Chapter 618: Joining forces

PS: I'm sorry, I passed the wrong chapter yesterday, what do you do, I'm sorry everyone, I'm really sorry, I didn't read it carefully yesterday, I'm sorry

In the early dynasties, a tradition that has been passed down through the dynasties, the emperor would receive the ministers in the court every day when the sun had just risen, and the ministers would report to the emperor on the official affairs they had done yesterday. Since the founding of the Tianlong Empire, the throne has passed to the hands of Ximen Ye, who dedicated the emperor, and the current early dynasty is gone. Those shili who disobeyed Zhang Rang have been swept out of the court, and now the minister has to report to Zhang Rang in the Fushou Palace, let Zhang Rang deal with it personally, and then hand it over to his subordinates to handle it. Now Zhang Rang's health is getting worse and worse, and he can no longer handle government affairs, and the morning recital was sent to the celebrant supervisor, and then handed over to Zhao Gao to deal with it, of course, Zhang Rang did not hand over all the responsibility to Zhao Gao, and the four permanent servants were also placed in the ceremonial supervisor by Zhang Rang, and the establishment of the East Factory was to a certain extent Zhang Rang's desire to limit Zhao Gao's strength, but unfortunately the establishment of the East Factory was not very successful, and Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian were simply all the way.

In the early dynasty, Zhao Gao, who was the celebrant supervisor, did not deal with the recital sent by the minister, but sat there in a daze, thinking about something. The little eunuch among the celebrant eunuchs didn't dare to come forward to disturb Zhao Gao, they all knew that Zhao Gao had to ponder like this for a long time when he made a major decision. Several sergeants, led by a eunuch, hurried to the celebrant and walked into the celebrant with their heads bowed. Seeing Zhao Gao's appearance, the little eunuch hurriedly stood aside and waited, and the sergeants were obviously very urgent, waiting with an anxious face, but they didn't dare to step forward.

"Father-in-law. There was an urgent military situation from Qingzhou in the north. Zhao Gao opened his eyes slightly. The little eunuch who was standing aside and waiting hurriedly stepped forward to pray. The sergeants who followed behind the little eunuch hurriedly took out a military report from their bags behind their backs and put it in front of Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao waved his hand slightly, and the little eunuch hurriedly retreated with a few sergeants and stood outside the door waiting.

Zhao Gao picked up the military newspaper in his hand and glanced at it gently, it seemed that the two hungry wolves in the north finally couldn't help it. Zhao Gao lightly tapped the desktop, thinking about countermeasures. Qingzhou in the north, that is Zhang Rang's territory, and the Shili of the Zhang family is still developing on it. At this time, Dong Zhuo led the army and Fang Jiao to unite and attack Qingzhou in the north. And the Zhang family was not surprised to send a battle report to the emperor asking for help.

"Let Zhang Heling advance north with the First Guards Regiment, Chen Bingqing Division border. In addition, the second, eleventh, and twelfth armies were mobilized to approach north. In addition, the army of Nangong Boyan in the Tiger Prison Pass was transferred to the imperial capital. Zhao Gao thought about it, and finally decided to send rescue troops to the north. Nangong Boyan in the Tiger Prison Pass has always been an unstable factor, and Zhao Gao will definitely not let Nangong Boyan continue to control the Tiger Prison Pass if he wants to control the Imperial Palace. Nangong Boyan is a member of the Eight Great Imperial Merchants, and the people of the Li Jing Corps and the Yuwen Corps who are now attacking Yuzhou are mainly the people of the Eight Great Imperial Merchants, this time Zhao Gao does not really want to transfer Nangong Boyan, he wants to use this opportunity to force the Eight Imperial Merchants to make a choice in the distribution of interests in the palace.

The eunuch who held the pen quickly prepared the paper, and Zhao Gao threw the holy decree in his hand to Xia Huai and Tong Kui, who were sitting on the side. The eyes were full of disdain. The two of them also know their situation, and it is not as good as before. Although Zhang Rang suspected that Wei Xian was beginning to lose to Wei Xian, Wei Xian turned out to be the most important person among them. The four permanent servants now have to rely on Wei Xian to survive, and now the one who can compete with Zhao Gao in the palace is Wei Xian, except for Zhang Rang's disgraceful son.

The two naturally did not dare to raise any objections to Zhao Gao's handling methods, they knew very well that even if they mentioned it, it would have no effect at all, which made Zhao Gao even more disgusted with them. Zhao Gao picked up the jade seal on the table and printed a large seal on it, and threw the holy decree to a little eunuch, so naturally someone went to pass the decree to deal with this matter. Seeing the jade seal in Zhao Jia's hand, a glimmer of light flashed in the eyes of Xia Huai and Tong Kui.

If Zhao Gao didn't appear, if Wei Xian died in Yizhou, the current position should be theirs. It's a pity that there is no if, now sitting on their heads are Zhao Gao and Wei Xian, who they have always looked down on, both of them have a powerful intelligence group in their hands, and it is not difficult to make a few people disappear mysteriously, the two naturally will not be naïve to think that they have a deep friendship with Wei Xian, Wei Xian will not attack them, in fact, Wei Xian once hated them. How terrifying Wei Xian's Dongchang is, they know very well that there are still many famous and decent people in the Dongchang prison, and there are also many ministers with integrity who are locked up inside. When the two of them went to visit Wei Xian, they also watched as corpses were carried out of it, and the horror and gloom of the moment still swirled around their hearts. Wei Xian gave both of them such a terrifying feeling, not to mention Zhao Gao, who was even more terrifying than Wei Xian.

"Godfather, Dongchang sent someone to deliver a message saying that Gonggong Wei wants to meet with you, you see?" A little eunuch with beautiful eyebrows hurriedly walked in, walked to Zhao Gao's side and whispered to Zhao Gao. This little eunuch's name is An Dehai, and he is the godson of Zhao Gao after he entered the palace and gained power. It's ridiculous to say, this little eunuch is eighteen years old this year, and Zhao Gao himself is only twenty-four years old, and the difference is only six years old but he is called Dad, and such a relationship is estimated to exist only among eunuchs.

Zhao Gao nodded slightly, and An Dehai withdrew with a smile. It didn't take long for Wei Xian to be escorted by a team of fans to the celebrant eunuch. Zhao Gao stood at the door with a few people and waited. Wei Xian's face changed slightly when he saw such a scene, he had been in the palace for a few years, and this was the first time Zhao Gao took the initiative to greet him. Wei Xian smiled at Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao made a gesture of please to Wei Xian, and Wei Xian followed Zhao Gao and walked in.

The two came to the celebrant eunuch, An Dehai drove out all the eunuchs in the celebrant with interest, Xia Huai and Tong Kui were also slightly stunned when they saw Wei Xian, and their faces quickly darkened. The two of them saw that Wei Xian's face did not have the slightest expression, and their hearts suddenly cooled, they knew that as soon as Wei Xian put on this expression, someone was going to be unlucky. The two immediately stood up and said goodbye to Wei Xian and Zhao Gao. In addition to the door of the celebrant of ceremonies, the two felt a sense of relief that they had never felt before. The two glanced at each other. They all rushed towards the Fushou Hall with a tacit understanding. If I'm not mistaken. This is the first meeting between Zhao Gao and Wei Xian since entering the palace, and it is under the circumstance of Zhang Rang, needless to say, the two must be discussing something.

"Do you want a godfather?" An Dehai keenly captured the change in the expressions of Zhao Gao and Wei Xian, and his heart was suddenly shocked, it seems that the four permanent servants are not as monolithic as rumored. Looking at the expression on Wei Xian's face, it was obvious that Wei Xian was not very kind to the other three people, An Dehai made a downward cutting gesture, and Zhao Gao looked at Wei Xian. I saw Wei Xian nodded. This nod is very significant, and it also means that the two have officially joined forces since then and have begun to control the palace.

"Let the other three disappear. Wei Xian said softly, and walked in behind Zhao Gao. An Dehai immediately recruited a few sharp soldiers to guard the surroundings, and An Dehai himself guarded the gate himself. Fanzi, who was guarding the door, saw his lord's order, walked out of the group, and quickly disappeared into the celebrant supervisor. It didn't take long for several members of the East Factory to rush out of the East Factory and run to their respective targets.

Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian sat facing each other, neither of them liking each other. This may be the rejection of the same sex, and all the civil and military generals under Liu Fan's command can coexist peacefully. No matter how Liu Fan changes their official positions and adjusts the strength of their troops, they will not have any opinions. Only these eunuchs could not coexist peacefully and rejected each other first, and even Zheng He, who was sent by Liu Fan to reorganize the naval strength, did not have a good impression of Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian. Of course, because Zheng He and them are not a system, there are not many grievances between the two, but this Zhao Gao is different from Wei Zhongxian, both of them were thrown into the palace by Liu Fan to be undercover.

Both of them knew that Zuihou Liu Fan ascended to the Ninth Five-Year Honor, and the real first eunuch must be the one with the most meritorious contributions, and both of them wanted to be the first eunuch of this one. Naturally, there was no cooperation in the palace, but they fought each other like two bulls in heat. But now there is no need to fight between the two, one is in control of the Black Ice Table, the other is in charge of the East Factory, and if the two shili shares can be screwed together, the strength is obviously stronger than Luo Wang. The palace is a small territory, but there are too many interests, the two dare not be cautious, Liu Fan has no way to lead the troops to Qin Wang in a short time, at least before Yizhou recovers, Liu Fan's troops must sit in Yizhou, resist Dong Zhuo and Fangjiao's Shili, and now everything depends on Wei Zhongxian and Zhao Gao. If the two of them can do well, it can even be said that Dijing can change his course without Liu Fan's attack.

"I don't like you. Neither of them spoke, they both looked at each other deadly, and suddenly Zhao Gao burst out with a sentence. Wei Zhongxian's face immediately changed very drastically, the muscles on his face were tense, and his eyes were full of anger. If someone else said that he didn't like him Wei Zhongxian, he could immediately let the members of the assassination team under him kill that guy, but the guy in front of him made Wei Zhongxian hate him so much, but he couldn't kill him, Wei Zhongxian knew that now Zhao Gao should also look at him with the same mood, and the two would never be able to coexist peacefully.

"That's good, I don't like you either. If you're not the lord's man, I've had you killed. Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhao Gao very unpleasantly, and Zhao Gao also looked at Wei Xian with an ugly face. Neither expected that the meeting between the two would be such a beginning.

The two talked for a long time in the celebrant supervisor, and An Dehai had been guarding the door, since the morning but the two talked about it until the night ended. During this period, except for a few meals delivered to the two of them in the imperial dining room, neither of them saw anyone. No one knows what exactly was discussed between the two, or even what agreement the two reached, no one knows. Everyone only knew that after coming out of this door, the cooperation between the two officially began, and the shuffle and purge of shili gradually began in the palace.

Zhang Rang is now lying on the sickbed, and there is no way to control the whole situation. Of course, this is that he is very relieved about the current situation, he knows the strength of Zhao Gao and Wei Xian, and he also knows the estrangement between the two. But he never thought that the strength of Zhao Gao and Wei Xian was so before, they unknowingly controlled the army that he had always regarded as forbidden corruption. It would be easy if it was just like this, but after the two cooperated, Zhang Rang really felt that his end was coming, and there were still some improving conditions since the two began to join forces. Zhang Rang only felt that his condition was getting worse and worse. The days are short. Zhang Rang didn't suspect that it was Zhao Gao and Wei Xian at the beginning. After all, both of them can be regarded as Zhang Rang's absolute henchmen, until Zhang Bai and Yin Chengfeng found Zhang Rang, Zhang Rang woke up like a dream, but it was too late at that time. Although Zhang Rang began to mobilize people loyal to him to urgently purge Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian, he was powerless, of course, this is all a later story.

"Wei Ming, in the past few days, you have selected a few capable subordinates to escort a woman to the Shenwu Army in the south with the people of the Haojie Army. Remember to hand people over to their lord Liu Fan in person. Returning to Dongchang, Wei Zhongxian has a kind of relaxation that he has never felt before, and he no longer has to continue to pretend to be a grandson for Zhang Rang like this. Wei Zhongxian found his cronies, and Dongchang's top priority now was to send that woman to the south, after all, what was on that woman was too important to Liu Fan.

"If nothing else, someone will follow you on the road. Do you understand how to do it yourself?" Wei Zhongxian's mouth hung with a sneer, but he didn't expect that Zhao Gao would ask him just now for cooperating with Zhao Gao. Although this incident made Zhao Gao take the lead, which made Wei Zhongxian very unhappy, at least Zhao Gao did not forget to give him a share of the credit, Wei Zhongxian was not. Wei Zhongxian is unhappy with him, but after all, Zhao Gao has already done this matter, and he can only send her away with all his heart. And there can't be any conditions on the road.

"I understand, father-in-law, please rest assured. There won't be anyone on the road who knows that we sent them away. As Wei Zhongxian's absolute confidant, Wei Ming is very good in terms of personal martial arts cultivation and flexibility of his head. Wei Zhongxian nodded with satisfaction, leaving this matter to Wei Ming to handle, it was indeed his most reassuring thing. Wei Ming is good at everything, he lacks the overall situation, his mind is flexible enough, but his thinking is not comprehensive, this is the only thing that Wei Zhongxian is dissatisfied with Wei Ming.

"In addition, I am selecting a few capable subordinates to let them go to Yongzhou, I don't want them to be able to come back from Yongzhou alive. Wei Zhongxian took out a piece of paper from his arms and threw it in front of Wei Ming. Wei Ming took the paper in Wei Zhongxian's hand and glanced at it, several of them he knew, and they were people in the Haojie army. Wei Ming didn't have the slightest doubt, nodded and walked down quickly, and soon the entire East Factory moved, and the elite was exhausted, this time Wei Xian decided to do the whole thing beautifully, at least not to let Zhao Gao's bastard underestimate himself.

Wei Zhongxian sat on the chair, and a sneer inadvertently hung on the corner of his mouth. Since he was sent to the palace by Liu Fan, he has pretended to be too many grandsons for Zhang Rang, and now he is finally going to turn over, and he doesn't have to continue to pretend. Thinking of the hard work of these years, Wei Zhongxian's eyes flashed with a hint of essence. He and Zhao Gao took two completely different paths, Zhao Gao can be said to have risen smoothly all the way, and he was promoted to his current position by Zhang Rang's vigorous care. Wei Zhongxian's status is obtained by his own efforts, Wei Zhongxian has tried his best to please Zhang Rang in order to complete Liu Fan's tasks over the years, so that Zhang Rang trusts him, and finally survived to this point today.

Wei Zhongxian knew where his advantage was, their status like Zhao Gao, so their influence in the army was far less than that of Zhao Gao. However, the East Factory in Wei Zhongxian's hands was steadily pressing Zhao Gao's black ice platform, especially in the palace, if Wei Zhongxian wanted to know what kind of bandeau the old princess was wearing today, the order here would go down, and that side would know. Zhao Gao was already secretive enough, but everything he did in the palace was recorded in Wei Zhongxian's East Factory. Wei Zhongxian didn't deliberately want to go against Zhao Gao, otherwise Zhao Gao would not have been able to get to his current position.

Thinking of today's conversation, Wei Zhongxian's heart was very satisfied. Everything has been negotiated, and the next thing is to rectify the shili in the court and the army, as for Zhang Rang, he can only stay in the Fushou Hall forever. Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian didn't think about killing Zhang Rang, but now Wei Zhongxian and Zhao Gao also need a shield to attract firepower in front of them to facilitate their operation, and this person is none other than Zhang Rang.

Now there is a mixture of fish and dragons in the imperial capital, and all the officials are Zhang Rang's people, even if they are not Zhang Rang's people, they are all forced to attach themselves to Zhang Rang's door due to the situation. Wei Zhongxian and Zhao Gao's first task now is to win over these officials in the court, and the first thing is to win the support of public opinion, of course, Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian's tasks are completely different. Zhao Gao used his influence in the army to win over the generals in the army, while Wei Zhongxian needed to take advantage of the terror in Dongchang to divide and win over the ministers who had taken refuge in Zhang Rang. The tasks of the two were different, Wei Zhongxian had already sent out all the spies he could send out to find the handles of those officials, and these handles would be used to divide and deal with these officials.

The actions of Dongchang and Heibingtai naturally attracted the attention of Luo Wang, and Zhang Bai and Yin Chengfeng were both smart people. I have more or less guessed from the actions of Dongchang and Heibingtai, but unfortunately Luo Net's investigation of these two intelligence organizations has not been going well, and the purpose of Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian is still unknown. However, more and more officials have been invited to Dongchang recently, and the two of them have guessed something, but the two still have no evidence, and they can only investigate secretly, but the progress is not very smooth. (To be continued......)