Chapter 125: Coercion and Temptation Get What You Want
Before the Southern Song Dynasty, all dynasties did not have much interest in the south, and for the people of the Great Song Dynasty, it was a barbarian land with a hot climate and full of air.
Officials who failed in the Northern Song Dynasty or broke the law were generally exiled, and Lingnan was the first choice.
Wang Zudao, the governor of Guizhou, tried hard to cheat and give gifts to a high-ranking official in the court, just to make some political achievements and return to the Central Plains.
And Li Nan is just the opposite, he spends money, but he wants to go to the south to serve in every possible way, it can be said that things in the world are very wonderful.
The officialdom of the Song Dynasty had its own rules, and now Gao Yu was scared of Li Nan, who was unfathomable and could also witchcraft, so he could send him to the southern exile to suffer hardships and suffering, and he couldn't ask for it.
Therefore, Gao Yu immediately agreed, and tomorrow he would lead the people of his own faction to start the official family and recommend Li Nan to serve as a pacification envoy.
After sending his subordinates to clear out the remaining zombies in the Guang Mansion, Li Nan left Gao Yu's mansion satisfied, and while the sky was still bright, he still had a place to go tonight.
After Cai Jing received the servant's notice, he was a little surprised, Li Nan must have come to the door overnight.
After thinking about it carefully, Cai Jing still asked Li Nan to be invited to his bedroom.
After Li Nan came to the living room, Cai Jing, who was sitting in a chair and wearing a brocade robe, said unhappily: "Li Nan, you came to me in the early morning, what is the urgency?" ”
Li Nan did not salute as usual, but said lightly: "I just went to talk to Gao Yu, and he was willing to shake hands with me and make peace, so I specially came to ask Guogong if he was willing to let me go." ”
After hearing Li Nan's words, Cai Jing couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, Li Nan, everyone in Tokyo knows that you are from my Cai family, how can the old man harm you with Gao Yu?" ”
Looking at Cai Jing, Li Nan, who was puzzled in his heart, asked: "Wei Guogong, in fact, I also want to ask you this question, I think that after I Li Nan came to Tokyo City, he was also very polite to you, and there were 150,000 yuan of money to offer, why did you deal with me?" ”
Cai Jing has become a thief when he is old and does not die, and after observing his words, he found that Li Nan already knew about it, so he simply said calmly: "Gao Yu is for revenge, and the old man is naturally for money." ”
"Isn't it enough for me to take out 200,000 yuan to buy officials?" Li Nan was a little surprised.
"200,000 is indeed a lot, but I'm afraid you have more than this amount of money in your hands."
Cai Jing gently tapped the armrest of the chair rhythmically, and said slowly: "The sea merchant who invested ten times and made a profit of twenty times after three months should have been made by you, right?" ”
As soon as Cai Jing's words came out, Li Nan couldn't help but be surprised, the Ponzi scheme has not yet shown its decline, and this old guy can actually find out about himself, it seems that he underestimated Cai Jing's ability.
In this way, Li Nan also knew why Cai Jing agreed to cooperate with Gao Yu to kill himself, and it was all for money.
Cai Jing could support Li Nan with 200,000 guan and promise to sell his official position, so when he knew that Li Nan secretly had thousands of guan of silver, it was natural for him to secretly do it for the sake of this money.
"Alas!" Li Nan shook his head and sighed: "Wei Guogong is really powerful, but if you don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, the money has already been transported to a safe place, you can really kill me, and you can't get those gold and silver." ”
After everything was said, Li Nan and Cai Jing in the living room also fell silent with some embarrassment.
After half a ring, Cai Jing opened his mouth and said, "Since you know my plan with Gao Yu and have communicated with him, what are your plans in the future?" ”
"Guizhou Zhizhou Wang Zudao, does Wei Guogong know?"
Nodding slightly, Cai Jing replied, "I know, you want this official position?" ”
"Yes, Gao Yu has agreed to recommend me, as long as the Guogong also supports me, then I can give you another 500,000 yuan, but I still need the position of pacification envoy on Guangnan West Road."
After a slight hesitation, Cai Jing gave an affirmative reply: "Yes!" ”
The monstrous disaster of privately transferring troops, after the changes of this night, actually made Li Nan get a satisfactory result.
The next day, Gao Yu really didn't mention the matter of the Shenwei Army fighting in Wuyue Tower, sold Wang Zudao as promised, and recommended Li Nan to serve as the pacification envoy of Guangnan West Road and the governor of Guizhou.
In fact, Gao Yu also thought about turning his face and mobilizing the forbidden army to kill Li Nan, but the ancient people believed in ghosts and gods, and the immortal zombies that Li Nan made were too terrifying.
Gao Yu, who would rather believe it or not, worried about what variables would appear, still pinched his nose and admitted the matter, just like he said, that step-son is nothing compared to his own life.
After receiving the notice from party leader Cai Jing, the Cai Party also all echoed the proposal.
Prime Minister Zhao Tingzhi originally wanted to oppose it, but now that Li Nan is in charge of the right wing of the Divine Guard Army, he also has a close relationship with the official Zhao Ji, if he can get him to remote Guizhou, it seems to be a good thing, and after carefully considering the pros and cons, he acquiesced to this matter.
Today's Great Song officials are divided into six or seven factions, the Gao Party and the Cai Party agree with the matter, the Zhao Party remains silent, and the rest of the parties do not want to make enemies and remain neutral, and the matter is settled.
Li Nan, who was appointed, immediately sent the 5,000 displaced people he recruited out of Tokyo City in batches, anyway, there were originally 2,000 people in the right wing of the Divine Guard, and he was ready to go to Guizhou with these private troops who had been trained for more than half a year.
After giving 500,000 pieces of gold and silver to Cai Jing as promised, Li Nan also secretly sent a generous gift to Cai You, although he was going to rebel in the south this time, but there were people in the court who were easy to do, and Cai You's line still needed to be preserved.
Ordered Zhang Hao and Li Tian to leave in batches with 5,000 soldiers, while Li Nan took his personal guards to the direction of Dongping Mansion, and he was ready to go back to Yanggu County, and take his family and Dulonggang's men and horses to the south together.
Before leaving, Li Nan came to Lin Chong's mansion and persuaded him bitterly: "Second Brother Lin, although you have martial arts skills, if you stay in Tokyo City, you will inevitably be harmed by Gao Yu and others, so let's go with me!" ”
Lin Chong said with a look of embarrassment: "Erlang, my Lin family has lived in Tokyo for generations, and I am really reluctant to leave." ”
Looking at Lin Chong, Li Nan couldn't help but sigh, this brother is a typical person who has been brainwashed by the ideology of feudal society, he is conscientious about his career, respectful to his superiors, he always thinks too well about this world.
Compared with Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen understood these things very well, and persuaded loudly: "What the third brother said is right, if you don't leave, I dare to guarantee that Gao Yu will start quickly, and when the time comes, if you don't die, you will be exiled, and if your lady enters the sect division at that time, it will be miserable!" ”
After hesitating for a long time, Lin Chong, who was worried about the humiliation of his mother, finally agreed to go to Guizhou with Li Nan and Lu Zhishen.
Because Li Nan walked this road once and killed countless bandits, it is much quieter on the ground now, and the hundred guards have war horses, and the speed of the road is very fast, and Li Nan returned to Yanggu County in a few days.
As soon as he returned to Zishi Street, Li Nan saw that the door of the house was full of white silk strips, and there was a faint cry, and he was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly dismounted and rushed in.
There was a coffin in the main hall of the small building, and the bamboo pole in front of the hall provoked Mingjing, and as soon as Li Nangang came in, the plain sister-in-law Yunniang and Pang Qiuxia greeted her with tears on their faces.
Seeing that Yun Niang and Pang Qiuxia were fine, Li Nan breathed a sigh of relief, there are now four people in his family, since someone has died, it must be a terminally ill brother.
This brother has been bedridden all day since Li Nan's crossing, and he is in pain every day when he gets sick, and death is actually a relief for him.
After paying respects in front of the coffin, Li Nan said to the two daughters: "Hurry up and hold a funeral for my brother, you pack your luggage, we are going to Guizhou." ”