Chapter 1417 Jiang Yun and Jiao Zhiyuan's Conspiracy

After Wu Fan was teleported back to the real world, time in the game world did not stop. Not long after, night enveloped the entire human world.

"Dong dong dong!"

In the dark environment, there was a knock on the door of Jiao Zhiyuan's house, the Minister of Industry and Industry in Nanping. However, the knock was not on the front door, but on the back door.

"Who?" a deep voice asked from behind the door.

"It's me, Jiang Yun!" A similarly low voice came from outside the door, the voice was very small, as if he was afraid of being heard.

Squeak!

The door was quickly opened, and a man in black robes flashed in. Following him, there were two servants also wearing black clothes.

The dim moonlight shone on the face of the man in the robe, revealing an obscure face. It was none other than Jiang Yun, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials of Nanping!

"Where is Mr. Jiao?" Jiang Yun asked in a low voice.

"My master is waiting for Mr. Jiang in the study." Another servant in Jiao Zhiyuan's house said.

"Lead the way." Jiang Yun said.

"yes."

The servant led Jiang Yun and others towards the study in Jiao Zhiyuan's house. After they left, the servant who opened the door stretched his neck towards the door to make sure there was no one else around, and then took it back. Body, close the door.

Not long after, Jiang Yun saw Jiao Zhiyuan, who had been waiting for a long time, in the study. As for the two servants, they all stayed outside the study. There were only Jiao Zhiyuan and Jiang Yun in the huge study.

"Master Jiang, please sit down," Jiao Zhiyuan said.

"Master Jiao, how is your contact here?" Jiang Yun asked impatiently as soon as he sat down.

"It went very smoothly!" Jiao Zhiyuan said with a smile: "The officials I contacted all criticized Wu Ya and did not object to Mr. Cai's ascension to the throne. Once Mr. Cai leads the army into the city, they will join us and support Cai. Your Majesty ascends the throne!”

It is easy to rebel, but difficult to become emperor!

This is a problem that many rebels face. They can use the army to overthrow the previous ruler, but if they cannot get the support of the court ministers and the people, it will be difficult for them to sit on the throne of the emperor safely.

Therefore, the support of court officials and people is very important, especially court officials!

After all, they serve in various departments of the entire country. Without their support, the country may be paralyzed. Although the rebels can replace the original officials with their own people, it will take time and they may not be able to adapt.

It was with this consideration in mind that Jiang Yun and Jiao Zhiyuan became interested in court officials, hoping that they could continue to hold high positions in the new court after Cai Chengcheng became successful.

Jiao Zhiyuan and Jiang Yun had a good relationship with Cai Cheng before. After Cai Cheng's rebellion, they did not take a stand immediately. Instead, they looked at the situation and found that the situation with Cai Cheng was very good. People were determined to side with Cai Cheng, so much so that when Wu Ya convened the ministers to discuss how to deal with Cai Cheng's rebellion, both of them claimed to be ill.

But simply not attending the meeting of officials convened by Wu Ya was obviously not enough. Both of them knew very well that if they wanted to be in a high position after Cai Cheng succeeded, they had to do other things.

Therefore, the two people put their ideas on the heads of other officials. They knew very well that once Cai Cheng entered the city, he would very much need the support of the ministers. If they could convince the ministers, they would all side with Cai Cheng. , that must be a great achievement.

However, this matter obviously cannot be done openly. After all, the owner of the palace is still Wu Ya. If Wu Ya knows about it, the two of them will definitely be beheaded by Wu Ya before Cai Cheng enters the city.

Therefore, both of them secretly contacted those officials in private.

"Master Jiang, how is your contact there?" Jiao Zhiyuan asked Jiang Yundao.

"It's not going too smoothly." Jiang Yun said: "Some people are very loyal to the Wu family and are unwilling to betray Wu Ya. Others have ambiguous attitudes and are unwilling to express their opinions in advance. Fortunately, I did not fully reveal my thoughts in front of them, otherwise , I’m afraid I’ve already been accused in front of Wu Ya.”

Jiang Yun and Jiao Zhiyuan approached different officials to persuade them. Relatively speaking, the officials Jiao Zhiyuan sought were closer to Cai Cheng, so it was easier to persuade Jiang Yun. On the other hand, I was looking for people who didn't have much contact with Cai Cheng on weekdays, and whose attitude was not too objectionable to Wu Ya, so it was naturally more difficult.

"Hmph! Those old fools! Foolishly loyal!" Jiao Zhiyuan sneered and said, "When Mr. Cai enters the city, none of them will be able to escape! As for those who have ambiguous attitudes, I am not worried. Once Mr. Cai enters the city, they guarantee Will fall to Mr. Cai’s side.”

Jiang Yun nodded in agreement, and then said: "In the past two days, I will make more trips to win more people to our side."

"Yes." Jiao Zhiyuan nodded. The more officials they win over, the greater the credit will naturally be: "We can't just wait for Mr. Cai to enter the city. What can we do?"

"What to do?" Jiang Yun asked.

"There are many things we can do!" Jiao Zhiyuan said: "For example, if there is a delay in the provision of food and grass by the Ministry of Revenue, for example, if the Yamen is a little lax, it will cause chaos in the city and disturb the people's hearts, for example, the repair of the city defense at the top of the city can be slowed down appropriately. Let the city's defense capabilities be further reduced, and so on! The more officials turn to our side, the more we can do! "

Jiang Yun's eyes lit up and he said, "Master Jiao, what a good idea! In this way, we can also indirectly help Master Cai to attack the city. Master Cai will certainly understand our efforts. When he enters the city, he will inevitably reward us."

"Haha, this matter is not a crisis for you and me, but an opportunity, an opportunity to go one step further!" Jiao Zhiyuan laughed.

Although both of them are already one of the six ministers of Nanping State, one of them is the Minister of Works and the other is the Minister of Rites. In terms of status, they are inferior to the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of War, and even the Minister of Revenue, and their qualifications cannot be compared with Zhao Xingnian and Qin Wei.

And this time when Cai Cheng rebelled, the two of them were definitely in high positions among those who supported Cai Cheng. As long as they made some achievements and gained some merits, it would not be impossible for the two of them to rise again.

Jiang Yun also laughed loudly, in a good mood. Originally, the two of them had already lost some of their power in Wu Ya's heart. They could clearly feel that Wu Ya did not trust them and did not like them. As long as Wu Ya slowly took the position, the two of them could be replaced at any time.

Now, with Cai Cheng's uprising, the two of them could not only keep their positions, but also have the opportunity to go further. Naturally, they were in a good mood.