Chai Lingwu was just a name in Jiangnan. This kind of reward given by the new emperor to the old nobles made him panic. The confused and helpless Chai Lingwu couldn't figure out the reason for it for a long time, and finally had to find the new Pang Tong to solve his doubts.
The fact that Chai Lingwu is useless in Li Mingda's mouth does not mean that he is really useless. It is compared to the group of people like Li Mingda, Murong Xue, Wei Zheng, and Cheng Yaojin. Taken alone, he is better than most of his peers today. many.
It’s not like that weird kind of brain-dead thing, where all kinds of second-generation people are brain-dead or something like that. The education they received from an early age is much more strict than the average person. Naturally, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. The famous ones are the ones who commit crimes and cause everyone to With some prejudice.
Take the three little demon kings of Cheng Yaojin's family, for example. They fought a lot in the street and hung out with birds, but old gangster Cheng never relaxed his civil and military education to the three of them. If they didn't study hard, they would be beaten.
Generally, aristocratic families will focus on the first heir, not to be too partial but to prevent sibling disputes. A lion group only needs one leading male lion. If there is more, sooner or later something will happen.
Chai Lingwu turned down invitations from some local official families and came to Pangtong with some gifts. Chai Lingwu was very smart and did not bring gold, silver and jewelry but some books and local specialties.
Chai Lingwu came in and greeted Pang Tong: "Supervisor Pang"
Pang Tong replied: "Duke Qiao"
Chai Lingwu: "I'm sorry for the intrusion I caused you when I came to visit you today. Please don't refuse the small gifts I gave you."
For Pang Tong, who came to this world for the second time as a human being, these were what he wanted most, and they were not expensive gifts. Pang Tong said, "Thank you, Duke Qiao" and accepted it casually.
Chai Lingwu felt confident when he saw Pang Tong accepting his gift. Although his official position was not as high as his own, he was also Li Mingda's confidant. Why do you come here to see me?"
Pang Tong has just arrived in Jiangnan not long ago, and is now busy sorting out the Jiangnan family. The gold and silver industry that Li Mingda had no time to clean up last time is indeed inconsistent with the information Li Mingda took away. A lot is missing. Some local The information provided by the Jinyiwei was also wrong, and they should have been involved. Pang Tong had just written a letter the day before yesterday asking for the command of the Jinyiwei in Jiangnan, and to clean up these people together.
Chai Lingwu asked Pang Tong directly without too much nonsense: "Chai has something that he doesn't understand. Please ask Supervisor Pang to explain it to you."
Pang Tong: "Please tell me, Duke Qiao. If I know, I will tell you everything."
Chai Lingwu: "Well, your Majesty gave me an imperial edict to praise me some time ago. To be honest, your Majesty asked me to come here just in name. The real busy people were General Wen Chou and Cai Hao. Later, when His Majesty led his troops to the north, I just continued. If you stay behind, you won’t have any merit and will be rewarded inexplicably. I feel uneasy.”
Such is the feeling!
What do you think it is? This Chai Lingwu is still young, and he still doesn't look deeply enough. No wonder the lord calls him a loser every day, but you know that when you ask me, Pang Tong doesn't seem to be as unworthy as the lord said.
Looking at Chai Lingwu, Pang Tong lowered his head and glanced at the gift given to him and thought to himself: He is good at controlling gifts and words. Maybe he can be used to clean up the money and the Jiangnan family.
Having made up his mind, Pang Tong pretended to think for a while and replied to Chai Lingwu: "Don't be nervous, Duke Qiao. This is your Majesty's reward for your hard work during this time."
Chai Lingwu shook his head and refused to accept Pang Tong's statement: "Supervisor Pang, please don't deal with Chai. Has Chai been too carefree here these days? His majesty is offering a reward, but he is actually trying to remind me."
Pang Tong was stunned. This idea was too good. There was no need to fool him. He couldn't tell lies. The only way to fool people was to be 70% true and 30% false: "Since Qiao Guogong can see it, , I won’t cover it up anymore.”
Chai Lingwu's heartbeat quickened. He finally guessed it right. He hurriedly answered the question: "Please give me some advice from Supervisor Pang."
Pang Tong stroked his beard and spoke slowly: "Just as Duke Qiao guessed, your Majesty's decree has the meaning of both praise and blame."
"Back then, Duke Qiao listened to His Majesty's order and went south to supervise the shipyards to train the navy, which laid a good foundation for His Majesty's centenary plan for the Tang Dynasty. It was hard work. Then His Majesty led the troops to go north. Duke Qiao did not listen to the rumors of some cholera people. Your words have stabilized the situation in Jiangnan. These are your rewards."
Chai Lingwu asked Pang Tong: "Where is the warning?"
Pang Tong: "Duke Qiao knows that the new-type sea-going ships built by the shipyard are extremely important to His Majesty's century-old plan. His Majesty cleared out some rebellious Jiangnan families, leaving a lot of gold and silver industry behind. Your Majesty and your Majesty hurriedly led the troops northward. In addition, the new emperor is very busy and has left a lot of gold and silver industry in the hands of local officials."
Hearing this, Chai Lingwu's heart skipped a beat. After living in Jiangnan for so long, Chai Lingwu knew how to behave towards officials from Jiangnan families. Those guys had unclean hands, those guys were greedy, and those people were trustworthy.
Pang Tong observed Chai Lingwu's reaction from the corner of his eye and found that Chai Lingwu lowered his head in thought and had a confused expression, which proved that Chai Lingwu knew some information and was even involved.
Pang Tong planned to fry a fish: "Ahem, Duke Qiao also knows that as His Majesty said, there is no airtight pants in the world. With so many gold, silver and jewelry industries falling in the local area, Your Majesty has no time to take care of it. Some people are looking at it. In your eyes, this hand may not be able to control it. Your Majesty asked Pang to lead the troops south not only to continue to recruit troops and build ships, but also to bring back these things and bring some people’s heads back to restore their sight!”
Chai Lingwu looked horrified
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What should I do? I have received a lot of gifts these days. If I can't keep them all, those bastards will send dirty things over.
Pang Tong looked at Chai Lingwu's anxious look and smiled. The mouse was on the road.
"Don't panic, Duke Qiao. You have a special status in the land south of the Yangtze River. There must be some people who want to take the opportunity to drag you into the water. They want you to muddy the water so that you can get away with it."
Chai Lingwu heard the meaning of Pang Tong's words. This was Li Mingda's openness to him. Although Zuo was usually unreliable, Chai Lingwu could still grasp this critical moment, although this time it was Pang Tong who was plotting against him.
"Thank you very much, Supervisor Pang, for reminding me. I asked why someone keeps sending me some specialties lately. It turns out that's the case. Mr. Chai has some information here. I wonder if Supervisor Pang can use it."
So Chai Lingwu revealed what he knew about the personality tendencies of officials from the Jiangnan family and some private information, like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.
After listening to Chai Lingwu's information, Pang Tong smiled with satisfaction. Li Mingda was already 70% sure about arranging his affairs.
The Jiangnan family is about to shed blood again!
To be continued
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