Chapter 16: The Storm of the Great Zhou (Part II)

"But since the emperor is not afraid of the remnants of King Wei, why is the emperor that the letter in this mansion is fake? ......." Han Qiyun was suddenly stunned as he said this, and then he said incredulously: "Could it be that the Holy Lord has long wanted to fight Nanchu, this so-called remnant of the King of Wei is just pushing the boat down the river." ”

Han Yi didn't answer, but picked up the tea on the table and drank it.

"But why?" Han Qiyun was puzzled: "Why does Your Majesty suddenly want to attack Nanchu?" Shouldn't my Great Zhou's biggest enemy be Jinmeng in the north? ”

"Do you know how much silver the court copied when the mansion was copied?" Faced with Han Qiyun's doubts, Han Yi did not answer directly, but asked slowly.

"It is said that it is, three million taels of silver?" The mansion is hugely greedy, and Han Qiyun has also heard of it.

"Last year, the flood in Xiangfu was flooded, and the disaster silver allocated by the imperial court was only one million taels of silver, so the ministers of the court and the central government quarreled for three days and three nights. But just one building was copied, and the treasury was three million taels more overnight. ”

"Besides, the three divisions of this case will be tried, and there are a lot of people involved, and after all parties take action, the number reported to the imperial court is afraid that it is not even two percent of the actual amount."

"Hiss~" Han Qiyun took a breath of cold air, "That's it, more than fifteen million taels." This building ...... There is such savings! ”

"Lou Fu has been operating in Lingjing for a hundred years, and Lou Zhongtai is also a secretary of the ministry, so he has accumulated his savings, and he is not for it." Han Yi said with a well-informed look.

However, in the face of his father's calmness, Han Qiyun suddenly thought of something. He Lao Tzu is the left servant of the Criminal Department, and he was originally one of the principals in the trial of the Loufu case, and among the various forces involved in the partition of the Loufu, I am afraid that his father will have a share. I don't know how much oil and water is contained in just one Lou Zhongtai, his old father has been up and down in the Criminal Department for many years, and the secret savings of his Han Mansion are not much lower than those of Lou Mansion. And when the old man is about to die, all this wealth will not be his. At that time, if his official function is on the upper floor and he becomes the third-in-command of the Ministry of Officials, then even if he is the position of the secretary of the Ministry in his life, it will not be impossible for him to sit on it.

Pressing the heat in his heart, Han Qiyun said with righteous words on his face: "Lou Fu is so rich, it can be seen how many corrupt things that Lou Zhong Tai has done, and he is really a minister in vain. ”

Hearing this, Han Yi lay down and looked at Han Qiyun with interest, seeing that Han Qiyun's hair was straight, and Han Yi said after a while: "You haven't learned other skills well, but this word hypocrisy is really better than blue." After ridiculing his son, Han Yi returned to the topic: "Okay, there is only our father and son here, so there is no need to pretend." The ministers in the court, if they have been in Beijing for three years and five years, they are not very rich. Although the Lou Mansion has been operating in Lingjing for a long time, and its savings are more than ordinary officials, it may not be ranked in terms of real background. ”

Han Qiyun exclaimed: "Can't even rank fifteen million taels? ”

"Although the Loufu entered Beijing early, the heritage of the famous family is less than a hundred years, and the largest family in the capital has been rooted here for more than 300 years."

"More than 300 years? This Great Zhou Dynasty has only been founded for more than 300 years, does my father mean it? Han Qiyun raised his fingers, implying that he didn't need to say anything, but Han Yi shook his head: "Although Song Shi is a royal family and nominally owns the world, it may not be true about wealth. ”

"But other than that..."Han Qiyun said suspiciously: "My son is stupid, I really can't think of anyone else who can hold this bull's ear." ”

"More than 300 years is just the limit of the Great Zhou Wang clan, but there is one family in Nanling City before the Great Zhou, if it is the exact background, I am afraid that even five hundred years is short." Han Yi said meaningfully.

"This, there is such a family in Lingjing City, Qi Yun is really unheard of!" Han Qiyun shook his head and said.

"Have you forgotten where the oldest stone steps in this mausoleum capital are?"

"The son doesn't know, please ask the father to solve the doubts."

Seeing that Han Qiyun really couldn't answer, Han Yi said bluntly: "The oldest, largest and deepest in this mausoleum capital is the place where countless people worship the Buddha day and night after many wars, covering an area of more than 500 acres in this mausoleum capital, Daxiangguo Temple!" ”

"Daxiangguoji? But the Buddha Gate is a pure place....."

"Heh," Han Yi interrupted his son with a sneer: "The pure place of Buddhism." Do you know that in the thirtieth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the lord of Southern Chu was called the emperor, and my Great Zhou 500,000 troops attacked it, although Southern Chu was defeated at that time, but my Great Zhou could not advance an inch. After a long attack, the lord of Southern Chu was called a minister, and the Great Zhou then pushed the boat class to return to the dynasty. After more than 100 years, Nanchu has been at the peak of national strength, and it is a vicious dog that lurks on the side of my Great Zhou couch, so that my Great Zhou has been like a stalk in my throat for more than 100 years. But now you look at this Southern Chu Kingdom, my Da Zhou just roared a little, and immediately wagged his tail and begged for mercy, without any fighting spirit, the gap between the front and back is so big, do you know the reason? ”

Han Qiyun, who asked this, was stunned for a moment, how could a half-tone official like him know about such a major national event, so he could only wait for Han Yi to explain his doubts.

"Hmph," although Han Yi was angry about his son's lack of learning and unskill, but this was not the time to care about this, he could only explain: "More than 100 years ago, the Southern Chu Kingdom was still a grinning dog, and after more than 100 years, the ferocity of Southern Chu faded and became a pug who only knew how to eat the Buddha and wagged his tail and beg for mercy. I want to be the master of Buddhism Linghui, the Dharma is profound, the magic is world-famous, in order to seek merit and success, he went to Nanchu to preach and preach, and influenced the lord of Nanchu with the great wisdom of Buddhism, and then the lord of Nanchu was enlightened, worshiped Buddhism, and made Buddhism the state religion, built a new temple in Nanchu, and preached Buddhism, and Nanchu was gradually called the Buddha country. Linghui's southward journey is also rumored to be a generation of good stories. ”

"Hmph, but Nan Chu has achieved the consummation of Linghui's merits, but what did Buddhism give to Nan Chu? For more than 100 years, Buddhism has built temples in Southern Chu, and the monks have said to occupy the land of Southern Chu; If a monk violates the law, the government will punish him and ask the temple for advice; And the monks eat fasting and chant Buddha all day long, do not work or talk, and also collect money in the name of charity; What's more, Jiangyang thieves, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, can really put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot, as long as they enter the Buddha Gate, the Buddha Gate will prevent disasters for them, and it is useless even when the government comes, I don't know how many people have paid the money to buy their lives for this. In Southern Chu, the status of Buddhist monks is the most noble, followed by the royal family of Southern Chu, the people of Southern Chu are all affected by this, and the husband is proud of being a monk and worshipping Buddha, not thinking about protecting the family and defending the country, and not worrying about male farmers and female weaving. Southern Chu respects Buddhism, but Buddhism feeds on Southern Chu. In the long past, this Nanchu will fall to the point where it is today. Do you think Buddhism is a pure place? Hmph, this Buddha sucks blood, and it is more ruthless than anyone else! ”

"So here, Qi Yun was taught." Han Qiyun was shocked when he heard this, but he was also puzzled when he secretly spoke: "But if Buddhism is like this, why do I also let Buddhism in Da Zhou and let this Great Xiangguo Temple ...... in Beijing?"

"Hmph," Han Yi snorted lightly, "Do you know how to raise pigs?" Although pigs eat a lot, they also get a lot of meat when they are killed. This Daxiangguo Temple is like a pig raised in Lingjing City, and when it raises prostitutes, it can be killed. ”

"There are many temples in this Southern Chu country, and they are blood-sucking bedbugs to Southern Chu, but to my Da Zhou, they are fat and strong."

Or, at the beginning, the lord of Nanchu also had the intention of raising pigs, but he was swallowed by pigs. Haha, ridiculous, ridiculous. Han Yi mocked Nan Chu mercilessly.

"But even if my Great Zhou attacked Southern Chu, Buddhism has always had a clean reputation among the people, and we grabbed it wantonly..... The reputation of wantonly levying military salaries is not good. Besides, Buddhism is all over the world, and there are countless people with strong martial arts, and I have offended Buddhism so much in Da Zhou, it is difficult to guarantee that Buddhism will not retaliate in the future. Han Qiyun asked again.

"Well, if you can think of this, you are not hopeless," Han Yi said: "Since this is the case, then you are thinking about it, if my Great Zhou uses troops against Nanchu, who will be the pioneer of this leader?" ”

"If you use troops, you will be the first to bear the brunt of the nearest Liangguang, and the leader must be Zhang Daocheng, the governor of Liangguang." Han Qiyun thought for a moment.

"Since it was him who killed and prevented fire, Zhang Daocheng ......," Han Yi looked at his son meaningfully, "Then what do you have to worry about?" ”

"Impossible, right?" Han Qiyun said: "This Daocheng first-class official, can he do this kind of thankless thing and put a basin on his head?" ”

"What if he has to?" Han Yi's tone was even lower.

"If the imperial court gives an order, he naturally has to do it," Han Qiyun shook his head and said, "But if Your Majesty can give this order, aren't you afraid that Zhang Daocheng will be dissatisfied?" After speaking, Han Qiyun raised his head, but at a glance, he saw Han Yi, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, a second-class member of the court, looking at him with his eagle-like sharp eyes.

Han Qiyun was looked at and didn't dare to speak, and he couldn't figure out for a moment whether he had said something wrong again.

However, Han Yi, who had been staring at his son for a long time, once again lost the light in his eyes, shook his head and sighed: "That's it, that's it, even then you can't see the twists and turns in this, then I'm not delusional." Do you still remember that in the winter of last year, in order to prevent Jin Meng from going south, His Majesty wanted to transfer the Zhenchu army under Zhang Daocheng's management to Beishan, but Zhang Daocheng refused to send people to deter Southern Chu. In the summer of this year, the imperial court asked Zhang Daocheng to go to Beijing to report on his work, but Zhang Daocheng delayed it again and again on the grounds that he was ill. Do you know that in the decades of Liangguang, Zhang Daocheng privately sent troops to raid the Southern Chu border every year, but he did not report to the imperial court, and the proceeds of his looting were not handed over to the national treasury. All the spies sent by the imperial court to investigate this matter were killed by him, and now these two vast places have become his Zhang family's words. ”

"Do you think our Emperor His Majesty really takes a fancy to the fat pig of Nanchu? No, what Your Majesty really wants to deal with is that no matter whether there is a rebellion or not, there is already a Governor of Liangguang who is a member of the dynasty and a first-class member of the dynasty - Zhang Daocheng! ”

"Our Majesty has long wanted to deal with the Zhang family, but there has been no chance, and the court will not allow His Majesty the Emperor to rashly move the opponent with heavy troops, but just this year, the fall of the Loufu gave him this opportunity."

"Why can't Your Majesty move Zhang Daocheng? First, he has no reputation, although Zhang Daocheng has long listened to the tune and disobeyed the orders of the imperial court, but after all, the general will not grant foreign military orders, as long as Zhang Daocheng does not really rebel, His Majesty cannot easily move him. Second, Zhang Daochenggui is a member of the first rank of the dynasty, and we, a group of old ministers, naturally cannot allow His Majesty to manipulate the humerus of the court in vain just based on suspicion. Third, Liangguang is far away from Lingjing, if you want to quietly transfer troops to encircle and suppress, you will not have the name of being a teacher, nor will you be able to hide from Zhang Daocheng's ears and eyes. Fourth, if the imperial court moves Zhang Daocheng, how should Nanchu solve it? Fifth, the imperial court has been suffering from internal and external troubles this year, although Zhang Daocheng, the governor of Liangguang, is a dark thunderbolt, but the situation can still be stabilized after all, but if it really sends troops to attack, where will the grain and grass for this army come from? Where did the money come from? If these problems are not solved, His Majesty will not be able to move Zhang Daocheng. ”

"Zhang Daocheng is afraid that he also understands these things through the ears and eyes of the Jingshi, so he has no fear, but what he, us, and His Majesty did not expect is that all these problems were solved at the moment when the building fell."