Fenghou

Chapter 1435 Behind the Scenes
At night, a man in black appeared at the back door of Xu Xiantu's mansion. Xu Kun, Xu Xiantu's nephew who was waiting here, asked, "Is there an agreement?"

The man in black took out a silver medal and handed it to Xu Kun, who immediately led the man in black to the back house.

The man in black is Wei Yanzong. Since the special envoy's residence has been secretly monitored by Meihuawei, Lu Gang cannot come to see Xu Xiantu, so he asks Wei Yanzong, who is agile, to be his messenger.

Not long after, the two came to Xu Xian's library, and Xu Kun reported: "Uncle, he is here!"

"Please come in!"

Xu Kun waved his hand, "Please!"

Wei Yanzong walked into the study quickly, and saw Xu Xiantu standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back. Wei Yanzong quickly stepped forward to salute, "See Mr. Xu!"

Xu Xiantu knew Wei Yanzong, he waved his hand and said, "You are welcome, General Wei, what can Special Envoy Lu say?"

Wei Yanzong took out two letters and presented them to Xu Xiantu. After Xu Xiantu took the letters, he was shocked by the first letter, which turned out to be a letter written by King Yong himself.

"Is there anything else to convey verbally?" Xu Xiantu asked again.

"Special Envoy Lu asked me to tell Xu Xiangguo that there will be changes in Wenzhou. Please contact General Wu Shi."

Xu Xiantu was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"I don't know the humble job, just this sentence!"

"Okay! Thank you, General Wei."

Wei Yanzong saluted and left.

Xu Xiantu then closed the door, sat down in front of his desk, and carefully opened His Royal Highness King Yong's letter.

Xu Xiantu knew that King Yong would not look for him for small things, but once he looked for him, it would be a big deal. This is actually the second time to look for him. The last time was to transfer Han Shizhong away from the battlefield. I don't know why this time?
Xu Xiantu opened the letter and read it again. The content of the letter was very simple, even only four words, 'Baoji Shijia! '

Sending a specific letter at a specific moment, only an old politician like Xu Xiantu can understand it. His Royal Highness King Yong hopes that the emperor will dig his own foundation.

It's just that the Son of Heaven has just borrowed millions of dollars, so he may not make a move on such a powerful person as the Shi family, so he has to think of a way to persuade him.

Xu Xiantu was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that he still had a letter he hadn't read. He patted his forehead and sat back in his seat.

The second letter was actually written to him by Wu Shi, the commander of the Wenzhou garrison. After reading the letter, he immediately understood what Lu Gang said.

"There will be changes in Wenzhou, please contact General Wu Shi from Xiangguo!" '

King Yong planned everything. This Wu stone was the handle of the knife, and King Yong handed the handle to himself.

He got up immediately and said: "Prepare the carriage, I want to enter the palace overnight!"

At this time, the emperor Zhao Gou was playing Qi people game with several concubines, and was in high spirits when an eunuch outside the tent reported in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Xu Xiangguo has an emergency to see you!"

Zhao Gou was disturbed and annoyed, so he had to give up the sentiment, and ended in a hurry. Several court ladies came forward to dress him. Zhao Gou ordered: "Let Xu Xiangguo meet you in my inner study!"

Zhao Gou simply put on his attire and came to the inner study, where he saw Xu Xiantu sitting on a soft chair outside and waiting. Seeing the arrival of the emperor, Xu Xiantu hurried forward to salute, "The situation is urgent, please disturb your majesty to rest!"

"What emergency?"

"Beizhi has just received information from Wenzhou that there has been a change in the Wenzhou garrison!"

"what!"

Zhao Gou was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Go inside and talk!"

The two walked into the inner study. Xu Xiantu handed Wu Shi's letter to Zhao Gou. The letter said that the Wenzhou Army stationed in various places is gathering in Yongjia County. The Wenzhou Army has 3 people stationed in Wenzhou, Taizhou and The three places in Chuzhou are mainly defending the Western Army on Fujian Road.

Zhao Gou was really surprised. The Wenzhou army crossed the three states, and any transfer required its own tiger amulet, but he did not send military envoys. How could the army gather at will?
"Xu Aiqing, who is this Wu Shi who wrote the letter?"

"His grandfather is an old servant of Weichen's family. Three years ago, his father asked me to help arrange a position. This Wu Shi happened to be the head of the Song army, so Weichen promoted him to be a commander and stationed in Wenzhou. He is a little minister. people."

Xu Xiantu made up a resume casually, and he had to communicate with Lu Gang and ask him to arrange it, so don't reveal it.

"Xu Aiqing, could it be that the Western Army is going to attack Wenzhou in the north?"

Xu Xiantu shook his head, "Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with the Western Army. This should be a continuation of the Wanqixi incident. The minister said that the Wanqixi incident is just the beginning!"

Zhao Gou's face suddenly changed, and he sat down slowly, with complex expressions in his eyes, sometimes worried and sometimes angry.

Xu Xiantu said again: "Your Majesty, the dissatisfaction of these dignitaries is nothing more than the sharp drop in real estate prices. If you want to appease them, unless you let the land prices rise again, no one can do it. Therefore, both Wei Chen and Zhang Xiangguo think that since appeasing If you can’t stop, then you can simply be tough, beat these reckless dignitaries hard, make them afraid, they will restrain themselves, and the risk of Wenzhou’s army changing will naturally be eliminated. Your Majesty, this humble minister is a privy envoy. Bing, please trust our judgment."

Zhao Gou nodded, "How to beat?"

"Your Majesty, the best way to strike is to make an example to others!"

Zhao Gou paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and said for a while: "Today, Aiqing mentioned that Shi Guangping was related to the assassination case. In the afternoon, Yan Xin reported that the timing of the assassin's appearance was very precise. When we boarded the car, this opportunity was only for a short moment, but the assassin caught it, which means that someone in the cabinet notified the assassin, and Yan Xin also suspected that Shi Guangping was involved in the assassination plan, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence."

Xu Xiantu made up the knife calmly, "Actually, there is one more thing that I have not told His Majesty!"

"what's up?"

"Today, the head of Jiangnan Cabinet told Weichen that there are many big businessmen in Baoji Cabinet who have saved their wealth. These merchants fled to Jingzhao and did not have time to withdraw their wealth. Shi Guangping may want to use these wealth to make up for the loss."

Zhao Gou frowned, "He's an opener, can he do this kind of thing?"

Xu Xiantu sneered and said, "Your Majesty, I guess he will let the court take the blame, saying that he was stolen by the court."

Xu Xiantu knew Zhao Gou too well, and Zhao Gou was weak in his bones, so he would definitely not be able to make up his mind to ask him to kill others as a warning to the powerful, unless the Wenzhou army rebelled openly and endangered his throne, he would make up his mind.

There is another situation that will prompt him to make up his mind, and that is temptation. What the emperor desires most now is money, and he doesn't want to touch the wealth in his own treasury. So where will he get money?
If you tell the emperor that there are a large number of merchants' wealth in Baoji Cabinet, will he not be tempted?

Xu Xiantu resigned and left. He didn't need a heavy hammer to beat the drum, but he only needed to say the key words in place.

Zhao Gou paced back and forth in the inner study with his hands behind his back. He was thinking about attacking the Shi family. To what extent, he was still thinking about how much wealth he could get from the Shi family.

The Shi family is as rich as an enemy country, this is an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone!It can not only beat the reckless behavior of the powerful, but also solve their own financial difficulties. As for the Shi family, it is enough to forgive them if they are not dead, and they can be sent to live in Lingnan for a long time.

(End of this chapter)