"well……"
Cunzhao held his forehead with one hand, held a piece of paper with the other hand, and put it on the candle to burn.
"What did Lan Shidu say?" Taisu frowned and asked, holding his shoulders.
"He said that Niu Yuan has already taken action and plans to send people over to find out the truth, so..." Cun Zhao turned around and said, "He told us to cooperate with Niu Yuan and stop taking chances."
Taisu suddenly changed his expression: "You mean, do we really have to let the Imperial Guards rise up to cause trouble? Encouraging one's own subordinates to mutiny is something that has never been heard of in the past. It is simply ridiculous!"
"Uncle, this junior is also upset about this, but Lan Shidu is not just talking nonsense," Cunzhao smiled awkwardly, "If we continue to act out of thin air like this, sooner or later we will be exposed. It is better to make the lie come true and confuse everyone. , Only then can Yan Wen be controlled from death."
"Is this what you call 'being used by him'? If I had known it was going to be this way, why would I have agreed?" Taisu shook his head helplessly, his eyes filled with regret.
"Your Majesty has entrusted us with all the important affairs of the country. In order to eliminate the traitors and prevent Zukao from being humiliated, what does it mean to make this small sacrifice?" Cun Zhao said emotionally, "Uncle, please don't hesitate anymore. Got it!"
Tai Su pinched a bunch of beard beside his mouth, pondered for a long time, then put down his hands, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay... then I will obey your arrangements, and I will have to resign myself to fate in the following days."
After Cun Zhao received Tai Su's support, he began to step up his planning for a military coup. He summoned several military henchmen and secretly ordered them to post notices in the camp and spread rumors, claiming that the New Deal would continue to expand in scale and even impoverish the rebellious villagers everywhere. Most of the banned soldiers in the camps were mobilized from other places and were already isolated from their families. After hearing the news, they became more and more worried about the situation in the village. Therefore, they were panicked and found it difficult to distract themselves. Within two or three days, a group of sergeants were incited to such anger that the original drill could no longer go on. They crowded at the gate of the camp, shouting and asking for an explanation from the Zhongshu Ministry.
When the ears and eyes sent by Niu Yuan saw such a battle, they didn't even bother to inquire, and went directly back to report to the Prime Minister, saying that there was indeed a mutiny in the forbidden camp. Niu Yuan was surprised and happy, so he followed his calculations and sent Hong Lizhen, the deputy political counselor who always worked hard, with some gold and silver rewards to calm the morale of the army.
The soldiers waited anxiously for a day, and finally saw the officials of the Zhongshu Provincial Department. Hong Lisan knew what they wanted to see, and without saying a word, he opened the wooden box containing the silver and distributed it equally to the soldiers of each battalion on the spot. He also said: "Xiang Niu heard that you were afraid and caused a commotion in the forbidden camp." , so I am very anxious, and I have specially taken out my family's money to give you a generous gift. I hope that for the sake of Prime Minister Feng, please be patient and wait for him to report this matter to Prime Minister Yan. The court must give you a satisfactory answer. Answer!" After hearing this, all the soldiers put down their weapons, cheered and shouted: "I am willing to obey the Prime Minister!" The voice resounded like the earth shaking.
Hong Lisan quickly brought the good news back to Zhongshu Province. Undoubtedly, this incident greatly excited Niu Yuan, but he knew that now was not the time to celebrate, so he immediately took out Shi Xiushen's original music and reported it to Yan Wen, hoping that the latter would handle the matter.
Yan Wen was already overwhelmed with the messy reports. Now he saw that the chaos in the Forbidden Army needed to be resolved urgently. It was obvious that he was beyond his capabilities. Perhaps due to his increasing age, Yan Wen's head began to buzz and he became less clear. He was well aware of this, so he sent the accumulated documents to his brother Yan Liang for his help in handling them; at the same time, he secretly summoned Li Wenshou and other provincial ministers to discuss a solution. The discussion lasted until midnight before everyone dispersed.
"Qing Yansi."
A slight voice came from behind. Yan Liang listened carefully, stopped quickly, stopped at the door of the study, and turned around.
"Oh, it turns out you are the boss." He said with a smile.
"Qing Yansi, I have been involved in too much official business recently and can't handle it, so I gave some documents to my subordinate and asked me to put them here with you." The old official patted a large pile of documents in his hand and lowered his head. The head reported.
"Okay, I understand. But it's too heavy for you to carry so much. Please come into the study and have a rest. Well, just put it on the table." Yan Liang walked into the study slowly. Instructing the old official softly.
"What are these reports about?" Yan Liang sat in front of the desk and untied bundles of documents.
"It's all about murder and convicting people." The old official bent down and sat aside. "Dali Temple is completely under control. You can rest assured to approve."
Yan Liang unfolded one of the books and glanced at it, he saw the shocking words on it: "More than 200 criminals have been arrested from Henan, half of them are those who disrupt the New Deal and should be punished." The officials and people of a certain county committed particularly heinous crimes. They falsely accused Shangguan of seizing farmland and residential buildings for schools. They also refused to pay any money to support officials and schools, so they all regarded them as unruly people. More than 60 criminals from this county were taken to the capital... ...' He watched until the end, which frightened him for a while.
Yan Liang hurriedly shook his head, planning to put this most difficult thing aside; who would have thought that he read two or three more articles in succession, and the scale actually increased. He opened his eyes wider and wider, flipping up pages of paper like crazy, as if he was looking for something.
"Qing Yan Si, are you... okay?" The old official looked at him in horror.
"It's okay," Yan Liang suddenly collapsed on the chair, "I'm okay. It's just a pity that a good new policy has led to this situation!"
"What do you mean by this?" The old official stood up immediately, "Don't you even support Prime Minister Yan's new policy?"
Yan Liang gradually raised his head and looked at him, his face full of calm: "You will understand after reading these memorials. Officials from all over the country are also dissatisfied with his brother's high-pressure policy. They often arrest people in prison and force them to The local gentry does not mean that they want to cater to the New Deal, on the contrary, they are taking revenge on their brother! Such fierce revenge will only push my Yan family into the bottomless abyss... This is what they want. Old man, not only The New Deal is over, and my two brothers are about to come to an end! Now that everyone here is hoping that the New Deal will fail, what’s the use of my support? Go back and tell your brother to stop now, maybe you can still save your life!"
The old official's face turned pale: "But Prime Minister Yan is not in Zhongshu Province. He has gone out to handle things."
"What are you going to deal with?" After Yan Liang heard this, the muscles on his face tensed up.
"There have been signs of mutiny in the Forbidden Army recently. He went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss with Duke Liu."
"Oh." Yan Liang just smiled sadly after hearing this.
