Chapter 136: Rainy Night
The sky was dripping with autumn rain, and in late autumn, the cold was unexpectedly steep, and the imperial carriage of Huangfu Xuande left the Lanling palace and returned to the palace under the escort of more than 400 guards.
The spacious carriage is covered with soft carpets, and three goose-egg night pearls are inlaid on the roof, and the interior of the carriage is illuminated by a faint light.
Huangfu Xuande leaned on the back of the car, closed his eyes slightly, Concubine Shen Ruyi snuggled in his arms like a docile cat, she secretly glanced at the emperor from time to time, and the corners of her mouth showed a mysterious smile that she could only understand.
Huangfu Xuande was immersed in deep thought, he didn't pay attention to the change in the expression of the concubine in his arms, he was still thinking about the matter of Huangfu Wujin, and it was just his rights and interests to make Huangfu Wujin the Duke of Liangguo, and he didn't completely think about it at that time.
But in the end, after his careful consideration, he still decided to crown Huangfu Wujin as the heir of King Liang, and determined that he was the heir of King Liang, on the surface, he seemed to give up Huangfu Zhuo and handed over the Xiliang Army to Huangfu Wujin, but this is not the case, it is not so simple, no matter how Huangfu Wujin is promoted, how to position, Huangfu Zhuo and Zhang Chongjun's struggle for power still exists, but with the addition of one Huangfu Wujin, from two families to three for power.
Huangfu Wujin is now eighteen years old, Zhang Chongjun is forty-eight years old, ten years later, Huangfu Wujin is twenty-eight years old, Zhang Chongjun is nearly sixty years old, it seems to be very connected, military power can be smoothly transferred, Huangfu Xuande knows, many people will think so.
But in fact, will Zhang Chongjun hand over military power to Huangfu Wujin? His eldest son Zhang Yannian is twenty-four years old this year, joined the army at the age of sixteen, and is now a general of Duwei, and his second son Zhang Yanjun is twenty-two years old, and he is also in the army in Xiliang and is the captain of Guoyi.
Huangfu Xuande was sure that Zhang Chongjun would never return the military power to King Liang, and he would leave the military power to his sons, including Zhang Chongjun's wife, the daughter of the King of Lanling County, and she also asked to continue to leave the Western Liang Army to her son.
What about the orthodoxy of King Liang, who has no Jin, ? How should Zhang Chongjun respond? Huangfu Xuande's heart was full of pride, at that time, Zhang Chongjun had only one way to go, and asked for help from himself, so that the hereditary military power of the Liang Wang family would not be broken.
Huangfu Xuande has long seen this flaw left by Huangfu Jiang back then, the military power is passed on to his son, maybe he is worried that Huangfu Zhuo will not be able to hold the Xiliang Army, but now that the Xiliang Army has changed its surname to Zhang, is it possible for Huangfu Jiang to go back?
At the beginning, Huangfu Xuande supported Huangfu Zhuo and Zhang Chongjun to fight, in order to speed up the de-Liangwang of the Western Liang Army, Zhang Chongjun in order to control the army, in order to leave the military power to his own son, he would inevitably promote his henchmen and depose those loyal to the Liangwang lineage.
It's a pity that Huangfu Zhuo can't support Adou, far from fighting Zhang Chongjun, Huangfu Xuande added another yard, pushed Huangfu Wujin out, and made it clear that he inherited the orthodoxy of King Liang, which invisibly increased the pressure on Zhang Chongjun, forcing him to speed up the internal adjustment of the Western Liang Army again, at most ten years, the Western Liang Army has nothing to do with King Liang, at that time, Zhang Chongjun had to come to beg himself.
Huangfu Xuande couldn't help but smile proudly, he didn't have to do anything, as long as he saw the opportunity to throw a handful of dry firewood into the fire of the Xiliang Army, and then he could slowly sit down and reap the benefits.
He is not in a hurry, his father has waited for ten years, he has been waiting for thirty years, what he has is patience and time.
"Your Majesty!"
Shen Ruyi called out to the emperor in a coquettish voice, Huangfu Xuande lowered his head, put his hand into her clothes, grabbed her pair of tender **, and said with a smile: "Baby, what do you want?" ”
A heart-wrenching smile floated in Shen Ruyi's eyes, and he stretched out his snake-like arm to wrap around Huangfu Xuande's neck, and blew in his ear like a land: "I want to give birth to a son for my brother." ”
No concubine in the palace dared to call Huangfu Xuande his brother, even Empress Shen didn't dare, only Shen Ruyi dared to call it, her wild surname and bohemianism in her bones gave Huangfu Xuande a thrill that he had never had for decades, and he was fascinated by her.
Huangfu Xuande was so horny by her brother's shout that he pressed Shen Ruyi down on the car mat, panting and saying, "I'll plant a son for you now!" ”
Shen Ruyi smiled and said, "What else do I want to do that night?" ”
"Come back in the evening!"
Shen Ruyi groaned and said in the emperor's ear: "Brother, light a bonfire tomorrow night, let's come on the grass, okay?" ”
"Good! Listen to you. ”
........ Not long after the emperor left, Huangfu Yibiao gave a look to several other county kings of the Nanshan faction, and everyone quietly said goodbye and left the Lanling palace together.
In the grand carriage of the emperor's funeral, the four county kings held a shareholders' meeting of the Baifu Commercial Bank, and the emperor had made up his mind to levy taxes on the Baifu Commercial Bank and the Donglai Commercial Bank, and they must discuss countermeasures as soon as possible to minimize the losses.
Pengcheng County Wang Huang Fu Luo Song spoke first: "I think we still have to convince the emperor, it is best to fight for it together with the king of Qi, and we must ask the emperor to continue the status quo." ”
"!" Emperor Fu Juncheng, the king of Huai'an County, scolded in a low voice, "He only recognizes money now, and it's useless for you to find Tianwang Laozi." ”
"So what do you say?" Huangfu Luo Song became angry and said viciously.
Emperor Fu Zihan, the king of Ruyang County on the side, hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't quarrel with the two of you, listen to what the eldest brother has to say?" ”
The three of them quieted down together, looking at Huangfu Yibiao, who is the largest shareholder of Baifu Commercial Bank, he accounts for 40% of the shares, and the other three people account for 20%, of course, he also has the most right to speak.
Huangfu Yibiao sat up straight and slowly said to everyone: "I have been thinking about it for a night today, and I already have a plan, I will refer to it together." ”
The other three were overjoyed, "Big brother, please speak!" ”
Although Huangfu Yibiao hated Uncle Shen very much, he remembered every word he said, and he smiled coldly, "Didn't you hear that? In fact, Uncle Shen Guo has already told us what to do, the emperor levies our taxes according to Qi Ruifu's business behavior standards, that is to say, he doesn't look at how much we actually make, how much tax Qi Ruifu pays, how much tax we have to pay, we want to pay less tax, there is only one way, force Qi Ruifu to lower his tax. ”
Speaking of this, he glanced fiercely at everyone, "Do you know what I mean? ”
Emperor Fu Zihan of Ruyang County nodded, "I understand what the eldest brother means, but the Baifu Commercial Bank alone may not be able to deal with Qi Ruifu, I suggest that we unite with Donglai Commercial Bank and we will deal with his family together, I don't believe that Qi Ruifu has three heads and six arms, it can deal with the two of us?" ”
The other two agreed, and Huangfu Yibiao immediately decided, "Okay! Since everyone agrees, this matter is so decided, I will go to the king of Qi to talk about the union, we must use the most ruthless means, the fastest to suppress Qi Ruifu, before April next year, its tax silver to 100,000 taels of silver, in addition, the emperor also has to fight, we have to use the king of Chu, let the emperor try to open up to us, we have to do both. ”
In the drizzle, the three princes got out of the carriage and went back to their own carriages, and the carriages parted ways and gradually disappeared into the rain and fog.
......... Uncle Shen Guo also left relatively early, and his heart was also full of worries, the emperor suddenly canonized Huangfu Wujin as the heir of King Liang, which caught him off guard, from the prince to the heir, although the title is only one level apart, but the two are completely different, this is like the difference between a flat wife and a wife.
At the level of the king, he can have the qualification of a fief, so the princes in the court are not allowed to leave the capital to become kings in other places except for the prince, but the emperor not only crowned Huangfu Wujin as the heir of the king of Liang, but also did not restrict him from leaving the capital, and still allowed him to continue to go to Chuzhou.
Of course, Uncle Shen also knew that the emperor's real intention was to deal with the Xiliang Army, and named Huangfu Wujin as the King of Heiliang, but put him in Chuzhou, and the King of Heiliang was from the first rank of the Jue, and the General of Meihuawei of Chuzhou and the deputy governor of the Navy were all from the third rank of the military, the title and the fief were not matched, and the title and position were very different, and the various relationships in this were very unreasonable and very weird, and it was obvious that Huangfu Wujin would not have the opportunity to intervene in the Xiliang Army. These have nothing to do with his Uncle Shen Guo, Uncle Shen Guo is worried that Wu Jin will go to Chuzhou as the heir of King Liang, what kind of impact will it bring to Chuzhou, in the past forty years, there has been no precedent for a prince to serve in Chuzhou, there is an emperor Fu Wujin in Chuzhou, can he Uncle Shen Guo still be able to control the army and officialdom of Chuzhou?
Uncle Shen Guo looked at the autumn rain outside the car window, his heart was full of deep worry, recently the emperor has obviously suppressed him too much, but the crown prince is strong step by step, it can be seen from the number of times the emperor summoned the king of Chu, it has been significantly reduced.
Uncle Shen regretted sending Shen Ruyi to the palace a little in his heart, and Shen Ruyi entered the palace, which seriously suppressed the emperor's favor for Queen Shen, and listened to the eunuchs around Queen Shen say that the emperor had not gone to the queen's bedroom for almost a month.
The snubbing of Empress Shen will inevitably affect the emperor's attitude towards the king of Chu, has the emperor decided to give up the idea of establishing a successor to the king of Chu?
Uncle Shen couldn't imagine that if the crown prince ascended the throne, what would be the catastrophe for their Shen family?
And how soon will this day come? Ten years or five years? Uncle Shen Guo got the news from the imperial doctor that the emperor and Concubine Shu were too diligent in sexual affairs, which would seriously affect the emperor's health, and the emperor now seemed to be in good health, but once something happened, his body would collapse immediately.
Uncle Shen hated Shen Ruyi to death in his heart, this stupid woman, didn't she know that she was sending the Shen family to the underworld?
The sound of horses' hooves was heard on a rainy night, and soon a man on horseback approached Uncle Shen's carriage, "Who is it?" Uncle Shen's guards shouted.
"I am Luo Fengen, the emperor's close attendant, and I want to see my uncle in an emergency."
This Luo Fengen is a eunuch next to the emperor, who was bought by Uncle Shen, and he also came to Wujin's wedding with Huangfu Xuande tonight.
Uncle Shen Guo heard his anxious voice and had an emergency, he was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The eunuch Luo Fengen stepped forward and hurriedly reported: "Uncle Guo, just now Your Majesty suddenly vomited blood and fainted on the way back to the palace, and the palace was already in chaos. ”
"Ahh Uncle Shen was taken aback.
(To be continued)