Invincible son

Chapter 961 960 [The general trend is coming]

Now there is a very interesting scene in the official circles of Duzhong.

As the battle between the two princes became fiercer, most courtiers either actively or passively chose to stand in line. At present, the supporters of Liu Xian and Liu Yun are probably in an equal state.

Of course, court disputes will not always be peaceful. In fact, there have been many impeachments and attacks between the two groups of courtiers in the past two months.Relying on these years of management and Wu Guifei's secret care, Liu Xian already had some strength in the court. After Pei Yue came forward to solve the most important righteousness for him, his power grew rapidly like mushrooms after rain.

Whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, there will never be a shortage of opportunists in the power field.

The temptation of Conglong Zhigong was too great, so after Liu Xian officially entered the game, people kept defecting to his command, acting as the generals who charged in the front line, and launched a very fierce offensive against the second prince's courtiers.Naturally, the opponent is not friendly, after all, there are not many people who are clean under their buttocks, and it is just to see who will be caught by the other party and hurt their feet.

Pei Yue deliberately stayed away from the center these days, but now he has a complete intelligence system in the capital, and he knows the information on the surface like the back of his hand.According to the summary data submitted by Deng Zai, in the past half a month, the Secretary of General Administration received 47 impeachment memorials, involving officials ranging from the ministers of the six ministries to junior officials of the seventh rank, covering almost all the yamen in the capital.

What's interesting is that none of these impeachment memorials involved senior officials above the third rank, let alone the two princes who were at the center of the storm.

And on the surface, senior officials of the third rank or above, namely the important ministers of the Eastern Mansion, the six ministers, and even the heads of various important yamen, have not publicly stated which prince they support more, although the collusion in private is hard to stop.

As for the matter of Wang Pingzhang and the second prince's secret communication of the song, Pei Yue and Liu Xian were well aware of it.

Pei Yue said unhurriedly: "Your Highness, since ancient times, it can be seen from the history that the success of a strategy does not depend on how perfect the layout stage is, because manpower will eventually be exhausted, and uncontrollable changes may occur at any time, which will cause This leads to deviations in the development of the situation. Therefore, the layout is only a prelude and foreshadowing, and the most important thing is to see clearly the temperament and thoughts of the people in the situation."

Looking at Pei Yue's gentle eyes, Liu Xian said with shame: "I thought you wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of selling the property in Duzhong to induce the second child to embezzle the savings from the Ministry of Industry, and then let people suddenly initiate impeachment to confirm him in one fell swoop." It’s a stupid name. Now it seems that, after all, I think too superficially.”

Although Pei Yue tried his best to speak wittily and straightforwardly, Liu Xian still felt a little struggling.

Pei Yue sneered in his heart. According to his research on Wang Pingzhang's past, this old fox probably had the idea of ​​putting him to death and rebirth. It's just that he kept some things in his heart, and now it's not time to be honest with each other.

Just like what he said in front of Emperor Kaiping, he is not good at planning.Perhaps this is the reason why Emperor Kaiping has been holding the position of crown prince vacantly. If Liu Xian wants to become a qualified crown prince, he still needs a long time of experience.

It doesn't matter if you can't compare to a freak like Pei Yue. After all, Guochao has only produced Lin Qingyuan and Pei Yuan in the past hundred years. At least he must be able to gradually sharpen his ability to analyze and make decisions in complicated situations.

"If you are close, you will not be inferior, if you are far, you will complain." Pei Yue said concisely.

Liu Xian fell into deep thought. Faced with this seemingly simple question, he couldn't help but think of many past events, and said slowly: "The empress is serious and cautious. Of course, this has something to do with the father, so I have a lot of respect for the old lady." The control of the second is stricter. It's just that after the second eldest son grew up and opened the mansion, because of his status as the eldest son, he gradually disobeyed discipline, and became more and more paranoid, and became difficult to get along with."

Pei Yue smiled and said: "Compared to this, I am more curious about another thing. Why does the second prince believe in Wang Pingzhang? Or what kind of support can the old fox give him?"

Pei Yue took it with a smile, and continued: "Looking at it this way, the second prince has ambitions, but he doesn't have the ability to support his ambitions, especially lacks foresight, let alone the habit of self-examination."

He took a sip of tea and talked eloquently: "For example, the situation in the small courtyard in the northern suburbs is actually very rough in hindsight, but the reason why it succeeded is because the people who entered the game were paranoid and wanted to try when they seized the opportunity. For such a person, as long as I show a few flaws, he will eagerly bite the hook."

These words made Liu Xian a little embarrassed, because he was also greedy for Xiangyun at the beginning, and suffered a big loss in Pei Yue's hands, and only then began to mature.

Liu Xian nodded and said, "That's right, that's what it means."

Liu Xian frowned slightly and said, "It makes sense, but I don't know how Wang Pingzhang convinced the second child afterwards. At least it seems that they are still in the same boat."

Pei Yue calmly said: "Then the bait is a trick to deceive the eyes. If you want to kill people, you must make them crazy."

Liu Xian asked, "Lin He?"

Pei Yue said calmly: "At the beginning of the sixth year of Kaiping, when I just came back from the western region, I met the second prince once. The reason was that he was pushed by others and wanted to force that Nanqin girl to accompany him. Your Highness should know, Nanqin Qin is my elder brother Gu Fan's favorite person, how can he do such things as serving people again? Even if Gu Fan and I don't have enough face, is the Guangping Marquis's face enough? He clearly knows these joints, but he still wants to do that. Waiting for actions, it can be seen that there is no image of a king."

"Right or wrong."

Pei Yue sighed slightly in his heart, and couldn't help thinking of those stories in the history books. In fact, he has seen many examples today, such as Emperor Zhongzong and Pei Yuan, Emperor Kaiping and Pei Zhen, Emperor Kaiping and Wang Pingzhang, and even Emperor Kaiping and Emperor Kaiping. he himself.

He pressed these thoughts, and said with a normal expression: "Although this battle will not see blood, I will do my best. Please wait and see, Your Highness."

Hearing Pei Yue's meaningful rhetorical question at this moment, after Liu Xian was stunned for a short time, his mind was like a bolt of lightning, and many things suddenly became clear, and he asked in disbelief: "Why did Wang Pingzhang do this? "

Liu Xian tried his best to keep up with his rhythm, with a slight look of excitement in his eyes, and said softly: "So today's game is just a bait, and you have made more thorough preparations?"

Liu Xian murmured: "Wang Pingzhang, as a left army fighter, has stood in the court for 40 years and has many cronies in the army. Even if he only speaks out to support at critical moments, it is the best support for the second child. After all, his father The emperor must also consider the attitude of the army."

Liu Xian didn't continue to ask about Pei Yue's detailed arrangements. He naturally understood the reason why the secrets are not confidential, but said sincerely: "Pei Yue, with your help this time, I have the opportunity to realize my ambition. No matter what happens in the future The situation is changing, and I will never forget the friendship of today."

Pei Yue nodded and said: "About the intersection between me and this person, it's just a matter of old sesame seeds and rotten millet, and it's boring to say. I just want to ask His Highness a question, what kind of person is the second prince?"

It's a bit better than before, as for the promise in his mouth...

The smile on Pei Yue's face grew brighter, and he said leisurely: "That being the case, why did Wang Pingzhang clearly see that it might be my setup for the night attack on the northern suburbs, and tried every means to get Wang Jiuxuan to leave, but he didn't want to?" Remind Liu Fei, which caused him to go all the way to the dark side? Your Highness, Liu Fei has helped the second prince manage the bamboo house and then amassed money all these years. There is no credit but hard work. He can definitely be regarded as the second prince's confidant. If Wang Pingzhang is really the second prince's steadfast Ally, don't you fear the second prince's chilling heart by doing this?"

Following Liu Xian's lead, he continued: "I'm also curious. Regardless of how those two can be as gluey as they used to be, even if Wang Pingzhang can see my intention to sell the property this time, even if he can do it dutifully. Remind the second prince, even if the second prince accepts his suggestion regardless of the past and doesn't use a single penny of the Ministry of Industry, I won't care."

Liu Xian was deeply impressed by this, and asked again: "What if he didn't do this?"

He paused for a moment, his eyes slightly revealing: "Because I didn't intend to use this obvious game to trap the second prince. Besides, Liu Fei stepped into a similar trap not long ago. In any case, the second prince still has the empress behind him." , There will always be someone with discerning eyes to stop him from jumping into the pit."

As for the details that Liu Xian should call Empress Chen the queen mother, neither of them cared.

Today's friendship?
That's it.

Pei Yue said frankly: "Actually, I have been preparing. Of course, whether this game is a bait or not depends on whether the second prince will jump into the pit. If he really embezzles the silver saved by the Ministry of Industry, it will save us a lot of trouble. The reason why the Tian family wants to set up another treasury is to distinguish it from the imperial court, so as to avoid the financial problems of the imperial court. Not to mention that he is only a prince now, even His Majesty cannot embezzle the savings of the imperial court as he pleases."

Before Liu Xian could say a few beautiful words, Deng Zai's voice suddenly came from outside. After getting Pei Yue's permission, he walked in with a booklet, his face hard to hide his excitement.

After seeing the ceremony, Pei Yue said: "Your Highness, you don't need to pretend, just speak the truth."

Deng Zai took the order, bowed his head and said, "Master, the shares in Qinyuan have been successfully sold."

Pei Yue smiled slightly, lowered his eyelids, and said calmly, "It's time to start."

(End of this chapter)