Guo Song didn't interfere too much with the two newspapers, after all, it was a new thing, as long as they could be published normally, all kinds of other problems could be gradually solved in the stumbles, Guo Song believed in the wisdom of the Tang people, they only needed to bring their own hands, do it with their hearts, and they would definitely do better.

As the heat subsides, the cool autumn arrives, and in a blink of an eye, it is the beginning of November.

Chengdu under the autumn rain is quite cool, business is very depressed, there are few pedestrians on the streets, almost half of the shops are closed, the eunuchs have expanded to 30,000 guards, they are like poisonous snakes, monitoring Chengdu and the whole Bashu, and the heavy taxes weigh everyone out of breath.

But the taxes of the Southern Tang Dynasty were different from those of Zhu Zhu's New Qin Dynasty, Zhu Zhu's taxes were heavy because he had to raise an army of 400,000, and most of the taxes of the Southern Tang Dynasty, except for a small part used to raise the army, fell into the pockets of the eunuch group, including their hundreds of false sons and grandchildren.

Speaking of the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty is still the largest, the entire south of the Yangtze River plus Bashu is the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but in fact, the Southern Tang Dynasty can only control the Bashu and Jingnan regions at present, the Jiangnan West Road Jiedu makes Ma Sui control the area from Dongting Lake to Changsha, the Jiangnan East Road Jiedu makes Liu Qia control the area from Yuzhang to Xuanzhou, and the Liangzhejiang Jiedu makes Han Huang control Jiangnan, Yuezhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other places.

There is also the Lingnan region, which is still under the control of King Li Si.

A carriage drove quickly from the street, and soon disappeared in the continuous night rain, and after a while, the carriage stopped in front of an ordinary small house, and several carriages had been parked in the alley next to it.

The car door opened, and a veteran with white hair came out of it, his eyes were firm, but he was full of worry, he was the Jiannan Jiedu envoy Hun Xuan, although Hun Ying was the Jiannan Jiedu envoy, but in fact, the Jiannan army was led by Wang Qingyang, the general of the Shence Army, and Hun Yang was just a nominal commander.

Hun Xuan was originally the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, because of his close relationship with the nobles of Guanlong, he was jealous of the eunuch group, so he asked the Queen Mother to summon him to Beijing to report on his work, and then added his military department Shangshu, Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Tai Lieutenant, knighted Ge Guogong, and added a lot of prominent titles to him, but he was reappointed as the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, and Jingnan's 10,000 troops were led by Liu Kui, the general of Shence, and seized his military power.

Hun Xuan was extremely indignant in his heart, and he had been forbearing, waiting for the opportunity to eradicate the traitor.

Tonight, Hun Yang was invited by Xiangguo Zhang Yansheng to come here to discuss important matters secretly.

This mansion is not Zhang Yansheng's prime minister's mansion, but a businessman's mansion, which was lent to Zhang Yansheng for use.

Hun Ying walked into the steps, there were already people waiting at the door, and immediately took him to the back hall, the back hall was brightly lit, and there were already several people present.

Zhang Yansheng on the right, Cui Zao on the left, Dong Jin, the secretary of the household department, Lu Zhen, the secretary of the criminal department, Guo Shu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhang Yu, the secretary of Honglu Temple, Zhang Yansheng's nephew, he sat aside and was responsible for recording.

At this time, Zhang Yansheng saw Hun Ying come in, so he smiled and said, "The last distinguished guest is here." ”

Hun Yang was stunned, "Xiangguo, am I late?" ”

"No, it's because everyone came early, please take a seat."

Hun Xuan sat down in the last seat, he glanced at Cui Zao, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, several other people are more upright, but this Cui Zao is greedy for life and afraid of death, and has a bad reputation, is it wise to let him participate in the deliberations?

However, Hun Xuan knew that Cui Zao was Zhang Yansheng's henchman, and Zhang Yansheng might be able to control him.

"Everyone, please come, there is a major event to tell you, Song Chaofeng is critically ill, and the fifth Shouliang, Zhang Shang, and Jiao Hope are likely to launch a palace coup."

Everyone was shocked, and immediately discussed in a low voice, everyone knew that the eunuch group was divided into two factions, one faction was Song Chaofeng and Ju Wenzhen, the other faction was the fifth Shouliang, Zhang Shang and Jiao Hope, while Huo Xianming and Dou Wenchang remained neutral.

At present, it is the Song Chaofeng faction that occupies the top, basically all the tax sources are controlled by them, Zuo Yintai is also controlled by Ju Wenzhen, and the fifth Shouliang, Zhang Shang and Jiao Hope are basically hollowed out, but the palace is controlled by the fifth Shouliang, the head of the Ouchi, who controls three thousand guards, which is also the only power that the three of them hold.

If Song Chaofeng is safe and sound, there will be no chance for the three of them at all, but Song Chaofeng is critically ill, and Ju Wenzhen's qualifications are not enough, so he may not get the support of Huo Xianming and Dou Wenchang, and the opportunity for the fifth Shouliang, Zhang Shang and Jiao Hope will come.

"Is this our chance too?" Hun Xuan asked.

"Our chance, exactly!"

Zhang Yanxiang glanced at everyone and said with a sad heart: "The eunuch party is in power, not only makes the people of the world chill and aggravates the local division, but also the Tang Dynasty has gradually lost its position as the suzerain. ”

He took a deep breath, raised his head, and his voice became high-pitched, "Everyone! As Tang Chen, it is our responsibility to save Datang from peril and restore the glory of Datang, we are duty-bound, even if we die generously, we must not let our integrity sink with Datang! ”

These words were impassioned, and everyone's blood boiled, and Hun Yang immediately got up and said: "As long as I can eradicate the eunuch party and restore the dynasty, even if I donate this old bone, I will not hesitate!" ”

Everyone expressed their willingness to follow Zhang Yansheng to eradicate the eunuchs, Zhang Yansheng waved his hand, and said: "At present, it is the six of us, this matter is confidential, and we can't be in a hurry, we must pay close attention to the changes in the situation." ”

"Zhang Xiangguo, what strength do we have at the moment?" Dong Jin, the secretary of the ministry, asked.

Zhang Yansheng groaned and said: "Our strength is not much, mainly some personal strength. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Hun Xuan, and Hun Xuan immediately understood that Zhang Yansheng came to him because he had taken a fancy to his five hundred personal guards.

Hun Xuan immediately said: "I have five hundred personal guards, who have followed me for many years, loyal to me, very elite, if necessary, they can attack!" ”

Guo Shu also said: "The Guo family also has three hundred families, which can be driven!" ”

Zhang Yansheng nodded, "Coupled with some other samurai and the like, the number of troops we can use is about 1,200 or 300 people, and it is impossible to fight hard with the army of the eunuch party, we can only wait for the opportunity to stab the heart of the eunuch party with a small and big one." ”

Everyone agreed, Zhang Yansheng immediately took out an affidavit and asked everyone to press their fingerprints, Zhang Yansheng finally signed his name, Zhang Yansheng, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, and pressed his fingerprint.

"Everyone, now we are all in the same boat, I hope you will keep the matter of tonight strictly confidential, even your own wife and daughter can't say, in short, no one can know except us, it is a matter of everyone's life and the success or failure of the great cause, please don't take it lightly."

.........

After the discussion was over, the people set a time and place for the next meeting, and began to leave one after another.

Zhang Yansheng and his nephew Zhang Yu sat in the same carriage, the carriage was speeding in the rainy night, neither of them spoke, Zhang Yansheng caught a glimpse of the newspaper in his nephew's hand, and asked: "The newspaper in your hand is "Tianxia Xinbao"? ”

Zhang Yu nodded, "It was four days ago, I saw the news that a million catties of Anxi cotton arrived in Beijing, I was thinking, how did they transport it?" Also, what has become of Anthy now? ”

"Camels, of course, two thousand camels are enough, but that's not the point."

Zhang Yansheng sighed, "Even the newspaper directly used the word 'arrived in Beijing', aren't you surprised?" ”

Zhang Yu was stunned, he really didn't notice the inappropriateness of this word, shouldn't he say the capital! Chang'an is no longer the capital, Chengdu is.

"The little nephew was negligent!"

"In fact, you are not negligent, but you have recognized it in your heart, Guo Song actually thought of the trick of running a newspaper, and handed over the "Di Bao" to the people, and the people of the world will have a stronger sense of identity with Chang'an, and how many people will remember that the Southern Tang Dynasty is authentic? Will you think that Chengdu is the capital? ”

Zhang Yanxian was heartbroken and full of grievances, both strongly disgusted by Guo Song's step-by-step advancement, and hated the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty by the eunuch group.

Zhang Yu was silent, and said for a long time: "Second uncle, I want to send my wife, children and mother-in-law to Chang'an." ”

Zhang Yansheng didn't expect his nephew to make this request, he was stunned, but he immediately understood that Zhang Yu was not optimistic about their actions and wanted to leave a way back for himself.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Yansheng also said: "Let Tan'er also leave with them, it's best to leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Zhang Yanxian's wife is the daughter of the former prime minister Miao Jinqing, ten years ago after his wife died of illness, he has not married, he has two sons, the eldest son Zhang Hongjing served as the assassin in Yuezhou, the second son Zhang Tan was born to a concubine, only fourteen years old, and currently lives with himself.

Zhang Yu nodded, "The little nephew will arrange it tonight!" ”

.........

Cui Zao's carriage also slowly stopped in front of his mansion, he got out of the carriage, the housekeeper stepped forward and whispered a few words, Cui Zao was stunned, "Who is he?" ”

"He was wearing a black robe and a hat, and he couldn't see his face clearly, saying that he was a friend of the master."

Cui Zao wondered in his heart, who came to visit him so late, could it be that the family came?

Cui Zao was born in the Boling Cui clan, although it is not as good as the Qinghe Cui clan, it is also a famous family in the world, Dingzhou has now been captured by the Jin army, and his family should also have news.

Cui Zao hurriedly came to the back hall, only to see a person standing in the back hall, with a very strange back, wearing a black robe and a hat, covering his face.

Cui Zao was shocked in his heart and asked, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

The black robe slowly took off his hat, turned around and said with a smile: "Cui Xiangguo, don't even know our family anymore?" ”

Cui Zao saw the other party's face clearly, and was suddenly frightened.