Chapter 911: Secret plotting, killing with a borrowed knife
"That's the Imperial Envoy!"
The square-faced man among them said slowly, "Fan An and that idiot have already fallen in!"
The thin man who spoke earlier smiled disdainfully, "Master Guan, the prefect of Chongqing, and the prefect of Fuzhou are all yours! I pay you a lot of filial piety every year!"
After that, he turned to look at the last person, "Master Sun, how many soldiers and horses are living on empty wages in the first prison of Kuizhou, the three armies, the three prefectures, and the eight states? Do you need my help to tell you?
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"Our Imperial Envoy has nothing in his eyes. Besides, you don't think that you can deceive this Imperial Envoy by just making some superficial modifications!"
"So, there are only two ways left for us to go!"
"The first way is to admit defeat and give in. From now on, do what needs to be done quickly, hand over what you have been greedy for, spit out what you swallowed, and make up for what needs to be made up! Of course, even if
In this case, the best this gentleman can do is remain silent for the time being.
However, I am afraid that he will still report all the information truthfully, and even if he does not report it to His Majesty, he will still hold these things in his hands, and maybe these things will become our guillotine!"
"As for the second way, that is to keep doing it and simply change the imperial envoy to the imperial court! We are not Fan An and that idiot, and only he will personally be implicated. Not only did he not get rid of Shen Tang, but he himself
Fell in."
Sun and Guan looked at each other, and then the official surnamed Guan asked, "So, I wonder what Mr. Nong has planned!"
The official surnamed Nong smiled slightly, "You know, although we are a little greedy, we are not heinous.
And in your Kuizhou territory, there are people who are more afraid of the imperial envoy’s verification than we are."
The official surnamed Guan's eyes tightened, "What Master Nong is talking about is Daning Supervisor or Yun'an Supervisor?"
In ancient times, salt was one of the most important materials, and it was basically listed as a monopoly by the state! For others, smuggling private salt was a capital crime! Just like the Fangla Uprising that occurred decades ago, Fangla's most important means of making money was
Selling private salt! Relying on this alone, Fang La recruited troops and even caused great harm to the Song Dynasty court.
The reason why we can achieve this step is because the interests of private salt are too high.
Therefore, the imperial court has always strictly controlled the mining and sales of salt! Moreover, supervisors were directly established in major salt producing areas.
A salt supervisor has great power, and under their control, they control a large number of civilians who mine salt wells.
Salt wells are extremely dangerous, which makes the death of civilian husbands extremely common.
Furthermore, every salt prison is rich in oil and gas. Although there are no regular soldiers on the salt wells, there are many private armed forces.
Under such a system, corruption and crime will inevitably breed. In addition, salt and iron have never been in the same system as the local government. Not only are they separated from the jurisdiction of the state government, but even the senior officials and four divisions have no control over the salt supervision.
Extremely weak.
Therefore, almost every Salt Supervisor is a man of great wealth and power.
Because of their system and power, they are more domineering and domineering than ordinary local officials, and their culpability is also greater.
If we really go through a detailed investigation, I'm afraid not many salt supervisors are safe!
"Wan Zhiyi, the inspector of Daning Prison, and Gu Chengyuan, the inspector of Yun'an Prison, are guilty of crimes that are enough to chop off their heads a hundred times. So, do you think that if they get the news, they will say that this time In addition to inspecting the five disasters, the imperial envoy is also secretly investigating the matter of the Salt Supervisor. Can they sit still?"
"These two are like mad dogs. For power and money, what can't they do?
Over the years, which one of them hasn’t had dozens of lives on their hands?”
"What Mr. Nong said makes sense! All we need to do is send out trusted followers to spread the news secretly, and then watch the show from the sidelines. If it succeeds, everyone will be happy. Even if it fails, what does it have to do with us? relation?
The big deal is just spending money to avoid disasters, and there will be no worse consequences anyway."
The official surnamed Sun nodded and said.
The official surnamed Guan frowned, "However, the power around Shen Tang is not weak.
Nearly two thousand elite cavalry! Moreover, these people are all fierce soldiers who have seen blood on the battlefield! With the crumbling dogs under their command, can they be the opponent of these soldiers and horses?"
"hehe!"
The official surnamed Nong smiled softly, "The ants will bite the elephant to death. No matter how powerful the people under Shen Tang's command are, they only have less than 2,000 men. If 2,000 is no match, then 5,000 men will be sent. If not, 10,000 men will be sent. Besides, Don’t forget that the relationship between Yun’an’s Supervisor Gu Chengyuan and Yun’an’s army is quite close.”
"If I remember correctly, Yun'an Army Commander Gu Chengyi and Gu Chengyuan are cousins! Therefore, unless our lord is really a god, even if he gets wings, it will be difficult for him to do so. Come safely from Daning Prison and Yun'an Prison."
Sun and Guan looked at each other and then nodded together.
"Master Nong, this matter falls entirely on our two brothers, and it also happened on the border of Kuizhou, so the risks we bear are not small!"
"Especially Mr. Sun, as the pacification envoy of Kuizhou, he controls the troops and horses in Kuizhou. If something happens to the imperial envoy Shen Tang, the imperial court will at worst issue an order to reprimand him, or even be dismissed directly if he is not good. It’s not unusual to get an official position.
But you, the pacifier of Tongchuan Road, sit back and enjoy the results, which is a bit unfair."
Hearing this, Mr. Nong smiled slightly and said, "The huge benefits are right in front of us, so how can I just sit back and enjoy them?"
However, since you two gentlemen have spoken, I will naturally not remain silent."
"After this incident happens, no matter how it ends, the seats of Yun'an Supervisor and Daning Supervisor will probably be vacant! At that time, I will let the people in the court support the person you secretly selected. You two brothers think how?"
"good!"
The two agreed without much hesitation. The position of a prefect is far more attractive than a prefect. If one of the positions falls into the hands of one of their own people, the benefits it represents will be Unimaginable!
"Should I arrange some troops first just in case?"
The official surnamed Sun said, "If the imperial envoy is really safe and sound, I can lead troops to rescue him and leave a good impression on the imperial envoy!"
The Nong Master heard this and sneered, "Master Sun, if you don't want to be the next Fan Anhe, then stay away from this matter and don't make things up!"