The rise of the prince

Chapter 431 Xue Fang's Intuition

By the end of October, the matter had progressed from envoys from the Kingdom of Jin going back and forth to the palace to a formal negotiation with Honglu Temple.

The envoys of the Kingdom of Jin put forward the conditions again, and Jin and Jing made an alliance, but only Nanjing would return to the Kingdom of Jing. 50 taels of gold was used to buy Nanjing Road from Jin Guo.

As soon as he changed his mind, Jingguo lost the Xijing Road and had 55 taels more.Because the covenant had not been signed before, although Honglu Temple was cautious and worried that the Jin people would suddenly change their mouths about similar issues, but when this moment really came, they were still in a hurry.

All night, the government office of Honglu Temple was brightly lit, and they discussed countermeasures all night.

Honglu Temple Shaoqing Tang Zhouwei, fellow acquaintance Bao Zheng, and many officials went to the posthouse many times without stopping for a few days in a row. Almost all the rhetorical conditions that both sides could use had been thrown out, and they fought with each other.

After a speech, the officials of Honglu Temple still returned without success, and the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin seemed to insist that they could only give up the Nanjing Road, and Jing Guo should pay 50 taels.

In the days that followed, the weather became colder and colder, but the verbal confrontation between the two sides became more and more intense. Bao Zheng, the co-prefect of Honglu Temple, even had to throw out threatening words, for example, if Jin Guo was so aggressive, Jing Guo would send troops In the north, it fought against the Jingui Kingdom with the Liao Kingdom.

However, Liu Xu, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, was unmoved, and bluntly said that he traveled thousands of miles north, and the Liao Kingdom was separated in between. The two countries joined forces and were not in the same place. It seems that he is not afraid of Jing Guo's threat at all if he can give Nanjing Road to Jing Guo.

All of a sudden, the two sides fell into a stalemate, and Honglu Temple was devastated, but many people watched the fire from the other side, feeling at ease.

"King Ping'an is powerful, apart from his reputation, there are only three things in reality.

First, hold the new army directly under the Privy Council;
Second, he was in charge of the Honglu Temple and the young supervisor of the Military Weapons Supervisor;
The third thing is to join the Jingbei Transit Envoy, who has jurisdiction over the transfer of the Beijing North Road, and has the right to mobilize the Beijing North Road Xiang Army.With all three in one body, one is in control of great power, which few people in the world can match. "Xue Fang said lightly, leaning on the railing of Yongyue Pavilion.

The middle-aged man who was with him had a machete on his waist and just smiled.

Xue Fang patted the solid railing with her hand, looking down from here, she could see the entire capital from a high position: "You know, I know it's this place, and it's this restaurant that stole my family's business.

Hehe, even so, even I myself can't help but come to this place to eat and have fun, even if relatives and friends come, I will bring them here. "

Xue Fang smiled: "This is the scary thing about King Pingnan. Do you know how scary it is? The food and drink in this building, the decoration in this building, the style and comfort in this building, there is nothing comparable to my restaurant. Can't compare.

It’s not terrible to be inferior. I have never been afraid of new things. As long as it is good, I can learn it and use it as my own. However, Pingnanwang’s restaurant is still difficult for people to learn, and they can’t see the way. Can't see it at all! "

"What can I do?" Xue Fang said helplessly, "People are selfish and greedy, if there is no restaurant business, my salary can be enough for my family of hundreds of people to spend extravagantly, and my few sons who are not up to date can spend their money? "

The middle-aged man next to him smiled: "If it is in my hometown, if you want it, you can grab it. As long as you can grab it, it's all yours. Be it cattle, sheep, meat, or people. I think we are all the same , Your Excellency, you can’t beat that prince, so you can only fight hard, but the method is different.”

Xue Fang nodded: "You're very smart, you're right, I just can't beat King Pingnan. So I can only mess up Honglu Temple and Jiangzhou. In this way, the three reasons for his power will be eliminated at once. Second, there is a chance to slowly think of a way to drive him out of the capital."

Xue Fang patted the mahogany railing again: "But this is different. We have rules, but you don't. If it was with you, I'm afraid I would have brought someone to the palace."

"What's the difference? We are robbing, but you are still robbing." The tall man didn't care.

Xue Fang shook her head: "The difference is that the damage of fighting within the rules is limited, and the fighting without restraint will only flow into rivers of blood. In my opinion, fighting is the way to progress. Without fighting and blood, people will have no sense of urgency. There is no ambition to make progress. However, the bottom line cannot be lost in a fight. Just like in Jingguo today, foreign enemies are surrounded, and tigers and wolves are everywhere. If you fall into serious internal fighting, you will kill yourself. Bleeding out."

"I don't understand this truth. Anyway, it's better to die quickly than to live like a fool. This is what I think." The man laughed.

Xue Fang didn't say much, and changed the subject: "I think more than the crown prince, Yu Chengan. The crown prince is enjoying himself for a while, and Yu Chengan wants to suppress King Pingnan. Anyway, as long as he survives Wang Yue, it will be a matter of peace sooner or later. I am different, if King Pingnan is not driven out of the capital, my family will not be able to live well in the future."

"How can you catch him? He is the grandson of your emperor, and he is so favored."

"Favorites belong to pets, but in the end, the emperor knows the general situation." Xue Fang glanced at the man beside him, very confident in his heart, he put his hands behind his back and said: "The emperor is getting old, the crown prince has been established, and King Pingnan will not leave the capital." , Jiangshan Sheji is difficult to stabilize, the emperor will not be at ease.

Compared with ability, the stability of the family and the country and the stability of the country are what the emperor wants most. It is what he wants to live for the people and bring peace to all generations. After all, the interests of the Tian family are much more important than a Pingnan king. "

The big man next to him couldn't understand, so he seemed to be talking to himself.

Xue Fang has always been confident, but never has unrealistic fantasies.

Because he is different from the crown prince, Yu Chengan and others. He is now the chief official of the third division and a senior official of the second rank. After Wang Yue, Zhong Daoyu, and He Zhao are removed from the imperial court, he is the most powerful. In this position, he is step by step. Climb up.

From the first place in the imperial examination, to the magistrate of the small county, the county magistrate, the magistrate of the small mansion, the scholar of Zhongshu, the transfer envoy, the Zhizhi envoy, and now the Duzhisi Duzhi envoy.He has walked unevenly this way, with blood on his hands, and shady deeds. Only he understands how hard and difficult this journey is.

Also because of these, he behaves coldly and low-key, never likes to make publicity, doesn't like to rely on others, and puts his own destiny in the hands of others, so he extremely despises Zhang Rang, who is in the Ministry of War, and wants to curry favor with Prince Yu Chengan.

Most of the others dealt with King Pingnan because of conflicts in the open and in the dark, but Zhang Rang simply wanted to curry favor and tied himself with Prince Yu Chengan and others in order to gain the top position.Xue Fang despises this.

After the banquet at the Prince's Mansion yesterday, he has been restless. Although the guest of the Prince's Mansion was repelled by the Prince, what he said echoed deeply in his heart. He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep, thinking about what the gentleman said.

(End of this chapter)