Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

Chapter 136 Conspiracy and tricks, talent and wealth

"Well salt!"

"That's right, it's the well salt." Xiao Shunzi said: "There is a saying in the imperial city that if you ask for money in the well, you can get it. This well refers to the salt well, and this person refers to the eunuch guarding Long'an."

"The father-in-law in the imperial city likes Long An to guard the eunuch Qi Dynasty, because he gives the father-in-law a lot of money every year."

"Some people even say that the guardian of Long'an does not change his palm prints! The eunuch of Long'an is a fat job."

Xiao Shunzi said.

"Do not change the palm prints? This is a bit exaggerated!" Qin Wei said.

Xiao Shunzi said: "It's not an exaggeration, except for the chief inspector, the other palm-print eunuchs are not as good as Long An guarding eunuchs."

Qin Wei asked thoughtfully, "What is the background of this Qi dynasty?"

It is definitely not easy for Qi Chao to occupy such a lucrative position. If he does not have a backer in the imperial city, it is absolutely impossible for him to hold this position.

"Qi Chao is Eunuch Luo's godson!" Xiao Shunzi said.

Qin Wei was stunned.

Eunuch Luo, that is the big boss in the imperial city. Among the tens of thousands of eunuchs in the imperial city, except for Eunuch Lu, he is the oldest and the highest.

And Eunuch Luo has served many people, including the Empress Dowager and Empress.

Although both the Queen Mother and Queen passed away many years ago, Eunuch Luo did not die.

However, Eunuch Luo is older than Eunuch Lu, and now he is retiring to the second tier for retirement, but even so, no one dares to underestimate him.

"Your Highness, Qi Chao has served as the guardian eunuch in Long'an Mansion for more than ten years." Xiao Shunzi said with a salivating face.

Long'an Mansion is located in the northern part of Shuzhou, and the northern region was the least affected by the Shuzhou Rebellion this time, so this big fat sheep was saved from suffering.

A guarding eunuch who guards the six kinds of tributes in Long'an Mansion and also occupies a large number of salt wells, to be honest, Qin Wei is extremely greedy.

If this guy can be copied, it can definitely make up for the current lack of Shuzhou.

"Let Wang An investigate the Qi Dynasty!" Qin Wei chuckled.

"Here, little one obeys!" Xiao Shunzi said with a joyful face.

……

Kyoto, Prince Ping's Mansion.

In the study, Wu Bin, who was sitting next to Qin Changping, looked at the letter in his hand, frowning.

"It's only been a few months, and the Prince of Xin'an has done so many things in Shuzhou?"

Qin Changping leaned on the back of the chair, closed his eyes, the wrinkles on his face trembled slightly, and there were countless thoughts in his heart for a while.

After the death of the crown prince, Lihuang first used strong means to suppress the undercurrent in the court, and then came up with a secret way to establish a reserve to catch everyone by surprise.

Although the court was calm on the surface during this period, everyone knew that the calm was only temporary.

The longer the calm time, the greater the accumulated energy, and the more violent it will be when it erupts.

Now Qin Changping didn't dare to relax at all, and his mind was tense every day, for fear that a little mistake would make himself fall into a situation where he would never be able to recover.

However, he still made a mistake. He actually ignored Qin Wei who was far away in Shuzhou.

Now that Qin Wei holds the military power in Shuzhou, although the number of soldiers under his command is small, such signs make Qin Changping very disturbed.

Because neither he nor Qin Chang'an dared to get involved in military power in the capital, at least on the surface they did not dare.

"My lord, we can't ignore the affairs of the king of Xin'an County, otherwise there will be a catastrophe in the future." Wu Bin said in a deep voice.

Qin Changping opened his eyes and said, "But we have nothing to do with him now."

Now Zhenwusi has achieved initial results, especially in Kyoto and Tianzhou, Zhenwusi has suppressed the folk martial arts forces, so that those sects can only obediently serve the court.

And at this moment, Zhenwu Division is expanding to other states. At this juncture, Li Huang will definitely not dismantle Qin Wei's platform. After all, Li Huang wants Zhenwu Division to suppress those folk martial arts forces.

Wu Bin said thoughtfully: "The king of Xin'an County has made great contributions to the establishment of the Zhenwu Division and to the suppression of the rebellion in Shuzhou. Naturally, it is difficult for us to deal with him at this time, but~"

"If you have something to say, what does it look like to be hesitant?" Qin Changping said dissatisfied.

"If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded." Wu Bin said in a low voice.

"He's like this now, how about a reward?" Qin Changping frowned.

Wu Bin suddenly said with confidence: "The king of Xin'an County can't reward, but those under his command can."

"Zhuge Zhengwo, Tie Shou, Yuwen Chengdu, Li Ru, these people have made a lot of contributions. If the court doesn't reward them, wouldn't it be a bit jealous?"

Qin Changping said: "Do you want to ascend publicly and descend secretly?"

Wu Bin chuckled, and said: "My lord, rising up and down in the dark is only one of them, and the power to select officials of the Zhenwu Division is the most important thing."

Qin Changping's eyes suddenly brightened.

"Now Zhenwu Division was established by Xin'an County King. The Zhenwu Division is like an iron bucket, and it is almost difficult for outsiders to intervene."

"That's why Xin'an County King can use the power of Zhenwusi to improve his background, but what if all the courts can join Zhenwusi?"

"Should the Ministry of Officials be responsible for the appointment and promotion of the officials of the Zhenwu Division? Should the Zhenwu Division's salary and food be managed by the Household Department? Should the Zhenwu Division also be supervised by the Procuratorate?"

Wu Bin said with a smile.

Qin Changping laughed, "That's right, how can Zhenwusi be independent from the court?"

"As long as all the ministries of the court can intervene in the affairs of Zhenwusi, then Zhenwusi will no longer belong to Xin'an County King, and without Zhenwusi, the foundation of Xin'an County King will be cut off. Even if he has some military power in Shuzhou, and What can I do?" Wu Bin said.

Qin Changping nodded, his expression relaxed a lot, and said: "However, we still need to make a good plan at this time. Your Majesty wants to use Zhenwusi to suppress the world's martial arts, and we can't add chaos to Your Majesty."

"The prince is still considerate."

Wu Bin said flatteringly.

……

three days later.

Wang An came to the courtyard where Qin Wei lived.

"Your Highness, everything about the Qi Dynasty has been investigated."

In the study, Wang An handed Qin Wei a document.

Qin Wei opened it and looked.

In the Qi Dynasty, the guarding eunuch of Long'an Mansion has been in Long'an Mansion since the 32nd year of Wude until now.

In the past ten years, the Qi Dynasty has purchased a large number of properties in Long'an Mansion, not only in Long'an Mansion, but also in the entire northern part of Shu Prefecture, within the six mansions, the Qi Dynasty has many properties.

These industries include well salt, grain, weapon forging, elixir, cloth, tea, etc., and there is even a copper mine and two iron mines.

There are so many industries and the scale is simply extraordinary.

Moreover, the Qi Dynasty also recruited a large number of warriors. Just for the caravans traveling to and from various states, he has more than a dozen under his command, and his business covers several states, including Yuanzhou, Yunzhou, Tianzhou, Sizhou, Qinzhou, Liangzhou and Kyoto.

It can be said that the commercial territory of the Qi Dynasty occupies half of Dali.

After Qin Wei finished reading it, he couldn't help exclaiming: "This Qi Dynasty is really a business genius!"

There are many people who can make money in this world, but there are really few who can do business to such an extent like Qi Chao.

Although those big families and dignitaries are not weaker than the Qi Dynasty in terms of business, it is the accumulation of several generations, or even a dozen generations, and the Qi Dynasty only took a dozen years to achieve such a business. Not bad.

Moreover, there are quite a few masters under the command of the Qi Dynasty. Although there are no innate warriors, there are six ninth-rank warriors. Such strength far surpasses most sect forces.

"How does this person behave?" Qin Wei asked.

Wang Andao: "Qi Chao is extremely shrewd, and he has a good reputation in all government departments in the imperial city, especially in An Le Hall and Jing Le Hall. Qi Chao spends a lot of money every year to make up for it."

Qin Wei opened his eyes slightly, this guy really knows how to buy people's hearts.

What are Anle Hall and Jingle Hall? They are the places where eunuchs live for the elderly.

When the eunuchs in the imperial city get old, they will be placed in the An Le Hall and the Jing Le Hall. Everyone will grow old, and the eunuchs know that they will enter the An Le Hall and the Jing Le Hall sooner or later.

Qi Chao filled up money for An Le Hall and Jing Le Hall, which would definitely make all the eunuchs in the imperial city have a good impression of him.

"Then what is his reputation in Long'an Mansion?" Qin Wei asked again.

"It's not good, and it's not bad." Wang An thought for a while and said, "Although the Qi Dynasty obtained a lot of money in Long'an Mansion, he didn't oppress ordinary people, and he didn't occupy fertile land. On the contrary, sometimes it will stabilize the food price in Long'an Mansion."

"Although Long'an Mansion was not affected by the rebellion in Shu Province this time, many refugees went to Long'an Mansion. Not only did the Qi Dynasty not raise the price of food, but instead set up many porridge shops."

"However, the rich family and the Jianghu forces in Long'an Mansion are very dissatisfied with him in private."

Qin Wei couldn't help laughing, "Talent!"

Originally, he thought about ransacking the Qi Dynasty's house directly, but now it seems that the method of ransacking the house is not easy to use.

This person has such a good reputation both in the imperial city and among the people. The key is that he has done a lot of good deeds. If Qin Wei went to copy his house, wouldn't he become a villain!

"It's no wonder he was able to secure a firm seat in Long'an Mansion. This guy has achieved a golden body in Long'an Mansion!"

Wang An whispered: "If Your Highness wants to ask for money from him, this old slave may have a way."

"What way?" Qin Wei asked.

Wang Andao: "Although he is the godson of Eunuch Luo, he still wants to give Eunuch Lu face."

Qin Wei understood what he meant. He wanted to use Eunuch Lu's name. After all, Wang An used to belong to Eunuch Lu, and now he is also Eunuch Lu's.

In the name of Eunuch Lu, it is not difficult to gain some favors from Qi Chao, but what Qin Wei wants is not to gain rewards.

Qin Wei shook his head slightly, and said: "This king not only wants money, but also needs talents like Qi Chao."

Wang Andao: "It's a bit difficult for the Qi Dynasty to seek refuge with His Highness."

Qin Wei pinched his chin and fell into deep thought.

Qi Chao has almost no weaknesses in this person. He needs a backer to have a backer, and a background to have a background.

Although Qin Wei is the king of the county, it is not easy to hold him.

But people have weaknesses.

The biggest weakness of Qi Dynasty is money.

Thinking of this, the corners of Qin Wei's lips curled up slightly, "Having a lot of money is not a good thing either!"

"Do you think Qi Chao will worry about someone staring at him?"

"What does Your Highness mean?" Wang An was a little puzzled.

"Let the Secretary of the Imperial City stare at him, and secretly reveal the existence of the Secretary of the Imperial City to him." Qin Wei said.

Wang An was still puzzled.

Qin Wei explained: "Wealth and honor sometimes turn into disasters. The Imperial City Division is His Majesty's eyes and ears, and is in charge of Eunuch Lu. If you say that the Imperial City Division has its eyes on the Qi Dynasty, what will the Qi Dynasty think?"

Wang An's expression moved slightly, and he said: "He may feel that His Majesty or the prince is dissatisfied with him. But what does this have to do with Your Highness?"

"Of course, because this king is in Shuzhou and can still mobilize the Imperial City Secretary. When he doubts His Majesty and the prince, he will also doubt this king." Qin Wei laughed.

Wang An's eyes lit up, "Get closer first, then go far away, he will definitely come to His Highness first to dispel his doubts."

Qin Wei said lightly: "It depends on whether he takes this king seriously. If he doesn't take this king seriously, he won't come, but as long as he comes, everything will be fine." done."

Qin Wei just wanted to force Qi Chao to come to Shuzhou City to look for him, if he didn't come, then Qin Wei didn't mind being a villain.

Of course, being a villain doesn't necessarily require him to come forward, he can let the Imperial City Secretary and Eunuch Lu come forward.

At that time, when the Qi Dynasty fell, he would be able to take advantage of it no matter what, and he could even take the properties of the Qi Dynasty as his own.

"Old slave understands, this old slave will go to Long'an mansion in person." Wang An said.

Qin Wei nodded and said, "It's good for you to show your face."

(End of this chapter)