Chapter Twenty-Three: All are chess pieces

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"Since the iron ore business is so troublesome, why does Sister Lian still interfere?" Cao Shuli snuggled up to Lian Ruohan, revealing a hint of curiosity in her lovely expression, really like Lian Ruohan's sister.

"That's it, why does even the lady still interfere?" Xia Xiang followed Cao Shuli's words and said, with a lovely smile, "It can be seen that even the lady must have a plan." ”

Lian Ruohan sighed faintly: "Sister Cao has not yet married Xia Xianzun, so she thinks about him everywhere, be careful to spoil him, he will not be good to you in the future." ”

Cao Shuli glanced at Xia Xiang with great admiration: "If you really marry Xia Langjun, you will naturally listen to him in everything." Not to mention that as a woman, you have to be three and four virtues, just say that Xia Langjun's intelligence and vision, even my father is full of praise, not to mention that I am a little woman? ”

Xia Xiang straightened his chest with a smug expression. Lian Ruohan coughed, and his face turned slightly cold: "Hmph, if it were me, I wouldn't listen to his orders in everything, why?" The laws of Bactria stipulate that a woman who is dissatisfied with her husband can reconcile and divorce. ”

"It's far away, it's far away, if you want to talk about your family affairs, it's not too late to talk about it when you get home, let's talk about business first, talk about business first!" Zheng Hao urged impatiently, "Lian Niangzi, do you really want to run an iron ore business, or is it just to embarrass Guangjin Commercial Bank?" ”

Lian Ruohan smiled indifferently: "What does Zheng Tong think? ”

Zheng Hao was stunned: "This official is not a businessman, how can he know your thoughts?" Xia Xianzun, you must have guessed Lian Niangzi's intentions, let's talk about it. ”

Xia Xiangchao Lian Ruohan smiled slightly: "With Lian Niangzi's ability, if you really only want to run the iron ore business, you don't have to intercept the suppliers of Guangjin Commercial Bank." Although iron ore is a commodity that the imperial court prohibits private operation, it is not a scarce commodity, and iron ore is produced in Mongolia, Taiyuan, Yanshan and Taihang Mountains. Even the lady's hands and eyes are all over the sky, and it is a trivial matter where to buy iron ore from. So the question is, there are only two possibilities for deliberately intercepting the supply of Guangjin Commercial Bank, one is that Lian Niangzi wants to strangle the iron ore business of Guangjin Commercial Bank, and the other is that Lian Niangzi wants to strangle the entire Guangjin Commercial Bank, which one, Lian Niangzi? ”

Lian Ruohan's heart jumped, but he still asked with an unchanged face: "Guangjin Commercial Bank is just one of the thousands of commercial banks in Great Xia, and it is not a first-class commercial bank, if you talk about scale, I am afraid that it is not much stronger than all commercial banks, why should I strangle a commercial bank that is far inferior to the good times?" Isn't that redundant? ”

Seeing that Lian Ruohan still refused to tell the truth, Xia Xiang smiled secretly in his heart, but still said lightly: "You can't say that, Lian Niangzi cares about the world and doesn't want to see the lives ruined, so she can't tolerate what Guangjin Commercial does what she wants, and intercepting the iron ore supply of Guangjin Commercial Bank, which is equivalent to cutting off the channel of Guangjin Commercial Bank to smelt iron and make weapons......"

Zheng Hao's face changed: "Guangjin Commercial Bank wants to make weapons?" Is it impossible to rebel? ”

Even Ruohan deliberately pretended to be stupid: "Xia Xianzun's words, I don't understand." ”

"Haha, don't tell lies in front of real people, you don't even understand anything if the lady is really the official, or do you think the official is just a nerd?" Xia Xiang laughed, he knew very well that it was impossible to support Haojing Chang in such a huge industry with the strength of Lian Ruohan, behind her, there must be unfathomable mysterious people who gave her advice, Haojing Chang was the first business house in Daxia, and his every move not only affected the lives of hundreds of people in Daxia, but also had an impact on the situation in Daxia that could not be underestimated, not to mention that Haojing Chang had never been involved in the iron ore business before, and this time he suddenly intervened in the iron ore business, which was actually aimed at Guangjin Commercial Bank, he was surprised, It was immediately deduced that there must be something important hidden in it.

Lian Ruohan turned around and looked at Cao Shujun and a few people, and saw that a few people were counting a few zhang away, and they couldn't hear a few of them talking, so he put his mind at ease, took a few steps forward, and then stood up, turned around and said: "Since Xia Xianzun really wants to know the truth, I won't hide it, anyway, His Royal Highness the Star King's thoughts are already known to everyone in Sima Zhao's heart." ”

Lu Zhiyue also wanted to follow, but was blocked by Mantuo. Mantuo didn't speak, holding his sword in both hands in front of Lu Zhiyue, Lu Zhiyue was stunned for a moment, shook his head and sighed, turned around and walked away.

Zheng Haocai ignored Lu Zhiyue, he followed closely behind Xia Xiang, with a puzzled expression: "His Royal Highness the Star King wants to succeed to the throne, everyone knows it, but what does His Royal Highness the Star King have to do with Guangjin Commercial Bank and Iron Mine if he wants to be the emperor?" ”

Xia Xiang knew that Zheng Hao only knew one thing about the situation in the DPRK and China, and even more so he didn't know anything about the seemingly calm but turbulent undercurrent situation in Zhending, so it was time for Zheng Hao to know something, otherwise it was not impossible for him to be used by Cui Xiang, Gao Jianyuan and others and fall headlong into the river.

Xia Xiang leaped forward, jumped over a stream about three feet wide, and came to the clearing of the wasteland. The rest of the people also jumped over the stream one after another, and even Ruohan jumped over with her skirt in her hand, not to mention Zheng Hao. Only Cao Shuli hesitated slightly, and looked at Xia Xiang with a look for help, Xia Xiang didn't have time to lend a hand, but Mantuo reached out and grabbed Cao Shuli's arm and led her to jump across the stream.

A few people were a little farther away from Li Zhi, Zheng Mingrui and Cao Shujun.

"That's it, that is, His Royal Highness the Star King wants to be the emperor, what does it have to do with Guangjin Commercial Bank and iron mines?" The reason why Lian Ruohan was reluctant to tell the truth was that he wanted to test Xia Xiang and wanted to know if Xia Xiang could see the current situation clearly. Xia Xiang first entered the officialdom, and she was far away from the capital, she was really settled, trapped in many affairs, which made her slightly worried about whether Xia Xiang would lose her way because of this.

Xia Xiang squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky, the sky was as blue as a wash, and there were a few white clouds floating in it, like white flowers, which made people feel refreshed. There was also a flock of geese flying in the air, chirping in bursts.

Everyone didn't speak, and after waiting for a while, Xia Xiang retracted his gaze and smiled indifferently: "His Royal Highness the Star King has lofty ambitions, although he has great ambitions, he still has to implement them." If you want to succeed to the throne, there should be three ways to do it, one of which is that the emperor is seriously ill and dies, and it is passed on to the star king. This is the best choice, the soldiers are not bloody, and the transition is smooth. Second, the emperor recovered from his illness, His Royal Highness the Star King forced the emperor to abdicate, and the emperor became the emperor, although he was depressed, he could enjoy his life. This is the middle policy, only the emperor suffers from sins and suffers, and it does not affect the people of the world. Third, the emperor recovered from his illness, and His Royal Highness the Star King forced the emperor to abdicate and launched a mutiny. No matter who wins or loses in the end, hundreds of thousands of people will be killed, hundreds of thousands of people will be displaced......"

"His Royal Highness the Star King won't mutiny for the sake of the throne, will he?" Zheng Hao shook his head, not very agreeing with Xia Xiang's inference, "The Star King is the prince, one of the five one-word kings of Great Xia, even if he is not the emperor, he is above 10,000 people under one person, and the prince is obedient to His Royal Highness the Star King, not the emperor is better than the emperor, why does His Royal Highness the Star King have to risk the disapproval of the world and launch a mutiny?" When a prince of peace is more at ease. ”

"Zheng Tongju's words are not unreasonable, but ......" Cao Shuli had an innocent expression, "Zheng Tongjuan is not His Royal Highness the Star King, how can he know that His Royal Highness the Star King does not want to be the emperor?" Zifei fish, the joy of Anchi fish? ”

Zheng Hao immediately retorted: "The son is not me, and I don't know the joy of fish?" ”

Xia Xiang also laughed: "Neither of you is His Royal Highness the Star King, and His Royal Highness the Star King of Anzhi does not have the heart to win the throne?" Although His Royal Highness the Star King is a prince, he is not willing to be a prince. The prince and the emperor, although one is a thousand years old and the other is a long live, there is still a world of difference. Just like Zheng Tongju and Cui Fuzun, although Tongju is the adjutant of Fuzun, it is much worse. ”

Zheng Hao wanted to refute a few more words, thought about it, and swallowed it back, the question he was most concerned about now was the matter of iron ore: "Okay, for the time being, if His Royal Highness the Star King wants to mutiny, what does it have to do with iron ore?" ”

"If the official's guess is correct, Liu Changting and Xie Huagai are the chess pieces that His Royal Highness the Star King planted in Zhending." Xia Xiang narrowed his eyes slightly again, and looked at the shop of Guangjin Commercial Bank in the distance, "Guangjin Commercial Bank is a real Xu Heguang trading house on the surface, and most of them are Liu Xie and his two business houses secretly. The Guangjin Trading Company was engaged in legitimate business, such as restaurants, inns, tea shops, shops, etc., but behind the scenes, it was possible to deal with iron ore, horses, and leather. ”

Before, Xia Xiang had not suspected the true identity and purpose of Guangjin Commercial Bank and Liu Xie, but after encountering Tian's dissatisfaction, he felt more and more that Fu Ke's case would implicate a shocking case. After Cao Shujun pretended to be a ghost and asked Fu Ke to tell the truth, he knew better that behind Dong Da's forced jumping into the river, there were amazing secrets and unknown layouts.

Hearing that Lian Ruohan brazenly intercepted the iron ore supply of Guangjin Commercial Bank, Xia Xiang could no longer conclude from it what Guangjin Commercial Bank was planning behind his back, he was too derelict and too slow.

"In addition to the 200,000 forbidden troops in the capital, the rest are scattered all over the country, the strongest forbidden army in the capital is the first, and the Zhending Mansion is the second. Among the forbidden troops in the capital, the strongest force is the 100,000 forbidden army in the capital that guards the capital, and the leader is Ye Shisheng, the emperor's most trusted one. Ye Dianshuai is the most loyal to the emperor, and it is impossible for His Royal Highness the Star King to rebel. Xia Xiang continued to talk eloquently, the situation in Beijing, he had heard Li Dingshan say it many times, and secondly, during his time in the capital, he had also heard a lot.

"In this way, if His Royal Highness the Star King really wants to rebel, it is the best policy to transfer troops into Beijing from Zhending." Xia Xiang looked around at a few people, Lian Ruohan looked calm, Cao Shuli looked shocked, Mantuo still looked indifferent, Zheng Hao was dumbfounded, he smiled indifferently, "Originally, this official also didn't believe that His Royal Highness the Star King would rebel, but when the official found out that behind Dong Da's murder was actually involved in Wu Yidong, the commander of the Zhending Forbidden Army, the official had to guess an unacceptable truth - His Royal Highness the Star King is really setting a big game of chess, Dong Da is just a small pawn, in addition to Dong Da, there are also chariots and horses in Zhending." If Liu Changting and Xie Huagai are carts and horses, then Wu Yidong is a cannon. ”

Zheng Hao wanted to say something, but Xia Xiang stretched out his hand to stop him, Xia Xiang continued: "Zheng Tong sentenced to listen to the official first-Wu Yidong not only purchased 100,000 stone of grain from Dong Da, but also secretly recruited troops and horses, plus Liu Xie and the others ran a horse, leather and iron ore business, there are grain, people, horses, leather to make armor and bows and arrows, and iron ore to refine weapons, Zheng Tongju, you said that Wu Yidong didn't want to rebel, did he want to dredge the Hutuo River for the people of Zhending?" This official asks you again, Zheng Tongju, Wu Yidong wants to rebel, is he going to rebel himself, or is he plotting a rebellion for whom? ”

Zheng Hao was silent, bowed his head for a long time, suddenly raised his head, and said impassionedly: "In this case, why didn't Xia Xianzun report the intention of His Royal Highness the Emperor Xingwang to rebel?" If Xia Xianzun is timid and afraid of things, and does not want to offend His Royal Highness the Star King, this official is willing to risk death to write the book! ”

"Do you want to kill Xia Xianzun?" Lian Ruohan glanced at Zheng Hao with disgust, "His Royal Highness the Star King wants to rebel, and the whole dynasty knows it, who dares to speak to the emperor?" Even if you risk your death to write a book, the emperor also believes in it, how can the emperor take His Royal Highness the Star King? Zheng Tong judged that the current matter can only be slowly planned, not rushed. ”

Zheng Hao was stunned for a moment, and sighed dejectedly: "The traitor is in charge, the villain is in power, and we can only restrain our hands and sigh?" ”

"Of course not." Xia Xiang laughed, and his arrogance was abrupt, "No matter how arrogant His Royal Highness the Star King is, he doesn't dare to rebel at this time, and he has to wait for the best opportunity." The emperor should also know the ambition of the star king wolf, but the power is sideways, and Hou Pingpan is in power, so he can't help the star king and Hou Pingpan for the time being. Even about the southern tour, the emperor probably didn't want to come, but he still had to agree to go south. As a courtier, we should share the worries of the emperor and seek benefits for the people, since His Royal Highness the Star King wants to use Zhending as a chessboard, we are all chess pieces, even if we let the horses come over, the pawns who cross the river, only advance and do not retreat, maybe we can also win a general. ”

"How can we share the emperor's worries?" Zheng Hao rubbed his hands and looked eager to try, "Although Zheng is not talented, he also has the ambition to serve the country, and he is unwilling to join Cui Xiang, Wu Yidong and others." ”

Xia Xiang nodded: "Sharing worries for the emperor is within my equal responsibility. You and I are officials in the same dynasty, one is the general judgment of the Zhending Mansion, and the other is the Zhending County, if we can join forces, we can ensure the safety of the people. Even the lady is always in charge, and she can benefit the people of Zhending. ”

"So, if we join forces, we can resist Cui Xiang, Wu Yidong and the like?" Zheng Hao high-fived and applauded, "Okay, great." However, Xia Xianzun still didn't tell the official, what was the intention of Lian Niangzi to intercept the iron ore of Guangjin Commercial Bank? ”

"Stupid." Mantuo couldn't hold back any longer, and gave Zheng Hao a big look of disdain, "Intercepting the iron ore supply of Guangjin Commercial Bank, Guangjin Commercial Bank wants to build weapons, and it will be difficult to continue." ”

"I see." Zheng Hao patted his head suddenly, not angry at all because of the disrespect of Mantuo's tone, "But if Lian Niangzi really intercepted the supply of iron ore in order to prevent Guangjin Commercial Bank from continuing to build weapons, Lian Niangzi is really a big businessman for the country and the people." Please accept Zheng's gift! ”