In Lin Ruhai's study.
Song Xuan and Lin Ruhai sat opposite each other, drinking tea leisurely.
"You made a bit of a fuss today. I heard about it at the Yanyuan Yamen."
Lin Ruhai blew heavily into the tea cup and continued: "It seems that you have put things in order with Xuan Yiwei. Are you going to attack the wealthy families in Yangzhou City?"
Song Xuan nodded, "Although I didn't say it explicitly, I guess that the higher-ups transferred me here just to attack the wealthy families in Jiangzhe Prefecture.
The emperor can allow the people below to be greedy for money and lust, but he will never allow him to shake the imperial power.
The wealthy families here have even taken control of the Xuanyi Guards, which has touched the emperor's evil side! "
Lin Ruhai nodded, "Then what are you going to do? Clean them all? Or catch the big ones and let the little ones kill the chickens to scare the monkeys?"
"I haven't thought about it yet." Song Xuan said with a smile: "I'm not here to see my cousin. I want to hear your opinion."
"Killing them all is unrealistic!"
Lin Ruhai took a sip of tea and said: "If you really do this, the government and the public will be shocked. Even if the emperor protects you, you will have to take off the official uniform of the Xuanyi Guard."
"What does my cousin mean?"
Lin Ruhai smiled lightly and said: "Kill some, win over some, suppress some!"
Song Xuan thought for a moment and nodded slowly.
"My cousin has bloodbathed many large families of salt merchants in the past few years, and also killed many small and medium-sized salt merchants. Have those secret enemies used common people's riots to deal with you?"
Lin Ruhai shook his head, "Over the years, they have used money, women, and assassination methods, but they have never dared to use the people's riots you mentioned.
Although this method is powerful, it cannot be used easily. How could the emperor's sage not know the secret behind it? It may be tolerated once or twice, but if it happens too many times, it is a recipe for death!
For civil servants like me, for those rich and powerful families, it is not worth launching a riot among the people. Assassination and poisoning are enough.
But you..."
Lin Ruhai's voice paused, "I don't know how high your martial arts skills are, but I guess you are not weak, and there are holy medicines like Xiao Huan Dan, and poison has no effect on you.
If there is nothing you can do about the impeachment in the court, then it will be the day when the common people riot. How are you going to deal with it? "
Song Xuan drank the tea in the cup and slowly spit out one word: "Kill!"
Lin Ruhai hummed, "The layout of Jiangzhe Mansion needs to be reshuffled, and it must be replaced by someone who is friendly to you. This process will inevitably involve killing.
Just go ahead and do it, and then the salt soldiers from our Salt Academy will enter the city to help you put down the rebellion! "
Song Xuan smiled and said: "If my cousin says this, then I will feel relieved!"
The purpose of his coming today is for the soldiers and horses of Yanyuan.
Although the Xuanyi guards in Qianhusuo are not weak in strength, they are only a few hundred in number. If chaos breaks out in the city, these few manpower will not be enough to control the entire Yangzhou city.
As for Lin Ruhai, who was in charge of an independent army, his importance was naturally highlighted.
"When are you going to take action?"
Song Xuan muttered: "After half a month. I will release the Xuanyi guards from Qianhu Station and carry out an operation to eradicate crime and evil for half a month."
They will definitely not be able to touch those wealthy families. They must first eradicate the evil forces below.
Half a month is enough for the wealthy families in Yangzhou City to take sides! "
Kill a group of people, win over a group of people, and suppress a group of people. This is Lin Ruhai's strategy, and Song Xuan thinks it's a good one.
He gave him half a month. During this period, those who were willing to take the initiative to join him, Song Xuan, were the ones worth winning over.
And those who take the initiative to fight are naturally the ones who need to be purged.
As for the remaining wealthy families who remain on the sidelines, they will be the ones who are suppressed in the future.
"It seems that you already have an idea in your mind, so go ahead and do it."
Lin Ruhai became more and more satisfied with Song Xuan. Whether it was his appearance, character, martial arts or skills, he was one of the top talents in the world. He was capable and not impatient. He could listen to other people's opinions and his future prospects were limitless.
With such a junior who is friendly to me, I will have external support after joining the cabinet.
"By the way, the city guards in Yangzhou City are a variable. Just in case, you need to prepare in advance and control the garrison generals in advance.
There is no need for him to participate in quelling the chaos, he just needs to stay on the sidelines and not get involved! "
Song Xuan nodded hurriedly and said: "My cousin reminded me that I will send someone to arrange this!"
With that said, he stood up and prepared to leave.
"Stay and have dinner before going back."
Lin Ruhai smiled and invited: "Yu'er is not familiar with the place here, and there is no one to talk to. You are similar in age, so it would be nice to chat more together."
Song Xuan pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "That's fine!"
...
After dinner, it was completely dark.
After saying goodbye to Lin Ruhai and his daughter, Song Xuan and his sister rode their green-maned horses and wandered leisurely on the streets.
"Brother, our little cousin has something wrong with you." Looking up at the stars in the sky, Song Qian suddenly said leisurely.
"oh!"
"Just say it and it's over?" Song Qian was a little dissatisfied with her brother's reaction.
"Otherwise?" Song Xuan stretched out, "Lu Xiaoliu also has something wrong with you, so are you willing to marry him?"
Song Qian shook her head, "I have always treated him as a younger brother!"
Song Xuan shrugged, "That's alright, the relationship between a man and a woman depends on fate. In this regard, I have always paid attention to letting things take their own course, and whatever happens happens.
Don't force or suppress, if you like something, you just like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it. I never have to accept or make a commitment just because someone likes me. "
Song Qian thoughtfully said, "It seems that you really don't like the little ones, so you don't have any thoughts about the little cousin for the time being."
This was normal, but after Song Qian finished speaking, she subconsciously glanced down at her chest, which made Song Xuan's mouth twitch slightly.
Song Erni just said that she didn't like being too young. It took her a long time to do it. So that's what she meant?
"Brother, I'm hungry, let's go eat!"
Song Qian's words made Song Xuan unable to catch up for a moment, "Didn't we just eat at the Lin Mansion?"
"Oh, I haven't eaten much since I was busy talking to Daiyu. You also saw how my cousin is eating. She's so polite. I'm too embarrassed to let go. It's weird to be full!"
"That's right! Tiantianju is in front of you. Come on, I'll treat you to a big dinner. Go ahead and eat!"
At tonight's banquet, Song Qian acted like a rare lady. She looked dignified and elegant when eating, but she really didn't eat much. For a foodie like her, it was really hard.
When the two came to Tianranju, Song Xuan paused.
This Tiantianju is a famous restaurant in Yangzhou City. It is usually very lively at this place, but at the moment it is deserted and there are not many people in sight.
Song Xuan felt the few people on the second floor who tried their best to hide the aura of warriors, and smiled at each other with Song Qian.
Tonight is another night suitable for killing people!
