Chapter 156: That lamp and a few people

In all the stories about the uprising and treason, the word money is indeed indispensable.
Whether it is used to reward those soldiers who paid their lives or to buy off those generals, money is extremely direct and useful.
So in those stories, once you decide to get involved, the first move is to find someone with a lot of money.
There are many rich people in Huaiyang City.
But their wealth is still different from the treasury.
But there was only one person who was able to take money from the treasury in a short period of time, the elder Xun Fang, Shangshu.
Therefore, when King Liang got up, he needed this old man Xun to draw some money from the treasury.
During the Chenghua reign, a household member Wailang did it by chance and embezzled 300,000 taels from the circulating silver, in order to ask the number one killer of Chen Guojiang to assassinate Luan. Phase country.
Although everything was done seamlessly, and afterwards, he blamed the incident on another household official, which caused the household official to copy and slash, but after the incident was known to the first emperor, the household member Wailang died. Up.
If the treasury is arbitrarily moved, the end will be extremely miserable.
Now that King Liang wants to get involved and wants money, he found Xun Shangshu.
Only when Chen Guoliguo was in Xun's family at the beginning, his Majesty the Emperor would feel relieved to hand over the Ministry of Household to them.
His Majesty the Emperor will not trust someone or a family without reservation.
Let Xun Fang sit in this position, but there is no one more suitable for this position in Chaotang.
But since Xun Fang was allowed to sit in this position, the head of the Xun family would have the power of Shangshu.
For example, there is no need for other will, and the treasury can be opened to bring out the things that King Liang needs.
But tonight, Liang Wang and the Hubu Shangshu seem to have a disagreement.
The stars outside the house are brilliant, and the moonlight is extremely beautiful.
But in the study room of the Master Shangshu, if the lamp is not lit, it will be completely dark.
So someone lit a lamp.
It is Princess Qi again.
The first beauty in Huaiyang City personally lit a lamp for King Liang and Xun Fang. In fact, it was also the line that she led for these two people.
Although it was under Xun Fang's instruction.
The old man with gray hair but a certain degree of tolerance sat on an imperial teacher's chair and looked at the tall and gray King Liang opposite.
King Liang smiled and said, "Lao Shangshu Xun, he seems to be a little dissatisfied with the conditions of the king, but the current situation in Huaiyang, Lao Shangshu is unclear. If he has this money, the king will have to get involved. The reason why the Wang patiently came to Lao Shang Shu to finalize the final things was just because he said that Lao Shang Shu and Princess Qi are the king's deceased."
Xun Fang frowned, and did not rush to speak. The conditions that the two said before have already been negotiated and should have been finalized, but if it were not for a letter from the state government, the two parties would not have to continue to meet. .
So far, Xun Fang has not thought clearly, since it is Luan Xiangguo who has made up his mind to leave the country, why would he interfere with the current court, and even wrote such a letter to King Liang.
"Even if Luan Xiangguo supports it, His Highness King Liang should know that after the incident, people's support is needed. The Xun family has followed Chen Guo for so many years, and some things are more useful than Luan Xiangguo's words."
Xun Fang continued to say in a deep voice: "Besides, if His Highness King Liang succeeds in the incident, those royal children may not really accept their fate. At that time, the daughter will need to ask King Qi to intervene."
Although King Liang is considered to be a higher military talent than others, since he is the son of the royal family and the first-born son of the royal family, he has naturally received teachings from the royal family since he was a child, and he is not bad at all in his mind and ability. Therefore, Xun Xun With these words, he can quickly tell whether it will appear.
It's a pity that this rebellion he planned for a long time, or is it called "Bigong" or some other words, all died as the emperor's brother, and he sat on the throne and stopped abruptly.
He hadn't thought about the things behind him, perhaps he hadn't thought about it carefully.
From King Liang's perspective, whoever refused to accept afterwards was probably just killing someone.
But now he suddenly remembered another matter. The royal family refused to accept it. He might be able to solve it with blood, but what if the generals with heavy soldiers on their hands refused to accept it?
Now there are only three thousand imperial forest troops in Huaiyang City.
And the commander of the Imperial Forest Army was only bought by him.
Since it is a bribe, it is possible that one day they will also be bribed by another person.
How can we sit on this throne?
The most important thing is naturally to let Luan Xiangguo stay, support him, and stand behind him.
But in fact, since Luan Xiangguo made a decision, he shouldn't change. The Lord Xiangguo is not the kind of person who changes his mind just because of one or two minor things.
But what's the matter with that letter?
King Liang interprets him as Luan Xiangguo’s disappointment with the emperor, and the disappointment with Chen Guo’s temple. Since he is disappointed, he has to look for hope. Therefore, Luan Xiangguo left the country and gave him a letter before leaving.
This may be the best answer.
But Luan Xiangguo will leave after all.
Relying on this Lord Xiangguo is not realistic.
Therefore, King Liang can only start with the rest.
Xun Fang said before that this is the problem that King Liang has to face now. There are generals in the army who swear allegiance to him, but after all, there are no such generals in Huaiyang City.
Only if the situation in Huaiyang City is settled first, if the royal children have nothing to say, even the generals who want to play the name of King Qin will not be able to attack.
Xun Fang and Princess Qi are very important nowadays.
Xun Fang can help him with his own prestige. There is Qi Wang behind Qi Wang, and everyone knows how much Qi Wang, who is unwilling to fight for power, loves Qi Wang.
After killing His Majesty the Emperor, if the imperial family refused to accept King Liang, who else could be pushed out?
Only King Qi is the only one.
The first three sons of the emperor.
If this time, Princess Qi persuaded King Qi to come out and firmly support King Liang.
Block the tongue of the crowd.
It is perfect.
Thinking of this place, Liang Wang squinted his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
Xun Fang did not speak, waiting for King Liang to speak.
Princess Qi stood far away, guarding the light.
The study is not big, but there are always places where the lights cannot be illuminated.
So a voice came out in the shadow, "Master Xun, your request is not excessive."
The corner of Liang Wang's mouth outlines an arc.
Someone walked out of the shadows and came to where the light could reach.
Is a middle-aged scholar.
Xun Fang stood up and looked at it for a long time before exclaiming, "So you were there."
The middle-aged scholar nodded, "Your request is not excessive. I think His Highness King Liang will agree to it. However, since Master Xun is unwilling to make any further concessions, then take more things out."
This sentence is very straightforward. Since he was unwilling to make concessions, he would exchange for something more.
What else can the Xun family do besides putting out some treasury money in the treasury?
King Liang knows.
The middle-aged scholar also knew.
Xun Fang also knew.
He didn't say much, just looked at the middle-aged scholar and said with emotion: "After you failed the rankings, the old man actually sent someone to find you. In fact, at the beginning, the old man wanted to marry the little girl to you."
Standing in the distance, Princess Qi was taken aback, and she couldn't help but glance at the middle-aged scholar a few more times. Before, she only regarded this person as the staff of King Liang, but now it seems that it is more than that.
Chen Guo's imperial examinations existed since the founding of the country, but in the past few years, there have been so many candidates who have fallen short of Sunshan, but no one can be famous for this middle-aged scholar.
Even this middle-aged scholar, before he walked into the examination room, everyone in Huaiyang City felt that he had to be the top leader of the year.
After all, he was already famous as a young man.
Whether it is literary talent or ability to govern, this person can be called a young genius.
Even many ministers thought that after he entered the court, he would definitely become the second Luan Xiangguo.
In the future, there will not only be a place in the court, but also Luan Xiangguo's position.
It's just that Chen Guo already has a Luan Xiangguo, so His Majesty does not seem to need a second Luan Xiangguo.
In the imperial examination that year, he failed.
Everyone knows what's going on, but no one dares to say.
So in that March, the scholar left Huaiyang City.
But anyone who is a true genius will not remain obscure for a lifetime.
Seeing him in Huaiyang City now, it should be a matter of course to want to come.
Xun Fang sighed and looked at King Liang, "His Royal Highness, the old ministers no longer worry about it. Xun Fang's parents can only look forward to King Liang."
Liang Wang smiled and got up, "Xun Shangshu doesn't have to be like that. After that, the country of Chen will still be the country of Chen, the Xun family, and naturally the Xun family.
Xun Fang smiled bitterly, without speaking.
Wang Liang turned his head to look at Princess Qi, and whispered: "As for King Qi, you will have to trouble Princess Qi."
Princess Qi nodded.
King Liang got up with satisfaction and opened the door.
The middle-aged scholar was not in a hurry to leave. He looked at Xun Fang several times and suddenly said: "Old Shangshu Xun, fortunately the juniors failed the rankings."
Xun Fang raised his head, silent.
The middle-aged scholar left slowly.
Xun Fang sat down again.
He turned his head to look at Princess Qi, and sighed lightly: "If His Royal Highness Qi has this ambition, why don't we father and daughter rely on others."
Concubine Qi had a complicated expression, after all, she had no words, but just blew out the lamp.
The study was completely dark again.

Huaiyang City has a night ban, which is not a very unexpected thing.
Especially when the whole nation was fighting against the people of Zhou, the night ban in Huaiyang City was stricter in the past, but now it’s okay. Apart from the night ban, there are two more Time.
The autumn breeze howled, Huaiyang at night was not warm.
But there are always so many hawkers who want to make a living. No matter how cold the weather is, they have to survive, so the night market in the west of Huaiyang City is also very lively.
Under the light of the big red lantern, there was some hot food in the iron pan in front of the vendors, smoking, and it was very warm.
Li Fuyao, dressed in a green shirt, carrying a sword box on his back, sat down in front of a relatively remote stall and asked for a bowl of dumplings.
The dumplings are stuffed with pork and cabbage, and the dumpling vendor is very kind. A bowl of dumplings for a few cents, all with thin skin and rich meat.
Li Fuyao looked at the bowl of dumplings in front of him, and didn't rush down his chopsticks.
Because the chopsticks were all pressed by the person opposite.
Li Fuyao looked at the man opposite, a little helpless.
Because that person is half of his friend.
It’s just that Li Fuyao never thought of meeting him in Chen Guo’s Huaiyang City. According to his vision, they would meet again at the border of Zhou State. He would see such an energetic young general among thousands of troops. .
But since it was an idea, it was not a fact. Li Fuyao felt a little cordial to see this guy here.
The person sitting opposite him now is not someone else, but the Xie Jiabaoshu, Xie Ying.
Thinking about it carefully, it's been two years.
Li Fuyao looked at the bowl of dumplings, and at Xie Ying, who was more determined than before, asked helplessly: "Why did you come to Huaiyang? If you want to be known by the emperor of Chen Kingdom, the two in Huaiyang City The Qianyu Linjun will spare no effort to try to kill you."
Xie Ying rubbed his cheeks, and said with a smile: "I also want to ask you, if you don't practice swords in Jianshan, why are you walking around? Even in Huaiyang City?"
Li Fuyao didn't answer this question. He didn't want to tell people more about Jianshan.
Xie Ying pressed the family heirloom knife at his waist and whispered softly: "I'm not at the border, but came to Huaiyang City. You must know what I am going to do."
Li Fuyao frowned and said, "This is a great risk. I found a monk in this city with a profound realm, much stronger than me."
Xie Ying was silent for a long time, and suddenly said very seriously: "The situation of Da Zhou is really not very good now."