Although Huang Qiong acted very calmly at this time, and when he said these words, the smile on his face was not less. But the tone of his words also expressed dissatisfaction in disguise. However, Huang Qiong did not intend to pursue the matter. The commander of Yudu was already prepared for Huang Qiong to be furious.
Although the young prince's sharp gaze, which seemed to see through everything, made the old man's face blush slightly. But Huang Qiong's answer finally made him feel relieved. Just now, he was really worried that the prince was obsessed with this matter or had other ideas.
What he didn't expect was that after seeing through his thoughts, the British king only expressed a little dissatisfaction and had no intention of pursuing it further. At this time, he was truly impressed by the young prince's magnanimity, even if it was just a pretense of magnanimity on the surface.
Haolai has also been a county magistrate for two years. How could he not understand what this young prince said. The reason why he did it without telling the prince was of course because he was afraid that the young prince would not agree with his approach after knowing it. Because he didn't know what kind of involvement this prince had with the people behind the merchants.
Although he had always stayed away from those princes, he knew that some of the princes had a subtle connection with those big merchants. Among other things, he learned from his former colleagues on Xichuan Road that most of the merchants in Chengdu and even Xichuan Road had a close relationship with the Shu Palace.
While these merchants turned over large sums of money to the Shu Palace, they also received corresponding protection from the Shu Palace. The merchant ships of West Sichuan Road sailed down the river. As long as they held the lanterns of the Shu Palace and held the greeting cards stamped with the Shu Palace's seal and expired for half a year, they would go from Chengdu Prefecture to the Health Prefecture below, and the various inspection departments along the river would not be affected. One who dares to step forward to collect taxes.
Every year, the Prince of Shu's Mansion earns hundreds of thousands of dollars from selling lanterns and invitations. The merchant fleets that hung lanterns from the Prince of Shu's Palace, held greeting cards from the Prince of Shu's Palace, and were loaded with Shu brocade, wood, medicinal materials, and even Shu wine and private salt, brought countless goods to the big merchants in Shu. Qing's interests. And the Prince of Shu's Mansion is definitely not alone in doing this kind of business.
Even the Mengjin Inspection Department, which is affiliated with Xiaoqi Camp, encounters the merchant fleets of Prince Yong's Palace and Prince Song's Palace doing similar business every year. These princes all lived and squandered extravagantly. Before they came to the vassal, the seemingly large annual gifts were not enough for them to spend. So it became a common phenomenon for these princes to find ways to make money.
As long as a lantern with the identity of the prince written on it, protecting merchant ships from tax evasion is just one of the ways to make money. They included prostitution, gambling, interfering in lawsuits, and even smuggling embargoed materials to Northern Liao, Japan, and Goryeo. The commander of the capital was very worried that the British king was also involved.
If his entire plan was ruined because of the British king's selfish desires, then the gain would outweigh the loss. So when taking action, he directly bypassed Huang Qiong who had already arrived at Xiaoqi Camp. Of course, if there is no other thought besides this, that would not be accurate. To be honest, he did have some thoughts of letting this prince help him avoid disaster.
He even consciously created something to arouse the anger of court officials or other princes, so that it would be best if these people could join forces to exclude the prince from the Valiant Cavalry Camp. Regardless of Huang Qiong's performance after entering the camp, before today's conversation, he was really not optimistic about the prince who was ordered to serve as Zhengzhou's envoy.
In his subconscious mind, this young prince will be a troublemaker to himself, and even to the entire Knight Rider Camp. He really didn't want to get too close to any prince, even temporarily. Because he knew that this might mean endless trouble for himself in the future.
It is undoubtedly in his best interests to let the emperor give up his thoughts. Even Huang Qiong's behavior after entering the camp made him think that this prince was just here to mess around, to show off his face in front of the emperor and increase his own capital. He never gave up this idea. This British king is too dangerous to the Xiaoqi camp and to himself.
At least before today's conversation, he had always had this idea. Of course, some of his actions are taking chestnuts from the fire. It had only been two days since he had impounded these merchant ships. There were already more than a dozen posts from Jingzhao Mansion, from the current prince to officials at all levels in the three provinces and six ministries, asking him to release these merchant ships immediately.
Even the public documents of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs follow one after another. If Huang Qiong hadn't taken the initiative to shoulder the burden for him today, he would even feel that he couldn't withstand the pressure in certain aspects. The Xiaoqi camp was too close to the capital, and the big shots in the court sent people to ride fast horses to make a round trip in half a day.
Looking at the slightly red face of the commander-in-chief in the capital who had been exposed by him in disguise, he felt that he should still slap him. Huang Qiong, who was giving a sweet date, decided to appease him: "Master Yu, Don’t have anything to worry about. I’ll take care of this matter for you. If anyone in the capital puts pressure on you, ask him to come directly to me.”
"In extraordinary times, you do extraordinary things, and Lord Yu did it for the sake of the court. But I really don't hope that, except for war operations, similar incidents will happen again. At least, Lord Yu asked me to give As a shield, you should prepare yourself mentally for me in advance, right?"
"Since I have recommended Mr. Yu to the emperor, I believe in Mr. Yu's ability and loyalty to the court. I hope that Mr. Yu will be honest with me in the future. Okay, you don't have to have any ideas. If the court If someone tries to put pressure on you, just blame it on me."
"Although this is the first time that the king and Mr. Yu have met, I have only one sentence for you. You will not let me down with state affairs, and I will definitely not let you down in other matters. Since Mr. Yu thinks that this plan is feasible, I will hire someone to serve you. No doubt. Master Yu is starting to prepare now. As soon as the imperial decree to send troops is given, we will start taking action immediately."
"Your Excellency, this is a troubled time. I hope that you and I can come together as generals and ministers to make the drama in Zhengzhou more complete, satisfy my father, and satisfy everyone in the world. The battle will be concluded quickly, and we will strive to win the war in the future. In the shortest possible time, we can resolve the predicament in Zhengzhou, reduce the casualties of civilians and soldiers, and preserve a little more vitality for our great Qi."
Huang Qiong's frankness completely relieved the commander of the capital, who was somewhat impressed by the young prince. At least this prince may be young, but his magnanimity and heart are far beyond what ordinary people can compare with. At least compared to what he had heard from his colleagues, it was much higher than the other princes.
Although my little thing is not a big deal, it still deserves people's attention. To put it mildly, at most one person can act without permission. To put it bluntly, it means contempt for the current prince and imperial envoy. If you meet a master who is broad-minded and generous enough, he will naturally not take this matter seriously.
If you are more narrow-minded, you will probably regard yourself as a thorn in the side from now on. As far as he knew, there were really not many princes in this dynasty who were generous and generous enough. If nothing else, even the King of Shu who is currently going to Ruijian Camp would not be able to spare him. Let’s not talk about what will happen to the master in front of him in the future. At least this superficial skill is extremely beautiful.
As for Huang Qiong's request, he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly. He believes that everyone is understanding and smart, and there is no need to speak too clearly. The King of England will understand what he means by nodding. If you say it a thousand times, you might as well do it once, right?
Here in the Xiaoqi camp, after Huang Qiong took great pains, a general peace was staged. Although he may not have really tamed the commander in the capital, Huang Qiong knew that the commander in the capital would at least try his best to cooperate with him in this war. Of course, Huang Qiong never thought that he could truly conquer the commander-in-chief of the capital in a short period of time.
Similar to the commander-in-chief of the capital, people who have climbed up from the bottom by relying on their military exploits can be said to be old foxes in character. How could it be so simple, to be subdued by myself for my own use with just a few words? I don't have the bastard spirit to make the world surrender once I'm exposed.
The problem in the Xiaoqi Camp was solved, and the situation in Zhengzhou did not make Huang Qiong wait too long. On the third day after Huang Qiong arrived at Xiaoqi Camp, after sending several envoys but all returned without success, the last envoy was even killed by King Jing. The emperor finally lost all patience and issued a public edict, appointing the King of England as envoy to Zhengzhou and the commander of Yudu as deputy envoy.
At the same time, the King of Shu was appointed as the envoy to deal with Ruzhou, and the right deputy of the Privy Council was appointed as the deputy envoy. The imperial edict even tore off the last fig leaf and ordered the king of Shu and the king of England to immediately command the Xiaoqi camp and Ruijian camp respectively, and march to Ruzhou and Zhengzhou to suppress the rebellion. Yes, it is rebellion. At this moment, what the emperor did to King Jing and King Duan finally determined the nature of the rebellion.
On the day when the emperor's imperial edict arrived at Xiaoqi Camp and Ruijian Camp respectively, King Jing and King Duan seemed to know that the emperor had exhausted his last patience with them. In Zhengzhou and Ruzhou, they published side letters to the Qing emperor with similar contents. As soon as these two messages came out, it indicated that the two kings had torn off the last pretense and openly rebelled.
In their letters, the two kings not only questioned the cause of the queen's death, but also repeatedly insisted that the queen was poisoned by someone who wanted to compete for the master of the Sixth Palace. They also placed most of the responsibility on the emperor. What made the emperor even more embarrassed was that King Jing's letter not only insisted that the queen was poisoned, but also found out for the emperor the cause of Huang Qiong's assassination and the death of two of the three kings who died suddenly.
King Jing's message clearly stated that the real culprit behind this series of assassinations and violent deaths of princes was none other than the current prince. The current prince was jealous of talents and would kill any prince who might endanger his position as heir apparent, without caring about brotherhood.
He had repeatedly refused to enter the court before, and now he joined forces with King Duan to rebel, just to protect himself, and to get rid of a future tyrant for the people of the world. In order to prove that he was helpless, King Jing not only pointed out in his statement how the prince poisoned King Zhao and the prince of Fengcheng County.
The exact number of killers supported by the prince, where they are currently hiding, and the means by which they can contact the prince. He explained clearly how to get instructions from the prince and those people he had killed for the prince. It was clear who was responsible for poisoning King Zhao and what kind of poison was administered.
Even in the letter, the prince even said that he liked masculinity and kept a large number of male pets in several other courtyards. He also sent his confidants to find good-looking boys to castrate and send them to his own courtyard for his own entertainment. Even his subordinate officials followed him and tried their best to find handsome boys and send them to the East Palace.
