When Wei Zhan heard the sound, his body trembled slightly, and the four Qinglong guards swooped and surrounded Lin Feng's four corners. These people all entered the sticky pole later, and they had no idea that the person in front of him was famous.
The legendary Lin Feng.
Wei Zhan looked at the old Lin Feng, his eyes a little moist with excitement. He hadn't seen him for more than 20 years, and apart from the longing in his heart, all that was left was the traces of time.
"The blue dragon guarding Wei Zhan at the sticky pole, please see Mr. Lin!" Wei Zhan said, cupping his fists with both hands and kneeling down on one knee.
Lin Feng held up Wei Zhan's hands, "Fourth, I am no longer an adult, but we are still brothers." Lin Feng held Wei Zhan's hands, and the two old men looked at each other.
The other four Qinglong guards looked at their boss in surprise. In their hearts, Wei Zhan was the supreme being. In the sticky pole, Wei Zhan was the biggest god. Even in front of the emperor, Wei Zhan did not have to kneel down, but today
I want to kneel down and worship an ordinary old man.
The four Qinglong guards glanced at each other, and they had already guessed who the old man in front of them was. Except for Lin Feng, the legendary figure at Sticky Rod, I am afraid no one can enjoy this treatment.
"I'm waiting for the Qinglong Guards to meet Master Lin!" The four of them put away their weapons and fell to their knees in unison.
Lin Feng looked at the few young people and nodded slightly, "At the sticky pole, a new generation is replacing the old. Everyone, please get up, there is no need to salute."
The four people stood up. Wei Zhan glanced at them. The four Qinglong guards moved around and ran to their respective posts. Only two old men were left on the roadside.
"Brother, why did you leave that day? If you hadn't left, ### and Lao San wouldn't have died in Dangyun Country." Wei Zhan's voice was a little trembling.
Lin Feng was stunned and didn't understand why Wei Zhan said this, "Fourth brother, how did they die?"
Wei Zhan smiled bitterly, "As soon as you left the book and left, there was no leader in the sticky stick place, and ### started to compete for your position. When the sticky stick place was in the most chaos, when the spies of the Yun Kingdom sneaked into the sticky stick
They created false information to lure ### Lao San was fooled, and was shot to death in the rebel army. Later, in anger, I killed sixteen Qinglong guards with my own hands, and finally found the real spy. For a spy
, but accidentally killed sixteen brothers, forcing me to almost retire back then. Brother, to put it bluntly, these are all the consequences of your irresponsibility back then."
Lin Feng closed his eyes sadly, but opened them again in an instant, "Wei Zhan, people will always die, it's just one step earlier or one step later. If you hadn't experienced this crisis, you wouldn't have matured.
So fast. I remember that among the four of us brothers, you were the one who collided the most. Now it seems, haha, very good!" Lin Feng said a very good sentence, which means many meanings. At that time, Lin Feng was trapped by love, and in front of his brothers,
Lin Feng wouldn't say it even if he was beaten to death. He could only hide the guilt in his heart.
"Brother, let's not talk about the past. We need you to take over the helm again. At present, Dafeng Dynasty is calm on the surface, but powerful enemies are peeping around. There is the Dangyun Kingdom in the south, and the Tianqing Kingdom in the north is ready to make a move. The Dafeng Dynasty will work together.
The ministers only know how to scheming and do not care about government affairs, and now Emperor Wu cannot bear to strictly discipline the government and get rid of useless people. This is not an option, and sooner or later it will cause serious trouble."
Lin Feng shook his head, "Wei Zhan, I'm old and don't want to be involved in this anymore. If you still treat me as your eldest brother, listen to me. What is sticky stick? It means that the emperor regards us as a stick in his hand. Cicada
No matter how high the insect hides, you can still use the stick to take it down. This is the function of the stick. If you interfere in the government affairs, you will be regarded as a thorn in the side of the royal family and will be banned sooner or later. The country and the country are not an issue that the stick considers.
, what the sticky pole has to do is to be the emperor’s eyes and ears and a pole to clear away cicadas for the emperor.”
Wei Zhan was stunned for a moment and nodded silently, "Brother, I understand. There is one more thing I want to ask you, that Zhu Tianjiang?"
When he mentioned Zhu Tianjiang, Lin Feng smiled slightly and said, "Fourth brother, this kid is very interesting. He has a unique mind and sometimes the things he comes up with are surprising. If you train him well, he will become a great person in time."
"Brother, since you said so, you can't always be carefree. You can't leave the burden to me alone. You have to let me know where you will stay."
Lin Feng stretched out his hand and motioned for the two of them to walk and talk, "Fourth, I am Xianyun Yehe now and have no fixed address. If anything happens, I will contact Mu Qi." Lin Feng did not say where he lived.
"Then what if I have something to do with you?"
"Then go to Zhu Tianjiang, that boy will tell me!"
The two people were walking and talking, and after a while, their figures disappeared on the avenue.
Talking about Zhu Daguan, it took a lot of effort from the boss to drive the carriage to the city gate. When they arrived at the city gate, Zhao Si also woke up. Zhu Tianjiang warned Zhao Si to just pretend that nothing happened and return home quickly.
When Zhu Daguan came to the mansion, the first thing he did was to run to the flower garden. He wanted to ask about the sticky pole, but the old gardener Lin Feng was not there. Zhu Daguan had no choice but to walk to Guo Ying's residence.
There will be a banquet for the princes in the evening, and Zhu Daguan will discuss it with Guo Ying. There are some things that require her cooperation.
In the Ouchi Palace, Emperor Chengwu was sitting behind the imperial court. Feng Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Yu Huacheng, the Minister of Industry, stood aside. Emperor Chengwu couldn't help but frowned as he looked at the memorial in his hand.
During this period, Emperor Chengwu was worried about money. The Ministry of War pressed for food and salary several times, and the national treasury was empty, and the Ministry of Household Affairs could not come up with money. The floods in Hedu Prefecture, the victims were already showing signs of causing trouble. If the money was not allocated for disaster relief and embankment construction, I am afraid that
It will cause civil unrest.
"Feng Aiqing, why are the taxes from Zhongdu Mansion and Shutian Mansion this year delayed?" Emperor Cheng Wu looked at Feng Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, gloomily.
"Your Majesty, I have sent people to urge you several times. Unfortunately, the harvest in these two provinces this year has not been good, the number of merchants has decreased significantly, and the taxes have not been collected so far." Feng Jing replied carefully.
"Absurd! Zhongdu Prefecture is the important grain-producing area of our Dafeng Dynasty, and Shutian Prefecture is also a treaty port. If they don't take the lead, other capitals will follow and watch the fun. Feng Jing, I think you, the Minister of Household Affairs, will soon be sitting on the throne.
That's it." Emperor Chengwu said, throwing down the memorial in his hand.
Feng Jing fell to his knees in fright, "I am guilty!"
"You are guilty, you are guilty. You know how to say you are guilty when something happens. Don't you know how to find a solution? Stand down, all of you, stand down!" Emperor Cheng Wu angrily drove out the two important ministers.
Emperor Chengwu walked back and forth angrily for a few steps, turned around and asked, "Has Lord Wei returned to the palace?"
"Your Majesty, Master Wei has returned to the palace." A eunuch quickly replied.
"Xuan!"
Emperor Chengwu gave an order, and the little eunuch ran like a rabbit. After a while, Wei Zhan's figure appeared in the upper study.
"Wei Zhan, what's the news from Zhongdu and Shutian?"
"Your Majesty, it's not that Zhongdu and Shutian have no money. It's just that I'm afraid it won't be possible to rely on officials from the Ministry of Revenue to urge them." Wei Zhan replied in a deep voice.
"Why, they still want to rebel!" Emperor Cheng Wu had a glint in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, don't forget that the governors of these two mansions are all involved with the old queen mother. One is the eldest son of the old uncle, and the other is the student of the old uncle. The capital of Zhongdu is looking at Shutian. If the Shutian mansion pays
If the taxes are paid, the capital must pay them. As I can guess, there is a lot going on here."
Emperor Chengwu was startled, "Wei Zhan, in your opinion, what should we do?"
Just as Wei Zhan was about to express his opinion, he suddenly remembered Lin Feng's words and immediately changed his mind and said, "Your Majesty, I am just a guard and do not understand government affairs."
Emperor Chengwu snorted dissatisfiedly, "You go down." At this point, Emperor Chengwu suddenly remembered something and called Wei Zhan again, "What's the situation over there at the Imperial College?"
"Wang Taifu is ill. It seems that he will not be able to recover for a while. In addition, Zhu Tianjiang is hosting a banquet for all the princes tonight." Wei Zhan said and quietly glanced at Emperor Cheng Wu.
"A banquet for all the princes?" Emperor Cheng Wu was startled, thought for a moment, and nodded slightly, "This kid is really smart. Before he sees clearly, he can't offend anyone."
"No! Your Majesty, you are wrong. This boy will probably surprise everyone tonight. Because he has already made a choice, it is the fourth prince Xuanzhu." Wei Zhan said silently.
"Xuanzhu? It's nonsense. It's simply nonsense. The fourth emperor is cowardly in nature and is not the material of an emperor at all."
"Your Majesty, this is not necessarily true. I do think that the fourth prince has a smart side." Wei Zhan actually contradicted the emperor. If other ministers heard this, they would probably be surprised and their eyes would drop.
Emperor Chengwu gave Wei Zhan a meaningful look, "Well, I'll see if the fourth child has such a future."
Wei Zhan walked out of the upper study room. He did not stop at the palace, but went directly to the blacksmith shop on Shun King Street.
Mu Qi, who is the Suzaku envoy of Sticky Stick, couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the boss arriving. Wei Zhan, as the Green Dragon envoy, is the largest leader of Sticky Stick and rarely comes to his place.
"Master Wei, I don't know what's important, so why don't you come here in person?" Mu Qi asked respectfully.
"Mu Qi, Zhu Tianjiang is hosting a banquet for the four princes tonight, and they will definitely bring their own guards. Immediately organize manpower secretly to make them fight each other." Wei Zhan said calmly.
"Fight~ fight?" Mu Qi looked at Wei Zhan doubtfully, not understanding why he gave such a ridiculous order.
"Yes, these princes must fight among themselves so that they can ignore Zhu Tianjiang. Since Mr. Lin has entrusted him to me, I will use all my strength to help him reach the pinnacle of power."
With that said, Wei Zhan glanced at Mu Qi and then said: "I have passed on the black ring representing the Green Dragon Envoy to Zhu Tianjiang."
Mu Qi was stunned and looked at Wei Zhan in surprise. Could it be said that Mr. Wei is training a successor?
"My subordinate understands! Let's do it immediately." Mu Qi replied seriously.
Wei Zhan nodded. The current sticky pole is an organization that is absolutely loyal to him. Wei Zhan is very confident about this. Even the emperor's edict is not as effective as his words in the sticking pole.
Wei Zhan left the blacksmith shop and rushed directly to Prince Jing's Mansion. Wei Zhan wanted to use his power to persuade Prince Jing to ask Prince Jing to personally petition the emperor to supervise the tax collection of Shu Tian Mansion. But there is one condition, that is, he must
Take Zhu Tianjiang with you. With the secret support of Sticky Stick Department, Wei Zhan will let Zhu Tianjiang make his first contribution!