As night falls, Yuanyang City gradually falls asleep.
With Zhao Yanxun's return, many people are bound to be unable to sleep tonight.
During the few days since Cao Yunhui arrived in Yuanyang, he had many interactions with the officials of the palace.
Under his propaganda, officials knew how vicious Zhao Weilong was and how weak the court under Zhao Weilong was.
The result of this is that the palace officials have a vague feeling that the palace should launch troops to suppress the thieves, and the possibility of success in suppressing the thieves is very high.
Once the bandits are successfully suppressed, King Yong will become the emperor, and the official will have meritorious deeds comparable to the founding of the country, and it is not impossible for his name to go down in history.
Supported by this idea, Guan Hetai found Zhou Chengping.
When he walked into the Zhou family courtyard, he saw Zhou Chengping grinding millstones, which surprised Guan Hetai.
Although it is now the end of the world, the chief historian who manages the two northwest counties actually has to polish his own reputation. It would be a bit ridiculous to tell it.
But if you stand in front of Zhou Chengping, a normal person will not be able to laugh. Who can laugh at a person with a noble personality?
Standing under the dim candlelight, Guan Hetai sighed: "Old Zhou, why are you doing this?"
Zhou Chengping did not stop and said while working: "Is it hard? I don't think it is hard. There is nothing wrong with doing some work and exercising your muscles and bones!"
This was tantamount to talking to death, so that Guan Hetai was stunned on the spot, not knowing what to say.
Even if he didn't take bribes, Zhou Chengping could still live a relatively comfortable life. Everything he saw was really what he asked for because he didn't want to take any more from the public domain.
At this time, I heard Zhou Chengping say: "Anyway, since you are here, you are idle. Why don't you come and help me with my work? I will treat you to tea later!"
Guan Hetai said helplessly: "You are reluctant to ask others to do work, but you have asked me to do it!"
Taking advantage of these words, Guan Hetai also started working, thinking about what to say next.
After doing it for a long time, Guan Hetai couldn't help but say: "You are really calm!"
"You want to talk about the capital?"
"Shouldn't we talk about this?"
Seeing that Zhou Chengping was silent, Guan Hetai said: "There are thieves in the capital who have stolen the country and killed the king. His Highness heard about it and was furious. As ministers, shouldn't we do something?"
In fact, Guan Hetai came to Zhou Chengping just to join forces with him.
What to do? Naturally, it was to advise and encourage Zhao Yanxun to raise troops to suppress the bandits.
After a few breaths of silence, Guan Hetai put down the thing in his hand and said, "Old Zhou, do you really not understand or are you pretending not to understand?"
Among civil servants today, although Zhou Chengping, the left chief, has the highest status, it is the right chief, Cheng Wenguang, who has the greatest influence.
The reason for such misalignment is that on the one hand, Zhou Chengping is not good at fighting for power, and on the other hand, because officials from Longyou are naturally close to Cheng Wenguang.
If Guan Hetai was still in the Changshi Division, Cheng Wenguang would not be allowed to grow bigger. Now one person can handle things.
Faced with Guan Hetai's question, Zhou Chengping thought for a while and said: "I think... we need to be cautious about this matter!"
"What do you mean you have to be cautious?" Guan Hetai looked puzzled.
"What is the situation in the capital? Just what Cao Yunhui said, I am afraid that this person will deceive His Highness and lead the palace to a path of no return..."
The exclamation point is that I never expected that Zhou Chengping would say such a thing.
Now that the palace has strong soldiers and horses, does it matter whether it is true or false? It is not about who has the big fist and who has the big reason.
At the moment, they only need to push King Yong one step forward, and the royal army will be able to wipe out everything, allowing everyone in King Yong's palace to contribute to the Jingguo, and be promoted to official positions and their names will go down in history.
This is a normal brain circuit, not a brainless one like Zhou Chengping.
At this moment, Guan Hetai finally understood why Zhou Chengping was not very interested in this. It turned out that they were not on the same channel at all.
"Old Zhou, I advise you not to speak nonsense. A minister should solve the problems faced by the emperor and his father instead of thinking nonsense!"
This was Guan Hetai's kind reminder to Zhou Chengping as an old friend for many years, and the words he said were quite explicit.
Zhou Chengping didn't answer, but he had a clear mind and could understand the meaning of Guan Hetai's words.
It's just the "education" he has received over the years that prevents him from doing certain things.
The army of the Fifteen Guards went straight to the southeast. No matter how stupid Zhou Chengping was, he understood Zhao Yanxun's thoughts, not to mention the news brought by Cao Yunhui.
In response, Zhou Chengping stopped talking, while Guan Hetai could only sigh.
Since he couldn't be persuaded, Guan Hetai decided to go it alone. He could do things by himself.
The two of them were not talking happily. On the other side of the city, Cheng Wenguang's house also welcomed two friends.
The people who came to visit at night were Treasury Manager Zheng Dingyan and Dianyi Zhengxu An, both of whom were officials of the Longyou Clan and could be regarded as Cheng Wenguang's confidants.
After the door was closed, Cheng Wenguang was heard saying: "The emperor and Concubine Duan have been enshrined in the sacrificial hall. His Highness has just gone to the sacrificial hall to keep vigil!"
Ding Hong and Xu An also knew this news.
Ding Hong was more direct and asked simply: "Sir... do you have any plans for what to do next?"
Cheng Wenguang replied: "How to act depends on His Highness's wishes!"
"Please make it clear, sir!" Xu An answered.
Cheng Wenguang picked up the teacup, stroked his beard and said: "The army of the Fifteen Guards is marching to Zhenxiguan, do you really not understand His Highness's thoughts?"
"Now that there are national thieves in the court, it is justifiable for Your Highness to raise troops to suppress the thieves!"
At this point, Cheng Wenguang said with a serious expression: "What we have to do is to be loyal to our ministers, advise His Highness to accept the destiny, act kingly, kill the traitors of the country... and get back what belongs to us!"
In fact, Ding Yan and Ding Yan thought the same way, but neither of them wanted to be the first, so they approached Cheng Wenguang.
"Starting from tomorrow, you must all take action, mobilize our people, and report together to remonstrate with His Highness!"
Cheng Wenguang sighed: "When your father is in trouble, there is no reason for a minister to just sit back and watch!"
Making trouble at this time is somewhat similar to the effect of "persuading people to join". Naturally, the person who makes the most noise will benefit the most in the future.
Regarding this matter, Cheng Wenguang already has a very systematic idea, and now he only needs someone to implement it.
"I understand the humble position!"
Cheng Wenguang smiled and then said: "As long as you understand!"
"You two... if we finish this matter, we will definitely leave a mark in history!"
In fact, except for a morally perfect person like Zhou Chengping, all the senior officials in the royal palace thought about their lives and reputations.
For the sake of their position of power and leaving their name in history, they will do anything.
Even if the one from the capital is enthroned, even if Cao Yunhui doesn't send news, people like Cheng Wenguang will push Zhao Yanxun on the road to supremacy at the right time.
In Longyou, the land where Taizong Zhao Hongzhang was born, officials, soldiers and civilians all have a deeper understanding of the position of "the emperor has strong soldiers and horses".
"Tomorrow... we will contact our colleagues!" Ding Yan said.
Xu An asked: "In addition to people from Yuanyang, officials from various prefectures and counties...should also be notified!"
Cheng Wenguang nodded and said: "Of course we have to notify you. I just said that we should make the noise as big as possible, so that we can show what everyone expects!"
At this time Ding Yan said: "In this case, not only the county officials, but also the people of Yuanyang Prefecture can petition!"
There are a large number of people, and this method of inciting them to petition was something Cheng Wenguang never thought of. This is the advantage of discussing together.
Just listen to Cheng Wenguang say: "The momentum must be as big as possible, you all can think of your own ideas!"
"Tomorrow, our people will give at least ten memorials!"
