Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 53 Fueling the flames and spreading rumors
In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Xiao Cheng leaned over and concentrated on fiddling with the wooden blocks in his hand, not knowing what he was building.

Hearing Feng Bao's report, Xiao Chenglei paused his wooden hand, raised his head and said:
"Such a big movement?"

Feng Bao bowed and said:
"Yes, it has already spread throughout the ruling and opposition parties today. Wang Xiao sent a large army, and wiped out more than a dozen large clan villages in the country within a month. In the past few days, he has even sent government guards to arrest those who are in charge of the affairs of Beijing and China." Officials, there is a lot of discussion."

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes, tapped the round wooden block lightly in his hand, and said:
"Are you frightened by the assassination?"

"Your Majesty, the envoy of Guo Du Yiwei outside the palace is afraid that he will go into hibernation for a while. I'm afraid that if he is not careful, he will suffer an indiscriminate disaster." Feng Bao reminded.

Xiao Cheng pondered for a moment, narrowed his eyes, but shook his head, and said:
"No, you can't hibernate! Wang Xiao's reputation in the country is so high, I still have a headache to find a way to attack. Now that Wang Xiao has been stimulated, and he has made a foolish move, I can't turn a blind eye!"

Wang Xiao has been in power for 20 years, the people are prosperous, the country is getting stronger and stronger, sweeping the surrounding countries.How many people in the ruling and opposition parties regarded him as the mainstay of the Yun Kingdom.

Of course those who are interested know that Wang Xiao has the intention of usurping the throne, but the people are guided very well, and no one thinks that he is an ambitious person who will usurp the throne.

Xiao Cheng has no intention of doing mental calculations, and it is very likely that he will directly kill Wang Xiao.But at that time, there must have been a lot of discussions among the people.

On Wang Xiao's side, the people promoted by him spread all over Yunguo.

As for Xiao Cheng's subordinates, there are only two or three people available now, counting the Forbidden Army controlled by Cheng Bushi's subordinates, there are only more than ten thousand soldiers.It is impossible to quickly suppress all forces in Yunguo once Wang Xiao is removed.

What thunderous means to get rid of Wang Xiao, and then the rest of Wang Xiao's confidantes will be captured without a fight, it is simply wishful thinking!
The greatest possibility is that Wang Xiao's confidants will stand up, make a reputation as the Qing emperor, arouse public opinion, and send troops to Beijing.

Such a situation was something that Xiao Cheng did not want to see anyway.So before Wang Xiao's prestige was lowered, Xiao Cheng was really unwilling to do it directly unless it was absolutely necessary.

Hearing this, Feng Bao immediately understood Xiao Cheng's thoughts, bowed and said:
"In this way, the servants will understand! This is why Guo Duyiwei sent someone to help fuel the flames."

Xiao Cheng nodded, continued to lower his head, and piled up the wooden blocks in his hand.
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"Alas~" Someone in the teahouse let out a long sigh.

Immediately, the sound of sighs, as if contagious, resounded in the teahouse one by one.

This time, the old storyteller on the stage of the teahouse couldn't help but wonder if the book he was talking about was not good enough.

"Ahem, if all the guests are tired of listening, why don't you tell everyone a story?" The old storyteller said helplessly.

In the teahouse, someone immediately said:

"It has nothing to do with you, just keep talking..."

The guest on the side said:
"This brother doesn't look like someone who is living in distress, why are you sighing?"

Sighing that the man was dressed like a merchant, he couldn't help but smiled wryly when he heard the words, and said:
"Before, life was rich, but it will be hard to say in the future!"

"Why don't you just say something, everyone here, maybe you can help me?"

"Yeah, let's talk about it." Someone echoed.

Seeing this, the merchants also followed suit and said:

"I'm a businessman from the Central Plains, who collects mountain treasures, medicinal herbs, and fur goods from Yunguo, and sells them to the Central Plains. Although it has to be managed up and down, there is always some profit to support the family. But when I came to Yunguo the day before yesterday, I suddenly discovered that the old cooperation The village was wiped out by officers and soldiers for some reason. I couldn’t find anyone to cooperate with. Not only did I get nothing, but I also had to pay for travel expenses and manpower. "

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the teahouse.

"Speaking of this, I'm angry. I'm from the Nu tribe, and a family member was arrested this time. I don't know why this grand master got so angry!" A strong man followed suit.

"I thought the grand master was a good official, but I didn't expect that he also treats the common people like nothing, ha ha ha!" said a man dressed as a down-and-out scholar.

"Hey, everyone be careful! The grand master is a famous official in the world, he is compassionate to the people, and has a benevolent heart. Such behavior is only because these tribes have joined forces to assassinate the grand master!" Someone retorted.

"Regardless of whether the assassination is true or not, even if it was true, it was done by the tribal leaders! What do ordinary tribesmen know!"

"Well, speaking of this, when I went to the tribe I worked with before, I was taken aback! The stockade was burned down by a fire, and it was in a mess. Not far away is a large and terrifying graveyard. No less than thousands of people!" The businessman interjected.

At this time, another man dressed as a rich young man stood up, glanced at the crowd, lowered his voice, and said:

"My uncle works under the Shaofu, but I know some news. It is said that this time when the Grand Master sent troops to conquer the Li Dynasty, the country's manpower and wealth were all exhausted. The destruction of more than a dozen villages this time is probably aimed at the Qing Dynasty. Zhuang and money and food."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present took a deep breath.

"really?"

"Of course it is absolutely true! Besides, it is said that the purpose of the army's conquest of the Li Dynasty this time is to obtain the advantage of attacking the Central Plains. There is not enough money and food in the treasury, so we have to ask the people for it!"

"But these tribes are located in the mountains, how much food do they have? How many troops can they support?"

"Hey, it's not that all the tribesmen are begging for a living in the mountains! When the time comes to find a wealthy businessman from the tribes, and just charge them with any crime, won't the money come?"

Hearing what other people said was even more frightening, the faces of the tea customers became extremely ugly.

Conspiracy theories, in ancient and modern China and abroad, actually have a market.

More importantly, there are quite a few people from tribes in this teahouse.

"Everyone, gentlemen, don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs!" At this time, the shopkeeper of the teahouse couldn't sit still, he stood up quickly, and apologized to everyone.

The shopkeeper of the teahouse, dressed in gorgeous clothes, looks short and stout, and looks like a businessman.

Just for some reason, the shopkeeper always had a gold abacus under his armpit, which looked very dazzling, and he didn't know if it was made of pure gold.

"Okay, the shopkeeper Jin still has business, everyone should stop talking here!" Someone smoothed things over.

Seeing this, everyone also shut up one after another.

The few people who spoke the most vigorously just now pretended to drink tea, and then glanced at the second floor of the teahouse.

On the second floor, Guo Xie leaned against the railing, stood with his sword in his arms, and nodded indistinctly to several people.

A few moments later, several people left the teahouse separately, and under Guo Xie's arrangement, they were sent out of Zhongqing City by cronies.

　There will be another chapter in a while.

　　On the rest day, I always don’t want to code, so I dragged it until now. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)