The news that there were traces of demon activities north of Jingkou, as well as Sima Bebu's request to return to Jingkou early, quickly spread back to Taicheng.
In the cabinet, Wang Maohong wanted to reject the proposal and made other conditions to keep him in the southern city. The reason was that the war situation was not clear yet and it was not suitable for personnel transfer at this time.
To put it bluntly, I hope a certain Iron Man can stay and continue to help fight against the Liyang Army.
However, Yu Zhongshu put forward a different opinion: the Jingkou Beifu Army was just established, and if there is no Sima from another department to take charge, it may not be able to resist the invasion of demons. In addition, Jingkou has long accepted northern refugees, and the population is too large. If all of them are transformed into demons, it may endanger Xiaoqi
The army's rear path is stable.
Wang Maohong actually understood what he meant, and all the talk was just a trick. The main reason was that he didn't want Cheng Jinyang to make too great a contribution in the war, so as not to have to promote him again.
The Taicheng cabinet has always been divided on how to treat Cheng Jinyang.
First of all, it has become the unanimous consensus of all the prime ministers to use his ability to attack the Liyang Army.
However, if you want others to work hard, you have to give them benefits in exchange. Of course, this is also an iron law in politics.
The aristocratic faction headed by Wang Maohong hopes to improve his political status, including the previous vigorous push for him to guard Jingkou and recruit troops.
Yu Zhongshu is more conservative and is not very willing to let him advance in his official career. He would rather use the eldest princess's marriage in exchange.
After all, the Cheng family of the divine capital dates back to ancient times and is of the same lineage as the Sima family. It is still inextricably linked to the royal family today - its attributes overlap to a certain extent with the current cousin Yu family.
The Yu family was able to take sole power with the support of the Empress Dowager Yu. In the future, when the young emperor becomes an adult and wants to take charge of the government, he might change hands and support the Cheng family to compete with the Yu family. This possibility is not completely impossible.
On the other hand, if Cheng Jinyang becomes the eldest princess's consort, then on the one hand, the two families will naturally become married, and the Iron Titan Soldier will be my nephew and son-in-law; on the other hand, they will become potential political enemies in the future, and now I have preemptively turned them into
"My own family".
There is basically nothing wrong with Yu Yuangui's idea, but his approach is obviously a bit too hasty... Wang Maohong sighed and had no objection.
If the other party won't listen to you if you object, and will still suspect you of having ulterior motives, it's better to remain silent.
So Taicheng left Cheng Jinyang's application unpublished, which meant that it was acquiescence. Of course, the cabinet gentlemen would definitely not admit it openly.
After Cheng Jinyang sent out the official letter, he would take the girls back to Jingkou.
The reason is exactly the same as the one given to the court: The enemy has changed, so return to Jingkou quickly to save the situation!
Wang Wanrou didn't say anything, but Xing Yunzhi felt something was wrong and asked:
"A demon appears north of Jingkou? If it's a small area, wouldn't it be better to just let Tian Luo destroy it? If it's a large-scale invasion, wouldn't it be more appropriate to let the Xiaoqi Army handle it?"
"You don't know something about this." Cheng Jinyang replied, "The entrance to Jingkou has been initially decided, but it will only take a few months. Even a small-scale demon invasion will inevitably cause people to panic."
"Furthermore, we have incorporated refugee gangs to clean up the business environment in Jingkou, but this only happened last month. Once this matter cannot be resolved as soon as possible, it will affect the confidence of the investment market, and it will be difficult to increase GDP in the future."
"Really?" Azhi didn't doubt him either. After all, she knew that Cheng Jinyang used Jingkou as his base to run his business. "But what is this orange fart?"
"It's not orange land, it's land accumulation." Cheng Jinyang quickly explained, "It's one of the economic indicators. The more prosperous the commercial activities are, the higher the land price will be."
He deceived Ah Zhi with some nonsense, and when he saw that Miss Wang had no reaction, he secretly felt relieved.
To return to Jingkou, you must first take the land route to Jiankang, and then take a boat eastward.
Back in Jiankang City, Cheng Jinyang quickly called his cousins and said secretly:
"The No. 1 Fire Plan will be launched ahead of schedule!"
"Ah?" Cheng Yuexian and Cheng Huaiyan were slightly startled, and then they immediately understood.
Even before the war began, everyone knew that the demons might follow the Liyang Army and attack south, so they launched the No. 1 Fire Plan: to secretly send potential clan members and clan assets to Jiankang City in batches.
Now that the Liyang War has not yet ended, Cheng Jinyang said that the plan has been advanced. Doesn't this mean that the demon's march south has been advanced?
So the three of them worked together and quickly packed all the remaining clan members and property into "Tian Luo", sold them into "military supplies", and prepared to send them all to Jingkou.
As for some outsiders, servants, agents, etc., they were also talked to one by one, sent back and sent away.
Those who knew went back and said that the Cheng family in the divine capital was moving to Jingkou and changed from a "Jiankang noble family" to a "vassal family". Those who didn't know thought that the Cheng family in the divine capital was expelled from the ranks of nobles because they did not have fifth-grade superpowers.
, thus closing down the business!
As a resident of Fanyang Lu family, Lu Qingyun was naturally the one who was given priority to be notified and sent back.
When she first heard that the Cheng family was going to move, she was slightly startled, and then she realized:
Isn't that just right? I can finally go back to my family!
To be fair, she had no ill feelings towards the Cheng family. It was her brother who started the conflicts in the early years. She later explained it to Cheng Yuexian and both parties just laughed it off.
But Zheng Qiupei, who came with her, somehow suddenly hooked up with the patriarch Cheng Jinyang one day, and made various snacks and delivered them to the patriarch's office every day.
This made Lu Qingyun feel a little instinctively disgusted. After all, the family asked her to come here to test, not to please anyone.
She knows the character of Sister Xiaopei best. She is too polite and never treats outsiders as outsiders. But you, Cheng Jinyang, always have to be a little self-aware. Don't you even politely refuse the attentive service of women with the fifth surname? Just accept it like this?
After much deliberation, I still have no opinion of the Cheng family in the capital city, and my impression of Cheng Jinyang has dropped further.
Furthermore, sometimes when chatting with other people in the clan, I heard that Cheng Jinyang and several eldest ladies from aristocratic families were unclear, so Lu Qingyun even stayed away from them.
After being polite to Cheng Yuexian, Lu Qingyun went out and called home to explain the situation: It's not that I don't want to stay anymore, it's that they want to run away!
The next second, instructions from the family came:
Don't come back yet, continue to stay there! If necessary, go to Jingkou with them!
Lu Qingyun:?
Wait a minute, wait a minute, am I being sold by my family? Are you dedicating me to the Cheng family in the capital of God?
What do you mean by going to Jingkou with them? They all explained so politely that they wanted to send me back to my clan, but now you make me stay shamelessly and run away with the Cheng family in the capital of God?
As a girl with the fifth surname, I, Lu Qingyun, don’t want to lose face?