When countless rumors were flying in the city of Chang'an, a strange talk suddenly appeared - the discussion about who would succeed the throne, Mr. Fusu or Mr. Hu Hai.
Regarding this issue, there has been a wave of discussion among the people, and countless people have expressed their own opinions. If someone carefully counts the statistics, they will find that the results are obvious. Fusu's support rate is far greater than that of Hu Hai.
Almost all the common people expressed their support for Fusu's succession to the throne and openly praised Fusu for being virtuous and virtuous. He could make decisions for the people. If he ascended to the throne, he would definitely be a wise monarch.
Immediately afterwards, Fusu's deeds of being selfless, punishing the powerful, and making decisions for the common people were all uncovered and widely circulated on Chang'an Street, causing a burst of applause from the people on the street.
As for Hu Hai, the common people did not have much impression at first. It is because Hu Hai's reputation among the people is not obvious and no one can evaluate him.
Soon, Hu Hai's several deeds of protecting powerful people were spread, including: the former prime minister Lu Chunqiu committed suicide, Hu Hai secretly protected the direct descendants of the Lu family, and Shang Jun rebelled. It was Hu Hai who interceded for the Wei family to avoid guilt.
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Even Wang Ben, a powerful man who committed many crimes and killed countless people, was spared the death penalty because Hu Hai interceded on his behalf after committing numerous crimes.
At the end of the story, the people were extremely disgusted with Hu Hai's senses. Every time they heard Hu Hai's name, they couldn't help but spit: "The lackey of the powerful."
As time goes by, the information about the two young masters is spread more and more outrageously. In the hearts of the people, Fusu is simply a god arranged by God to save the poor people.
Hu Hai is the ancient evil god who represents the powerful and oppresses the common people.
Naturally, these rumors could not be hidden from the well-informed dignitaries of the Qin Empire. Although these people did not express their opinions openly, they were still discussing them secretly.
This discussion reached its climax due to a drunken remark made by a drunken Meng family member.
At an internal gathering of powerful children, a Meng family member was asked what he thought of the matter after he got drunk.
I just heard the Meng family disciple say disdainfully: "The great Qin Dynasty can devour the world because of our noble family, not a group of mud-legged people digging in the fields. Some people not only don't treat me and other noble people well, but
To please the mud-legged people, wouldn’t it be putting the cart before the horse?”
"Qin ruled the world with meritorious nobles, not untouchables."
As one of the oldest aristocratic families in the Great Qin Empire, although no one from the Meng family holds such high positions as the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers, there are countless people in the family with titles, and there are hundreds of Meng family members in the officialdom of the Great Qin.
These words of the children of the Meng family undoubtedly represent the aspirations of the powerful people. After this incident, regardless of those rules and regulations, it is extremely clear to the powerful people who should be chosen to inherit the throne.
However, some people are not aware of it yet and are actively arranging their subordinates to prepare for revenge.
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Lin Mansion, Lin Ze stood up from the Grand Master's chair and gently stretched his aching and tired body.
During this period, Hu Hai was busy keeping vigil and arranging Empress Qin's affairs, and Chen Ping was far away in Shu. All matters naturally fell on Lin Ze, forcing him to spend a lot of time to deal with them every day.
In addition, Lin Ze must go to the palace every day. While going to offer incense to Emperor Qin, he will also tell Hu Hai the current situation and tell him what matters require his personal intervention.
Coupled with the time spent on training, Lin Ze felt that this period of time was probably the busiest in his life.
After simply stretching his body and sweeping away the feeling of fatigue, Lin Ze continued to sit back on the chair, picked up a pen, wrote a letter, and sent it off.
This letter was written to a Qianhu, a black-clad guard, Lin Ze's former subordinate, asking him to find the right opportunity to arrest some of Fusu's retainers.
Just as the messenger left, a waiter came over and reported: "To inform the military advisor, there are several finance ministers out there seeking to see you."
Lin Ze then replied: "Let them come in."
The waiter handed over his hands and turned around to retreat. Then several fat and fat men in brocade clothes walked in. They bowed to Lin Ze and said, "My subordinates pay their respects to the chief."
In the old days, Lin Ze's establishment divided Hu Hai's clan into six divisions, so he was given the position of head of the headquarters. Since these people were in charge of the finance department of the six divisions, Lin Ze was naturally called the head of the division.
Lin Ze nodded slightly and asked, "Why do you want to see me?"
The fattest one among them took a step forward and said: "Reporting to the head of the headquarters, several grain stores under my jurisdiction were smashed by people under the pretext of others. The industries under the jurisdiction of other colleagues were also affected by unknown forces.
During the attack, the number of shops that were smashed was at least one or two and as many as ten."
"If this happens only once, it's not a big deal. According to my subordinates' inquiries, the other party comes from a mysterious force and is specifically targeting us. It will definitely not let it go easily. If things continue like this, this point under my jurisdiction will
The industry may have completely declined."
"So my subordinates boldly ask the head of the headquarters to make the decision."
Lin Ze understood as soon as he heard that the mysterious force was 100% caused by Fusu's people.
While Lin Ze was thinking about countermeasures, another waiter came in and cupped his hands and said: "To inform the military advisor, there is someone outside who claims to be a member of the Jinyi Guards and wants to see the military advisor."
Lin Ze replied without thinking: "Call us in together."
Soon, three men in black attire and cloaks walked in, cupped their hands in front of Lin Ze and said, "Greetings, sir."
Lin Ze waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and asked: "What do you mean when you come here?"
The leader, Jin Yiwei, glanced hesitantly at the finance manager in the room and remained silent.
Lin Ze didn't know what he was thinking, so he said: "We are all our own people, there is no need to avoid it, just say whatever you want."
The leader of the Jin Yiwei immediately obeyed without hesitation, and said with cupped hands: "Returning to your lord, I have just received news that three of our strongholds outside the city were destroyed one after another, and no one in the stronghold survived."
"Based on the traces left on the scene, my subordinates and others have judged that a strong sixth-grade martial arts expert has taken action. Such strong men cannot be defeated by my subordinates and others, so please send someone to help."
Lin Ze looked at the row of bitter-looking finance stewards and Jin Yiwei leaders standing in front of him, raised his eyebrows and said, "So, are you being targeted?"
Lin Ze stretched out his left hand and placed it on the wooden desk in front of him, tapping the surface with his index finger, thinking about countermeasures.
After a moment, Lin Zefang pretended to analyze: "If the other party comes from the same force, if one party smashes shops in the city and the other party kills people outside the city, it means that the other party still has some scruples about the government."
"In this way, I will assign ten sixth-grade powerhouses to various strongholds outside the city. I will make sure not to let that force harm you again."
"As for the shops in the city, I don't have many sixth-grade warriors on hand, so I can only adopt another method. You can directly report to the official and let the black-clothed guards and Chang'an Mansion protect you. They will definitely make the other party throw a trap. As for that,
All the losses caused during this period will be counted as public losses and you will not have to bear them. What do you think?"
However, before they could answer, Lin Ze released a sixth-grade peak aura, slightly shocking them, and the coldness in his eyes was clearly revealed.
Upon seeing this, the manager of the Ministry of Finance and the leaders of the Jin Yiwei looked at each other, and quickly bowed and replied: "The head of the headquarters (sir) is wise, and we have no objection."
Lin Zefang nodded with satisfaction: "As long as you have no objections, just do as I say."
The steward of the Ministry of Finance and the leaders of the Imperial Guard bowed and left.
As soon as he left the gate of Lin Mansion, the fattest finance manager said angrily to his colleagues: "What a bullshit chief. He actually gave me the suggestion to wait for the official report. It's useless at all. I'm not allowed to do it."
Waiting for the rebuttal, I really don’t know how he became the head of the headquarters.”
"It's in vain that Minister Lu told me before that the head of the headquarters is a gifted genius. Now I see that he is just a young boy who doesn't understand anything and is still stubborn. I'm sorry." After saying this, he spat hard on the ground.
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Several people next to him immediately grabbed him and said: "Be careful, if you are listened to, you will get some good results."
The fat steward then stopped talking and walked away.
The Jin Yiwei on the other side said to his superior with a worried look on his face: "My lord, instead of arranging strong men to investigate who it is and destroy the opponent, he arranged for strong men to garrison. Isn't it too hasty?"
Unexpectedly, his boss glanced at him like he was a fool and said: "When Jinyiwei was first established, there was a warning: Never regard others as fools, otherwise you will become the most foolish fool.
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"As far as I know, that lord is the founder of Jinyiwei. Do you think things are really that simple? I will do whatever your lord tells me. Otherwise, we will not be able to bear the consequences."
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After everyone left, Lin Ze called the waiter and said: "Go and inform the ten worshipers, let them pretend to leave the city secretly from the west gate and the north gate, and then spread out. Tell them to stay far away from each other.
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"If someone secretly spreads the news, my military advisor plans to concentrate on dealing with the sectarian forces in the city who have taken refuge in Fusu."
"Finally, go and inform the person outside the south gate that I have arranged for you to tell him that I will hear in Chang'an City tomorrow that someone found a body wearing Imperial College uniform in the forest outside the south gate."
After hearing this, the waiter immediately took the order and left.