My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 276 Zhuge Villager!

Prime Minister's House.

"Jiejiu, why didn't you drink with Li Taibai and visit the brothel today?"

Su Chen led Dian Wei and Wu Zixun, who was yawning profusely, into the eaves quickly. While talking and laughing, he took off his cloak and handed it to the officer who came forward, and sat down at the front seat with a smile.

Over there, Guo Jia and Jia Xu bowed their hands in greeting and then sat down.

The former, who had a wild and unruly temperament, burst into laughter: "Brother Jia and Taibai, we have already visited all the brothels in Yanjing during this period. Let's meet up to visit Luyang in the southern capital next time."

Nandu?

The corner of Su Chen's mouth twitched slightly, and he unconsciously wanted to complain. These military counselors had arranged everything well.

"Just after I came in, I saw Jijiu and Zhongshu Ling whispering to each other. What are they discussing?"

Over there, Guo Jia and Jia Xu looked at each other and smiled. The latter cupped his hands and said, "Of course I am planning for the king."

"Sure enough, Emperor Wei Wen asked Gu to find Zhongshu Ling. It seems he was right."

This saved me the trouble of opening my mouth.

Su Chen was originally looking for Jia Xu to ask about this matter. Since the other party was already doing it, he immediately made a gesture of invitation, indicating that the two of them should continue talking.

"Haha, your Majesty is worried about the heavy supply of food and supplies. Remember that Queen Mother Jiang belongs to a large family in the Yan Kingdom and has a prosperous population."

The surname Jiang is indeed from a powerful family in the Yan Kingdom in the north, otherwise Bei Gongye would not marry Jiang Wan as his queen. This is the norm for the royal family. Generally, the queen has the shadow of her family's influence behind her.

I had heard from Jiang Wan before that there were younger members of the clan who also served as generals in the army. For example, Jiang Hua, the former commander of the Longxiang Army, was one of them, but he died in battle outside Changchuan County.

Later, several younger members of the Jiang family fought against Su Chen's army in Yushanyuan. They followed the old commander Guo Xin and died on the battlefield. During the palace rebellion led by Pan Yu and Liu Changfeng, another one was killed by Dong Zhuo. batch.

Now there are almost no people from the Jiang family in the court.

When Su Chen came back to his senses, a trace of astonishment flashed across Su Chen's face, "Uh... Zhongshu Ling, let's talk about food and crops."

"Xu is talking about food, big family, and prosperous people."

Su Chen looked at his gloomy expression and frowned: "I'm afraid it's not good, this is Cheng Yu's job."

Speaking of this man, only another counselor of Cao Cao had done this, killing people to use as food for the army. He did it very calmly and skillfully, which once made Su Chen, who had seen the Three Kingdoms, suspect that this guy might have done it more than once.

Haha!

Guo Jia, who was sitting next to him, laughed and waved his hand: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. What Zhongshu Ling said is not to use people as fodder, but to..."

His eyes narrowed, his originally frivolous expression flashed with murderous intent, and he put his hand on his neck and made a wiping motion.

"The king is still the king of Yanxia. The Jiang family can still live in peace with the king. After all, the queen mother and the emperor are still there. But if the king wants to ascend the throne in the future, they will inevitably become a stumbling block. Jia and Zhongshu Ling just discussed that with him Let them wait until they jump out, why not strike first and confiscate the property, then the king will have money and food, and his servants can also rush into the army!"

Jia Xu didn't speak. The old god sat on one side, stroking his beard and closing his eyes.

Su Chen didn't need to guess, he also understood that just as Emperor Wei Wen said, Jia Xu, an old fox, had already thought of a way to attract Guo Jia, but he was just using the other person's mouth to say it.

"Kill two birds with one stone, remove the stumbling blocks on the way to the throne, and also get the food and soldiers to expand the army and prepare for the war in Xirong!" Su Chen thought about this strategy, which really made him excited.

"My lord, it should kill three birds with one stone."

Jia Xu opened his eyes and raised a finger: "Shock the other nobles and let them understand that the king is preparing to ascend the throne, so it is best to be honest."

The sun shone on the civil servants coming and going in the courtyard, and it was quiet for a while in the hall.

Su Chen pondered for a moment.

"Gu Ye wants to tell you something, the Queen Mother is pregnant."

puff!
Guo Jia and Jia Xu held teacups and squirted out a sip of tea.

"Your Majesty..." Guo Jia put down the tea cup, imitated the movements he learned from Su Chen, and raised his thumb: "I have learned the essence of King Wei, and I am ashamed to say that I am not worthy of him."

Jia Xu shook his head while stroking his beard, and then said: "It's actually a good thing that the Queen Mother is pregnant. The Jiang family doesn't have to be completely wiped out, but some of them will be killed and some will be left. Take action first, and then let the Queen Mother come forward to sing a harmony with the king, and let someone who can speak well go in the middle. If you lobby, the Jiang family will inevitably compromise."

The old fox's meaning was obvious. The Queen Mother had the blood of King Xia, and the Jiang family could rely on King Xia in the future. The wealthy family was already cold-blooded, but would place bets on Su Chen.

"Then how to deal with Mr. Jiang?" Su Chen nodded and continued to ask.

Jia Xu stopped stroking his beard, turned his head to look at Su Chen, and said with a smile: "Xu has already taken action. Hiding armor, crossbows, and raising private slaves with the intention of treason."

On the side, Guo Jia chuckled and agreed: "Any of the above three reasons is enough. If he resists, haha, it will be a matter of course!"

Generally speaking, the powerful power of the gentry is not due to their open confrontation with the imperial court, but to various stumbling blocks in private that cannot control them, but they are actually found with evidence, whether it is framed or framed. Once the evidence is conclusive, it is flesh and blood who face weapons after all.

Otherwise, when Huang Chao crushed all the members of the aristocratic family, killing corpses all over the place and becoming cooked meat in the pot, no one would fight back with troops to stop Huang Chao's power.

Su Chen narrowed his eyes.

"Then let's do it according to the method of offering wine and Zhongshu Ling. It just so happens that there is also an old minister of the Wei State who can speak well here."

He took out a token from his sleeve, and the moment seven thousand was deducted from the merit bar in his mind, a weak groan suddenly came from the side hall next door.

"...Village...Husband..." "Wei Chen?"

Jia Xu and Guo Jia became curious, and immediately got up and went to the side hall. Guo Jia knew each other, and Jia Xu also knew each other, and the two couldn't help but become happy.

I saw an old man wearing a soap robe and a crown, with a white beard and beard. He was lying on the ground and had woken up from a coma.

"Situ?"

"Hurry... help me up quickly!" The old man murmured and reached out to Jia Xu to grab it. When he hooked the other person's hand, he slowly sat up. He seemed not to be aware of his surroundings yet and spoke angrily with his eyes closed.

"...Zhuge villagers... dare to call me a barking dog... The words are vulgar, but it is actually the act of a shrew. It is insulting... Eh?"

The old man opened his eyes, and the words in his mouth suddenly turned into confusion. He blinked and looked at Jia Xu and Guo Jia in front of him, then turned around and looked around.

"I...wasn't following the Governor Cao Zhen to quarrel with the Zhuge villager, why am I here..."

When he saw Jia Xu clearly in front of him, the old man suddenly became overjoyed and quickly held up his sleeves and raised his hands: "Situ Wanglang pays homage to the Taiwei. The Taiwei is just in time. Come with me and Zhuge quickly..."

"Wang Situ, you are already dead." Guo Jia teased him.

"Jiujiu, what are you talking about? I'm not...wait, Guo Jiujiu? Guo Jia?!"

The old man named Wang Lang looked at Guo Jia next to Jia Xu, his eyes widened in an instant, he pointed at him, his hands trembled, his eyes rolled, and he fell backwards.

Jia Xu and Guo Jia were immediately startled and stepped forward quickly.

"Quickly, pinch him!" "Slap him in the face."

"Don't just come here and be scared to death again."

Su Chen also hurriedly entered the side hall. If he had been sent back as soon as he came, it would have been the first time that he had made a joke since he had been recruited from various generations of civil and military officials.

While the three of them were busy working together, Wang Lang moved on the ground, slowly opened his eyes, and exhaled.

"I was scared to death, Grand Governor...I just saw the late Guo Jijiu..."

"Wang Situ, Jia is still here."

Seeing the smiling Guo Jia, Wang Lang wanted to roll his eyes. Su Chen quickly opened his eyelids as wide as possible, "Don't faint yet, let Jia Xu talk to you."

After saying that, he pulled Guo Jia and walked away. He was worried that the 70-year-old man would be shocked by Guo Jia again and leave completely.

The two of them sat drinking tea in the main hall for a while, then they heard Wang Lang's voice: "I was scolded to death?"

"No reason!"

Wang Lang swung his sleeves and strode out of the side hall. He still didn't believe it when he saw Su Chen in the first place, but when he saw Guo Jia sitting there, he felt unreasonable.

He turned back to Jia Xu and asked in a low voice: "Have I really died once?"

Seeing Jia Xu smiling and nodding, Wang Lang suddenly showed an angry look on his face. He rolled up his robe sleeves and held them in his palms, then strode to the door: "Zhuge Villager, you go too far to bully others. I'm just too old and have the scorching sun above my head." , he died because his talents were exhausted and his heart was exhausted. If he were here, he would definitely..."

"Prime Minister Zhuge is here too." Su Chen interrupted him and added.

Wang Lang was stunned and smacked his lips.

"He...he came just in time. I would like to discuss some knowledge with him."

"Wang Situ!"

Su Chen looked at the old man and felt a little unreliable, but he still stepped forward and held up his hands, invited him to sit down, ordered the servant to serve tea, and then talked to him about the incident.

When he arrived here, he wanted to ask him to help persuade the Jiang family of Yan State. Wang Lang stroked his beard and nodded: "Since the late Emperor Wei Wu and Emperor Wei Wen are both here, I will go on a mission for your Majesty and I will definitely use these three inches." His undying tongue persuaded them to surrender."

"Then there's Luo Situ!"

After saying that, Su Chen stood up and handed over to the other party. Then he discussed it with Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Wang Situ, and then left the Prime Minister's Mansion and went to the Taining Palace in the back garden of the imperial city.

Entering the inner palace, smelling the music of the piano coming from the pavilion of the water pavilion of Taining Palace, Su Chen came to the water pavilion with gauze curtains, sat behind Empress Dowager Jiang who was playing the piano, and signaled the palace maid Chun Ping not to make any sound.

After the song ended, Jiang Wan realized there was someone behind her. When she turned around, she saw it was Su Chen. She quickly stood up and saluted, but Su Chen took his hand and led him to sit next to her.

Su Chen raised his hand and waved to the spring bottle, dismissed the nearby palace maids and eunuchs, and without any tactful words, started talking about business.

"Gu is going to attack your mother's family. Don't worry, you just need to cooperate with Gu and put on a good show. Your immediate relatives will be fine."

Jiang Wan's pretty face suddenly turned pale.

After joining the palace for many years, I have seen intrigues and intrigues in the palace, and I have also seen her husband Kitamiya remove many stumbling blocks before and after he ascended the throne. Naturally, I understand the meaning of what Su Chen said to her today.

"The Queen Mother must understand one thing. The Jiang family has become too powerful and the surname cannot be changed to Jiang. However, the Queen Mother does not need to worry. The orphans will be better protected."

Queen Mother Jiang Wan pursed her lips and stared blankly at the man in front of her for a while, then nodded slowly.

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That afternoon, in Yanjing Imperial City, the embroidery department and the police factory all poured out of the imperial city and spread through the streets and alleys.

(End of this chapter)