in minerals, or got business dividends, so that they were reluctant and unwilling to leave. ”

"The prince knows that nine out of ten percent of the silver money that King Xuan gets every year goes into the pockets of those courtiers, but what he gets for himself is less than one percent, so that after accumulating year by year, those people are completely tied to him whether they are for their own interests or their own safety. Naturally, they will fully support King Xuan's succession, because only when he ascends the throne and holds great power, will the benefits they have obtained not be destroyed and can get more. ”

Rong Yan couldn't help but say after listening to Xie Chen's words: "You mean, let this king also learn to buy people's hearts like King Xuan?" ”

Xie Chen shook his head: "Of course not, let's not say that the prince doesn't have so much time to plan for King Xuan at all, let's just say that the money, those people's appetite has already been raised by King Xuan, and the prince's current net worth alone is not enough to make them tempted." Unless the prince can subdue Xue Rou and let the Ning family behind her support you, this method may work. ”

Rong Yan suddenly said angrily when he heard this: "Isn't what you said nonsense, now that Xue Rou has been canonized as the county lord by her father, the eyes of the people of the Manchu Dynasty are staring at her, that Xue Rou is as wise as a demon, she is definitely not an ordinary woman, how can the Ning family's money be so easy to take?" ”

I'm afraid that before he can make a move, Emperor Chu, King Fu, and King Qing will trouble him as soon as possible. What's more, there is a King Ling by Xue Rou's side, who doesn't know now, Rong Jing and Xue Rou have an unusual relationship, anyone with a discerning eye can see that King Ling is bound to her, if he goes to fight Xue Rou's idea at this time, I'm afraid King Ling will be the first to kill him.

's unsparing character, even Emperor Chu doesn't have a problem with him, and he is not full of food, so he has nothing to provoke him!

Xie Chen saw that Rong Yan was angry, and hurriedly reassured: "The prince doesn't need to be angry, of course the minister knows that Xue Rou's idea is not easy to fight, and at the moment, the Ning family is suitable for friendship but must not be offended, and rushing forward will only cause trouble." Wei Chen said this, just to tell the prince that although the minerals and property under King Xuan were confiscated by the imperial court, the things he collected at the beginning, as well as the dealings between those courtiers and King Xuan over the years, and the bribery records, were all in the hands of Wei Chen. (To be continued.) )