When countless rumors were flying in Chang'an City, there was suddenly a strange remark about Fusu Gongzi and Hu Hai Gongzi, who would succeed to the throne.

On this issue, there was a wave of discussion among the people, and countless people expressed their opinions, and if someone carefully counted, they would find that the results were obvious that the support rate of Fusu was far greater than that of Hu Hai.

Almost all the common people expressed their support for Fusu's succession, and openly praised Fusu for his virtuous and virtuous virtues, his ability to make decisions for the people, and if he ascended to the throne, he would definitely be a virtuous monarch.

Immediately afterwards, the deeds of Fu Su Tiemian being selfless, punishing the powerful, and making decisions for the people of Li were all picked up and widely spread on Chang'an Street, causing a burst of applause from the people on the street.

As for Hu Hai, the people didn't have much impression at first, but it was really because Hu Hai's reputation among the people was not obvious, and everyone couldn't evaluate it.

Soon, Hu Hai's deeds of sheltering the powerful and wealthy families several times were spread, including: the former prime minister Lu Chunqiu committed suicide, Hu Hai secretly protected the Lu family's descendants, Shang Jun rebelled, and Hu Hai interceded for the Wei family to avoid sin.

Even Wang Ben, a powerful man who did many evils and killed countless people, was saved from the death penalty because of Hu Hai's intercession for him after committing numerous crimes.

In the end, the people were extremely disgusted by Hu Hai's senses, and every time they heard Hu Hai's name, they couldn't help but spit out: "The lackeys of the powerful." ”

With the change of time, the information about the two sons has become more and more outrageous, and in the hearts of the people, Fusu is simply a god arranged by God to rescue the poor people.

But Hu Hai is an ancient fierce god who oppresses the people on behalf of the powerful.

Naturally, these rumors could not hide the well-informed magnates of the Great Qin Empire, and although these people did not express their opinions on the surface, they were also discussing them in secret.

And this discussion reached its climax because of a drunken sentence from a child of the Meng family after drinking.

At an internal gathering of the children of the powerful, a child of the Meng family was drunk and asked, what do they think about this matter?

I only heard the disciple of the Meng family say disdainfully: "Great Qin can swallow the world, relying on our noble family, not a group of mud legs who are digging in the field, some people not only treat us and other nobles well, but go to please the mud legs, isn't it putting the cart before the horse?"

"Qin ruled the world by meritorious nobles, not by untouchables. ”

As one of the oldest powerful families in the Great Qin Empire, although no one in the Meng family holds such a high position as the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, there are countless titles in the clan, and in the officialdom of Great Qin, the Meng family is mostly hundreds.

This sentence of the children of the Meng family undoubtedly represents the voice of the magnates, after this incident, putting aside those rules and regulations, in the eyes of the magnates, it is very clear who should be chosen to inherit the throne.

However, some people are still unaware of it, and are actively arranging their subordinates to prepare for retaliation.

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Lin Mansion, Lin Ze stood up from the Taishi chair and gently stretched his somewhat sore body.

During this time, Hu Hai was busy keeping spirits and arranging the affairs of Empress Qin, and Chen Ping was far away in Shu, so all the affairs naturally pressed on Lin Ze, so he had to spare a lot of time every day to deal with them.

In addition, Lin Ze must go to the palace once a day, and while offering incense to Emperor Qin, he will also tell Hu Hai about the current situation and tell him what things need him to come forward in person.

Coupled with the time spent on cultivation regularly, Lin Ze felt that this period of time was probably the busiest period of his life.

Stretching his body briefly and sweeping away the tired feeling, Lin Ze continued to sit back in his chair, picked up a pen and wrote a letter, and asked people to send it out.

This letter was addressed to a thousand households of the black-clothed guard, Lin Ze's former subordinates, and asked him to find an opportunity to catch a few Fusu's doormen.

As soon as the messenger left, a waiter came to report: "Qiyu Military Division, there are a few managers of the Ministry of Finance who are out asking to see you." ”

Lin Ze then replied, "Let them in." ”

The waiter turned around and retreated, and then several people with wide bodies and fat bodies and brocade clothes walked in together, bowed to Lin Ze and said, "My subordinates meet the head of the headquarters." ”

In the past, Lin Ze established the system and divided Huhai Menzi into six departments, and he also got the position of head of the headquarters.

Lin Ze bowed slightly, and asked, "What is the so-called matter when you ask to see this seat?"

The fattest one among them took a step forward and said: "Back to the head of the headquarters, a few grain shops under the jurisdiction of his subordinates have been smashed by people with an excuse, and the industries under the jurisdiction of other colleagues have been attacked by unknown forces, and the shops that have been smashed are at least one or two, and at most more than a dozen. ”

"If this is the case, only this once, it is nothing, but according to the subordinates, the other party is from a mysterious force, deliberately targeting us and others, and will definitely not give up easily. If this goes on for a long time, I am afraid that this little industry under the jurisdiction of the subordinate will completely decay. ”

Therefore, the subordinates dared to ask the head of the headquarters to call the shots. ”

Lin Ze understood as soon as he heard it, what kind of mysterious force was 100% made by Fusu.

When Lin Ze was thinking about countermeasures, another waiter walked in and said, "Qiqi military division, there are people outside who claim to be under the Jinyi guard and ask to see the military division." ”

Lin Ze didn't even think about it and replied, "Let's call in together." ”

Soon, three people wearing black suits and cloaks walked in and arched their hands to Lin Ze and said, "Meet your lordship." ”

Lin Ze waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to be polite, and asked, "What are you waiting for?"

The Jinyi guard led by him hesitated to glance at the financial manager in the house, and was silent.

Lin Ze didn't know what he was thinking, and said: "It's all his own people, there is no need to avoid it, just say anything." ”

The Jinyi Guard, who was the leader, immediately obeyed and no longer hesitated, and arched his hand: "Lord Hui, my subordinates have just received news that the strongholds we set up outside the city have been destroyed three times in succession, and none of the people in the stronghold have survived. ”

"According to the traces left on the scene, the subordinates and others judged that there were six-rank martial arts powerhouses who had made a move, and such strong people were not the opponents of subordinates, so I asked my lord to send someone to help. ”

Lin Ze looked at the row of financial managers and Jinyi guards standing in front of him with bitter faces, raised his eyebrows and said, "So, you are being targeted?"

Lin Ze stretched out his left hand and put it on the wooden case in front of him, and gently tapped his index finger on the case, thinking about countermeasures.

After a while, Lin Zefang pretended to analyze: "If the other party is from the same force, one side smashes the shops in the city, and the other party kills people outside the city, it means that the other party still has some scruples about the government." ”

"In this way, this seat and others will send ten sixth-grade powerhouses to various strongholds outside the city to station, and we must not let that force harm you again. ”

"As for the shops in the city, there are not too many six-rank martial artists in my hands, so I can only take another way, wait for the official to report directly, and let the black-clothed guards and Chang'an Mansion protect you, and you will definitely let the other party throw a mouse trap. As for the losses caused during this period, they are all counted as public losses, and there is no need to wait for them to bear. What do you think?"

However, without waiting for them to answer, Lin Ze released the aura of the peak of the sixth grade, slightly shocking them, and the chill in his eyes was revealed.

Seeing this, the manager of the Ministry of Finance and the leaders of the Jinyi Guard glanced at each other, and hurriedly bowed down and replied: "The head of the headquarters (lord) is wise, and we have no objections. ”

Lin Zefang nodded with satisfaction: "It's good that there is no objection, just do what this seat says." ”

The steward of the Ministry of Finance and the leaders of the Jinyi Guard bowed down and left in unison.

As soon as he left the gate of the Lin Mansion, the fattest manager of the Ministry of Finance said to his colleagues with a look of indignation: "What kind of bullshit headquarters, the advice given is to let me wait for the officer, it's useless, and I am not allowed to refute it, I really don't know how he became the headquarters director." ”

"In vain, Minister Lu also told me before, how the head of the headquarters is a genius, and now I look at it, a hairy boy, who doesn't understand anything and is stubborn for himself, I'm sorry. After saying that, he spat the ground.

A few people next to him immediately grabbed him and said, "Shen Yan, if you are heard, you will have good fruit to eat." ”

The fat steward stopped his mouth and walked away.

The Jinyi guard on the other side said to his boss with a worried face: "This lord does not arrange for the strong man to investigate who it is and exterminate the other party, but instead arranges the strong man to be stationed, is it too hasty?"

Who knew that his boss glanced at him with the eyes of a fool and said: "At the beginning of the establishment of Jinyiwei, there was a warning saying, don't see others as fools, otherwise you will become the most stupid fool." ”

"As far as I know, that lord is the founder of the Jinyi Guard, do you think things are really that simple? ”

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After everyone left, Lin Ze summoned the waiters and said, "Go and inform the ten worshippers, and let them pretend to secretly go out of the city from the west gate and the north gate, and then disperse." Tell them to stay away from each other. ”

"Let people secretly release the news that this army division intends to concentrate its strength to deal with the sectarian forces in the city that have defected to Fusu. ”

"Finally, go and inform the person outside the south gate of this arrangement, and tell him that tomorrow I will hear in Chang'an City that someone has found a corpse wearing the uniform of Guozijian in the mountains and forests outside the south gate. ”

When the waiter heard this, he immediately took the order to leave.