Chapter Seventy-Nine: Who Counts Whom

The text begins in chapter seventy-nine, who calculates whom

Geng Nanzhong began to serve as a staff member in Zhao Huan's mansion in the second year of his political career, and unswervingly supported him, Lao Geng was like a smart investor, buying a junk stock that seemed to be about to be delisted, and others cut the meat and exchanged the shares, but Lao Geng resolutely held it. Press Ctrl+D to quickly collect "Please see the novel network" He contacted the officials of the DPRK and China to recommend Zhao Huan as the crown prince, and after his unremitting efforts, he finally achieved a positive result, and he also served as the prince Zhan Shi.

The problem is that Zhao Huan will not be an official, and he will attract courtiers, so that people have opinions about him, and no one will want to see him. Yang Jian "plotted to shake the East Palace". Tong Guan "shook the East Palace", and Cai You "married Yun Di as a brother." Liang Shicheng was responsible for the construction of the kings' mansions, and deliberately regarded the palace of the kings as "the residence of the kings, and the extravagance was the most." ”

From these, it can be seen how bad Zhao Huan's living environment is. But Lao Geng still did not give up, still fighting by the side of the prince, Wang Huang attacked the East Palace, and Lao Geng took refuge in his political opponent - Li Bangyan, the right man of Shangshu. The prodigal prime minister and the mixed-race prime minister are very handsome, they are both favored by the emperor, and their official positions are not much different, but they both look down on each other, often compete with each other, intrigue and intrigue, tear each other down, and the mixed-race prime minister is looking for trouble in the East Palace, and the prodigal prime minister has the idea to resolve it and help the prince. actually survived like this, he also became the prince's first confidant, Zhao Huan obeyed him, but today the two of them squeaked.

"Your Highness, now that Prince Yan is colluding with important ministers in the court, he is in the company of evil ways, and his strength is growing stronger day by day, I am afraid it will not be good for His Highness!" Geng Nanzhong was worried about the rise of Zhao Ta.

"Master, no, the second brother once recommended me as the crown prince, and he stood up for me several times, how could it be unfavorable to me!" Zhao Ta smiled and shook his head, thinking that he was too careful.

"Your Royal Highness, don't be fooled by Prince Yan's illusion, he recommended you to be the crown prince, firstly, because he had a shallow foundation in the court at that time and could not compete with King Jia, so he pretended to be generous; The second is that he is not the eldest son, and he knows that his name is not right, and he supports you just to buy people's hearts in order to plan for the future. Your Highness, don't fall for him! Geng Nanzhong said.

"No, the second brother is not the person you said, when he returned to heaven after his mother, he did not fulfill his filial piety and disregarded his own safety, for me, he did not hesitate to use Lin Lingsu as a target, he is a sincere and filial person, how can he be as unbearable as you say!" Zhao Huan shook his head and said, not believing Geng Nanzhong's words.

"Your Royal Highness, you have been in the palace for a long time, living in a simple place, and you don't know the cunning of Prince Lu Daoyan, when he was in Xiangyi, he threatened the local officials, forcibly occupied the fertile land, and exchanged a cat for a Zhuangzi; and what is his intention to recruit customers, take in lawbreakers, train his own soldiers, collect money everywhere, and do nothing to the extreme; After returning to Beijing, he even accepted bribes on a large scale, and swords and guns faced each other at every turn, Yinglong Town destroyed the door, and the rumor was that he did it, that is, he beat Lin Lingsu, and in a blink of an eye, the two colluded together to accept his money, which was just his means, that is, he gained fame and profit! Geng Nanzhong began to count Zhao Ta's viciousness.

"No, I've never heard of any of these things!" Zhao Huan was a little vague, looked at Geng Nanzhong and said, I hope his words are to amuse himself.

"These things that Prince Yan did are not a good thing, of course, it is very hidden, after he entered Beijing, he made some food, told some rural stories to confuse the saint, humiliated the imperial concubine in public, beat the minister, and was jealous of the splashing skin, who knows these things, what he did made the world shameless, the day before yesterday he went to Jiangnan to intensify his efforts, relying on the emperor's favor, fish and flesh people, blackmail local officials, indiscriminate killing of innocents, Hangzhou prefect is he instructed people to assassinate at the door of the government, this one by one, one by one outrageous!" Geng Nanzhong said indignantly.

"No, if that's the case, why didn't my father punish him, why didn't the courtiers impeach him, these rumors are mostly untrue, and the master is biased, right?" Zhao Huan has always had a good impression of this brother, and he doesn't believe in these things, and he is puzzled.

"This is the cunning of Prince Yan, of course he will try not to let these actions reach the ears of the emperor, now he has close contacts with Cai Jing, the courtiers are afraid of the prestige of the two, of course they dare not play, as the saying goes, there is no wind and no waves, and the rumors must have a source, and they will not come out of nowhere!" Geng Nanzhong saw that Zhao Huan's confidence began to waver, and persuaded him with added fuel and vinegar. …,

"That master means that we can't be close to Prince Yan's mansion, and we have to be alienated from him, isn't this too unkind?" Zhao Huan understood that Geng Nanzhong didn't want to make love to his younger brother.

"His Royal Highness's words are very true, 'near the virtuous ministers and far villains' sages are honest and do not deceive me, Prince Yan has only been in Beijing for a year, and he has been favored by the emperor, enveloping the important ministers of the court, interfering in state affairs, once the wings are full, I am afraid that it will shake the position of the East Palace, we have to guard against it!" Geng Nanzhong said again.

"How's that good?" What Zhao Huan is most afraid of is being robbed of the crown prince, it is not easy to come, if he is deposed as the prince, it will be a fallen phoenix, and the end will be even more miserable, this time it is said to his heart.

"As long as we take advantage of his unstable foundation and expel him from the capital, away from the center, he will be a dragon out of the water, a tiger down the mountain, no matter how much we toss, we can't escape our grasp!" Geng Nanzhong saw that the prince had been moved by his own words, and said with a sneer.

"The second brother is deeply favored by his father, and besides, it is the rule of the ancestors that the prince is not allowed to go out of Beijing casually, I am afraid this matter is not easy!" Zhao Huan thought for a while and said.

"This is not a problem, now that Prince Jia has promoted the imperial city envoy, and Prince Yan has also proclaimed Jiangnan, haven't these already broken the rules?" Geng Nanzhong said, "Prince Yan's departure from Beijing can't be forced, it needs to be flexible, now the war in the northwest has been dragging on for a long time, the emperor has ordered Tong Taiwei to fight in the spring of tomorrow, His Royal Highness can play the emperor to ask Prince Yan to go to the northwest to supervise the army, and then he can be sent out of Beijing!" ”

"Wouldn't it be inappropriate to let Prince Yan lead the troops to make him feel like a tiger, I'm afraid this matter is inappropriate!" Zhao Huan also knew that Lu Dao had soldiers and was the king of grass, and expressed doubts about his plan.

"Thinking that Tong Guan has been operating in the northwest for more than ten years, how can he easily let go of power, and the emperor is ready to conquer the Liao State, and will definitely transfer all the elites of the Western Army back, Prince Yan is a toothless tiger, what can he do, let him stay there, and then take him back to the capital when His Royal Highness ascends the throne in the future, at that time the overall situation has been decided, what can he do!" Geng Nanzhong stroked his beard and said, it was wishful thinking.

"Then why did you let me play?" Zhao Huan was still a little unbearable, after all, the two were brothers, and Zhao Ta was good to him, so he didn't want to come out and do this.

"Your Highness should not have the kindness of a woman if you want to achieve great things, you recommend him to supervise the northwest of the army, first, to focus on state affairs and prevent Tong Guan's dictatorship; the second is to repay Prince Yan's kindness for recommending you as the crown prince that day; The third is that this involves royal family affairs, as the crown prince, this should not be compromised, but it can also show your generosity! Geng Nanzhong said and took out a book from his sleeve and said, "I have prepared the chapter, Your Highness only needs to use the seal!" ”

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A few days later, Zhao Ta's story was finished, and Lin Lingsu's Jin Dan was also eaten, and his chest didn't hurt anymore, but the pleasure of thinking about what he wanted after eating Jin Dan every time he couldn't stop, and he was itching all over his body after only one day, and he couldn't help it in the evening, so he quietly came to Prince Yan's mansion to find medicine.

But Zhao Ta didn't give it to him as happily as before, but said with a sad face: "Lin Palace Master, this golden pill is an ancient immortal prescription, it can have the effect of resurrecting the dead, and eating too much is probably not good for the body, besides, I don't have a few in my hand, and the items required for alchemy are very rare, and it is difficult to purchase all of them for a while!" ”

"Please also ask the prince to give a few first, it is an immortal prescription, thinking that it is always good for the body, after I eat the golden pill, I feel very comfortable on my body, and there is always a feeling of fluttering, that is, the Taoism feels a lot more profound, what is missing can tell me, I will find someone to find it..." You can tell how much you need! ”

"Since the Lin Palace Lord eats this golden pill to the body, and can improve his skills, it doesn't hurt to eat, but the cost of refining the golden pill is really expensive, and this king is also unbearable, and the annual income is only enough to refine once, and it is extremely difficult to master when refining, and the slightest carelessness will be wasted, so many years this king has only accumulated these seven seven forty-nine pieces, it is really not easy, I wanted to keep a few to save my life, but the main food of the Lin Palace is to eat, just give it to you!" Zhao Ta didn't mention the money, and ordered Jianxi to bring the Dan bottle and give it to him, but he put the difficulties in a bunch, and the subtext was self-evident. …,

Lin Lingsu happily took the bottle, and couldn't wait to open it and take a look, there were still five or six left, and there were indeed not many. He probably calculated that the prince's annual income plus miscellaneous subsidies would be about 50,000 yuan, but he could only practice less than fifty gold pills, and one was a thousand yuan, which was really a heavenly medicine and a heavenly price!

"Please also ask the prince to open the furnace for alchemy, and tomorrow Xiaodao will send someone to send money!" Lin Lingsu said, although the price of Jindan is high, but it can't stand the money of the palace lord of Lin, the annual salary, the emperor's reward, the filial piety of the disciples and grandchildren, and then get some money from the project, plus the income from the dojo everywhere, and also save a million dollars, 50,000 yuan is just the price of the appearance fee, it is really a drizzle for him!

Lin Lingsu really counted when he spoke, and the next day he sent someone to send 200,000 yuan, asking Zhao Ta to refine the pill, and Zhao Ta had no reason not to accept the money sent to the door. It takes 100 to raise a cavalry a year, 10,000 cavalry can raise a hundred cavalry, and 200,000 cavalry is enough for 2,000 cavalry. And this money is so easy, he just rubs the opium into small balls, paints two circles of gold dust on the bones, and then finds a beautiful small bottle to finish the work, the cost is the price of a bottle, and the effort of pulling puts a large amount of silver in his pocket, or drug trafficking is the most lucrative business, but this is just the beginning, and when Lin Lingsu's addiction is bigger, his own military expenses will be paid by him!

Waiting until three days later, Zhao Ta handed over this batch of urgent work, and news also came from the palace, but except for Prince Yan and a few high-level officials, no one knew the content of the road, but everyone thought it was good news, because the prince drank too much and sang songs for a night, so noisy that the whole house didn't sleep well!

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