Of course, the Empress Dowager Cisheng's naked salt case threatened Wei Guogong was just Li You's imitation of malicious speculation. Empress Dowager Qian is not the stupid Uncle Qian just now, how can she be as straightforward and rude as a robber and bandit.

In fact, when it comes to characters at this level, unless they are strange to the point of Uncle Qian Guo, many things don't need to be said at all, and they can figure each other out.

As long as Empress Dowager Qian sent Wei Guogong's younger brother back to Nanjing, she asked Wei Guogong to go to Beijing to participate in the discussion of the nobles in a tough commanding tone. So Wei Guogong naturally doesn't care about the specific rhetoric, just from the strong tone of the Queen Mother, he can make up a lot of things in his brain. For example, if she only has the handle of the salt case recently, will the Queen Mother use the salt case to repair herself?

This is the instinct shared by many high-level people, and those who do not have this brain replenishment ability should be eliminated. Li You is suspicious and thoughtful, and is good at malicious speculation about others, which is actually the embodiment of this instinct.

So strictly speaking, Empress Dowager Qian will not threaten Wei Guogong, and Wei Guogong will not feel threatened, but he will take the initiative to avoid this possibility. This is the realm of mutual communication without tearing the skin of the face, maintaining harmony, and expressing attitudes.

Why did the Empress Dowager Cisheng want Wei Guogong to participate? Li You didn't have to think about it, Wei Guogong, as the head of the Xun Qi and the Guogong who served as the garrison of Nanjing, naturally had a great appeal and influence, which was very beneficial to promoting the discussion of the nobles, and could also share the pressure of the Empress Dowager Qian herself.

Jin Million seemed to be moved by Xu Shizi, and promised: "Could it be that Guogong doesn't want to go to Beijing, and he is worried about being caught and blackmailed?" But don't worry, I have no problem here, and there won't be any clues pointing to Wei Guogong. ”

When Li You heard this, he immediately glared at his father-in-law fiercely, don't interject if you don't understand! hurriedly remedied: "What you said is not right, people who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries." Regardless of whether the prince goes or not, there is always nothing wrong with eliminating the trouble. ”

Jin Million realized that he had said the wrong thing again.

A handle like the salt case can be caught by the Empress Dowager Qian. It can also be caught by others. If Wei Guogong doesn't want to go to Jingshi, others can take the handle and threaten him to go; If Wei Guogong wants to go to Jingshi to participate in this turmoil. Then someone else can take the handle and coerce him away from right and wrong.

Therefore, no matter what choice Wei Guogong makes, he must first solve his worries. Otherwise, in the turmoil, he would not be able to achieve anything at all. Instead, it will get into trouble.

If you want to blame, you have to blame Wei Guogong and the minister of the Nanjing garrison for being too eye-catching, no matter who side will not forget him, you can't pretend to be low-key, this is the helplessness of being in a high place.

Gossip aside. When Xu Shizi heard the promise of Jin Million, he happily said to Jin Million: "Thank you Guozhang for ignoring the high righteousness of the past!" ”

Li You knocked on the side again: "This little trick actually can't hurt your mansion at all." It's just that if the person is the Queen Mother, it may be a little troublesome, but it won't make the dignified prince nervous like this. Listen to you. Guogong still wants to go to Jingshi? ”

Xu Shizi sighed and was speechless for a long time, "I also asked my father." Said that my family has been a prince for generations. At ease. Why go to the temple and toil? You must know that the turmoil is sinister, and my family is already a national prince, there is no promotion, and there is no reward. What do you get after all the hard work? ”

"And my father said, although my family is already the best of the people. It seems that nothing can be gained again. However, while there is nothing to gain, it is possible to lose a lot. The Empress Dowager, the Holy Lord of the Imperial Government, asked my family to come forward, and if my family refuses to comply, the consequences are indeed unpredictable. How is my family better than my family? How is the Queen Mother better than Jaefu? When Zhang Jiangling was regent, he could clean up the King of Liao, but the Empress Dowager Bingzheng couldn't clean up the Duke of Wei? ”

Li You was speechless, Wei Guogong's thoughts could not be wrong, and he had a sense of being prepared for danger in times of peace, which was quite rare in the current peaceful and prosperous era. But the prince talked frankly enough tonight...... after Jin Million was glared at by his son-in-law, he stopped talking. Hearing Xu Shizi tell himself, he thought with affection that a person's position is often not chosen by himself, but forced out. He is like this, but he didn't expect that even Guogong would have a time when he couldn't help himself.

Li You asked the prince again: "What is the relationship between you and Uncle Qian, the official sees that you are very good, do you want to contact the Holy Lord Queen Mother through him?" ”

Xu Shizi almost answered all questions, "Yes, since my father has decided to rush to Beijing to assist the Queen Mother after the Son of Heaven has toured Nanjing." So when I came to greet me, I naturally wanted to be close to Uncle Qian. If you're inadvertently offended, don't bother. ”

For a while, the guests and hosts were happy, talking and laughing, and finally Jin Million and Li You sent away the prince of Wei in the gentle evening breeze.

Jin Guozhang felt relieved and said: "I didn't expect the prince to be so modest and kind, approachable, and able to settle a matter of heart, and it would be good to have one less potential strong enemy." ”

Li You looked at the back of the prince of Wei Guo, as if he didn't hear the emotion of the old man. When he came to his senses, he turned back to Jin Million and said, "Why are you so sincere?" ”

"The old man really can't see that it looks like a fake."

Li You sneered: "When I was driving during the day, according to my observation, the prince of the world is a proud person, do you think he looks like tonight?" ”

Jin Million was very surprised, "It's really not like that." But speaking of this, I remember it too. Although I haven't seen it before, I have dealt with a lot of people in the Guogong Mansion, and it is rumored that the prince is indeed arrogant, but I only say that the rumors are wrong. ”

Li You nodded and said, "That's right, there is such a big contrast between the front and back." It shows that he is unusually and deliberately doing it tonight. ”

"If that's the case, it's unbelievable that it's covered up so well." Jin Million sighed.

Li You calmly analyzed: "If you are really arrogant by nature, then when you want to hide your true nature when you are humble against your will, you can't completely cover it no matter what, and you can't reach the level of the son tonight." On the other hand, since he concealed his pride so perfectly, it shows that he made such a humble gesture very voluntarily. ”

"Why is it that a person who is proud enough can come so voluntarily and pretend to be humble when we are not putting great pressure on him? That only shows that there is a deeper layer of arrogance to support him. In other words, Shizi felt that this was a ploy to be proud of, and to be able to pretend to play with us could satisfy his pride in the success of his scheme. ”

"We just said that Uncle Qian Guo thinks too highly of himself, so high that he thinks he is self-righteous but can't discern the real situation. And isn't the son of the world another degree of self-esteem? It's so high that he thinks we're all fools and lets him pretend to be deceitful and toy. ”

Jin Million was dumbfounded, just the question of the humility of the prince of the country, and the son-in-law could make such a detailed analysis at length?

He couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart: "I suddenly feel that you are also such a person, and you often treat others as fools like this, so you can empathize with similar thoughts, I think this is the only reason." ”

"What do you mean I mean to be fools at others? Many people are stupid in the first place, and it is right to regard them as stupid, but for smart people, they must not be treated as stupid, and the son of the world is guilty of this! Li You carefully corrected Jin Million's statement, and concluded: "If you are courteous, you must ask for something." I think it is a courtesy to others, and there will be a plan. Beneath the surface humility and frankness, there is no telling what there is. ”

Jin Million concluded: "Maybe the purpose of the prince is to reconcile with us, which is beneficial to both sides." This is what he is looking for in his heart, so he can sacrifice himself and lower his posture. ”

Once a person's qualities are completely denied, then many things have to be overturned and reconstructed. Li You thought back to tonight's events and questioned: "The prince kept saying that it was Uncle Qian Guo who brought him here, but now I doubt that it is the opposite, that he instigated Uncle Qian Guo to come?" The more I think about it, the more likely it is that people like Uncle Qian Guo will not know the southeast and northwest if they are instigated by a few words. "Why?" That's a lot of work. ”

"What's the extra thing? The prince knows that we have the ability to send people into the palace as concubines, but he is not sure how much power we have, so I also want to try it, and Uncle Qian Guo is coaxing to play this role. The prince can test the strength behind us through our attitude towards Uncle Qian, see how big our confidence and hole cards are, and then decide on countermeasures. The contempt of the official for Uncle Qian may have made him see something, so he didn't dare to use force, so he staged a scene of pretending to be humble. ”

Without waiting for Jin Million to understand, Li You asked a new question, "Who knows if Wei Guogong is really helpless?" Maybe Wei Guogong wanted to taste the taste of the temple power, so he hit it off with the queen mother, and specially sent his son here to play the first battle and eliminate the hidden dangers. ”

Jin Wanwan really felt that he couldn't keep up with Li You's train of thought at all, yawned, and said with a smile: "The old man is tired and wants to rest, so I won't tell you." If I continue to talk to you, the old man's whole person will be completely chaotic. By the way, the old man still has a question, why did the 50,000 lead nests be given to Xinninghou, but Qian An couldn't share them? It stands to reason that the eldest brother already has a knighthood, and it seems fair that the hereditary nest is given to the second brother. ”

As for the trick of power and conspiracy, Li You has already caught it, and he replied without thinking: "50,000 nests is enough to create a new general businessman, it is a big industry, how can it not be eye-catching?" You can't hold it without strength.

The Marquis of Xinning is a hereditary marquis, and he can naturally keep 50,000 nests of industry. Qian An didn't even have a hereditary title, and he was not a member of the serious Huizhou salt merchant group, and his popularity and character were very poor. Therefore, there is no foundation of power inside, and there is no invocation of the township party outside, so it would be hellish if it could hold it.

If Woben is given to Qian An, then the Queen Mother is fine when she is alive, and after a hundred years, the Queen Mother will inevitably be swallowed by whales, rather than that, it is better to give it to Xinninghou, at least stay in the Qian family. ”

Jin Million was impressed and went back to his room to sleep.