"I'm on an errand as ordered!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The atmosphere was so solemn before. Even if everyone was determined to follow Qian Wubing, but there is a legitimate errand to do, who would be willing to do it?
Those things that are a bit unpopular.
"Your Majesty wants to hold this martial arts test. This is a good thing. Then why does Liu Shangshu obstruct it?" Huang Daya scratched his head and said in confusion: "This martial arts test should not cost the imperial court much money, right?
, Liu Shangshu is a bit stingy, but this doesn’t require any money from him, so he has enough to support his opposition?”
"This is not a matter of money at all, okay!" Qian Wubing smiled helplessly: "I'm afraid that in his heart, he regards this matter as His Majesty's joke again. If he doesn't agree, it's natural.
Yes, he is the Minister of War, and he is in charge of military and national weapons. He must think about the future!"
"Oh!" Everyone said together. Thinking of some of the rumors today, they all felt the same way. If they were themselves, they couldn't believe that this was their Majesty planning to do something serious.
"Isn't it okay for His Majesty to issue an order?" Yan Qi was a person who had been in contact with Zhu Houzhao several times. He thought about it and asked with some doubts.
"If a matter can be solved by an imperial edict, do I need to come to you to discuss this matter?" Qian Wubing said angrily: "If you push our Liu Shangshu into trouble, he dares to flirt with you and refuses to do it.
People, you may have heard a little bit about what happened in the court. You can’t even count on your fingers the number of elders like Liu Shangshu from the four dynasties and role models for all officials!”
"My lord, you have no idea. You and Liu Shangshu have never been in contact with each other. To put it bluntly, these old ministers of the late emperor do not have a good impression of our Jinyiwei. Even if we, the spies sent by Fusi in Beizhen, come to
In their house, if you're polite, give them a place to stay, if you're not polite, just kick them out. Even if we, the commander-in-chief, can't do anything, why don't we impeach them over such a trivial matter? Even if they are impeached, I'm afraid
The one with a gray look on his face is also our Commander-in-Chief, these old ministers are well-connected, and an official may pop up from somewhere to cheer for them, it may be their disciples or something like that!"
Yan Qi thought about it carefully and felt that there was simply no place to start with this matter. It was not even easy to find a reason for Qian Wubing to visit him. It was really like a dog biting a hedgehog.
"Why don't you find someone to introduce you to me?" Huang Daya rolled his eyes for a long time before holding back this sentence.
"If you are introduced to someone, will our master's identity change?" Yan Jiu sneered: "When the master reveals his identity, you will not be the one who receives the cold reception in the Shangshu Mansion!"
Lou Wuyang and the others did not say anything. Obviously, their previous experiences determined that these methods based on official rules would have no market for them. They were all accustomed to taking the wrong approach.
Seeing that everyone's discussion had reached a deadlock, the three of them exchanged glances, murmured a few words in a low voice, and finally came up with an idea.
"Sir, aren't we looking for those monsters from the White Lotus Sect?" Cheng Ping spoke the most eloquently, and the three of them simply recommended him to speak out.
"Yes, but I have already asked someone to take care of this matter. The matter we are talking about is more important now!" Qian Wubing nodded.
"In the past few days, not only are we in the capital searching for these evil cult monsters, the West Factory seems to be using these evil cult monsters as the three fuels for opening up. The pursuit is quite strict. I heard from my subordinates that the Shuntian Prefecture alone
Many of the prisoners who have been here for many years have been released recently - there is almost no room in the Shuntian Mansion prison to house those evil cult monsters!"
"I know about this!" Qian Wubing nodded. He had heard about Zhu Houzhao's order to Xichang to investigate these religious sects. "But, what does this have to do with what we are talking about now?"
"My subordinates are thinking that these cult demons, who are being hunted down by our people, may disappear, or they may go all-out, and commit several crimes in the capital. They may rush into official vehicles, or they may go private.
There are even bolder ones who break into official residences, and may even assassinate important officials of the imperial court. Maybe, the Lord Liu Shangshu we are talking about is so unlucky to be targeted by these monsters!"
A strange smile appeared on Cheng Ping's long scarred face: "At that time, whether it is to protect the important officials of the imperial court or to arrest these monsters, there will always be a reason for Liu Shangshu to meet him!"
Everyone was a little stunned. This idea, this idea was simply too bold. If they hadn't heard Cheng Ping say it face to face, they would have doubted whether the person who said this was Jin Yiwei or one of those evil cult monsters.
"Also, in the important area of Gyeonggi, evil spirits and heretics are rampant. No matter how you put it, it can be attributed to the lax military preparedness of the imperial court. Perhaps, after experiencing these things, Lord Shangshu will have some feelings. I don't know for sure. When the time comes,
Sir, if you lobby again, it will be easier if not half the result with half the effort!"
"Nonsense!" Qian Wubing shook his head, remembering that when he was in the Leopard Room, Zhu Houzhao gave him this matter. He once thought that it would be easier to give him a knife to assassinate Liu Daxia. Unexpectedly, this happened in a blink of an eye.
, this idea was really thought up by one of his subordinates, what is this? What is good at the top must not be bad at the bottom?
"If any news of this kind of thing leaks out, it will be a huge disaster. Even if His Majesty protects us, we people don't need to talk about our future and escape under the verbal and written criticism of hundreds of officials.
If you get life, it is already blessed by your ancestors!" Qian Wubing rejected it without even thinking about it.
"Sir, this method really works!" Yan Qi pondered for a moment and said: "We don't really want to assassinate Lord Shangshu on the street, we just need to make such a posture, and then you will have reason to intervene. Of course
, It is not necessarily aimed at Liu Shangshu alone. In order to confuse the ears and eyes, it is okay to scare a few more ministers. However, the whole city is full of rumors. Of course, everyone is in danger of those real cult monsters, so the lord's errands can be taken care of.
It’s done!”
"Ten thousand steps back, your Excellency still can't explain Liu Shangshu. However, since we have made the illusion that these monsters are rampant in the capital, His Majesty's move of arranging military equipment and selecting loyal and brave men from the army is, in the eyes of all officials,
, even if it is natural, as long as our Majesty doesn’t let it slip again, the officials will not twist their necks to object for the sake of their own safety!”
"When the general trend is over, even if Liu Shangshu has different opinions, if he doesn't want to be a lonely minister, he will have to keep his own ideas in his stomach!"
Yan Qi became more and more excited as he talked, "Sir, this can be done!"
"I have just told you about the risks of this matter. Even if I agree with you to do it, when I leave this room, I will just pretend that I have not heard this. I have no knowledge of what you are doing.
, are you clear?" Qian Wubing pondered slightly, and his heart was a little shaken.
"Don't worry, sir. Even if there is something wrong with this matter, it is definitely because of the bold and reckless actions of a few of my subordinates, and the sir will not be implicated!" Yan Qi chuckled and said, "If there really is a trap, we brothers will get involved.
There are adults we can count on. If you are implicated, then we can only hope for God’s grace! The problem is that Your Majesty only recognizes adults, but he doesn’t know who we unknown people are!"
"Okay, let's discuss what to do..."
…
Liu Daxia's life is very regular. Although he is the Minister of the Ministry of War, he pays great attention to health. He has no interest in the extravagant things that most officials like. He gets up at Liyin time every day and goes to the morning meeting.
Attend the court meeting. If there is no court meeting, just walk in the garden at home, and then go to the Ministry of War to sit for a long time and deal with the affairs of the Yamen. In the afternoon, come back and take a nap, read again, or meet with officials or something, and the day will pass like this.
.
Liu's mansion is not big. Liu Daxia's two sons are both officials in other places. Except for a few old family members and his wife, there is nothing like a wealthy family in the mansion. On the contrary, Liu's wife came from a peasant family and has been used to it for decades.
Nothing has changed. In the beautiful garden, she dug out some land and used it as a vegetable garden. She also fed a lot of chickens and goslings. If an uninformed person walked into the backyard of the Liu Mansion, they would think that
I walked into the yard of a certain farmhouse.
The old couple were awakened by the sound of geese raised in the backyard. In rural areas, more geese are kept to prevent theft than dogs. The two of them didn't care at first, until their family members shouted something, and then their voices suddenly stopped.
When they stopped, the two of them became a little surprised and suspicious.
Is this a thief? What kind of thief dares to sneak into Shangshu's mansion? Liu's wife held her wife's hand tightly and refused to let him go out to check. The shouts of her family members also woke up the others.
People, the Liu Mansion quickly became lively.
Not long after, a family member came to report that there was indeed a thief in their home. The thief was still very poor. After being discovered, he actually attacked and knocked down the person and escaped. The family member who was hit on the head is still bloody.
A piece of it.
"What does Shuntian Prefecture do for food?" Liu Daxia muttered. In the most benign place in the capital, there are actually evil thieves so rampant. This Shuntian Prefecture Yin is too practical for his job. He secretly wondered whether he should read his book tomorrow.
Woolen cloth?
"Forget it, forget it, there's nothing to steal from our house anyway!" Liu's wife comforted him, "Just tell the family to keep an eye on the door and don't let anyone take advantage of it. Go to sleep, sleep, you will need it later.
Get up early!”
"You really have no eyesight. If you have such ability, you should go to the house of that eunuch Liu Jin. This gentleman deserves to be poor for the rest of his life!" Liu Daxia muttered a few words and lay down again.