Chapter 1325: The General Trend
Speaking of this, Luo Xin took out a holy decree from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Pengju and said:
"See for yourself."
As soon as Xu Pengju saw the holy decree, his eyes shrank, his face became pale, and when he took the holy decree and opened it, he collapsed on the chair.
"Xu Guogong, do you know about King Jing?" Luo Xin asked softly.
"Hmm!" Xu Pengju nodded slightly.
"I think, it was also because King Jing returned the Tuntian, and also admitted a sum of silver, that you remembered to incite the Jiuwei to make a noise, give me a dismount, and warn me, if I dare to accept your Xu Guogong's Tuntian, you will make the south chaotic, especially now that the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan are rebelling, right?
By the way, there's another confession, you see. ”
Qin Shuang took out the confessions of the four White Lotus Sects and handed them to Xu Pengju.
Xu Pengju took it and looked at it a few times, his face was as pale as paper, and Luo Xin's faint voice sounded in his ears:
"Xu Guogong, whether the White Lotus Sect used you to incite the Nine Guards to make trouble this time, or you colluded with the White Lotus Sect ......"
"I didn't collude with the White Lotus Sect!" Xu Pengju shouted in fear.
Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "I just need to hand over these confessions, as for what His Majesty thinks, I don't know." ”
"What do you want?" Xu Pengju didn't have a shelf at all at this time, and his eyes were full of pleading when he looked at Luo Xin.
"Okay!" Luo Xin nodded and said: "Let's continue with the matter of King Jing, His Majesty also gave King Jing such a holy decree, but I didn't show it to King Jing. Because King Jing has done that, I am very satisfied.
Now it's up to you, the prince, and if what you do satisfies me, I should never have shown you this decree. ”
"But this holy decree ......," Xu Pengju looked at Luo Xin with a uncertain expression.
"That's how I talk to Your Majesty."
Xu Pengju's expression kept struggling, and Luo Xin picked up the teacup and drank tea slowly. Xu Pengju's breathing became heavier and heavier, and suddenly he looked at Luo Xin and said:
"Lord Luo, why did you do this? Now that you have the Holy Decree, you could have come directly to our Xu Mansion. If I refuse, you can do what the Holy Decree will do, and arrest me, and won't that be more rewarding? ”
"Actually, His Majesty also asked me to bring a holy decree to King Jing." Luo Xin said softly, then pointed to the holy decree placed on the table:
"The content is pretty much the same. Xu Guogong, presumably you have occupied this tuntian for not a hundred years, but also eighty years, right? ”
"Ahem......" Xu Pengju coughed twice, and when he saw that Luo Xin was still staring at him, he could only nod reluctantly.
"If you follow the content of the holy decree, you not only have to return the tuntian, but also pay the eighty years of land rent, even if you have a great business in the Xu Kingdom, eighty years! I'm afraid that the Guogong Mansion will go bankrupt, right? Can't even eat, can you? ”
Xu Pengju's face was ugly, but he had to admit that Luo Xin was right. Luo Xin didn't wait for him to answer, and continued:
"Your situation is like this, what about King Jing's situation?
Your Majesty is angry because he feels sorry for you greedy people, but as a courtier, he can't help but think about it. Once you take the title of King Jing, you will be degraded to a commoner, and your family property will be confiscated. However, King Jing is a relative of His Majesty, and Duke Xu is also a loyal descendant, so it is inevitable that His Majesty will be ...... It's not that I regret it, but that I don't feel comfortable in my heart.
Therefore, I had a deep talk with King Jing and asked him to return the tuntian completely, and then hand over the silver money as a punishment within acceptable limits. In this way, it not only dissipated His Majesty's anger, but also left King Jing a wealth and wealth. ”
Speaking of this, Luo Xin was silent.
Needless to say, Xu Pengju already understood.
It is to ask him to take the initiative to hand over Tuntian, and then pay a certain fine.
Could he not have done so?
Of course!
But the consequences are very serious, Luo Xin did not directly hand over those confessions to Emperor Jiajing, to be honest, this is already giving him Xu Pengju face, and he Xu Pengju owes Luo Xin a favor. Because once Luo Xin handed over these confessions to Emperor Jiajing, he could imagine what the outcome would be.
There is a high probability that he will be sentenced to collude with the White Lotus Sect to rebel. This is not a degraded commoner, but a full house of beheading.
He Xu Pengju dared to refuse Luo Xin, and Luo Xin dared to hand over his confession to Emperor Jiajing.
Therefore, it is not that you can't refuse Luo Xin, but whether you dare to refuse.
Xu Pengju didn't dare!
In this way, he could only promise Luo Xin, and his heart was full of bitterness at this time. The reason for the rebellion was to give Luo Xin a dismount, so that Luo Xin would not dare to provoke himself, and he would not dare to deal with himself like he did with King Jing.
Not bad!
He just didn't want to return Tuntian.
That's why they instigated rebellion.
But......
Now it seems that it is really a loss to the lady and a soldier. Not only did he not achieve his goal, but he gave Luo Xin a chance.
Imagine, if he hadn't stirred up the noise, Luo Xin wouldn't have had this opportunity to seize his handle. This will make Luo Xin very difficult.
Either there is no way to take yourself, or you can follow the holy decree given by Emperor Jiajing.
But now, Luo Xin took the opportunity he sent out to seize his own handle, and he not only wanted to fully cooperate with Luo Xin, but also to make Luo Xin's favor.
For a while, Xu Pengju really felt that he had nothing to love, leaned back in his chair, and said weakly:
"What are you going to do?"
Luo Xin took out a few more pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Xu Pengju. Xu Pengju took it, and after reading it, his face was already pale, and he said with a wry smile:
"Lord Luo, you are really ruthless. It's just a matter of returning Tuntian, but this fine made Xu Fu on the verge of starvation all of a sudden. ”
"It's not that exaggerated!" Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "The Xu Mansion can still maintain basic decency. ”
"Okay!"
Xu Pengju is very single, and he has to stand upright when he is beaten, and he flicked the paper with his finger and said:
"I'll take care of the rest of the generals."
"I'm tired of Xu Guogong." A smile also appeared on Luo Xin's face.
Xu Pengju suddenly looked at Luo Xin curiously and said: "Lord Luo, you should also know that there are three main kinds of people who invade Tuntian, the first is the imperial relatives, and now you have taken back Tuntian from the hands of those imperial relatives, and the second is our generals." Now there are no problems. The third type is those civil officials, or big families. What are you going to do? ”
"Hehe......" Luo Xin glanced at Xu Pengju lightly and said, "The general trend is the same." ”
Xu Pengju was stunned for a moment, and then became depressed, originally thinking about watching Luo Xin's jokes, it seems that this Luo Xin has made meritorious service again.
Isn't that the trend of the times?
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