Chapter Ninety-Six: Between Good and Evil

Chen Ying wanted to deal with Su Hu, with his current strength, it was too difficult. Although Su Wei had already lost his holy favor, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and even if Chen Ying did everything to deal with Su Hu at all costs, he might not necessarily succeed, but might fall short.

So he had to find a knife that would help him. When Su Hu was also instructing people to secretly buy duck feathers, this knife appeared.

Chen Ying offered the duvet to Li Yuan, not because Chen Ying was fearless, but Chen Ying knew that the husband was not guilty, and he was guilty, such a big piece of cake, with Chen Ying's strength and identity, he couldn't protect such a big cake at all. So pushing the boat down the river, Chen Ying dedicated the duvet jacket to Li Yuan.

Now he was ordered to lead the army to support Lingzhou, and the issue of cold protection for the officers and soldiers in the army has become the top priority. Now compared with later generations, when poultry has not formed large-scale breeding, the entire Chang'an City, the whole world's poultry is still less than one percent, or even one thousandth.

Chen Ying did not count in detail how much down there was in Chang'an City. However, there are more than 4,800 people, at least one set of down jackets need at least three or four catties of down, a down sleeping bag needs at least seven or eight catties, and each person needs at least 12 catties of down, not counting spare, more than 57,600 catties of down are needed at one time.

It can be said that even if Chang'an City collects all of it, there will definitely not be so much down. However, the military needs to come first, and the others can only step aside. Whether it is the crown prince or Li Yuan, he will definitely bite the bullet and let the soldiers wear single clothes to the front line. Within Datang, no one has the two sharpest knives, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng.

Chen Ying's original target was only Li Xiaoguang, but Su Hu actually jumped out alive, and Chen Ying naturally had nothing to be polite about. Now whoever touches the down is unlucky. In fact, it can't be said that all are unlucky, at least the people with the weakest foundation and not too hard backstage are unlucky, if Su Wei's holy favor is not declining, then Su Hu will not be able to become this unlucky person, but now he is the best scapegoat.

Chen hurriedly went to the East Palace to look for Li Jiancheng, but Li Jiancheng was not in the East Palace, and Li Jiancheng did not return until the time when the lantern was held. Chen Ying was patient and refilled the water seven times in a row, and then waited for Li Jiancheng to arrive.

Li Jiancheng said: "General Chen, if you don't go to prepare for the dispatch of troops, what's the matter here?" ”

Chen Ying pretended to hesitate, and said unhurriedly: "The minister doesn't know whether to say or not to say something!" ”

"What, what else can't you say to me?" Li Jiancheng asked with a smile.

Chen Yingdao: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the right guard supports Lingzhou, I'm afraid it's not easy to get a duvet suit!" ”

"Oh!" Li Jiancheng's brows furrowed and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The invention of the down duvet jacket has been popular in Chang'an in a short period of time, and now all the down in Chang'an has been hoarded by major families and door valves. Chen Yingdao: "If there are down jackets and down sleeping bags to keep out the cold, I am afraid that many soldiers will be frostbitten and freeze to death!" ”

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying's eyebrows without worry, and saw that he seemed to have a way to deal with it. He asked, "General Chen seems to have a way to deal with it?" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "The hoarding of down by the major clans is nothing more than for profit. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded.

As a son of the clan, Li Jiancheng is very aware of the temperament of these clan gates, who only have family in their eyes, and have never had the interests of the country. Now, for their own gains, they will certainly ignore the law of the land. The meat that has been eaten in the mouths of the gate valves now, and then letting them spit it out is even more uncomfortable than killing them.

Unless it is bought from them at a high price with money from the treasury. However, it is also the disposition of the clan gate lords, once the imperial court comes forward to buy it, they will definitely sell it to the imperial court at ten times, or even tens or hundreds of times the price.

The imperial court naturally didn't want to be the culprit, but it couldn't ignore it.

Chen Yingdao: "Let the family gate valve take care of the overall situation, it is undoubtedly playing the piano to the cow." Then it's better to kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys! ”

"Who's the chicken and who's the monkey?"

"Jing Zhao Du, Jing Zhao Su, Jing Zhao Liu is a chicken, Xingyang Zheng, Taiyuan Wang, and Wen Xi Pei are monkeys!"

In fact, the six schools mentioned by Chen Ying are all very representative. Jingzhao Du clan is a family of eunuchs, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty period of more than three high-ranking officials, its representative figure is Yixing County Gong, Sui Dynasty Ministry of Industry Shangshu Du Guo. And the current young talent is Du Ruhui, the governor of Shaanzhou.

The Jingzhao Su clan is also a famous family in Jingzhao, especially in the Suwei period, when it became one of the four nobles of the Sui Dynasty, and the Jingzhao Su clan became a famous family in Jingzhao. And the most outstanding representative of the Jingzhao Liu clan is none other than the Tang Dynasty's Nayan, Tejin, Hubu Shangshu, and Shangshu Zuo Servant Liu Wenjing.

The chicken proposed by Chen Ying is more or less related to Qin Wangshi. At this time, Li Jiancheng also came to his senses, this was to knock the king of Qin, Li Shimin, to save him from getting carried away.

Li Jiancheng said: "These families are not good people, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to catch their sore feet!" ”

"But they still have sore feet after all!" Chen Ying said: "Even if you can run a monk, you can't run to the temple, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince afraid that they really dare to play tricks?" ”

For the common people, the emperor is high, and no one dares to resist, in fact, there is no absolute supreme power in this world. At least on this issue, whether it is Li Yuan or Li Jiancheng today, they can't do it according to their temperament.

If the down purchased by the clan lords of the various clans is forcibly taken out, even if the Jingzhao nobles and other factions in the court and the central government may not dare to strike collectively, secretly obstructing one or two will be enough to make the situation develop in a worse direction, and may even make it impossible for the government decree to even issue the imperial city, let alone put the situation in the world in the hands of one person.

However, if several of these conspirators are framed, whether it is the Guanlong aristocratic group or the Shandong aristocratic group, as long as they see that the evidence of Li Jiancheng's father and son is conclusive, Bao Zheng will not be entangled with Li Yuan's father and son in this matter.

"This matter must not be told to outsiders," Li Jiancheng said sternly, "you should have never mentioned this matter"

Chen Ying knew that Li Jiancheng was moved, but it was not necessarily easy to frame the Du, Liu, and Su families, but once the chicken stealing failed and the matter was revealed, it would be a big disaster, and Li Jiancheng could not be careless, nor could he use this strategy without consulting Li Yuan.

It is a fact that he is innocent and is in danger of being destroyed. Although Chen Ying also knew that framing the three families would make many innocent people die in vain, Chen Ying was not a soft-hearted and indiscriminate person. Based on what Su Hu did to himself and Lan'er, he already had a reason to die.

No one will focus on doing bad things all their lives, nor will they do good deeds all their lives, good and evil are only in one thought, this is human nature.

Su Hu's revenge cannot be avenged, and to get rid of Su Hu's 10,000-year-old county order, only Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son can take action. How to do it and how to do it is not a topic that Chen Ying is concerned about.