Chapter 143: Fishing in Troubled Waters
Kaifeng City, the Imperial Palace!
Liu He was sitting in his study, his face was blue, and although his right hand was holding the fold, his eyes did not fall on the fold, but on Wei Zhongxian, who was kneeling in the room.
Wei Zhongxian knelt on the ground, his whole body trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to raise his head, beads of sweat dripped down his forehead, making a horn-clicking sound.
After almost half a pillar of incense, Liu He put down the fold in his hand, opened the draw in the middle of the desk, and took out a scroll of paper from it.
Put it on the table, slowly unfolded, but it is a portrait, with a long sword hanging from the waist, a long body and a jade body, and a sword gall and star eyebrows, which looks extraordinarily spiritual, but the paper is a little yellow, and it looks extraordinarily old.
"Ye Gucheng, Ye Gucheng, I didn't expect you to be dead for so many years, and you still don't let me feel at ease, your son Liu Yi has a great future!" Liu He said the word "big", and his tone was particularly accentuated, giving people a sense of gnashing of teeth!
When Liu He finished saying this, his eyes fell from the portrait to Wei Zhongxian's body, and he snorted coldly: "Cutting the grass does not remove the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows." Wei Zhongxian, it's not that you don't understand this truth. But I have repeatedly sent you to kill Liu Aiji, but you have repeatedly disappointed me, and now that it is like this, what do you say should be done?"
"It's not that the old slave doesn't want to kill Liu Aiji, but because he has always had Ximen Fuxue secretly protecting him, and almost no one left the people sent by the old slave!" Wei Zhongxian was busy defending himself.
"Wei Zhongxian, you are still making excuses for yourself, no matter how powerful Ximen blows snow, he is also a single sword. Don't you know to do it yourself?" Liu He's expression was extremely sharp, staring at Wei Zhongxian's whole body.
Wei Zhongxian didn't answer, because he knew that Liu He usually had other things to explain after he got angry, and he was waiting for his explanation.
After Liu He finished speaking, he sighed heavily and said, "It's no good for us to investigate the past things, we have to think about what we should do next to eliminate his power!"
Wei Zhongxian said in shock: "The old slave heard that after Lord Huang Shang returned from Mount Tai, he closed his door to do penance. Martial arts are advancing by leaps and bounds. And create a set of Jiuyin True Scripture Peerless, with the old slave, it is better to let him enter the rivers and lakes again and assassinate Liu Aiji!"
"It's okay to assassinate Liu Ai? When Liu was already a beggar, you couldn't kill him. With his current martial arts. Coupled with Dongfang Undefeated and others, you are not letting Huang Sheng assassinate, you are letting Huang Sheng go to death!"
Liu He's expression was grim. Then his tone changed, and he continued: "Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian, do you want me to say that you are good to be traitorous, or are you loyal? When is this coming, you are still thinking about framing Huang Shang!"
"The old slave doesn't dare, the old slave doesn't dare!" Wei Zhongxian followed and kowtowed, and kept showing his loyalty!
Liu He snorted coldly and said, "It's clear whether you dare to be honest or not, for the sake of your loyalty, I don't care about you." I used to make him the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, but I originally just let him get rid of him by the hands of the rivers and lakes, who would have thought that he would not only unify the rivers and lakes, but also raise 10,000 elite soldiers!"
"Your Majesty, if he raises 10,000 elite soldiers, he is suspected of rebellion, and recently Marshal Yue has just quelled the rebellion of Zhong Xiang Yang Mi, it is better to let him go south again and pacify Sizhou City!"
"But don't forget, that Sizhou City is Liu Ai's territory, which was canonized by the emperor, and raising troops in his territory is also an ancestral system, and this reason is not sufficient, and if it is not done, it will cause other princes to raise troops!" Liu He first retorted to Wei Zhongxian's suggestion.
Wei Zhongxian echoed and said: "The emperor is right, when Emperor Taizu formulated this system, I am afraid he did not expect that a small territory could raise so many soldiers and horses, so according to the emperor's wishes, what should we do?"
"If I know how to do it, do I still need to use you?" Liu Heyu said dissatisfied, and then continued, "You...... Let's stand up and speak!"
After Wei Zhongxian thanked the emperor, he slowly stood up, maybe he knelt for too long, his legs and feet seemed abnormally numb, he stood there and kept trembling, and only after a long time did he ask tentatively: "Liu Yi has been able to govern Sizhou City so prosperous in just a few years, why don't we transfer him to the court in this name and give him a bright rise and a dark fall?"
"If things were as simple as you imagined, I would have done it a long time ago, is it your turn to make suggestions?" This is a report from the state capital below, you can take a good look!" Liu He said with a deep sigh.
After Wei Zhongxian took the recital, his face suddenly changed, and he muttered: "This Liu Ill is really smart, according to his current management model, no matter where he goes, it will not affect the actual operation of Sizhou City!"
"It's good that you know, Liu Yi's current connections are mainly concentrated in the rivers and lakes, and there is no other power in the DPRK and China, if we really will be transferred to the Beijing Division, then it will be difficult to say!" Liu He said.
After reading the recital, Wei Zhongxian said: "Your Majesty, since this 10,000 elite soldiers who have been ill by Liu are Yang Shihan training for him, this Yang Shihan is none other than the little general of Tianbo Mansion, why don't we use the name of fighting on the front line to transfer him to the front line and draw his salary?"
"Although your method is good, but Yang Shihan is young after all, so send him to the battlefield like this, I'm afraid that the old lady won't agree!" Liu He was still a little worried, and then said a little full, "You said that this old lady is also true, and it is okay to pass on his Yang family's marksmanship, and let this Yang Shihan follow him, isn't this adding to the chaos?"
"The Yang family will be loyal to the martyrs, and the old lady understands the righteousness. The old slave believed that as long as the emperor personally moved to Tianbo Mansion, the old lady would have no reason not to agree!" Wei Zhongxian replied with confidence.
Of course, Liu He understands the loyalty of the Yang family general, and now that he heard Wei Zhongxian say this, he nodded and said: "I have no choice but to ask the old lady in person, you go down first, let me think about it!"
Not long after Wei Zhongxian left, Huang Sheng walked out from behind the screen, and Liu He asked: "You also heard what you said just now, you also know more about the situation of Liu Yi in Sizhou City, tell me your opinion!"
"The emperor originally instructed Liu Yi to dominate the rivers and lakes, no matter what the purpose, at least on the surface, we have to support it, and now that he has done it, we have nothing to blame. Liu Yi has recruited soldiers in Sizhou City, which is not against the ancestral system. If we want to weaken his power, we can only find a way to muddy the water of this altar again, and only then can we fish in the muddy water!" Huang Shang said very carefully.
It seemed that Liu He was quite interested in the idea of Huang Shang fishing in the mixed waters, and kept nodding his head there, motioning for him to continue talking and see how he could muddy the water again.
Huang Sheng cleared his throat and continued: "Although Liu Yi has unified the rivers and lakes, there are only a few of his core figures, one is Yang Shihan mentioned by the emperor just now, this person is the young general of Tianbo Mansion, and the emperor only needs a holy decree to transfer him back!"
"That's right, this Yang Shihan has infinite strength, martial arts, and is well versed in the art of war, if he is transferred back, then Liu Ai's 10,000 elite soldiers will become decorations, this I and Wei Gonggong have already thought of it!"
Huang Shang continued: "The second character is Zhang Danfeng, a scholar on the White Horse, who can also be said to be an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, especially in internal management, and is a prime minister. This person was born in the green forest, he was originally Tiemoller's right-hand man, and now he can be regarded as Liu Ai's big butler, we can't find a reason to send troops directly to Sizhou City, but we can send troops to Jinjiling, Zhang Danfeng and Meng Yuanchao and others will definitely leave Sizhou City to rescue!"
"Your idea is not bad, according to the excerpt of the state capital below, Liu Aiji's main manpower is still from the green forest, although he himself has opened martial arts halls and schools everywhere, it will take at least five years to form a core force!" Liu He still agreed with Huang Shang's second point.
Huang Sheng saw that the emperor agreed with his second point, and then said: "The third character is Dongfang Undefeated, she is the leader of the Sun and Moon God Sect, and the Sun and Moon God Sect is also known as the Demon Sect in the rivers and lakes, and the composition is extremely complex, and there are many factions. We can support a group of pro-court forces and let them fight among themselves, and the East will not be able to care about each other if they are undefeated!"
Liu He nodded and said: "Transfer these three people out of Sizhou City, except for Yang Shihan, everyone else can carry out extermination! You can discuss this matter with Zhuge Zheng and me! In addition to these characters, how do you deal with the rest of the big gangs?"
Huang Sheng continued: "There are several major gangs on the rivers and lakes, Guo Jing of the Heaven and Earth Society has always been law-abiding, and he is loyal to the court, as long as the emperor gives him appropriate favors, it is not impossible for him to leave Liu Yi." And Shangguan Jinhong of the Blue Dragon Society is no longer loyal to Liu Yi, as long as we get the antidote to the Three Corpses Brain Divine Pill, we will definitely be able to pull him over. As for the Wuyue Sword Sect, Zuo Lengchan is also an ambitious master, and it is not difficult to divide!"
Liu He looked at Huang Sheng and praised sincerely: "You are worthy of dealing with people in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and you are really the head of the way when you say it, unlike that Wei Zhongxian, who is a master of infighting in the court, and he can't interject when it comes to the rivers and lakes!" Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then asked, "Say, what should happen next?"
Huang Sheng received the emperor's praise, his spirit was shocked, and he continued: "This is exactly what Wechen is going to say next, when Yang Shihan was recruiting troops in Sizhou City that day, I sent a lot of people to the military camp, and as soon as these people left Sizhou City, Wechen let them make trouble in the city, disrupting Liu Aiji's entire plan, and making Sizhou City in a bloody storm!"
Liu He nodded and said, "In the future, I can send Yue Fei in to take over all matters in Sizhou City in the name of maintaining local law and order, and let Liu Aiji's power be hollowed out, so that he can be a nominal waiting master?"
Huang Shang continued: "Although this Sizhou City is Liu Aiji's territory, it is the territory of Huaxia after all, and it naturally has to do extraordinary things in extraordinary times!" (to be continued......)