166 Death shall be carried out horizontally and vertically

"The Xia family has been in power for many years, and they are in the game, so it is easy to see through fame and fortune and retreat to the countryside, but it is actually not easy to say." When Bai Changshan talked about this, he couldn't help but feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

What Bai Poria said makes sense, the emperor has made it clear that he is not willing to let the Xia family continue to stay in the court, if they automatically resign and leave, the emperor will take care of the queen's new funeral, and he will definitely have to compensate the Xia family in terms of face.

The Xia family is a family of poetry heirlooms, the tree is big and deep, the population in the clan is large, and there are many talented children, after a few years, the emperor's wariness of the Xia family is weakened, and the children of the Xia family enter the official through the imperial examination, maybe a few decades later, it will reappear again in the original situation.

But what they are doing now is clearly still thinking of clinging to the upstarts and uniting with Bai Changshan and his family to re-cultivate party henchmen in the court, with such thoughts, the emperor will run out of patience one day, and it will be when the Xia family is completely destroyed.

From the emperor's methods of dealing with the Mao family and the Xia family, it can be seen that he is very ruthless and very comparable, and even his own son can be sacrificed at will, not to mention others, the Xia family is so tossed, what awaits them is a dead end!

"In fact, the Xia family may not have thought about retiring, but there are too many people who depend on them in the local area, and there are intertwined interests between each other, they want to retreat, what about those who worship them all the year round and rely on their protection to make huge profits in the local area? Once the Xia family falls, these people will inevitably be liquidated and retaliated by other forces that have been suppressed by them, and even if the emperor wants to stop pursuing it, he will not be able to hide the public opinion in the world. Xia Ge Lao is already a dying man, his sons will inevitably be implicated, those crimes, confiscation and exile are light, they have relied on Xia Ge Lao's power for most of their lives, and they want to sacrifice for their families and become prisoners, where are they willing to do it. Bai Changshan sighed.

Bai Chou also agreed with Bai Changshan's opinion: "Now the Xia family is on the verge of riding a tiger, or continue to hold on, relying on the queen's death in the harem, the emperor is inconvenient to immediately turn his face against them, and find a helper in the court to stabilize his position." They will not fall in the middle of the court, and the local people will not dare to take action against their henchmen lightly. Either go out, resign and go into hiding, and exile a few façade figures in the army to keep the other sons and nephews of the Xia family...... This also requires the emperor to be willing to be light. ”

"I'm afraid the emperor hates the Xia family in his heart...... The death of the mother concubine of the Sixth Highness has a major relationship with Queen Xia. ”

Bai Poria suddenly remembered that Gan Sui had said that the queen was burned alive by him because she killed his aunt, that is, Yang Heng's mother.

It is said that the emperor loved the concubine very much, he let Gan Sui kill the queen in the palace, and seemed to look at Yang Heng differently, all kinds of signs show that the emperor has been thinking about this unjustly killed concubine, coupled with the fact that the Xia family has controlled the government for decades, almost the imperial power is empty, and today finally has the opportunity to completely eradicate the Xia family Mao family, the emperor will not show mercy.

There are two paths in front of the Xia family, one is to resist stubbornly and die miserably, and the other is to quit with interest, leaving a little foundation so that the Xia family will not be removed from the Qi country from now on.

"In this way, the Xia family may have no chance of life. They are doing this now, just to give the emperor a chance to deal with them openly...... "Bai Changshan has been an official for many years, and he also vaguely heard about Concubine Yue back then, he knows that his granddaughter is good friends with Yang Heng, and his daughter-in-law used to be Tsing Yiwei, and it is not surprising that the emperor's eyes and ears will know some secrets in the palace.

Looking back on the past now, what the emperor revealed in his accidental remarks seems to be indeed a lot of hatred for the Xia family.

However, in this way, he was more determined to draw a clear line with the Xia family and prepare for his resignation as soon as possible.

"Not necessarily, if they take advantage of the resignation now, while the dirty things of the people below have not yet broken out, and quickly return to their hometowns, and then a few key people will falsely spread the epidemic disease, or claim that they were robbed and killed by bandits on the road, release the news of their deaths as soon as possible, and keep their names incognito from now on. Even if the emperor really finds out about the Xia family in the future, the key figures are gone, and it is not easy to treat the juniors of the Xia family. Although they can't be reunited with their families from now on, they don't have to kill their heads, and they don't have to be exiled to the army, so they can be regarded as picking up a small life. Bai Poria smiled.

Bai Changshan was dumbfounded when he heard this, but he had to admit that this was indeed a last resort.

However, if the Xia family did not truly realize the seriousness of the situation, I am afraid that they would not be willing to make this sacrifice decisively. They are now like a bunch of gamblers who have gambled red-eyed, and they still have a fluke mentality before they see the last hand, and they will not be willing to stop and leave anyway, even if they are repeatedly told that they will lose all the games when this one is opened, they will not believe it.

Bai Changshan has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has already practiced a hard-hearted heart, how the Xia family was flying before he saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, they have today, and he also has a great credit.

If the Xia family does not die, they will never show mercy to him when they come back in the future, so they have only heard what Bai Poria said, and they don't take it to heart, and they don't plan to persuade and hint at the Xia family.

Seeing that the topic was getting heavier and heavier, the family had no interest in continuing to talk, Bai Changshan would go to the palace early tomorrow morning, so they dispersed early and went back to their rooms to rest.

Bai Poria had only seen Gan Sui during the day today, and she was a little afraid that he would come to the door, and Gan Sui was very dissatisfied with her attitude of deliberately ignoring him, she could feel it, and with the temperament of the big devil, she would definitely find a way to make her sad.

She trembled and tossed and turned, and in the middle of the night, she was safe and sound, and then she was so tired that she fell asleep.

After a night of silence, when she got up early the next morning, Bai Poria couldn't help but secretly thank the emperor for the secret stake sent by the emperor, and also thanked the emperor for refusing Gan Sui's ridiculous idea of marrying her.

This is the capital, no matter how strong he is against the sky, he will not do it against the emperor in the open. The more Bai Poria thought about it, the more relieved she became, and finally her guard was gone.

The time of the appointment with the comfrey was at the end of the morning (around eleven o'clock in the morning), and Bai Poria deliberately set off earlier to see the situation of Linglong Pavilion.

On one side of the main building of the Linglong Pavilion, there is an elegant room for the ladies of the wealthy families to choose custom-made jewelry, which is quiet and quiet, and the people who come and go are trained maids, as well as exquisite snacks and tea, which is very much the scale of a flagship store of a top luxury brand.

No wonder Linglong Pavilion can become the No. 1 jewelry firm in the capital, it does have something outstanding, Bai Poria is very satisfied, and he feels more and more that his grandfather is really worth it!

As far as I can see, grandpa's net worth is by no means inferior to her father's, and with this large share of the industry, her goal of saving 10,000 people is estimated to be completed much faster!

She was overjoyed when she thought of this! So much so that when he walked to the elegant room agreed with the comfrey, he was still smiling.

Zicao was dressed in a water-blue dress, with a silver-black belt tied around her waist, and she waited in the elegant room with a smile, and when she saw her, she hugged her fists and said, "Miss Bai is polite!" ”

Bai Poria returned the salute and invited her to sit down and speak.

"I don't know what the young lady is meeting for?" Comfrey has a straightforward temperament, and does not beat around the bush, so she will get straight to the point and ask the reason.

Bai Ling was already prepared: "The purple grass girl must also know what happened in the capital on Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Zicao stuck out her tongue: "Such a big thing, the women and children on the street know it, if we don't know about it, we should beat it!" ”

"On that day, there was an elite dead soldier of the Mao family, probably a thousand people, who kidnapped Princess Antai, the two little princes and I and escaped from the capital. A few days ago, it was discovered that their traces appeared in a mountain field more than 200 miles away from Beijing, and it was said that they intended to rescue the Mao prisoners in prison. Bai Poria said.

Zicao showed a disapproving look on her face, and said, "I don't understand the matter of marching and fighting, but I have been in the capital for some days, how strict are the guards in the capital?" Even if they succeed in sneaking into the city and robbing the prisoners from the prison, it is impossible to escape from the capital, even if they all have the ability to be ten. What a whims! ”

"Yes! Clear-eyed people know that they will not succeed, and to be honest, it has nothing to do with us whether the people of the Mao family are dead or alive. The problem now is that such a group of people are wandering outside, and after a long time, they will inevitably become bandits. They are formally trained, well-organized, and enforced, and are not comparable to ordinary bandits. There are horses in hand, coming and going like the wind, and it is easy to rob the people of the state capitals around the capital. Generally, the gangs in the rivers and lakes can't deal with them, and the imperial court wants to send troops to encircle and suppress them, and they will immediately disperse and flee into the mountains, even if they are 120,000 officers and soldiers, they can't help it. Then it will be the unarmed people who will suffer. ”

When Bai Poria said this, she saw that Zicao's face became solemn, and she knew that such a statement could most impress these people in the hall who took the world as their own responsibility.

She smiled secretly in her heart and continued: "So my eldest brother Lu Ying came up with a plan to lure the enemy, and wanted to use me as bait to lure out those dead soldiers of the Mao family. In order to take me hostage, they want to blackmail my family to rescue the Mao family prisoners for them, and they will definitely attack me on my way back to Beiguan City after I leave Beijing......"

Zicao said: "Miss Bai wants to ask me to pretend to be your identity to lure the enemy?" ”

Talking to smart people is a time saver! Bai Poria nodded in admiration in her heart.

She was afraid that the comfrey would not be interesting, thinking that she wanted to invite someone from the Relief Hall to protect her, which would be embarrassing.

She didn't let the people of Jiqiao take the risk herself, which was a little unreasonable, but now that they have taken the initiative, it is even better!

Zicao said: "Of course, this is obligatory! But...... There is a difficulty......" As he spoke, he glanced at the white fruit, red yeast rice and bayberry and other maids behind Bai Poria with an embarrassed face, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

What is inconvenient to say in public? Bai Poria thought for a moment and waved her hand to signal them all to withdraw.

Seeing them go out, Zicao closed the door with a happy face, and a trace of vigilance flashed in Bai Poria's heart - she wouldn't have any strange intentions, right?