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Wang Shen took a step forward with a smile, helped Li Xiao with a false support, and said with a wicked smile: "When Xuanfu Town was said goodbye that day, I thought it was two places at the end of the world, but I didn't expect that our family is now coming to your Tiger Army to serve as the supervising army. “

Li Xiao stood up, and a warm smile immediately appeared on his face: "Princess, there is a way, there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, the prince can come to my Tiger Army to serve as the supervisor, Li is extremely welcome, and I hope that the prince will bring more good words in the future, Li has thanked me here." “

When Wang Shen saw Li Xiao like this, he suddenly smiled badly, and he said hurriedly; "Donghai Hou is polite, our family and Master Li are now in the same place, and it is natural for them to support each other."

Li Xiao smiled as a gesture to welcome the invitation: "My father-in-law has worked hard from afar, Li has prepared a thin banquet, please invite my father-in-law and you to come to the table with Li, please." “

Seeing Li Xiao's warm invitation, Wang Shen and his entourage Wang Xin looked at each other proudly and smiled, and then followed Li Xiao into the official hall with a smile.

At an extremely sumptuous banquet, Li Xiao and a group of generals frequently toasted Wang Shen respectfully, which made Wang Shen feel even more happy.

After the banquet, Li Xiao and Wang Shen entered the living room to continue chatting.

After entering the living room, Li Xiao and Wang Shen sat as guests and hosts, and after a few words of greeting, Wang Shen couldn't help but say to Li Xiao: "Lord Li, before our family came to Shandong from the capital, but in the middle of the court, I heard a lot of words about the impeachment and denigration of the Marquis of Donghai, but I don't know, what does the Marquis of Donghai think about this?" “

Li Xiao sighed and said with a smile: "Li is dedicated to the country, and his feelings can be learned. Such a shameless villain wants to chew his tongue behind his back, and Ben Hou just treats them as a sullen fart. “

Wang Shen shook his head: "Marquis of the East China Sea, the eunuch road is treacherous, and the waves are treacherous, so don't take it lightly." There is a way that three people become tigers, and everyone is gold, and the Marquis of the East China Sea still has to be careful, make more good connections, eliminate disasters, and block the mouths of these courtiers, which is a safe plan. “

After Wang Shen finished speaking, the pair of triangular eyes that looked at Li Xiao flashed with an inexplicable luster.

Li Xiao is such a smart person, after hearing Wang Shen say this, he knew what he wanted to say to himself, so Li Xiao smiled and said: "Li has no foundation in the court, and it is not easy to block the mouth of the courtiers. Therefore, Li thought about it, and everything still had to be relied on by his father-in-law to say more for Li. Of course, the father-in-law can say more good things for Li, but Li will not treat his father-in-law badly. “

"Good, good, Hou Guo of the East China Sea is a refreshing person." The smile on Wang Shen's face became brighter and brighter, and then he frowned slightly, and deliberately said to Li Xiao in a casual tone: "Donghai Hou, our family is not afraid to tell you, our family has been working up and down recently, the cost is too much, and the money is very short, I don't know if Donghai Hou can lend some silver taels to our family first?" ”

Li Xiao smiled secretly in his heart, this Wang Kun had just met with him, so he asked for money, and his face was thick enough. What do you say about borrowing, the name is good, but I'm afraid that once the money is in the dog's belly, it will be impossible to get it back.

No wonder in history, this villain Wang Kun even wanted to steal the seal of Emperor Yongli and sell it for money, but now it seems that it is his greedy nature.

"But I don't know how much my father-in-law plans to borrow from Ben Hou?" Li Xiao asked with a smile.

When Wang Shen heard this, he immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly stretched out two fingers to Li Xiao.

However, after a moment's thought, he quickly added another one, extending a total of three fingers.

"My father-in-law's intention is to borrow 30,000 taels of silver first?"

Wang Shen's head shook like a wave drum, and his sharp voice sounded loudly: "30,000 taels of silver, it is very useful." The Marquis of the East China Sea can build this Dengzhou so prosperous, how rich and rich. You are just plucking the cold hair, which is thicker than our waist, so let's borrow 300,000 taels of silver from Wang first? “

Seeing that Wang Shen's eyes were full of greed, although Li Xiao still had a smile on his face, his opinion of him became more and more disgusting.

300,000 taels of silver, this guy can open his mouth!

Such a greedy and cunning villain, when he first arrived, he was able to extort 300,000 taels of silver from himself, then in the following days, this guy tasted the sweetness, and felt that he had a handle in his hands, but he was afraid that he would ask for the price casually, and the lion opened his mouth from time to time, so that Li Xiao could suffer.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao's face was still embarrassed, and he sighed to Wang Shen and said, "Princess, I can't hide it, Ben Hou is also nervous." This city of Dengzhou seems to be prosperous, but it has just been built, and the money is used a lot. Among the various sufferings, how can it be enough for outsiders. In Li's opinion, the amount of silver needed by his father-in-law is very huge, and after a while, when Benhou has enough money, how about lending it to his father-in-law? ”

Wang Shen suddenly lowered his face, he stared at Li Xiao hatefully, and asked impatiently: "Then Donghai Marquis now, how much silver can be lent to our family?" ”

I thought that my words, in addition to complaining, I could give this Wang Shen a step down, but I didn't expect that Wang Shen would be so brazen and desperate to chase after each other, Li Xiao was extremely contemptuous of his people.

So, Li Xiao chuckled twice, and said lightly: "That's it, let's wait for Ben Hou to take stock of my Tiger Army's treasury, and then give the official an amount, okay?" ”

Wang Shen understood the ridicule hidden in Li Xiao's words, his face suddenly turned blue and white, he stood up hatefully, and replied coldly: "That's it, since the Marquis of the East China Sea is so embarrassed, how can my father-in-law be strong, this matter of borrowing silver, forget it." As for this inventory of the treasury, it is the authority of this supervisor, so I don't bother Lord Li. ”

Wang Shen's words made Li Xiao's face suddenly gloomy.

What do you mean, you still want to be in charge of the Tigers' money and food, you really have your dog guts!

After Wang Shen said this, he didn't look at him, he walked out, and when he was about to reach the door, he sneered, turned his head, and faced Li Xiao, who had a gloomy face, but was still trying to control his emotions, and sneered and threw down a sentence: "Master Li, there is a way that you can't bear to have children, and you can't trap wolves." In this world, there is no reason for anyone to do good deeds in vain without asking for anything in return! ”

"Sending off guests."

After listening to Wang Shen's words, Li Xiao did not raise his head, but took a sip of the teacup, and then coldly spit out these two words.

Wang Shen gritted his teeth and sneered, slammed the door and left.

Looking at Wang Shen's departing back, Li Xiao's gaze was extremely cold for a while.

"Go, call Jiang Zanhua and Chen Zanhua, Ben Hou has something important to discuss with them." Li Xiao whispered an order to the guards.

The guards left as promised, and soon, Jiang Yueguang and Chen Zilong walked quickly to the living room.

After the two of them sat down after watching the tea, Li Xiao repeated the content of the conversation with Wang Shen just now.

Li Xiao finally stroked his leg and sighed: "It's a pity, this Wang Shen, if he extorts tens of thousands of taels of silver from the official, the official will pinch his nose and admit it when he sees the face of the imperial decree." It's just that Ben Hou never expected that this person was so greedy and despicable, and just after he arrived in the army, he opened his mouth to Ben Hou Lion to ask for 300,000 taels of silver, but he had such a big appetite! “

"Then did the Marquis of Donghai promise him?" Chen Zilong asked urgently.

Li Xiao shook his head and snorted coldly: "This person is so greedy, how can Ben Hou promise him!" Under the pretext of taking inventory of the treasury, he wanted to get rid of him. I didn't expect this Wang Shen, but he was immediately annoyed, turned his face and left, it is estimated that now this person, I am afraid that he is in the pavilion, racking his brains to think about how to put Ben Hou on a book. “

After Li Xiao finished speaking, Jiang Yueguang on the side took over and said, "This Wang Shen is really a typical character among these eunuchs and eunuchs. From the point of view, the emperor let these eunuchs serve as supervisors of the army and monitor the soldiers and horses in various towns, which seems to be able to strengthen the control and supervision of the soldiers in various places, but in fact it is a big mistake to make his subordinates deviate from morality and intensify the confrontation between the monarch and the minister. “

Without waiting for Li Xiao to answer, Jiang Yueguang continued to take care of himself: "Although the emperor sent the prison army like this to facilitate the imperial court to control the military soldiers in the towns, the military towns below are all secretly resisting, so that there are frequent contradictions and great internal friction. The emperor wishfully thought that sending eunuchs to the army to act as eyes and ears could prevent the deception and rebellion of civil and military officials, but he never thought that when these people went to the local area, this positive effect was far from offsetting the harm they brought. ”

Jiang Zanhua has a point, and the students think the same way. The reason why the emperor sent eunuchs as supervisors was not because they were these people and because they were his cronies. The emperor grew up in the deep palace and got along with the eunuchs day and night, so he wishfully believed that the eunuchs had no selfish intentions and could do things honestly after being sent to various military towns. I only sigh that the emperor's original intention is good, but it is actually a big mistake! Chen Zilong also sighed and said.

Chen Zilong coughed lightly twice and continued: "You must know that the eunuchs are all people who are left behind their sentences, although there are a small number of people who are loyal to the country, but most of them are only good at clever words to deceive the emperor's trust, so as to recruit power and bribes, and secretly seek personal gain. Such people, the so-called "superintendent of discipline and meritorious deeds", are just to provide them with an opportunity to make a fortune abroad. These eunuchs, when they go to the local area, often only blindly exploit corruption, which is very harmful, so that the army resents the people and anger, so that the prestige of the emperor and the court has been greatly damaged. “

Listening to Chen Zilong's words, Li Xiao also sighed in his heart.

In history, Chongzhen himself, because of the necessity and harmfulness of sending eunuchs, is so intertwined that he himself is often entangled in the pain of whether to send or not to send him. So much so that the matter of sending eunuchs abroad was decided and withdrawn, withdrawn and determined, and repeated many times, so that I was also exhausted and tired.

It is recorded in the "Ming Tongjian" that Chongzhen once explained to the ministers of the court the hardships of sending eunuchs to supervise the army in the book of telling the subjects of the world, in which he said: "At the beginning of the imperial pole, I withdrew and returned to the inner town, and entrusted the ministers of the world with all the affairs. As a last resort, I used the example of Chengzu's surveillance to dispatch various towns to monitor, which was expedient, and I wanted the ministers to know the province and believe in my original intention. ”

It is a pity that Chongzhen's self-complaining grievances could not impress the Manchu civil and military forces, nor could he solve practical problems, and finally made himself a historian who was labeled as a notoriety for reusing internal prisons.

An emperor who vigorously attacked the eunuchs at the beginning of his reign and an emperor who later reused eunuchs as his cronies could be the same person, this historical paradox is enough to make future generations sigh and be speechless.

Speaking of this, Jiang Yueguang sighed worriedly: "I didn't expect that this Wang Shen had just arrived, and he had reached the point where he was going to turn his face with the adult, but I am afraid that in the future, this person's secret letter to the court will be all unfavorable words to the adult." “

Listening to Jiang Yueguang's words, Li Xiao suddenly burst out laughing.

His laughter was high-pitched and loud, but it was faintly mixed with inexplicable pain and sourness, and it stopped for a long time.

"Since this guy is shameless, then don't blame Li for being ruthless." In Li Xiao's eyes, another cold light flashed: "Ben Hou plans to exile this guy to Taiwan, so that he can completely evaporate from the world!" ”

"Ahh How can Wang Shen say that he is also a supervisor sent by the imperial court, if you want to do this, I am afraid that you will completely tear your face with the imperial court! Chen Zilong said in a trembling voice.

"Hmph, do you still want Ben Hou to keep throwing money into raising this unfed wolf?!"

Li Xiao stood up and walked slowly to the window, his tone was full of bitterness: "Ben Hou went overseas and made great contributions to the country, without spending half a grain of grain in the imperial court, but the imperial court was rewarded, first stationed a supervising army, and then wanted to take over the governance of Taiwan, but I am afraid that in the future, it will be inevitable to split and weaken this tiger army." ”

"Master Li, there is a way, when you are constantly interrupted, you will suffer from it." Seeing that Li Xiao had said it to this point, Jiang Yueguang's face also turned cold, and he said in a low voice: "Then Master Li is ready to confront the imperial court in his heart?" ”

Listening to Jiang Yueguang's words, Li Xiao's majestic body trembled slightly, and his eyes were unconsciously flooded.

"Ben Hou once read the historical records, and the Huaiyin Marquis said in the biography that those who bravely shook the Lord were in danger, and those who covered the world were not rewarded. It's a pity that the thieves have not been extinguished, and the Tartars have not been driven, but they have been so suspicious by the court, what can I really say! ”

There was a suffocating silence in the room.

Li Xiao paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, and his face reappeared firm and resolute: "If the imperial court wants to calculate Benhou like this, Benhou will not be restrained!" Wang Shen said in the edict that the imperial court will start next year and send people to take over the governance of Taiwan in an all-round way. Hmph, this land of Taiwan is originally a foreign land, but it is the result of our bloody battle, and it is the foundation of our Tiger Army's life, how can I let the imperial court take it back with a word! ”

"Then what is Master Li going to do?" Chen Zilong's voice was low. "The two, Ben Hou's plan is that within this year, although he exiled this Wang Shen, he still has to work hard to find a way to maintain a good relationship with the imperial court. At the same time, we should step up efforts to transport displaced people from the interior to Taiwan as much as possible, so that Taiwan can develop and prosper as soon as possible and become a solid base on which our army can rely on. When the imperial court really wants to take back Taiwan next year, the official will also give the imperial court a general, and the monarch's order will be disregarded. ”

"Master Li's plan is also in mind. Now that the world is in chaos, the only way to seize the time to strengthen the strength is the most fundamental thing. Jiang Yueguang nodded and agreed.

"I had a heart for the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the ditch. It's a pity that the official has a sincere heart, but he didn't expect to embark on this road of self-respect, which is really how to say! Li Xiao walked in front of the window, looking very lonely.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Shen was frowning, and in the study of his residence, he wrote a large piece of music denouncing Li Xiao's illegal acts.

A group of soldiers with bright armor but full of murderous faces rushed in.

"Who are you! is so bold and unreasonable, he dares to break into the residence of the prison army! Wang Shen's guards shouted angrily.

It's just that as soon as the guard finished speaking, a sharp steel knife pressed against his neck, making him pale with fright, and he didn't dare to say more than half a word.

"Bold! Which army are you, trespassing on the prison mansion, but it is a capital crime! ”

Wang Shen saw that these soldiers were not good, so he was furious, threw down his pen and paper, and shouted at them.

Among the soldiers who broke in, a person who looked like a squad leader looked Wang Shen up and down with a contemptuous look, then snorted coldly, waved his hand vigorously at the stunned Wang Shen, and shouted at the same time: "Take it!" ”