The breeze in the courtyard of the courtyard caressed his face, Tang Jiusheng took a sip of tea and smiled faintly, "He doesn't dare to be a saint today! Listen to how majestic you are! You are now a Zhongshu Ling, a very powerful minister, and even the emperor is afraid of you, and the natural scenery is infinite, but how will the history books record you in a hundred years? Do you really hope that one day the historians will use the words 'establish the emperor' to cover your coffin?"

Yang Jingzhong obviously hesitated, but still turned his head and ordered the servants of Dongwei with a sharp voice, "All step down, our family wants to talk to Tang Gongzi about some private matters!"

Yang Jingzhong put down the upturned Erlang legs, his face was cloudy, and Tang Jiusheng said again: "Think about it, you originally had the grace of saving your life and the virtue of supporting Yin Guang, and this kindness to Yin Guang is not insignificant. Since ancient times, eunuchs have been slaves, except for Yin Guang, which emperor would respect the eunuch as his father? He was crowned as a Zhongshu Order, and he became the Duke of the Kingdom? I believe that Yin Guang was extremely grateful to you in the depths of his heart!"

Looking at the silent Yang Jingzhong, Tang Jiusheng knocked on the door of his head with his fingers, carefully considering the words, not only to express his views, but also to try not to offend Yang Jingzhong.

"But you just saved Yin Guang, and then you started dictatorship. Why are so many ministers impeaching you? In the eyes of everyone, how different are you from the queen and others who want to usurp and disobey? Others are afraid of you, because you can demote officials and kill people, but in the end, there is no one who dares to tell you the truth!"

Tang Jiusheng sighed and leaned back on the recliner, "Now in the Great Shang Kingdom, there are not many people who are not afraid of you, right? I have no official to demote you, you can't kill me with personal force alone, and even I have a certain use value, since you regard me as a future partner, then I will tell you a few sincere words, it has always been the lord who is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord who humiliates the ministers to death, why can't you leave a name in the history of the chief manager?"

"If it can be recorded in the history books a hundred years later, Yang Jingzhong is the best and most virtuous eunuch in history, eradicating usurpation, supporting the new emperor, cutting down the feudal domain and quelling the rebellion, not disturbing the officials and harming the people, not abusing power, trying to save the evils of the times, loyalty and righteousness, and his name will go down through the ages. Instead of the power of the world, the cruelty of the loyal and good, the flying and domineering, and the tyranny!"

Yang Jingzhong flicked his sleeves and got up angrily, "Don't say it again! Our family came to you today, not to listen to these big truths! It's too late to say these things now, and our family can't stop it." Since the Empress Dowager's party was eradicated, power has been concentrated in the hands of our family, and those who impeached our family have been demoted, and some of those who complained have also been killed. ”

After pacing a few steps in the courtyard, Yang Jingzhong brushed his long eyebrows and sneered: "It's not that our family doesn't have far-sightedness, but the officialdom is sinister, and the dark tide above the court is surging, and its complexity is far beyond the imagination of you, a little doll." Do you think that if you don't touch others, others won't touch you? Some people will definitely take advantage of our family's mistakes to attack our family and take the opportunity to climb up. Although you Tang Gongzi is smart, he is too young and his experience is too shallow!"

Without waiting for Tang Jiusheng to express his position, Yang Jingzhong sat back on the chair and said again in a sharp voice: "Eliminating the Queen Mother and her party to help Yin Guang ascend the throne is not a big gamble for our family? It's just a big gamble, our family is betting on our lives, and we really can't afford to lose! Our family has never been a good person, and of course we have power to use it to rectify people, otherwise what's the point of living?"

Tang Jiusheng leaned back on the recliner and said in a calm voice, "Then if one day the vassal kings have enough soldiers and food, and use the Qingjun's side as an excuse to rebel, and you only care about the whole person now, who will protect you then?"

Yang Jingzhong smiled and pointed at Tang Jiusheng with his finger, "Tang Gongzi, your childish idea, there are no bones left that can be eaten in the court! Could it be that if our family is not rectified, will someone come forward to protect our family? Except for the emperor, who can protect our family at the critical moment? Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, and no matter how frost is on the roof of others! Officialdom has always been like this! If you don't fall into the well, you are already a good person. ”

Yang Jingzhong sighed, "Our family is a lonely minister, a lonely minister, naturally there is no weakness to grasp, just like a rag, just throw it away when you run out, it's not a pity!

Seeing that Tang Jiusheng was deep in thought and did not speak, Yang Jingzhong smiled bitterly and said: "Our family is worried about those few vassal kings now, one day the wings are really full, they are all the descendants of Taizu, who would not want to be the emperor? But now cutting the feudal domain is forcing them to rebel, and the imperial court obviously does not have enough strength to quell the rebellion now." The vassal kings are afraid of the imperial court, and the imperial court is not afraid of these feudal kings?

Tang Jiusheng curled the corners of his mouth, "The imperial court is a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, and the vassal kings also know that they don't have much chance of winning if they start an army now, so they are all accumulating strength." Although the first emperor made a mess of the country in the last years of Dehong, now Yin Guang is ruling by inaction, the world has not been so bad that it is out of control, the military and the people are still there, as long as you assist the emperor well, the vassal kings will not have a chance. ”

Yang Jingzhong shook his head, "What if our emperor doesn't really do nothing, but doesn't want to be this emperor in his heart? Yin Guang, this child, our family has watched him grow up since he was a child, and his interests are probably not in the temple." But there is no way, who let the first emperor have this one son? Just like you, our family can't see that you want to be a future national teacher, but you at least have a brother, and Old Man Tang will not have no choice. ”

Tang Jiusheng turned his head and smiled at Ximen Yushuang and said, "Shuang'er, let them make a few side dishes, I'm hungry, I'm going to chat with the chief manager while eating." ”

Ximen Yushuang agreed, winked at Tang Jiusheng, and took the four little maids to the kitchen. Ximen Yushuang understood that Tang Jiusheng didn't want the maids to hear the next conversation.

Tang Jiusheng stood up, picked a leaf from the begonia tree in the patio, bit off half of it, chewed it in his mouth, and sat back on the recliner, "Say, Lord Steward, now this courtyard is just the two of us, this time you came to me to talk about cooperation, what do you want to cooperate?"

Yang Jingzhong pushed the teapot and did not pour any more tea, because the tea was already cold. Yang Jingzhong tapped his fingers on the table and said softly: "In addition to Dongwei, our family also wants to have some control in the army, and our family can't intervene in other forces, but you are an emerging force, you can always give our family a part of the control, right?"

Tang Jiusheng shook his head, "This is impossible, it's not that I'm laughing at you, your Dongwei gang is enough to harm people, it's really not okay to do the right thing, it's definitely not enough to succeed and more than to lose." The army is in the hands of your Eastern Guard, and it will soon collapse, and there will be no fighting power. Your ability can only rectify people internally, and it is far from being able to do it externally. ”

Yang Jingzhong narrowed his eyes and clasped his arms in front of his chest, "Then let's not talk about the army, Tang Gongzi is now powerful in martial arts, if you Tang Gongzi wants to create a sect, Dongwei can also provide you with support, if someone objects, Dongwei will naturally eradicate them for you, of course, the premise is that in the newly created sect, there must be a place for our family." ”

Tang Jiusheng laughed, "I am now famous in the martial arts, but when it comes to the mighty martial arts, it is still far from enough, it is far from enough to defeat a Zhu Tianba by tricks, there are too many people who are not convinced, I can't say which one is not convinced, and they will all be taken out and beaten one by one, right? As for the mention that you mentioned that Dongwei has a place in the newly created sect, I'm sorry, it's still not good! Without your Dongwei, I can still create a sect." ”

Yang Jingzhong pursed his eyebrows and didn't say a word, obviously he didn't expect that Tang Jiusheng, this kid, would turn Dongwei away with such a resolute attitude.

Tang Jiusheng suddenly laughed, chewed the begonia leaf in his mouth and asked, "Yang Jingzhong, let's give the truth, I'm very annoyed by your attitude of always going around the bend with me but not telling the truth." You're coming to me to talk about cooperation, not, and tell me what's going on with your Dongwei?"

Yang Jingzhong was stunned, and subconsciously lowered his arms, "Tang Gongzi, our family's Dongwei is obviously fine, why do you say that our family's Dongwei has an accident?"

Tang Jiusheng smiled coldly, "The current person in charge of the Thousand Households of the Eastern Internal Health Division is your godson Ye Zhaoli, if nothing happens, you will tell me, let me do the position of the Thousand Households? If I really take over this position, what will you do with your godson? Besides, you have always easily never left the capital or even the palace, if something big didn't happen, you would have personally run to Jiannan Dao? That would be really fresh!"

Yang Jingzhong smiled and nodded, "Well, it's easy to do things with people who understand, then our family won't hide it, Ye Zhaoli betrayed our family and took refuge in Yin Quan, Dongwei can no longer make our family completely reassured, so our family has to find reliable foreign aid." I just walked to Jiannan Road, and I heard that your Tang Gongzi defeated Zhu Tianba, and our family also took advantage of this east wind to talk to you about cooperation, of course, the premise is that you are interested. ”

Tang Jiusheng sat up straight, threw the remaining half of the begonia leaves into his mouth, and continued to chew, "I'm very interested in the cooperation proposed by the Chief Administrator, but I want to know what conditions the Chief Administrator can offer me, instead of always trying to rub sand with me." Your little abacus is too loud, you always want to take advantage but don't want to suffer, this is not a good attitude of cooperation!"

Yang Jingzhong looked dazed, "Tang Gongzi, our family just wants to have some control in your army, why do you want to take advantage of it but don't want to suffer?"

Tang Jiusheng smiled coldly and glared, "I said that you had a good calculation, but you still don't admit it! I cooperated with your general manager, but you took the opportunity to meddle in the army, and I Tang someone worked for you for nothing? Oh, after the battle is over, the soldiers are still the soldiers of the imperial court, and they are not my Tang someone's private army, so what's the point of me being busy for half a day? You have to give me some benefits!"

Yang Jingzhong twisted his neck, with a headache expression, "Tang Gongzi, according to our family, you still have to put forward your own conditions, how do you want to cooperate with our family?"

Tang Jiusheng smiled evilly, "First, don't let your Dongwei come to me to mix, but I want to use your Dongwei's power." Second, I need to expand the size of the army, Yin Quan really raised troops, and with my current more than 1,000 men and horses, Dangyang County can't hold it, and it is estimated that it will not be enough to stuff Yin Quan's teeth! But I don't have food and salary, what can I do to raise more soldiers? This requires the support of your governor. ”

Yang Jingzhong blinked, and the roots of his teeth were a little itchy, "Tang Gongzi, your abacus is louder than ours! Do you want our family to support you unconditionally?"

Tang Jiusheng shook his head, "How can this be unconditional support? If you help me now, you are helping yourself." If I win the battle here, won't it be beneficial to you, the chief manager? Could it be that you still hope that one day Yin Quan will ascend the throne, and then your head will fall to the ground? Declare in advance that I am not interested in being an official, and I will not do it for the Zhongshu Order, and I will not do it for the prince. ”

Yang Jingzhong looked embarrassed, "Tang Gongzi, you see that you don't want to be an official, so if you lose one day, and you are not an official of the imperial court, it's a big deal to pat your ass and leave, and continue to roam your rivers and lakes, our family has no way back." How do you want our family to believe that you can do your best?"

Tang Jiusheng sneered and said, "Then if you put Dongwei's men and horses in the army, can you let me do my best? Can you make the army do its best? On the contrary, everyone will only deviate from morality, and they will no longer be monolithic." I might as well tell you, I have to do my best, fight with all my strength, I have to think about my father, otherwise you think I'm a son of a national teacher's mansion, and I have a stable life, what is the reason for running to the rivers and lakes to endure hardship?"

Yang Jingzhong lowered his head and thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Tang Gongzi's conditions for cooperation are too harsh, it seems that our family and you can't negotiate." ”

Tang Jiusheng was a little tired, leaned on the recliner and said with a smile: "Yes, the original plan of the chief manager was to take advantage of the gathering of martial arts people at the auction, and take the opportunity to recruit some more people to join Dongwei, and then go to Pingxi Wangfu in Southwest Province to talk to Yin Quan about the conditions, but I didn't expect that when I was about to arrive in Huzhou, I suddenly heard that someone Tang had defeated Zhu Tianba, so I temporarily came up to recruit me to join Dongwei, am I right?"

Yang Jingzhong's face changed color, and he suddenly felt a chill down his spine, this hidden thing actually made the kid surnamed Tang guess clearly?

However, after all, Yang Jingzhong is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and he quickly calmed down, since he couldn't hide it, he simply admitted to seeing each other, so he nodded and smiled: "It seems that our family really underestimates Tang Gongzi, okay, our family agrees to Gongzi's conditions, but I just hope that Gongzi can cooperate more with Dongwei." ”

Tang Jiusheng spit out the chewed begonia leaves in his mouth, and then snorted, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this is not for Lord Steward." I hope that the Steward will give me a virtual Toeback Portrait, and I don't want anyone to know about it except the Steward. In addition, I think that I can have the power to access Dongwei's intelligence at any time, which is what I lack the most at present, and it is really important to have a future war. ”

Yang Jingzhong nodded quietly, "Okay, our family promises you." So what does Tang Gongzi want to repay our family?"

Tang Jiusheng put away his cynical expression and said very sincerely: "If there is really such a day, I will try my best to keep you from dying." But whether I can do this or not depends on the number of troops I have at hand now, and the army is too small and weak to have a voice. In other words, you can use me as a hole card, a strange soldier that is not known to outsiders. After all, for me, you are more reliable than Yin Quan, Yin Quan wants to be the emperor, but the chief manager will not. ”

Yang Jingzhong laughed and stood up, "So in a sense, we can be allies, not enemies?"