Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 147 The Out-of-Control Southwest Land of Xia Kingdom

Now that they have made a decision, and they are fishing in the water openly, these envoys of the Xia Kingdom are exactly what they wished for.

When the officials of the Honglu Pavilion brought lunch, someone purposely complained in a low voice in front of them.The appearance of gnashing teeth and sternly accusing, it can be seen that every word and sentence comes from the heart, without any appearance of acting.

Seeing this appearance, the officials of Yunguo couldn't help muttering in their hearts.

After lunch, these envoys of the Xia Kingdom slipped out of the Honglu Pavilion in twos and threes, and started wandering around Zhongqing City.

The same is true for Zhong Zizhuo, he tidied up briefly, and walked out of the Honglu Hall in a staggered manner.

Zhongqing City is the capital city of Yun Kingdom, although it is not comparable to the capital of Xia Kingdom, it is also a rare prosperous place in the world.On the streets, there are crowds of people, and business travelers are like clouds.

Zhong Zizhuo looked leisurely, strolling slowly on the street, and walked into some distinctive shops from time to time, and bought some specialties of Yunguo from them.

Just looking at this appearance, it really looks like he came to visit Zhongqing City.

Just when he was wandering somewhere, a shop waiter who was soliciting business by the side of the road suddenly grabbed him and said enthusiastically:

"Looking at this guest's attire, it seems that he is from another country? This store has excellent Yunguo specialties, which are rare in other places. This guest, why don't you come in and have a look?"

Zhong Ziyan looked at the sleeves being pulled by the waiter, moved his eyes, coughed lightly, and asked:

"What's rare?"

"I have all the rare things in this Yunguo in my store! Or new tea, or brocade cloth. Ah, yes, there is also black copper and silver that just arrived. This thing is not available outside, on copper vessels The seals are carved with various patterns, and then filled with silver shavings and fired to make them blend together. It is both elegant and auspicious when used as a gift!"

Zhong Zizhuo's eyes flickered slightly, he subconsciously glanced around, and then said:
"Oh, this is interesting! What kind of styles are there?"

"The cloud dragon soars into the sky, and the scales and claws fly!" the waiter said with burning eyes.

Zhong Zizhuo swallowed subconsciously after hearing a few words, feeling even more guilty in his heart, wanting to look around.

The waiter took a step forward and leaned into his ear, with a flattering smile on his face, and said softly:
"Don't look, there is no one."

Zhong Zizhuo froze, nodded immediately, and said:

"it is good!"

After finishing speaking, the two walked into the shop behind them together.

The waiter in the shop was flattering, and said in an enthusiastic voice:
"Guests, please go to the private room on the second floor, the shopkeeper is already waiting!"

Zhong Ziyan nodded, raised his legs and stepped up to the private room on the second floor of the shop.

Pushing open the door and opening the mouth of the man holding the sword who had been waiting for a long time, Zhong Zizhuo showed hesitation on his face and said:
"you are?"

Guo Jiefang lowered his long sword, nodded slightly, and said:
"Guo Xie is the envoy of Yiwei at Xia Shangyu's backup office! His Majesty was very surprised when he found out that envoy Zhong Yiwei was coming. I tried my best to find a way to contact him under the noses of the colleagues in the mission. you."

Shangyu's spare place?
Zhong Ziyan didn't speak, but silently remembered the name in his heart.

Guo Xie couldn't help but chuckled, and continued:
"Fortunately, Zhong Yiwei enabled you to act according to the plan, and made all the missionaries leave the Honglu Hall, resulting in insufficient manpower for my colleagues. Otherwise, it would be really difficult for me to meet you!"

It turned out that what Zhong Zizhuo said in front of his colleagues was to confuse the court of Yun Kingdom, so that they could not figure out the bottom line of Xia Kingdom.

But in fact, this method was given to him by someone sent by Guo Xie.The real purpose is for Xia Guozhi to make Xiuyi unable to monitor the missionary, so that he can meet Zhong Zizhuo.

After all, it is the capital of Yunguo, and no matter how powerful the direct envoy of Xiaguo embroidered clothes is, it is impossible to have too many people.With less manpower, it is easy to make omissions. With the strength of the manpower at the sticky pole, it is not difficult to secretly meet Zhong Zizhuo.

Zhong Zizhuo frowned and couldn't help asking:
"Yiwei envoy? When did I become this Yiwei envoy?"

Guo Xie stood up, took out a bright yellow imperial decree from his bosom, and said:
"Let's make a long story short, my subordinates can't delay Xia Guo's colleagues for too long, otherwise problems will easily occur. Envoy Zhong Yiwei, let's take the order first!"

Zhong Zizhuo looked at the imperial decree in Guo Xie's hand, and his face was slightly ugly.

At the beginning, by mistake, Zhong Zizhuo mistook Xiao Cheng for a soldier under Xia Guoqi King, and took the initiative to give his head, which fell into Xiao Cheng's hands. .

He is the prefect of Fengzhou and one of King Qi's subordinates. He has participated in the whole plan against the southwestern generals, so he is very clear about the situation and situation of the southwestern states and counties of Xia Kingdom.

However, he is not particularly hard-boned, and he is almost a hit.

It was precisely because of the information he provided that Xiao Cheng was able to lead more than a thousand cavalry to attack and break through the city in the unfamiliar territory of Xia Kingdom, winning consecutive battles.

Among the states and counties, which city has hoarded grain and grass, which city has empty guards, and which high-rise mansion is in the city, it is a family with rich wealth that has been passed down for many years.These things were all brought out by Zhong Zizhuo himself.

It can be said that a large part of the reason why Xiao Cheng was able to make such a big commotion in Xia Kingdom was due to him, Zhong Zizhuo.

Zhong Zizhuo did not confess these things before, knowing that he would not be able to survive in Xia Guo, so he was ready to abandon him and leave Xia Guo with Xiao Cheng.

But who knows, when Xiao Cheng was about to leave, he had a whim and let Zhong Zizhuo escape with his whereabouts.It was for this reason that Xiao Cheng was discovered so quickly by Xia Guo's army and bit him all the way.

Relying on the credit of bringing back Xiao Cheng's whereabouts, Zhong Zizhuo was not severely punished, but was only removed from the post of Fengzhou prefect.This time the mission brought the credentials to the mission, and I don't know who called the names, but let him come with them.

At this time, Zhong Zizhuo, seeing the imperial decree in Guo Xie's hand, finally understood why he was let go in the country of Xia, and why it took so much trouble to make people try their best to meet him secretly.

The Emperor of the Yun Kingdom wants to become a spy in Xia Guochaotang!
Zhong Zizhuo's face was gloomy, his eyes kept flickering, and he froze in place without moving.

He just had a handle in Xiao Cheng's hands before, so he had no choice but to obey orders.But if he accepts the imperial decree from the emperor of Yun Kingdom now, he will be completely tied to the thief ship of Yun Kingdom. From then on, he will become a secret agent of Yun Kingdom, stepping into the eerie darkness, and he will never be able to escape!
Guo Xie looked at Zhong Zizhuo, whose face was uncertain, and narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a trace of coldness, and said:
"Envoy Zhong Yiwei, are you still kneeling down to accept the order?"

Zhong Zizhuo's hairs stood on end, and he keenly sensed the flash of killing intent on Guo Xie's body.

Following Xiao Cheng's will, he would be close to death in the future.But if he doesn't answer now, then today is the day of his death.

After all, the current situation of the two countries is the same, as long as Guo Xie keeps secret and can give Xia Guo a reasonable explanation, an insignificant envoy status cannot be his amulet.

Zhong Zizhuo gave a faint sigh, finally bent his knees, knelt down on the ground, and said in a trembling voice:

"Zhong Zizhuo, please listen to His Majesty's order!"

The corner of Guo Xie's mouth curled up, and he stretched out his hands, saying loudly:
"Emperor Dayun's imperial edict said: Zhong Zizhuo, a man from the Xia Kingdom, followed me in the first battle of the Xia Kingdom in the past, and made great contributions. , hereby!"

On Zhong Zizhuo's drooping complexion, he couldn't tell the bitterness and entanglement, but he had no choice but to raise his hands high and said in a shy voice:
"My minister Zhong Zizhuo, accept the order!"

Guo Xie put the imperial decree into Zhong Zizhuo's hands, and with a smile on his face, he lifted him up and said:

"From now on, Envoy Zhong Yiwei will serve under my command! The affairs of the Xia Kingdom will be handled by Envoy Zhong Yiwei. In the future, Envoy Zhong Yiwei will need his full support!"

Zhong Zizhuo stood up and sighed faintly.But after a while, the bitter and tangled expression on his face immediately became excited, and he cupped his hands to Guo Xie and said:
"Emissary Du Yiwei is polite. From now on, my subordinates will do their best. For Your Majesty, for the envoy of Du Yiwei, I will do my best, and I will spare no expense!"

Guo Xie saw Zhong Zizhuo's sudden change of face, his eyelids twitched, and the corner of his mouth forced a smile:

"That's good, that's good..."

Zhong Zizhuo, with a face full of fighting spirit, pulled Guo Xie and said:
"It's not too late, my subordinates have important information about Xia Guo, please report it to His Majesty as soon as possible!"
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That night, Guo Xie went to the palace to meet Xiao Cheng, and when it came to Zhong Zizhuo's performance, he still had the look of "I don't understand, but I was greatly shocked".

Although he has been in charge of the sticky pole for so long, he has seen a lot of darkness, but when he meets someone like Zhong Zizhuo who changes his face when he says it, it is inevitable that he has a sense of knowledge.

Looking at Guo Xie's inexplicably emotional and complicated expression, Xiao Cheng couldn't help laughing, shaking his head and saying:

"You still have a spare place. From now on, you will gradually develop your power in the world and plant nails. This kind of people, you must deal with them. Don't use your morals to judge these people!"

When Guo Xie heard this, he immediately said seriously:

"Yes!"

Then without waiting for Xiao Cheng to ask questions, Guo Xie spoke again, saying:
"Your Majesty, something has happened in Xia Kingdom!"

This is something Xiao Cheng has long concluded, so he naturally showed no surprise, nodded and said:

"say clearly!"

"Your Majesty made a big fuss in Yunguo before, distributing the property of the southwest generals' family to the people in the city. Later, the Shao family in Fengzhou, under the instigation of all the generals' families in Fengzhou, set up their own soldiers and searched the city to force The people handed over their property. Later, it became more and more violent, and it became a looting. In Fengzhou City, a military riot broke out, and it instantly turned into a purgatory on earth, and countless people were killed or injured."

When Xiao Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but froze, his brows were slightly frowned, and he couldn't help saying:
"So stupid! Don't these generals know that this move is digging their own roots?"

These generals of the Xia Kingdom, rooted in the southwestern states and counties, represented the local forces.Such a depletion of resources will definitely lose the hearts of the people, Xiao Cheng really can't understand why they would act like this!

When Guo Xie heard this, he immediately said:

"Zhong Zizhuo explained that the old owner of the Shao family in Fengzhou was smart, but he had insufficient vision. He was often encouraged by the other general families in Fengzhou, and he became a scapegoat, and he was often complacent."

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng remembered that he was beaten into the house back then, and still looked down on the form, the old man of the Shao family who was still arrogant, nodded clearly.

Needless to say, this is the aristocratic family below encouraging the Shao family to be the first bird, to take the benefits together, and the Shao family to take the blame.Maybe they are still fighting, and they can take advantage of the boiling public opinion to directly bring down the Shao family and come out on their own.

Guo Xie continued:
"After the news spread, several states and counties followed suit and plundered the city. The army disaster broke out and turned several cities into scorched earth, and the people wailed."

At this time, without waiting for Xiao Cheng to ask questions, Guo Xie immediately explained:
"Actually, the court of Xia Kingdom later found out that this matter had little to do with these general families. They were the private soldiers of several of them. They were envious of the wealth shared by the common people, and when they heard about the changes in Fengzhou, they couldn't bear it. Looting without telling the master."

"These generals had previously thought that someone from the Xia Kingdom would come to settle the matter, but when they saw someone looting, they thought it was someone who had lost their minds in front of the monstrous wealth, so most of the generals did not want to suffer a loss, and they were unwilling to let go Afterwards. Afterwards, the incident intensified and swept across the entire southwestern part of Xia Kingdom."

Xiao Cheng's expression was slightly in a daze, and it seemed as if the people were crying and begging for mercy in his ears.Closing your eyes and resting your mind, you will feel that the bustling city has turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the chaos is everywhere, looting and killing people.

Seeing Xiao Cheng's ugly face, Feng Bao's heart tightened, he hurried forward and said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Xiao Cheng let out a long sigh, then put away the complicated emotions in his heart, and opened his eyes again.

In the final analysis, this matter was because Xiao Cheng distributed the wealth that these general families could not take away to the local people.

He acted like this with the intention of messing up the Southwest of Xia Kingdom.So at this time, naturally, she won't make any false appearances.

But I have to say that he really did not expect that the situation would suddenly become so out of control.

Xiao Cheng's original intention was to be generous with the generosity of others, to show kindness to the common people, and to buy people's hearts in advance for the possibility of raising troops to conquer the Xia Kingdom and occupy the southwest of the Xia Kingdom in the future.

Secondly, they are also digging holes for the court of Xia Kingdom.Either the court of the Xia Kingdom confiscated the property in the hands of the people in order to stabilize the southwestern generals, causing dissatisfaction among the people.Either the Xia Kingdom court chose to turn a blind eye, which made the southwestern general feel dissatisfied.

Xiao Cheng originally estimated that the people in the Southwest were the foundation of these generals, and even for the purpose of confiscating property, the methods could not be too cruel. Even if there were some casualties during the period, they would not be so serious.

But after all, he overestimated the moral level of most of the southwestern generals.Well, I also underestimated the extent to which their brains were flooded.

This matter intensified and gradually got out of control, causing the entire southwestern part of the Xia Kingdom to become full of grievances and tend to get out of control. It can be said that it was even more successful than Xiao Cheng expected, but Xiao Cheng was not happy at all.

"Order Sanping Pass to guard the frontier army. If there are fleeing people, they will give as much relief as possible, and all the supplies will be sent to the court!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)