Chapter 424 Confusing Things, Habit Exploration
Zhou Xiongqi's thirteen Taibao is his reliance in Kyoto, relying on these cronies who have been around for many years to control the defense of the forbidden army, no matter how the traitorous party has a huge power in the border, but as long as Kyoto is as stable as Mount Tai and the imperial power is in his hands, there is no change of dynasty.
But today's thirteen Taibao subordinates actually have Dong Bufan and Qin Junbai's eyeliner, which is unexpected, if others are concerned, they will think that Tie Meng has just recovered, and it happens that the enemy came to snoop, so it was vague.
But Zhou Xiongqi has been up and down in the court for decades, knowing that there can be no slack in everything, and I don't know how many important ministers who were powerful in the past lost their official positions because of temporary slackness, and even lost their lives.
This attack must have been caused by a traitor, but who are these suspicious people? Zhou Xiongqi fell into deep thought.
These thirteen people have followed him for many years, and it stands to reason that they are all trustworthy people, and it is really difficult to find a breakthrough in the bribery of the traitorous party, because although Zhou Xiongqi has made friends with some clear streams, it is because other people have already attached themselves to the traitorous party.
The so-called water is clear and there are no fish, how can Zhou Xiongqi not know the truth that thousands of miles are officials only for money, so the thirteen Taibao under his hands are not honest and honest people. Zhou Xiongqi has always turned a blind eye to what these people do, pretending not to see it, and when the trouble is really big, he will grasp the small and magnify it, and make a show.
Therefore, the money in the hands of the Thirteen Taibao is not less than that of those traitorous party henchmen, the first four of these people were all Zhou Xiongqi's old subordinates when he was a general at the border pass, and they were called the Four King Kongs at that time. The remaining nine people slowly increased after returning to Kyoto to become civil officials.
These people's temperament, hobbies and desires, Zhou Xiongqi is well aware, and he must first take them in advance, and cast them to his liking, and it is the most basic way to use people around these strong people.
These Taibao are sorted according to their age, the four King Kongs of the year have become the top four Taibao, and those who are behind have a short time with themselves, and their relationship is not as deep as the top four Taibao, according to common sense, the traitor should come from these nine people.
But Zhou Xiongqi doesn't think so, on the contrary, it is the most likely traitor among the four King Kongs.
The reason is because although the later nine Taibao followed him for a short time, they were all extremely simple and direct people, when he was around these people, Zhou Xiong made a lot of efforts, everyone's background and resume, temperament and temperament are detailed in detail.
These people were not promoted from middle-level officers, but from the low-level junior military attachés, or even the big soldiers, they began to investigate and understand, and promoted from the grassroots level little by little, and countless tests and temptations were set in the middle, so although these nine people followed themselves for a short time, they were more reliable.
When I chose the candidates, I made a lot of effort from the temperament and temperament, and the people I chose were all simple in nature, not deep in scheming, and they were all straightforward men, and everyone's desires were nothing peculiar, nothing more than being promoted to make a fortune, Zhou Xiongqi was the prime minister, and these people under him could still be coaxed.
This was not the case with the original Four King Kongs.
These four people were his subordinates when he was young, and he followed him for many years, and at that time he was just a military general at the border, and he didn't expect to be the prime minister in the court in the future, so he couldn't do anything to screen from the personality and temperament.
These people were all like brothers in those days, they all fought bloody battles side by side, and they were all friends of life and death, so would this kind of friendship betray themselves? Could it be that the traitorous party could give themselves something that they could not give? It seems that we should start with the special habits of these four people.
The four great kings of the year have their own good, and they can be called quite extreme, the four Taibao Li Zepeng red skin, all day long a body of wine, is a person who loves fine wine, not only likes to taste wine and drink, but also likes to store wine, all the wine in the world knows everything, and even the wine in the exotic state is also collected.
It is said that Li Zepeng has five wine cellars in Kyoto alone, which are all of his stored aged wines, and Li Zepeng can distinguish the subtle taste differences of each wine in each year, and has very unique insights into the advantages and disadvantages of these taste differences, and the taste of wine tasting is even far more than that of people in the wine industry in Beijing.
The money he has forcibly seized over the years has been used to buy fine wine, and no matter where he knows where there is a unique wine, he has to do everything possible to ask for it. Li Zepeng, who usually takes it by force, is extremely humble when he asks others to sell fine wine, and never does anything threatening or tempting.
He said that if you don't make sense and forcibly take away the wine, you will lose your spirituality, and you will no longer have the mellow taste that it should have. As for the anecdotes of collecting fine wine, there are also many anecdotes.
Some people say that Li Zepeng once knelt at the door of a lonely old man's grass house for three days and three nights in order to get a lonely wine taste. Some people also say that in order to obtain the grape wine of Fanbang in the Western Regions, Li Zepeng ran and killed four horses before catching up with the merchant group in the desert.
These rumors have been heard on the streets and alleys, and no one knows whether they are true or not, but Zhou Xiongqi knows that there are many things that are more outrageous than these rumors, but these are harmless, as long as you are loyal to yourself, these little things are nothing.
The fourth Li Zepeng is so ridiculous, but it's nothing, because the third Taibao's behavior is even more outrageous.
Sun Dexing, the third Taibao, has a white skin, although he is not young, he still looks like he is in his thirties, and his facial features are quite elegant and elegant, he does not look like a military general, but a dashing scribe.
This person's preferences are quite embarrassing to mention, because this Sun Dexing's favorite thing is beauty, and there are groups of wives and concubines in this person's house, and there are dozens of them, Zhou Xiongqi is not clear, and the Taibao are not clear, and I am afraid that Sun Dexing himself may not be able to remember clearly.
Although so lustful, but never do anything despicable, these stunning beauties are treated by Sun Dexing as home furnishings, it is said that on weekdays, when the family gets up early in the morning, those wives and concubines have been dressed up, and then they return to their places and perform their duties.
Some meditate in the pavilion, some enjoy the flowers in the courtyard, some flutter butterflies and catch insects, and some tease cats and dogs. As for the beauties in the house, they all stood and sat quietly in various places, and did not say a word.
And Sun Dexing moved to change the scenery in this own house, took these beauties as ornamental objects, and finally the huge mansion could not accommodate these women, it is said that there are many outer houses in Kyoto, and there are many women in it.
In addition to a few of his familiar wives and concubines, Sun Dexing is not intimate with these beauties, if he feels that a beautiful woman's posture has faded when he watches it, he will pay the travel expenses to dismiss him, and then the woman's family will get a large amount of money as compensation.
It's just that unlike Li Zepeng, who is a good winemaker, Sun Dexing only needs to do everything he can to see a woman, he must succeed quickly, if the woman's family does not agree, then any means can be used.
There was an incident where the official's daughter was taken by this Sun Dexing, although the official's grade was far inferior to Zhou Xiongqi, but he was also a decent person with a head and a face, how could he let his daughter suffer such grievances, so he sternly refused, and ran to Zhou Xiongqi to complain.
Even under Zhou Xiongqi's reprimand, Sun Dexing did not give up, but relied on his strength and skills to do a sneaky deed.
The official's daughter's bedside pillow suddenly found a small flower one morning, although at first surprised, but after all, it was not a shocking thing, but then things became more and more strange, every morning there would be a small flower on the bedside, and the variety was different every day.
When the official heard about it, he sent additional guards, and even hired a strong person to take care of the home, but it still did not prevent a small beautiful flower from appearing at the head of his daughter's bed every morning.
The official knew that this matter must have been done by Sun Dexing, and his daughter's boudoir was spied on by this bastard every night, and if it was spread out, he was afraid that he would have no face to be.
At this moment, Sun Dexing suddenly came to visit.