Capital!

Afraid of one's own shadow.

Even ordinary people can feel that the atmosphere in the capital is a little weird recently.

Dignitaries and nobles, the doors of their homes are closed, whether they are powerful ministers or nobles, they have lost their former doors, and they rarely come to each other's doors to contact each other.

The reason for this strange atmosphere is that not long ago, the officials sent by the Holy Shang to Qingzhou came back to play, and it was indeed true that Zhenweihou occupied the Dahan Commercial Bank, and Zhenweihou was also killed by Lin Ye, the owner of the Dahan Commercial Bank.

However, Lin Ye killed Zhen Weihou because Zhen Weihou sent his subordinates to kill more than a dozen shopkeepers of the Han Commercial Bank, and according to the law of Dashang, Lin Ye's behavior was justified defense.

If that's all it takes, according to this official's investigation, in addition to the crime of occupying the Dahan trading house, Zhenweihou has many other crimes.

Zhenweihou was in Qingzhou, training private soldiers, and wantonly encroaching on the fields of the people of Qingzhou, and the people were miserable.

In addition, in the name of selecting treasures for the royal family, Zhenweihou forcibly asked the merchants to offer rare treasures, but these rare treasures were privately swallowed by Zhenweihou.

The most serious point is that the Marquis of Zhenwei also colluded with the Zhenwu Palace in the name of the royal family.

These three sins, especially the last one, are taboo.

Seven days later.

On the seventh day since the Qingzhou officials returned to the court, the current saint issued an order, Zhenwei Hou was beheaded, Princess Changning was stripped of her status as a royal princess, and Princess Changning's mother was also sent to the cold palace and could not come out for life.

In the capital, there is news that after the Qingzhou officials reported to the court, Prime Minister An Cheng wrote to ask the Holy Lord to severely punish the Marquis of Zhenwei and even Princess Changning, in order to prove the innocence of the royal family.

But Princess Changning's mother is the most favored concubine of the saint, so the saint did not agree to Prime Minister An's request and temporarily suppressed it in advance.

It wasn't until the seventh day that the current saint suddenly changed his mind and agreed to Prime Minister An's request in the court, that he had such a severe treatment of Zhenweihou, including Princess Changning.

It is said that the reason is that on the fifth day, five martial saints came to the capital.

These five martial saints come from martial arts sects in different states, these five came to the capital to ask the royal family to give an explanation, Zhen Weihou colluded with the Zhenwu Palace, is it the idea of the royal family or is Zhen Weihou making his own assertions under the banner of the royal family in order to seek personal gain?

Facing the pressure of the five martial saints, the current saint had to severely punish Zhen Weihou and Princess Changning, in order to show that this matter was Zhen Weihou's personal behavior and had nothing to do with the royal family.

The strange atmosphere in the capital is related to this incident.

Some people think that the saint's tearful disposal of his favorite concubines, including being forced into the palace by the martial saint, was caused by Prime Minister An.

If An Cheng chooses to deal with this matter privately from time to time, it will not have such a big impact, at most, it will only be to deal with Zhen Weihou, and it is even very likely that Zhen Weihou will not have to die.

In the eyes of everyone, the reason why Prime Minister An did this was because of his relationship with the young owner of the Han Commercial Bank.

Since Prime Minister An said the matter of Zhenweihou in the court, someone went to investigate the relationship between Prime Minister An and the young owner of the Dahan Commercial Bank, and this investigation found that the young owner of the Dahan Commercial Bank was indeed Prime Minister An's life-saving benefactor.

The life-saving benefactor was threatened, and Prime Minister An repaid the favor, but he ignored the saint's grace and the saint's face, and he poked this thing out, and the saint was very annoyed with Prime Minister An in his heart.

For those officials, they don't understand why Prime Minister An is doing this, as long as he talks to the saint in private, he can also save his life.

Shengshang and Prime Minister An, a model of monarchs and ministers, I am afraid that from this moment on, there will be a barrier.

"Estrangement, as early as a few years ago, I was afraid that I would become a thorn in the side of the saint."

Prime Minister's Office.

An Zisheng sighed.

He had in his hand a list of curiosities, which had been searched by officials who had gone to Qingzhou.

"Zihou, thank you for your hard work." An Zisheng looked at the young official standing in front of him.

"Serving the teacher, the disciple is not hard." Xu Zihou sighed as he listened to his mentor and said, "Mentor, why do you say the saint is doing this?" ”

Xu Zihou looked at the list in his mentor's hand, which he had obtained from those businessmen and magnates who had been blackmailed by Jiang Beiyu when he was in Qingzhou.

There are many priceless treasures in this list, but these treasures did not enter the Hou Mansion, and according to the clues he investigated, these treasures were sent north to the capital.

It goes without saying where to send it.

Zhen Weihou did not really collect treasures under the banner of the royal family privately, but really collected treasures for the royal family, and these treasures were mainly precious medicinal materials and some exercises.

Zhen Weihou didn't lie about this, so the collusion between Zhen Weihou and Zhenwu Palace, is there also a shadow of the saint behind it?

Xu Zihou shuddered at the thought of this, he didn't understand what the Holy Lord was going to do.

"Holy Lord, he is a Ming Emperor, but he wants to be an unprecedented emperor."

An Zisheng looked at his protégé, knowing what his protégé was confused about, he didn't know why the saint did this.

"All dynasties, the longest is not more than five hundred years, in addition to the royal family itself, there is also a big factor is the existence of martial arts sects, these martial arts sects are born in the world but higher than the world, not controlled by the court, even if the dynasty changes, the sect still exists. The Holy One wants to change that. ”

Xu Zihou listened to his teacher's explanation, and was shocked, he didn't expect that the saint would have such great ambitions.

The martial arts sect, the top martial arts sect in any state, has existed for more than five hundred years, far exceeding the existence of a dynasty, and the Great Shang Dynasty has been in full combat for less than thirty years, he doesn't understand where His Majesty got such a big confidence to be able to do it.

"Our Majesty is a person who sees far ahead, which is why he is relieved that I am the prime minister, and even allows me to control the government, because even if I control the government, it will only be a few decades, and what I can bring him is a stable country."

An Zisheng's heart was a little cold, he thought that the Holy Lord really trusted him, but one thing after another told him that the Holy Lord was just using him.

If it weren't for Lin Gongzi's reminder, he would not have established a yamen to monitor merchants, but he was afraid that at that time, the saint would have raised a butcher's knife to collect the wealth of many merchants to the royal family.

At the beginning, he elevated his status as a merchant and offended many powerful people, and at that time, without the Holy Lord's action, these powerful people could attack him in groups, and what the Holy Lord had to do was just push the boat along the river.

When he established the Department of Supervision and Commerce, he had already destroyed the plan of the Holy One, and the two were estranged.

It's just because the king wants his ministers to die, and he doesn't die.

Now, it is just to widen this rift and even put it on the surface.

"Teacher, what should we do next?" Xu Zihou looked at An Zisheng with some concern, afraid that his teacher would misunderstand, so he immediately explained: "The safety of the students is nothing, but I am afraid of you." ”

"Don't worry, it's not so simple for the Holy Lord to move me now, at least not in the short term." An Zisheng then changed his words: "Zihou, I heard that your wife and son are pregnant, and you have already returned to your hometown?" ”

"Well, there is an old mother at home to help take care of his wife." Xu Zihou nodded, his marriage was still a matchmaker made by his teacher at that time.

"The water and soil environment in Canglan County is good, suitable for living, if you want, let your family go there to live."

Xu Zihou raised his head and looked at his teacher in some surprise.

Canglan County was originally not famous, but because of the recent incident of the Dahan Commercial Bank, this county town appeared in the field of vision of hundreds of officials, and the owner of the Dahan Commercial Bank was Canglan County.

"I listen to my teacher." Xu Zihou realized and nodded.

An Zisheng watched his protégé disciple leave, with a wry smile on his face, everything made Lin Gongzi right, and the contradiction between him and the saint was already irreconcilable.

The saint wanted to be the lord and let the royal family live forever, but what he wanted was to let the people live a prosperous life.

Changing the long-standing pattern of the world is not a blessing for the people.

……

……

Palace!

Bedroom!

Emperor Shang Yuan's face was gloomy, the ground was full of smashed porcelain shards, and the eunuchs and palace maids were tiptoeing to clean.

After half a ring, there was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and when the sound reached the door of the dormitory, the visitor slowed down and walked in lightly.

"Your Majesty, good news, that one has agreed to come to the capital."

It was an old eunuch who came in, and as soon as he said this, Emperor Shang Yuan's gloomy face immediately turned clear, and he looked at the eunuchs and palace maids around him: "All retreat." ”

Soon there were two people left in the dormitory, Emperor Shang Yuan and the old eunuch.

"Tell me about the situation."

"He made three requests, the first of which was that His Majesty would provide him with one million taels of gold."

The old eunuch didn't dare to look at Emperor Shang Yuan, he lowered his head and said, Emperor Shang Yuan frowned, and the next moment he said in a deep voice: "What about the remaining two?" ”

"The second requirement is to appoint a prince and let the prince marry his daughter."

Perhaps because he was afraid of Emperor Shang Yuan's anger, the old eunuch immediately said the third request: "The third request is to ask Your Majesty to make him a national teacher." ”

After speaking, the old eunuch knelt on the ground and did not dare to move.

The entire dormitory fell silent, and the cold sweat on the old eunuch's forehead continued to seep out, even if it dripped on the ground, the old eunuch still didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it.

Just when the old eunuch couldn't bear this silent torment, finally came the sound of heaven that he wanted to hear.

"In reply to him, I agreed to all his requests, but I have a request, in order to prove his strength, I want him to kill someone!"

The old eunuch didn't dare to raise his head, and asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty, who do you want him to kill?" ”

"Lin Ye, the owner of the Han Commercial Bank." Emperor Shang Yuan said expressionlessly: "Tell him to carry Lin Ye's head to the palace, and I will agree to his three requests one by one." ”

"Minion, I'll inform him."

The old eunuch kowtowed three times, and withdrew respectfully, not daring to look up at Long Yan from beginning to end.

"An Zisheng, I originally thought that you and I had a relationship between the monarch and the minister, and I wanted to leave you with dignity, but you forced me."

The old eunuch who had just exited the dormitory, when he heard the words of Emperor Shang Yuan in the dormitory, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly quickened his pace, he didn't dare to wonder if the saint's words were deliberately let him hear it, but even if he heard it, he could only pretend not to hear it.

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……

The stars are changing, and it is another three years of spring and winter.

Canglan County.

The most prosperous county town in the entire Nanjiang Prefecture has far exceeded the state town.

Dahan Commercial Bank was no longer low-key three years ago, and invested a lot of silver taels to rebuild Canglan County, coupled with the influence of the commercial banks, many commercial banks opened branches here, which made the business of Canglan County extremely developed.

For ordinary people, they only know that the prosperity of Canglan County is because of the Han Commercial Firm, but for people in the martial arts, the reason why Canglan County surpasses the state city and enters their field of vision is because of one person.

Snow Swordsman - Jing Yu.

As early as more than two years ago, Huizhou, Anzhou, and Jinzhou, the martial arts sects where the three states adjacent to Nanjiang Prefecture are located, sent disciples in one after another, perhaps to absorb the failure of the True Martial Arts Hall in Nanjiang Prefecture.

The god-level gate of Nanjiang Prefecture was originally the strongest and only a half-step martial saint was in charge, but now there are three of them at once, in the eyes of the martial artists of Nanjiang Prefecture, Nanjiang Prefecture is afraid that it will be divided by these three sects.

But what no one expected was that these three half-step martial saints were all folded in Nanjiang Prefecture, and they were all folded in the hands of one person.

Snow Swordsman - Jingyu.

After these three half-step martial saints stepped into Nanjiang Prefecture, they acted extremely domineering, if there were sects that were unwilling to surrender to them, they would directly occupy their mountain gates and drive them away, and several sects would be wiped out by these three if they were unwilling to move away.

That month was the most aggrieved month for the martial artists of Nanjiang Prefecture, and it was in this situation that Jing Yu made a move, and he killed three half-step martial saints in one day, and the heavy snow covered the entire Nanjiang Prefecture that day.

The three half-step martial saints were destroyed, and the martial artists who came in from these three states did not have their original arrogance, because Jing Yu left a sentence after destroying these three half-step martial saints.

If the martial arts sect in Nanjiang Prefecture voluntarily surrendered to him, he would not care, but if he dared to force the martial arts sect and martial artists in Nanjiang Prefecture, he would kill one of them.

Kill the warriors of Nanjiang Prefecture for no reason, kill!

Force the Nanjiang Martial Arts Sect, kill!

Those who are not convinced, kill!

These three sentences made the martial arts of Nanjiang Prefecture stable for three years, and the martial arts sects that came in from the three states of Anzhou also began to change their strategies, tempting the martial arts and martial arts sects in Nanjiang Prefecture to join them with benefits.

As a result, the entire Nanjiang Prefecture Martial Arts maintained a rather strange stability.

But everyone knows that whether this stability lasts depends on one question.

Did the Snow Swordsman step into the Martial Saint?

Some old men felt that the snow swordsman Jing Yu had not stepped into the Martial Saint, but was only the pinnacle of the half-step Martial Saint, and he was still one step away from the Martial Saint.

In addition, there is another important factor, the three sects that have died in the half-step Martial Saint will definitely not give up, the reason why the Martial Saint powerhouse has not yet been dispatched is because the Martial Saint is in retreat.

As long as the martial saint powerhouse is in retreat, he generally won't pay attention to foreign affairs, unless someone calls the sect and hits the mountain gate, he will go out halfway.

"Snow Swordsman Jing Yu is right, three days later, my Elder Taishang of the Sect will come to take your dog's life!"

In Anzhou, the Martial Saint of the Heavenly Sword Gate came out of the customs, and a disciple of the Stunned Realm came to deliver a letter, and the sound resounded throughout the Canglan County.

The next moment, the body of the Heavenly Sword Gate, a disciple of the Astonishing Realm, was nailed to the city gate with a flying sword.

All the warriors in the city were in an uproar, and the Heavenly Sword Gate issued a battle letter, and the Snow Swordsman also responded.

(End of chapter)