Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 338
Speaking of this, Ye Chen paused, and said: "The general plan is like this, and the specific details are planned by your intelligence department and Wu Xiuming. I will give you seven days. After the plan is completed, report to me. After seven days I'm going to Wuyue Kingdom."

While Xu Fangyi admired the foresight and foresight of the commander-in-chief, he and Wu Xiuming respectfully said yes, and then retreated.

After Xu Fangyi and Wu Xiuming left, Ye Chen called Huang Louping again.

Huang Louping is nicknamed Iron Bodyguard.He was originally the head of the Central Plains Escort Bureau, one of the four major Escort Bureaus in the Jianghu. At the beginning of the year, he became greedy and went to the half-dead maze of Ye Mansion. He was trapped in it and was poisoned by the ghost doctor. Outer forces, and himself was appointed by Ye Chen as the envoy of the Security Department.

Huang Louping did not make any great contributions in attacking the Southern Han Dynasty and pacifying the Sichuan-Shu rebellion, as well as several tasks of the Tianjing Division these days. The establishment of the stronghold has made great contributions.It can be said that the Huaxia Weifu now has more than a dozen large and small bodyguard bureaus secretly set up in the name of others in various places in the world. It is mainly due to him, and he has also shown great ability in the process.

Ye Chen always felt that the main power of the Holy Church should be in the northwest Guanzhong area, so the establishment of the West Mansion was mainly aimed at the Holy Church, followed by some powerful countries and tribal forces in the west such as Dali Kingdom and Dangxiang.

During the reform of the Huaxia Weifu's organizational structure and personnel adjustments, Ye Chen once considered making him the deputy head of the Security Department, but considering Du Qianqiu's great achievements in Heiquan Town and Nanhan against Tianyi, especially Du Qianqiu secretly followed Ye Chen's wishes and robbed the huge amount of wealth that Tianyi smuggled from the Southern Han treasury behind the court's back.Whether it was for the sake of credit or to appease Du Qianqiu, Du Qianqiu was finally appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the Security Department.

However, Ye Chen also hinted at Huang Louping, asking him to consider the position of envoy of Xifu.After all, Huang Louping was able to become the head of the Central Plains Escort Bureau, one of the four major Escort Bureaus in Jianghu. Like Wu Xiuming before, not to mention being a first-class master, he still has the ability to personally control one party.In addition, Huang Louping is different from Wu Xiuming in terms of loyalty. Huang Louping's family has a total of more than 100 people in Kaifeng, so there is no need to worry about Ye Chen's loyalty.

In fact, Huang Louping did not disappoint Ye Chen. The plan he made was also very feasible. Although it seemed a bit conservative, Ye Chen felt that facing the hidden and huge power of the Holy Church, he was conservative at first. Some are quite necessary.

After Huang Louping left, no one came again.Because Ye Chen, who is the envoy of Nanfu, has not been determined yet.On the one hand, those who wanted to go couldn't meet Ye Chen's requirements.On the other hand, Ye Chen wanted to completely pull Jianzhuang in Yangzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty into his camp, and let the owner of Jianzhuang, Bai Zixuan, become the envoy of Nanfu.He once told Bai Canghai this idea, and the latter said very freely that he didn't care about it, and he would not help Ye Chen become a lobbyist.Ye Chen finally decided that when he went to Wuyue Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River this time, he would stop by Yangzhou and have a talk with Bai Zixuan.

In the autumn of the second year of Kaibao, there were still five days before Ye Chen planned to go to Wuyue Kingdom.

Xin Shi, a young eunuch in the palace, was holding a thick stack of documents, half bent, and trotted all the way towards the solemn office on the west corner door, stepping on the slightly wet ground with his small toes. With half hesitation.The hem of the light blue shirt he was wearing had been turned up so as not to trip his feet, but his right hand was placed horizontally on the stack of documents, and the wide sleeves covered the documents tightly, for fear that there would be someone in the sky. The pendulum clouds, as thick as lead, squeezed out a few drops of rain, which wetted the paperwork.

After crossing the threshold, following the handover procedures, and checking the register names with several officials in the room, Xin Shi felt relieved, carefully marked on the watch, and handed over the document in his arms.

The Zhongshu Province under the jurisdiction of the Zhengshitang is the center of the Song Dynasty's handling of government affairs. Zhao Pu, the head of hundreds of officials, and two political advisers are here to lead the six ministries. Only after the political affairs have been written and reviewed, will they enter the palace and ask the emperor to deal with them.

Three months ago, when Zhao Pu gained Zhao Kuangyin's trust the most, all the memorials were first read by two political advisers, who made some suggestions, and finally Zhao Pu decided on how to deal with all the memorials, and then submitted them to the emperor.Recently, Zhao Pu gradually lost the favor of the emperor. Under Zhao Kuangyin's intentional or unconscious attention, the two political advisers also had the right to write their opinions and suggestions on the memorial and submit them directly to the emperor.

This time, the status of Zhongshu Sheng suddenly became lively. Controversies and even quarrels that seldom occurred in the past have gradually appeared recently.

Today was cloudy and windy, with a slightly cold autumn wind blowing from the square in front of the palace. Xin Shi rubbed his hands, breathed a sigh of relief, and stood quietly outside the door, waiting for the three lords to return.He couldn't leave at this time, and stood obediently outside the door, listening to the movement inside with his ears up.

At this time, a joking eunuch stepped forward and said: "If you want to talk about the key points of our Great Song Dynasty, Eunuch Xiao Xin will hold them all in his arms."

No matter how proud Xin Shi was, he still had some vigilance. He hurriedly said with a dark face, "What nonsense are you talking about? You and I are the same, but you are just a slave!"

The eunuch laughed and said, "Except for Your Majesty, we Song officials and gentry, everyone is a slave... Little Xin Gonggong, you don't know, now your name can be spread, even the little one is outside the palace. Buying embroidered cloth, when other people hear that you are friendly with me, they will look at you differently, and they will all say that in this capital, besides the Xiangfuhou of the Huaxia Weifu, you are the only young eunuch Xin."

Xin Shi stretched out his hand to flatten the flying hair in front of his forehead, smiled, and said nothing, although he knew that he was far from being on the same level as the famous Xiangfuhou, but flattery is always human. People like to listen, especially when they compare themselves with that person, they will inevitably feel a little complacent.

From time to time, officials walked past him and nodded politely to him.Knowing his identity, Xin Shi hurriedly saluted with a smile.But no one thought it was strange for him to stay outside the lobby where the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province was discussing affairs, because everyone knew the job of this little eunuch.

Occasionally, some young eunuchs sent by the palace to serve the three prime ministers saw him.She saluted him respectfully and asked him to escape the cold in the side room next to her.Xin Shi didn't have so much courtesy to these little eunuchs, he nodded in self-effacing, but still stood firm outside the door.

He only entered the palace this year, two years ago, and he was able to have such a small status in the palace, but this time the palace was cleaned up, and the eunuchs and maids changed as much as [-]%.Except for Wang Jien, the chief eunuch, all the eunuchs who were originally in key positions by the emperor's side were replaced.Xin Shi has been verified by Wu Desi in many ways, and there is absolutely no problem with his loyalty. In addition, he is diligent, smart and honest, so he was personally appointed by the emperor to take up this extremely important position.

Xin Shi hammered his sore thighs, felt the thirst in his throat, and his face remained unchanged, but he was a little annoyed in his heart. The construction of the Yellow River embankment and reservoir has gone awry in the past few days. Regarding this matter, the Prime Minister Zhao Pu quarreled fiercely with the two political advisers, and he ran back and forth inside and outside the palace several times a day, so busy that he didn't even have time to drink saliva.

The voice of the discussion inside the door was not very loud, but it still reached his ears.

"Your Majesty has handed over this matter to the Supervision Department of Huaxia Weifu. I think His Majesty means that you don't want Dali Temple and Yushitai to interfere." This was the voice of Prime Minister Zhao Pu.

"How can we do that? Although the Supervision Department of Huaxia Weifu is responsible for investigating the case, this matter needs the cooperation of Dali Temple and Yushitai..." It was Lu Yuqing who answered the question.

But before Lu Yuqing finished speaking, Xue Juzheng's angry voice rang out again: "Dali Temple and Yushitai are a bunch of idiots. After more than a month of investigation, they found nothing and even delayed the construction of the reservoir. Let them Co-organizer, hum! From my point of view, it’s better not to continue to be ashamed and conspicuous.”

"That's the meaning of the truth, not to mention that this matter is likely to be the first investigation after the establishment of the Supervision Department of the Huaxia Weifu. Since His Majesty will not allow Dali Temple and Yushitai to intervene, I think we should follow His Majesty's wishes." !"

Lu Yuqing sneered and said, "It's ridiculous! Do you want to watch Huaxia Weifu grow up from now on?"

Out of the corner of Zhao Pu's eyes, Zhao Pu glanced at the little eunuch Xin Shi at the door, and said gently: "Master Lu is thinking too much, the Supervision Department of Huaxia Weifu can only investigate the case, and cannot judge the case unless it is authorized by the will. What I said, this matter has also been recorded in the Political Affairs Hall."

"Okay, let's not mention this matter for the time being. The Lord of Wuyue sent someone to ask His Majesty to marry him before the mission left Kaifeng. What do you think about this matter?" Lu Yuqing said.

Zhao Pu was the first to speak, and said: "From this incident, it can be seen that Ye Chen found out the whole story of Qian Wu's manslaughter, captured witnesses, and then sent an envoy to Wu Yue to explain to the leader of Wu Yue the plan to confront Qian Wu's manslaughter. , is not the point at all, or the truth of the matter is obvious, and whether there is any evidence is secondary. If you want to come, the Lord of Wuyue can also see that his brother is being used by the Maitreya Sect. But the killing of Qian Wu has already happened The friendly relationship between the two countries has been broken, and a gap has formed. The Lord of Wuyue obviously does not want to break up with our Song Dynasty. But because of Ye Chen, His Majesty did not hand over the murderer. At this time, the most important thing is The point is that my Song Dynasty paid some real price to appease the anger of Wu Yue's monarchs and ministers, and make up the relationship between our two countries, instead of Ye Chen's explanation and evidence. Therefore, in this case, Wu Yue's proposal When it comes to the policy of getting married, it is actually a way to get the best of both worlds for Song Dynasty and Wuyue Kingdom."

Xue Juzheng immediately said: "Mr. Zhao's words are reasonable, and the old man also believes that through the peace of the two countries, Wuyue Kingdom can continue to be close to our Song Dynasty. This is feasible."

(End of this chapter)