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Chapter 277 What if I really want to kill him?

In mid-March of the seventh year of Jiayou, Privy Councilor Zhang Fu submitted a letter requesting resignation, but Emperor Zhao Zhen kept it in his fold and ignored it.

At the same time, Wei Yuan and his party had arrived in Yingtian Prefecture.

This place is the secondary capital of the Great Zhou, also known as the Southern Capital.

Wei Yuan still remembered that when he led his troops to the southeast to suppress the Japanese pirates and passed through this place, the governor of Yingtian Prefecture at that time personally led all the officials in the territory to greet him.

However, today, he deliberately wandered in front of the city gate for a while, but did not see a single person.

Chen Daniu was furious. "Even though the commander was dismissed, he still has the title. Those bastards didn't even come to greet the commander. They really don't know the rules!"

Wei Yuan only took him and Lin Zhaoyuan to the southeast. As for the others, they remained in Bian Jing in case of emergency.

Lin Zhaoyuan asked, "Should we send someone to inform the governor of Yingtian Prefecture?"

Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "We will only stay in the city for one night and leave tomorrow. There is no need to cause any more trouble."

After a pause, he warned Chen Daniu, "Don't say that kind of thing again in the future."

It is not the fault of those local officials for being too snobbish. After all, even some nobles in the capital are now waiting to see whether Wei Yuan can still be reused.

Some people also vaguely feel that his dismissal was related to the two ministers leaving the center.

But no matter which possibility it is, it is wise to keep a distance from Wei Yuan now.

The soldiers of the Manjia Camp set up camp outside the city, and Wei Yuan only brought a dozen personal guards to live in the official inn.

People have already entered the city, but no officials have come to visit them. This is really too much.

However, Wei Yuan didn't care. He asked Chen Daniu and others about their personal matters.

"How are you and Miss Qin?"

Chen Daniu chuckled, "Is it almost done?"

Wei Yuan patted him and said, "When it comes to marrying a wife, you can't marry someone who is almost right, you have to marry someone who is just right."

Chen Daniu said, "Don't worry, General Wei. After I return to the capital from Jiangnan, I will ask my sister-in-law to propose marriage."

Wei Yuan looked at Lin Zhaoyuan who was standing beside him again, "I heard that Xiaodie is pregnant?"

When the latter mentioned this, his face was filled with an unstoppable smile, "It's been four months."

Wei Yuan sighed, "My sister-in-law is pregnant, but I still brought you with me. Do you blame me?"

Lin Zhaoyuan frowned and said, "What are you talking about, Lord? For generations in our Lin family, we belong to the Marquis' Mansion when we are born and when we die."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Wei Yuan, "What life and death? It's unlucky."

"No matter whether Xiaodie gives birth to a boy or a girl in the future, when the child is older, send him to the Marquis' Mansion."

The implication is that the Marquis's Mansion will train Lin Zhaoyuan's children.

After that, he did not forget to add to Chen Daniu, "It will be the same when you have your first child in the future."

Chen Daniu chuckled again.

After a pause, he thought of something, "Is Marshal Wei going to Jiangnan this time because of that fellow Guo Hao?"

Wei Yuan looked at him curiously, "Did you hear from Chang Zhi?"

Chen Daniu said, "We are all brothers. How can we not know what's going on? Big brother, even if Guo Hao has gone too far, he is still our brother who has been through the fire and the blood with us. I hope you can spare his life."

Wei Yuan chuckled, "When did I ever say I wanted to kill him?"

do not kill?

Chen Daniu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that he wasn't killed."

Hearing this, Wei Yuan fell silent.

Even Chen Daniu, who was absolutely loyal to him, didn't want him to kill him, let alone others.

In other words, Chen Daniu, who is a simple and honest man, does not want to see brothers fall out with each other, so why doesn't Guo Hao understand this?

After a moment, Wei Yuan suddenly asked: "What if I really want to kill him?"

Lin Zhaoyuan said bluntly: "Then kill him."

Chen Daniu glared at him fiercely and said, "We are all brothers."

At this point, he sighed again, "Brother, do we have to kill him?"

Wei Yuan said earnestly, "Daniu, being loyal is a good thing, but being too loyal is not necessarily a good thing."

Chen Daniu said, "I don't understand these things. If you want to kill someone, I won't stop you. It's just that it's not easy for these brothers in Daizhou to get to where they are today."

Lin Zhaoyuan asked: "Yuanzhi, have you drunk alcohol?"

Chen Daniu shook his head, "No."

Lin Zhaoyuan said, "I have learned a few new moves recently. Before it gets dark, how about you and I show off a few moves?"

When Chen Daniu heard about the martial arts competition, he immediately got excited and said, "Let's compete."

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "Brother, please be a witness, in case I win against this guy and he doesn't admit it."

Wei Yuan waved his hand, "You guys go ahead, I'm tired."

Hearing this, Lin Zhaoyuan thought, "Then go and have a rest first, big brother. Don't be offended by Daniu's outspokenness."

Wei Yuan smiled and said nothing more.

As soon as he left, Chen Daniu scratched the back of his head and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"

Lin Zhaoyuan didn't know what to say, but if he didn't say anything, he always felt that one day in the future, Chen Daniu might get into trouble.

"Yuanzhi, that's our eldest brother, our lord. It doesn't matter whether we are willing or not when he wants to kill someone. When he asks for our opinions, he doesn't want to listen to them, but wants to know our position."

Chen Daniu frowned and said, "What a mess, let's go to the competition!"

Lin Zhaoyuan shook his head.

Perhaps, it is because Chen Daniu is so loyal that the eldest brother finds him so rare.

In mid-April of the seventh year of Jiayou, Wei Yuan and his party arrived in Yangzhou.

Lin Zhaoyuan asked, "Brother, do you still want to go back to your hometown?"

Wei Yuan shook his head, "There's no one worth staying with there anymore."

The last time he came, he was in great glory, but this time, he was only accompanied by three hundred tiger guards.

After that, Lin Zhaoyuan handed some news from the Imperial City Bureau to Wei Yuan.

"I guess by now, the news of my elder brother's dismissal has spread to Liao and Xia."

Wei Yuan looked at the intelligence, which were all major events that had occurred in various countries in recent days.

First, after Fan Chunren came to power, he listed the many problems that had existed since the New Deal of the Qingli Period, abolished some inappropriate new policies, retained policies that benefited the people without affecting prominent families, and curbed the trend of party struggles to a great extent.

Some clean officials said that Fan Chunren wanted to exchange a stable high-ranking position and generous salary for the price of completely rejecting his father's policies.

In Wei Yuan's view, this was more like a way to stabilize the situation in the court.

"Fan Chunren is just like his father, good at serving the country but not so good at serving himself."

Wei Yuan looked at other information. It said that Li Yuanhao asked Li Liangzuo to supervise the country, and he himself went to Yeli Yuqi.

Wei Yuan was worried about this. "Li Yuanhao's health is not good, but he still chose to go to Yeli Yuqi at this moment. It is likely that he wants to stabilize the domestic unrest. Next, he should concentrate on dealing with our Great Zhou."

"As for letting Li Liangzuo supervise the country, it seems that Brother Li Ningling still cannot defeat Li Liangzuo."

Lin Zhaoyuan asked, "Li Yuanhao took possession of Yeli Yuqi's sister-in-law and plotted to harm Yeli Wangrong. We are all aware of this, and Yeli Yuqi also knows about it. How could he stop avenging his brother just because of Li Yuanhao's arrival?"

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "Originally, Yeli Yuqi had this idea, but our emperor appointed Zuo Silu as king, so Yeli Yuqi has no way out. If he continues to quarrel with Li Yuanhao, he will probably not end well."

"Instead of continuing the stalemate, Li Yuanhao should give him a way out and ask Zhong Yan to pay more attention to Xixia's movements."

After saying that, continue to look at the next piece of information.

The Liao emperor, Yelu Hongji, sent Yelu Renxian to the Jurchens to meet Wanyan Wugunai, sent Yelu Yixian to guard Datong, and sent Yelu Xinxian to contact Li Liangzuo who was serving as regent.

When Wei Yuan saw this news, his face turned uneasy. "Zhao Yuan, I wrote a note. You have to send it to Bian Jing as soon as possible. Be sure to hand it over to Fan Chunren in person."

Lin Zhaoyuan felt something was wrong. "My Lord, do you have a feeling something big is going to happen?"

Wei Yuan said: “It’s hard to say.”

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "My Lord, since you have been dismissed, you might as well just go and relax. Let the court affairs take care of themselves."

Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "When I left Bian Jing, my teacher kept saying that there weren't many opportunities to leave the capital at this time. I didn't think so at first, but seeing the actions of the Liao Kingdom, I still felt uneasy."

After that, he started writing a note, and Lin Zhaoyuan watched from the side. "Add 100,000 troops to Daizhou? How could the government agree to that?"

Wei Yuan asked: "How many troops does Daizhou have now?"

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "Since you took office as the commander of the Palace Guard, you have been secretly supporting the military strength of Daizhou. Now, including the counties and prefectures near Daizhou, the total number of troops has reached 60,000."

sixty thousand
Wei Yuan worriedly said, "If the Liao Kingdom takes advantage of the situation and marches south, 60,000 men will not be able to stop their iron hooves."

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "Yanmen Pass is majestic and steep."

Wei Yuan interrupted and said, "It's just a city gate."

If we can send an additional 100,000 troops to Daizhou, there will be no worries.

However, given the situation in Daizhou, it is difficult to supply more than 100,000 soldiers at the same time.

There is a shortage of land in Daizhou, and the local people have no land to farm. How can they support so many soldiers to farm and defend against the enemy at the same time?
All expenses need to be borne by the central government.

This was one of the reasons why the imperial court was reluctant to send reinforcements to Daizhou.

Another factor is that Kaifeng is much closer to Daizhou than to Yanbian.

All the emperors of the Great Zhou, including Zhao Zhen, generally believed that if a war broke out in Daizhou, it would be sufficient to dispatch troops from the capital, and there was no need to station troops in Daizhou.

After Lin Zhaoyuan sent someone to deliver Wei Yuan's letter to the capital, they passed directly through Yangzhou and continued to head south.

By the time we reached Suzhou, seven full days had already passed.

Wei Yuan was really traveling along the way, so there was some delay in the progress.

After arriving in Suzhou, he ordered the soldiers of the Manjia Camp to station near Taihu Lake.

He and several guards took a boat to Taihu Lake.

At the same time, King Wu, who had already received the news, was waiting for Wei Yuan's arrival in the Taihu Lake area.

As a merchant, the King of Wu chartered a huge flower boat, which was large enough to accommodate more than two hundred people.

The two met in the middle of Taihu Lake, and afterwards, Wei Yuan went straight onto the flower boat.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, flower boats were also called prostitute boats, and were affectionately called "brothels on the water" by many ordinary people.

In the Jiangnan and Zhejiang areas, the truly famous brothels are not on land, but on boats.

As soon as Wei Yuan entered the flower boat, he saw many prostitutes in scantily clad and gorgeously dressed rushing towards him.

In accordance with the local customs, he entered the cabin with two beautiful women in his arms and saw the King of Wu who was being served by several beautiful girls.

Wei Yuan joked, "My Lord, I haven't seen you for a long time. I never thought that you are still strong and healthy."

The King of Wu then came back to his senses. Seeing Wei Yuan, he quickly stood up and said with a smile, "My dear Wei, you are joking."

After saying that, he sent all the prostitutes around him away.

Those prostitutes all had curvy figures and fair skin. Just the snow-white thighs that were exposed intentionally or unintentionally were already very tempting.

When they left, they deliberately passed by Wei Yuan. The various fragrances that hit him made him sneeze a few times.

Seeing this, King Wu smiled and said, "Young friend Wei, you didn't experience the specialties of Jiangnan when you came here last time, right?"

Wei Yuan looked at the backs of the prostitutes leaving, their butts twisting and turning. He wished he could find a stick to sit on and hold them in place. He subconsciously said, "They are really lewd."

King Wu said, "Please forgive me, my dear friend Wei. I have a special status, and you told the emperor that you wanted to come to Jiangnan for a stroll. The emperor must have sent someone to keep an eye on you and me. If we meet on this boat, no outsiders will know."

Wei Yuan said: "You have been running Jiangnan for many years. Even if the Imperial City Bureau wants to investigate something, it is extremely difficult. Why are you still afraid of the government's eyes and ears?"

The King of Wu made a gesture to silence him and said, "My dear friend Wei, please be careful with your words."

Wei Yuan extended his hand, "King Wu, please sit down."

King Wu nodded, "Come, sit down."

Later, the two began to talk about business.

"Friend Wei, you really went too far regarding the matter of the Jiacheng Township Lord."

"According to seniority, she is at least my niece. If you do this, where will my royal family's reputation be?"

The King of Wu first expressed his displeasure.

Wei Yuan poured him a glass of wine, "Calm down, old man. Only the royal family members who have not made mistakes can be called royal family members. The royal family members who have made mistakes are just 'surnamed Zhao'."

"The daughter of a rebellious king was sent back to her hometown by the government. In order to have a better future, she had no choice but to become the commander of the navy. Neither the government nor Guo Hao would be suspicious."

King Wu said, "Guo Hao is your man. With your skills, is it necessary to go through so much trouble to deal with one of your men?"

Wei Yuan said: "Guo Hao is different. Apart from him, I really can't think of anyone else who can guard the southeast."

The first thing Wei Yuan felt when he met the King of Wu this time was that the King of Wu looked increasingly old and frail.

The former King of Wu, although also had a head full of white hair, looked very energetic.

The current King of Wu no longer has that spirit, and his face looks like dead tree bark.

"Last year, Guo Hao came to me and asked me to give him 10% of the profits, but I refused."

"When the Jiacheng Township Lord comes to Jiangnan, I will give her to Guo Hao as you instructed, and also give him the 10% interest."

"This profit may not seem like much, but in reality it's like cutting off my own arm."

The King of Wu spoke earnestly.

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "I had already thought about it before I came here. The extra 10% profit will be deducted from me."

The King of Wu shook his head and said, "Never mind. It's just a 10% profit. Just give it to him."

"An hour ago, I sent someone to Fujian Road to invite him. You chose to meet him in Suzhou. Are you worried that he has already taken over Fujian Road?"

(End of this chapter)