Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chapter 477 Chen Jie: Prime Minister, are you ready to be my dog?
Prince Ruyang stayed in the palace for one night. He tossed and turned all night, thinking a lot. He knew that it must be Chen Jiusi who rescued him this time.

Because apart from Chen Jiusi, no one else can have such quick wit. You know, he is very good at judging people.

Kuokuo was a steady person but lacked in creative ideas, so a plan like a surprise attack on the imperial palace was definitely not something that Wang Baobao could have come up with.

Although Yaya has a brilliant plan, she lacks courage. After all, she is a girl and not as courageous as a boy. Moreover, if this matter goes wrong, it will backfire on me, which will make Yaya even more cautious. So this is definitely not something Zhao Ya can do.

Excluding these two people, there is no need to worry about the remaining people. The rest of them probably don’t even have the courage to come to Dadu, let alone save themselves.

Especially his own prince, he is probably already considering how to govern the five routes and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangnan!

After thinking this through, King Ruyang was almost certain that the one who took action this time should be Chen Jiusi. Only this guy had such quick wit and could come up with such a clever method.

After figuring out the twists and turns here, Prince Ruyang couldn't sleep even more. He kept the emperor's words today firmly in his mind.

It seems that the emperor already knows about Yaya and Chen Jiusi, and these words are intended to hint at him.

The emperor wants to recruit Chen Jiusi to serve the country, and he also wants to make him a marquis and a prime minister, and confer him a title. If so, he and Yaya are truly a perfect match made in heaven.

This way, I don’t have to worry about it anymore. Marrying Yaya to him is a good choice.

After figuring this out, Prince Ruyang had already secretly decided to recruit Chen Jiusi.

The happiest person today must be Lao Hama. This time he took a risk and made a fortune. He directly drove Tuotuo out of Kyoto. From then on, he could dominate the court and become a powerful official.

Moreover, after court today, when they came out of the Emperor's Yannian Palace, the door of their house was almost trampled down. Various officials came to express their intention to surrender. Each one of them was extremely humble and showed their loyalty to him.

They are truly determined to surrender!

None of them were as cold to him as when he lost power and a group of people ignored him.

Lao Hama is also a veteran who has served in the officialdom for decades. Naturally, he knows the fence-sitter character of the officials. They will follow whoever is in power. Now that Tuotuo has lost power, Lao Hama is active in the court again.

Although the emperor did not say it explicitly, Lao Hama has currently temporarily taken over Tuotuo's power as prime minister, so how could the people below not come and take action at this time?

No matter among the six ministers, the five ministers currently in office, except for the Minister of Rites who is a die-hard supporter of old Hama and came to congratulate, the rest are here to curry favor with old Hama so that he won't replace them.

They were all here to show their determination, and under them were the assistant ministers of various ministries.

These assistant ministers left the most frequently. You should know that the assistant minister is the second in command of each ministry. Now the first in command are all Tuotuo's old subordinates. Many people know without asking that they will definitely be replaced. Therefore, these people also want to move up.

What's more, the top lucrative position of the Minister of Personnel has been replaced. How could they not be tempted by such a lucrative position?

These people immediately moved all the rare treasures in their homes to Old Hama's mansion, and some also sent beautiful women as gifts. In short, they tried to please Old Hama in various ways.

Old Hama was really in high spirits and looked very proud and high-spirited.

Finally, it was almost the end of the hour of Hai when these people who brought gifts were sent away. By this time, Old Hama was already a little drunk, and he staggered towards his bedroom with the support of his concubine.

When they arrived at the bedroom and opened the door, the concubine immediately went to light the candle. As soon as the candle was lit, her eyes widened because there was a young man sitting at the table not far away.

The concubine was so frightened that she was about to scream, but unexpectedly, a gas bullet suddenly shot into her acupuncture points from the air, and she fainted.

Seeing his concubine fall down, Lao Hama sobered up instantly. He looked up at the young man sitting at the table and was almost sober.

"Chen, Young Master Chen."

Old Hama looked at Chen Jiusi who was sitting at the table and asked quickly.

Chen Jie looked at Lao Hama and said with a smile: "Old Prime Minister, you are so proud of yourself. I guess you made a profit this time."

Upon hearing this, Old Hama immediately laughed and said, "Young Master Chen, you are joking. I am fighting against traitors for the country. There is no such thing as making money or not. Besides, Young Master Chen, isn't this also a great help to you?"

"Prince Ruyang should be able to leave the capital tomorrow, and this time he has received even more grace from the emperor, who has directly conferred him the title of Prince Sanzhu. This kind of grace is rare in the world, and it is also the emperor's great grace. In this way, Young Master Chen is the winner!"

Chen Jie laughed and said, "Old Prime Minister, what you said is true. This time it is a win-win situation for both of us."

Seeing Chen Jie like this, Lao Hama looked at Chen Jie and said, "Since this is a win-win situation, why did Young Master Chen come here this time?"

After hearing what Lao Hama said, Chen Jie said, "I am not here for anything else, but to remind you, old man."

Hama was stunned and looked at Chen Jie and said, "Remind me? Remind me of what?"

Chen Jie looked at Old Hama and said, "Old Master, I know you are in high spirits right now, but I have to give you some advice. I hope you will think about it seriously."

"Persuade me? What to persuade me?"

Lao Hama looked at Chen Jie, and Chen Jie said to him: "Old man, I know what you are thinking. Driving Tuotuo out of the capital will be a success, but I hope you don't forget that if Tuotuo can leave the capital, he can come back."

"He left the capital ten years ago, but he was reinstated not long after, and successfully suppressed you, old sir?"

After hearing this, Lao Hama frowned slightly and looked at Chen Jie and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Chen Jie asked, "The old man is almost seventy this year, right?"

Lao Hama said, "Sixty-nine, what do you mean by asking me this?"

Chen Jie looked at Old Hama and said, "You are sixty-nine years old. The old prime minister looks healthy, but he doesn't practice martial arts and is greedy and lustful. I'm afraid this body can only last for ten years at most. What do you think, old man?"

"It is rare for a person to live to be seventy. Although I don't want to die, it would be good enough if I could live another ten years."

Chen Jie asked, "Then, old man, do you know how old Tuotuo is this year?"

Old Hama said: "He should be forty-six."

Chen Jie said, "At forty-six, even if it takes another ten years, he can come back from the remote area of ​​Yunnan. By that time, you will be seventy-nine. Even if you use life-extending medicine, I think your health will not be as good as it is now. Tuotuo will only be fifty-six at that time, and his energy will not be much worse than it is now."

"When he comes back to Dadu, may I ask, old man, can you still defeat him?"

Old Hama's face immediately turned ugly. Yes, would he still be his opponent then? Not to mention then, he was not his opponent now. This time he could win because of the right time, right place and right people.

Seeing that Old Hama's face had turned ugly, Chen Jie still spoke: "Old Sir, I believe you have figured out the twists and turns here. And Old Sir, don't forget that this time Tuotuo was exiled and sent to exile, it was all thanks to you."

"Given Tuotuo's character, he would have to wait ten years, or even ten years, before he returns to the capital. How could he not settle accounts with the old man?"

"And with his methods, it's not just the old man who will be affected. I'm afraid even the whole old mansion will not be spared."

"Old man, can you still laugh now?"

Chen Jie looked at Lao Hama and said, Lao Hama's face was already quite ugly at this time. He looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen, Young Master Chen, you came to say this to me today, not just to make me feel uncomfortable, right?"

After hearing what Old Hama said, Chen Jie said, "What do you mean, old man? We are on the same boat. I am here just to share your worries."

Hama looked at Chen Jie and said, "Sharing my worries, how are you going to share my worries?"

Chen Jie looked at Lao Hama and said, "Old sir, although Tuotuo is a venomous snake, it is extremely difficult for us to deal with it, but there is a way. After all, this venomous snake has left Dadu and gone to Yunnan. Yunnan is so far away from Beijing, it is inevitable that there will be some accidents on the way. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Lao Hama asked, "Do you want to kill him midway?"

Chen Jie looked at Lao Hama and said, "That's right."

Lao Hama said: "I am not a Jianghu person. This kind of thing should be done by you Jianghu people. Why not leave it to you?"

Chen Jie shook his head and said, "Old man, do you hate Tuotuo?"

Hearing this, Old Hama said, "I hate it to the core."

Chen Jie said: "Then we can't do anything about this matter, and it's difficult for us to do anything. After all, Tuotuo, the prime minister of the imperial court, is exiled to Yunnan. He must have people protecting him. If we do something, there will inevitably be casualties. And killing him like this would be too easy for him."

After hearing this, Old Hama looked at Chen Jie and asked, "So what do you want?"

Chen Jie looked at Lao Hama and said, "I don't have any other ideas, but I have a small suggestion. Let's kill people and destroy their hearts."

"Kill people and destroy their hearts?"

"Killing people is easy, but how can we destroy their hearts?"

Old Hama looked at Chen Jie and asked. Chen Jie said, "It's easy to destroy his heart. Just let him die of hope. Make him despair and you'll destroy his heart."

Old Hama frowned upon hearing this, and then looked at Chen Jie and said, "Let him die in hope. How can we let him die in hope?"

Old Hama looked at Chen Jie in surprise. Chen Jie smiled slightly and said, "It's quite simple. Sir, what do you think Tuotuo's wish is?"

Lao Hama thought for a moment and said, "Tuotuo's hope is nothing more than that the court can re-employ him and the emperor can invite him back to the capital."

Chen Jie said: "Then let's let the emperor kill him!"

Lao Hama said: "This, this is impossible. The emperor likes Tuotuo very much. Such a big incident didn't cost him his life this time. How can I persuade the emperor to take his life now!"

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Since the emperor is unwilling to issue an order, why don't you issue an order on his behalf?"

"Me?" Chen Jie said, "Yes, it was the old man. The old man issued an imperial decree to Tuotuo, forcing him to commit suicide. As for the other matters, I will take care of it."

"this!"

After hearing this, Lao Hama suddenly looked at Chen Jie, and Chen Jie looked at Lao Hama calmly at this time, with a hint of mockery in his eyes, and said: "Old Master, this is a good opportunity for revenge, you won't disagree!"

Hearing this, Old Hama took a deep breath and said, "Chen, Young Master Chen, why are you doing this?"

Chen Jie said, "Give me an extra layer of security, old man. We are all tied together, but we are not tied too tightly. After a while, I am afraid that you will no longer consider me a friend. So it is better for the two of us to have some little secrets in common."

Hearing this, Old Hama looked at Chen Jie and asked, "Is it really that serious?"

Chen Jie said, "Old Master, you are in charge of government affairs now. With my humble status, if I don't have some secrets in common with you, I'm afraid my life will be in danger."

Hearing this, Lao Hama took a deep breath and looked at Chen Jie and said, "Forget it, forget it. It looks like today, I have to agree even if I don't agree!"

Chen Jie smiled and said, "Haha, you are really a wise man. Don't worry, as long as you do these things well, I will not let you down. I will send you gifts every festival. Of course, if you have anything to tell me, you can also find the store I will open in Dadu."

"Yun Hexuan!"

Chen Jie talked about the intelligence base he was about to build in Dadu, Yunhexuan, which would also be a channel for Chen Jie to contact Lao Hama.

Old Hama looked at Chen Jie, took a deep breath and said, "You are really a vicious wolf."

Chen Jie said: "Thank you for the compliment, old man. Jiu Si is very happy to be praised by you."

Old Hama looked at Chen Jie like this and felt helpless: "Do we really have to go to this extent?"

Chen Jie said: "It's good for both you and me, old man."

Hearing this, Old Hama sighed and said, "Forget it, forget it, I've really gotten on your pirate ship."

Thinking about it, Lao Hama sighed and said, "Give me one day, and the imperial edict will be delivered to you tomorrow."

Chen Jie asked: "Not today?"

Lao Hama said: "Where can I find this blank imperial edict? I need time to bribe the eunuchs in the palace, otherwise how can I make an imperial edict?"

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Oh, a blank imperial edict. I have this."

Chen Jie directly took out a blank imperial edict scroll from the storage ring. Chen Jie still had half a box of this stuff. Did he forget that Chen Jie led people to rob the emperor's inner treasury?

Blank imperial edicts were stored in the inner treasury.

After all, this imperial edict was no ordinary item. It needed to be made of brocade made of the finest silk, and the back needed to be embroidered with auspicious clouds and cranes by the palace's top embroiderers to make it magnificent.

This is considered a treasure among treasures. It is usually kept in the inner treasury and will only be taken out when the emperor issues an imperial decree.

At this time, looking at the imperial edict that Chen Jie took out, Lao Hama said with a bitter face: "You are really well prepared."

Chen Jie looked at Lao Hama and smiled, "This is also to make things convenient for the old man. Otherwise, if the old man went to find the eunuch to steal the imperial edict, it would be a serious crime if people knew about it. In this way, only you and I know about this matter. Of course, Tuotuo will also know about it in the future, but he is dead, so only you and I know about it!"

"So calculating, so scheming."

Old Hama sighed, and then Chen Jie placed the blank imperial edict in front of Old Hama and spread it out.

Then I asked Lao Hama to write it himself. When he finished writing, he seemed to be half exhausted and sat on the chair.

Seeing this, Chen Jie said to Lao Hama, "Thank you for your hard work, old man. Leave the rest to me."

After saying this, Chen Jie took the imperial edict and turned to leave.

It was a long time after Chen Jie left that Lao Hama woke up from his shock. Looking at his concubine who had fainted on the ground, Lao Hama made up his mind and directly pulled out the sword in the house and cut the concubine's neck with it.

She saw Chen Jiusi's face and knew that this person must not be kept, otherwise it would easily cause trouble in the future.

As for the Prime Minister, for killing a concubine, no one would care, no one would investigate, and no one dared to investigate.

But Chen Jie didn't care what our prime minister did. He turned around and left the prime minister's residence. When he got outside, he saw Zhang Dingbian and Du Xiong waiting for him.

Chen Jie handed the imperial edict to Zhang Dingbian and said, "Follow Tuotuo southwards. Once you are out of Hebei, you can take action."

After hearing this, Du Xiong looked at the imperial edict handed over and said, "Why do we have to use this imperial edict? Tuotuo has no power anymore. Killing him is as easy as killing a dog. Now we come to find Hama, isn't it a thankless task?"

After hearing this, Chen Jie looked at Du Xiong. At this moment, his brain was not working well. How could he ask such a simple question?
Zhang Dingbian looked at Du Xiong and said, "This is not an imperial decree. This thing is Hama's handle."

"Now we have the imperial edict, and if we kill Tuotuo, the old thief Hama will be on our ship. In the future, if the old thief does something to let us down, or is out of our control, we can just find someone to put the imperial edict on the emperor's desk."

"How can Old Hama survive? He dared to issue an imperial decree in private. This is a challenge to the imperial power. Moreover, the emperor doesn't like Old Hama that much and can't tolerate him. It can be said that as long as this matter is exposed, Old Hama will be dead!"

Zhang Dingbian directly expressed Chen Jie's thoughts.

Chen Jie looked at the two people in front of him and said, "Yes, this is Lao Hama's token of surrender. We have helped him so much, we can't do it for nothing. We have to take something away, right?"

Chen Jie said to Zhang Dingbian and the other two. After hearing what Chen Jie said, Zhang Dingbian and the other two also laughed.

That's right, if we make an old man rich by doing such a big thing, it would be a huge loss, so we must compensate him.

Thinking of this, Chen Jie continued: "Now that we have this thing, the old Hama will be obedient."

As soon as these words came out, the two of them nodded in unison. At this time, Zhang Dingbian looked at Chen Jie and said, "My lord, how are you going to use this old Hama?"

After this trip to Dadu, Chen Jie, through his own means, not only rescued Zhang Dingbian's junior brother, Kang Maocai, but also brought Tuotuo down from the altar. As a result, Zhang Dingbian was directly convinced by Chen Jie and joined his army.

Chen Jie also thought highly of him and was ready to find an opportunity to train him to become his top general.

After such a long period of summary, Chen Jie discovered that among his subordinates, Chen Xiaohu was the most loyal to him, but his loyalty was excessive and his internal strength was not sufficient.

He doesn't have the ability to take charge of the overall situation.

As for Zhou Chu, he was even more of a veteran. He was more of the head of all the yamen runners in the country, rather than a general commanding thousands of troops.

As for the three legion commanders under his command, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Vermillion Bird, each of them was a rough and tumble person, brave but lacking in strategy, making them unfit to shoulder the heavy responsibility.

After searching for a long time, Chen Jie had a hard time finding a satisfactory commander-in-chief of the entire army. However, this time when he came to Dadu, he gained a lot and directly found the genius Zhang Dingbian.

This man is very powerful, but what is even more powerful is his military ability. Chen Jie once discussed the art of war with him, but he did not expect that many of his insights were very similar to the art of war in Wu Mu's posthumous letter, although it was only a prototype and could not stand up to scrutiny.

But this is already a manifestation of a talented general. In fact, as long as Chen Jie gave Wu Mu's posthumous letter to him, he would definitely be able to master it quickly. Such a person is a natural military genius.

His ability is really similar to that of Xu Da, the general under Zhu Yuanzhang, and the two should be on par with each other.

Therefore, Chen Jie directly entrusted him with the important task, but he still had a small wish, which was to personally kill Tuotuo, the bastard who caused the tragic death of his master and the disfigurement of his junior sister.

This time Chen Jie gave him the task.

Zhang Dingbian looked at the imperial edict in his hand, then at Chen Jie and said, "Don't worry, my lord. Ah Xiong and I will go to Hebei, kill Tuotuo, and then rush back to Huangzhou Prefecture. We will not delay any more."

Chen Jie nodded after hearing this and said, "Well, be careful along the way. Although Tuotuo has lost his power, he has been entrenched in Dadu for so many years and has some loyal subordinates. Be careful and don't let anything go wrong."

Zhang Dingbian looked at Chen Jie and said, "Don't worry, my lord. I know."

Du Xiong said, "It's okay, my lord, as long as I'm with you. But is it okay for you to go back to Huangzhou Prefecture alone?"

After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "What do you mean I'm alone? I'm going back with my father-in-law this time, so don't worry, I won't be lonely."

After hearing this, Zhang Dingbian and Du Xiong left immediately.

Not long after the two left, Chen Jie found an inn and saw Zhao Ya, who was worried.

"How about it?"

Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and asked. Chen Jie said, "I have already found out. Your father will leave Dadu tomorrow. We will leave the city tomorrow and wait outside."

After hearing this, Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "That's great."

Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "Thank you, Jiu Si. If it weren't for you this time, I really don't know if I could have rescued my father. I really don't know how to thank you."

After hearing what Zhao Ya said, Chen Jie smiled and said, "Yaya, do you really not know how to thank me?"

Zhao Ya's face instantly turned red, and she looked at Chen Jie and said, "It's not possible now."

Chen Jie looked at her and said, "Of course I know it's not possible. What I want to say is that when I go back tomorrow, I will marry you. Will you marry me?"

After hearing this, Zhao Ya looked at Chen Jie and said, "Okay! But have you thought about how to meet my father tomorrow?"

(End of this chapter)