In ancient times, there was Zhao Gao who "referred to deer as horses", and today there is Wei Changtian who "referred to human heads as dog heads".
Although Chen Zhong and others did not know this confusing allusion, they were undoubtedly frightened by the sudden appearance of the human head.
Amidst the chorus of "There is indeed a dog head in the box", all the officials in power in Shuzhou, whether they wanted it or not, finally declared that they would be loyal to Wei Changtian and vowed to fight to the end against the "evil" Liu family.
So far, in just half a month, Wei Changtian, who had no official position, had become the local emperor of Shuzhou, directly or indirectly taking over all the rights of the five cities and eight counties within Shuzhou.
Of course, there are still some restrictions on this right.
For example, if Wei Changtian really wanted to rebel, Liang Zhen probably wouldn't agree to it unless others told him.
But he doesn't have such a big appetite.
The reason why Wei Changtian made up his mind to control Shuzhou was firstly for his own safety, and secondly to leave a way out for the entire Wei family.
If the Liu family really gains power in the future, if it doesn't work, we can retreat to this southwest corner and start over.
"Inform Chu Xianping to go to the boat meeting."
After giving Zhang San instructions, Wei Changtian stooped and got into the carriage.
Now that Shuzhou has been established, it is time to continue to develop in a more far-reaching direction.
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Changle Casino.
After several months of renovation, this small gambling house has become the base camp for the "Squad Club" organized by the Erwu Chai.
There are more than thirty underground darkrooms with different functions, connected by intricate tunnels, and the combined area is even several times larger than the gambling room on the ground.
The first batch of thirty "professional undercovers" have been training here for nearly two months, and now it's finally time to test the results.
"Sir, this is the list of their true identities."
Standing in front of thirty people with different clothes, looks, and expressions, Chu Xianping handed over a pamphlet, no more, no less, exactly thirty pages.
"Um......"
Wei Changtian took the book, flipped through a few pages, and asked casually: "Who else has seen this roster?"
"I compiled and transcribed everything myself."
Chu Xianping replied: "No one knows anything else."
"Okay...Zhang San, read it again."
Wei Changtian nodded, handed the roster to Zhang San, and turned his gaze to the opposite side.
Thirty people, twenty-eight men and two women.
This is really not due to my own "sex discrimination". The main reason is that these people are about to rush to various yamen in the capital to take up posts, and women are already rare in official positions, so this is the reason for the current male-female ratio.
At this time, these thirty people were all staring at him, their eyes full of loyalty that was almost like worship.
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve taken Puppet Pill or because Chu Xianping did a good job in brainwashing.
"Sir, I remember."
Soon, Zhang San handed the roster back to Wei Changtian, but Wei Changtian didn't even open it and handed it back to Chu Xianping.
"..."
The latter glanced at Zhang San, his eyes seemed a little surprised.
But he didn't ask anything. After putting the roster in his sleeve, he said in a deep voice to the people opposite:
"This is Mr. Wei and your master."
"Tomorrow you will go to the capital to take office. Mr. Wei is here specially to see you off today."
"Pour the wine!"
After giving the order, the thirty people raised the wine jar in unison and poured a full bowl of wine into the porcelain bowl in front of them.
And Zhang San also raised the altar with a wink and poured a bowl for Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping each.
"Um."
After taking the wine bowl, Wei Changtian shook his sleeves, knowing that he had to say a few words at this time.
But what should I say?
Hiss...we still have to come to the part of "Infernal Affairs"!
After pondering for a moment, he took a step forward, and a calm voice slowly sounded in everyone's ears.
"Half a year ago, during the battle between Liu and Wei, the maid who had been with me for many years was wounded by a bandit sent by the Liu family. Her life was in danger."
"My father went to the palace to ask for medicine, but the emperor refused to give it."
"One month ago, during the Spring Dragon Poetry Meeting, the Liu family and the Wangyue Sect planned to assassinate me at the poetry meeting."
"And that day, in addition to people from the Liu family, I also killed an internal guard who had been incorporated into the Imperial Guard."
"The Freemasonry, the Xuanjing Division, the Tianluo Sect, and countless brothers sacrificed their lives for my life... Some people say that I am 'one general who has achieved ten thousand bones', but I don't think so."
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"I believe that as a human being, it is up to you to decide whether to live or die!"
"So I killed Liu Yuanshan and Liu Zongliang, and I will destroy his entire Liu family in the future!"
"And so do you!"
"Whether you live or die, trample thousands of people under your feet, or become bones under others' feet... you have to choose your own path!"
"I wish you all good luck in your journey in the capital! You will be promoted step by step!"
"Dry!"
With the last word "Qian" blasting into the sky, Wei Changtian suddenly raised his head and drank all the wine in the bowl.
Among the thirty almost fanatical gazes, Chu Xianping was the first to come to his senses, immediately raised his wine bowl high, and repeated loudly:
"I wish you all good luck in your journey in the capital! You will be promoted step by step!"
"Dry!"
"Dry!!!"
Thirty roars followed closely, followed by the sound of "咵咓咵咚" and a burst of porcelain exploding.
"We swear to do our best for the young master! We will do our best with all our heart and soul!"
"We swear to do our best for the young master! We will do our best with all our heart and soul!"
"We swear to do our best for the young master! We will do our best with all our heart and soul!"
"..."
...
A few dozen breaths later.
Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping, who were full of alcohol, walked out of the secret room, and it seemed that they could still hear the waves of excited roars behind them.
Turning his head to look at Wei Changtian, Chu Xianping seemed a little surprised, but he quickly gathered his thoughts and said calmly:
"Sir, all the items needed for the boat party have been distributed. Tomorrow morning they will secretly leave the city in batches. They will first go to the state capitals, and then go to the capital from each place."
"Well, you can arrange these things."
Wei Changtian nodded, followed Chu Xianping into another secret room and sat down.
Although this world chaos is very dangerous for me, it also hides many opportunities.
Take these high-end works of the same boat club as an example.
No matter how hard Chu Xianping faked their identities and pretended to be their names, he would only be able to arrange for them to be petty officials at most, and he didn't know that they would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to climb to high positions.
But the situation today is different.
The Xu family has been characterized as a rebellion, and with the collapse of the Xu family, a large number of officials, big and small, have been vacated.
The Liu family and Ning Yongnian only care about the ownership of those important positions, and do not care much about other middle and lower-level official positions.
This gives me a lot of room to operate, and I can give these undercover agents a very good starting condition right from the start.
What's more, Wei Changtian didn't really expect these people to climb very high in a short period of time.
Their real role is to occupy a place in the court for themselves through another method, or to establish an alliance.
An underground alliance that is linked by the most unbreakable ties and completely obeys its own orders.