Chapter 25: The Showdown
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"Tell me, that old boy Wu Sangui, what is the real purpose of sending you to Guangzhou?" Shang Zhixin yawned, took a sip of tea, and said lazily: "No need to be polite, is there any attempt and conspiracy Although I said, Lao Tzu is very courageous, you just say that Wu Sangui's old boy is ready to rebel, and Lao Tzu can't be scared." ”
"The prince of the world laughed, my prince of Pingxi is angry with the court and the emperor, how can he do those big rebellious things?" Lu Daxian Ling's words were shameless, which naturally attracted Shang Zhixin's white eyes and sneer, but Lu Daxian Ling did not blush, but just said in a deep voice: "As for the prince sending a lowly post to Guangdong, the real purpose is only two words - an alliance!" ”
"Alliance?" Shang Zhixin put down the teacup and asked with a sneer, "That old boy Wu Sangui wants to form an alliance with my old immortal father?" When he explained this errand to you, didn't he wake up and talk in his sleep? My old immortal father, when he was with him on Phi Island decades ago, never seemed to deal with him, right? ”
"The prince misunderstood." Lu Daxian Ling shook his head and said directly: "Prince Pingxi doesn't want to form an alliance with Prince Pingnan, but hopes to form an alliance with you, the prince of the world." ”
"Align with me?" Shang Zhixin laughed again and asked, "Old boy Wu Sangui wants to form an alliance with me, what good is it for him?" What's in it for me? Oh yes, Wu Sangui old boy wants to form an alliance with me, and for what purpose? Lao Tzu is the prince of Pingnan, an important minister of the court, and Lao Tzu will not do anything that violates the law and discipline. ”
"Please rest assured, Prince Pingxi wants to form an alliance with you, not to do anything illegal with you, but to join forces with you to make a fortune and live a better life together." Lu Daxian Ling smiled and said: "As for the benefits of forming an alliance for the prince, the prince, it seems that the prince of Pingxi has always been known for his boldness and generosity, right?" Can you still be treated badly by the prince? Oh, by the way, the prince brought five hundred taels of gold sand (about thirty-one catties of ancient scales) to the prince this time, and the mere salute is not a tribute, and I hope that the prince will not dislike it. ”
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the price of gold and silver fluctuated greatly, on average about one tael of gold can be exchanged for fifteen taels of silver, and because the silver of Western Europe and the New World had not flowed into China in large quantities at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the purchase of silver was actually more than three times that of the middle and late Qing Dynasty, so Wu Sangui sold the five hundred taels of gold sand, in fact, even for Shang Zhixin, it was not a small amount. However, Shang Zhixin also blinked his eyes and smiled: "Prince Pingxi is quite generous, but he wants you to take it from me, I'm afraid it's more, right?" ”
"Lord Shengming, the lower officials were ordered to come to see the prince this time, and they really have something to ask for." Lu Daxian Ling said straight to the point: "The prince wants to ask the prince to do a favor, let the prince of Pingnan play a trick, and ask the court to increase the salary of the Guangdong army, and the attitude is better to be tougher." In this way, the prince of Pingxi is grateful to the prince. ”
"Haha, hahahahaha......!" Shang Zhixin laughed wildly, slapped the table with a wild laugh, and said with tears from the corners of his eyes laughing: "Wu Sangui's old thing is really good at trading, and this year, the court impeached him for his huge military expenditure and took control of his local government affairs, and he was forced to stand it anymore, so he hit the idea on us Guangdong, and let us Guangdong ask for military salaries - we have increased military salaries, can the imperial court cut his military salaries again?" Sure enough, it's a good calculation! ”
"Yes, the prince is wise, that's exactly the case." Lu Daxian Ling said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about the prince, as long as the prince's Guangdong is on this way, no matter whether the court gives the Guangdong army a salary or not, the prince will have a way to speak in the court, and the current embarrassing situation will also be resolved." ”
"That's right." Shang Zhixin nodded and said frankly: "With Wu Sangui's connections and influence in the imperial court, as long as I let the Guangdong army give him this reason, he will spend some money to go through the doorway, and he will have the upper hand in the negotiation of military salaries with the imperial court." ”
Speaking of this, Shang Zhixin showed a happy smile on his face, and asked with a smile: "But what, why does Lao Tzu want to help Wu Sangui with this great favor?" Lao Tzu took this note according to his meaning, and his Wu Sangui's words were better, what should Lao Tzu do as a shield for him? This year, the signal that the imperial court is ready to do something to Wu Sangui's old things is so obvious, Lao Tzu does not take the opportunity to show loyalty to the court to his Wu Sangui old things, but adds chaos to the imperial court, what does the imperial court think of Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu's future little talk can't be passed? Why does Lao Tzu rely on this mere 500 taels of gold sand, does Lao Tzu lose anything? ”
"Shizi is right." Lu Daxian Ling nodded, and said very calmly: "Yes, at this sensitive moment, it is definitely impossible for the prince not to be involved, and it is impossible for the court not to be suspicious of the prince, and after this recital, the group of Shangshu Zhongtang in the court, as long as they are not stupid enough to go home, they must understand that the prince has secretly reached an alliance with the prince of the west and joined forces against the imperial court." With this point, just the five hundred taels of gold sand given by the prince of Pingxi to the prince of the world is indeed worth the loss for the prince. But. ”
"But what?" Shang Zhixin said with a smile: "It's the key, if you don't move Lao Tzu at this point, then Lao Tzu can tell you now, you can get out, this time you came to Guangdong, it was also a trip in vain." ”
"But have you thought about it?" Lu Daxian Ling said word by word: "After the imperial court forced the prince to agree to the reduction of military salaries this year, who is the next person who will be cut in military salaries?" ”
Shang Zhixin suppressed his smile, and his still handsome face showed a solemn look.
"Shizi, this year, the imperial court forced the prince of Pingxi to hand over the local government management rights in Yunnan and cut the military salaries of the Yunnan army." Lu Daxian said slowly: "It's normal for you not to speak, because your feudal domain is in Guangdong, not Yunnan." ”
"Next year, the imperial court forced Geng Jimao, the prince of Jingnan, to hand over the local administrative management of Fujian and cut the military salaries of the army in Fujian. You don't have to speak, because your feudal domain is in Guangdong, not Fujian. ”
"In the year after tomorrow, the imperial court forced Kong Sizhen or Sun Yanling in Guangxi to hand over the local administrative management of Guangxi and cut the military salaries of the Guangxi army.
"But, my lord." Lu Daxian Ling said even more slowly, "When the imperial court forces the prince of Pingnan and the prince of the prince to hand over the management of local government affairs in Guangdong, and when the military salaries of the army in Guangdong are cut, can anyone still speak for you?" ”
Shang Zhixin bowed his head and was silent, and after a long time, Shang Zhixin finally raised his head and asked with a smile: "Boy, Lao Tzu admires you very much, are you interested in leaving Wu Sangui to come to Lao Tzu's Guangdong?" Lao Tzu can't treat you badly, silver, women, official positions, what you want. ”
"Thank you for your love." Lu Daxian replied solemnly: "But if Lu Yifeng agrees to your invitation now, even if he comes, you will definitely not look down on Lu Yifeng." Only when the prince of Pingxi doesn't want Lu Yifeng anymore, or Lu Yifeng can't get along with the prince of Pingxi, Lu Yifeng will come to the prince again, and the prince will really reuse Lu Yifeng. ”
"That's right, that's right." Shang Zhixin laughed and said: "If you kid agrees immediately, Lao Tzu will not look up to you, but you refuse, not forgetting the loyalty of the old master, Lao Tzu likes it very much." Let's do it, if you are tired of following Wu Sangui that day, come to Guangdong, and Lao Tzu will give you a third level for retention! ”
"Thank you, Shizi, Xia Guan remembered." Lu Daxian Ling thanked him, and asked tentatively: "Shizi, what did you just say?" ”
"Since you want Lao Tzu's Guangdong to support Wu Sangui on the issue of military salary negotiations, then why do you still persuade my old immortal father to withdraw from the domain?" Shang Zhixin did not answer the rhetorical question.
"Forgive me, the lower officials are also ready to fly, so they have to send it." Lu Daxian smiled helplessly and explained in detail the story and the hidden circumstances of the matter. After finishing speaking, Lu Daxian added again: "Shizi, you should understand now, right?" Just because Kong Sizhen's eyeliner was outside the door, the lower officials were forced to be helpless, so they had to find such an excuse to persuade the prince. But fortunately, the prince seemed to be reluctant to give up the power of the vassal king, and did not agree, so he did not miss the great affairs of the prince. ”
"Kong Sizhen stinky bitch, dare to put her hand into Lao Tzu's house, Lao Tzu will kill her one day sooner or later!" Shang Zhixin gritted his teeth and scolded, waved his hand and said: "But fortunately, you are also crooked, my immortal Lao Tzu and Wu Sangui will not deal with each other for the rest of your life, if you directly persuade him to do this, he will definitely arrest your kid and give the court a disgusting Wu Sangui!" The old immortal is so short-sighted all his life! ”
"What the prince said is extremely true, in terms of foresight, the prince is indeed too far away from you." Lu Daxian nodded his head and thought deeply of Shang Zhixin's words - when Wu Sangui raised troops in history, he wrote a letter to persuade Shang Kexi to also raise troops against the Qing Dynasty.
"Don't pat yourself on the back, there is tea on the table, pour it and drink it when you are thirsty, don't disturb Lao Tzu, let Lao Tzu think carefully." Shang Zhixin was indeed eye-to-eye with Lu Da County Order, and even noticed that Lu Da County Order was already tired and thirsty. After another wave of his hand, Shang Zhixin lay back on the chair and closed his eyes and calculated carefully. Lu Daxian Ling was also so thirsty that his throat was smoking, so he quickly poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all, and drank several cups of tea, and then sat next to Shang Zhixin and waited patiently.
After waiting for a small half pillar of incense time, I didn't see Shang Zhixin give a reply, when Lu Daxian Ling's heart was going up and down, there was a sudden noise in the front hall, and then, a team of guards from Pingnan Wangfu rushed in, and a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian student looked quite similar to Jin Guang, the chief staff of Shang Lao Hanjian, and when he saw Lu Daxian Ling's presence, the middle-aged Confucian student's face was suddenly happy, and he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, take Lu Yifeng down!" ”
"Piercing!" Several guards of the Pingnan Royal Mansion agreed, and rushed up to lock up the Lu Daxian order. At this time, Shang Zhixin suddenly opened his eyes and asked with a sneer: "Jin Tianlin, haven't you seen your courage for a few days?" Dare to take someone in front of Lao Tzu? ”
"Master Hui Shi, this dog thief named Lu Yifeng is not a good thing." Jin Tianlin wiped the sweat on his face and said: "He first deceived the prince in front of the prince with clever words to ask for the withdrawal of the domain, and my brother asked him to tell Wu Sangui that after letting Wu Sangui ask for the withdrawal of the domain first, he immediately came to Huizhou overnight. The prince and my brother were worried that he had bad intentions, so they asked the students to bring someone to arrest him and go back, preparing to torture him for his true purpose. ”
"Really?" Shang Zhixin smiled, stood up and walked in front of Jin Tianlin, and suddenly raised his hand and gave Jin Tianlin a slap, which made Jin Tianlin's face bloom all over his face, and his mouth and nose were bloody!
"Lord Shizi, what did the student do wrong?" Jin Tianlin covered his bleeding mouth and asked aggrievedly.
"Blind your mother's eyes!" Shang Zhixin said coldly: "Lu Yifeng, it is the inner line that Lao Tzu planted on Wu Sangui's side, and he is Lao Tzu's person!" Everything he did was arranged and arranged by Lao Tzu himself! People who dare to catch Lao Tzu are tired of life? ”
"What?" Jin Tianlin and the Pingnan Wangfu who were present all screamed, and then looked at Lu Daxian Ling's eyes differently. Shang Zhixin kicked Jin Tianlin on all fours and shouted: "Li Tianzhi, tell the team to pack up their luggage, Lao Tzu will go back to Guangzhou today!" ”