Chapter 157 Four Everyone

At this time, the rules are that only those who are above the third grade can take the eight-lift sedan chair.

Old man Xu suddenly came to his senses, shook off the hands of his subordinates, and ran around the courtyard while shouting in a trembling voice: "But Tancheng is back?" ”

Someone had already gone in to report it. After a while, a middle-aged man in a purple official robe came out of the inner hall and greeted the old man. Just as he was about to salute, he saw the bandages on half of his face, and he was a little confused for a while and said, "Dad, who are you?" ”

When the old man Xu saw that his eldest son was really coming back, he immediately felt that he had a backbone, and he held his son's hand and trembled and couldn't speak. Xu Tancheng hurriedly welcomed his father into the house, and poured tea and water, so as to appease him, the old man came back to his strength, and sighed and said: "Daddy has made a group of white-eyed wolves...... so he told the matter from beginning to end.

Xu Tancheng, who was sitting at the bottom, twisted his beard and listened, the more he listened, the more frightened he became, and when his father finished speaking, he asked stubbornly: "Daddy, don't talk about anything else, let's just say that this thing of befriending bandits is not true, right?" ”

The old man pouted, "So what? Son, how many of our Jingzhou Mansions have not paid filial piety to those Buddhas? Just yesterday, there were two families who entrusted their father to talk to the other side, if there is a case, I beg them to be merciful. Saying that, he said with some disdain: "The two old men only came out with 20,000 taels, isn't this self-inflicted?" ”

Xu Tancheng touched his forehead, which was already covered with sweat. He wanted to laugh, but found that his face was stiff. He could only hiss: "Daddy, the Xu family is in trouble......

Xu Beiqing saw that his biggest reliance was so. Only then did he panic and said worriedly: "Son, no, don't you scare Daddy?" ”

After all, Xu Tancheng was a governor and a prince, and he quickly regained his composure, thought about the family's situation, and said to Xu Beiqing: "Daddy, the child received a document from the imperial court the day before yesterday, and His Royal Highness the King of Longjun is in charge of the sword of Shang Fang and supervises the military and political affairs of the two provinces, but he is not bluffing. ”

Xu Beiqing looked at his son a little distractedly, waiting for his next step.

"At present, the most fundamental problem in the two provinces is to quell the chaos. As long as they put us in the hat of collaborator, they can destroy us with their backhand. As long as this prince can teach Maitreya to be leveled, don't say that if you eradicate our family, you will also wipe out all the southern clans, and those leaders in the capital may secretly celebrate with their hands. After all, he is also a figure with hands and eyes, and he has a more or less understanding of Kyori's attitude.

Xu Beiqing's breathing was already a little short, and he said with luck: "No, let's accept so many offerings......"

Xu Tancheng looked at his father with some surprise, not knowing why the old man, who had always been shrewd, had become so ridiculous. But no matter how ridiculous it is, it is also his father, he tried his best to maintain respect in his tone: "Our family is in charge of the South Canal, doesn't my father know that 50,000 Zhennan troops and 200 troop transport ships floated on the canal two days ago?" ”

Xu Beiqing was surprised and said: "As soon as there is a war, shipping will also be cut off. As a father, he didn't care about the things on the canal. Then he said angrily: "I also instructed your second brother to keep an eye on the point and report any problems as soon as possible,"

Xu Tancheng shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about these things first, what the child means is that counting the time, these 50,000 people set off at the same time as the 20,000 infantry troops." What does this mean? ”

Xu Beiqing was finally deflated and sat down on the chair, yes, this shows that the king of Longjun had long expected the rebellion of the Maitreya church at that time, and he had already negotiated with Marshal Bosheng when he went to the camp of the Zhennan Army for the first time, and there was no need to go on a second trip. The reason why he went there again was to pretend to be a trip in order to delay time, until the situation deteriorated, until he alone could solve the problem, until all the gentry had to snort at him, and until the people he wanted to deal with made mistakes......

Figure out this joint, and the Qingming of the past returns to the old master. He stroked the white hair scattered on his forehead and said with a wry smile: "The word 'drag' can easily guide things in the direction he wants." This old spicy and calm is not something that young people can have. There is a master behind the king of Longjun...... "He was really right, Qin Lei asked Yu Guantao with a flying pigeon, and he only got this one word of reply-drag."

Xu Tancheng saw that his father was back to normal, so he said directly: "No matter what masters are behind him, he is the last one to pay attention." Seeing that the whole south is plunged into a riot, with thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of people displaced every day, we can still hold our breath, and this vicious heart and attitude of treating human life as a mustard are not something we can fantasize about. ”

Regardless of his father's pale face, Xu Tancheng continued to be alarmist: "And the child guesses that the prince has the meaning of replacing our Xu family in this game." ”

Xu Beiqing swallowed his saliva and said, "Then what should I do?" Do you mean that we are in a catastrophe? He finally began to panic, if the hundred-year-old family was wiped out overnight, he would die, and he would not have the face to see his ancestors underground.

Xu Tancheng couldn't bear to look at the panic on his father's face, and comforted: "Since Uncle Lu Shishu told you those words today, it means that the prince knows the truth of encircling the three queyi, and he has no intention of killing them all." And the child is still Shannan Futai, if he wants to master Shannan, he can't do without the help of the child. So Daddy doesn't have to be too anxious. ”

Only then did the old man put his heart down and said angrily: "You kid, why are you talking so seriously? I don't know if I'm old enough to be frightened? ”

Xu Tancheng smiled and said, "It's a child, isn't it." ”

Xu Beiqing looked at his eldest son with satisfaction, and said proudly: "Although I Xu Beiqing has three sons, only you make my father feel that there is someone in my Xu family...... and then said with a resolute face: "Tancheng, what do you say?" As long as you can protect the foundation of our Xu family, your father will listen to you. ”

Xu Tancheng said in a deep voice: "Hand over the canal and take the little brother to bear the guilt." ”

Xu Beiqing 'oops' and shouted: "I really want my father's life!" No, no, no! ”

Xu Tancheng was not in a hurry, and analyzed his father like this, so and so, which made the old man reluctantly nod.

There is a small pavilion on the lotus lake of Qingcui Villa called 'Ning Cui', the eaves look around, Biwa Zhu column, look around in the pavilion, the lotus leaves connect to the sky, if there is a breeze blowing, there will be a blue wave rippling, making people like in the Yao Pond.

At this moment, a round table is set up in the pavilion, on which there are more than a dozen kinds of seasonal vegetables such as cucumbers, radishes, sweet onions and green beans, which is actually a table of authentic farmer's green seedling feast.

Zhuo Wenzheng was talking with Xu Qiaozhuo's three lords, and at this time there were still two vacant seats at the table, and the four of them only drank some tea and waited for the two to arrive.

Taking advantage of Qin Lei's preoccupation yet, Qiao Qipei smiled at Zhuo Bingchen and said, "Brother Bingchen, you quickly ask our Futai lord, what kind of distribution method should we have?" ”

Xu Chang also smiled: "It should be so." ”

Zhuo Bingchen smiled bitterly: "Brother Qi Pei is looking for trouble," turned his head to Zhuo Wenzheng and said: "Wenzheng, you can tell a few uncles and fathers." ”

Zhuo Wenzheng also smiled bitterly at his own son: "Father, don't force the child, only the prince himself knows what the specific charter is, and the child doesn't know it." Seeing that his Lao Tzu was a little faceless, he whispered helplessly: "Anyway, Your Majesty, the prince and the prince each have one percent, and the two provincial yamen each have two percent, which is a fixed number, and it depends on your ability." ”

"Forty percent, it's not a lot?" Zhuo Bingchen groaned. The other two also agreed. It's a terrifying number. Jiangbei and Shannan are both large provinces, with 15 prefectures in Jiangbei and 13 prefectures in Shannan. Even if these three join forces, they can't eat two percent of them. But people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and there is always no shortage of rice in their bowls.

Just as a few people were calculating how much they could take, there was a hearty laugh in the distance, and the four of them hurriedly got up and waited for His Royal Highness King Longjun to take over.

Qin Lei changed into a lake blue robe, which looked even more handsome and extraordinary, and accompanied by Ko Yanwu, he came to the pavilion and arched his hand: "I am entangled in mundane affairs, a few people have waited for a long time, forgive your sins." "If you mix oil with Ruolan Mili, Qingqing and I are vulgar things, he doesn't have a bad name.

Several people re-entered the table, looking at the vegetables on the table, Qin Lei smiled and said: "During the national crisis, everything is simple, you old people are not strange." ”

Xu Chang smiled and said: "Where is it, the prince is loyal to the country, which is really admirable." ”

Qiao Qipei also said: "It's really shameful to see the prince so simple."

Zhuo Bingchen felt closer to Qin Lei because of his son's relationship, he stroked his beard and said wittily: "People are old, they can't get fishy, the prince is taking care of the three of us." ”

The two agreed: "It's really hard to have an appetite, thank you to the prince." ”

Qin Lei smiled and said, "That's good, that's good, a few of you, please use it." As he spoke, he picked up a cut cucumber and ate it without sticking to the soybean paste in front of him.

When the three old men saw Qin Lei moving, they also started to eat, and they ate with them, and sure enough, they looked very delicious. Seeing that Qin Lei was so angry, he couldn't help but secretly scold the three old foxes. He set down this table of green seedling banquet, naturally to cry poor, hoping that the three of them would make up a hundred thousand taels of silver before the bidding to make up the difference in the first amount of silver given to the Zhennan Army. Helplessly, a few people beat him back, so that he couldn't mention it.

100,000 taels of silver is not much, but it is enough to cover the expenses of the house for a year. These families have no connection with the Maitreya Sect, and they know that Qin Lei still has to rely on them to support the scene, because they don't want to be the meaningless wrongdoer. Moreover, the two sides are inherently unequal in this negotiation, if they don't kill Qin Lei's prestige, how will they negotiate terms with him later.

They didn't dare to go too far, so they frustrated Qin Lei a little, and hurriedly threw out a red date for him to eat. Xu Chang plucked a few edamame beans and put them on the plate, twisted them with his hands and sent them to his mouth, tasted them for a while, and then said leisurely: "Boiled beans are used as soup, and soaked beans are used as juice." This is also a bean, which can be eaten fresh in this way, or made into soybean sauce to taste. I don't know if the prince is going to take advantage of this revival yamen? Or is it filtered, cooked, fermented, and seasoned? ”

Qin Lei smiled: "I don't know what to do while it's fresh, what about filtering and cooking and fermenting?" ”

Qiao Qipei smiled: "I eat it while it's fresh, but I haven't eaten it." And I can't eat enough beans, and if I eat too much, I will have stomach trouble. ”

Zhuo Bingchen also smiled: "If it is filtered, cooked, fermented, and seasoned." Although it is a bit troublesome, it can be stored for a long time, and you can use it whenever you want. You can use it however you want, and it's better to be at will. ”

Qin Lei secretly scolded in his heart, these old things can't speak happily? You have to beat around the bush. Isn't it just asking Lao Tzu whether he wants to use this yamen to save the urgent need or to maintain it and use it for a long time?

Even so, Qin Lei also knew that without the full support of the three families, it would be impossible to achieve the latter goal. After all, he still has the word 'right' hanging in front of him, the king of the military and political affairs of the two provinces, and sooner or later he will return to the dynasty. It is conceivable that as long as they return to the court on their front feet, countless gluttons who covet this plate of food will stretch out their huge hands, smash the order set by Qin Lei, and snatch the big cake that Qin Lei has divided again.

What is Might? Ignoring the order of the weak is might.

How to fight this power? Just build a stronger authority.

The gate valve behind these three old men undoubtedly has this ability. The Xu family doesn't need to be repeated, the Qiao family has Qiao Yuanshan, the governor of Shannan. The Zhuo family clearly has Zhuo Wenzheng, the governor of Jiangbei, and there is a neighbor in secret, both of whom should not be underestimated. If these three families stood on Qin Lei's side and added Koji Yanwu, he could indeed break his wrist with any force that coveted the south, and then raised his middle finger and said disdainfully: "Get out of Lao Tzu's territory......"

If there were no of these three, Qin Lei would still be more affordable to get a ticket and leave. If you want to occupy the south often, it is tantamount to a fool's dream. At this time, the three old men had already opened the window of hope for him, and it was up to Qin Lei to meet their asking price.

With such an attractive offer, the asking price is definitely not too low. For Qin Lei, who was extremely hungry for strength, he would not miss this opportunity no matter what, but if he was controlled by others or the gains outweighed the losses, he was unwilling. In a flash of thought, he quickly calculated the possible gains and losses, and he didn't even know that the cucumber in his hand had been pinched out of the water.

The three old men were leisurely chewing cucumbers and turnips, making annoying sounds of 'clicking'. They weren't worried at all that Qin Lei would not agree.

At this moment, Shi Dang came in from outside and whispered a few words in Qin Lei's ear. Qin Lei nodded and said softly, "Tell them to wait first." Shi Kang withdrew from the pavilion.

Looking at the inquiring eyes of the three of them, Qin Lei pretended to be casual and said, "Xu Beiqing and his son brought that defeated son to the mansion to ask for guilt." ”

As soon as Lu Yanwu came to face Qin Lei for seven or eight days, he had already known his temperament and knew that he needed to support him at this time. In addition, he had a close relationship with Xu Beiqing, so he naturally asked out loud: "Is the eldest of his family back?" ”

Qin Lei nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Lu Yanwu said with relief: "The Xu family finally came back to understand things, it's really pitiful." Although Xu Beiqing didn't care about his anger at that time, it was not a pleasant thing to see death and not save him. Seeing that the Shijiao family could be preserved, he was naturally happy.

Koji Yanwu was happy, but the other three were not. The three old foxes saw things very clearly, and after listening to Qin Lei's description of the revival yamen in the morning, they vaguely saw the purpose behind Qin Lei, if this alliance based on common interests can really become a reality, then the forces of the entire south will be unified, I don't know how much power it will burst out, I don't know how much impact it will have on the future of the Qin State. At that time, the resources of the south will be more effectively deployed, and they will be able to face the powerful court in the north. At that time, the government will only be part of this system, and there will be only one voice in the whole south - that is, the revival of the yamen. After the three of them threw themselves into the ground for the five bodies that Qin Lei admired in their hearts, they immediately began to plan, seeing that they could get the greatest benefit from it. Although he listened to Zhuo Wenzheng's explanation, he knew that in order to maintain the country, or the royal control of the south, Qin Lei forced sixty percent of the power to speak to the royal and local governments. In this way, if there is any bad tendency in the south, the royal family and the imperial court can completely control the sixty percent through the appointment and dismissal of officials in the two provinces, without worrying about the local government not obeying the central government after the local government becomes bigger.

But the three of them are so old and spicy, they reached a tacit agreement in a brow - to ask Qin Lei to entrust the 20% of the shares belonging to the royal family to the three families. If the three families win 20 percent in the bidding, they will have 40 percent of the right to speak, and the three families have their own vassals. In this way, even if there is any change in officialdom, no one in the three families is in charge of the two provinces, and they are not afraid of losing power.

Their wishful thinking is fine, knowing that Qin Lei is afraid of local division, and he also knows the contradiction between the royal family and the imperial court, so as long as the power of entrustment, once the royal family feels bad, they can take it back at any time, so that the royal family is relieved of worries. However, the royal family also needed them to confront the powerful court in the north, so they would not withdraw this commission until they had to. It can be said that it takes care of both the royal face and the royal lining. They also gained control of the South. It's a great way to get the best of both worlds.

But the dead Xu family was alive again, and things were not fun for the three old foxes.