Zhang Yuanfeng twirled his beard and said, "It's nothing that he snatched back a lot of money, but he himself is my beloved general, and now he is using his interests to win over the nobles, so he is very likely to become a leader among the nobles."
Hu Zhiyu nodded and said, "I think so too! Fortunately, Duke Ding and others are not dead yet. If they had died, Marquis Wu Ning would be in dire straits!"
Zhang Yuanfeng said: "Having said that, you still have to be careful! These nobles have always been in the same spirit, and there is no guarantee that those people will make way for him!"
Hu Zhiyu said bitterly: "Why is this Liu Haojia so difficult to deal with?"
Then he scolded Liu Haojia by name, and the reason was just because Liu Haojia blocked his way of making money. After he finished scolding him, he said: "I really don't know why the people in the cabinet allowed a warrior like Liu Haojia to cause such a thing! Brother Zhang Xian, brother from the Ling family just watched him jumping up and down in the court without any reaction?"
Zhang Yuanfeng shook his head and sighed and said: "How could there be no reaction! How many efforts have been made by scholars like us to suppress these warriors, how can we let them get up again? It's just that Wu Ninghou is very cunning. He doesn't just hold the law book. I am thinking about the ancestral system and the protection of this emperor, so I can’t take him down for the time being! But I think the elders will definitely find a way!"
Hu Zhiyu sneered and said, "I do have a method, but I wonder if the princes in the imperial court would dare to use it?"
Zhang Yuanfeng said in surprise: "What can I do?"
Hu Zhiyu pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "Patrol the border!"
The so-called border patrol means that the Ming Dynasty sent troops to patrol along the border wall and drive away the tribes approaching the border wall. A vacuum isolation zone is formed between the base and the side wall.
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, it was really the Ming Dynasty’s army that often went to hunt grass in the valley! They often go to the grasslands to rob cattle and sheep, and even set fire to the grasslands. However, as the Ming Dynasty's national power gradually declined, the number of border patrols became less and less!
By the Jiajing period, this kind of military activity had almost completely stopped. Moreover, the border patrol at that time was more like a gold-plating operation, and it became an activity dedicated to promoting those distinguished military attachés with connections! As long as they hang out outside the border wall, they can get promotions and titles when they come back! If you are brave enough, you might be able to get a knighthood after encountering a small tribe and beheading dozens of them!
When Zhang Juzheng took over as the chief minister, in order to prevent the border from affecting domestic reforms, he deliberately arranged Qi Jiguang to the northern border, so he started patrolling the border again. Although there were other factors involved, Qi Jiguang's arrival did stabilize the border situation.
And when Hu Zhiyu asked Liu Haojia to patrol the border, it would definitely not give him an opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune. The only possibility was to kill him on the way to patrol the border! There is absolutely no way to hide the mobilization of border troops to kill Liu Haojia, so the only possibility is to use the help of the Communist Party! And when he found his head, he knew that his family was connected to the Communist Party outside the Great Wall, and he wanted to help!
However, Zhang Yuanfeng did not agree immediately. Instead, he said: "Head of the Society, why do you have such a hatred for Liu Haojia?"
Hu Zhiyu sighed and said: "In the beginning, there was no hatred between me and him. I just hated him for ruining my business several times and then blocking our financial path, so I decided to deal with him. But now That's not the case anymore! Now he is targeting our Plum Blossom Club everywhere and has been tracking us down. If I don't take action in advance, I'm afraid I will die in his hands one day!"
Zhang Yuanfeng shook his head when he heard this and said, "Isn't the leader of the society worried too much?"
Hu Zhiyu said: "This is not because I am worried, but this Liu Haojia must die! Haven't you noticed? Now some civil servants are starting to get closer to him! Although the rank is relatively low, this phenomenon is terrible! Do we want to When we returned to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, could we and other civil servants be manipulated by warriors?"
Zhang Yuanfeng was silent when he heard this. He understood what Hu Zhiyu said about the civil-military struggle. After all, there are only so many interests in the world. If one person can't get enough of them, how can he be willing to share them with others? However, he feels that Liu Haojia cannot threaten the status of civil servants. After all, he is only one person. What can he do if he has the ability to continue to toss?
Moreover, all the other distinguished nobles are too fat-minded to look at their immediate interests and cannot possibly listen to his instructions.
wave. Wait a few more years, when Liu Haojia gets tired of all the hard work, or his mind is corrupted by the wine and beauty, things will go back to the original track.
When Hu Zhiyu saw that Zhang Yuanfeng was silent, he said directly: "I will push forward this matter. When the time comes, I will ask brother Zhang Xian to say a few words in front of brother Ling Clan and let him follow the trend."
Zhang Yuanfeng said slowly: "So, the leader of the society has a familiar Mongolian tribe outside the border wall?"
Hu Zhiyu knew what Zhang Yuanfeng meant. The Zhang family had been operating in Shanxi for a long time and had deep connections with the outside world. They had long regarded the trade routes outside the country as a taboo. Naturally, they had to ask more questions when they heard that someone could contact the country. So he said sincerely: "There is a tribe that can speak to it, but it is not enough to do this kind of thing, it needs a lot of money to buy it!"
Zhang Yuanfeng was satisfied after hearing what he said. He thought about it and said, "If Wu Ninghou goes out to patrol the border, it may not be enough for a tribe to ambush him!"
Hu Zhiyu immediately handed over his hand and said, "Please help Zhang Xiandi to eliminate this great harm to the country! And after this incident, this tribe will be handed over to Zhang Xiandi's personal control!"
Zhang Yuanfeng laughed immediately after hearing this, and then said: "This is not difficult, but I want to know the true purpose of the leader!"
Hu Zhiyu said: "What real purpose can I have? It's just to work for the country! People like him can do anything for personal achievements. God knows if he will cause trouble outside the border wall one day. This The days of peace are gone forever!”
Zhang Yuanfeng still smiled calmly and said: "Head of the club, if you say that, you are looking down on me!"
Hu Zhiyu looked at Zhang Yuanfeng intently for a while and then suddenly burst into laughter. After laughing, he said, "It seems that I can't hide it from my dear brother!"
Zhang Yuanfeng cupped his hands and said, "Please tell me, the head of the society, why you are staring at Wu Ninghou so hard?"
Hu Zhiyu patted his thigh and said, "Man will die for money, and birds will die for food. Of course, it is for money!"
After speaking, he told Zhang Yuanfeng the reason. It turns out that Hu Zhiyu was planning to attack Tianjin from the very beginning, because he found that Tianjin, a treasure land, was simply a cornucopia! However, all the people he arranged in Tianjin were taken down by Liu Haojia through the Hegang rebellion, and many of his own people were deployed one after another, making it impossible for Tianjin to be flooded and unable to attack!
