"Then what are you going to do?" Although Pang Ban was not certain that what Shen Hao said would definitely happen, he had to admit that what the other party said was indeed quite possible.
If the situation described by Shen Hao really comes to pass, the trouble will definitely be worse than the worst outcome that Pang Ban and other big shots in the DPRK had predicted based on their tacit understanding.
The best way is actually to clarify the interests to the emperor face to face. Unfortunately, Pang Ban is now abandoned by the emperor and does not want to meet. This method can only be found in a roundabout way.
Shen Hao hesitated and asked tentatively: "Sir, why don't I go to the palace gate and ask if I can see His Majesty?"
"You can give it a try. But you have to make more plans. It might be better if the villa can come forward to persuade." Pang Ban had his own opinion. He didn't think Shen Hao could convince the emperor to change his mind, but it would be a big difference if a key figure in Fenghong Villa could come forward. After all, Fenghong Villa is the real last resort for the emperor and must be taken seriously.
"Then I will go to the palace gate to try it out later, and then go to the villa to ask the two masters to explain this matter?"
"So best."
At this point, the most important thing has been explained. Then, Pang Ban's tone relaxed a little and said: "You should have heard from the people in the Black Flag Camp about the cause of the evil monks' troubles, right? I have always kept the original body plan, and I have not allowed them to slack off, but it has been difficult to make progress. , I will hand it back to you when you come back now, I still have the same view as before, the red evil is not simple, and figuring it out may be able to tear away the disguise of those evil monks."
In Pang Ban's view, the evil monks provoking such a large-scale chaos was beyond the scope of their counterattack against the Xuanqing Wei Qing campaign, because missionary work in remote areas had been completely stopped due to the current situation. It can be said that the Jingjiu side has completely lost in the previous confrontation. The purpose of the evil monks should be stopped after Xuanqingwei shrinks his power.
But how much benefit does it bring to them for the evil monks to set off a full-scale confrontation with the Jingjiu Dynasty? Even though it seems that the evil monks have the upper hand and are forcing the Xuanqing Guards and the army to take a defensive stance at the expense of others. But the Jingjiu Dynasty had more than just troops and Xuanqing guards. The huge Fenghong Villa was still sitting there without taking any action.
How much advantage can the evil monks take if they really go all out? When the time comes, the Jingjiu Dynasty will not be happy, and the evil monks will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Don’t you really think that just relying on their evil tricks can make the Jingjiu Dynasty helpless? Now if the emperor's side was not deliberately suppressing all forces in the Jing Dynasty, the situation would never be so ugly.
As for the idea that the evil monks wanted to replace the Jingjiu Dynasty, Pang Ban had never had the idea. Because there is absolutely no such possibility.
The worst-case scenario is that the Jingjiu Dynasty will follow in the footsteps of the previous dynasty, but the person who replaces the Jingjiu Dynasty will never be an evil monk.
"That matter should not be delayed. I will go to the palace first."
"good."
After saluting, Shen Hao hurriedly came out of the commander's office, took a horse-drawn carriage and turned around, and soon arrived at the main gate of the palace. He handed over his badge and was repeatedly checked by the imperial guards at the palace gate before he was asked to wait in the waiter.
If the audience fails, the reply will be very quick. Generally, it only takes a cup of tea to know whether the emperor wants to see you. If allowed, it would be much slower, and palace guards or eunuchs would come out to lead the way.
Shen Hao is very familiar with these processes. The time for a cup of tea passed quickly, but no news came out. I secretly wondered whether the emperor wanted to see him?
After a while, Shen Hao saw an old acquaintance in the waiter. The personal eunuch beside the emperor.
After a few brief greetings, the eunuch did not take him to see the emperor as Shen Hao thought, but handed him a handwritten letter.
"Your Majesty doesn't have time to see you, but here are some words of encouragement for you."
Putting a copper bar in Shen Hao's hand, the eunuch bowed his hand towards Shen Hao and turned around to leave. Shen Hao did not stay in the tea room at the palace gate. He took the copper bar and returned to the carriage outside, heading all the way out of the city to Fenghong Villa.
In the car, Shen Hao opened the copper strip. There was very little content in it, only five or six sentences.
What he said was encouragement was actually an instruction to reorganize the Black Flag Camp after Shen Hao came back, and not to do random things that would only increase casualties. Finally, he told Shen Hao that he would go to Black Flag Camp in the afternoon tomorrow to see the prisoner Bin Ji, whom he had not seen for a long time, and asked Shen Hao to prepare in advance.
Shen Hao looked at the copper bar several times and finally closed it, probably guessing some hints from the emperor.
That's right, in Shen Hao's opinion, the copper strip written by the emperor contained hints that were difficult to express directly.
"Purge the Black Flag Camp" means to ask Shen Hao to be calm and not to act in a hurry. And he also said "it only increases casualties", which shows that the emperor is aware of the unfavorable situation in the old Jing Dynasty against the evil monks. At the end, it seems that he mentioned tomorrow's itinerary in passing and asked Shen Hao to receive him, but in Shen Hao's view, the last sentence was the key point. Combining the previous words, it seems that we can draw this guess: There are some things that I can’t say now, and I will discuss them in detail when we are in the prison cell.
In the morning when he was in command of the Yamen in Fengri City, Wang Yiming made a report on the situation in the dungeon. He mentioned the special prisoner Fu Ji who had been imprisoned there, and mentioned that the emperor would come every few months to smoke prisoners. Whip vents anger. In order to maintain confidentiality, the emperor usually came in disguise.
This shows that the emperor did not take advantage of Shen Hao's absence to dig deeper into the strangeness of that cell, but only used that place as a place to relax to get himself out of "Chi"'s sight.
Now that the only person who can talk freely with the emperor is back alive, the emperor must have a lot to say and ask.
If Shen Hao was still wondering why the emperor would tie his own hands and feet to deal with the whole country's troubles about the evil monks, then after reading this copper strip written by the emperor, he finally had an idea in his mind. Possible guesses.
"Could it be that the emperor's series of inexplicable actions were not his original intention, but were forced to do so under restraint?" Shen Hao thought in his mind.
As for who could force the emperor to do such a move that would greatly harm the Jing Dynasty, Shen Hao had only one answer in his mind, and that was: Qing Chi.
Qing Chi is attached to the emperor, but according to Bai Wu's words, he actually "planted a soul in the emperor." They are two completely different concepts from Bai Wu's possession of Shen Hao.
Bai Wu and Shen Hao are interdependent. But Qingchi and the emperor are not. It’s more like the relationship between “people” and “clothes”.
But, doesn’t Qingchi want to swallow up the luck of the Jingjiu Dynasty? What good would it do him to make the Jingji Dynasty so miserable that the people's fortunes would naturally plummet?
