The effect of this third thunderbolt that Jia Qiang said was no worse than the first two, and even more critical!

At that time, the Nine Emperors of the Emperor Taishang, the prince of Yixiang County, was so powerful that the rest of the princes had no power to fight back.

Almost everyone thought that he would become the deposed Prince Yizhong and another virtuous prince.

The Cao Gang had already made small achievements at that time, and was trying to develop greatly, and met Li Xiang, the king of Yixiang County, who was in charge of the affairs of the river work, and Ding Hao, as the leader of the Cao Gang, naturally had to offer the work of dogs and horses!

Asking people to give people, asking for boats to boats, a posture of sticking to the net worth of the Cao Gang and serving the virtuous king.

Afterwards, the Cao Gang did develop to a certain extent.

Even if Li Xiang failed to seize the heir later, but with the presence of the Emperor Taishang, Emperor Long An never said anything about liquidation......

But Ding Hao understood in his heart that the king of Yixiang County was powerful back then, and it was no problem for him to serve in the past, but at that time, Emperor Longan was still Prince Lian and was in the Ministry of Governor's Household.

The household department is the head yamen of the Cao Gang.

He didn't go to Prince Lian's mansion to offer his courtesy, but went to the Yixiang County Palace's palace of the Ministry of Industry to be courteous......

Isn't this a slap in the face of Prince Lian, that is, the current Emperor Long An?

Ding Hao couldn't understand in his heart that the more noble he is, the more he can't tolerate the people below him to violate his dignity!

If it weren't for this incident, how could Emperor Long An associate Lin Ruhai's assassination with the Cao Gang?

Seeing that Ding Hao's face was pale and cold sweat was dripping, Jia Qiang chuckled twice and said: "You are a gang in the rivers and lakes, you have accumulated a group of coolies to start a business, and you are the governor of Caoyun and the river yamen, and you still want to stand in line to win the heir...... Ding Gang Master, Ben Hou always thought that Ling Lang was a little expert who would die, but it turned out that this ability was passed on from you. ”

When Ding Hao heard this, he didn't know what to say, so he just laughed miserably.

From ancient times to the present, if you want to sit on this land, how can you not stand in line?

It's a pity that he is on the wrong side.

Standing on the wrong side is a fatal mistake, and it should have paid a fatal price!

Fortunately, Emperor Taishang is alive to give the throne to Emperor Long'an, and if Emperor Taishang is alive, many things will remain the same.

On the one hand, Ding Hao hoped that the Emperor Taishang would be able to live long live, so that the Cao Gang would be safe.

On the other hand, he tried all means to desperately strengthen the Cao Gang, hoping that before the death of the Emperor Taishang, the Cao Gang would develop into a behemoth that even the imperial court was afraid of, and he could not move easily.

After all, the entire Shenjing City relies on Cao operation and maintenance to survive, and Cao Yun is cut off, and the entire Shenjing and the entire Dayan will have a big chaos.

It's a pity that the time given by God is still not enough after all.

Even if over the years, he has used all his thoughts and means to make the Cao Gang develop rapidly, and the number of gangs has exceeded 400,000, but it is still far from enough!

Unless, the Cao Gang can break one million and break 200,000, otherwise, it is far from the point where the court does not dare to be ruthless.

Moreover, because the annexation has been too rapid in recent years, the internal digestion is not complete, and there are many factions, and it is difficult to achieve the degree of prohibition to the extent of the order.

In short, if the current imperial court really makes up its mind to destroy the Cao Gang, the Cao Gang will inevitably die.

Ding Hao sighed and said, "Ning Hou, everything has come to this point, the old man who is also scared of the horse is in a cold sweat, and he is terrified, what are the conditions, why not get straight to the point?" But if you can agree, the old man will never say anything, and if you can't agree, the old man can't do anything. ”

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "I have never been arrogant or self-righteous. You Dao Benhou is making a move, but you are not wrong. It's just that if it's true or not, you must know it in your heart. Otherwise, with your status in the rivers and lakes, you will not be frightened by others, and you will be bluffed like this. In that case, I'll be blunt. If you are on the wrong side, Ben Hou has a way to turn around for you, so that it will not become a dead disaster. It's not been a day or two since you entered Beijing, and you think you've already explored the roots of Benhou. I can do this, you should believe it? ”

Ding Hao nodded and said slowly: "Ning Hou is Lin Shilang's beloved apprentice, and he is also the future uncle, Lin Shilang is the humerus minister of the Son of Heaven, who doesn't know, who doesn't know?" Moreover, Ning Hou is also the niece and son-in-law of the queen's mother-in-law, and the Yin family loves the marquis, and they can't hide it from the world. With these two presence, Ning Hou can naturally speak in front of the Son of Heaven. ”

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "Not only that, you still haven't inquired completely." The world-famous Banshan Gong, who is the current governor of Liangjiang, Han Bin, still owes Ben Hou a great favor. With these three points, if Ben Hou wants to do evil, it is difficult to protect a Ding family, but it may not be difficult. ”

Ding Hao asked again, "What does Master Hou want?" ”

Jia Qiang still didn't answer, but said: "What Ben Hou wants, and how to solve the problem with the Ding gang leader, there is actually no contradiction. Old Gang Leader Ding, don't think that the emperor is such a shallow person. His old man's sacred heart is like the sky, how could he be disgusted with the Cao Gang for the sake of what happened back then? Wouldn't the old Ding gang leader think that the court was full of dumb monarchs and ministers? Do you really think that they can't see that your Cao Gang has gathered hundreds of thousands of people to control the canal, control the Cao Yun, and want to control the lifeblood of the capital? ”

Ding Hao's old face turned white again, and he said in a deep voice: "Ning Hou, how dare the Cao Gang admit such words?" The Cao Gang is all acting under the supervision and rule of the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun and the Yamen of the Governor of the River, so why do they have such delusions? ”

Jia Qiang sneered and said: "At present, there are more than 400,000 Cao gang workers, and the dragons and snakes in the gang are mixed, rampant and domineering along both sides of the canal, known as the largest gang in the world, and the city government and government, which one dares to manage?" Didn't the old gang leader Ding think that Ben Hou was a mediocre seed who grew up in a rich township, why not eat minced meat, so he deceived me when I was young and didn't understand the world? Now that the Cao Gang has 400,000 people, those county and government officials will not dare to take care of it, and when the Cao Gang has developed more than one million people, I am afraid that even the imperial court will have to throw a rat into the trap! What did the Cao Gang do, can they hide from others, and can they hide from the embroidered guards? I don't know whether I live or die, and I still think I can deceive the heart of heaven?

Ding Hao, Ben Hou told you clearly, even if there is no Jingling case, if your Cao Gang continues like this, it will definitely not last! Today's saint is a great talent, and he has endured you for several years, do you think he will continue to indulge you? A gang gathered 400,000 people, set up a strict gang structure, and even set up a private torture hall to hide knives and guns, how many people were killed in the fighting? In this glorious and prosperous world, how can you be allowed to run rampant?! ”

When the Ding family's father and son heard this, they only felt that Jia Qiang had peeled off the layers of flesh and blood on their bodies, revealing their hearts, so that their hidden thoughts had nowhere to hide.

After saying a sigh, Jia Qiang took another sip of tea, moistened her throat, and said lightly: "What should be said, Ben Hou has made it clear." Next, Ben Hou will talk about the way Ben Hou thinks of salvation, which is also what Ben Hou wants. If you are willing to believe and want to give, you will listen, and if you don't want to believe, you think you can't afford to give, then that's it. ”

When the father and son of the Ding family heard this, they hurriedly raised their spirits and said, "Ning Hou, please speak!" ”

Jia Qiang said lightly: "The reason why the imperial court is afraid of the Cao Gang is that it thinks that the Cao Gang is the dominant family on the canal, and the Cao Gang continues to sit big, once there is a strike one day, or if there is something that should not be done, it will become a catastrophe in an instant!" Therefore, the Cao Gang wanted to separate some people and boats, completely separate themselves from the Cao Gang, and set up a second Cao Gang to coexist with the Cao Gang. In this way, the imperial court can have a way of checks and balances, so that it can barely put its mind at ease. ”

When the father and son of the Ding family heard this, their faces were ugly, and they looked at Jia Qiang as if they had eaten a mouthful of dead flies.

I've seen something ugly, but I've never seen something so ugly!

said that for a long time after his mother, this "second generation of households" turned out to be eyeing the Cao Gang.

The Governor of Caoyun and the Governor of the River are only greedy for some silver taels or antique calligraphy and paintings, and this disciple and son-in-law of the Household Department actually wants to dismantle the skin and bones of the Cao Gang and swallow half of it!

Outrageous!!

Jia Qiang saw that the faces of the Ding family's father and son were ugly like this, and he understood in his heart, he smiled and said, "Don't underestimate Benhou, the family business of the Cao Gang, Benhou is not greedy." There are not a few boats, mainly a group of veterans, and in addition, there is Ling Lang. ”

As soon as these words came out, the Ding family's father and son were frightened, Ding Chao was even more afraid, and shook his head again and again: "Master Hou, your old man should let me go, I really can't afford to provoke it!" ”

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "The Cao Gang seems to be huge, but in fact it is big and inappropriate, and it is too bloated. There are too many mountains in the internal mess, and there are more people in the mess. No matter how many people like this there are, they will not be able to cooperate sincerely, and they will only drag each other back. If you give it to Ben Hou, Ben Hou doesn't dare to ask for it. That's why I want to start anew. But on the canal, it is still the people of the Cao Gang who know the Cao Yun best. Your son, bold and self-righteous, is exceedingly wise. You have to agree to this, and if you don't agree, you have to agree.

Besides, don't you want to find a real way to survive for the Cao Gang? ”

Ding Chao swallowed his saliva and asked, "What, what is the real way to live?" ”

Jia Qiang sighed and said, "Sea freight!" ”

"Sea freight?"

The faces of the Ding family's father and son were a little ugly.

If the Cao Gang hates to hear the word the most, the word "shipping" is definitely in the top three.

In their opinion, once the shipping booms, the transportation will inevitably be abolished, so what will they eat?

Jia Qiang nodded and said, "That's right, it's sea freight." Shipping is the trend of the times, there is no doubt about it. Nowadays, it takes nearly two or three stones of rice to transport one stone of rice into Beijing, how ridiculous? The cost of sea freight is more than twice as low as that of water transportation. The larger the sea freight, the lower the cost! Under this general trend, who can stop the prosperity of shipping? ”

Ding Hao said in a deep voice: "The cost of shipping is low, so it has to be shipped to the shore!" The sea is high and the waves are dangerous, and if you are not careful, the ship will be destroyed and people will die, and tens of thousands of stones of grain will sink to the bottom of the sea! Only then did you know how high and low the cost was. ”

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "Old Gang Leader Ding, you are an understanding person. Is it always calm on the canal? Is there no pattern to follow? On the big rivers, it's not cheap to transport grain every day, right? The same is true above the sea. As long as you feel the law, the possibility of capsizing is extremely small! ”

Seeing Ding Hao's gloomy face, he said strangely: "Ben Hou doesn't understand that the sea is still a blank space, and no one is going to occupy it, why the Cao Gang only blindly suppresses and resists, and does not occupy this place." Although most of you are river boats, boatmen are always more adapted to life at sea than ordinary people. Lifu is needed on the Caoyun wharf, but is it not needed on the marine wharf? Besides, don't blindly think about fighting in the nest, those Westerners can sail thousands of miles to come to Dayan, and our Dayan's boat, don't think about going to their territory to shop? ”

When Ding Hao heard this, he pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Ning Hou, the little old man is just a coolie who eats with strength, if he has such ability, he will not be able to do this business!" ”

Jia Qiang smiled: "What you said makes sense, I know you don't have what you can do, but Benhou has it!" Ben Hou can also teach this ability to Ding Chao, after all, it is impossible for me to run the boat in person. Once shipping and maritime trade rise, it is bound to require a large number of manpower, and these are the future survival places of the Cao Gang. After the defeat of Cao Yun, the Cao Gang has nowhere to survive.

In fact, there is really no need for Ding Lao Gang Leader to resist, think about it, how many people do you want to be grandsons of this Cao Gang, and how many people eat and take cards on a canal? Why suffer from this? Of course, after your Cao Gang has millions of people, it may be much better. But when that happens, you will not be much different from the rebels and thieves who support their own troops. Moreover, there are many dragons and snakes in the Cao Gang, and there are not a few people who miss the position of the leader of the Cao Gang? You were on the wrong side of the team before, and now you are involved in the Jingling case, will anyone make trouble when you go back, or will you simply disobey the yin and yang and listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement?

The roots are rotten, and no matter how you rectify them, you will be powerless to return to the sky. It's better to start over, extract the essence, and do it again.

As long as your father and son agree, Ben Hou is willing to help you resolve this crisis of the Cao Gang.

If you don't agree, that's okay. Ben Hou doesn't mind standing on the bones of your Cao Gang and setting up another Cao Gang.

The Ding family disagreed, and there were still the Sun family, the Zhao family and the Wang family in the Cao Gang.

You guys do it for yourselves! ”

……

Daming Palace, in the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

After Empress Yin heard about the Jingling case, she was also worried and came here to see Emperor Weilongan.

After hearing Emperor Long An's statement, he was also a little shocked, and said, "Is it really related to Cao Yun?" ”

Emperor Long An said lightly: "It may not be all here, assassinating Lin Ruhai can cut off my right-hand man, can fall my prestige, and hit me." But on this alone, Zhao Dongshan can't do this step. Can under the strict monitoring of the embroidered guards, let Zhao Dongshan handle the firearms, how can the people behind it be simple? It just so happened that Lin Ruhai had just come up and discussed with me and the military aircraft about opening a sea transport. Is there such a coincidence in the world? If they are only to fight me and cut off my wings, why should they wait until today? ”

Empress Yin was puzzled: "Just open a sea transport, and the people on Cao Yun hate to be like this, dare to risk the world's disapproval and assassinate the emperor's beloved ministers?" ”

Emperor Long An shook his head and said: "The queen doesn't know how much silver the imperial court throws into Caoyun every year. Not to mention anything else, only the repair of the 3,000-mile canal will cost millions of taels of silver in a disaster-free year. There are still so many Cao Gong, Cao Army, so many rivers and officials of the Cao Yun Yamen, and it is not much to invest millions of taels of silver in it every year. This is only counting the imperial court, the rice bought by the people of the capital is more than 30% more expensive than that of Jiangnan, and every catty and tael is more than 30% more expensive, more than 4 million stones a year, how much more expensive? How many people will be fattened with this expensive silver? ”

When Empress Yin heard this, she understood, and finally asked, "Then you can save these by opening a sea freight?" ”

Emperor Long An sighed and said, "Don't stop." It takes three or four months to travel by water, and shipping only takes half a month and a maximum of 20 days. However, it is not yet time, and the involvement is too wide, and I have to be careful...... Let's not talk about it, I'm going to rest early tonight, I'm tired. Zitong, I'm going to you tonight, come, you help me turn over these folds, and separate the most important and the ordinary. There are also those excerpts of greetings from the governors and ministers, and they are put aside...... A group of feudal officials are annoying with some unexplained broken things all day long, which is simply unreasonable. ”

Empress Yin was stunned when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the concubine is a person from the harem, how can she read the folds?" ”

Emperor Long An smiled: "It's not for you to review, it's just for you to help me pick it up." The queen has always helped me a lot, it's okay, from now on, no one can restrain me and talk nonsense to me and the queen! ”

Looking at Emperor Long'an's faintly arrogant expression, Empress Yin felt that this was the real Son of Heaven!

Asked the chamberlain to bring a chair and place it next to the imperial case, Empress Yin gently opened a fold, and her slender phoenix eyes gradually brightened.

On the side, Emperor Long An saw it, squinted his eyes, and smiled.

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