The rise of the prince

Chapter 848 Countermeasure + The Wu Family in Central Shu

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Di Zhi married Princess Yongming.

At this time, Di Zhi is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council and the commander of the new army's navy. He has a distinguished status and real power in his hands. He is also the most trusted general of the emperor's grandson.

Even Mr. De came to congratulate him in person instead of sending a junior from his family, which shows Di Zhi's status at this time.

This is not difficult to understand, the so-called emperor and courtiers in one dynasty, these people represented by Di Zhi will definitely be important courtiers in the future.

The day of the wedding was extraordinarily lively, and it was a grand event in the capital.

After marriage, the Lantern Festival will soon be here. This year Gillian is very happy and wants to hold a poetry meeting.

However, it is not easy for her to show up alone, so Li Xingzhou simply accompanied her as a guest of honor. The palace has plenty of money, and making a poem to make the wife happy is a piece of cake.

As Li Xingzhou became more and more famous, the poems he copied at the beginning became more and more sought after, which raised his literary talent to a new height. As a guest of honor at the poetry meeting, he naturally attracted many fans.

Many people in the mansion went to join in the fun, especially Pu Charing, she had never seen such a grand occasion.

Time passed quickly, and before I knew it, on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Li Xingzhou was awakened by the noise outside the small courtyard early in the morning, and Gillian in his arms also woke up quickly.

He ran out angrily and stood on the second floor with his bare feet, cursing.

The people outside were frightened, and hurried in to report, saying that someone must see him, but they didn't make an appointment, and they didn't hear the way, so they didn't let anyone tell them, they wanted to see him in person.

Li Xingzhou was immediately annoyed, he disturbed his sleep early in the morning, and was almost kicked out, A-Jiao got dressed and came out to appease him, and then his anger slowly subsided, and he kissed A-Jiao, making her flushed and feeling better.

"Tell him to wait outside, I'll come later." After saying that, he went back and changed his clothes, washed up under A-Jiao's service, and then went to meet people.

When we arrived at the reception hall, the other party was a young man who was busy with travel and dust, and he knelt down when he saw him.

Li Xingzhou doesn't have a good face, disturbing him is a good thing, "the plan of the day is in the morning", he is still going to do some hard work with Gillian before getting up.

"Who are you and why are you here? To put it simply." Li Xingzhou sat down and drank his tea.

"A certain servant of Mr. Wu, the magistrate of Mingzhou, was ordered to take a letter to the north. The head of the family can only confess it to His Highness. There are top-secret matters that cannot be disclosed." The young man said respectfully.

Hearing what he said, Li Xingzhou frowned slightly, and then asked the attendant to present the letter, and opened it for reading.

Slowly, he frowned and almost jumped up in anger, but he took a deep breath and pretended nothing happened, then carefully put away the letter: "You have worked hard."

Immediately, he asked the attendant to find Yan Kun, rewarded the young man who delivered the letter with fifty strings, and entertained him to temporarily stay in the restaurant of the palace.

Wu Huisheng, this is not the first time Li Xingzhou has seen this name. Mr. De told him before and made him a list of officials from the coastal states who support and oppose the New Deal, so that he can prepare and have countermeasures.

Because Degong is the chief official of the Zhengshitang, and he is a member of Tongzhongshu's sect, and the documents from all over the country will go through his approval, which cannot be circumvented, so he knows it clearly.

When he was fighting abroad, these people were eager to move while he was not in the court and had no time to take care of them. Only a few of the coastal states and counties were on his side.

Wu Huisheng is one of them, the magistrate of Mingzhou.

The reason why Li Xingzhou wanted to take the lead in resolving the southern coastal areas was to drive the development of the coastal states, and the sooner they reformed, the sooner they could enjoy the dividends.

There are two considerations in the strategic layout.

One is the southward shift of the economic center of gravity.

This is the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. In the past, the north had always been the center of economic and cultural focus, but the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were very chaotic, especially in the north, which was the economic, political and cultural center, where the warlords separated each other, the wars continued, the people withered, and the ten houses were empty.

It was not the warlord separatist regime of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty. The chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was a chaos without a moral bottom line, and it was a chaos in which the warlords in charge of the soldiers had no brains.

There are many records of killing people as military rations, and there are endless operations of casual two or five sons.

In contrast, the Three Kingdoms are considered a good era, and no matter how chaotic the Three Kingdoms are, they can still be talked about, because the main warlords are all intelligent, know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and restrain each other; the basic moral system has not collapsed in general, even in troubled times there are loyal Liver righteousness, soul-stirring matter.

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were different. Most of the warlords had no brains. They acted according to their temporary likes and dislikes, and were moody. The basic morality collapsed. What is morality?I do not know!So any kind of inhumane thing can be done.

Under such a general environment, the relatively stable south has become a good place to avoid disasters. The people in the south can generally live in peace, and the economic center of gravity gradually shifts south.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were only half of the country, and the economy began to move southward on a large scale.

With the flooding of the Yellow River, the Yangtze River Basin in the south is becoming more and more suitable for development.

Now is a great opportunity. If the coastal states in the south develop to the level of the north and central Sichuan, it will be difficult to shake their countries.

Now they have not yet developed, they are still in the initial stage, the difficulty is small, and they can also lay the foundation for future development.

Secondly, the future foreign wars will mainly be in the north.

Li Xingzhou is only 21 now, and he still has a lot of time.

In the next few decades, the north will have to face Xia, the tribes of Tubo, and the rise of Mongolia. Wars and turmoil are inevitable.

Only the south, only the area south of the Huaihe River, can maintain stable development for a long time, develop with peace of mind, and become the rear of the entire country, supporting foreign military activities and stabilizing national power.

Therefore, in these places, we must start first and stabilize first, the sooner the better.

The letter sent by Wu Huisheng helped him a lot!
It said that he found that the Mingzhou big family united with some neighboring wealthy families to ask for help in the middle of Shu.

Li Xingzhou immediately understood that the so-called "seeking help from the middle of Shu" was referring to the Wu family in the middle of Shu.

He was taken aback, he really didn't expect these big clans to play this trick before!
"Please speak to the queen" the poetic words pondered, tilting his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

After Li Xingzhou got the letter, he consulted with Shiyu immediately.

"These bastards! The year before last, I wanted to deal with Wu Zhengqing, but they found someone to go to Beijing first, and took the queen's route, so they couldn't do anything with him." Li Xingzhou was a little annoyed.

"What about this time? After all, it's not about the empress's natal family. Will the empress care?" Shiyu asked, Li Xingzhou stretched out his hand, motioning for her to sit on his lap. He likes to discuss issues with her like this, and he is used to it.

Shiyu hesitated for a moment, but did as he did.

"If they persuade the Wu family first, it's just a question of how to speak. If the Wu family helps, they can easily say that they have something to do with the Wu family even if they have nothing to do with the Wu family. I have to deal with local wealthy families, and so does the Wu family."

Shiyu frowned: "So as long as the queen speaks, things will be difficult again."

Li Xingzhou nodded affirmatively, "I didn't think about this aspect before, after all, it was too far away, I just thought that no one could be an obstacle except the emperor, and the emperor stood with me, so I don't believe they have the ability to dare to persuade the emperor.

But want to miss the queen!

It's okay for the queen to open her mouth. Although the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, she is my grandma!
It's difficult to do, since the bloodline is there, if she really opens her mouth, she can't do it absolutely, and do it neatly, but what I want is to be clean and neat, and do it to the end once and for all. "

Shiyu thought for a while, and then said: "Then act first, so that they can't speak!"

"Hey, heroes see the same thing!" Li Xingzhou laughed, "The mouth is on them, but they can't say what they say."

"I plan to bring four battalions of troops and six Dingnan-class warships to central Shu this time. If the situation is not right, I will take people directly so that they can't speak." Li Xingzhou said sternly.

He may be infamous for this matter, but just scold him, he has been scolded enough, and he can't let those people destroy his strategic layout.

Shiyu laughed: "How can you be so overbearing!"

Then she leaned back, using Li Xingzhou as a chair, and said seriously: "I don't think so many people are needed, but it must be fast, and you can't go along the way in a low-key way like you planned before.

You have to go to the middle of Sichuan before those people, and then make a big fanfare and announce to the world that you have gone. At that time, all the rich families and local officials will definitely go to Chengdu. "

Shiyu's eyes flashed: "At that time, those people will be useless even if they go to the middle of Sichuan. The officials and big families in the middle of Shu will be by your side. They dare to move forward, and it will be easy to handle them!"

Li Xingzhou was taken aback for a moment, but after thinking about it, it seemed to make sense.

When he arrived in central Sichuan, as long as he acted in a high-profile manner, all forces and officials would take the initiative to come over. If they dared to enter the country at that time, they would have more reasons to decide.

"Then I'll leave tomorrow!" Li Xingzhou was in a hurry.

"Don't worry about it for a day or two. As long as you arrive, the Wu family will not dare to act rashly. Instead, they have to set up a backup." Shiyu said.

Li Xingzhou looked at the smart little daughter-in-law, and saw that she was looking at him a little teasingly, and suddenly became angry from embarrassment, and scratched her, "Do you dare to show off your cleverness, molesting your husband, and see how I deal with you at night!"

Shiyu blushed, hurriedly stopped him from messing around, and said out of breath: "Even if the Wu family sends people into the palace at the last step, it will only count if they can see the queen.

From the capital city to the land of thousands of miles in the middle of Shu, they can walk however they want, but in the end they want to enter the imperial city."

Li Xingzhou instantly understood: "You mean Wu Desi!"

Shiyu nodded: "As long as you can't enter the imperial city, everything will be closed. This is the last guarantee."

Wu Desi is responsible for guarding the outer city of the imperial city and the junction of the inner and outer cities, and guarding the safety of the palace. The queen is in the harem. If the Wu family wants to see the queen, they must notify the Wu Desi to let them go.

But now as him, it is easy to bribe Wu Desi.

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"I'm afraid it will cause suspicion." After all, Wu Desi is the armed force guarding the imperial city and is responsible to the emperor. If he intervenes casually, it may cause unnecessary suspicion.

The poem said: "So it is the last guarantee. It is good for His Highness to go to Shuzhong first so that the Wu family will not speak. If it is late, let Wu Desi intercept the letter."

Li Xingzhou nodded. My good wife is really smart and considerate. What was originally a matter of urgency was not so urgent when she said it.

Because there are several insurances, he can go to central Sichuan to mobilize the local government to prevent the Yuan family from entering the country, and if it is too late, he can also prevent them from seeing the Wu family;

Even if there is no time to stop it, he can put pressure on the Wu family to retreat [-] steps. If the Wu family sends someone to see the queen, or deliver a letter, he can use the tactic of drawing fire from the bottom to mobilize Wu Desi to intercept the person or letter.

Yes, no matter how hard they struggle, they will eventually run to the capital, to the palace.

Li Xingzhou was suddenly enlightened by his young wife, he was going to do some exercise at night, but Shiyu told him to stop, let him have a good rest, and he would seriously deal with Wu Desi's affairs tomorrow.

Wu Desi is still relatively sensitive, even if he is the grandson of the emperor, he must be careful when speaking.

The next day, Li Xingzhou hosted a banquet for Wu De Si Wu De envoy, and asked him to help him, but he was very careful with his words, so as not to irritate him.

However, anyone who stands in line can offend the queen or the future emperor. The Wude Envoy soon had a balance and agreed to help.

The insurance was good, and then Li Xingzhou began to prepare for the matter of going to Sichuan, striving to set off and arrive as soon as possible.

Known as the Land of Abundance, Sichuan is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with thousands of miles of fertile fields in the middle. It has been a land of prosperity since ancient times.

Qin's unification of the world was supported by the rear of central Shu.

Liu Bang also decided that the Three Qins would compete for hegemony in the world, relying on Hanzhong, the land of Shu. Later, after a long period of development, the tax in Shu was almost half of the tax in Jingguo, which shows the prosperity of Shu.

The world's first banknote "Jiaozi" was also circulated among wealthy merchants in central Sichuan.

However, because of its closed geographical location, it has a certain degree of closure. There is a saying that "the world is in chaos before Shu is chaotic, and the world is peaceful before Shu".

Chengdu, as the capital of the Land of Abundance, houses are brightly lit, densely packed with pavilions and pavilions, and it is especially lively at night.

The Wu family, as the queen's mother family, is also the largest wealthy family in Sichuan, with a detached status. When the prefect of Chengdu prefecture takes office, he must first pay a visit to the Wu family.

The Wu family's mansion is located in the east of the city, occupying two whole streets. The surrounding buildings are densely packed, and the long fence is several miles long.

In the mansion in the mansion, the lights were bright. Patriarch Wu Zhengqing sat on the top seat, and men and women sat on the two sides below. They were older, more men than women, there were about fourteen or five people, many of them had gray hair, and the youngest also looked middle-aged.

At this time, everyone's faces were full of excitement. They were all in charge of the various households of the Wu family and knew the current situation of the Wu family best.

Although the family has become the largest wealthy family in Sichuan, with the queen as the backer, the government has to give three points of face.

But at this point, it is even more difficult to make further progress. However, the young children in the family are used to living a life of wealth and prosperity, and they do not make much progress. They have trained a large number of children to study, and none of them went to high school. The future is bleak in the long run.

But at this time there is a turning point.

"The empress sent a letter from the family, saying that the grandson of the emperor will come to Sichuan for a while, and it stands to reason that the grandson of the emperor also has the blood of our Wu family. This is a great opportunity for my Wu family!
The grandson of the emperor is now famous all over the world, and he is young and promising. It is a certainty that he will inherit the great rule and ascend to the position of supreme in the future!

Having said that, all uncles, brothers and sisters must understand what I mean!This matter must be done well, and we will do our best to do it well! "Wu Zhengqing, as the head of the family, said seriously.

Everyone nodded and began to discuss in low voices.

Wu Zhengqing didn't need to say anything about the emperor grandson of the current dynasty. They had heard too much about him. His deeds were spread everywhere among the common people and among the officials.

"Now that I know, during this period, I hope everyone can work together to receive the grandson of the emperor well. If he is happy, the future of our Wu family can be guaranteed!
If you have any opinions and ideas, let’s talk them out and ponder them together. "

The old lady at the bottom of the head spoke first: "I heard that the emperor's grandson is so beautiful that he went to the grassland to snatch the queen of the Dajin Kingdom. When I see it, I will call all the young girls who look good in each room. If you can be spotted One or two is better than nothing."

"feasible!"

"Yes, I thought so too."

"The emperor's grandson's poems are very well written. They must be people with literary and historical background. That song is recommended to me at the Zhuge Prime Minister's Temple in Chengdu."

"There is also the shrine set up by the common people for the grandson of the emperor. They paid for repairs and repairs, and expanded it. I will be happy to see it then."

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The Wu family attaches great importance to this matter.

(End of this chapter)