"I know, but it's not that high, the transportation is all manpower, and these poor people can endure hardship, and they can sleep in a shack. The main costs are food and settling-in allowances. Wei Bao said: "To put it bluntly, silver and grain must be used everywhere!" This time back to Liaoxi, I have to find a way to find a way from these two aspects! Last time, the grain merchants in the north and south joined forces to raise the price of grain and wanted to blackmail me, but this matter has not yet been resolved. ”

Wu Xuexia knew about this, "Grain hoarding and raising grain prices is a common method, not to mention you, even the Ming Dynasty has no way, what can you do?" My father said that you released a rumor last time, saying that Liaoxi needs a large amount of grain, and provoked a large amount of grain from North Zhili and South Zhili to come to Liaoxi, but he didn't expect that he didn't buy a single grain of cheap grain. ”

Wei Bao looked at Wu Xuexia with a gloating look, and said with a smile: "I can't buy food, why are you so happy?" Don't worry, I'll find a way! Just survive this year! By next year, I can guarantee that southern Liaoning will be self-sufficient in grain! When the time comes, I won't dare to let Jiannu have the idea of fighting Liaonan at all! What are farmers most afraid of? It is to lose their land and food, whoever moves their land and food, their explosive power is very amazing, and whoever is caught will fight with whom! ”

Wu Xuexia nodded thoughtfully.

At the same time, a heated debate was taking place in the side hall of the royal palace in Seoul, North Korea.

King Yi Liang summoned all the ministers of the two classes, as well as all the Korean officials in Seoul, to discuss how to deal with the land that had been stolen by the Heaven and Earth Society and redistributed to the small and medium-sized landlords and the poor.

"What the hell are we supposed to do now?" Li Qi asked.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground were more than 500 ministers, and many eunuchs stood on either side, and there was silence in the side hall.

"Your Highness, this matter cannot be compromised, and all the land and property taken away by the small and medium-sized landlords and ordinary people must be recaptured!" Li Liang's cousin Shen Jing said.

"However, there are so many people involved in this that if we do that, I am afraid that the people of Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghaedo Province will rise up in rebellion." Li said.

"Your Highness, I think what Lord Shen Jingyu said is good." Li Liang's uncle Gu Hong said: "Even if someone will rise up and rebel, we just need to suppress it!" If you can take away the property of the two classes at will, then the world is not chaotic? There can be no appeasement for these people! ”

"Exactly! Your Highness! Please be sure to severely punish these people, and those who refuse to take the initiative to return the land will be killed! Shen Jingyu saw that Gu Hong supported him, and said loudly.

The other ministers who advocated the recovery of the land by force also nodded their heads and whispered in support.

Those ministers who had their hearts set on Wei Bao generally did not speak.

Li Liang's eyes swept over everyone's faces, gloomy face, and he didn't speak.

After a long time, Li Liang stood up, "These, are these the meanings of all the secretaries present?" Do you all really think that way? ”

Since Li Shi's rebellion, Li Qi has become more and more distrustful of the ministers below, but he has to know their thoughts, and this matter cannot get the support of all the ministers, it will definitely not work.

"Your Highness, we all think so!" Hong Juyuan replied loudly. Although Ma Hong Zhuyuan is now half crippled, he is crippled inside, and he can't be seen from the outside.

Li Liang knew that Hong Zhuyuan hated Wei Bao very much, so he didn't pay attention to him.

Li Liang is not blind, there are still many ministers who have not spoken, he knows that these people's will is not firm, and they do not completely stand with him.

"Let's go! I'll talk about that later. Li Qi sighed.

"Your Highness!" Gu Hong, Shen Jingyu, Hong Juyuan and others almost shouted out in unison, and they had to persuade again.

Li Ju waved his hand: "I'm tired!" Scatter the dynasty! ”

The eunuch hurriedly shouted: "Scatter the dynasty!" ”

Li Qi walked quickly, and he didn't look tired.

"Alas, His Highness is still afraid!" Hong Zhuyuan sighed.

"I don't know if His Highness is afraid of the small and medium-sized landlords below, or the common people? Still afraid of Wei Bao? We can't let Wei Bao make waves in our North Korea anymore! The power of the Heaven and Earth Society is now increasing day by day! Gu Hong pulled Li Yuanyi, the leader of the council, and said.

"I know, but what can we do? Haven't you heard? Wei Bao's army, in southern Liaoning, actually defeated the Houjin people! That's the Eight Banners! Li Yuanyi said in a low voice: "Since Wei Bao's army can even defeat the Eight Banners Army, how can our North Korean army dare to directly confront Wei Bao?" Perhaps, there is nothing wrong with His Highness's approach of waiting for the right time now. ”

"Lord Leader! It is a big mistake to say this, and if it drags on, it will be even more impossible to regain the land in the future! Wei Bao's strength will grow more and more in North Korea, until one day, drive out His Highness and Wei Bao will replace him! Shen Jing said.

"It's unlikely, Wei Bao is only Han after all, not a North Korean!" Li Yuanyi said.

"Can't he prop up a puppet to power?" Shen Jing said: "Lord Lingyi, you have been in the officialdom for decades, you won't even be able to see through this, right?" Wei Bao definitely wants more than some money and people in North Korea, what he wants is to take away our foundation! ”

When Gu Hong, Hong Zhuyuan and others heard this, they nodded again and again, and said that Shen Jingyu said it very well.

"Together, we must put pressure on His Highness and get His Highness's support! It can't go on indefinitely! Wei Bao's soldiers and horses are in southern Liaoning, across the sea from our Korea, and it takes five or six days to go back and forth at a time, and it is by no means easy for him to fight across the sea! And Li Shi must also be killed, if Li Shi is not killed, all those who want to rebel will have a fluke mentality, and if the rebels are not killed, North Korea will never have peace! Gu Hong said heartbrokenly.

Everyone nodded again, and most of them agreed with Gu Hong's opinion.

Gu Hong spoke loudly, and there were three or four hundred people gathered around, while more than a hundred people who had their hearts toward Wei Bao left, and they didn't want to hear this.

"This is not the place to talk, why don't you go to Lord Gu Hong's mansion to talk?" Shen Jingyi suggested.

Everyone said yes, and everyone pulled Li Yuanyi, who didn't really want to go, to go together, but Li Yuanyi couldn't shirk it, so he had to go.

"Someone must be sent to assassinate Wei Bao and Li Shi!" Gu Hong suggested.

Many people have such thoughts, but they don't dare to say it, and after Gu Hong said it, everyone agreed.

Li Yuanyi shook his head and said: "This is very difficult, if they can't kill Wei Bao and Li Shi, they will definitely ask the court for this matter, and when the time comes, the situation will be difficult to clean up." Wei Bao has always had hundreds of people around him, and there are still 20,000 or 30,000 troops in Incheon! This side of Seoul is so close to Incheon! As soon as there is a stir, Wei Bao's army will come over immediately. ”

When everyone heard this, they all felt that it made sense.

"Li Shi is indeed not easy to kill, but killing Wei Bao is not completely out of chance. That Wei Bao is very! And it seems to like princesses! Shen Jing made a suggestion: "We can use this to make a fuss!" Capture the thief and capture the king first! If Wei Bao can be killed, the overall situation can be determined. ”

Everyone heard that Wei Bao had been teasing Princess Zhenming outside the palace gate, and when they heard this, they all looked at Hong Zhuyuan together.

Hong Joo-won's expression was very embarrassed, no man would not be embarrassed when he heard others say that he wanted to use his wife.

"Hong Joo-won, this is a major event that concerns the whole of North Korea! Can you figure it out? Don't you hate Wei Bao the most? Shen Jing said to Hong Zhuyuan.

"What are you going to do?" Hong Joo-won frowned.

Shen Jing listened to Hong Zhuyuan's failure to directly refuse, and was very happy: "It's very simple!" Create an opportunity for Princess Zhenming and Wei Bao to make contact, let the princess cooperate, first try to get close to Wei Bao, and then lead Wei Bao to a convenient place for ambush and kill Wei Bao. ”

When everyone heard this, they all said that this method would definitely work! If you are not sure of victory, you will never make a move, as long as you can kill Wei Bao, the overall situation can be determined.

Everyone saw that Hong Zhuyuan was silent for a long time, and persuaded each other one after another.

After a while, Hong Zhuyuan said helplessly: "It's useless to tell me, even if I don't say anything, the princess will never do such a thing." ”

"You persuade the princess, this is for our Korean affairs! Besides, it's not really for the princess to do anything, you can't let Wei Bao succeed, before Wei Bao succeeds, he died, what does it matter, as long as this thing is done secretly, people outside will not know the truth at all, and there will be no problems. ”

A group of people slammed Hong Zhuyuan hard.

Hong Zhuyuan just shook his head: "No, no, no, I can't talk to the princess about this kind of thing." ”

"You have to speak! You can only tell the princess about this yourself! ”

Everyone forced Hong Zhuyuan together.

Hong Zhuyuan was almost crazy, and in the end he was forced to have no choice, so he had to say: "Then I'll give it a try." ”

Everyone was overjoyed and praised Hong Zhuyuan for his deep understanding of righteousness.

In the evening, Hong Zhuyuan stubbornly told Princess Zhenming about everyone's proposal this afternoon.

Princess Zhenming was combing her hair, and when she suddenly heard such words, she stood up in shock and looked at Hong Zhuyuan with wide eyes: "What did you say?" You're making me do something like this? Let me seduce Wei Bao like a prostitute? ”

"Don't say it so ugly, the adults said that they wouldn't let Wei Bao succeed, and besides, it would be kept strictly secret, and it would be impossible for people outside to know. Also, Wei Bao is dead, who else will say about this? And the princess will save the whole of Korea! Your Royal Highness, please think about it carefully. Hong Zhuyuan knelt on the ground and said.

Hong Joo-won was actually kneeling on the bed, and the North Koreans' beds were set on the ground.

"Please get up, don't do this." Princess Zhenming said hurriedly.

It's okay if Princess Zhenming doesn't say it, as soon as Princess Zhenming says this, Hong Zhuyuan immediately cried, trembling from crying.

Princess Zhenming was upset by Hong Zhuyuan's crying, so she had to say, "Okay, don't cry, I'll give it a try." ”

When Hong Zhuyuan heard this, he raised his head suddenly, and said while wiping his tears: "Really? Is Her Royal Highness really willing to give it a try? ”

"Do they have any specific plans in mind? It's not easy to get in touch with Wei Bao, if you focus too much on the traces, Wei Bao will definitely be suspicious, Wei Bao is a very powerful person, and you can see the flaws at the slightest clue. "Princess Zhenming is very calm.

"We don't have to bother about it, they will definitely arrange it, wronged Her Royal Highness the Princess." Hong Zhu Yuan said.

"Do you really want me to take advantage of other men?" Princess Zhenming said, turning over her pink face.

Hong Zhuyuan also blushed and said in a low voice: "I won't let him take advantage." ”

"Don't let him take advantage? Wei Bao is not stupid, who knows what he will do, let me get close to him, who knows what will happen," Princess Zhenming sighed and said, "Don't say it, it's late, let's rest early." ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess." Hong Juyuan also sighed.

The two men slept on their backs, both with their eyes closed, but neither of them slept.

The next day, the ministers of the main battle faction that formed the alliance were overjoyed to hear that Princess Zhenming had agreed to the plan, and immediately began to discuss the details of the operation.

"Wei Bao is indeed a very powerful person, although he is only a teenager and a young man, he is more powerful than us old men! It's very accurate to see things. If it weren't for a very reasonable plan that was very easy to be trusted by Wei Bao, it would definitely make Wei Bao see the flaws. Li Yuanyi said: "This kind of plan can only succeed, and it must not fail!" ”

"I've already thought of a plan, Wei Bao won't see the flaw!" Gu Hongdao.

"What's the plan?"

All the people came to the spirit.

"It's very simple, find a reason to let His Royal Highness punish Princess Zhenming, if Wei Bao likes Princess Zhenming, he will definitely take this opportunity to rescue Princess Zhenming, in this way, Princess Zhenming can approach Wei Bao logically, and not be suspected?" Gu Hongdao.

"Yes, but why would His Highness punish Princess Zhenming for no reason? There's a good reason for that. Shen Jing said.

"Yes, Her Royal Highness the princess and Her Royal Highness have always had a good relationship, and besides, Her Royal Highness the princess still has the support of Queen Renmu, and waiting for idle reasons must not make Her Royal Highness punish Her Royal Highness the princess." Li Yuanyi also said.

"I have also thought of the reason, let Her Royal Highness the princess go to the door of Wei Bao's mansion again because of the fact that Hong Zhuyuan was injured by Wei Bao! Even if Wei Bao's people don't arrest Her Royal Highness, Her Royal Highness will definitely send someone to take Her Royal Highness away if he knows about this matter, and our plan must be approved by His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness will definitely punish Princess Zhenming if he knows our plan. ”

"This can be! Yes, you must tell Your Highness! Moreover, Her Royal Highness the Princess went to make trouble in front of Wei Bao's mansion, this incident was caused by Wei Bao, and Wei Bao will definitely help Her Royal Highness the Princess intercede! Her Royal Highness the princess was grateful to Wei Bao for interceding and invited Wei Bao to dinner. In the end, let Her Royal Highness the princess find an opportunity to invite Wei Bao to the princess's mansion for a private meeting, no matter how many people Wei Bao has, they can't enter the princess's mansion, and we will have a chance to kill Wei Bao. Li Yuanyi is a serious personality of Lao Cheng, and they all agreed with Gu Hong's idea.

Gu Hong was affirmed by everyone, and happily said to Hong Zhuyuan: "Just do it!" ”

"Okay, I'll go back and tell Her Highness the plan about it." Hong Zhuyuan nodded.

The crowd discussed it again and dispersed.

After Hong Joo-won returned home, he told Princess Jeongmyung about the plan they had discussed, and Princess Jeongmyung also felt that it was feasible.

Because the first time Princess Zhenming was in the main hall, she wanted to find trouble with Wei Bao and wanted to commit suicide, but Wei Bao saved her, and Princess Zhenming also believed that Wei Bao would not watch Li Liang punish herself.

Thinking of Wei Bao's last time saving himself regardless of danger, Princess Zhenming suddenly turned red.

Hong Zhuyuan also seemed to sense Princess Zhenming's thoughts, and couldn't help asking, "Her Royal Highness won't like that Wei Bao, right?" ”

"What do you say? I'm your wife, how could I like Wei Bao? And Wei Bao is fundamentally North Korean, a Han Chinese. Princess Zhenming hurriedly argued.

The more Princess Zhenming was in a hurry to defend herself, the more Hong Juyuan felt that the princess was afraid that she really had a good impression of Wei Bao, and she was jealous and sad.

But I don't know why, thinking of what Wei Bao might do to his wife made Hong Zhuyuan, who no longer had the ability to be a man, feel a little excited.

The next day, according to the plan, Princess Zhenming took a few maids who served her living and eating, and went to the gate of Wei Bao's mansion.

This time, Princess Zhenming is still the same as last time, with a short blade.

"Wei Bao, you come out! You come out! I'll kill you! Although Princess Zhenming did not shout and scold like a shrew, her tone was very calm, but she still attracted many onlookers.

The common people didn't expect that Princess Zhenming would dare to curse like this in front of the gate of Wei's mansion.

In particular, Wei Bao, who is still scolded, Wei Bao is now with the Heaven and Earth Society, and he has opened up his popularity in North Korea.