my wonderful zoo

Chapter 181 Opposition
"The gold soldiers in the city were captured before, and property worth more than 900 million taels of silver was seized. It feels like a lot. I didn't expect there to be so many in the inner city." Chen Xun was also speechless. Time, in this world, who else can be an opponent?

"Actually, if you think about it, this is the savings of millions of people in Kaifeng for more than 100 years. It doesn't feel like that much." Li Gang lamented that this wealth feast was entirely based on the losses of millions of people in Kaifeng. He only hoped that Chen Xun When the time comes, it can be taken from Kaifeng and used in Kaifeng.

"Does the Zhang Jiajun actually have as much as 3000 million?" Chen Xun suddenly realized. No wonder Zhang Shuye locked up the Chen Jiajun outside the inner city immediately after entering the city.

"Yes, the information just confirmed today should be that some of the Jin Army's silver hiding places were not found by us before, and in the end we took advantage of the Zhang Jiajun." Pei Ren replied.

The wages of avarice is death.

With such a large sum of money put on Chen Xun, he himself was not sure that he would not disown his relatives.

What's more, Zhang Jiajun and Chen Jiajun were not deeply involved. Even if Pei Ren had a life-saving grace for the Zhang family and his son, this life-saving grace was nothing in front of 3000 million taels of silver.

Thinking of this, Chen Xun suddenly had a plan in mind.

"As for the silver in the city, we will not smuggle it secretly."

"Then how to get lucky? Just honest luck?" Pei Ren was a little confused by Chen Xun's sudden change.

"Yes, it's an honest luck. In order to prevent Zhang Jiajun from seeing clearly, a few silver carts had to be scattered during the luck to expose the money." Chen Xun replied.

"Are you going to deal with Zhang Jiajun?" Li Gang reacted the fastest and understood Chen Xun's intention.

This is not transporting money, it is simply making excuses and then taking action against Zhang Jiajun.

This was exactly what Li Gang didn't want to see.

The Jin army was still outside the city, and the Song people started fighting first. Li Gang didn't want to see this kind of thing happening in front of his eyes, where relatives would suffer and enemies would be happy.

"Captain, give me a chance and let me go into the city to persuade Zhang Shuye."

"Sir, do you think you can persuade Zhang Shuye to give up 3000 million taels of silver and the inner city of Kaifeng?" Chen Xun asked.

This sentence shows what Chen Xun wants to achieve. He not only wants money but also territory. For Zhang Shuye, this condition is simply life-threatening.

"I want to give it a try!" Li Gang was not disturbed by Chen Xun's words, and his tone remained firm: "As long as the governor promises me to let Zhang Jiajun leave the city safely and let them take away some of the money, I will be sure to convince them."

When Chen Xun heard this, he couldn't help but admire the elder in front of him.

After all, he is still a man of letters and can be a bit idealistic when thinking about things.However, it was precisely this idealization that allowed him to decisively join the Chen Jiajun.

Chen Xun planned to give him a chance: "Okay, I allow them to take away up to 100 million taels of silver as a reward for their cooperation in winning Kaifeng."

"Thank you, Commander." Li Gang stood up and handed over his hands: "Then I'll go."

"Pei Ren, please arrange for someone to cooperate with your husband and make sure that he returns safely." Chen Xun ordered Pei Ren.

"Take the order, Commander." Pei Ren went down to make arrangements.

After the two of them went out, Sun Zheng couldn't help but said: "Captain, are you not afraid that Mr. Li will tell Zhang Shuye your purpose? When we transport the silver out of the city, if they let it go, wouldn't it mean..."

Sun Zheng was not as quick to accept Li Gang as Chen Xun, and he still maintained a certain degree of wariness.

"It's okay, it's an excuse. If you really want to make one, there are plenty of ways." Chen Xun replied with a smile.

In later generations, the United States could label washing powder as a chemical weapon, and Chen Xun could naturally label a deer as a horse.

Excuses, in the final analysis, are weapons used by the strong to attack the weak.

Excuses that come from the mouths of the strong can become reasons, and reasons that come from the mouths of the weak can only be excuses.

...The inner city of Kaifeng, Shangshu Province.

After Zhang Shuye entered the city, he set up his office here. As a minister, he did not occupy the imperial city, but returned it to the Zhao family's royal family.

However, now there are only a few young princes, queens, and concubines left in the Zhao royal family. Zhang Shuye did not support a young prince as the new emperor. The other Song ministers who could speak were all taken over by Chen Xun, resulting in the current situation in Kaifeng. The right to speak in the city was transferred to Zhang Shuye.

Zhang Shuye was very satisfied with this situation, so he kept it going.

He doesn't care at all about fighting for power now. He only thinks about how to transport this huge wealth out of the city and out of Chen Jiajun's sphere of influence.

"Li Gang is visiting." His subordinates came over to report.

"Li Xianggong?"

"Yes!"

"Quick! Please come in!" Zhang Shuye quickly stopped what he was doing, stood up and said quickly. Then he realized something was wrong and quickly called to his subordinates: "Wait a minute, I'll go and invite you in person!"

Soon, Zhang Shuye tidied up his clothes, called his son Zhang Bofen, who was also in Shangshu Province, and came outside the door together.

"What a neglect! What a neglect! How can I let Prime Minister Li wait here." After saying that, he glared at the men accompanying Li Gang.

Without waiting for his subordinates to defend themselves, Zhang Shuye quickly stepped forward and led Li Gang inside.

Both parties greeted each other politely and took their seats one after another.

"When did your husband return to Kaifeng? It must have been a hard journey, right?" Zhang Shuye asked with concern.

"Fortunately, although the journey from Kuizhou to Kaifeng is long, it was quite peaceful along the way." Li Gang did not say much about his hardships along the way.

You know, in this era, exile is a severe punishment!Exile thousands of miles away is only a little worse than death penalty.Because in a state of exile, traveling thousands of miles, half of one's life is basically lost, and many people cannot reach their destination alive.

"It's good that Li Xiang is back. Once you come back, we will have the backbone." Zhang Shuye said with a smile on his face, as if he was pleasantly surprised: "A country cannot be without a king for a day. Since the fall of the two emperors, Kaifeng City has not Those who can take charge, this matter has been delayed until now, now that you are back, you can put it on the agenda."

Li Gang was an experienced man, and he could see the reluctance in Zhang Shuye's smile, and knew that what he said was not true.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was able to coerce the emperor and command the princes. Could it be that Zhang Shuye, who had been the privy envoy, could not establish a new emperor?
After all, he was still dazzled by Qian Fan, and seeing the decline of the Zhao family, he had other thoughts.

But at this point, Li Gang couldn't laugh at Zhang Shuye, because he was not the same and walked faster than Zhang Shuye.

"I'm here this time to save you." Li Gang said.

"What can I say?" Zhang Shuye didn't react to this sudden change for a moment.

"You see that the 3000 million taels are money, and what I saw is indeed a noose that takes your life." Li Gang directly changed the topic.

"You already know." Zhang Shuye reacted immediately after hearing the 3000 million taels.

"I don't know much, but it's enough for me to judge the situation." Li Gang replied.

"So, Mr. Li is here as a lobbyist today?" Zhang Shuye put away his previous enthusiasm.

At this moment, the two stood on opposite sides.

"No, I'm not here to be a lobbyist for Chen Jiajun." Li Gang shook his head and sincerely persuaded Zhang Shuye: "I came here for you, for Zhang Jiajun, and for the Song people in Kaifeng City to no longer fight against each other. Save you."

"When you save me, you mean you want me to give money to Chen Jiajun in exchange for a way to live, right?" Zhang Shuye asked, with a bit of scorn on his face.

(End of this chapter)