Chapter 21: Hiding in the Mountains

Moreover, even if the assassination was unsuccessful, Lin Feng's departure from Beijing would be harmless to his plan, but it would be more conducive to him to implement his plan, control the court, and suppress the ministers.

"Well, what Han Aiqing said is extremely true, he is worthy of being my confidant, and he understands my hard work." Lin Feng nodded with satisfaction, not caring at all about the emptiness of the treasury a few days ago, and the corruption of the Han side, holding his chin and saying: "I thought about it last night, the treasury does not have much money and grain, and the cost of this trip is indeed tight, but I heard that Lord Han is rich and rivals the country, the floor of his house is paved with white jade, Lord Shi likes to play with birds, a canary is worth dozens of gold, Lord Wei's family has more shops than countless, and the business of Yanjing is about to be monopolized by you, I think the three Aiqing can make up for it, not much, two million silver, it should be enough for me to go south, What do you think? ”

At first, Lin Feng mistakenly thought that Han Fang and the others were only corrupt and bribed, but when An Heng and Han Kui were looking for someone to sell new salt and new wine, they found that most of the merchants in the huge Yanjing were monopolized by a few people.

Sent people to find the information of eight people in Yan Kingdom, read what the eight people have done over the years, clean up the important ministers in the court, control the government, destroy the economy of Yan State, and bully the market, everything is shocking, and people and gods are angry. He also sent Lei Jieying to secretly find out the situation of the eight people, and the information submitted by Lei Jieying showed that the eight people not only raised a large number of private soldiers in captivity, but also colluded with Zheng Guo and communicated with foreign countries.

Knowing everything, Lin Feng was about to explode, but after thinking about it, he did not arrest him immediately, but instead retreated, preparing to blackmail the richest three of them first, and then slowly try to solve the eight people.

Han Fang, Wei Yan, and Shi Fangxing heard the words with earthy faces, and they didn't dare to deny the facts. The three of them do have their own hobbies, but these are all spread in a small area, and outsiders have never known about them.

Even if the emperor did go to the Han family before and knew that the Han family was extremely extravagant, he didn't care, and said at the time that if all the officials of the Yan Kingdom were as rich as Han Aiqing, I would not have to work hard to deal with state affairs.

Who would have thought that the emperor suddenly mentioned it today, which made the three of them sincerely afraid, worried that the emperor would make a big fuss, and if the investigation continued, even if the plan of the three would not be revealed, it would be greatly hindered.

"Your Majesty, the minister's family does have some surplus money, but it can't make up two million taels, but the emperor can rest assured, as a courtier, there is nothing more than making the emperor happy, even if the minister smashes the pot and sells iron, he will also make up enough funds with Lord Wei and Lord Shi for the emperor to go south."

Han Fang had a feeling of lifting a stone to hit his feet, who made him cheap, and he had nothing to do to attract the emperor's attention to Zhao Shide.

The emperor has no money, and he insists on going south, he must have guessed in advance in the ideas of some courtiers, but the current situation is in his favor, even if he is ruined. On the way south, he had to get rid of the little emperor and resolve the resentment in his heart.

The Korean side expressed its position, and Wei Yan and Shi Fangxing also expressed their positions successively, saying that they would raise some money for the emperor's expenses. Lin Feng achieved his goal, and said with a smile: "The three Aiqing are loyal, and they are dedicated to my sake, and when I return from the south, I will be appointed as the three Aiqing and the knights." Since the three Aiqing agreed to raise funds, I hope that the three Aiqing will hand over the money to me after the next court, and I plan to go south in the afternoon, this Yanjing is too irritating and uncomfortable, the sooner you leave, the better. ”

"Yes!" The trio responded bitterly.

Lin Feng nodded, began to arrange the affairs of the DPRK and China after going south, and said loudly: "I am going south, and the government cannot be abandoned, I have decided to hand over all the government affairs to the Marquis of Yong'an, and he will pave the country, Zhao Shide, and the two of you will help the Marquis of Yong'an to deal with the government together, and you must not slack off." ”

"Minister's brother< minister's > command!" Among the three, except for Zhao Shide's reluctance, Lin Xiao and Han Fang agreed very happily.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Lin Xiao followed Lin Feng to the warm pavilion, and said indignantly: "Brother Huang, why don't you eradicate the eight people of the Han side, these bastards are full of their own pockets, and they can take out two million taels of silver in a short time, which shows how strong the family background is, and how much grain they have swallowed in the Yan Kingdom." ”

Lin Feng knew that there was no silver in the treasury, and the training of troops for disaster relief was even restricted, but the three ministers of the court could come up with millions of silver coins overnight, and their financial resources exceeded the treasury, saying that the three of them were not corrupt, I am afraid that no one would believe it, Lin Xiao was young and vigorous, and the sand in his eyes was not rubbed, and he was eager to send someone to clean up the three of them immediately.

Lin Feng smiled lightly, but he was not angry, his going south was just a pretense, but the purpose was to train troops, of course, slaughtering the three of them was also one of the plans.

Since obtaining that the eight Korean side have 40,000 private soldiers, Lin Feng clearly realized that the elimination of the courtiers in the DPRK and China is by no means an overnight thing, and before the 80,000 recruits are not trained, the Han side and others cannot be moved for the time being, otherwise, Yanjing will definitely bleed into a river and shake the foundation of the Yan Kingdom.

He also hated the eight people on the Korean side, and he couldn't wait to widow the eight people immediately, but he couldn't make a big deal out of his will, so he had to endure it first and let the other party jump for a few days.

Patting Lin Xiao on the shoulder, Lin Feng said meaningfully: "Second brother, no matter how patient you are, they won't survive the years ago, by the way, how is the stand-in prepared, have the recruits been stationed in Cangyan Mountain?" ”

"With the words of the imperial brother, the younger brother will endure it and let them jump for a few more days. The things explained by the royal brother are all prepared. ”

Lin Xiao didn't know why Lin Feng was quietly training at first, after all, who dared to make irresponsible remarks in the Yan Kingdom, but when Lin Feng told him, only by leaving by himself could he reveal his true nature to the courtiers. In addition, surrounded by enemy countries on all sides, it is necessary to train the most powerful recruits in the shortest possible time.

The two brothers, one of them was in the court to find out the evidence of each other's crimes, and the other was training outside, and the Han side and others would not have thought that the Lin brothers had targeted them.

Lin Xiaoben insisted on opposing Lin Feng's southward movement, and when he led people to arrest spies from various countries, he also found some clues, and after discussing with Lin Feng, when he heard Lin Feng's thoughts, the two snapped together and immediately raised their hands in favor.

"Well, you've been thinking about it for a while now, and you've been dealing with the government well. What's the matter, send your cronies to Cangyan Mountain, by the way, the two million given by the Korean side, I will let someone hand it over to you at night, you can recruit new soldiers, and strive to train a tiger and wolf army, but don't forget what I gave you. ”

"Brother Huang don't worry, brother knows what to do?"

The three of them were extremely efficient, or they especially hoped that Lin Feng would leave Yanjing as soon as possible, and in about half an hour in the next dynasty, they would send someone to send a silver ticket, which was exactly two million.

Lin Feng planned to hand over the money to Lin Xiao at night, but he didn't expect the money to arrive soon, so he simply handed over the silver ticket directly to Lin Xiao.

At noon, at the south gate of the palace, the emperor toured south, and the ministers sent him off, because the emperor secretly went south to play, and did not hold any ceremony, out of the palace gate, Lin Feng took a few hundred horses, and disappeared on the dusty avenue.

"Bastard, when you die, you will extort the old man for a sum of money!" Han Fang returned home, unhappy, and said to Shi Fangxing: "Immediately send people to the south and spread rumors, saying that someone is pretending to be the emperor and trying to subvert the society, kill the person, and reward Baijin." ”

"Brother Han, are you in a hurry? The little emperor has not yet left the Yanjing realm, if he hears the wind and turns back to the palace, he will not give up his efforts! Shi Fangxing said that he was extorted for money, and he was not happy in his heart, and he wanted to beat up the little emperor, but for the sake of big things, he could only ruthlessly destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster.

"Also, I was so angry with that bastard that I temporarily sent someone to closely monitor the movements of the little emperor, and when he left the Yanjing realm, I immediately spread rumors, this time, I had to break the little emperor's body into ten thousand pieces!" Han Fang breathed a sigh of relief, finally calmed down, and said fiercely.

Cangyan Mountain is located in the southwest of Yanjing, the mountain range is vast, stretching for more than 600 miles, there are wild beasts infested all the year round, occasionally there is news that wild beasts hurt people, usually there are very few people nearby.

One of the reasons why Lin Feng chose to train here was that Cangyan Mountain was relatively closed. In addition, from the topographical point of view, Cangyan Mountain is said to be a mountain range, but it is not all mountains, the central land belt has a huge basin, relatively flat, and the area is extensive, far beyond the Yanjing Plain, if it is not in the depths of the dense forest, there are wild beasts infested, and it is not bad to live here.

In the afternoon, stepping on the glow, Lin Feng and his entourage appeared in Cangyan Mountain!

Recruiting new soldiers, everyone in the streets and alleys of Yanjing is well known, many men who can't afford to eat join the army, however, after the recruits are recruited, all the recruits enter Cangyan Mountain, but the outside world has no way of knowing, Lin Feng has let people spread the news in advance, and the recruits will be trained in a valley somewhere.

Three days ago, 80,000 recruits who had been repairing in the suburbs of Beijing for more than half a month were stationed here with all the prepared equipment, and the money, grain, and horses were delivered ahead of schedule.

Riding into the valley and coming to the barracks, Lin Feng looked up, and it was almost as expected, the recruits did not start training, but some people cut trees, some people opened mountains, and some people built barracks, there was a tacit understanding with each other, in just three days, two rows of dormitories had been erected, about hundreds of houses, and the efficiency exceeded Lin Feng's expectations.

Seeing Lin Feng appear, Lei Jieying, who was sitting on a boulder and holding straw paper in his hand, jumped off the boulder and hurriedly stepped forward. "Your Majesty, you are finally here, there was no accident, right?"

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "Yes, yes, in three days, a lot of barracks have been built, and it is estimated that there will be half a month for soldiers to settle in." "Fortunately, it is in the middle of the day, otherwise the soldiers will get sick sooner or later if they sleep outside at night, and they will not rest well at night, and it will also cause a decline in combat effectiveness.

"Before coming to Cangyan Mountain, the minister was in the military camp for a month, specifically rectified the discipline problem, before they had formal training, they may be a little reluctant to go into battle to kill the enemy, however, logging, opening mountains, building houses are also good at it, that is, the physical consumption is more, and there is a lot of food every day, and the emperor requires that each soldier must be provided with three taels of meat every day, and the cost is still relatively large, and the minister is worried that the previous capture will not last long." Lei Jieying has joys and troubles, he doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, and the emperor handed over 80,000 recruits to him, which is a great test for him, but he is also facing the problem of shortage of money and food.