Chapter 137: Let Them Eat Dogs
"Lord Shizi, do you want to leak this news to the emperor?" Nine bowls asked.
If the emperor knew this news, he would definitely clean up the four princes and the Gao family.
Xie Xun shook the spoon in his hand, "No." Let their father and son go dog-eat-dog. ”
The more fiercely the emperor and the four princes bite the ground, the more he can reap the benefits of the fisherman.
There is another reason why he does not expose the four princes. If the emperor knew that the four princes were raising troops privately, he would definitely be furious and severely punish the four princes. When the time comes, the original three-legged stand will become two-legged, and the prince and queen will directly face the Xie family.
In today's situation, there are three legs, and no one side can deal with the other with all its might, which is the most beneficial to the Xie family.
10,000 people, the emperor may wake up in a dream, but Xie Xun is not afraid. If those 10,000 people want to be trained, it will take at least a month or two, and for such a long time, Chu Jue should have controlled the strength of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division in his hands. If the situation had been better, the fighting in northern Xinjiang would have stopped. He can send some Xie family troops to defend the capital.
The combat effectiveness of the Xie family's army, dealing with these wretched wastes in the capital, with one enemy and ten, is not a problem.
"The four princes still have silver to raise private soldiers, it seems that this prince was not ruthless enough to pick the ground before~"
Although he didn't intend to expose the Four Princes and the Gao family, Xie Xun didn't intend to let them succeed easily.
"Notice, in the near future, we will make every effort to surround and intercept the property trading of the four princes and the Gao family."
No money, see what he feeds those private soldiers with?
Although those 10,000 people were not a threat to him, he still had to cause some trouble for them, at least so that they could not grow and develop.
In fact, there is no need for Xie Xun to make trouble, the fourth prince and Gao Shiqing are already anxious because of these 10,000 people at the moment.
When the decision was made to recruit these private soldiers, there was no mention of the robbery of the ship, and they had enough money at that time. Now, the two have to work together to give money in order to keep the reserved teahouse private room.
Gao Shiqing is the worst, he is not like the four princes, from time to time there are officials below to pay respect, and now he can't even take out the money to invite the people of the Qingliu Gang to drink tea and hold a poetry meeting, and the people of the Qingliu Gang think that he is going to give up the position of the gang leader.
Of course, he didn't want to give up the position of the gang leader, those people in the Qingliu Gang were either already admitted to the Jinshi, or the future Jinshi and Tongjinshi could all have a place in the officialdom. He is the leader of this gang, and in the future, these people will naturally become members of his faction.
Fortunately, Xie Xun is the leader of the Gang, and the people of the Qingliu Gang can't find anyone else to be the leader of the gang for the time being, but if he doesn't leave those people alone, after the autumn season, the position of the gang leader will definitely change!
In order to stabilize the throne of this gang leader, he secretly sold two Zhuangzi, and before the silver was hot, the people from the Miyang side came to report, and the private soldiers of the four princes recruited 10,000 people to apply for various materials.
The last time he was bumped into by the third princess and eavesdropped, Gao Shiqing was discussing this matter with the fourth prince.
Today, the emperor is seriously suspicious, and even the palace concubine can't follow his family, let alone the prince's private soldiers?
Once the emperor knows, the captivity is light!
As for the Gao family, who helped the four princes raise private soldiers, they might have to raid the family and exterminate the clan.
Gao Shangshu also thought about this matter for a long time before making up his mind.
If you don't have a soldier in your hand, your fist is not hard enough. In the battle for succession, how can there be no soldiers in your hands?
Even if the fourth prince later decided to make the concubine of the Pei family, after all, the soldiers of the Pei family are in the hands of others, depending on the face of the Pei family, where can it be more reassuring than having soldiers in their hands?
This is also the selfishness of the Gao family. The Gao family raised private soldiers for the four princes, and it was regarded as holding the great handle of the four princes, and before the emperor died, the four princes could not leave the Gao family.
Gao Shangshu's father and son calculated very well, a sea ship was robbed, and the silver money was lost, which put the Gao family and the four princes in a predicament.
"How much money did my uncle scrape together?" The fourth prince asked, and pushed the box in his hand forward, "These were obtained after selling four shops." ”
Gao Shiqing didn't answer the question of the fourth prince, but opened the box first, and after counting, he frowned and shook his head, "It's only 50,000 taels, it's not enough." 10,000 people, to build barracks, to buy weapons and armor, to eat and drink, and to pay money......"
Counting, Gao Shiqing's temples suddenly ached again.
"It's really not good, first train with wooden spears and wooden swords, and the armor is not worthy of it first, anyway, they won't be needed to fight for the time being." The four princes have been forced by silver recently, and they even dreamed, how do they make up money?
Gao Shiqing sighed, "It can only be done temporarily." ”
Weapons and armor are the big heads of flowers, if you only eat, drink, wear and live, the 50,000 taels of the four princes plus the 30,000 taels of the Gao family, a total of 80,000 taels, should be able to support a few months. At most, three months, the shop can collect some silver.
Although the training effect of using wooden spears and wooden swords is poor, it is better than the soldiers of the family who do not train at all. When he was at home, Gao Shiqing had already thought of this method. It's just that this is a soldier of the four princes, and the four princes don't take the initiative to speak, so it's not good for their father and son to bring it up first. Now that the four princes themselves have proposed that the training effect of those soldiers in Japan is not satisfactory, it is no wonder that they are from a high family.
"Have you read today's morning paper?" The fourth prince asked.
Gao Shiqing naturally read it, and remembering the content of today's morning post, he sneered, "Now, I have completely given up the crown of the number one talent in the capital to that Xie Xun." ”
Even Mr. Youya admits defeat, what splash can he make?
"I'm not talking about that." Although the poems written by Xie Xun are all masterpieces, the four princes are not interested, "The noble women's clothing chain store wants to recruit shareholders, should we make up some money to participate in the shares?" ”
Gao Shiqing subconsciously shook his head, "Don't participate." There is no silver ginseng. ”
He was scared of Xie Xun's pit, and he no longer coveted the shops that Xie Xun had built.
The fourth prince also had some lingering palpitations, "This prince didn't plan to mix it up, it was Pei Youan, he said, only by contacting Xie Xun can he catch his mistake...... This time, let's participate a little less, 100,000 200,000, even if we are pitted, there is not much loss. ”
Gao Shiqing also felt that Pei Youan was right. Only by contacting the enemy can you better understand the enemy's movements, find their weaknesses, and kill them with one move.
It's just that he can't take out one hundred and two hundred thousand taels now, let alone one hundred and two hundred taels.
"Cousin, doesn't he have any money? Ask Pei Youan to borrow it, I heard that on the way to the capital, he led people to kill many bandits' nests, and now he is rich. ”
The matter of raising soldiers privately cannot be known to the Pei family, and the fourth prince did not talk to the Pei family about the military expenses, but he must find Pei Youan to make up some of the silver of the "noble girl".
Suppressing bandits is a common method used by the Pei family to collect money.
The sea ship of the Gao family and the four princes had an accident, and the sea ship that the Gao family gave to the Pei family also lost its income. The Pei family needs silver to raise soldiers, and after the Pei family enters Beijing, they also need a lot of silver taels to carry out activities in the court. The people in the capital are the most powerful, they have no money, and they can't be mixed up in the territory of the capital.
What to do?
Pei Youan proposed to save money by escorting his family into Beijing to suppress bandits!
He took 2,000 soldiers on the road, and divided into two teams along the way, one team to escort the convoy normally, and the other team pretended to be bandits and robbed the convoy. The group of guards had an excuse to suppress the bandits.
On the way to the capital, Pei Youan pulled out more than ten large and small bandit villages and collected countless gold and silver treasures.
Xie Xun also got the news, and the corners of his mouth curled up evilly, "So rich~ If this son doesn't do something, wouldn't he be sorry for the gold and silver treasures that Pei Youan stole him?"