The devil is coming

Chapter 596 Nothing
Pingxihou, Pingxihou.
Ji Laoliu was not surprised that Zheng Fan was granted the title of Marquis, and he was not even surprised by the word "Pingxi".
The eldest is the Marquis of Andong. Compared with the four Marquises in the southeast, northwest and north, they are of the same order. The problem is that the eldest cannot point to "west".
Because to the west of Dayan is the desert, the territory of the barbarians.
Ji Laoliu knew that although his father had always been extremely tough on the barbarians, that was just a political gesture.
This tough stance does not affect the eldest brother's ability to marry a barbarian princess and give birth to a prince with barbarian blood.
There was actually a tacit understanding between his father and the old barbarian king.
Great Yan wanted to expand eastward, overtake the old four eastern kingdoms, inherit the country of Great Xia, and re-establish the unification of all Xia;
The Barbarian Royal Court needs time to integrate the various tribes in the desert and restore the glory and majesty of the Royal Court;
Everyone has their own things to do, so it is natural to reach a tacit understanding from the outside. Between the two major ethnic groups, they have deliberately created a very experienced way to create a situation where one side is "at war with others" to appease the domestic side. The atmosphere of "mixing honey with oil" appeases the other party.
But if the name "西" is given to the boss, it will actually destroy this tacit understanding.
The eldest son has married a barbarian princess, and is completely cut off from the line of succession. He is inherited from a marquis and controls the army. It seems that he has real power, but deep down, he has been excluded from the treatment of a prince.
Logically speaking, no matter how big of a mistake the boss makes, as long as he does not rebel, when the new emperor ascends the throne, it is inevitable that he will be restored to the royal title. No matter who the emperor is, he is his younger brother.
Respecting brothers, friends, and brothers must be a process that needs to be followed.
Then, the heirs of the eldest son can rise from a higher title, and even if they wait to die, they can survive for many generations.
Many people struggle throughout their lives, isn’t that just for this?
Throughout the ages, how many royal families have participated in rebellions, and the real purpose is Dabao, only a small part of them, the vast majority are still for the "hereditary replacement".
But since the boss is granted the title of Marquis, he will actually be treated as a different surname and given errands, and he will be granted the title of king... Unless the boss can make a contribution that is not inferior to that of Zhenbei and Jingnan in the future, there is no such possibility.
It can be said that for the sake of the overall situation, the father completely sacrificed the boss, and even sacrificed the boss's lineage.
On this basis, if the word "West" is added to the title of the boss, anyone who cares or not will immediately think of the desert in the west.
It is easy to stimulate the nerves of the desert barbarians.
The old barbarian king is said to be dying soon. The little barbarian prince may still have some youthful spirit. The old barbarian king may not care about these things, but the young prince may feel greatly humiliated by this.
The girl I love most has married into your Ji family,
what's the matter,
Your Ji family still wants to use my brother-in-law to fight against my barbarians?
Secondly, it is easy to push the boss too hard and become rebellious, because this is really using people as tools.
It is precisely because the boss cannot get the title of "West",
Therefore, it was the most suitable title for "Andong Marquis" to be located in the east of Shanxi, rejecting the barbarians in the north and suppressing the Chu people in the south. At the very least, Uncle Zheng's family was indeed in the east. As a last resort, only the title "West" was left.
Anyway, if you mess up the direction, just mess up the direction. Southeast, southeast, northwest, indicates the four directions, not a specific direction.
Ping Xihou,
Ping Xihou,
I will be favored again in the future,
Either obey the dragon or appease,
It is not impossible to become a king.
That is...
King Pingxi.
Ji Laoliu was chewing on these three words in his heart.
In fact, there was something that he had discovered a long time ago, but he never thought about it.
Or it’s rare to meet someone you can chat with,
Or it’s rare to meet such a wonderful person,
Or maybe he thinks he is the most intelligent person in the world but is afraid of being lonely and cold.
Or,
He enjoyed the process and deliberately ignored the possible consequences in the future.
That is,
His relationship with Zheng Fan.
When Zheng Fan was in Hutou City and Cuiliu Fort, he helped operate the Ministry of War, allowing Zheng Fan to escape from Beifeng County to Yinlang County and catch up with the next stage of Dayan's war. At the same time, the early stage War horses and armor are all top-notch items.
Uncle Zheng was able to raise his troops south several times and fly kites against Ganren because his military equipment was so high. One man, two horses or even three horses. In terms of mobility, how could Ganren compare?
But after attacking and drying,
Even before attacking,
Zheng Fan had already boarded King Jingnan's ship.
Ji Laoliu would sometimes think about why King Jingnan valued Zheng Fan so much when he was just a small guard at the beginning.
It’s not that I can’t think of a reason,
But there are too many reasons.
ability,
In terms of character,
Zheng Fan is impeccable,
Otherwise, it would not have been possible for him to be impressed at the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
can only say,
Time is also destiny.
Since then,
In name, he and Zheng Fan still have a close comrade-in-arms relationship.
But Zheng Fan's station is getting farther and farther, and his level of participation in the war is getting higher and higher.
put it nicely,
Zheng Fan still needs his help,
But to put it harshly,
I actually had to rush around to deliver money, food, and talent.
Zheng Fan's demand for himself is getting lower and lower.
And his demand for Zheng Fan is getting higher and higher.
This is an inevitable change, and political funding and support has always been this process.
When the sponsor's wings become stronger and stronger, you will inevitably need to change your attitude towards it.
The so-called lackey,
no longer suitable;
What's even more helpless is that you have already paid too much price and effort on him. If you want your previous efforts to not be completely wasted and in vain, you have to coax him, follow him, and follow him.
The one who owes 100 taels of silver is the grandson;
The person who owes 1 taels of silver is the uncle. The banker has to worry about whether you eat and sleep well.
Out of the back garden,
Get in the carriage.
Ji Laoliu was still a little confused.
Fortunately, he is a smart man, a smart man that even Uncle Zheng has to admit.
He was able to say back then: If my father hadn't sidetracked me, which of my brothers would be enough for me?
This is not a boast, this is a fact.
His opponent has never been his brothers, but his father. The older the emperor, the worse his health, and the stronger his desire to control power.
But this emperor was really wise and mighty.
Ji Laoliu took out his snuff bottle and took a sip to calm down his restless mind.
In fact, no matter how complicated things are, they often become very simple after grasping their essence.
One,
Does he need Zheng Fan?
Needless to say, it is needed.
A rising star,
Do not,
I can no longer use the word "rising star" to describe him.
Now, he is qualified to play at the poker table.
Because of the war, because of the support from King Jingnan, and because of his own ability that everyone admired,
he,
Now that you have your own chips, you are eligible to place bets.
This kind of feudal prince,
The prince needs to be won over;
The new king in the future must also win over him.
In Ji Laoliu's opinion, a court is actually very similar to a trading house. A trading house also has various financial owners, and the boss is actually elected by the financial owners to manage affairs.
Now, Zheng Fan has become a new wealthy businessman who has entered the circle, and you can no longer ignore him.
Then,
How to win over?
The methods of winning over people are nothing more than different.
One is interest, the other is friendship;
Xiao Zhi's use of emotions to gain profit may seem extremely clever, but often people who grasp things with both hands will think they are smart, and in the end, they will not get the results they want at all.
Zheng Fan,
He is a very pure person.
at this point,
Ji Laoliu knew it very well.
Therefore,
He must treat Zheng Fan in a more pure way,
Li, let’s not talk about it;
situation,
Gotta continue.
When talking about love,
Don't put sharpies on the table.
be friends,
Be brothers,
Everyone opens their eyes.
This was what his father taught him;
The former Zhenbei and now Jingnan actually had the military strength to subvert the government and the opposition, but his father still gave them the greatest trust.
Not taking away power is actually taking away power greatly;
The essence of the emperor's art is to take risks, instead of hello, me, everyone, discussing things with each other and settling things in a harmonious manner.
In the above situation, problems will arise.
Using secret spies to monitor officials, the government and the opposition to win over the two factions to check and balance each other, win over people's hearts and suppress new trends, this is a technique that people are keen on but it is by no means a true imperial technique.
Because of the change of skin, you will find that this is very similar to the method used by the leader of the Pier Lifu gang.
Ji Laoliu stretched out his hand,
Rubbed his eyebrows.
He took out the paper,
Picked up the pen again,
Wrote a letter,
letter,
very short,
Just two words:
"help me."
then,
Ji Laoliu crossed out the two words above.
Change it to:
"Help me, brother."
Think about it,
Ji Laoliu crossed out this line again.
"Help me brother."
hesitated,
Crossed it out again,
Write and write,
After scratching,
To the end,
Ji Laoliu finally wrote two words:
"Beast, help me!"
then,
Signed——Bitch.
.........
Back to the palace,
First, he went to see his pregnant princess, He Sisi.
I went to see my concubine Lingxiang again.
At last,
I went to play with blocks for a while with my son Chuanye.
After this,
Ji Laoliu sat in his study.
In the study room,
Waiting for two people.
There was a man, short in stature and looking old, with an abacus and a writing brush hanging from his waist;
The other person was tall and thin, a man, but he looked very charming.
former,
He is the boss of the dock outside Yanjing City, and behind his back, he is related to the fourth prince.
Before the fall of the Deng family, the power of the four princes was actually very large. Most of the businesses derived from the military were related to vandalism, smashing, and looting. In essence, it was about who had the biggest fist.
The area at the dock was a territory that had to be defended through hard work.
The Deng family fell due to the failure of the first Battle of Wangjiang, and the dock area was liquidated, but due to the fourth prince running around, it was ultimately saved.
may,
In the eyes of Lao Si, this is the last shadow of his prince.
But in fact,
It's because this place is not the property of the Deng family or Ji Laosi.
silver,
give him,
The fourth child wanted to enrich and train the Beijing camp.
people,
also to him from here;
some information,
Give it to him too;
But in essence, this was his Ji Laoliu's territory, but he was placed there under the guise of his fourth son.
In the battle between rivers and lakes, there is also a ridiculous emphasis on loyalty;
But this is not popular in the court;
Peaceful coexistence is based on the fact that I can't eat you,
The reason why the Fourth Prince was able to retain some basic base after the collapse of the Deng family was not because the Fourth Prince still had any affection, but simply because someone wanted to borrow his skin.
The tall and thin man was an insider, but not from Ji Laoliu's house, but a steward of the inner treasury.
The imperial government's finances were divided into two departments:
One is the treasury, which is theoretically under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs;
One is the inner treasury, which is the emperor's own small treasury.
However, the inner treasury and the national treasury are actually not so distinct.
The treasury is running out of money, and the inner treasury must have concluded that as long as an emperor has no big problem with his mind, it is impossible for him to cling to his inner treasury and not let go and watch the treasury run away with rats.
As the de facto person in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, Ji Laoliu knew the situation of the inner treasury very clearly. His father, the emperor, did not enjoy the pleasure and had always been a public servant in state affairs. Therefore, the size and flow of the inner treasury had always been underestimated. Very low compression.
But Ji Laoliu used himself to save his father,
Even if there is no evidence, he can guess that his father must have a back-up plan.
This backhand is not due to greed;
But it is a necessary method for an emperor.
otherwise,
How does the hidden yamen headed by Lu Bing outside the Secret Intelligence Department operate?
No matter how talented the emperor is, it is impossible for him to stay in a state of "cleansing himself and leaving home".
Shorty reports:
"Your Highness, there are some ships coming to the pier these days. They are well hidden, but they should be soldiers and armor brought from Sanshi County."
Three Stones and the Deng family were defeated.
But the thin dead camel is bigger than the horse.
nowadays,
The fourth child finally got a job with real power.
The Deng family will definitely spare no effort to support.
Sanshi County is the base of the Deng family, and the Deng family still has some influence there.
It is reasonable to transport soldiers, armor and equipment. After all, in the current situation of Dayan, where can he get enough real soldiers, horses, food, grass and weapons for his fourth brother to train a new army?
I didn't get any money from my side, but the prince's side did allocate some money, but at most it was just a flowery show.
If the fourth child wants to make some "real money" and train an army, he will definitely have to spend a lot of money. He will dig out the last few elite talents and heritage of the Sanshi Deng family and throw them at this Beijing camp. The title has the intended meaning.
But the problem is,
Ji Laoliu is a person who is good at conspiracy.
So his perspective on things,
They also tend to like to go in the direction of conspiracy theories.
"Your Highness, the inner treasury recently left a batch of goods."
"where to?"
"I don't know."
Ji Laoliu nodded and said:
"You go down."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Yes, Your Highness."
One is taller and the other is shorter.
Ji Laoliu sat on the chair and rubbed his eyebrows.
Eunuch Zhang came in with tea and placed it in front of Ji Laoliu.
"Master, I have ordered people to send the letter and the previous manuscript to the east."
Ji Chengjue nodded, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
"Master, it looks like something is going to happen?"
When an emperor dies, it is an eventful time.
Especially now that the foreign war is about to end,
Without external threats to unify the interior,
internal,
The "fight between dragons and tigers" will inevitably begin.
"probably."
Ji Chengjue nodded slightly.
"Master, the longer we delay this, the more detrimental it will be to us."
anyway,
The prince is the master of the Eastern Palace, the crown prince of the country, and the seat of the country.
If everything stays calm,
Wait until the clock rings,
The prince succeeded to the throne,
Destined to return,
It will be difficult to do anything else.
"No rush, no rush."
Ji Laoliu stretched out his hand and waved it gently.
Road:
"Zhang Banban, you think we are pressed for time. I guess that Li Yinglian and Li Banban may be saying the same thing to my second brother.
I step on it, and my father will give me another pull. I will step on it, and my father will give me another pull.
There is no way for my father to sidetrack me.
He was dragged down by me a long time ago,
The roots are not solid,
I feel weak in my heart.
We are here to be afraid that if our father dies, he is just and right;
opposite,
Maybe he was also worried about his father’s death,
How will we kill the fish and break the net?
The further we get here,
The more you have to stay calm.
My father is a wise king and a good emperor. I believe that my father will not make the kind of mistakes that most emperors will make in their later years.
before,
I still can't see it very clearly.
right now,
As the war on the Chu side is about to end,
below,
You can get back on track. "
"Master, my slave is stupid, what is the right path?"
"On track?"
Ji Laoliu took another sip of tea.
Road:
"First of all, please tell me that none of our people who have not shown up should show up, and those who have shown up are not allowed to act rashly in the slightest.
Now, all we have to do is wait until Dong Gong loses his composure.
I'm not afraid of the East Palace,
But up and down the East Palace,
She must be afraid of me.
Again,
Let me tell you about the right things.
If the war continues outside,
The barbarians in the desert in the west are watching with eager eyes; the war against Chu is like entering a quagmire; the three sides of the Qian Kingdom are lucky and try to seize chestnuts from the fire;
if that's the case,
The fight for the dragon chair,
But it's interesting.
The fourth child actually still has a chance, under that kind of environment.
The second child and I will definitely have to fight.
Over the years, we have infiltrated a lot of the backhands that the second brother has hidden and the subordinates that he has cultivated, but we estimate that there are also a lot of nails planted by the second brother here;
Lao Wu was still repairing the river in Yingdu and had not come back, but he was there, which was an invisible and wonderful move, staying away from the whirlpool of Yanjing and waiting for a price.
Even Xiao Qi doesn't have no chance.
Anyway,
With foreign aggression imminent,
Internal worries must be resolved with a sharp knife.
can't say,
In the end, I had to hold my nose and take a step back.
Let Xiao Qi come up to mediate.
Don't think it's incredible,
There's nothing impossible about it,
After all, they are all named Ji.
right now,
Everything is on track,
Even if my father wants to leave, he still has to take stock of the family's account books.
To the end,
It is up to the father himself to arbitrate.
When a civil family is divided, you have to invite a respected and respected elder..."
"Master, what do you mean?"
Ji Laoliu nodded,
Road:
"So, don't take action yet, no matter how many clever tricks, no matter how many secret spies, no matter how many precautions are taken, no matter how many messy things..."
"Ah."
Ji Laoliu smiled and said,
Road:
"Just as the heads of the powerful families thought back then, Dayan would not be able to succeed without them; they think that they are very capable, and they can speak up and do things in the court and in the local area.
in fact,
Among them,
There really is no shortage of great people.
but,
Useless. "
Ji Laoliu let out a long sigh,
Put the lid on the cup and turn it gently on the table.
Slowly said:
"If the two kings of the north and the south come to Beijing again, sit with the emperor and decide on a successor, Zhang Banban, do you think that no matter how many arrangements we have made over the years, it will be nothing?"
look up,
Ji Laoliu said with some sadness:
"What is the emperor's mind and means, it is not about being a cynical person, nor being harmonious, nor is it about pulling one group to fight another, pushing one side and pulling another;
The art of kings lies in balance;
Shit,
Those who say such things,
He is as childish as a farmer who thinks his father can eat dozens of pancakes a day.
The foundation of the emperor's art is,
As an emperor,
he,
Can flip the table. "
"What kind of precautions are needed, what kind of arrangements are needed, what kind of arrangements are needed, it's me and the second child, fighting each other like crazy...
The royal flags of the two kings of the north and south,
Plug it in at the gate of the back garden.
My second brother and I both had to kneel down to the gate of the back garden.
Listen to the Holy Word. "
Ji Laoliu suddenly rolled his eyes,
Learn from what my brother named Zheng once said:
"Hey, it's nothing."
(End of this chapter)