Riding a horse and following Gao Xun all the way to the Dechang wine shop at the junction of the east and south of the city, handed the horse to the waiter, and the two walked into the building. Gao Xun asked for a private room, but it was empty, except for a row of closed windows on the south side.

Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) looked around, thinking that this place is not so simple, where can a master like Uncle Guang connect here, the wall of the room must have a compartment, and behind the compartment is either a secret passage leading to the underground, or there is another compartment.

Thinking of this, without waiting for Gao Xun to lead the way, Baili Yanjing came to the root of the wall and knocked twice with his hand. Gao Xun was taken aback when he saw this, and couldn't help asking:

"How did the virtuous brother know the mystery here, could it be that he already knew it?"

Bai Liyan smiled:

"Who can come here to meet you, old gentleman? Since the secret thing must go to a secret place, the private room is only an inch big, how can it be private. There must be a mystery behind this wall, how can such things be hidden from me. ”

At that time, people had less knowledge of the secret room, and even Gao Xun only began to contact the secret room after approaching the core of power. Baili Yan is a human being, where would he not know the layout of the secret room.

Gao Xun learned that he had been recognized by Baili Yan, but he no longer sold Guanzi, and when he came to the corner of the wall, he moved the coffee table, and the inconspicuous crack at the base of the wall near the ground was exposed.

Gao Xun pressed his hand against the gap, which was originally a movable wooden plank, and if he pulled it hard with his five fingers, the wooden wall would open from left to right.

Seeing this, Bai Liyan couldn't help but think to herself, the current secret room of the organ is really simple enough, and it has to rely on manpower to pull it. Not only does it have to be pulled by manpower, but after entering, it has to be closed by people, and there is really not much technical content.

Behind the wooden wall is a wooden staircase that leads to a hidden passage underground. The tunnel is a masonry structure, with traces of a long time, and it is by no means newly dug, at least for several decades.

The tunnel is three people wide and more than one person high, and there are torch slots on both sides to facilitate lighting. Gao Xun lit a torch to lead the way, and Bai Liyan couldn't help asking:

"Senior brother, this secret passage has been going on for some years."

"I don't know, it's the place arranged by King Xian, and the specific details of the secret passage, the foolish brother doesn't know either."

"Where does the secret passage lead into the city?"

"It leads to a big mansion in the south of the city, and the old gentleman is in the house."

The secret passage is basically dug in a straight line, and I walked nearly two miles to another exit, and there were people at the upper end of the exit to answer it, all of whom were strong men holding sharp weapons.

The exit of the tunnel is in a hut, out of which is a courtyard, and on the east side of the courtyard sits a large mansion, and there are guards between the verandahs, and the security work is quite tight.

"Brother Xian, when you arrive, the old gentleman is in the house."

"Oh, there's Brother Lao leading the way."

"Please come in, I won't go in."

Gao Xun stopped outside the door, Bai Liyan entered the house alone, and walked inward for twenty steps, and saw Uncle Guang sitting on the right side of the main hall, there was no one around, the old man was holding a book, hearing the footsteps, and immediately looked up, seeing that it was Bai Liyan, Uncle Guang put down the scroll and said:

"General Wei, please take a seat."

Baili Yan bowed and said:

"Mr. Xie, sit down."

When he came to Uncle Guang and sat down in front of him, Bai Liyan continued:

"I don't know what the old gentleman is asking for?"

"Before the first month, the general was assassinated by assassins, and the old man already knew about it, and King Xian also asked if it was a black scarf thief. At first, the old man thought that the general had broken the black scarf magic and must have wanted to get rid of the general, but the general later talked to Lu Gao about Gongsun Yue, and the old man guessed that the general must have suspected Gongsun Yue for a long time, but so. ”

As expected, Lu Gao finally reported the matter to King Xian, of course King Xian would not have thought that Bai Liyan would have thought that the assassin was sent by Gongsun Yue, but Uncle Guang was different, and Uncle Guang should have been aware of Gongsun Yue's abnormal behavior.

"Old gentleman, does the king already know the inside story of this matter?"

"I don't know where the old man can do such a groundless thing without evidence. However, the old man did have some time to pay attention to Gongsun Yue, so he might as well say it first. ”

"At first, I didn't suspect Prime Minister Gongsun Cheng, but he was a prime minister, and King Xian reused General Zhao Xun to replace Jiang Yan, which was obviously just a sign that Gongsun Yue turned a blind eye.

Not only that, but in the battle of Jiangdong that year, the fighter plane was also delayed because of Gongsun Yue, resulting in the loss of the entire Jiangdong County, and the Jiangdong County was also cut in half. Knowing this, he still tried to make friends with him, isn't it a strange thing. Didn't he know that the king had the heart to abolish his phase? Instead, he wants to befriend Zhao Shuai, which is incredible.

In addition, the new policies implemented by Gongsun Yue for more than ten years have all left huge benefits to the powerful and nobles, and finally harmed the people of the whole country and aggravated the civil strife in Xian.

If it weren't for the tight war, there were many former officials in Gongsun Yue's protégé, and King Xian was afraid, otherwise he would have been deposed with Jiang Yan. And now that Gongsun Yue is doing nothing, he doesn't notice any worry in him, which seems unreasonable. What does the old gentleman think? ”

"Well, it is said that General Wei's vision is superior, and according to the old man, Mr. Wei's eloquence is not as good as the old man."

"The old gentleman has won the award, so I should ask the old gentleman for advice."

"Hehaha...... In fact, when the old man wanted to discuss national politics with you, he didn't want the general to look down on the old man, but now he is humble. You will be a person who can achieve great things in the future. ”

Uncle Guang laughed again and again, and then said Gongsun Yue:

"Gongsun Yue, as General Wei said, is not the same as his words and deeds, and he is one person in front of him and one person in the back, which makes it difficult to see his true face. It has been more than 10 years since King Xian Chao promoted him to prime minister, and it is obvious to all that the people have suffered from it.

However, most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty made huge profits because of the new policy, and those who were willing to be driven by it were like cattle hair. And King Xian is a person who is very happy and has a good face, and he is negligent about the livelihood of the people, and it is not an accident that he reuses Gongsun Yue. ”

The biggest flaw in the character of King Xian is that as long as he is comfortable, as long as he can satisfy his selfish desires and be loyal to him, he can rest assured that he can hand over his authority to officials.

Gongsun Yue took advantage of this mentality, through the implementation of the new policy, to satisfy the Xianwang eager to make meritorious deeds, so that the mentality of great achievements, and at the same time, through the adjustment of the policy, so that the elite class can legally plunder the wealth of the lower class, and even pull most of the civil and military generals of the internal and external dynasties to his side.

When the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty vied with each other to praise the virtues of the Xian Wang, the audio-visual and verbal channels of the channel were essentially gone, and the Xian King was immersed in the environment created by the civil and military officials singing the praises of virtue, and naturally could not understand the actual situation outside the palace.

The implementation of the new policy, not only did not improve the people's livelihood in the slightest, but on the contrary, made the people at the bottom even more destitute, first with the "Nongsang Order" to make the powerful and wealthy class earn a lot of money, and then with the "Push Business Tax" to make the powerful crack down on the rich class, and further cut the wool of the rich in the Xianguo.

The ultimate beneficiaries of the two new policies were all powerful and noble, but Gongsun Yue, who did not get any actual benefits and benefits, and his family was still relatively poor, and he only relied on the acres of land rewarded by Yulu and King Xian to make a living.

So the question is, if Gongsun Yue is based on establishing authority and image for himself, gaining the support of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and deliberately opening the back door in the implementation of the New Deal to make profits for the powerful, then now the livelihood of the Xian people is withering, and he Gongsun Yue is not greedy or take, what can he get?

Fame?

Countless people in Xianguo died because of his new policy, and the people who scolded him for breaking his backbone were queuing.

Is that for monetary gain?

His family is poor, almost only living on money and rewards, it is obviously unreasonable to say that he is for profit, of course, it is not ruled out that Gongsun Yue is poor and greedy on the surface, and he does not dare to spend money if he has money, and he is hidden in a secret place.

Now, at least on the surface, the name and the profit of Gongsun Yue have not been obtained, so only the right is left, and it has always been firmly pinched in his hands.

But as far as the he did, with the incident at the east window of Muyang Cang, it was only a matter of time before King Xian abolished his phase, and he wasn't worried that his head would move? is still so calm and calm, like a person who has nothing to do, eat when he should eat, drink when he should drink.

On the other hand, the great Sima Jiang Yan, five out of ten days said that he was sick at home and did not dare to go to the court, at most he went to the harem every day to visit the terminally ill queen mother and beg for care, why was his grandson Yue so calm.

"Old man, all kinds of anomalies are by no means so simple as Gongsun Yue's implementation of the new policy, the causes and consequences of the Xian State are all because of Gongsun Yue's new policy, if there is no new policy, the Jin State will not dare to attack Jiangdong back then, and today's Black Turban Army cannot so easily occupy two and a half counties, one of the reasons is really elusive."

"What General Wei said is extremely true, Xiangguo holds the authority of a country, and he should serve the king to the death and seek the well-being of the common people, and now Gongsun Yue has not done both, so who will be the biggest beneficiary behind it, has General Wei ever considered it?"

"Don't hide it from the old man, this matter is indeed considered, on the surface, the beneficiaries are all powerful and noble, and King Xian has also received the praise of hundreds of officials, which is right. But after the Xian civil strife, the Jin State took the opportunity to invade Jiangdong, Gongsun Yue repeatedly misled the Xian King not to save Jiangdong, and he was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, but there was one thing that did not make sense. ”

"General Wei said that the blood of King Xian was not right, and the Jin State did not know it before the army, even if Fengyangjun took refuge in the Jin State, the civil and military forces of the Jin State and the Manchu Dynasty did not know about it, and it was not until Xihuan married into the Xian State that the matter was able to happen. If Gongsun Yue was the response of the Jin State, the Jin State should have known about it in advance, but the Jin State did not know that he must not be working for the Jin State. ”

"Exactly, isn't that weird?"