Chapter 215: Qing Jun's Side?
Although Huang Qiong was very calm at this time, and when she said this, the smile on her face did not lose half a point. But the tone of the words also expressed dissatisfaction in disguise. However, Huang Qiong did not intend to pursue the attitude, this Yu Du commander who was ready for Huang Qiong to be furious.
Although he was sharpened by this young prince's sharp gaze, which seemed to see through all the penetrating eyes, his old face was slightly red. But Huang Qiong's answer finally put him at ease. Just now, he was really worried that this prince was holding on to this matter, or had other ideas.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that after seeing through his thoughts, the British king only expressed a little dissatisfaction, and had no intention of pursuing it. At this time, he was really completely impressed by the young prince's bearing, even if it was pretending to be on the surface.
Hao Lai is also a person who has been a county magistrate for two years, how can he not know these words of this young prince. The reason why he did it without telling this prince was that he was afraid that the young prince would not agree with his approach after he found out. Because he didn't know what kind of connection this prince had with the people behind those merchants.
And although he has always stayed away from those princes, he knows that some of the princes have a subtle connection with those big businessmen. Not to mention anything else, he learned from the mouths of those colleagues on Xichuan Road that most of the merchants in Chengdu and even Xichuan Road had a very close relationship with the Shu Wangfu.
While these merchants handed over a large amount of money to the Shu Prince's Mansion, they also received corresponding protection from the Shu Prince's Mansion. The merchant ships of the merchants on the West Sichuan Road went down the river, as long as they carried the lanterns of the Shu Wangfu, held the big seal of the Shu Wangfu, and the term was half a year, from the Chengdu Mansion to the health house below, and the various inspection divisions along the river, none of them dared to come forward to collect taxes.
Every year, the Shu Wangfu, because of the sale of lanterns and prayers, is enough to enter hundreds of thousands of yuan. Those merchant fleets that hung the lanterns of the Shu Wangfu, held the worship posts of the Shu Wangfu, and were loaded with Shu brocade, wood, medicinal materials, and even Shu wine and private salt, and went down the river brought countless benefits to the big merchants in Shu. And this kind of business, Shu Wangfu is definitely not an exception.
It is the Mengjin Inspection Division to which the Xiao Cavalry Battalion belongs, and every year it also encounters the merchant fleet of Yongwangfu and Songwangfu that do similar business. These princes spent a lot of money and extravagance one by one, and it seemed that the annual gifts were too much for them to spend before they became vassals, so it became a common phenomenon for these princes to make money in a different way.
All it takes is a lantern with the identity of the palace written on it to shelter merchant ships from tax evasion, which is just one of the ways to make money. Covering prostitutes and gambling, interfering in lawsuits, and even smuggling embargoed materials to Northern Liao, Dongying, and Goryeo, to name a few. This is the commander of the capital, and he is very worried that the British king will also be involved.
If the king's selfish desires ruined his entire plan, it would be more than worth the loss. So when he was acting, he directly bypassed Huang Qiong, who had already arrived at the Xiao Cavalry Battalion. Of course, if you don't have any other thoughts, that's not accurate. To tell the truth, he did have a little bit of a desire to let this prince help him prevent disasters.
Even consciously create something to arouse the anger of court officials or other princes, so that these people can join forces to squeeze this prince out of the Xiaoqi camp is the best. Regardless of Huang Qiong's performance after entering the camp, before today's conversation, he was really not very optimistic about the prince who was ordered to serve as the envoy of Zhengzhou.
In his subconscious, the young prince would be a troublemaker for himself, and indeed for the entire Riding Battalion. He really didn't want to get too close to any of the princes, even temporarily. Because he knows that this may mean endless troubles for himself in the future.
It is undoubtedly in the best interest of himself to let the emperor dispel his thoughts. Even Huang Qiong's performance after entering the camp made him think that this prince was purely here to mess around, in order to leak a face in front of the emperor and add some capital to himself, he never gave up this idea. This British king is too dangerous to the cavalry camp and to himself.
At least until today's conversation, he had that idea all along. Of course, it is true that some of his actions are in the fire. It had only been two days since he detained these merchant ships, and there were more than a dozen posts from Jingzhao Mansion from the prince of the dynasty to officials at all levels of the three provinces and six ministries, demanding that he immediately release these merchant ships.
Even the public writings of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household followed one another. If Huang Qiong hadn't taken the initiative to take it for him today, he would have even felt that he couldn't withstand the pressure from some aspects now. The Xiao cavalry camp is too close to the capital, and those big people in the DPRK and China send individuals, and it only takes half a day to ride a fast horse, and they can run back and forth.
Looking at the commander of the capital who was exposed by himself in disguise, his old face was somewhat slightly red, and he felt that he should still slap Huang Qiong, who was giving a sweet date, still decided to appease him: "Lord Yu, don't worry about anything, this time the king will bear the burden for you." There is anyone in the capital who will put pressure on you to come directly to this king. ”
"When it is extraordinary, do extraordinary things, and Lord Yu is also doing this for the sake of the court. But this king really doesn't want a similar incident to happen again, except for the war operation. At least, Lord Yu asked this king to be this shield for you, and you should also give this king a psychological preparation in advance, right? ”
"Since this king has promoted Lord Yu to the emperor, he believes in Lord Yu's ability and loyalty to the court. I hope that Lord Yu will be honest with this king in the future. Okay, you don't have to be aware of it. If someone in the court tests the pressure on you, it will be pushed on the head of this king. ”
"Although this king and Lord Yu have intersected for the first time, this king has only one sentence for adults, you don't bear me for state affairs, and I will definitely live up to you in other things. Since Lord Yu thinks that this plan is feasible, this king will come to employ people without doubt. Lord Yu will start preparing now, and as soon as the holy decree of sending troops is triggered, he will immediately start acting. ”
"Lord Yu, at the time of the eventful autumn, this king hopes that you and I can come to a harmony and sing the drama of Zhengzhou more satisfactorily, so that my father and the emperor will be satisfied, and the people of the world will be satisfied. We will strive to solve the predicament of Zhengzhou in the shortest possible time, reduce the casualties of the people and sergeants, and retain a little vitality for our Daqiduo. ”
Huang Qiong's frankness also made the commander of the capital, who had completely dispelled his concerns, feel a little impressed by this young prince in his heart. At least although this prince is young, his bearing and open-mindedness are far from being comparable to ordinary people. At least compared to what he had heard from his colleagues, compared to the rest of the princes, it was more than a step higher.
Although my own little thing is not called a thing, it is also seen by others. It's a small thing, at most one is just acting without permission. It's a big deal, but it's contempt for the prince and the Qincha of the dynasty. If you meet a master who is sufficiently open-minded and generous, you will naturally not take this matter seriously.
If you are narrow-minded, it is estimated that you will have to regard yourself as a thorn in your side from now on. And as far as he knows, there are really few of these princes in this dynasty who have enough heart and bearing. If nothing else, the King of Shu who has changed his eyes to Ruijianying, I'm afraid he won't be able to spare himself. Let's not talk about what the Lord will do in front of him in the future, at least this superficial work is extremely beautiful.
As for Huang Qiong's request, he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly. He believes that everyone is an understanding person, and they are all smart people, and some words don't need to be said too clearly. The meaning of his nod, the king of England will understand. It's better to say a thousand than to do it once, right?
In the Xiaoqi camp here, after Huang Qiong's painstaking efforts, a place of peace was staged. Although he may not really tame the commander of the capital, Huang Qiong knows that the commander of the capital will at least do his best to cooperate with him in this battle. Of course, Huang Qiong didn't think that he would be able to really subdue this commander in a short period of time.
Similar to the commander of the capital, the people who climb up from the bottom a little bit and rely on their military exploits can be said to be old foxes. How can it be so simple to be subdued by yourself in such a few words? I don't have the kind of king that once exposed, the world will surrender.
The problem of the Xiaoqi camp was solved, and the situation in Zhengzhou did not make Huang Qiong wait too long. On the third day after Huang Qiong arrived at the Xiaoqi camp, after sending several envoys to return in vain, the last envoy was even killed by King Jing. The emperor finally lost his patience completely, and publicly issued an edict, appointing the king of England as the envoy to Zhengzhou and the commander of Yudu as the deputy envoy.
At the same time, the king of Shu was appointed as the envoy of Ruzhou, and the right deputy of the Privy Council was appointed as the deputy envoy. He even tore off the last fig leaf on the holy decree, and ordered the King of Shu and the King of Ying to immediately command the Xiaoqi Battalion and the Ruijian Battalion respectively, and march into Ruzhou and Zhengzhou to crusade against the rebellion. Yes, it's rebellion. At this moment, what the emperor did to King Jing and King Duan finally determined the nature of the rebellion.
On the day when the emperor's holy decree arrived at the Xiaoqi camp and the Ruijian camp respectively, King Jing and King Duan seemed to know that the emperor had exhausted his last patience with him. In Zhengzhou and Ruzhou respectively, the Qing monarch's side essays with similar content were published. As soon as these two inscriptions came out, it also indicated that the two kings had torn off the last disguise and directly rebelled publicly.
The second king not only questioned the cause of the queen's death in the text, and repeatedly insisted that the queen was poisoned by someone who wanted to compete for the lord of the six palaces, but also blamed most of the blame on the emperor. What embarrassed the emperor even more was that King Jing's inscription not only insisted that the queen was poisoned, but also found out for the emperor the cause of death of Huang Qiong and two of the three kings who died violently one after another.
That King Jing wrote clearly on the inscription that the real culprit behind this series of assassinations and violent deaths of the prince was none other than the crown prince of the dynasty. The crown prince of the current dynasty was jealous of his ability, and he killed any prince who might endanger his position as the prince, regardless of his brotherhood.
His previous continuous refusal to enter the court, and now he is uniting with King Duan to raise an army to rebel, precisely for self-preservation, but also to get rid of a future tyrant for the subjects of the world. In order to prove that he was forced to be helpless, this King Jing not only pointed out in the text how the prince poisoned King Zhao and the King of Fengcheng County.
He also sent the exact number of killers raised by the prince, where they are currently hiding, and by what means they contacted the prince. How to get instructions from the prince and get rid of those people for the prince is clear. Even King Zhao was poisoned, it was the hand that moved, and it was clear what kind of poison it was.
Even in the text, even the prince likes male style, not to mention that he has raised a large number of male pets in several other courtyards. He also sent his henchmen to find a handsome boy to castrate, and then sent him to his own courtyard for his own fun, which was announced. Even his subordinate officials did what they liked, trying their best to find a handsome boy and send him to the East Palace Annex.