On this day, Bi Chengli, the governor of Guizhou, returned to his government office and sighed to his chief of staff: "I have received the imperial palace newspaper again... Is the Empress Dowager too old and confused? She sold seventeen titles last year.
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The staff member said with relief: "At any rate, they are all sold to serious people."
Bi Chengli stumbled and said: "Where is the majesty of the Tian family!"
The staff member said: "I think it will be difficult in the palace. There is a great shortage of money."
Bi Chengli said: "Didn't Taizu lack money when he founded the country? Besides, there are not many people in the palace now, so how much money can be spent." He sighed again, "The wise king didn't stop him." The staff opened their mouths, but finally stopped.
say.
Just at this time, I heard someone on the beam say loudly: "Master Bi is indeed loyal and kind. The Empress Dowager has never misjudged the person."
Bi Chengli was shocked: "Who is it?"
I saw a man in black clothes leaping down from the beam, landing lightly on the ground, bowing and saluting: "Greetings to Mr. Bi."
Bi Chengli saw that this man had a full heaven, a round earth pavilion, a resolute expression, and a loyal and good appearance. He stroked his beard and asked, "I dare to ask where the strong man came from."
The man took out a silver plaque from his arms and flashed a smile in front of his eyes: "I'm going to be the official Liu Quan."
Bi Chengli took a closer look at Huizi's silver medal and quickly handed it over: "It turns out to be Liu Qianhu." Immediately, his eyes became suspicious, "Why did Liu Qianhu come to Guizhou?"
Then Liu Quan smiled bitterly and said, "Master Bi, do you think there are no more royal guards?"
Bi Chengli said repeatedly: "Don't blame Liu Qianhu, it's just that we haven't heard from Beijing for a long time."
Liu Quan sighed and said, "I don't blame Sir Bi. It has been really difficult in Beijing these past few years." Then he took another object from his arms and said, "Master Bi, let's take a look at this again. I think you won't be suspicious of the official anymore."
Bi Chengli took a closer look, rubbed his eyes in shock and looked again - it was as real as my own gold medal. He immediately bowed with tears in his eyes: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The old man said honestly.
Kowtowed three times.
Liu Quan sighed softly and stepped forward to help him: "Sir, please get up quickly."
Bi Chengli wiped his tears and said: "I was just rude, I hope Mr. Liu won't be surprised."
Liu Quan also wiped the corners of his eyes and said: "With the world now like this, it is extremely rare to be loyal and good."
The two held hands and wept for a moment, and Bi Chengli asked Liu Quan to take a seat. Liu Quan repeatedly refused, "I can't." Bi Chengli said, "Master Liu is an angel, and he deserves to take the seat." Liu Quan couldn't refuse, so he had to sit at the top.
Bi Chengli ordered someone to bring tea in, and Liu Quan hurriedly said: "I have a secret mission, so I hope you don't alert others."
The staff member who had been standing by and did not dare to speak hurriedly said: "Wan Sheng personally went to get tea, Mr. Liu can only rest assured."
Bi Chengli also said: "This person can keep his mouth shut."
Liu Quan smiled and said: "I know. I have checked Mr. Ma in detail. Tea, I am not thirsty, so I don't need it for the time being." Mr. Ma, the staff member, felt his heart skip a beat and hurriedly bowed and went out.
Come to your door.
Bi Chengli asked: "According to what Mr. Liu just said, does the Empress Dowager have some hidden secrets in selling her title?"
Liu Quan sighed: "Don't worry, Mr. Bi, the titles sold over the years will be abolished after the country is restored. The Empress Dowager and Eunuch Dai Quan are afraid that they will be infamous in history, and there is really no other way. Now
Even the treasury is in the hands of King Yan, and the Empress Dowager has no money at all if she wants to do something."
Bi Chengli hurriedly asked: "What are the plans of the Empress Dowager?"
Liu Quandao: "I won't say any more, Lord Bi. Let's take a look at this." He took out two more things from his arms.
Bi Chengli took a look and found that there was actually an imperial edict and a Yi's edict. The imperial edict was written by the little saint himself. He named Jia Cong the "Gong of Restoration" and ordered him to lead the loyal ministers and good generals to eliminate the traitors, destroy the feudal kings and save the emperor. The Yi's edict was written in beautiful handwriting, and it read
The Empress Dowager ordered the Zhongyi Rongguo Mansion to assist the emperor in eradicating the rebellion and bringing peace to the country. She couldn't help but be overjoyed: "So, the Rongguo Mansion is on the side of the saint?! The pardoner is really loyal and good. I will know it when he returned the money from the treasury."
Then he was surprised and said, "Isn't Mr. Wang from Guangdong and Guangxi also a member of the emperor?"
"Of course." Liu Quan said seriously, "Back then, the late Emperor's health was about to be in trouble, and the princes of various families were ready to make a move. The Supreme Emperor was afraid that Prince Yi Zhong would be in trouble again, so to be safe, he first transferred Prince Teng to Guangdong and Guangxi, and then demoted Jia Lian.
When he went to Taiwan, he also asked Jia She to go to Qiongzhou to supervise the army." He laughed, "I only told people that Jia She wanted his grandson. Who has ever seen the emperor send a minister to his son for state affairs in order to fulfill his wish for a grandson? And in Jiangxi
The prefect is Xie Jing, the uncle of the seventh prince."
"Oh!" Bi Chengli high-fived, "These places are actually connected together."
"That's right." Liu Quan nodded and said, "And none of these places are enviable places. Even if something happens, it's better to preserve the foundation. However, the princes of various families must send spies to these places.
, many things are difficult to do. If there is any omission, the lives of the Empress Dowager and the little saint will be in the hands of King Yan."
Bi Chengli sighed: "It's really not easy."
"If you want to restore orthodoxy, you must first have money and secondly, have soldiers. The world has been divided, and Rong Guogong is also a clever woman who cannot make a living without rice. Although their house is rich, all the savings in the early years have been returned to the treasury. There is no choice, Eunuch Dai Quan and the Emperor
The Queen Mother discussed that he was an eunuch after all, so he should take the blame. Instead, he came up with a plan to sell his title. The Queen Mother laughed and said, how can you be allowed to bear the blame alone? The Ai family is a prostitute, so I will take the blame with you.
.Therefore, the first person to buy a title was Rongguo Gong Jia She."
Bi Chengli thought for a long time, and the Empress Dowager really had no other way to get money. There was no way to defeat the vassal king with empty words. But... "Even if these sold titles are abolished in the future, the dignity of the court will still be damaged."
Already."
Liu Quan whispered: "If you don't sell your title, will the court still have dignity?" Bi Chengli was stunned and sighed. Liu Quan continued, "In addition to money, the army is also indispensable. To have an army, you must have territory.
.And the world has been divided, and there is no way to get his own territory for the saint. There are still some imperial guards around the Empress Dowager, and the leader is General Zhou Ji. Now, he has led dozens of imperial guards to Nanyang
I went there to seize the Malay Islands from the Westerners. That place is about the size of fourteen Guizhou provinces, and there are many immigrants from our country on the islands."
Bi Chengli's eyes lit up: "What does the Empress Dowager mean?"
Liu Quan smiled and said: "Since the game is in chaos, why not jump out of it?"
Bi Chengli thought for a while, nodded repeatedly, cupped his hands and said: "The Empress Dowager is a hero among women, and she is not as good as a lower official."
Liu Quandao: "It's just that General Zhou only has some bodyguards in his hands, and the Nanyang Islanders are barbarians after all. Lord Bi, the Empress Dowager sent her subordinates here just to ask Lord Bi for help. Wait for Lord Zhou and all of you.
When the inner guards get the island, they will send news back, and the people who migrate there can get the land, just like King Wu and King Yan waited in Japan."
Bi Chengli hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager wants your subordinates to help immigrate to that island?"
Liu Quandao: "Yes, only with people can we have soldiers. The sage is still young and can wait a few more years."
Bi Chengli thought for a long time and nodded slowly: "...I understand, I understand. It is indeed a feasible way."
Liu Quan said softly: "By the way, Lord Qi, the governor of Yunnan, is also one of our own, and Miss Zhou, the female pirate who just occupied Java, is also one of the palace guards."
Bi Chengli immediately remembered that General Zhou Ji he had just mentioned was also surnamed Zhou, and he was afraid that he was related to this female pirate. The old man made a calculation in his mind - Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou and Yunnan, Nanyang, covering half of the Central Plains, he was overjoyed and asked
He bowed deeply in the direction of the capital: "The saint is wise!" Then he and Liu Quan looked at each other and smiled.
Liu Quandao: "There are still some things. Nowadays, Master Wang opens schools to cultivate talents for saints. Master Bi can do the same here." He then spoke in detail, and Bi Chengli listened carefully.
On the other end, Gong Kun wrote a letter for Liu Hu to the Empress Dowager, a letter written by Jia Cong to Jia Huan, and a letter written by Jia She to Jia Zheng rushed to Beijing and were delivered to Rongguo Mansion first. Jia She's letter was withheld first.
No, the recipient address of Gong Kun's letter was a very small noodle shop in an alley in the north of the city.
Guessing that the Empress Dowager had some masters in the field, Shi Li went to check it out in person the next afternoon. As expected, everyone from the boss to the landlady to the waiters in the noodle shop were ordinary people, so he looked at them curiously. He was young.
, besides, no spies would stare at people like this, so those few pretended to be nothing.
Shi Li had just eaten a few mouthfuls of noodles when someone outside called out, "Is Boss Wang here?" The boss responded. Someone came in, wearing the uniform of Jia's Horse Racing Company, and said, "There is a letter from Boss Wang."
Boss Wang hurriedly said: "Thank you for your hard work, Master." He wiped his hands on his apron, took the letter, and asked the messenger if he wanted a drink of water.
The person who delivered the letter said: "Thank you, no need. I still have a lot of letters. If I don't hurry up, I won't be able to deliver them all before the sun goes down." He turned around and left.
Boss Wang sleeved the letter and put it inside. He hadn't finished eating the Shili noodles yet, so he heard Boss Wang order the waiter to buy some condiments. The waiter quickly agreed, and Boss Wang calculated the money with him carefully, and he ran away with it.
The more Shi Li looked at it, the more curious he became. He tested Boss Wang a few words and asked him not to touch him softly or hard. After eating the noodles, Shi Li reluctantly left, and Boss Wang also relaxed a little.
Little did they know that there was a man selling candied haws on each end of the alley. Because the man was running to the south when he went out, the man selling candied haws in the south carried the candied haws on his shoulders and followed the man slowly for a while. Naturally, he was not as fast as the man.
, the waiter disappeared not long after. He then sat in another alleyway selling candied haws. The waiter didn't come back until the sun went down. His hands were empty, and he didn't see any condiments he bought.
After the guy disappeared, a dog-walker walked up from somewhere and slowly walked with the dog to where the guy had just walked. Taking advantage of the sunset, the dog sniffed the ground and spread its legs.
He followed the waiter on his way to buy ingredients and ran away, chasing him all the way to the backyard of a house near the Forbidden City. This house was originally an outhouse purchased by an old eunuch in the palace. Since the old eunuch died, one of his nephews now lives in it.
With.
Two days later, Shi Li went to eat noodles again, and even took Jia Huan with him. Both boys used words to tease Boss Wang, and Jia Huan even acted like "I have money." Boss Wang found it funny.
, still sent them away with neither salt nor water.
Jia Huan didn't give up and went back the next day. After eating enough noodles, he handed over to Boss Wang and said: "This hero! In front of a real person, he won't tell lies. My brother has been learning martial arts since he was a child, and he has the brightest eyes."
Since he said that these are all rare masters, they must be masters. Although I don’t know why all the heroes retired to the green forest, wouldn’t it be a pity if all these talents were wasted? The younger generation’s uncle is the owner of the Taiping Escort Agency. We
The Escort Bureau needs talents like you heroes the most, why don't you come over and show off your skills? If you committed something earlier, heroes don't have to worry. As long as it's not rebellion, the rest of the lawsuits will be easy to resolve."
Boss Wang immediately knew that he might have made this young master think he was a gangster. He couldn't help but secretly laugh, and said: "This young master is overthinking it. We are just ordinary commoners, and we have nothing to do with the green forest."
Jia Huan smiled and clapped his hands and said: "That's it, that's all, let's not mention the past. Although they have nothing to do with Green Forest, the three martial arts are always really strong. Our Taiping Escort Bureau is really talented, don't you heroes think about it?"
Boss Wang said: "It's great for a small family to live in peace." Jia Huan tried to persuade him for a long time, but Boss Wang naturally refused to agree.
Unexpectedly, Jia Huan got into trouble with them. They kept bothering them day after day, and Shi Li often followed them. Although Boss Wang was annoyed, they always had noodles every time they came, so he couldn't drive them out; Shi Li was still making trouble.
After a few fights with them, no one was willing to fight him. But after five or six fights, Boss Wang gradually became familiar with them.
On this day, the two of them were eating noodles again, and Jia Huan exclaimed: "I am so unprepared! Yesterday, I was promised to Mr. Zhang's daughter."
Shi Li chuckled and said curiously: "You're not a girl from a small family, why didn't you tell him?"
Jia Huan stuffed a spoonful of noodles into his mouth, swallowed it and then said: "It's not like you don't know me! I like my brother Baoyu the most, and I don't want my daughter-in-law to have a higher status than my second sister-in-law. I have been thinking about it these days.
I don’t know how to talk to him and he will agree.”
Shi Li sneered and said: "That phoenix egg of yours can only be used to write a few acid articles, so what's the use? It's your old lady who decides whether to marry a young lady from the Shi family."
Jia Huan sighed: "There are all partial parents in the world." He lowered his head to eat noodles and said nothing. Shi Li also sighed with him.
After finishing their noodles today, the two of them shamelessly persuaded Boss Wang to go to Taiping Escort Bureau to work. Boss Wang then asked: "I heard what you two were talking about just now. It seems that Mr. Huan's marriage is not going well?"
Jia Huan said with a bitter face: "Not only did it not go well, I simply didn't know how to start. He is his biological father, and it's hard to force him." Naidao said, "My fourth sister helped me find a girl. A few years ago I
I have flattered their family several times, and my status is much higher than that of my brother's wife. My father..." He shook his head, "I can't even mention it. Now my grandmother's filial piety has finally been completed.
I still want to get a wife."
Boss Wang asked curiously: "How can there be such a reason that you would dislike someone of high status?"
Jia Huan said softly: "I am a concubine, and no one despises me. If it hadn't been for... I wouldn't be in trouble anywhere." He sighed heavily, and had no energy to pry with others anymore, so he could take out the handkerchief.