Thief Emperor

Chapter 510 Opportunity for transformation!

It was not until this time that Li Yun's intelligence capabilities in Guanzhong truly surpassed Du Qian.

Prior to this, Du Qian had known all the news about the capital before Li Yun, and then informed Li Yun. However, at this time, Du Qian did not know about the imperial decree in the capital to demote Li Yun.

Of course, this is certainly due to the improvement of Li Yun’s intelligence capabilities, but the more important reason is that the Jingzhao Du family suffered a severe blow and now has almost no capabilities in Guanzhong.

He once again carefully read the two documents Liu Bo handed over, then looked up at Liu Bo and asked, "Liu Sizheng, what is the plan of the mansion master?"

Liu Bo said quickly, "Sir, what my second brother meant is to have the Nine Departments send people to each prefecture to keep an eye on them. If anyone from the imperial court shows up, they should be stopped if possible, and killed if they can't be stopped."

Du Qian thought about it seriously, and suddenly said with a smile: "Liu Sizheng, this kind of thing cannot be hidden. If you keep trying to stop it, it will not work."

Liu Bo nodded and said, "My second brother also had the same idea, but what he meant was that the incident happened suddenly, so we should stop it for now to give ourselves more time, and then deal with it slowly."

Liu Bo looked at Du Qian and continued, "If the imperial envoy arrives quickly, it will probably take ten days or half a month to reach Jiangnan."

"My second brother is fighting on the front line now. He won't be back for a while, so he asked me to come to you and listen to your arrangements."

Du Qian stroked his chin and thought seriously for a long time before he whispered, "I think this is not a bad thing. Instead, it is an opportunity. There is no need to stop the envoys from the court, let alone kill them."

"Liu Sizheng, can we immediately send the personnel from the Nine Departments to the various prefectures and counties below?"

"can."

Liu Bo said without hesitation: "In two or three days at most, the news can be delivered to various places."

"Well."

Du Qian looked at the sky outside and said, "It's getting dark now. Si Zheng will come to me tomorrow morning. I will talk to him about how to deal with it then."

Although Liu Bo was born in a mountain village, before Li Yun arrived, he was actually the smartest of the three people in Cangshan Village. He also respected Du Qian very much. At this time, Li Yun had already entrusted Du Qian with the decision of this matter, so Liu Bo did not hesitate, and stood up directly and said, "Then I will bother you again tomorrow."

At this point, he paused and said, "This matter doesn't have to be rushed in one night. Sir, you are busy with government affairs, so you should pay attention to rest."

Since working together in Yuezhou, Du Qian has undoubtedly been the second-in-command of Jiangdong Group, or at least the second-in-command decision-maker.

After several years, his abilities were recognized by Jiangdong Group. Even an "original shareholder" like Liu Bo respected Du Qian from the bottom of his heart.

Du Qian smiled when he heard this, and stood up and saluted, saying, "Don't worry, Si Zheng, it won't take me long. I was very busy before, and I have a helper recently."

"It's slowed down a lot."

Although Yao Zhong, who came from a common family in Wuzhou, was not upright enough in Du Qian's opinion, there was absolutely no problem with his work ability. During this period, he at least helped Du Qian share most of the work.

Of course, only some relatively laborious work was assigned, and the decision-making power still lies with Du Qian.

But it must be said that Yao Zhong has completely established his foothold in Jinling, at least in Du Qian's "office".

You know, this is not an ordinary office. In the future, it is very likely to become a political center, just like the Political Affairs Hall of the Zhou Dynasty.

Liu Bo clasped his fists and bowed his head, then retreated in an orderly manner. Du Qian was very considerate and walked with him a few steps, then asked Du Laian to escort him all the way out of the Jinling government office.

After a long while, Du Laian returned to the study room and skillfully added lamp oil to Du Qian. Then he smiled and said, "This Liu Sizheng, when I first met him, he looked rustic and silly. Now he has gained some weight and is very different from before."

Du Laian thought about it, but couldn't think of any adjective to describe Liu Bo's current temperament, so he could only scratch his head.

When Du Laian followed Du Qian to Jiangdong, Li Yun was still in the early stages of his business. Li Zheng and Liu Bo were almost always by Li Yun's side. At that time, Liu Bo had indeed just come down from the village in the mountains not long ago, and his whole body exuded the air of a country bumpkin.

Du Qian stopped writing with the brush in his hand, glanced at him, and said in a cold voice: "Liu Sizheng is the most perceptive person in the entire Jiangdong. If you whisper about him behind his back and he hears you, he will definitely pull out your tongue."

Du Laian shrank his neck and whispered, "I'm just telling you this, sir. How dare I talk nonsense to outsiders..."

Du Qian glanced at him and hummed, "You are old enough to get married. One day, let Madam find you a husband and a family."

"When the time comes, I will find you a job and throw you out so that you won't stay around and cause trouble for me."

Du Laian blinked his eyes and said shyly, "Master, you can find a marriage for me, but I am your servant and a member of the Du family. How can you throw me out?"

"It's worthless."

Du Qian shook his head and said, "Do you want to be a servant for the rest of your life?"

Du Laian scratched his head: "Then what else can I do?"

"If it were in the capital, you would probably have to follow me for the rest of your life, but now we are in Jinling, in Jiangdong."

At this point, Du Qian stopped writing with his brush, looked at Du Laian deeply, and said slowly: "In a time when everyone is making great progress."

"From now on...think more and talk less."

Du Qian took one last look at him and continued writing. "Maybe there will be a future for you in the future."

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The next morning, Liu Bo arrived at the Jinling government office and waited. Du Qian had just gotten up and had not even finished his breakfast. However, he did not dare to neglect Liu Bo, so he asked someone to invite Liu Bo to the back hall of the government office and have breakfast with the Du family.

After all, this is a brother who grew up with the boss, and Du Qian understands very well the importance of Liu Bo in Jiangdong.

Liu Bo had already regarded Du Qian as his own, so he didn't hesitate to have a meal at Du's house, and then followed Du Qian to the study.

Du Qian handed him several documents he had written last night and said with a smile, "Last night, I read a lot of news from the capital during this period and picked out a few things."

“There are mainly three things.”

Du Lingyin said slowly: "The first thing is that three military governors occupied the capital and forcibly abducted women."

"The second incident was that Wei Yao, one of the Shuofang Jiedushi Wei Quanzhong, robbed the emperor's concubine and forced her to be his concubine, which eventually led to the death of all the members of the Zhu family."

"The third incident was about Dai Wang Wu She. Just because he cursed the three governors in a restaurant, his entire family was killed that night. The court turned a deaf ear to this. To this day, the murderer has not been found and the case has not been closed."

"Liu Sizheng."

Du Qian said softly, "These things have spread all over the world, but the common people in various places may not know about them yet. What the Nine Departments have to do is to make these things known to everyone in the various prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River before the imperial envoy arrives."

Liu Bo nodded as he listened. After hearing the last sentence, he understood and whispered, "Sir, you mean to let the people of the states and counties know that the court is no longer ruled by the emperor. Therefore, the court's decree to depose my second brother is not a decree from the emperor."

"That's probably what it means."

Du Qian continued, "Killing these imperial envoys midway is only a temporary solution. My method only solves the problem."

"Even if it goes smoothly, there will definitely be some unrest in various states and counties, especially those far away from Jinling."

"With General Zhao here in the six states north of the Yangtze River, there won't be any trouble. As for the remaining states and counties far from us, we can only rely on General Li Zheng."

"We must be prepared for unrest in these states and counties."

When Liu Bo heard Li Zheng's name, he grinned and said, "I'll send someone to..."

"Send a message to General Li."

"Ah."

Du Qian said softly, "Since the Lord has entrusted this matter to me, Si Zheng will tell General Li that he needs to be more ruthless this time."

"Once someone causes trouble or chaos, there is no need to be polite. Kill them first and report them later."

"it is good."

Liu Bo narrowed his eyes and whispered, "During the past few years when my second brother was in charge, the prefectures and counties below have collected much less tax than before, and the people are now living a better life. Anyone who comes out to cause trouble at this time is heartless!"

"Even if others don't say anything, I won't let them off easily."

Du Qian smiled and said, "In the final analysis, it is because there are too few civil servants under the Duke of Fu. Once the officials selected in the last Jinling Literary Society have been promoted, the situation will be much better. However, this time, it is also a good opportunity to see who else has ulterior motives towards the Duke of Fu."

Liu Bo bowed his head to Du Qian and said, "Sir, I will get busy now."

"When I'm done, I'll go back to Jinling to visit you, sir. Please work with General Zhou to handle the affairs of Jinling and the surrounding prefectures and counties."

"There's nothing wrong with the area around Jinling."

Du Qian was very confident and said with a smile: "They are all ours now."

Liu Bo nodded, bowed and left.

This time, Du Qian sent him to the gate of the government office, and the two of them greeted each other and said goodbye.

At this moment, Li Yun on the other side, already wearing armor, climbed up to the Ezhou city wall.

In the end, he couldn't resist the urge to kill, so he went into battle and killed a round, but before he could get enough, Ezhou City was captured.

As soon as they entered the city, Lu Yunzhang, the military governor of Wuchang, fled from Ezhou to Yuezhou at lightning speed.

One of Lu Yunzhang's aides was left behind in Ezhou and was brought to Li Yun. He bowed to Li Yun with a slightly trembling voice.

"Mr. Li... Lord Li, our commander is willing to give up several states in the Jiangnan West Road to..."

"Give it to the Lord!"

(End of this chapter)