Chapter 859

Looking at the smiling Zhu Yi in front of him, Wu Xing shook his head in his heart, knowing that it was impossible for him to find out the real purpose of Duke Cheng.

However, this is normal, he and Duke Cheng's mansion don't have a deep friendship, if they meet each other with heart and soul without reservation, then he should be wary of any traps behind it...

"So, besides this, what about the other thing?"

After all, Wu Xing had been in the military residence for a long time, so he was very cautious. For Zhu Yi's request, he did not immediately agree or refuse, but continued to ask cautiously.

Zhu Yi was rather straightforward, flipped his hands over, and another document was placed in front of Wu Xing. The difference was that the names recorded in this document were all generals who were not particularly famous.

Wu Xing glanced at it, and his expression became a little complicated.

The military government is in charge of the military registration of the whole country, and participates in the assessment and promotion of generals. He naturally knows about each general. These names may not seem very eye-catching, but each of them is inextricably linked to Xunchen.

Moreover, if he remembers correctly, the military mansions these people are close to are all nobles who have good friends with Duke Cheng's mansion.

"It turns out that this is what the Duke of the country wants. To build the plank road openly, and to hide the warehouse in the dark. This is what the Duke of the country calls bone scraping to cure poison. Can it not be broken or built?"

Perhaps it was because, although Wu Xing rationally felt that he should not believe what Zhu Yi said just now, emotionally, there was still some hope.

But when he saw this list, his heart sank. At the same time, he also understood Zhu Yi's real purpose.

Scraping the bones to cure the poison, scraping the bones of the British government, and curing the poison of the Chengguo government; what cannot be broken is not established, what is broken is the control of the British government over the military government, and what is established is the new order of the Chengguo government.

Originally in the military mansion, the prestige of the death of the tiger was still there. After Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu withered one after another, although the forces originally belonging to the British government showed faint signs of dissipating, the overall situation could still be stabilized in the end. This is the foundation.

Even for those who defected to Ren Li, many of their original intentions were because he was supported by the British government, but it was too deeply involved later, so it was unclear.

However, even if they really voted for Ren Li, after all, Ren Li still has to rely on the British government, unless Ren Li intends to completely shake off the British government, otherwise, in many military affairs, the words of the British government Quan is still very strong, but it is only necessary to obtain agreement with Ren Li.

To put it bluntly, this is what Ren Li pursued diligently. After all, he is a marquis who has been in battle for a long time, and he is not willing to be a subordinate of the British government like an ordinary military official. Ningyang Marquis Mansion and Dingxi Marquis Mansion are like the old aristocratic families, which belong to the alliance relationship with the British government and can obtain a relatively equal status.

So in fact, as long as Zhang Xiang can understand the situation clearly, hold his nose and don't care about Ren Li's "betrayal", then, although it is said that Ren Li will use the power of the British government to grow and become a powerful family among the nobles However, the British government's control over the military government can barely maintain it.

After all, even if he can't really control Ren Li, as long as Ren Li is relying on the British government, it will be difficult for him to do anything that is not good for the British government, otherwise, it will easily lead to the spit of the nobles.

After staying for more than ten years, the little Yingyinggong will be married as an adult. As long as he is a little bit mature, it will not be difficult to regain control of the military government.

After all, at Ren Li's age, it was almost time for him to take care of himself, and he knew that with the virtue of Ren Shou, the legitimate son of the Ren family, it was impossible to take over the political resources left by Ren Li.

So when the time comes, whether Ren Li wants to hand over power or not, he has to hand over power.

In this way, although the process had many twists and turns, the British government has survived the most difficult stage and ushered in a new person in charge. With the right to speak, it will naturally make everyone in the military mansion feel at ease.

Of course, in contrast, although Ren Li handed over the power, the prestige and contacts he has accumulated over the years will make the Ren family rank among the top aristocratic families in the capital. Down, it can be called a win-win situation.

In fact, from Wu Xing's point of view, this should have been Zhang Fu's original plan. This third master is different from the second master who is in charge now. Situation, timely move.

But now this second master Zhang, it's not that Wu Xing wants to belittle him, but that he is really short-sighted and impulsive.

When Ren Li was imprisoned, the outside world had a lot of discussions in private, thinking that Mr. Zhang's actions were not honest. After all, if the British government hadn't called in advance to keep the key nobles silent in the court meeting, any Hou Ye would not have single-handedly debated with Yang Hong in court.

Although, at that time, the governments did have the intention of being wise and safe, and, during the period of Ren Li, they were indeed a little too public.

But you must know that since the Civil War, the situation of the entire Xungui Group is not optimistic, especially because of a series of operations by Zhang Xiang, successively because of the Zhennan King case, the mission case, the prince's departure from the cabinet and other things. , the reputation of honored nobles in the court has become worse and worse, and they have become an image of liking to form alliances and blackmail the court at every turn.

The most serious time, when more than a dozen honorable families were imprisoned at the same time, the memory of these generations of pampered nobles is still fresh.

Under such circumstances, Ren Li, an honored official with military exploits, seniority, and power, could at least play a supporting role in the court.

Although Ren Li himself is not very authentic, there are many such things in the officialdom, and no one is willing to tolerate each other and limit the struggle within a reasonable range.

But when it comes to Zhang Erye, this subordinate is a bit too ruthless.

Of course, this is also the fault of Ren Li himself for committing such a serious crime. The nobles thought that at most Ren Li was carrying the case of occupying the military settlements, even if he was impeached, it would not hurt the root cause, so they kept silent. In other words, it was just to make him lose face.

So there is no need to wrestle with the British government on this point.

But who would have thought that Ren Li was carrying the big case of intercepting and assassinating tribute envoys and assassinating courtiers. In this way, if he had a big case and had no backup, he would be properly thrown into the imperial prison.

Even after that, the British government faintly spread the news that they wanted to rescue Ren Li, but in the end, nothing was done.

Ren Li is gone now, but those who spy on the power of the British government will not disappear because of this, but will appear one after another, such as...

The Cheng Guogong in front of him!

This reversal of the world seems to be Zhang Min cleaning up the door and deterring other Xiaoxiao who have different intentions, but in fact, it is an increase and a decrease in strength.

In the first list that Wu Xing saw just now, there are more than a dozen of the current high-ranking officials in the military government, and even more low-level people are involved.

Even for the British government, this is nerve-wracking.

Once these people are down, the influence of the British government, which originally had the absolute right to speak in the military government, will plummet.

Of course, because Zhang Fu's strength and prestige were too strong at the beginning, and the family he left behind was strong enough, even if this group of people were cleaned up, the British government still had the most say among the military government.

However, the gap with the other most powerful noble mansions is no longer insurmountable.

Still the same sentence, Zhang Xiang is too reckless and impulsive, he takes the face of the British government too seriously, it is the same when he treats Ren Li, and it is naturally the same when he treats these people now.

Wu Xing believed that if Zhang Fu was here, he would be able to calm down and calculate the gains and losses, and would not be so impulsive, and instead be calculated for the so-called "deterrence" of the so-called illusory.

You must know that cleaning up the losses of these people is only on the surface for the British government. If the impact is only this, it is not completely unbearable.

However, it is a pity that the British government still has such a 'good' ally!
Once Wu Xing agrees to Zhu Yi's two requests just now, then the British government will really lose control of the military government if this combination of punches continues.

Of course, on the bright side, the British government is still the strongest among the military government.

However, the problem is that the real direct line left by the British government after it seems to clean up the house is actually not the real direct line.

Among them, quite a few people are still held by Duke Cheng's government. This will inevitably make them scruple about the attitude of Duke Cheng's government when expressing their political stances.

This is what Zhu Yi said, to let them 'be able to do things with heart and put the interests of the military government first'.

The so-called putting the interests of the military government first, from another perspective, means that the British government should not be the main one.

In this way, although it seems that the influence of the British government is still there, in fact, it is just a show. In terms of real strength, I am afraid that even the other government may not be able to match.

This has to be said, the brilliance of this Cheng Guogong.

If he showed all the real lists to Zhang Fu, no matter how impulsive Zhang Fu was, he would not do such a stupid thing of cleaning up the house. Even pinching his nose will endure, pretending not to know.

And if it is said that he hid the list and used it as a private excuse to blackmail these military officials, let alone whether it will make people feel bad for the actions of the Chengguo government, and feel that the dignified government uses this method. If someone loses his identity, if someone thinks he can "take the blame and make meritorious service" and stab Zhang Min to Zhu Yi's blackmailing them, the relationship between the two government houses will be completely broken, and naturally it will not be worthwhile.

But Zhu Yi is brilliant, and he is extremely precise in his measurements.

The list he took out happened to be within the range of losses that Zhang Fen felt was acceptable to the British government, and once Zhang Fen made a cruel move to 'clean up the door', all the military officials, especially those with ghosts in their hearts, would watch it. Seeing how the British government treats 'traitors', naturally there will be no unrealistic fantasies.

At this time, Zhu Yi passed the news through Wu Xing, and sold the favor to others, and didn't use it to make them do anything difficult. These people must be grateful and be careful in everything in the future.

At the same time, it can be seen from the second list that the Duke is not satisfied with weakening the influence of the British Government.

You must know that in the original military mansion, more than [-]% of the officials were monopolized by several powerful nobles. They occupy an absolute dominant position, and the remaining part is divided among other nobles. There are very few, and they are reserved for people who really have no background to be promoted.

However, these people who have no background at all, in this environment, will quickly find a backer and turn into noble people.

But what Zhu Yi is doing now is scraping a large number of people from the basic board of the British government, and then stuffing in are many nobles who were originally in the military government and had little influence.

This point is very obvious in the second list. You must know that among the nobles, there are big and small forces, high and low status, and the relationship with Cheng Guogong's mansion is also close or slightly estranged.

However, among the candidates for promotion given by Zhu Yi, these nobles are treated almost equally.

In other words, Zhu Yi's move was not just to enhance the influence of Cheng Guo Duke's family in the military government, but to completely disrupt the original order of the military government.

With so many honorable families joining the military mansion, the original monopoly of several big honorable families will inevitably be broken, and they will fall into fierce competition again.

The more factions, the more struggles.

The more struggles there are, the possibility of wanting to monopolize power will become very small, so Wu Xing feels that Zhu Yi's move is to completely break the British government's dominance of the military government.

Knowing this, Wu Xing roughly understood what Zhu Yi wanted to do.

He not only wants to suppress the British government, but more importantly, he wants to make the Chengguo government the most powerful force in the military government.

Zhu Yi knew very well that he did not have the combat achievements and prestige of Zhang Fu back then, so it was impossible to completely control the military mansion, it was too difficult, and it was impossible to do it silently. messed with.

Therefore, he changed his approach. On the one hand, the Chengguo Mansion could control more officials than other mansions, gaining an advantage in the right to speak.

On the other hand, he cut off the possibility of reappearing the monopoly of power in all the mansions, muddied the water, and relied on his means, either by grasping the handle or spreading favors, to form a substantial influence to achieve his own goals .

It is conceivable that once the people on the second list are promoted, even though they already have factions, they will also be grateful for the help of Duke Cheng's Mansion.

As for the nobles behind them, although it is not ruled out that they will have other thoughts after they become powerful, at least for now, they are naturally happy to have the opportunity to reach into the military mansion and form their own influence.

As for the other noble families with considerable influence in the military mansion, it may not be easy for them to stop them.

The friendship between Xungui is deeply rooted, people who bow their heads do not see those who look up, finally have such an opportunity, and it is justifiable, if they really want to stop it, then, I am afraid that it is between Xungui, they will fight themselves.

Seeing Zhu Yi in front of him who didn't care about his sarcasm, Wu Xing couldn't help but secretly sighed, this Duke Xiao Cheng really imitated his father!

Back then when Zhu Yong was there, he didn’t seize power or pull factions, but only extended favors and formed good ties. After the civil engineering of Chengguo Duke’s mansion, there were so many people who helped to speak, and the title was not immediately deprived by the court. The room for maneuver is the good fruit that was forged at the beginning.

Putting all these thoughts to the back of his mind, Wu Xing's expression slowly calmed down, and he finally put his mind on the situation in front of him.

Squeezing the two lists in his hand, he pondered for a moment and asked.

"Master Guo is very scheming, but what does the matter you want to do in Chengguo's mansion have anything to do with Wu?"

"Could it be that if Wu doesn't do these two things for the Duke today, are you going to knock Wu out of the dust?"

(End of this chapter)

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