Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 204 The Taste of Conspiracy

Those who used to be officials in small places, or became landowners, lived as happy as gods, but now they can only hand in their hearts.

As for other places where there is no oil and water, it is even more miserable, and they can only squeeze more from the people.

For a moment, the entire Qing Kingdom mourned, but the instigator was happy to see that the treasury was filled to the brim.

When a country is strong and prosperous, isn't it the treasury?
The young emperor was happy, but the other three auxiliary ministers who were neglected were not happy.

It's fine if they are all treated coldly. Mr. Jiang entered the palace quietly.

The three of them gathered together and sighed to each other: "If the late emperor was still alive, how could he treat the hard-working veterans so poorly?"

"That's right, it's a child with a yellow mouth after all." Master Fu drank two glasses of wine, and then he spoke boldly.

Master Lian glanced at him, and said slowly: "Master Fu, what do you mean by saying that the emperor is wrong?"

"Where is it? It's just a pity that the emperor was young, he listened to other people's slander, and alienated us." Master Fu was half sober, and quickly rounded up his words.

Mr. Zhang said impatiently: "What time is it, you still have the mind to make noise, so hurry up and think about how to coax the emperor back!"

Master Lian has long been displeased with him, and coldly snorted: "Master Yizhang's opinion, what should we do?"

Mr. Zhang had an idea, glanced at the two people and said slowly: "The first emperor fought in all directions, but he failed to take down the Rong people. Now that the Rong people have been defeated, why don't we accept the Rong people as a vassal state and offer sacrifices every year?" , take it in your hands and rub it at will?"

Just thinking about it is exciting, and he doesn't believe that the young emperor can resist this temptation.

What the late emperor could not do, he accomplished it within a few years of his ascension to the throne. The late emperor must be very pleased to know that the great achievements of the young emperor will be remembered forever.

Sir Lian thought it was a good idea, and couldn't help but sneered after hearing this: "Then Master Zhang thinks it would be more appropriate to send someone to the Rong tribe to discuss the matter of the subordinate state, sir himself?"

Lord Fu was also amused, and echoed: "If Master Zhang is willing to go there in person, the emperor will definitely record your great contribution. It is only a matter of a word to give the Zhang family the title of Lord Marquis."

The implication is that if Mr. Zhang dies during his envoy, the descendants of the Zhang family must be valued by the young emperor, which is also a good deal.

Mr. Zhang was teased by the two of them, his face flushed with anger, and he said: "The candidate for the envoy must be the regent. He is the one who defeated the Rong people, and only the regent can let the Rong people go." The family bowed their heads."

Lord Lian put away his smiling face, and said seriously: "Master Zhang, do you want to kill two birds with one stone? If the regent fails to negotiate and issues a military order in advance, that is deceiving the emperor. If during the discussion, the Rong people hold grudges, the regent Being on the opponent's territory again, he can easily make him never come back..."

"Gao, this plan is really high, as expected of Mr. Zhang!" Mr. Fu gave a thumbs up and praised with a smile.

Master Zhang sneered: "Could it be that the two of you have better ideas, you might as well tell them."

"How can the regent obey orders and obediently go out to negotiate peace with the Rong people? No matter how powerful the regent is, it will not be fair, this is the second."

"Thirdly, will the emperor listen to these words because he has lost his heart with us?" Lord Fu took the conversation, not without worry.

Master Zhang sneered, looked at them and said, "When did the two adults become such mother-in-laws? The emperor wished to get rid of the regent so that he could sleep peacefully, so he couldn't listen to it? As for the regent, the emperor is famous, and he still Can they resist the edict? What the Rong people hate the most is the regent. If they are sent to die, the Li family army will have no leader. Wouldn’t they fall into the hands of the emperor and become the emperor’s personal soldiers? In order to avenge the regent, the Li family army We will definitely fight to the death with the Rong people, and we will never let them step into Qing Kingdom."

Master Lian smiled: "Master Zhang is right, it's really admirable."

The matter of persuading the young emperor naturally fell on Mr. Zhang's shoulders.

Mr. Zhang spoke dryly, but the young emperor had a serious face, and he didn't agree, but he didn't say badly: "This is a big matter, let me think about it."

A dry sentence sent him away.

Mr. Zhang was worried, and he didn't know how much the young emperor had listened to.

Who knew that as soon as he left the palace gate, the servant who stayed nearby came back to report: "My lord, Mr. Jiang has entered the palace."

Mr. Zhang threw away the white porcelain cup in his hand with resentment, but he couldn't help it.

He also said why the emperor didn't speak, he was waiting for Mr. Jiang to nod here!

"This old bastard actually dares to make decisions for the emperor." Master Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hands and said, "Go to the residence of Lord Lian and Lord Fu in person, and tell them exactly what you saw just now."

The boy took the order and left, and the two were furious after hearing this.

They didn't take this matter to heart in the first place, Mr. Zhang's words were too mysterious, and it might not be possible.However, Mr. Jiang was originally sitting on an equal footing with the three of them, but suddenly he was a head taller. The young emperor actually asked Mr. Jiang to make up his mind on everything, which is not good.

If Mr. Jiang finds the three of them distasteful one day, as long as he mentions it to the young emperor, wouldn't they be squeezed out to the point of not even having a chance to enter the palace?

At this time, regardless of the usual disagreements, the three of them immediately joined forces, trying to extinguish Mr. Jiang's arrogance no matter what they said!

It's just that they don't make a move, and if they make a move, Master Jiang will be killed.

When Xie Yanniang heard about it, the matter had come to an end.

Mr. Jiang's concubine was found to be having an affair with a foreigner, and a large amount of gold, silver and jewels were found from the foreigner's room. That's fine, and even one of the calligraphy and paintings was found to be a gift from the late emperor.

This blew up the nest, and the things bestowed by the first emperor were lost, and even left outside, the emperor was furious and severely investigated.

Who knew that the outsider testified that these things were all given by my concubine. How could a mere concubine have so many valuable things? Could it be that Mr. Jiang is greedy for ink?
The ministers talked a lot, and the young emperor had no choice but to send his confidant supervisor to Jiangfu for a walk.

Unexpectedly, a Royal Forest Army found the dark room of the warehouse by mistake, and collected more than a dozen boxes of gold bricks, which were obviously the food and salaries allocated by the imperial court to the flood area 20 years ago but suddenly lost.

The imprint engraved on the back of the gold brick was unique to that year, and there were still records in the palace. It was difficult for Mr. Jiang to deny it, and he fainted immediately after his eyes darkened.

Shocked, the young emperor ordered people to search the Jiangfu thoroughly, dig three feet into the ground, and found the remaining gold bricks from the dark room in the rockery.

Mr. Jiang embezzled food and salaries privately. He did not know how many escort soldiers and civilians were angered because of the loss of food and salaries.

The young emperor couldn't bear it, and spared Mr. Jiang's death penalty, but he couldn't escape the death penalty. He was exiled for three thousand miles, followed by his family, Jiang's house was ransacked, and the food and salary that had been missing for 20 years finally returned to the palace.

Gritting his teeth, the image of a Mingjun that he managed to erect was easily destroyed by Mr. Jiang.

He issued several imperial decrees in succession, struggling to appease the guard who was implicated and died that year.

One of the four auxiliary ministers was missing, Xie Yanniang vaguely felt that their good days might be coming to an end.

She also smelled the conspiracy in it, Mr. Jiang was torn off the horse, and it was the credit of the other three.

Xie Yanniang suddenly felt that Ruan Jingxin might have been involved in this matter, and the assistant minister dog bites the dog, but he didn't have the energy to play tricks on the regent.

"Girl, eldest girl, no, the concubine of the Fifteenth Prince is here, and she is just outside the gate of the mansion, saying that she wants to visit the girl." Xue Ling hurried over, with a hesitant expression on her face.

No one expected that Xie Ruitong would come to the door suddenly at this time, catching people off guard.

"Elder Sister is here?" Xie Yanniang was startled, and couldn't help frowning: "She is not in the palace to protect the baby, what is she doing here at Zhuangzi?"

"It was said that she wanted to add makeup to the girl, and she was accompanied by two women, four maids, and an imperial physician. It was such a big battle that the concierge didn't dare to let her in." Xueyan pouted, saying Xie Ruitong came to Zhuangzi with great fanfare, not as if he came to congratulate him, but as if he came to fight.

Bringing so many people with menacing aura, I'm afraid no one would not know that Xie Yanniang is her half-sister.

Xie Yanniang didn't want to see Xie Ruitong, but Mr. Xie was able to block the door, but he had to worry about the identity of this eldest sister. After all, there was a fifteenth prince standing behind him.

It didn't bother her for too long, Ruan Jingxin had already come over in person: "Don't worry, I have already asked Yun Zhang to invite the fifteenth prince's side concubine back to the mansion."

Xie Yanniang was taken aback, wondering if Xie Ruitong would really be so obedient?

Ruan Jingxin replied with a smile: "This is the fifteenth prince's first child. The prince attaches great importance to it, and so does the emperor. The side concubine walks around. If I bump into each other, I dare not take the responsibility alone." Yes, it will not be beautiful to make the prince hate me."

This was said bluntly, she could already imagine that Xie Ruitong's face might be in a bad mood.

Xie Yanniang thought that Xie Ruitong wanted to come at this time, maybe it was to show off her power, after all she was pregnant with a child, if she was pregnant with the prince's son, the mother's status in the palace would be even higher than that of the later princess.

She, the regent princess who has not yet been married, is still a commoner at this time, and she wants to kneel down and salute when she sees Xie Ruitong.

When Xie Yanniang passed the door, she was enough to be on an equal footing with her, Xie Ruitong might not have such an opportunity again, how could she want to miss it?
Thanks to Ruan Jingxin's reasoning, she was relieved to drive the person away. She didn't have to kneel down for Xie Ruitong, and it was great to salute in a low voice: "Please trouble me, sir."

He knew that the relationship between Xie Yanniang and the daughter of the Xie parents was not good, and said: "I have already sent someone to tell the fifteen princes that she may not be able to leave the palace again before she gives birth to a child."

Xie Yanniang blinked, the corners of her lips curled up, and she couldn't help laughing.

(End of this chapter)