At the beginning, Zhang Wei was very reluctant, it wasn't that Shen Shiming meant to let you send troops, he obediently sent troops.

Although Shen Shiming is the prime minister, he is also powerful on the surface in China, but in the final analysis, he is only an administrative master, and he has no direct relationship with the Praetorian Guard directly under the emperor.

Therefore, the work of persuading Zhang Wei was very useless to Shen Shiming, but what really moved Zhang Wei was actually someone else, this person was the deputy brought by Shen Shiming - Hu Xueyan!

At the beginning, Shen Shiming just talked about the danger of the imperial family's industry, but this could not impress Zhang Wei at all, because in Zhang Wei's opinion, whether it was the emperor's private treasury or his personal property that came out of nowhere, it was all a royal private matter, and his subordinate was casually involved, that is, he was uncomfortable.

Although Shen Shiming was only dealing with the periphery of the Wang family this time, that is, the relatives of the Queen Mother's family, this still made Zhang Wei feel a headache, if it wasn't for Shen Shiming's identity there, he would have driven the other party out on the spot.

Seeing Zhang Wei pick up the tea and plan to serve the tea to the guests, at the critical moment, Hu Xueyan suddenly stood up, he didn't say so much righteousness, but as soon as he came up, he was alarmist, saying that if the general didn't do this, it would be dangerous in the future.

Hearing him say this, Zhang Wei just smiled indifferently, and then asked the other party, where is the danger?

At that time, Zhang Wei's tone and identity were obviously looking at the other party's jokes, because Zhang Wei was different from others, he was an old man who followed the emperor to fight the world, and now he is also a high authority, one of the three major generals of the empire, and he was awarded the title of earl, how can such a person be in any danger.

Then Hu Xueyan said, it is true that you are now a high authority. But compared to others, your biggest problem is that you don't have much backstage, which is both a threat and an opportunity!

According to Hu Xueyan, the three major generals of the empire today are the commanders of the three major military regions, and their backgrounds are different.

Wang Sanwu didn't say it, he was the emperor's uncle, and he was close to him by nature, as for Zhou Da, he married a woman from the Songjiang Wang family as his wife. According to the genealogy, that woman is the niece of Wang Sanwu and the distant cousin of the emperor's majesty, so theoretically speaking, Zhou Da and the emperor's majesty are also relatives.

Now, the three major generals are left with Zhang Wei alone, who has no relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, and the family is not strong, which actually excludes him invisibly.

In addition, Zhou Da and Wang Sanwu are now in the north. And they are all on the commander's side, and the degree of freedom is quite high, and although Zhang Wei is in the most prosperous Jiangnan, it is also because he is in the center. In fact, Zhang Wei's play was restricted, and he couldn't get more combat exploits.

The promotion system of the empire is different from the past, in addition to seniority, the most important thing is to look at military merits. Now the other two generals are constantly gaining success. It's so close, and the relationship is good, and it will take time. You, one of the three generals, will surely be thrown farther and farther away.

If that's all it takes, that's fine, but you control one of the three ace military regions of the empire, and you are in the center, have you ever wondered why this is?

In other words, why let you, a person who is not related to His Majesty, sit in the most important place of the Imperial Center, and let the other two people who are related to His Majesty rule one side alone?

Don't say it, Zhang Wei just listened to the previous words, but the last question really aroused Zhang Wei's doubts.

Also, Wang Sanwu and Zhou Da are indeed related to the emperor, why not let one of them sit in the capital area, and let him, a person who has nothing to do with the emperor, sit in the capital?

Wang Sanwu is just that, that character is estimated to be unsuccessful, but Zhou Da is no problem, it should be better for him to sit in the capital, but he thinks that his management ability is stronger than Zhou Da, isn't it better to run the Great Northeast?

Seeing Wang Sanwu frowning and interested in this topic, Hu Xueyan smiled slightly, and quickly gave the answer: It's very simple, it's because you have no relationship with the Wang family, so the emperor wants to reuse you and let you sit in Jiangnan!

According to Hu Xueyan, the emperor doesn't look young, but he can lay down such a big world and make such a big career at such a young age, how can he be an ordinary person?

Moreover, since ancient times, emperors have been lonely, and when His Majesty had not conquered the world before, he might still miss the old, but now his status is completely different from the past, and it is impossible to continue to miss the old.

Maybe he will still miss the old at first, but as time goes by, with the conflict of interests, His Majesty will definitely attack those imperial relatives who are attached to the country and suck blood.

Why? Because His Majesty the Emperor is a monarch, a person who values the country and the nation more seriously, and a person who does not look down on corruption, how can such a person tolerate those moths sucking blood and not acting?

Maybe His Majesty the Emperor will be closer to his grandfather's family, but his father's clan may not be more close, but now those who claim to be the royal family have formed a huge force, and they are the largest royal family, not to mention His Majesty, King Yi and the old man of the Emperor Taishang may not have other ideas.

Therefore, you have nothing to do with the Wang family, it seems that you are ostracized, but in fact, you have won the favor of the emperor, he put you in Jiangnan, that is, he trusts you, I believe that you will deal with it impartially, and help to look forward to His Majesty's nest.

Now, since the Prime Minister wants to operate on the periphery of the Wang family, it is with the approval of His Majesty, otherwise it is impossible to do this, and if you don't cooperate, it means that you are afraid of the Wang family and refuse to offend the powerful, we don't care, but in the future, if Your Majesty knows, what will you think?

To put it bluntly, His Majesty has long had the heart to deal with those guys who cling to the royal family, but it's just not easy to start, so those of us who are courtiers need to come forward.

Therefore, you are in danger in the future, the biggest danger is not other people, but the opinion of the Majesty, once the Majesty thinks that you are not responsible, and you are unwilling to offend people for the sake of the Majesty, then your future is really worrying, and even because you are in a high position, the so-called standing high, falling hard, is likely to end up worse than ordinary people.

It was these words that scared Zhang Wei, who was already suspicious, out of a cold sweat.

Indeed, Zhang Wei thought about it, cleaning up the imperial property is such a big matter, it is impossible for Shen Shiming not to ask the emperor for advice. And without the approval of His Majesty the Emperor, he would never dare to start. So, since Shen Shiming is going to start, it means that this is really what His Majesty means, and His Majesty is going to attack the Wang family.

As for why the emperor didn't greet him, it is likely that he also took the opportunity to observe and see what his subordinates were thinking, whether they were all related to the Wang family, and if so......

Thinking of this, Zhang Wei shuddered.

Because he knows. The Praetorian Guards were brought out by the emperor, and with the radio, the people below could also talk to the emperor directly, so theoretically, it was impossible to rebel.

But there are accidents in everything, although there is a radio below to communicate, but it is a person who has the radio, as long as it is a person, it can be co-opted and corroded.

Now inside the three major military regions. The two military regions are related to the Wang family, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the Wang family has a large number of important industries that do not need to pay taxes. It is equivalent to saying that he controls a huge amount of money, and is currently the richest business group except for His Majesty's private treasury.

This is rich and powerful, and the number of people in the same family is large. It's simply the capital of the emperor, and if he is the emperor, he also has to worry about usurpation. Even if you don't worry about usurping power, you have to worry about being overlooked.

On the contrary, it was himself who had no direct contact with the Wang family, so the emperor let himself sit in the center, which made it clear that he was more at ease with himself, but he didn't say it explicitly.

After all, compared with several other military regions, Jiangnan is the most important, because most of the empire's finances, taxes and industries are in the Jiangnan region, especially the arms, without the arms supply in Jiangnan, the armies in other places will soon lose their supplies, and they will not be able to play at all.

So let yourself sit in Jiangnan, it seems that there are not as many opportunities as the other two military regions, but in fact, this is the real top priority, as long as you defend it well, it will be a great achievement!

Now, since the emperor wants to do something to the Wang family, if he stands by and watches, it will definitely arouse the emperor's suspicion, or at least an incompetent evaluation.

Hu Xueyan is very good at observing words and feelings, and after finding that Zhang Wei was touched, he immediately spoke again, and this operation was personally concerned and participated in by the queen mother, that is to say, not only people from the State Council will go out, but also people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be dispatched, what does this mean, do you understand the meaning of this?

At this time, Zhang Wei's head was a mess, and the more he thought about it, the more complicated it became, so when he heard the other party say this, he simply asked what it meant.

Hu Xueyan said, if you don't understand, then I'll give you a hint. Her Majesty the Empress has now given birth to a crown prince, and so far, the Emperor has only this one prince.

His Majesty the Emperor is now far away in North America to fight, although His Majesty is blessed with all the heavens, and there will be no trouble, but this soldier is in danger and fierce, and he can't save a case, so in case His Majesty can't come back, or there are some rumors that he can't come back, who should this Jiangshan Sheji be?

Hearing this, Zhang Wei stood up immediately, because he was really stunned.

Indeed, because of the emperor's age, he had never thought about what it would be like without the emperor before, after all, according to normal circumstances, the emperor must have lived longer than them, so they didn't worry about the emperor unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

Zhang Wei also read the history books, in his opinion, most of the things that the founding emperors of the previous dynasties killed the heroes were for their children, because many heroes were younger than the emperor, and the emperor was afraid that he would leave, and his children would not be able to control it.

But now that the empire is newly established and the emperor is so young, Zhang Wei has not considered this problem.

However, the fact that the emperor changed his name and surname to lead troops to fight in North America made Zhang Wei see another side of His Majesty, that is, the emperor was not stable enough and too rash, so it was easy to die early.

Once he dies early, His Majesty the Emperor is a young child, and there is an elder brother on it, and the Wang family is also a big family, so it is really difficult to say what will happen in the future.

That's right, the Praetorian Guard was indeed infinitely loyal to the emperor, but at that time it was loyal to the emperor himself, and if the emperor was gone, there would be a problem with whom this loyalty would be given.

In short, Zhang Wei compares his heart to his heart, if he is the emperor, he will definitely worry about the situation that his relatives are too strong, not only his relatives, but even his brother Yiwang is also a threat, after all, normally speaking, everyone wants their children to inherit their own qiē.

It was with this in mind that Zhang Wei immediately made up his mind to obey Shen Shiming's arrangement, in other words, he would do what Shen Shiming wanted him to do.

Seeing Zhang Wei's painful decision, Hu Xueyan and Shen Shiming glanced at each other, and then they exhaled.

In fact, Hu Xueyan's remarks just now. It's all a spur of the moment, not because it was thought about in advance, but in fact, His Majesty the Emperor didn't think about it so much.

For example, Zhang Wei's sitting in Jiangnan was not deliberate by Li Yongji, but by chance.

When he fought against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhang Wei mainly fought in the south, while Li Yongji took Zhou Da to support Wang Sanwu, and later defeated Zeng Lingqin's army and took advantage of the northern expedition. In the end, Beijing was defeated in one go.

After the capture of Beijing, Li Yongji asked Zhou Da to sit in Beijing instead because of other things, and slowly, Zhou Da became the person in charge of the Beijing Military Region, Wang Sanwu became the person in charge of the Jinan Military Region, and Zhang Wei, who had been in the south, became the person in charge of the Suzhou Military Region.

Therefore, this is not a deliberate thing, and Li Yongji didn't think about it so much. Even when Zhou Da married a woman from the Wang family, Li Yongji had already gone to the United States, and at most he sent a congratulatory message.

In other words, Li Yongji is now focused on other things. Especially when it comes to how to dismember the United States, he doesn't have time to care about his own pile of, and he doesn't care.

The reason is simple, the military power of the empire is still firmly in the hands of Li Yongji. The financial power is also in his hands, so he is not afraid that because he has been absent from the country for a long time, he will not be able to suppress the shape and turn the sky upside down.

As for what Shen Shiming said about dealing with the Wang family. In fact, Li Yongji didn't pay much attention to it, he actually only because Shen Shiming had been crying poor, saying that the treasury couldn't make ends meet, and he felt that he didn't pay taxes on so many industries, and he was indeed a little unhappy, so he agreed to let him reform and let the imperial property pay taxes.

However, at that time, Li Yongji only agreed to his reforms and agreed to his collection of taxes on the imperial property, including those private properties controlled by Li Yongji.

In other words, Li Yongji's idea was that the empire could collect taxes on his private core industries, but only a fixed tax, and could not interfere with the internal operations of these industries for the time being, let alone investigate the specific operation of these industries.

As for the business names of those guys under the banner of the royal family, Li Yongji also felt that they were doing a bit too much, so he had no opinion on letting Shen Shiming do it himself.

After hearing this at that time, Shen Shiming immediately asked, can those peripheral industries under the banner of the Wang family and the Li family be treated the same as other ordinary businesses, and collect business tax and value-added tax in the same proportion?

Li Yongji said yes, anyway, in his opinion, these companies have made enough money, and paying some taxes is nothing, and if you pay taxes, the country will be better, the country will be better, in fact, he is better, anyway, this country is his dictatorship, and the treasury is no different from his private treasury.

That is to say, Li Yongji's instructions at that time were relatively simple, just agreeing with Shen Shiming to reform those royal enterprises, and the reform could only collect taxes from these enterprises, and did not let him open the door to the Wang family.

Shen Shiming also listened to this will at that time, and only planned to collect some taxes from those imperial properties and subsidize the treasury, but he didn't think too much, and even what he thought was to only collect those peripherals, and the core things would not be moved first, so as not to collide with the imperial relatives early.

However, when Wang Tianer's family blatantly killed the tax officer they photographed and put them in the air to show the public, Shen Shiming was really angry, because this was obviously not giving him face and not giving face to the State Council!

Therefore, Shen Shiming wanted to take advantage of the situation and eradicate the forces of the Wang family, at least the peripheral forces, only in this way can the prestige of the State Council be established and everyone know whether his words as prime minister are effective or not.

After having this thought, he lobbied the queen Yin Susu, and came to Zhang Wei again, just to borrow the situation everywhere, this posture is no longer as simple as charging more taxes.

Now, the queen has been convinced, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has decided to help, and Zhang Wei has also been persuaded by his subordinates, and has also decided to send troops to brush up on his side, plus the State Council, it can be said that the three parties are joining forces.

In today's empire, under the condition that the emperor cannot personally intervene, if the internal affairs office, the State Council, and the Praetorian Guard join forces to do one thing, it is really unstoppable, and any force or individual will be crushed by this force.

Therefore, he just wants to use the Wang Tianer incident as an excuse, to win over the other two forces, and to attack the peripheral children of the Wang family, to establish his authority, so that everyone can know whether his Shen Shiming's words are effective or not, this is the real purpose of him doing so many things. (To be continued......)