One

Xu Zhihe now feels more and more the benefits of power, and he began to seek his own world under the enlightenment of Song Qiqiu, but now it seems to be getting closer and closer to reality. He thought of Yang Xingmi and his adoptive father Xu Wen, they were all manipulators of power, manipulating the fate of others, and now he had joined them. But Xu Zhihe believes that he will defeat them, because he wants to control the world and control the fate of more people.

On this day, Song Qiqiu suddenly said to Xu Zhihe: "Now that the situation has been decided, your lord should follow the example of Duke Xu to guard Jinling, instead of being obsessed with this imperial palace." ”

Xu Zhihe was puzzled and asked, "Why?" Is it inappropriate to be in charge of the court situation in Guangling now? ”

"No," Song Qiqiu said, "Guangling is where the Son of Heaven is, and although he can control the overall situation of the Wu Kingdom, it is precisely because it is the capital that it traps the adults. Dare to ask adults, will this be the case in the future? Is this the end of guarding this little Guangling? ”

Xu Zhihe heard what Song Qiqiu meant, he pondered, analyzed, and quickly calculated in his heart, "That's right, now Wu Guo is alone and dominant, if he guards Guangling, he is not the emperor and he is better than the emperor, but there are always people behind his back who criticize him for monopolizing the government and setting up the emperor." If you follow the example of my adoptive father who guarded Jinling back then, not only will I fight back against those people, but I can also have more room for development, Wu Guo is not my goal, the world is. ”

"What Mr. said is reasonable, or Mr. has vision, otherwise I would really be obsessed with the eyes, thank you Mr. for reminding me in time, Mr. is really my Liu Muzhi!" Xu Zhihe said excitedly.

"Hahaha, the adult has won the award, as long as he can help the adult, even if he doesn't embarrass the adult, and he doesn't eat the adult's meal in vain, Liu Muzhi and I can't compare." Liu Muzhi was the first capable minister in Liu Yu's era, and Liu Yu relied on and respected him.

So on a suitable day, Xu Zhihe officially proposed to Yang Pu to guard Jinling. Jinling has the Yangtze River natural insurance, the city is strong, Xu Zhihe has built a city there, built a boat, he is very clear about the value of Jinling City. Coupled with the fact that Xu Wen has governed for more than ten years, Jinling is extremely important to Wu in any way. But Xu Zhihe's departure from Jinling is not thinking about Yang Pu, nor is he thinking about Wu Guo, he is thinking about his next step.

Yang Pu did not object, in front of Xu Zhihe, a powerful minister, Yang Pu seemed to have a premonition of his fate. Instead of letting him give orders in the court every day, it is better to let him stay away from him, at least he will be clean on the surface. So Xu Zhihe went out of Jinling with Taiwei and Zhongshu Ling, and opened his own Taiwei Mansion, and Yang Pu also allowed him to set up an official system, which could appoint and promote officials by himself. But Xu Zhihe did not relax his control over Guangling, he let his eldest son Jingtong be Situ Tongping Zhangshi, Wang Lingmou and Song Qiqiu shot Tongping Zhangshi for the left and right servants, and continued to control the government remotely, and he led Zhou Zong, Ma Renyu, Sun Ji and others to Jinling, as if Xu Wen was back then. Xu Zhihe himself didn't expect that the scene that happened to his adoptive father back then would be repeated on him, but he firmly believed that he would do better than his adoptive father.

Two

After Xu Zhihe left the town of Jinling, the first thing he did was to close Xu Wen's old department, Xu Jue was the first person to take refuge in him, Xu Zhihe didn't like him very much, but because of Song Qiqiu's strong recommendation, and it was the time to employ people, he still took him in. In fact, the person Xu Zhihe never forgets is Yan Keqiu, Yan Keqiu is talented, but he is also stubborn. Xu Zhihe loves talent, although he refused Xu Zhihe's woo before, but Xu Zhihe continued to woo him after he arrived in Jinling, and still treated him politely, but he still refused, making Xu Zhihe helpless. Helpless, Xu Zhihe discussed with Zhou Zong how to solve this matter, and Zhou Zong said:

"My lord, as far as I know, Yan Keqiu has a son who has reached adulthood, and the adult happens to have a daughter to marry, so it is better to marry like the ancients. Xu Zhihe thought about it, Yan Keqiu was an important minister of the former dynasty, and his daughter would not suffer a loss when she married, and with Yan Keqiu's talent, he would really achieve great things in the future, he would definitely be a person of great merit, and his son would also be added to the rank of knight. Thinking of this, Xu Zhihe happily said to Zhou Zong: "This is very good! ”

Zhou Zong went to Yan Keqiu to explain the matter, and Yan Keqiu said:

"Lord Zhou has good intentions, Yan is very grateful, Xiao'er's marriage is indeed a big deal, and it can't be delayed because of being a father, since Lord Xu has no opinion, then the old man will climb high."

"Since both of you agree, then this marriage will be completed, it is really a godsend, I will reply to Lord Xu." After Zhou Zong finished speaking, he left.

Xu Zhihe was very happy when he heard that Yan Keqiu agreed to this family business, and thought to himself, Yan Keqiu, Yan Keqiu, I finally caught you, and from now on you will be used by me. Afraid of long nights and dreams, Xu Zhihe chose the nearest auspicious day to marry his daughter, and in this way, Yan Keqiu and Xu Zhihe finally came together with their in-laws.

In fact, Yan Keqiu knows Xu Zhihe very well, he appreciates Xu Zhihe's ability, Xu Zhihe is a person with great ambitions, he saw this as early as twenty years ago, he knew that Xu Zhihe would never be satisfied with being a captain, and it was not just as simple as wanting to guard Jinling, he wanted more space.