Chapter Forty-Three: Secret Planning, Accumulated Wind and Rain
Morning.
The morning dew has not dispersed.
The morning glow is beginning to appear.
Zhuang Ming faces the east, closes his eyes and meditates, breathes and breathes, runs the true qi, and accumulates the excess true qi that has grown through cultivation into the atrium and turns it into a mixed yuan qi sword.
The young dragon is like a cloud snake, entrenched on the shoulder, facing the glow, his eyes are flashing, and a wisp of clear air in his mouth is breathed in, like a snake and swallowing endlessly.
When the deed was completed, Zhuang Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
Recently, since Song Tianyuan, King Chen has come to Huai'an to take power, he seems to be relaxed and freehand, set up a plan, and resolve the deadlock, but in fact, the depression in his heart is also not small.
"It's finally a little more stable. β
Thinking like this, he saw that the frost spirit came cautiously with the soup.
"Childe ......"
"Put it there, I'll eat it later. Zhuang Ming laughed and said, "Have you eaten it?"
"Not yet. Frost Spirit's mouth flattened.
"You eat first. β
Zhuang Ming said this, and then asked, "How is the situation today?"
Frost Spirit said: "After you fell asleep last night, Lord Lu He came, but he saw that you were resting, so he didn't dare to disturb. β
Zhuang Ming nodded, since Lu He didn't dare to disturb him to rest, it meant that this matter was not urgent.
"What did Lu He report here?"
"Last night, all the confinements of Zhuang's firm were lifted. β
"Well, King Chen's order is not slow. β
Zhuang Ming laughed and laughed at himself: "If I am naΓ―ve, maybe he will be sincere in making friends with me and letting go of past grudges." β
As he spoke, he asked again, "Has Lu He mentioned the loss?"
Frost Ling nodded hurriedly, took out an object in his arms, and said, "He brought Bai Lao's statistics, this is the list." β
Zhuang Ming took it, frowned slightly, and sighed: "The loss is not small, I lost a lot of silver taels, fortunately, no one died, but it is expected, and now it can operate normally, it is not bad." β
Frost Ling hesitated for a moment and asked, "Childe, Lord Lu He also asked, what should those families who originally cooperated with Zhuang's firm and be mutually beneficial, see King Chen's pressure, either watch from the sidelines, or fall into the well?"
Zhuang Ming said calmly: "During this period, those who still release goodwill will be given preferential treatment in the future." And on the sidelines, it's business as usual. As for those who fall into the ground, they will choose according to their interests......"
Frost Spirit was stunned, unable to understand why Childe was so tolerant.
Zhuang Ming said indifferently: "Silly girl, we are in business, and we earn silver taels, if it is not necessary, we must let go of the battle of will, let go of the difference between likes and dislikes." β
"Those who fall into the ground, if they do not cause too much damage, can bring us greater benefits, may not be able to continue to cooperate, as long as the other party is willing to bow their heads, apologize, compensate for losses, even if it is over on the surface, how it is secretly, we know it, and then do it in the future. β
"Of course, those who don't have self-knowledge, they don't have enough capital to bring more benefits to Zhuang's firm, but they damage us, so let their business fall apart and cease to exist......"
As he spoke, Zhuang Ming remembered something and said, "You pass on my order to let Lu He, Bai Lao, and Yue Yang come over." As for Bai Qing and Liu He, they were injured last time, so let them and the other brothers continue to recuperate......"
When the frost spirit heard this, he answered yes, and he was about to step back and give orders.
At this time, Zhuang Ming said again: "At noon, you use my token to go to the treasury and get a thousand-year-old mountain ginseng, which should have been bought in June last year and cost three thousand two hundred taels." β
This old ginseng, the power of medicinal effect, is exactly what the young dragon needs, and its medicinal power belongs to, the direction of the five elements, is also in line with today's season and time.
Today's noon should be the time to give full play to the effectiveness of this old ginseng.
And the young dragon has grown up quickly to the naked eye these days, and it has grown more than a foot.
He controls the young dragon with his mind every day, breathes and breathes, absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon, and is not slow to enter the realm, but he can be so fast, it is also thanks to these things that can be called natural treasures.
The young dragon swallows it every day and absorbs its medicinal effects, which has great benefits.
It's just that this way of raising dragons can only be supported by him, the richest man in Huai'an, who has a lot of wealth.
"After all, there is still no wealth enough to support the Tao......"
Zhuang Ming sighed with emotion, and the idea of continuing to expand Zhuang's firm and expanding its business became stronger and stronger.
But before that, we have to settle the matter at hand.
Because he knew in his heart that King Chen would never give up!
ββ
Bai Lao arrived first.
Immediately, Lu He and Yue Yang also rushed together.
"Childe ......"
"It's coming. β
Zhuang Ming motioned for them to sit down, and then said slowly: "Now that the warehouses and shops of Zhuang's firm have been sealed, and the crisis has been temporarily resolved, we can breathe a sigh of relief, but we can't really settle down. β
"Childe means ......" The three of them glanced at each other, all showing a sad expression.
"Do you really think that this move can force him to really compromise?"
Zhuang Ming chuckled and said: "King Chen compares himself to an immortal, and when he comes to Huai'an, like an immortal descending into the world, we are all ordinary people, like ants, how can he compromise with us?"
"King Chen never took us seriously, but this time he suffered a big loss, and he will definitely not be angry in his heart, and he is bound to wait for the opportunity to retaliate. β
Now he just doesn't want to make a big move, which disrupts his plans in Huai'an. β
"But once his affairs in Huai'an are roughly decided, he will inevitably have to deal with the Zhuang family firm when he frees up his hands. β
"Although I threatened King Chen with the joint impeachment of officials from the Sixteen Prefectures of Huai'an, I am not very sure, because these officials are also black-hearted figures, and they may not be able to compromise. β
"If I force the persecution like this, I am afraid that before King Chen is threatened, the officials of the sixteen prefectures will be ruthless and join forces to wipe us out, so as to destroy them. β
"As for King Chen's self-respect, killing good and risking merit back then......"
Zhuang Ming paused, and suddenly smiled: "Actually, King Chen has already cleaned up his tail, but Lu He inquired about a lot of news, and I guessed it with my heart, thinking about it in a thousand ways, avoiding the important and trivial, and speciously, so as to compile it, but the content I wrote must be in line with the general process." In this way, King Chen will definitely feel that I really have the evidence, and he will attach great importance to it and clean up the tail of this matter. β
"As long as he finds out all these things and cleans them up, we, as private businessmen, can't help him. β
At that point, it's time for him to do it again. β
"The seizure of Zhuang's firm this time is certainly a catastrophe for us, but for him, it is just a matter of convenience. However, stay until the next ......"
After a pause, Zhuang Ming's expression was solemn, and he said: "Next time, his attack will definitely be even more ruthless and vicious, which is enough to make the Zhuang family collapse overnight, and let me wait for death without a place to be buried." β
The faces of the three people present all changed.
It's just that there isn't much fear of color.
From the time they took over the order of the prince and went to ambush and kill King Chen's subordinates, they had already thought about the worst outcome.
"Childe means ......"
"This time, I never thought that I would be able to turn a war with King Chen into a jade silk, it was an irreconcilable grudge from the beginning, and after this time, it will be endless. β
Zhuang Ming said: "It's just that now he is a little jealous, and he focuses on big things, so he put us little people down for the time being." He just doesn't want to make a fuss, so he stalls for a while and does what he sees as big things first, when in fact, we're actually stalling for time as well. β
Lu He Shili said: "Childe already has a plan?"
Zhuang Ming exhaled and said: "Compared with the powerful ministers of the court such as King Chen, we are just the people of the people, and fighting with them is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so our vitality still lies in the court......
Yue Yang's eyes condensed slightly.
Zhuang Jing observed his words and looked at his expression, and said with a smile: "Yue Yang, you have thought of it?"
Yue Yang and Yue Ting, two brothers, have very different personalities.
Yue Yang has always been silent, only burying his head in things and rarely speaking.
At this moment, when he heard Zhuang Ming's inquiry, he said with a straight face: "Childe wants to ...... Driving the tiger and devouring the wolf?"
Zhuang Ming said calmly: "The officials of the Sixteen Prefectures of Huai'an are not strong enough to shake King Chen, so let those old foxes who are in the same power as King Chen in the court of the capital come to bring down King Chen." β
Bai Lao hesitated: "Those officials in the court are also scheming people, they have been fighting with King Chen for so many years, and they can't win him, what is the way the prince can do?"
Zhuang Ming said slowly: "Let's fake first." β
When the three of them heard this, they looked at each other with a stunned expression.
Zhuang Ming laughed and said: "The emperor who can secretly implement the new policy in the Sixteen Mansions of Huai'an will not be a faint monarch. It's just that the emperor may feel that King Chen's ability is stronger, so he used this king with a different surname in the affairs of the Sixteen Mansions of Huai'an, and we just need to let him know that his use of King Chen is very likely to cause even more terrible chaos, so ...... Perhaps King Chen is very likely to be transferred by him, and find another one to replace King Chen, at least this new high-ranking official will not be like King Chen, who has been entangled with us from the beginning. β
Lu He hesitated: "What does Childe want to build?"
Zhuang Ming said: "King Chen once said that even if he kills me, he can convict me, and he can forge any human and material evidence." And I, too, will follow this example and create evidence of his intention to rebel!"
"Rebellion?" all three of them looked shocked.
"Not bad. β
Zhuang Ming said: "This person is ambitious, insatiable, and gloomy, I don't believe it, he didn't think about this......"
Saying that, Zhuang Ming smiled and said: "So, it may not be a fake, I guess King Chen must have this idea in his heart, but this time, we will help him pick out his ambitions and present them to the emperor." β
Lu He hesitated: "But what is fake, after all, is only fake, and the evidence cannot be confirmed." β
If it was as simple as faking, how could those old foxes in the court not think of it, and how could they be so pressed by King Chen?
Zhuang Ming said: "If the officials in the court make a move, it will inevitably leave traces, it will only be a power struggle above the court, and the emperor will inevitably have doubts in his heart, and he will not believe it easily." β
"However, we are not in the court, not in the eyes of the emperor, just ordinary people far away from the court. β
"The rumors and evidence from the people may make the emperor more suspicious. β
"People's hearts are inherently complex, and since ancient times, people with great talents are bound to be suspicious. β
"Even if this move can't destroy King Chen, at least it will make the emperor jealous. β
"Now the Sixteen Mansions of Huai'an, with King Chen's highest power, seems to be a hegemon. β
"The so-called mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and King Chen has led the troops, and there is a saying that 'the general is outside, and the king's order is not affected'. β
"In fact, if you really want to talk about it, King Chen is at this moment, where he is in Huai'an, and he can't help but have such a mentality. β
When the emperor realized this, he was even more jealous of King Chen, so as to prevent him from dominating Huai'an and becoming a general trend of his own, he would definitely transfer him away, so it was enough. β
After finishing speaking, Zhuang Ming said again: "This matter must be fast, before King Chen cleans up and prepares to attack us, he will be too busy to take care of himself." β
Lu He nodded and said, "I understand, in the martial arts, I have a lot of connections, and I can release some news." β
Bai Lao paused and said, "The fake thing is handled by the old slave?"
Zhuang Ming nodded, said hello, and looked at Yue Yang again.
Yue Yang pondered: "This matter must be heard by the heavens and let the emperor know, and there are many passes among them, so I will go to Beijing first." β
Zhuang Ming nodded slightly, and said: "Things are not in a hurry for a while, what I said is just a general direction, as for the action, the subtleties are often the key to the change." Tonight I have made a plan myself, and tomorrow morning, you will come again, take my tips, and then go your separate ways. β
When the three of them heard this, they all bowed down and saluted, and they answered yes.