The breeze caressed his face in the courtyard of the courtyard. Tang Jiusheng took a sip of tea and smiled faintly, "He wouldn't dare even a current emperor! It sounds so majestic! You are now the Secretary of the Central Committee, a very powerful minister, with all the power in the world.

Even the emperor is afraid of you. You have infinite natural beauty, but how will you be recorded in the history books a hundred years from now? Do you really hope that one day the historians will use the words 'establish emperor' to seal your coffin?"

Yang Jingzhong obviously hesitated for a moment, then turned around and ordered the Dongwei guards in a high-pitched voice, "Everyone, please step aside. Our family wants to discuss some private matters with Mr. Tang!" All the guards agreed together and bowed.

After retreating, Ximen Yushuang and the four little maids behind him all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that all the servants had retreated.

Yang Jingzhong put down his crossed legs with a gloomy expression on his face. Tang Jiusheng said again: "Think about it, you had the kindness to save Yin Guang's life and the virtue of support. This kind of kindness to Yin Guang is not unimportant. Since ancient times,

Since then, all eunuchs have been slaves. Apart from Yin Guang, which emperor would respect the eunuch as his father-in-law? Also, he was granted the title of Zhongshu Ling and became the Duke of the State? I believe that Yin Guang was extremely grateful to you in the beginning.

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Looking at the silent Yang Jingzhong, Tang Jiusheng tapped his forehead with his fingers and carefully weighed his words, not only to express his views but also to try not to offend Yang Jingzhong.

"But you just saved Yin Guang, and then you started to take power. Why did so many ministers impeach you? In everyone's eyes, how different are you from the Wang Queen and others who want to usurp? Others are afraid of you, because

You can demote officials and kill people, but in the end, there is no one left who dares to tell you the truth!"

Tang Jiusheng sighed and leaned back on the recliner, "Now in the Great Shang Kingdom, there are not many people who are not afraid of you, right? I don't have an official position for you to demote, and you can't kill me with just personal force. Even I have a certain

Since you regard me as your future partner, I will tell you a few honest words. I have always been concerned about the humiliation of my subjects and my death. Why can’t you, the manager, leave a good name in the history of history?

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"If the history books a hundred years from now can record this, Yang Jingzhong was the best and wisest eunuch in history. He eradicated treason, supported the new emperor, cut down the feudal vassal and put down the rebellion, did not disturb the officials or harm the people, did not abuse his power, and tried his best to save the country.

The current situation is bad, loyalty and righteousness are balanced, and the name will last forever. Instead of dominating the world with power, harming the loyal and good, being domineering, and imposing arbitrary taxes and expropriations!"

Yang Jingzhong shook his sleeves and stood up angrily, "Stop talking! Our family came to you today, not to listen to these big principles! It's too late to say this now, our family can no longer stop. Since the Queen Mother's party was eradicated

, the power is concentrated in the hands of our family, those who impeached our family have been demoted, and some who complained have been killed. If we abolish Dongwei now, it will be tantamount to committing suicide."

After walking a few steps in the courtyard, Yang Jingzhong stroked his long eyebrows and sneered: "It's not that our family doesn't have foresight, but that the officialdom is sinister, and the undercurrents in the court are turbulent. The complexity is far beyond the imagination of a little kid like you. You

Do you think that if you don't touch others, others won't touch you? Some people will definitely use our family's mistakes to attack our family and take the opportunity to climb up. Although you, Mr. Tang, are smart, you are too young and have too little experience.

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Without waiting for Tang Jiusheng to express his position, Yang Jingzhong sat back on the chair and said again in a high-pitched voice: "To eliminate the Queen Mother's party and support Yin Guang's accession to the throne, isn't it a big gamble for our family? It's just a big gamble, we

Our family has put our wealth and life on the line, and we really can’t afford to lose! Our family has never been good people, and when we have power, we must use it to punish others, otherwise what’s the point of living?”

Tang Jiusheng leaned on the recliner and said in a calm voice, "Then if one day the vassal kings have enough troops and use the Qing Dynasty as an excuse to rebel, if you only focus on punishing people now, who will protect you then?"

Yang Jingzhong smiled and pointed at Tang Jiusheng with his finger, "Young Master Tang, your childish idea will leave no bones left that can be eaten by people in the court! Could it be that if our family doesn't punish everyone, someone will come forward to protect our family?

?Except the emperor, who can protect our family at the critical moment? Everyone sweeps away the snow in front of their door, and doesn’t care about the frost on other people’s tiles! Officialdom has always been like this! If you don’t add insult to injury, you are already a good person."

Yang Jingzhong lamented, "Our family is a lonely minister, so there is no weakness to grasp. It is like a rag, just throw it away after use, no regrets! Now do you understand our family's situation?

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Seeing that Tang Jiusheng was deep in thought and did not speak, Yang Jingzhong smiled bitterly and said: "Our family is worried about those vassal kings. One day their wings will really be full. They are all descendants of Taizu. Who wouldn't want to be the emperor? But now they are cut off.

The vassal was forcing them to rebel, and the imperial court obviously did not have enough strength to suppress the rebellion. The vassal kings were afraid of the imperial court.

The court, why is the court not afraid of these vassal kings? So the current situation is that we are fighting wolves with a straw, and we are afraid of both!"

Tang Jiu Sheng raised the corner of his mouth, "The imperial court is like a centipede insect, dead but not stiff. The feudal princes also know that if they raise an army now, there is not much chance of victory, so they are all gathering strength. But isn't the imperial court taking the opportunity to regain its strength? Although the late emperor was in Dehong

In the last years, the country was in a mess, but now Yin Guang is ruling by doing nothing, the world has not yet become uncontrollable, and the morale of the military and the people is still there. As long as you assist the emperor well, the vassal princes will have no chance."

Yang Jingzhong shook his head, "What if our emperor doesn't really rule by doing nothing, but deep down he doesn't want to be this emperor? Our family has watched Yin Guang grow up, so I'm afraid his ambitions are not the same.

Temple. But there is no way. Who let the late emperor have this son? Just like you, our family has no idea that you want to be a future national master, but at least you have brothers. Old Man Tang will not have no choice.

room."

Tang Jiusheng turned to Ximen Yushuang and said with a smile: "Shuang'er, let Ginkgo and the others cook some side dishes. I'm hungry, and I'm going to eat and chat with the chief manager."

Ximen Yushuang agreed, winked at Tang Jiusheng, and took the four little maids to the kitchen. Ximen Yushuang understood that Tang Jiusheng did not want the maids to hear the following conversation.

Tang Jiusheng stood up, plucked a leaf from the crabapple tree in the courtyard, bit off half of it, chewed it in his mouth, and sat back on the couch again, "Let's talk, Mr. Manager, there are only two of us in this yard now, you come here this time."

If you come to me to talk about cooperation, what exactly do you want to cooperate with?"

Yang Jingzhong pushed the teapot and did not pour any more tea because the tea was already cold. Yang Jingzhong tapped the table with his fingers and said softly: "In addition to Dongwei, our family also wants to have some control over the army. We will control other forces.

My family can't get involved, but you are an emerging force here, so you can always give our family some control, right?"

Tang Jiusheng shook his head, "That's impossible. I'm not laughing at you. Your Dongwei gang has done enough harm to people. It's really impossible to do serious things. Absolute success is not enough but failure is more than failure. The army is in your hands, Dongwei.

Here, it will be destroyed soon, and it will not have much fighting power. Your ability can only punish people internally, but it is far from effective externally."

Yang Jingzhong narrowed his eyes and folded his arms in front of his chest, "Let's not talk about the army first. Mr. Tang has now become a powerful figure in the martial arts world. If you, Mr. Tang, want to create a sect, Dongwei can also provide you with support. If anyone

If you object, Dongwei will naturally eradicate them for you. Of course, the premise is that there should be a place for our people in the newly created sect."

Tang Jiusheng laughed loudly, "I am famous in the martial arts now, but when it comes to being powerful in the martial arts, I am still far from it. Defeating Zhu Tianba by using tricks is not enough. There are too many people who are dissatisfied, and I can't say that.

Anyone who is dissatisfied should be brought out and beaten up, right? As for you mentioning that Dongwei has a place in the newly created sect, I'm sorry, but it still doesn't work! Without your Dongwei, I can still create the sect."

Yang Jingzhong twitched his eyebrows and remained silent, obviously not expecting that Tang Jiu Sheng would be so resolute in rejecting Dong Wei.

Tang Jiusheng suddenly laughed, chewing the crabapple leaves in his mouth and asked: "Yang Jingzhong, please tell me, I am very annoyed by your attitude of always beating me around the bush without telling the truth. You came to me to discuss cooperation, not to come here."

Nonsense, tell me what happened to your Dongwei?"

Yang Jingzhong was startled, and subconsciously lowered his arms, "Mr. Tang, our Dongwei is obviously fine, why do you say something happened to our Dongwei?"

Tang Jiusheng smiled coldly, "The current head of the East Neiwei Department is your godson Ye Zhaoli. If nothing happens, will you tell me to let me take over the position of head of the Qianhu? If I really take it

If you get this position, what will you do with your godson? Besides, you never leave the capital or even the palace. If something big hadn't happened, you would have gone to Jiannan Road yourself? That's really novel!"

Yang Jingzhong smiled and nodded, "Well, it's easy to work with people who understand, so our family won't hide it. Ye Zhaoli betrayed our family and joined Yin Quan. Dongwei can no longer completely reassure our family, so our family has to

Looking for reliable foreign aid. Just as we walked to Jiannan Road, we heard that Mr. Tang defeated Zhu Tianba, so our family took advantage of this opportunity to come to you to talk about cooperation. Of course, the premise is that you are interested."

Tang Jiusheng sat up straight, threw the remaining half of a crabapple leaf into his mouth, and continued chewing, "I am very interested in the cooperation proposed by the manager, but I want to know what terms the manager can offer me.

Instead of always trying to mix things up with me. You are too calculating and always want to take advantage but don't want to suffer. This is not a good attitude towards cooperation!"

Yang Jingzhong looked confused, "Mr. Tang, our family just wants to have some control over your army. How come we want to take advantage but don't want to suffer a loss?"

Tang Jiusheng smiled coldly and stared, "I said you had a good plan, but you still don't admit it! I cooperated with your general manager, but you took the opportunity to interfere in the army, so I, Tang, worked for you for free.

?Oh, after the battle is over, the soldiers are still the soldiers of the imperial court, and they are not my private army, so what is the point of me working for a long time? You must give me some benefit!"

Yang Jingzhong twisted his neck and looked like he had a headache, "Mr. Tang, from our perspective, you should set your own conditions. How do you want to cooperate with our family?"

Tang Jiusheng had a bad smile on his face, "First, don't let your Eastern Guard come to interfere with me, but I want to use your Eastern Guard's power. Second, I need to expand the size of the army. Yin Quan really raised an army, so I

Dangyang County can't defend the more than a thousand troops now, and it's probably not enough to squeeze Yin Quan's teeth! But how can I raise more soldiers without food and salary? This requires the support of your chief manager."

Yang Jingzhong blinked his eyes, his teeth itching with hatred, "Mr. Tang, your calculations are louder than ours! Do you want our family to support you unconditionally?"

Tang Jiusheng shook his head, "How can this be unconditional support? If you help me now, you are helping yourself. If I win here, won't it be beneficial to you, the manager? Could it be that you still hope that one day Yin Quan will ascend the throne, and then you will be killed?

Landing? Let me declare in advance that I have no interest in becoming an official. I won’t do it for Zhongshu’s orders, and I won’t do it for the prince.”

Yang Jingzhong looked embarrassed and said, "Young Master Tang, you don't want to be an official. If you lose one day, you are not a court official. At worst, you can just leave and continue to work in your world. Our family is not

There is no way back. How do you want our family to believe that you can do your best?"

Tang Jiusheng sneered: "Then if you put Dongwei's troops into the army, will you be able to force me to do my best? Will you be able to force the army to do its best? On the contrary, everyone will only be divided and no longer monolithic. I might as well tell you that I must

Do your best, fight with all your strength, I have to think about my father, otherwise, why do you think I, a young master from the Imperial Prefecture, can live a stable life and go to the world to suffer hardships?"

Yang Jingzhong lowered his head and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Master Tang, the conditions for cooperation are too harsh. It seems that our family cannot negotiate with you."

Tang Jiusheng was a little tired. He leaned on the recliner and chuckled: "Yes, the master manager's original plan was to take advantage of the gathering of martial arts people at the auction to recruit more people to join the East Guard, and then go to Pingxi Palace and Yin Palace on the Southwest Road.

Quan discussed the conditions, but when I was about to arrive in Huzhou, I suddenly heard that someone from Tang Dynasty had defeated Zhu Tianba, and then he suddenly came up with the idea to recruit me to join Dongwei. Am I right?"

Yang Jingzhong's face changed color, and he suddenly felt a chill down his spine. The boy named Tang could guess this hidden thought clearly?

However, Yang Jingzhong was a man who had experienced strong winds and waves after all, and he quickly calmed down. Since he could no longer hide it, he simply confessed to the meeting, nodded and smiled: "It seems that our family really underestimates Young Master Tang. Okay, Young Master."

Our family agrees to the conditions, but we just hope that the young master can cooperate more with Dongwei."

Tang Jiusheng spat out the chewed crabapple leaves in his mouth, and then said haha, "Sorry, sorry, this is not directed at the manager. I hope the manager can give me a virtual Dongwei photo, except for the manager.

Besides, I don’t want anyone to know about it. Furthermore, I want to have the power to check the Eastern Wei intelligence at any time. This is what I lack most at the moment. It is really important for future wars."

Yang Jingzhong nodded calmly, "Okay, we promise you. So what will Young Master Tang do in return for our family?"

Tang Jiusheng put away his cynical expression and said sincerely: "If there is such a day, I will try my best to protect you from death. But whether I can do this depends on the number of troops I have on hand now. If the army is too small and weak, then I will try my best to protect you from death."

I have no right to speak. In other words, you can use me as a trump card, a rare soldier unknown to outsiders. After all, for me, you are more reliable than Yin Quan. Yin Quan wants to be the emperor, but the manager does not.

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