Section 2168 Protest

In the past, Cao’s House of Merchant could still gather a good team in the capital of the Southern Empire, but now there are no more than 3,000 people at most. For such a huge capital, no matter how powerful your weapons are, It is useless to be advanced. It is really too few of you, and it is impossible to accomplish anything. Since this is the case, then Li Wei needs to plan carefully and do it at the lowest cost. The biggest thing is that I have heard this saying a lot before. This is also a sentence that my grandfather often said when he started his family. This time when he met Li Cong, he told himself that, just look at yourself What can be done with these 3,000 people is fine. The first thing I have to do is to arm these 3,000 people well. One must have two weapons, one is a relatively powerful serial crossbow , one is the hand crossbow that is more powerful in close combat. These two things must be prepared. If you are far away, you can use a chain crossbow. If you get closer, it is a hand crossbow. It is definitely not that easy to get close to yourself, and they should all know how much they are capable of. They will feel scared when they fight against the people of Cao's House, but it is impossible to let them run away. It was different when the Linghu family still had a store in the Eastern Empire. At that time, the Linghu family had something to do with traitors, but it is different here. Here, the former emperor had to deal with the current emperor. , Speaking of which, there is still a father-son relationship, this father beats his son. Naturally, it's a very normal thing. If everyone comes up to take care of it, it seems that this is not a good thing to say.

Don't think that the current emperor has no intention of dealing with the former emperor's majesty, mainly because the relationship between father and son is there, and the imperial court uses Confucianism to rule the world. If an emperor kills his own father, what credibility do you have? Although it is normal for brothers to fight each other, but if you do that to your father, you will be a tyrant. No matter how many things you do, it's useless. Who told you to kill your own father? Didn't they say that if you kill your own father, you have to worry about whether the thunder in the sky will strike you to death when you go out. Such a thing is impossible. But no real action. I have thought about it many times in my heart, he is not a fool, he knows how he got his throne. If my father gave it to me sincerely, everything would be very good, but if they don't give it to me, this is what I fought for. Although it is said to be father and son, he has been the prince for so many years. But his mother has long since disappeared. Outside the palace, except for those ministers who want to reform, they are still part of his family. Others are not on the same side as him. The reform he wants to make is not what he wants I have to do it, but I have no choice but none of the previous ministers listened to my yelling. In their view, being the emperor is not justified, and they listened to their talents. It's strange, from time to time, I have to go to my own father to complain. There are many people who hope that the old emperor will come out to take charge of the overall situation. Now that reforms are in progress, they are even more powerful, and one by one is starting to complain.

So the new emperor also has his own ideas. He definitely thought about giving his Lao Tzu to that, but this situation is still not allowed, because in this part of the country, Confucianism can be said to be very serious. It doesn't matter if I kill a dozen brothers, but what to do with my father is not a trivial matter.

It will definitely make me unable to eat and walk around. The disciples of those imperial Confucianists are all elites in the hub of the entire empire. It was very difficult. The reform was told by a confidant of the new emperor. In fact, this person was not the confidant of the new emperor. Major reforms must be made. If it is still the same as before, there will be no way to live in the days to come. Even if they are not eaten away by the people of the Cao family firm, the other empires will also move towards I'm working hard on my side, and I will be the one who will be unlucky at that time. Why don't I just give myself a knife at this time so that I can feel some pain, so that I will feel the necessity of reform. Although reform is a good thing, those vested interests How could the attackers spit out the things in their mouths? They all started to show their skills in order to obstruct this matter. Among other things, in the past few days, some troublemakers around the capital have been There are more than a dozen of them, none of these people are unarmed, each of these people has their own weapons, and they will not be soft at all when they attack people, and they look very vicious.

At the beginning, the court didn't notice these people making troubles. The new emperor also thought that these people were ordinary people and they wouldn't make any noise. After hearing the report, the Supreme Emperor didn't even read it. If so If you have to ask yourself for instructions on small things, then the position of the emperor is not as good as me. Why do you need you? What is your role here? If nothing works, your brothers have a lot of people who want to do things, it’s better to let them do it, a few words will scare the emperor back, don’t just use some things casually in the future Going to bother the Supreme Emperor, it is better for me to solve all these things honestly, otherwise I may really lose the position of the emperor in the future. These people can say what they say and do it. The emperor's life is really comfortable during this period. I don't want to go back and continue to be that prince. Maybe I won't even have a prince after I go back. I just give myself the title of prince, and then what awaits me is a high wall The compound is over, this political struggle is like this, even if you have won. But I also have to serve my father with good food and drink, just let him stay and not make trouble, but if I fail, it will not be that simple, my father will definitely not let me go, he I will definitely arrest myself. I don’t know if I can save my life. The best result is to send myself to a high-walled compound for a lifetime. In that place, there is nothing worth pursuing other than that, this may be my own destiny.

When the new emperor started, the people from Shuntian Mansion were responsible for this matter. At the beginning, each of these yamen servants was very good at handling affairs. Offending the two departments, it is a powerful thing to tell the imperial envoys above. As long as you go for a walk on the street by yourself, no one outside will dare to come out and stab them. It is very simple to get them up. Fooling these inexperienced guys who have just become officials, they hurried to His Majesty the Emperor to announce the good news. Down below, let those ministers who support the riots bleed, you can make troubles. But when we are here, you have to restrain yourself. If this doesn’t work, I don’t know what you want to do. We are doing things according to the order. Of course, if you give more money, we will give you less money. If you go out a few times, you can make a fuss for a while, but if you give less money, this matter will not be easy to handle. Everyone is aware of this matter, so there is no need to make those unfamiliar, these officials They all hope that this matter can restore their officials to their original posts. In the past, these government servants would not dare to blackmail them, but now it is different. They no longer have the black hat, so they will not call themselves adults. Well, fortunately, a lot of money has been obtained in these years. If the capital does not become chaotic, how can the former emperor come out to fish in troubled waters? For them, being able to create this opportunity is a servant of the dragon. Guy, there is really nothing to say about the future after that, maybe I can get a duke or something like that, this investment of mine is...so these yamen servants are very full.

After they are full, don’t expect them to go out to do errands. When the imperial envoys come once, they will go directly to Cuihualou, drink for an afternoon, and go to the top to feel comfortable at night. What else? Serious business, this is the life that people need, imperial envoys are also human, how did they enjoy such things in the past, none of them come from rich families, even if they are rich As far as money is concerned, they are also the children of concubines who have no chance to enjoy these things, so the two parties who come and go have formed a tacit understanding, that is, in the past month or so since they formed a tacit understanding, so many things just happened. A large number of troublemakers have already walked out of the original small alley, and now they dare to go to the street, but the imperial envoys of the emperor have eaten well, and after listening to the assurances of those yamen servants, they don't care about this matter , only the idiot emperor in the palace thought that this matter has gone down, and there is also the reaction of the common people. Some of the common people actually support this change, but some people don't know what is going on with this thing at all. Don't say that the entire empire has implemented these things, even if it is around the capital, it is difficult to say, a coup was not so easy in the past, and now the governors and governors in other places don't really believe in the new emperor. Those people didn’t want to start with the orders they said. In their opinion, these people’s words are still unbelievable. It’s better to see how they will live in the future. If it’s really possible, they can reform themselves. If they can't do it, it's better not to follow them too early, or you may lose your head.

Li Wei has been wandering the streets with a few people for the past two days. For them, there is nothing to do in the house. Since Li Wei wants to go out and have a look, it is okay to do something by the way. Yes, Li Wei discovered one thing, that is, these troublemakers are all running for their own interests, so Li Cong thought that the most people in this city are people whose families are relatively wealthy. Those who live, who doesn’t have a little money at home, if not, the prices in the capital alone will probably send them all back. Li Wei’s method is very simple, it’s just rumors, and these people are all different. Are you just watching these people making trouble? It feels like it has nothing to do with them. In fact, this is true. Those who suffer are those big businessmen and big bureaucrats, and those who benefit are those poor people. As the largest middle class in the capital, they have no advantages or disadvantages. Why should they follow suit, Li I can also see that if only those people organized by the officials, no one will respond to the disturbance until next year, just like the people on this street. From that time yesterday until now. Basically, those people were making trouble there, no other people joined in at all, and more people were watching happily, for them. This reform seems to be a matter for other empires. It has nothing to do with myself. It would be even better if these people could conflict with the court servants. For a long time, the law and order in this capital city has been very good. If you want to see such a thing, it is not that simple. None of them are good birds, they just come out like this because they don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, that's the kind of people they are.

On this day, a news suddenly spread among these troublemakers, that is, His Majesty the Emperor has a second round of reform plan, which is to divide the land and some money evenly, so that everyone can be on the same starting line. In fact, I just don’t know if this thing will come out. Many people said that at this time, they are scolding the new emperor hard in their hearts. How long has it been since you became the emperor? Why did you come up with so many? What about Yao Mozi, is it easy for your father and your grandfather to run this empire? Why did you just let you destroy this empire in a few clicks? Such a thing will definitely happen, it will never happen If there is something wrong, everyone knows it. This property belongs to him, and this kid knows it. What are you doing now? It is necessary to distribute some rich people’s wealth to those poor people. In the future, people don’t need to struggle. They just wait for the distribution. In the future, all people in this society are equal, so there is no need to do it. Some things, just wait at home. Anyway, someone gave me money. If anyone is a fool, let him go to work. Anyway, we don’t need to work, and we don’t have to put in that effort. Yes, we have to let ourselves distribute some of the results of our labor to others. We will not do such a thing, and everyone is not a fool, but those are things for the future. The most important thing now is the capital city. These middle-class people among them started to make trouble one by one, and they also joined the ranks of the parade. Rumors are the fastest thing to spread. Many people don't believe this, but what they say has a nose and an eye, so you can't tolerate it. Believe in this matter.

In the past, a maximum of three to five hundred people participated in the parade on a street, but there were tens of thousands of people on both sides watching this, just like a joke, and they didn't think that a stroll on the street would make His Majesty Take back your order, why? The emperor will never take back what he said. If the emperor still has any credibility after taking it back, people will never believe the emperor, and some things he said will be of no use. These people used to think like this, but now they have also joined the struggle. Why? Because of the rumors, the rumors have been said, people with more than five hundred taels of silver will have to take out 250 taels of silver, and distribute them to those who don’t have this before. In the end, you will all have 250 taels of silver, which is not a very good deal. What, this matter is really depressed for them, how can such a thing happen, our predecessors are all earned by us through hard work, and it didn't fall from the sky, so why should we ask for it? How about we give the money to those people? Why do they take half of our money, so these people also went to the sister for their 250 taels of silver. In the past, they were all chatting in the teahouse and watching the fun, but now they are all yelling against it Reform, the law of the ancestors cannot be changed, if it is changed, the world will be in chaos. Those who caused troubles at the beginning were sent to the front, but these people were not given money by anyone, they all paid for themselves, but Look at the expressions on their faces, it's not just pretending, they are really into the show, they all feel like their ex is about to be taken away by someone else, the robbers come to rob, and they can give it to them Have a good face?

At the beginning, the courts of the Southern Empire still didn't pay attention to these things. For them, how many things can ordinary people cause? At most, it's enough to go to the street and yell twice, as for other things, there is no need to worry about it. That is simply impossible, you can tell by their appearance, we don't need to talk nonsense with them at all, these people just need to give them a little answer casually, Shuntianfu Yi also thinks so, He just wants to wait until the afternoon to go out to refute the rumors. There is no such order from the court. He thinks that as long as there is a brain, people will never believe such things. For those who have no brains, but unfortunately they are. He thinks nothing happens to those who have no brains. But something happened that day, those people started to close their own points, didn't you pay attention to us, we just make things bigger. Later, they even started throwing torches at the homes of some court officials. Originally, the places where the court officials lived were patrolled by city guards. But unfortunately, there are also many middle-class people in the city guard army, and our money is earned by our hard work. Now you say that you want to share part of it with those people, that is, you don’t need us. If that’s the case, why should we work so hard? In the future, I’d rather be a poor man than a rich man. It's still very good. I believe you should know what we do. It doesn't matter if you want to attack those high officials. I'll just show you the way. The city guards are also in chaos.

"Bastard, how did you become the governor of Shuntian Prefecture? How did I tell you at the beginning? Didn't I tell you that you should take this matter under control? Now look at the whole capital city that is in a state of chaos. In the chaos, and you, what do the city guards do? There are only a few yamen servants in Shuntian Prefecture, and they have at most tens of thousands of people, but your city guards, you have 300,000 people in charge of that As for the area, now, I heard that the city guards all over the streets can’t find anyone. Such rumors have wiped out the most powerful army you usually talk about. I really don’t know what to say about you. Now, don’t talk nonsense to me now, go back and control the situation for me, for five hours, I will remember both of you, you only have five hours, and the 30,000 Imperial Forest Army will be dispatched to you, If you can't break these people up for me in five hours, I'll take the heads of both of you. I'll use your heads to quell this chaos. I hope to see you two again by this time tomorrow. "The new emperor of the Southern Empire roared, this is the last thing he wants to see, because if he can't even manage a place like the capital, who in the entire empire will believe him? Especially the governors and governors outside, now is the most important time, those people are watching their own jokes, they will definitely think that they can't even manage a capital city, and want to reform, if this continues If the reform continues, it is estimated that my own life may not be saved in the end. At that time, all this will really become a commotion, and my seat may become someone else's. They will not support me. The seat is over.

Yi of Shuntian Prefecture and the chief of the city guards were sprayed with spitting stars. In the past, the two of them fought with each other, and you looked down on me, and I looked down on you, but now it is different from that time Well, at that time, both of us hoped to control the entire capital. We couldn't control the affairs of the dignitaries, but we still had to take care of the common people's affairs. Now, we don't have to compete, because no one can I don't know if the two of us are still alive tomorrow morning. The chief of the city guard is still from a big shop after all, and he was the first to say when he came out, "I said that we two have been fighting for many years, and now we didn't expect to be together. Cooperate, let me tell you honestly, there are no more than 50,000 city guards in my place, and the rest have also taken off their uniforms and become those rebels. If this is suppressed, I don't think there is much hope. Although His Majesty gave us tens of thousands of imperial forest troops, to be honest, I know the combat effectiveness of those guys. They are basically rubbish, which can't compare with your government servants. Call them If you try to manage this matter, it will probably only get worse, do you have any good solutions?" At this time, lying and framing your opponent will make your head fall off, and what you need to do at this time is to quickly find A better way, if we can't do it well, let's go together in the afternoon or five hours later and lose our heads together, there is nothing else to do. No one will give us a chance. His Majesty the Emperor has already said that. Besides, speaking of it, the two of us are also considered to be the former Emperor. The reason why he still keeps us is because he needs us to give him stability. For this reason, now that he doesn't need any stability, the two of us are of little use, and we might lose our heads.

Shuntian Fuyi's face is also full of color, damn it, who said otherwise. For this matter to turn into what it is now, he must have black hands behind the scenes. But this one in the capital city is very stable. Who is doing this? If caught, this guy will definitely be hacked into pieces. I only got a Jinshi in ten years. It was only later that he got the appreciation of the former emperor and became the mayor of the capital. Didn't expect it to end like this. He looked around and saw that there was no one there, and said, "Brother. I think we should stop talking about the previous things. This is not the time to talk about those things. Don't you think this thing is a bit strange? We have been in the capital for so many years, and we can feel a little bit of wind and grass, but this time you and I can say that we have not heard a little bit of wind, why? This shows that those people are comparable to ours You need to be much smarter. If you want to find them, it is not easy. How many people are there on our side? We are all courtiers who have a good relationship with the former emperor. You said that the behind the scenes of this matter Isn’t it pushing hands?” After he finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at the hall in the distance, meaning that he was the emperor inside. Originally, the chief of the city guard was a little suspicious, why nothing happened for so long, What happened at this time must have been pushed by someone, and he could not have imagined that anyone would have such a great ability. Now he can see that it was the emperor's handwriting, in order to regain control of the capital in one fell swoop. However, as long as both the City Guard Army and the Shuntian Mansion are in his hands, the new emperor can be regarded as truly in control of the capital, but this method is a bit stupid.

"Don't tell me, this matter is possible. In the past, we said that the emperor and the courtiers once ruled. I also thought that I was really used by others. Now that you say these words, I understand. , Brother, the seats for the two of us are too important, who wouldn't want such a seat in the hands of one of our own? This man has been the prince for seventy years, and there are not many talented people under him. If such a seat is still in our hands, the people under him must be restless. A while ago, he caused a lot of dissatisfaction due to reforms and replacements. If he continues to go his own way, it is estimated that It will cause a lot of trouble. I really didn't expect that this guy would have such thoughts because of our two black hats. That's right, if he does it like this, the two of us don't talk about black hats. It will definitely be impossible to keep, and we will definitely be killed by him in the end. Alas, it is useless to say these things, and we have nothing to do, right? The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. This is an iron law , we have nothing to do, sometimes we just want to do things like this, knowing that there is a dead end in front of us, we still have to go, brother, just do our best and obey the destiny, maybe we can stabilize the situation within five hours What about it?" This guy said something that he didn't really believe. If it was so easy to stabilize, he wouldn't be so embarrassed. Now those people on the street are already crazy, and if they want to imprison them, then It's impossible, five hours, my life may be the remaining five hours, and I can't see the future at all.

"Brother, it's already this time. What's the point of you still saying these words? We have five hours left. As the saying goes, people don't kill themselves, so why can't we use the last five hours?" Let's do some things. Our former master is still alive. If he comes out to continue to preside over the overall situation, this matter is not without flexibility. You should be very familiar with Min De, the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. His The niece is still your daughter-in-law. He has already sent someone to the capital to represent the Cao family firm. During this period of time, there are no honest people in the capital. The jumping up and down has already attracted my attention. But I thought that I had a good relationship with Minde in the past, so I didn't care about this matter. If I really go the wrong way in the future, I can leave myself a way out, right now, I think we should unite. Let our old master come out and decide for us. This is our only way out. If we continue to make trouble, we may only be killed, and if this matter is really arranged by the emperor. As for us, do you think that if you escaped this time, there will be no next time? You are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. If we live like this, neither of us will die well, and we will always be watched by others. How can we live in such a life?" Shuntian Fuyi's words directly hit the heart of the chief executive. Yes, if he is lucky enough to pass this time, there will still be troubles in the future, after all, that guy is not looking at his own head. What he took a fancy to was his official position. This is how I calculate myself every day. He is the emperor, and he is a courtier, no matter how he counts. The possibility of losing is very high.

"Brother, you are crazy, and you don't even look at where this is. The thing you did is too big. If we make trouble, we may lose our lives. There are hundreds of people in the family. Not anymore? Besides, I got the news that the replacement of the throne is in the hands of the Supreme Emperor. Our Southern Empire has been watched by the Supreme Emperor for so many years. The emperor at the front desk is really not that important. If we get our old master out, do you think he can fight the Taishanghuang? The Taishanghuang has changed how many emperors, let's not wishful thinking, although I also want to fight once, but if I lose If we don’t go that way, we’ll lose everything. If we don’t go that way, we will fail, and our family members will be fine, and they can live a good life. Hit them all up." After all, this guy is old, and some of the things he thinks in his mind are relatively indecisive, and he doesn't have young people's thoughts at all. Although he said that, Shuntian Mansion also sees Seeing this guy's eyes light up, people are like this, if there is a dead end, they will not say anything, but if there is still such a road, even if it is a small road, they will go there, absolutely not just like that Shuntian Mansion weighed the strength of the capital. Recently, all the garrison troops in the capital have arrived at the Xishan Ruijian Camp. Only the 200,000 royal guards in the palace and the 80,000 yamen servants under him are left in the army. It is the 150,000 city guards in this guy's hands. Without the support of this guy, I really can't do anything, so I have to drag him anyway.

"Brother, are you really so resigned to fate? What are we fighting for all our lives, isn't it just to let us climb to the highest peak in life? Now there is such an opportunity, if we don't do well If we are sure, we really have no future in the future. Our family members can survive according to what you said, but have you ever thought about it? I don’t know how you were in charge before, but I have offended a lot of people. Now I am in this position and they dare not do anything to me and my family, but if one day I am not in this position, what do you think they will do? Family Can any of these people have a good end? That is simply impossible, and they will not let them live well. Why do so many people like to make themselves stronger? It is because they I'm afraid that if I become weak, these people will rush up, and I will regret it at that time. This Minde is different from us. He has his own plans more or less, and he will definitely have There are quite a few weapons from the Cao’s House. Although the emperor has the most armed forces, you also said that those people are young masters. If our people all use the weapons from the Cao’s House, it will definitely be fine. , when the time comes, we will be ministers of the dragon. The current third-rank official is a starting point for us. Maybe our sons will have such an official position. This is all possible, but if we don’t go Work hard, our bodies will be cold by this time tomorrow." This guy shed a tear after he finished speaking, this was a fake, and it was also a true portrayal of his heart, which made the manager also think about it.

The chief of the city guards, this official position has always been held by the emperor's closest person. Min De was also promoted from this position to be the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This position has nothing to do with the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is directly responsible to the emperor alone. Although the Taiwei is in charge of all the troops in the whole country, he basically just takes a look at the city guards and imperial forest troops. Those who can't get involved, everything is the responsibility of the emperor himself. The general manager has lived a very good life these years. These merchants in the capital have respected him very well, but now everything seems to have come to an end It's the end, if I can't make a decision quickly, my future life will be really... Or maybe I will have nothing to say, even my head, what is there to do, it's just that my family has three generations. They are all loyal ministers. If I win, it will be as the guy in front of me said. Everything will be fine, and I will also exchange for a very high title, which is what I dream of. But if I fail, my whole family Young and old, their family reputation is gone. Besides, they haven't seen the previous master, and they don't know what the master thought. If it's what he said, they won't care about the court If you pay attention to the Buddha, this is a big deal, you pushed him to the emperor's seat, but he didn't mean that, he has no interest in this seat, so what should we do?

"It's not impossible, but I have to confirm two things. The first is the weapons provided by the Cao's House, and the second is what our old master thinks. This is very important. If he If we are willing to come back, we have received too much kindness from him. Even if we risk our own lives, we must do it for him. But if there is no such thing, all our hard work will be in vain. It’s not that good, what do you think?” He kicked the ball to Shuntianfu’s feet again, there is no problem if we want to do things, but we have to do all these things well, if we can’t do it well, Then you can’t do it like this, you have to have a plan. (To be continued..)