This Jinyiwei is obviously super strong but draws too much

Chapter 1135

Cui Yixiao was almost unable to suppress his anger. It seemed that the Jinyiwei had gone downhill before they even started to show off their power in front of him. Now anyone dared to act insolently in front of him.

Faced with Wang Zheng's provocation, Cui Yixiao really wanted to slap him in the face. If the emperor was not here, he might really do so. Unfortunately, he couldn't do that now.

It's not that he would care about the face of that damn eunuch Cao Shun. To put it bluntly, although the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard is the counterpart to the governor of the Eastern Depot in terms of position, from a realistic point of view, this small governor is really not taken seriously by him, the pacification envoy.

The reason why Wang Zheng cannot be beaten is that His Majesty the Emperor is here. No matter how they confront each other in private, at least they cannot make it public. Otherwise, wouldn't it be an insult to the Emperor, which is a serious crime.

Not far away, Shang Luo looked at Cui Yixiao's expression, which seemed to want to explode but had to hold back, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Xiao Lu, I thought you were taking good care of Old Cui, but you're actually here to watch the fun."

"It's not the same thing." Lu Hanjiang shrugged. He really had no intention of helping. It had nothing to do with his subjective will. As an emperor, there was no way he would personally go on stage to help.

Even if he really favored the Jinyiwei, he would not come forward to reprimand Wang Zheng. Not to mention that the order would be messed up. If he really did that, there would be no one alive in the East Factory from top to bottom tomorrow morning.

After all, such a God-given opportunity does not always come along. The Jinyiwei would give it a try even if it meant risking the charge of misinterpreting the emperor's intentions. Ying Wushang would not miss such a good opportunity no matter how loyal he is. Loyalty and exclusion of dissidents have never been in conflict.

He was mentally prepared that Cao Shun would cause trouble for the Jinyiwei, but what he didn't expect was that the Jinyiwei could be taken advantage of so easily.

I think it's because they have been used to having smooth sailing over the years, so Cui Yixiao and others can't help but become a little lazy. Although Cao Shun's victory was not fair, it's still a win.

"We should always find something for everyone to do."

Lu Hanjiang shook his head and said, "But the affairs of the noble families are not causing any trouble. I think we can eliminate these rats before the end of the month. The world is so big, and it is hard to find a few people who can be a problem for the Jinyiwei at the moment."

"Yes, it's right in front of us, isn't it?"

Shang Luo pointed at himself without any hesitation, but Lu Hanjiang just glanced at her and then looked away. If this girl were to get out, it would indeed be a huge trouble, but the person was already in front of him, and he thought that there would be no possibility for her to escape from him a second time.

Although she was a little angry, Shang Luo knew that she would not have the chance to escape again this time. She puffed up her cheeks in frustration and said after a while: "The new city guard in the north you found is about to be in trouble."

"Wen Kongheng?" Lu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows. He had almost forgotten about this person.

Although there were some unpleasantness at first, with Meng Yuan's mediation, Lu Hanjiang and Wen Kongheng were able to get along peacefully. Moreover, he later received such a great favor from the other party, so it was naturally not appropriate to bring up the past grudges.

Wen Kongheng has now gone to the north. The emperor is far away and the sky is high. It is time for him to be free and happy. However, despite this, Lu Hanjiang knows that the other party has already been in a state of panic.

When the imperial power was transferred in the capital, General Wen stole the limelight. He single-handedly cleared out the forces in the harem. His hands were stained with the blood of aristocratic families, both new and old.

Doing such a thing is basically equivalent to cutting oneself off from the world. Although the court today no longer relies solely on aristocratic families, all those who can be ranked high are from aristocratic families.

It's not that Lu Hanjiang is unwilling to employ poor scholars, but to be fair, these people from the new aristocratic families who support him are all talented and loyal. Others aside, Minister Lu took such good care of him in the past, giving him advice on everything, and even helping him with the entire Lu family after Meng Yuan faked his death. It's impossible for such a person to be abandoned in the end.

Not to mention that Lu Hanjiang does not have that kind of morbid desire for power to control the overall situation, he himself is a very lazy person. If he withdraws all these children from noble families, does he have to do everything himself and work himself to death in government affairs?

Since the people from the aristocratic family have to use it, some things are unavoidable, such as Wen Kongheng's life and death.

Everything was doomed as early as when Wen Kongheng took action. After all, he did not kill ordinary people, but women from aristocratic families and imperial concubines. No matter from which perspective, as a foreign minister, he was stained with such human blood and his life was over.

Wen Kongheng himself knew that he had exchanged his life for the future of the Wen family. He thought he should have died six years ago, but he never expected to live so many more days. He was already content.

At this moment, hearing Shang Luo suddenly mention this person, Lu Hanjiang couldn't help but ask curiously: "I thought your actions in the North were just a show, but I didn't expect it to be real."

"not me."

Shang Luo shook her head and said jokingly, "It was obviously done by one of your own people. Xiao Lu, you are not serious about being an emperor. Your subordinates have started to play their own games, and you haven't noticed yet."

Lu Hanjiang smiled but did not answer. The power of the aristocratic families was intertwined and many connections that outsiders could not even imagine were buried under these networks of relationships.

Of course, if a family alliance like Jiangnan wanted to rebel, no one would participate. But if they wanted to deal with Wen Kongheng, there would still be many people willing to give them a hand.

There is no need for those people to provide any substantial help. All you need to do is to keep the abnormalities you find secret for a while before reporting them. The results will be very significant.

In the final analysis, both the old and new families have tacitly accepted the existence of circles. As long as everyone is in the same circle, they will more or less leave some dignity for each other. Similarly, as long as someone breaks the rules, no one will give a good face.

There are very few people like Master Luo and Minister Lu who have completely abandoned the clan concept. It is for this reason that Lu Hanjiang chose Ying Wushang, a man from the underworld, to be the new commander.

Even though he was one of the vested interests, he could not pretend not to see some things, especially since he was the unlucky guy sitting on this broken throne.

"If you want to save people, it's still not too late."

Shang Luo said in a relaxed tone: "No matter how useful the Jinyiwei is, they are all children of aristocratic families from top to bottom, and there is no guarantee that one link will be exposed. Even if those thousand households are loyal to you, Xiao Lu, after all, the people who do the work in the end are still the soldiers below."

"You have learned a lot of these messes."

Lu Hanjiang glanced at her and said, "But your attempt to sow discord is a little too blatant, isn't it?"

"Whether it's true or not, Xiao Lu, you know it best in your heart," Shang Luo narrowed her eyes and smiled, looking proud like a little white mouse that got oiled. She said, "What do you think? Do you feel that you shouldn't have come here? Look, it's only been a few days and your most skilled Embroidered Spring Knife doesn't work anymore."