Chapter 172: Weakness
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(Xie: The reward of the drifting fish brothers, the tickets of the two brothers Moshaocong and Sword Dance 3,000 feet.) )
After the pirates were driven into the sea, Guo Bing once tried to lead the naval army to encircle and suppress, intending to exterminate them in one fell swoop. However, this is not the same at sea as it is on land. And limited to the limitations of naval ships and combat power at that time, the pirates entrenched on the island inflicted heavy losses on the officers and soldiers several times, allowing Guo Bing to return home. In order not to let the credit be diluted by failure, Guo Bing did not dare to go to the sea to encircle and suppress again, which made Guo Bing's heart very angry.
However, one of Guo Bing's staff told Guo Bing that he didn't have to worry about not being able to completely exterminate the bandits. The so-called high bird is hiding the good bow, if the bandits are extinct, then the prince's good bow will also be shelved. The staff knew the prince's thoughts, and he also told Guo Bing that only by keeping the bandits in the sea could he justifiably ask to stay in Hangzhou, in the name of suppressing the bandits, in order to prevent the bandits from coming back.
These words really woke up the dreamer, Guo Bing thought so. I didn't want to go back to the capital to be restrained, and the credit of suppressing bandits didn't allow me to walk sideways in the court. In fact, this is just a small feat. Rather than this, it is better to take this opportunity to stay in Hangzhou, away from the capital, and be your own prince here in peace.
So, under Guo Bing's instructions, the officials of the two Zhejiang roads jointly played the imperial court, boasting about the exploits of Liang Wangye's suppression of bandits, saying that 'where the banner of King Liang goes, the bandits are terrified' Where King Liang sits, the bandits dare not speak of war, but only know how to avoid it. Limited today. The sea was blocked, and the pirates fled into the island in a hurry, but for the sake of the peace of eastern Zhejiang, they asked the imperial court to let King Liang sit in Hangzhou, and the pirates would never dare to step into the inland half a step again. The purpose is self-evident, that is, to let the imperial court issue an order and let King Liang also stay in Hangzhou.
The first emperor thought about it again and again, perhaps he really believed in King Liang's deterrent power against the pirates, and actually really agreed to this matter. So he ordered to take away the position of the governor of King Liang's suppression of bandits, and removed his military power, only allowing him to be reinstated to lead the troops to suppress bandits when he was in trouble. He was allowed to build a mansion in Hangzhou to suppress the pirates, so as to ensure the stability of the imperial court's money and grain warehouse, a rich land in eastern Zhejiang.
In the past 20 years, the pirates seemed to be really afraid of Guo Bing, and they didn't make much movement. Just robbing merchant ships and occasionally harassing the people along the coast is actually not a big deal. These naturally became Guo Bing's achievements in Hangzhou.
In the past 20 years, in fact, there has been a constant controversy over King Liang's presence in Hangzhou, and some people have constantly pointed out the disadvantages of the vassal king's presence abroad. But the emperor was a very dignified man, and once he had made a will, how could he easily change it. Moreover, the bandits in Hangzhou have always been in the stage of small fights, which has also blocked the mouths of these people. Therefore, Guo Bing was able to stay in Hangzhou all the time.
However, now the situation has changed greatly, the first emperor has passed away, and the imperial brother Guo Chong has been on the throne for three years, and his practice in many things has changed. The rules set by the emperor are also slowly being broken. In the past three years, Lu Zhongtian and others have begun to blow the wind constantly, and the reason why the Holy Lord did not issue an edict to summon King Liang back to Beijing is probably because he has not been on the throne for a long time and his foundation is not stable. And now, three years after ascending the throne, the saint can completely ignore the will of the emperor back then, and will not be criticized.
A few months ago, when Guo Bing was in the capital, the emperor's brother inadvertently asked about the bandits, which sounded the alarm for Guo Bing at that time. This made Guo Bing feel a huge pressure, and he had a hunch that the imperial brother was likely to have been persuaded by Lu Zhongtian and others, and moved his mind to call him back to Beijing. This matter has already become a barrier in Guo Bing's heart, and now Lin Jue actually wants to make public Hai Dongqing's intention to rebel, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury.
There are two terrible things about this incident, one is the crime of deceiving the king without reporting, which is the most fatal. But in fact, Guo Bing was also forced to be helpless, because the whole thing was a chain reaction. When the robbery of Shouli was decided to conceal the imperial court, the next thing that the bandits wanted to counterattack the inland must also be concealed, and these two things are actually one and two and one. If Hai Dongqing's rebellious intentions are not concealed, he can directly reverse the robbery of the birthday gift, so after concealing the first thing, he can only continue to conceal it.
After a lie is told, it must be covered up with more lies, which is a truth.
Second, Hai Dongqing's intention to counterattack the inland just shows that Liang Wangfu is not well defended. Even if there is no deception, the saint will definitely blame King Liang after learning about it. That is also the complete destruction of the myth that the so-called King Liang guarded Hangzhou and the bandits did not dare to do it, and it also gave the Holy Lord a reason to overturn the will of the emperor. Not to mention, Lu Zhongtian and the others will seize this opportunity to attack themselves wantonly.
For 20 years, Guo Bing has worked hard in Hangzhou, and there are Guo Bing's people in almost all important positions of the important yamen on Liangzhejiang Road. Although they are all officials of the imperial court on the surface, Guo Bing knows in his heart that they are all his own people. And all this is Guo Bing's foundation and Guo Bing's life.
If he is recalled to the capital, then these twenty years of hard work will fall apart. It's like being stripped naked, and you don't feel safe. In that place in the capital, even if he has the noble status of the prince, he is actually not the opponent of those people in the court at all. A prince with no real power is actually no different from a wasted person, and if someone listens to what you say, then he is a prince. Your words can't even get out of the palace, so what's the point? Not to mention, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, disaster may happen at any time, and sometimes you can't even hide.
Of course, Guo Bing has a secret that is even more hidden in the depths of his heart. It was a small flame burning in the dark corners of my heart, faint but never extinguished. is also the son of the former emperor and the sister-in-law of the same queen mother, and the gap between himself and the imperial brother is actually just a relationship between the elder and the younger. And because of this, that person can have everything from above, while he can only carefully protect himself, which is probably the most unfair thing in the world.
At that time, Taizong of the Great Zhou Dynasty inherited the unification from Gaozu, who was Taizong's brother. Although it is not the regulation of this dynasty, since it has happened, there is such a possibility. And it is this possibility that makes the flame in Guo Bing's heart burn all the time and has not been extinguished. Staying in Hangzhou, there are countless possibilities in the future, and when you return to the capital, all this will be annihilated, and the fire will be completely extinguished.
Because of the above, when Guo Bing heard that Lin Jue was going to expose the truth, he really had murderous intentions. If it weren't for Lin Jue's hand, saying that he had left a letter, once something happened to him, the letter would have been sent to Yan Zhengsu's hand. It was this hand that allowed Guo Bing to suppress the heart of slaughtering Lin Jue on the spot. Yan Zhengsu, this is the only uncontrolled chess piece in the two Zhejiang roads. Three years ago, when this person was transferred to the prefect of Hangzhou, Guo Bing suspected that the imperial brother who had just ascended the throne did it deliberately. This person has a deep relationship with the imperial brother, and he is a person with a hard personality, and his existence has made Liangzhelu more variable. Liang Wangfu's actions have also become much more cautious.
Guo Bing even suspected that the imperial brother already knew about the robbery of the birthday gift, although the imperial brother did not reveal a word. Yan Zhengsu is just keeping a secret on the surface. Perhaps Yan Zhengsu is actually retreating as advancing, in order to complete a certain mission, in order to collect more secrets for himself. It is precisely because of Yan Zhengsu's uncontrolled and special identity that Guo Bing is afraid of him. And Lin Jue obviously grasped this point. But it is precisely because of this that Guo Bing has an extra layer of hatred for Lin Jue.
Lin Jue stood there silently, looking at Guo Bing, who was sitting on a chair with a pale face and panting. He understood Guo Bing's mood about this matter, he had thought about it carefully for a long time before he came, and made a special trip to ask Fang Dunru about the relationship here, and under Fang Dunru's point, Lin Jue understood the real reason why Guo Bing wanted to conceal this matter. It was based on this understanding that Lin Jue decided to use this to blackmail King Liang.
It was difficult to make this decision, and he was a grass farmer, and he actually used this kind of thing to coerce King Liang, which was almost an act of death. Lin Jue knew that even if he wasn't killed on the spot, he would be hated by King Liang afterwards. Maybe one day he died in an unknown way, and that is not unusual.
However, Lin Jue had no choice, he could only take a risk, because he had no way out. Hai Dongqing's danger is imminent, and he can't hide from the fifteenth year of junior high school, and if he wants to solve this problem completely, he can only turn to King Liang for help. Only by forcing King Liang to help him, and the plan he worked out after hard thinking and meditation can he move forward, and it is possible to eradicate Hai Dongqing and remove the real threat. Maybe doing so will bring a lot of sequelae, but burning his eyebrows and looking at the moment, Lin Jue can't think about it too long-term.
Lin Jue slowly walked up to Guo Bing and said softly, "Lord Wang...... Please be angry! ”
Guo Bing didn't look at Lin Jue, and scolded himself in his mouth: "Bastard bastard, you dare to threaten this king?" You've eaten leopard gall. ”
"Lord Wang, I know the capital crime, but I really have no way out. I can't sit and wait for death, and I can't watch the people around me being killed by Hai Dongqing, so I can only come and beg you. You don't care, I can only beg others. ”
"How much is your life worth? How much is your Lin family's life worth? Guo Bing scolded angrily.
Lin Jue frowned, although he knew that the lives of his people were as cheap as ants in the eyes of the prince, but the prince said it to his face, which still made Lin Jue's heart angry. In this era, the lives of nobles are fate, and the lives of the people are not fortune-telling at all, in the heart of the prince, these should be taken for granted.
"Lord Wang, the ants are still stealing life, please forgive me for not wanting to die. Besides, I'm not trying to embarrass the prince, in fact, I've already thought of a plan to offer to the prince. But the prince didn't want to listen to me at all, so he refused. In a fit of rage, he said those words in the next place. Lin Jue suppressed the anger in his heart and said softly in a calm tone as much as possible.
"Strategy? Do you have a plan again? King Liang frowned and raised his head in surprise.