Chapter 1487. It’s hard to control people’s hearts.
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After Huo Zhengyuan finished negotiating with the big shots and left Juying Pavilion, Tang Sheng kept chasing after Huo Zhengyuan shamelessly.
Tang Sheng has been pestering Huo Zhengyuan, and the reason is very simple - the lowly people paid such heavy casualties, helped the court wipe out a large number of gangsters, and successfully rescued the seventh prince Zhu Hejian. It can be said that they have made great contributions, so Tang Sheng is eager to
Do you know, when will Huo Zhengyuan plan to ask the court for merit for the low-ranking people? When will the court issue a decree of commendation? What chance do the low-ranking people have to leave the other register and regain their status as good citizens?
However, after Huo Zhengyuan took advantage of the lowly people, he immediately showed his true qualities as a politician.
"Of course I will ask the imperial court for you, but this matter cannot be rushed. I need to reach a tacit understanding with all parties first... If we can win the support of Zhou Chief Assistant, the Seventh Prince and others, we can join forces with them to ask for you.
Gong, naturally the opportunities will greatly increase..."
"However... I still have many more important things to deal with now, and I don't have time to deal with your requests for merit and awards in the near future... Don't worry!"
"As for when the imperial court awards will be announced, and what the chances are for you to break away from the lowly status... I can't say for sure! The scale of the lowly status in Nanjing is too large. If you want a large number of lowly status to be restored to their status as good citizens at the same time, you must go through hundreds of procedures.
In the official meeting, I can only try my best to fight for it..."
Facing Tang Sheng's questioning and entanglement, Huo Zhengyuan not only responded with a perfunctory attitude, but also gave ambiguous answers.
At the end, seeing that Tang Sheng was still struggling to get a positive answer as soon as possible, Huo Zhengyuan was even more impatient and reprimanded directly: "Are you still worried that I will break my promise? What is my identity? How could it be because of you?
This thing will destroy your credibility? I have said that there are still many important things that need to be dealt with first, all of which are related to the overall situation of the court. We cannot distract ourselves with your trivial matters, do you understand?"
In fact, Huo Zhengyuan did not lie.
As one of the parties in the three-party joint trial, he now needs to focus on the interrogation and investigation, do his best to find out the truth, and follow the clues to find the evidence that Zhu Hejian secretly raised the dead. He also needs to spend a lot of time and effort with Xu Shengying, Xi Cheng and others
When dealing with people, they naturally don't care about asking for credit for lowly people.
But Huo Zhengyuan does not intend to break his promise. After the situation in Nanjing settles, he will eventually ask the court for merit for the untouchables, and he will definitely recommend that the court grant mercy to the untouchables so that they can be removed from the other register and restored to their status as good citizens.
However, Huo Zhengyuan is not willing to expend too much energy for the sake of the lowly disciples, nor is he willing to affect his own interests for the sake of the lowly disciples. If the Dukes of Gungun at the center of the capital are too stingy in their rewards after deliberation, they will only allow
There are very few untouchables who have regained their status as good citizens, and Huo Zhengyuan will never argue and get himself into controversy.
After all, the lowly people have now lost their use value and are no longer worth Huo Zhengyuan's efforts.
On the other side, Tang Sheng also knew that his persistent pursuit would definitely anger Huo Zhengyuan, but there was nothing he could do.
According to subsequent statistics, in order to assist the imperial court in suppressing banditry, the lowly members suffered heavy casualties, with more than 120 people dead and nearly 300 injured.
These casualties and casualties were all men in their prime, who were the backbone of their respective families and even the leaders of various types of destitutes.
At the same time, when the Nanjing defenders and Jin Yiwei took over the situation, they did not regard the lowly people as heroes at all. They still had a bad and contemptuous attitude, and repeatedly drove the lowly people away from the scene, as if the lowly people had polluted the air.
They even kept accusing the lowly people of forgetting their duties, acting on their own initiative, and grabbing credit from the government!
Under such circumstances, the lowly people were naturally agitated. If there was no news about the imperial reward, they would suspect that Huo Zhengyuan and Tang Sheng had deceived and used them.
Huo Zhengyuan's status was noble, so the lowly people naturally did not dare to offend him, but Tang Sheng...it was because of his persuasion and connection that the lowly people risked their lives to ambush the "Chaofeng" dead soldier. They could be said to be the culprits, and they must be the culprits.
He will directly bear the wrath of all kinds of scoundrels and be torn into pieces by the scoundrels.
Therefore, Tang Sheng has been pestering Huo Zhengyuan, just to get an accurate answer from Huo Zhengyuan, so that he can soothe the agitated emotions of the lowly people.
At this time, after seeing Huo Zhengyuan reprimanding him impatiently, Tang Sheng did not dare to continue to pester him, but after rolling his eyes, he cautiously reported: "The villain still wants to confess... The villain hid the secret from Huo Daxue.
The soldiers and the government did something without authorization..."
At this time, Huo Zhengyuan had finished handling all matters outside Juying Pavilion and wanted to rush to Yingtianfu Yamen as soon as possible to discuss the specific arrangements for the tripartite joint trial with Xu Shengying and Xi Cheng. He was walking quickly to his sedan chair.
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After hearing what Tang Sheng said, Huo Zhengyuan immediately became wary, stopped and turned around and asked, "What happened? You actually hid this from me?"
Tang Sheng was a very courageous person. His status as a former official's son made him quite knowledgeable. His experience of being reduced to a lowly status and being bullied made him act extreme. His strong desire to change his own destiny made him even more so.
He has extremely strong mobility, so Huo Zhengyuan naturally does not dare to neglect Tang Sheng's unauthorized actions.
Tang Sheng was still cautious and explained softly: "I didn't hide it from Academician Huo on purpose, but you, Academician Huo, were discussing matters with the big shots at the time. I had no chance to report... The thing is like this, before you
When negotiating with the Seventh Prince, I once told the villain to keep an eye on the gangsters who were captured alive and never hand them over at will!
At that time, the Nanjing defenders and Jin Yiwei had not arrived at the scene and had not yet taken over the situation. While the villain was patrolling everywhere, he accidentally discovered a severely injured and dying gangster in a coma in the corner. Everyone was mistaken.
He thought the gangster was dead, but the villain discovered that the gangster was still breathing and there was still a chance to save him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At the same time, the villain secretly speculated that, Academician Huo, you are not willing to hand over the captured bandits to the Jin Yiwei and the Nanjing garrison, but
Since he had no real power in Nanjing, he had no choice but to give it up! So, the villain secretly found a lowly corpse, exchanged all the clothes with the severely injured and unconscious gangster, and disguised the lowly body as a
The corpse of the gangster disguised the seriously injured gangster as a seriously injured scoundrel...
You also know, Academician Huo, that the government doesn't care about the lives of lowly people like us, so after the villains exchanged their identities, neither the Jin Yiwei nor the Nanjing garrison did any careful verification. They just sent people to collect the bodies of all the gangsters.
, constantly driving the scoundrels away from the scene, allowing the villain to successfully hide this gangster!"
Having said this, Tang Sheng paused for a moment, raised his eyes to secretly observe the changes in Huo Zhengyuan's expression, and found that Huo Zhengyuan had no intention of blaming him, so he continued: "At that time, a miracle doctor came to the scene. He was a kind man and treated everyone equally.
Among all the injured people, the villain seized the opportunity and handed over the seriously injured and dying gangster to the miracle doctor for treatment. This miracle doctor was really good at rejuvenating him and quickly stabilized his injuries. Although he was not awake yet, he was very likely to recover.
Chance to survive!
Now, as all kinds of lowly people have been evacuated, the villain has ordered several confidants to secretly transfer him to the villain's home. After he regains consciousness, the villain can escort him to the great scholar Huo.
The grand maester can interrogate him at will."
After listening to Tang Sheng's explanation, Huo Zhengyuan finally looked happy and nodded in approval: "You did a good job. Not only did you guess my mind accurately, but you also didn't leave any obvious mistakes when doing it! Maybe you can make another decision.
Excellent work, help me solve a big problem!"
In Huo Zhengyuan's view, the joint interrogation of the arrested "Chaofeng" dead soldiers by the Jin Yiwei, the Nanjing garrison and himself, although it gave him the opportunity to intervene in the subsequent situation, he would definitely be subject to various constraints when doing specific things.
Xi Cheng must have tried his best to prevent the truth from being exposed during the interrogation and investigation. Xu Shengying may also change her stance again.
Huo Zhengyuan had been mentally prepared, thinking that this investigation would be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but now Tang Sheng actually secretly hid a "Chaofeng" dead soldier, allowing Huo Zhengyuan to interrogate the truth without any restrictions.
Get twice the result with half the effort.
The most important thing is that once an unexpected situation occurs, for example, if Zhu Hejian finds an opportunity to silence all the arrested "Chaofeng" dead men and destroy their evidence, the "Chaofeng" dead men that Tang Sheng secretly hides will be revealed.
The soldier can be used as a back-up, allowing Zhu Hejian to be caught off guard and receive a fatal blow.
Thinking of this, Huo Zhengyuan's attitude towards Tang Sheng immediately became much gentler and closer, and he ordered with a smile: "I am closely watched by all forces, and there are many things that are not convenient for me to do in person, so I will hand over to the gangster."
Under your watch, never let any force discover his existence!"
Tang Sheng looked hesitant and said: "Of course I am willing to work hard for Academician Huo, but... the casualties of the lowly disciples this morning were too heavy. At a time when people's hearts are unstable and public sentiments are agitated, many people still have
They are resentful and think that the court has ignored their achievements, so the villain can't drive them as easily as before! Under such circumstances, the villain can't guarantee that the lowly people will definitely cooperate with the plan of Academician Huo..."
Huo Zhengyuan glanced at Tang Sheng and naturally saw through Tang Sheng's little plan.
But Huo Zhengyuan did not expose Tang Sheng directly. Instead, his attitude became more gentle and approachable. He smiled again and said: "I can arrange the matter of asking for credit for you tonight at the latest! At the same time, I will give you another one."
Warrant, after you show this warrant, you can go to the 'United Shipping Company' to ask for any supplies, the total value of which does not exceed five thousand taels of silver! After obtaining a large amount of supplies, distribute them to all kinds of lowly people to let them know what you are doing.
The officials and the court have not forgotten them!"
After hearing Huo Zhengyuan's promise, Tang Sheng was naturally grateful and kept praising Huo Zhengyuan's generosity and kindness.
After Huo Zhengyuan took a deep look at Tang Sheng, he raised his hand and patted Tang Sheng's shoulder, saying meaningfully: "You are a smart person, and I like smart people like you! I don't do anything else.
There will be too many promises, but you...as long as you continue to follow me loyally, you will definitely have a bright future!"
After saying that, Huo Zhengyuan turned around, got into the sedan chair, and hurried to Yingtianfu Yamen.
As for Tang Sheng, his attitude was still humble and he bowed and bowed respectfully.
After Huo Zhengyuan's sedan chair gradually moved away, Tang Sheng finally straightened up and looked quietly at the direction Huo Zhengyuan was leaving, his expression changing.
After a while, another lowly man hurriedly walked to Tang Sheng's side,
This man's name is Meng Haoxuan, and he has a similar background and situation to Tang Sheng. He is also a former official's son who was reduced to a lowly status.
After Tang Sheng strangled his friend Ding Wenbo to death in order to gain Jiang Xiao's trust, he became closest to Meng Haoxuan and regarded him as his right-hand man.
After Meng Haoxuan rushed to Tang Sheng's side, he asked urgently: "What did Master Huo say? Has he given us a letter of approval? The lowly people have been complaining, thinking that the government has completely ignored their achievements, and we
The organizers also received hostility and were about to lose control of the situation."
After Tang Sheng pondered for a moment, he informed Meng Haoxuan of Huo Zhengyuan's decisions.
After hearing this, Meng Haoxuan said with great joy: "Great! Academician Huo really has not given up on us! With Academician Huo's promise, and the materials generously donated by Academician Huo, it is enough for us to stabilize the situation!
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Tang Sheng shook his head gently: "Scholar Huo shouldn't break his promise, but he doesn't pay much attention to us. He just regards us as tools! If it's useful, use it multiple times. If it's not useful, just put it aside and ignore it! So, if we
If we want to completely reverse our destiny, we must find a way to show more value and make Academician Huo unable to do without us!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Meng Haoxuan was slightly stunned and asked: "Then... what should we do?"
Tang Sheng turned around and ordered: "Secretly find a few packets of poison and give them to me!"
Meng Haoxuan was stunned again and asked again: "Why do you want to be drugged?"
Tang Sheng sneered: "Didn't we secretly hide a severely injured and comatose gangster? Academician Huo attaches great importance to this gangster and ordered us to try our best to cure him, but I don't want this gangster to die too quickly.
Back to consciousness! So... I want to feed him drugs so that even if he recovers from his injuries, he will only be in a long-term coma!
As long as this gangster is unable to regain his consciousness, Academician Huo must rely on us to continue to hide the existence of this gangster, but we can wait for opportunities to show our value and find ways to make Academician Huo never leave us!
If we're lucky... we might be able to use this ruthless bandit to go to the capital to meet Academician Huo's court patron - Zhao Junchen!"
Tang Sheng was a son of an official and was not a short-sighted person, so he could roughly guess that the gangster he controlled was enough to affect the situation in the entire temple. Otherwise, Huo Zhengyuan, Zhu Hejian, Zhou Shangjing and other big figures would not be like this.
Pay attention to.
Therefore, Tang Sheng's decision may affect the direction of the court and may also destroy Huo Zhengyuan's follow-up plans.
But Tang Sheng didn't care at all about the situation in the court or Huo Zhengyuan's follow-up plans, and the collapse of the sky and the earth had nothing to do with him.
In the past half year, all kinds of experiences of being reduced to a lowly status have made Tang Sheng just want to control his own destiny and climb up by any means!
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Since the situation in Nanjing has developed, Zhou Shangjing, Zhu Hejian, Huo Zhengyuan, Wang Baoren and other big figures have all formulated various overall plans and prepared various trump cards.
However, under the strong manipulation of various important figures, the situation in Nanjing got out of control many times, and various unexpected variables always appeared.
To a large extent, the recurring occurrence of these variables is not because of the constraints and calculations of the big shots, but because of the struggles and unwillingness of some small people.
Jiang Xiao wanted to avenge himself, so he chose to take risks and risk everything!
Hu Xiao wanted to protect himself, so he chose to take advantage of the situation and betray everything!
Lu De wanted revenge, so he chose to go into the tiger's den and get chestnuts from the fire!
Tang Sheng wanted to change his life, so he chose to give up everything and use any means necessary!
Compared with big figures such as Zhou Shangjing, Zhu Hejian, Huo Zhengyuan and Wang Baoren, Jiang Xiao, Hu Xiao, Lu De, Tang Sheng and others are undoubtedly a group of small figures.
Compared with the comprehensive consideration and foresight of Zhou Shangjing, Zhu Hejian, Huo Zhengyuan, Wang Baoren and others, Jiang Xiao, Hu Xiao, Lu De, Tang Sheng and others are more selfish, and they are all limited by their lack of strength and can only take one step.
Take a look.
It stands to reason that these little people can only be reduced to pawns, driven by the big shots at will, but they are unwilling to do so after all. They all try their best for their own selfishness, use any means, and even fight to the death!
As a result, the big shots made miscalculations one after another. Even Zhou Shangjing was no exception and could no longer control the situation.
But the big guys still don't know the truth, they still think they have the ability to control everything, and they still ignore the little guys, thinking that these little guys are just pawns and insignificant to the overall situation.
As for the final outcome of the situation in Nanjing, under the influence of these little people, it will completely exceed the imagination of the big shots!