Chapter 155 Back to Anyang
But how could Li Yulong be stunned by His Majesty's order?
Speaking of which, Anyang's original plan was neither to occupy Luliang County, nor to completely occupy Zhongshan County; but then things changed dramatically. When Zhongshan County rebelled, Xu Ren had a new plan, which was Expand Anyang.
In Xu Ren's letter to Li Yulong, he even planned to carve up Liang County with the Yuan family. Then let the brothers Li Liang and Li Xian control Zhongshan County together.
Li Yulong read this plan and agreed with it. In today's Great Xia Kingdom, early strikes and early pride.
Even when Beichen Yuqing met the Yuan family, she had already made a promise with the Yuan family.
But now His Majesty the Emperor is superior, Zhongshan County, I will transfer it to you Anyang openly; but Luliang County, don't meddle, let the prince take over! Moreover, the most far-sighted point of the emperor was to demote Zhao Guoshan and Zhao Youdan, the former governors of Lvliang County, to common people—now, even if Anyang wanted to play some puppet tricks, it would not work.
Also, the crown prince is the crown prince after all, and Li Xian is the eastern governor of the Great Xia Kingdom, who has the final say between the two?
But the crown prince was on good terms with the Yuan family, and the Yuan family had conflicts with the Kong family. Now, the form of Dongfang instantly formed a three-legged posture, so don't mess around!
After sending the prince to Luliang County, it is equivalent to inserting a nail in Anyang's abdomen, which will cause many changes in Anyang's plans!
But what really stunned Li Yulong was not this, but——His Majesty is clearly arranging funeral arrangements!
The eldest prince occupies the north, and the third prince has the royal family by his side; none of them are in danger of life—at least not for a short time! There is only the second prince, a polished commander! Once the emperor dies, the second prince will definitely not survive a month! Looking at the current situation of the Great Xia Kingdom, only the Li family and the Yuan family can protect the second prince's life!
This is a different kind of Tuogu, and Luliang County is the "dowry" of the second prince.
The implicit meaning is - whoever has the ability between your Li family and the Yuan family will compete for Luliang County, but Prince, you can protect me.
This is the method of His Majesty the Emperor, which allowed Anyang County to expand, and put another nail in Anyang; it easily compensated the Yuan family for being wronged. And it was obvious that the Yuan family had a good relationship with the crown prince, and the Yuan family was more hopeful of obtaining Luliang County.
Of course, Li Yulong wasn't angry, that's how things are in politics, getting what you want is enough. At least now under the control of the Li family, there are already Kaiping County and (after expansion) Anyang County.
And why does Kong Xiang look ugly? According to the emperor's arrangement, the east of Nanyang County is the Yuan Family and Dongyuan County, the northeast is the Li Family and Anyang County, the west is the Wang Family, the Third Prince and Guangling County, and the north is the imperial capital! Nuoda's Nanyang County fell into a situation of heavy siege!
But Li Yulong, after thinking about these thoughts for a moment, immediately said: "Anyang will definitely do his best to help the prince."
The emperor looked at Li Yulong, and suddenly sighed, but couldn't say a word. With the Great Xia Kingdom in its current state, it is superfluous to say anything.
Li Yulong could understand the emperor's mood, "Your Majesty, after the war, Anyang County is in ruins; I want to transfer Li Xian back to take the helm of Anyang; let Li Wei continue to be in charge of the imperial mausoleum."
The emperor nodded slightly, "Alright."
Then the court will continue, mainly to discuss how to deal with Shi Chengsong, the governor of Zhongshan County, and others; the final result of the discussion is-destroy the door! This is almost a foregone conclusion.
As for Ye Mingquan, Cai Guo's Minister of Honghe Temple, after everyone discussed it, they decided to "sell it at a good price", 100,000 taels of gold, and Cai Guo redeemed him. And the 100,000 taels of gold are still used as one of the supplies to be buried with the emperor's tomb.
In the northwest of Wuyang City, Yunding Mountain and the construction site of the Imperial Mausoleum, Li Xian was a little puzzled when he saw boxes of gold, silver, and even copper coins being moved into the Imperial Mausoleum. "Mr. Ge, it's just a funeral, you don't need so much real money!"
Ge Zhengfeng pushed Li Xian, who was making trouble, away, "Go, go, I'll explain to you tonight."
Every box of gold, silver, and copper coins came over, and Ge Zhengfeng used a magic weapon that Li Xian couldn't understand to test; Li Xian looked very puzzled, but he could only watch from the side.
Suddenly, Ge Zhengfeng stopped a box of gold, "Who sent this gold?"
The soldier replied immediately: "Mr. Ge, this is part of the latest 100,000 taels of gold sent by the Kong family in Nanyang County."
Ge Zhengfeng pointed to the 20 boxes behind, "Are these all from the Kong family?"
"yes."
"Open the boxes, let me check."
Ge Zhengfeng checked carefully, checked for a long time, and finally said, "The gold can't be used, move it to the side first."
Gold, silver, copper coins, etc. were constantly tested; occasionally crates of currency were picked out and piled aside.
Li Xian was really curious, went up to have a look, it was indeed real money, why can't it be used?
Li Xianzheng was puzzled, the sky dropped Anyang's aircraft, Song Xing and others returned to Yunding Mountain again, there was a letter from Xu Ren on the aircraft, the meaning was simple, victory.
After seeing the aircraft, Ge Zhengfeng's eyes lit up immediately, and he walked up to Li Xian on his own initiative, "Xiao Xian, what about this... I have something to discuss with you."
Li Xian jumped up immediately, "You don't want to be buried with this aircraft!"
It's no wonder Li Xian asked this question, Ge Zhengfeng's eyes are too... so cheap! Recently, Li Xian has seen many kinds of funeral objects! Even the sand table models of many important cities in the Great Xia Kingdom were not spared. Even, some low-level concubines have been poisoned and sent to various underground palaces! This is also one of the reasons why Li Xian doesn't like staying in this place.
Ge Zhengfeng chuckled, "If you are willing, of course I have no problem."
Li Xian curled his lips, "Forget it, this thing can't fly without spirit stones, and it's useless if buried underground. I won't cause trouble for Your Majesty. Senior Ge, if you have something to say, just say it."
Ge Zhengfeng pointed to the selected gold, silver and copper beside him, "Do you know why these can't be used?"
Li Xian shook his head.
"Because none of these gold, silver and copper have passed through! They are all brand new!"
Li Xian frowned, what happened to the ones that didn't pass?
Ge Zhengfeng said, "Do you know why gold, silver and copper are circulated in the world? It's very simple. There are three lights in the sky, gold, silver and copper in the ground. Gold, silver and copper have many strange abilities, especially when used in large quantities. It is most obvious when it is time; that is - suppression of luck.
Secondly, only the gold and silver in circulation are called money; what is not in circulation is simply gold and silver. Gold, silver and copper are currencies, and they will absorb a little bit of luck during circulation. Therefore, in ancient times, there were emperors who collected gold, silver and copper from all over the world to build a great tripod to suppress the luck of the empire.
In the tombs, there are countless items such as gold, silver and copper.
In addition, although gold, silver and copper can suppress luck, they are also different. Gold represents the emperor, nobility, and immortality; silver represents officials, purity, and spotlessness; copper represents the people, foundation, and thick and long.
Therefore, the world uses gold, silver and copper as currency. Therefore, gold, silver and copper that have not passed through or have been remelted cannot be buried with them. "
Li Xian immediately had doubts, "That's not right, although there are gold, silver and copper in the world, iron is the most!"
"Iron is a weapon for killing. It is a tool for attacking."
"Okay okay, so what does this have to do with flying machines?"
Ge Zhengfeng looked serious, "The emperor's star is declining, and your Majesty's life span is running out. The imperial mausoleum must be speeded up. I want to use the aircraft to carry these gold, silver and copper to exchange with merchants, so that it will be faster."
"So that's the case, no problem. If it doesn't exceed 200,000 taels of gold, I, Anyang, can handle it for you. No handling fee will be charged."
"You dare to accept it!" Ge Zhengfeng gave Li Xian the back of his head, and continued to work; the aircraft also stopped temporarily, anyway, there was nothing to do for the time being.
But in the evening, suddenly there was an imperial decree from the imperial capital, asking Li Xian to return to Anyang, and asking Li Wei to take over the supervision of the imperial mausoleum.
Can I go back to Anyang? Li Xian was overjoyed. After receiving the imperial decree and checking that it was correct, he immediately ordered people to load the gold, silver and copper onto the aircraft, and set off overnight! The aircraft has a load of up to 50 tons, and it is no problem to carry a total of 300,000 taels of gold, silver and copper coins.