Fu Song

Chapter 191
"This is the imperial power, the supreme, unambiguous imperial power!"

Xiao Cheng's expression was extremely cold, he stood with his hands behind his back, and said to Jiang Yingxue who was beside him.

"A prince is precious enough, right? King Jing has been the prince with the most power and influence over the years, but so what? When Longyan got angry, he was still trembling and precarious."

Jiang Yingxue sighed: "Yes, no one would have imagined that things would suddenly deteriorate to such an extent. Erlang, Xueshi Xiao has always been recognized as the Jingwang party. Will it be affected this time?"

Xiao Cheng chuckled: "My father is still useful, and nothing will happen this time. Didn't you find out? The unlucky ones are all small officials below the fifth rank. Those who are in key positions like my father , at such a critical moment, it is not easy to move."

"That's right, Xueshi Xiao is the third envoy, in charge of the country's finances. Now the war in the northwest and the chaos in Hebei require a lot of financial support from the center to maintain it. If Xueshi Xiao is moved, the third envoy will be in chaos. It will make the situation worse!" Jiang Yingxue laughed: "I was thinking about it earlier, I am afraid that Xiao Shi will also be implicated."

However, Xiao Cheng shook his head and said, "This time we won't be implicated, what about the next time? The officials have become increasingly prejudiced against King Jing. This kind of fear has been deeply rooted in the emperor's heart, and one day it will affect us."

"King Jing was hit badly this time, as long as King Jing is honest, wouldn't it be fine?" Jiang Yingxue said: "Now King Jing has basically been stripped of his duties except for the title of Prince. , what you want to do, you can’t do what you want, right?”

"That's right to the point, and that's what I expected."

Although it is considered by the outside world to be the Jingwang Party, Xiao Cheng has no awareness of the Jingwang Party at all. Instead, he hopes that Jingwang will be unlucky for a few more years.

"But I'm afraid that this prince will not be willing to be lonely!" Xiao Cheng said: "Who doesn't have any cards? Even a small shrimp like me, do you think King Jing will not? And, if this situation continues Going on, King Jing's chances will become smaller and smaller, do you think he will be willing?"

"So what can he do? Could it be possible to rebel?" Jiang Yingxue said disapprovingly.

"That's not sure!" Xiao Cheng snorted. "For a person like King Jing, a man should not be powerless for a day, and let him live a lonely life, it would be better to kill him with one knife."

Jiang Yingxue blinked her eyes and looked at Xiao Cheng for a while, and said: "So Erlang, you did those things in the northwest, and then you put all your efforts in those states in the south, so that you can take off the reins one day?"

"Is that so easy?" Xiao Cheng sighed: "All I did earlier, to put it bluntly, was just for the sake of an old saying, three caves for cunning rabbits. The northwest is one cave, and the layout in the south is also one cave. Yingxue , if something goes wrong, we pack up our things and hide in those places, even the emperor will find it difficult to do anything to us!"

"That's right, which places are not disobedient to the emperor's control, but in name, the Song Dynasty is the main one!" Jiang Yingxue has been in the south for several years. The further south, the weaker the ruling power of the Song Dynasty.

"But this is just a last resort!" Xiao Cheng continued, "If it's possible, I don't want to leave this fancy world and go to the ravine!"

Jiang Yingxue covered her mouth and smiled: "You want to be an official and enjoy life for the rest of your life, but you don't want to be restricted by the imperial power, and you only want to lock the imperial power in a cage, which is very difficult!"

"It's hard!" Xiao Cheng said: "But people like me are born unable to bear their own lives and wealth will be wiped out because of another person's fluffy words, so ah, I have to think about it. Run, It is a last resort to withdraw, and before you have to run away, you have to find a way to try to see if you can solve this problem better. Fish, I have what I want, bear's paw, I have what I want, if the two If you can have both, that’s great.”

"But it's really difficult!"

"It's difficult, it's difficult, and it's interesting!" Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "I think I can fight for a few rounds with this supreme imperial power for thousands of years, and I am full of fighting spirit."

"Where is this?" Jiang Yingxue said with a smile: "Let's wait until the Jinshi in September has tried it. Erlang, you have to be on the imperial list first, and then you have to be awarded a small official. After decades of hard work, you have stood in the two houses. In the position of Mr. Xianggong, you can pet your wrists with the officials, and now he is a strongman, and you are a child, so you are not on the same level!"

"If God can give me decades, then I will be the ultimate winner." Xiao Cheng said with great confidence: "The model you mentioned is what I am most looking forward to, because it can moisten things in a subtle and silent way." Change slowly, rather than in drastic means."

The so-called drastic means must mean that in this peaceful era, there will be great changes and great chaos, and in the chaos, a new order will be born.But the price to be paid for this kind of chaos must be huge. If there is even a slight possibility, Xiao Cheng does not want this kind of chaos to happen.

Because once such a situation arises, the people will inevitably be in dire straits and their lives will be destroyed.

Jiang Yingxue looked at Xiao Cheng with her hands behind her back, her head held high and her chest up, as if everything was under control. Although in terms of age, she was a few years older than Xiao Cheng, she was always used to relying on Xiao Cheng. Cheng, deep in her heart, has always believed that as long as there is this man, nothing is a problem, and all problems will be solved.

"I'm going to the south this time, does Erlang have any orders?" Jiang Yingxue asked.

"We have already given enough sweet dates. If those people are sensible, they should know that they need to share something with us." Xiao Cheng said: "If they don't know what to do, do you know what to do?"

Jiang Yingxue smiled: "Good Erlang, from the information sent back, there are so many stubborn ones, do you really think that the strong dragon can't suppress the local snake? It's because Qianglong doesn't want to cause more trouble, and he is too lazy to be as knowledgeable as the local snake. If you want to suppress it, the power of thunder, how can a mere local snake resist it?"

The layout in the south has been going on for several years, but they are all scattered one by one. This time Jiang Yingxue went over to connect these dots into a piece. In Xiao Cheng's past, it was difficult for other people to have the prestige to convince the people in charge of those places.

And Xiao Cheng obviously couldn't pass now, the Jinshi examination was going to be held in September, at this time, if he wanted to find any reason to leave Bianliang, he would not get the consent of his family, so Jiang Yingxue could only pass by.

In front of Xiao Cheng, Jiang Yingxue seemed to be a face person, no matter how much he rubbed her, she would be infinitely gentle.But this kind of tenderness was only given to Xiao Cheng. In front of outsiders, Jiang Yingxue was the owner of the mysterious Tianxiang Pavilion, but in front of his subordinates, Jiang Yingxue was a decisive and strong woman.

Over the years, countless people have fallen under the hands of the Iron Lady.

When they returned to Xiao's mansion, it was already dark.

From the end of the Juren Examination, Xiao Cheng nominally followed Mr. Cen to the Gao Mansion for the final sprint in order to prepare for the Jinshi Examination in September.Therefore, I go home late every day, and sometimes I don’t even go home.

This gave Xiao Cheng a lot of space.

Because he can easily create a situation where both ends are black.

The Gao Mansion thought he had gone home, but the Xiao Mansion thought he was staying overnight in the Gao Mansion.

Although the Xiao family has very little restraint on Xiao Cheng now, and the Xiao family no longer regards Xiao Cheng as an ignorant young man during the trip to the northwest, but wordiness is always inevitable.

During this period of time, the atmosphere in the Xiao Mansion has been very tense, the whole mansion seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, all the servants held their voices and kept their breaths, all of them lowered their brows.

And all of this is naturally because of the political atmosphere in Bianliang.

Mrs. Xiao is a recognized henchman of King Jing!
King Jing was unlucky, how could the Xiao family be alone?
In the past, the Sansi Envoy's Mansion was the busiest mansion in Bianliang, and there were always countless officials who tried their best to come to pay a visit to the Minister of Finance of the Song Dynasty, but for a while, it can be described as a crowd.

I don't know how many people are waiting for Xiao Yu, the treasurer, to be picked up by the officials.

It's a pity that after waiting and waiting, the imperial edict has never been issued, and Xiao Yu is as busy as a spinning top, and even goes home very rarely, because there are too many things to do.

Just got off his horse today, and before he walked in the door, Xiao Cheng noticed something different from usual.

The two gatekeepers greeted them with smiles on their faces and kept booing and asking for warmth. The servants coming and going in the yard were more angry than usual, and they all smiled.

"What happened at home?" Xiao Cheng asked.

"Erlang, great joy! Earlier news was sent from the Ministry of War that Dalang won a complete victory in the Xingqing Mansion, defeated the traitor Li Xu, and recovered the Xingqing Mansion!" Si Lu said loudly: "The eldest lady just I rewarded everyone with consistent money!"

That's it!

No wonder everyone in the mansion swept away the decadence of the past!
Dare is the elder brother's war in the northwest, and it finally came to an end!
This is a great achievement!
Well, the eldest lady has improved this time, instead of sending money to the Daxiangguo Temple, she gave a lot of rewards to these people in the family.

Xiao Cheng thought so, and saw Xu Wuyan walk out.

"Erlang, you're back?" Xu Wuyan's face was also full of joy, his stooped back seemed to straighten.

"I'm back, where is Grandpa Xu going?"

"Ma'am, I have ordered this old slave to go to the Daxiangguo Temple to lose a thousand incense sticks!" Xu Wuyan said with a smile.

Xiao Cheng rubbed his forehead with his hand, well, the eldest lady still can't change this habit!
"When did the eldest lady go to make a wish again?" Xiao Cheng was a little annoyed.

Xu Wuyan nodded with a smile, knowing that Erlang had always disliked monks, Xu Wuyan didn't quite understand this because he also believed in Buddhism.

Xiao Cheng shook his head and walked inward. First, he had to congratulate the eldest lady. During this period of time, the eldest lady followed blindly and wrote a lot of letters just to her mother's house, but in Xiao Cheng's opinion, it must be fruitful little.

The Han family in Xinyang still has a lot of influence in Xinyang right now. They haven't had high-ranking officials for many years. The Han family is no longer what it used to be. It's too late to hide, there will be sticking to the upper body!
Now that the elder brother made a great contribution, the predicament that Xiao's facing now was easily solved. Even if the one in the Long Live Palace wanted to take away Xiao Yu's position as the treasurer, it would be difficult to do it all at once.

"Thank you, Ma'am!" Xiao Cheng saluted respectfully: "Brother has made such a great contribution, he will be appointed as a general, and he will be in the top class, that is just around the corner!"

"Second brother is back!" Mrs. Han's face was radiant, in stark contrast to the previous two days, "You came back just in time, and I'm going to throw a big banquet to celebrate, please help me find out, I should invite those guests! "

Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "For such a matter, it's better to wait for Dad to come back to make a decision."

"Who knows when he will come back? We mother and son will come out with a big list first, and it will be easier to check when your father comes back later!" Mrs. Han laughed.

"That's good!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

At this time, the scene that should be put on still needs to be put on, and the face that should be slapped must also be slapped.

Sometimes, the more flamboyant you are, the more you will be okay, the more humble you are, the more people will think that you have evil intentions.

The Xiao Mansion has suppressed it for many days, welcomed such a happy event, and boasted about it, even the one in the Long Live Palace would not think there is any problem.

Even if there was such an important happy event at home, Xiao Yu was too busy to return home until two o'clock.

"Your mother wants to treat guests, so let her go. Anyway, she is just inviting some family members over, so she can make the decision." Xiao Yu angrily pulled the list in Xiao Cheng's hand aside.

"Father, this time mother is going to throw a banquet, and it's not just for boasting!" Xiao Cheng said.

"I know!" Xiao Yu rubbed his forehead: "But your elder brother didn't win all the merits this time. The Xingqing Mansion was recovered, and Li Xu was indeed defeated, but Li Xu himself ran away. Son, it's still troublesome!"

"Has Li Xu run away?" Xiao Cheng asked.

"Escaped, fled to Guazhou, Shazhou, Guazhou, Suzhou and Li Xu's subordinates, this war is far from over!" Xiao Yu shook his head.

However, Xiao Cheng showed a satisfied smile on his face. When he left the Northwest, he had a detailed discussion with Zhang Yuan, Tuoba Yangwei and others, and made painstaking arrangements. Finally, things were still developing according to his wishes.Of course, these people must have taken great pains in the process of implementing this plan.

Of course Li Xu couldn't be caught or killed so soon!

If he was killed all at once, how could his eldest brother take root in the northwest!
Of course, he also knows that people like Zhang Yuan and Tuoba Yangwei have their own ideas and pursuits, but what does it matter, as long as everyone's interests are on the same line, it will be fine.

"Father, Li Xu has lost the land of Xingling, and he will almost become a bandit in the future. There is no big threat. The princes of the two governments must be able to see this clearly. Therefore, the credit of the elder brother is real. .”

"That being said, Li Du still has tens of thousands of troops under his command!" Xiao Yu said.

"Once Li Xu is defeated, can Li Du still control the tens of thousands of troops under his command?" Xiao Cheng said: "The tree falls and the monkeys scatter. There are always smart people in this world, and the comforter Ma just flexes his muscles at this time."

(End of this chapter)