117. Push aside the clouds and fog and see the end of the day
Lin Cang saw it, but smiled, and said meaningfully: "Li Yaozu, you are still too young, and you still know too little. What do you think you will do in Jinling?"
"Isn't the Jiedushi coming to Jinling just to rectify the Jiangnan Jiedushi?" Li Yaozu asked curiously after hearing this.
"Yes, but not all, in short, you should do it well. You should not know these things too early. You should step down!" Lin Cang said directly to him.
"No, the official will leave now." As he said that, Li Yaozu bowed to Lin Cang and then retreated with a deep thought.
At this time, Li Tong, deputy envoy of the Jiangnan Jiedushi, walked in with black armor and heard the conversation between Lin Cang and Li Yaozu.
After Li Tong bowed to Lin Cang, he said, "Elder General, why are you? Why do you say these to Li Yaozu?"
After hearing this, Lin Cang called him to sit down, then smiled and said, "You are still too young. We came to Jiangnan to recruit 400,000 troops. What a huge workload. We always need to find someone we know to help."
"Besides, with the movement of the military center of great importance to the south, Jinling will be the top priority, and will become the military and political center of the Jiangnan region, and the county magistrate of Jinling will also become a hot commodity. You and I are military officers, so it is not good to interfere in local government affairs too much, but Jinling is your base camp, so you and me must find someone who can trust to help you watch!" Lin Cang said for granted.
After hearing this, Li Tong nodded, agreeing with Lin Cang's statement, but he still said in confusion: "But this Li Yaozu is still too young, how could he be promoted to a high position as a county magistrate like the third rank, or a particularly important county like Jinling County?"
"Yes, it is indeed impossible in normal times, but it is possible when everyone in the Jiangnan officialdom is in danger. In addition, I wrote a letter to Your Majesty, that's certain." Lin Cang said confidently.
When Li Tong heard this, he shook his head, expressing his confusion, but it was difficult to say it out loud.
When Lin Cang saw it, he immediately became concerned, and said to Li Tong in a low voice: "I understand what you want to say, but Your Majesty does not need it. I don't know how many Jinyiwei are staring at this Jiangnan area. What kind of civil and military disagreement? What your Majesty needs is not these, what your Majesty needs is great martial arts!"
When Li Tong heard this, he immediately understood, but smiled with a self-deprecating smile, and then said, "It's still the old general who can see through it, but I'm not thinking about it."
Suddenly, Li Tong lowered his voice and said to Lin Cang again: "Elder General, I have already found out the two groups of people who just arrived in Jinling yesterday afternoon. They are the absolute confidants of Dongchang and Dongchang Genyiwei, and the commander of the Jinyiwei Zheng Yi. Moreover, their purpose in coming to Jiangnan is the same. They are here to find the life experience of His Majesty's biological mother."
Lin Cang was shocked when he heard this. Yan Qing stared at Li Tong's eyes tightly before lowering his voice and asked, "How is it possible? How did you find such important information? It's not the smoke emitted, right?"
"No, I have inquired carefully, and it is true. This news is not very secret. When they arrived in Jinling, they each found their own personnel in Jinling and conveyed the above instructions. A fellow soldier of my personal soldiers is the Jinyiwei affiliated to Jinling. The Jinyiwei also secretly said that he was recorded by the personal soldiers and told me again." Li Tong said affirmatively.
Lin Cang was curious when he heard this and said, "Is Your Majesty's biological mother a native of Jiangnan? Otherwise, how could the two major organizations of Jinyiwei and Dongchang send people to Jiangnan? But something is wrong, I have never heard of it?" He said to himself.
When Li Tong heard this, he smiled and said, "The old general doesn't have to think about it anymore. You can't have heard of it. Your Majesty's biological mother died as soon as your Majesty was born. Besides, your Majesty was born eighteen years old. Until you ascended the throne, I have only heard of Your Majesty's name. Most of the people in the court are like this, let alone Your Majesty's biological mother?"
"Well, you're right, that's true, this will be different." Lin Cang said, nodding.
But he continued, "Since we have figured it out, then we should just treat it as if we don't know about it. Do you understand?"
"No, I know." Li Tong said seriously, but his heart was very uneasy.
Since the purpose of these two groups of people to Jiangnan was to find the life experience of His Majesty's biological mother, there must be a basis for it. At this moment, he hoped that their purpose would come true, then it would be easier for them, Jiangnan people to do this hard work.
But he still shook his head and shook this unrealistic fantasy out of his mind. This person still has to rely on himself.
...
At this time, in Tongde Restaurant not far from the Jinling Jiedu Camp, Xie Yu, the former master of the Jinling Xie family, was sitting on the highest floor of the restaurant with a masked woman, sitting by the window, looking at the Jinling Camp in the distance.
After hearing the bad news about his father in the capital, Xie Yu rushed to the scene. Finally, he arrived in Jinling City yesterday afternoon, and the one sitting with him was his own sister Xie Youruo.
At this time, Xie Yu looked tired and his figure was thinner. Obviously, the accident at home and his father's death had a big blow to him. Only those eyes were still so bright and sharper than before.
He looked at the Jinling camp in the distance, sighed a long time before saying, "Little sister, I didn't expect that such a big change happened in the family in less than a year. My father died tragically, and I feel uncomfortable in my heart!"
"A year ago, when I left home, I carefully advised me, and wished me, hoping that I could achieve great things, and my voice was still there. I didn't expect that now it was a different path..." As she said, Xie Yu's eyes were red and his eyes were filled with tears, but the tears still did not flow down, but his tone became darker.
Xie Youruo, who was standing beside him, started crying when he heard Xie Yu's words, and tears flowed down unscrupulously, wetting his thin veil, and his beautiful body shook.
The scene fell silent for a moment. Both of them were in the same situation and had the same bloodline. Although they didn't speak, their hearts became closer.
After a long time, Xie Yu said again: "Little sister, how is the situation of the Xie family now?"
After hearing this, Xie Youruo wiped the corners of his eyes with a jade-like little hand, and then he calmly said: "Brother, our Xie family suffered heavy losses in the Jinling incident this time. Not only did his father die, but all the children of the Xie family in Jinling died. The eighth, big, three, four, and five of the Xie family are now without leaders, and only some children left in the side houses. The second house has the least losses because his uncle is in the capital. The six, seven, and eighth houses avoided it because they are scattered outside. The main branch of the Xie family suffered heavy losses this time. Now the side branches of the six, seven, and eighth houses jumped out to compete for the dominance of the Xie family. They are quarreling. It is really shameless." Xie Youruo said hatefully, with a resentment in his tone.
But Xie Yu still heard a sense of fear from Xie Youruo's voice. He felt both distressed and angry, feeling sorry for the younger sister he had been spoiled since childhood. This time he was scared and he was incompetent. But when has the faces of these tribesmen been angry, and they have these unrealistic fantasies and are short-sighted. It seems that the Xie family is really declining, and suddenly feels that the burden on his shoulders is heavy again. It is difficult to revive the Xie family, and I can't help but feel a little discouraged.
He was silent for a moment before he spoke, "Little sister, it's hard for you, what about money?"
After hearing this, Xie Youruo was silent for a moment, and then said sadly: "Brother, the money loss is difficult to count. If you estimate it a little, it will be at least 5 million taels of loss. However, many of the land deeds of the land were burned down. But my sister thought that with the strength of my Xie family, I could still get it back from the Jinling Prefecture Office." Xie Youruo said confidently.
After hearing this, Xie Yu was silent for a long time before saying, "Little sister, there is no need to do it anymore. These are things outside of the body after all, so there is no need to worry about it." There was an unquestionable feeling in his tone.
"Why? Brother." Xie Xiaomei asked inexplicably, with absolute surprise in her tone. Obviously, she didn't understand what her brother was thinking.
After hearing his sister's question, Xie Yu did not answer directly, but continued: "Little sister, what is important for us is not to return these things, but to consider how to protect the Xie family. If you hand it over, maybe you will have some unexpected gains?" Xie Yu said calmly.
When Xie Xiaomei heard her seemingly wrong words, she felt very sudden. The meaning of her brother's words made her unable to accept it for a while. After a long time of rest, she said inconsistency: "Brother, what did you say to protect the Xie family? How is this possible? Even after my father went there, we... our Xie family would not have fallen to this point, right?" Xie Xiaomei said with some stuttering.
After hearing his younger sister's words, Xie Yu's face was a little unnatural, so he said in a low tone: "Little sister, you are a woman after all, and you are not in the capital. I don't know that the situation in the court in the past two months is complicated and changeable!"
"The late emperor suddenly passed away, but the current emperor ascended the throne was His Majesty. Everything was so caught off guard. I thought that during this period of power, the three real power princes would have some chances. However, His Majesty is so fast and skillful. This is the first time I have seen him!"
"Just relying on such a righteous name, I ate and stayed in three real power princes, tightly grasped Daqian's military power, and even personally sent his uncle, Prince Song, to a dead end. Your Majesty is indeed an emperor!"
Chapter completed!