Chapter eight hundred and eighty second silver boat transit
After hearing the report from counselor Xu Shize, Tian Yue couldn't help but feel a little excited. At this time, military advisor Wang You was not in Yuancheng and went to Dizhou to appease the people. Dizhou was originally Li Na's territory, but it was occupied by Tian Yue. How could the people's hearts be affected?
Unstable, the gentry organized a militia to violently resist taxes. Tian Yue originally wanted to send troops to suppress it, but Wang You persuaded him, and it was better to be polite first and then fight. Wang You personally went to Dizhou to persuade the gentry.
In Wang You's absence, Tian Yue's two deputy military advisers, Hu E and Xu Shize, were responsible for making suggestions. Hu E was mainly responsible for spending money and food, and was far less active than Xu Shize. Tian Yue was basically surrounded by Xu Shize, who was responsible for making suggestions.
"Are you sure it's Yinchuan?" Tian Yue asked.
"Your Majesty, this is a ship coming from Youzhou. What can a thousand ships carry? It's impossible for soldiers, armor, food and grass to be transported. The Hebei garrison also needs it. What else is there? It must be the gold and silver from Youzhou warehouse. We will transport it from Youzhou."
The information obtained by the state said that there were 10 million taels of silver and 1.5 million taels of gold in the Youzhou warehouse. This amount is astonishing. The gold and silver that Anlu Mountain plundered from Chang'an and Luoyang was not a lie."
Tian Yue paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands, while Xu Shize continued: "Ten million taels of silver and one million and a half million taels of gold can be transported by almost five hundred ships, so there must be more among the thousand ships.
Copper ingots, Your Majesty, we need a lot of money to prepare for war!"
Tian Yue was finally persuaded. He hesitated and said: "I'm afraid that Guo Song will become angry and start a large-scale war. How can we resist?"
"Your Majesty, what I mean is that we don't have to do it ourselves. We can notify the bandits to do it. Then we will proactively kill the bandits and return half to them. In fact, as long as we get 30%, we can solve the big problem."
Speaking of bandits, Tian Yue immediately thought of Li Bao, the gangster of Chishi Village in Taihang Mountain. Taihang Mountain has always been the base camp of bandits. There were so many small and large cottages that they looted homes and merchants. Later, they were constantly wiped out and merged, and finally three famous bands of bandits were formed.
They each have their own backstage.
Li Gui from Hengshan Lotus Village, nicknamed Angry Eyes King Kong, and Zhang Hua from Zhaozhou Zanhuang Mountain Qingfeng Village, nicknamed Tota King. Both of them were secretly supported by Tian Yue in order to disrupt Li Wujun and Zhu Tao's caravan.
Another one is in Huagai Mountain at the junction of Xiangzhou and Weizhou. The fierce bandit Li Bao of Chishi Village is nicknamed the God of Zhenyue Mountain, but he is secretly supported by Zhu Si.
Xu Shize certainly couldn't ask Tian Yue to go find Li Baolai of Chishi Village to intercept the fleet. What he meant was that they could send someone to pretend to be the pirate, and then pretend to suppress the bandits.
Tian Yue thought that he could get millions of taels of silver. He couldn't hold it in any longer and immediately nodded, "Just follow the military advisor's plan!"
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At dusk, Xu Shize took a carriage as usual and arrived at the Tongquetai Restaurant. This is one of the three major restaurants in Yuancheng. Xu Shize eats dinner here almost every day. He has a dedicated elegant restaurant on the third floor here.
room.
"Hey! Mr. Xu is here, please come upstairs!" The shopkeeper greeted him with a smile on his face.
Xu Shize said expressionlessly: "Go to the Peony Room!"
The shopkeeper was slightly startled. The elegant room reserved by Mr. Xu was the Zhuyun Room. Why did he want to go to the Peony Room? But the shopkeeper did not dare to ask more questions and said quickly: "Master Xu, please come with me!"
Xu Shize went up to the third floor and pushed the door directly into the Peony Hall. It was a suite, divided into two rooms, inside and outside. There were four majestic men standing in the outside room. When they entered, Xu Shize came in, and they all bowed and saluted.
At this time, a hearty laughter came from the room, "Is Mr. Xu here?"
"Sixth Master, it's me!"
Xu Shize walked into the inner room. Sitting in front of the big table was a man in his thirties, wearing a golden crown, a white brocade robe embroidered with gold flowers, and a jade belt around his waist. He was also very tall, and his eyebrows were as good as Tian Yue's.
They are somewhat similar, but his eyelids are swollen, his eyes are bloodshot, and his face is slightly pale. At first glance, he is a sign of excessive drinking.
This person is Tian Yue's cousin Tian Xu. Tian Xu is the sixth son of Tian Chengsi, and everyone outside calls him Tian Liulang.
When Tian Chengsi was in power, he only valued his nephew Tian Yue. Tian Yue advocated simplicity and was very brave in war. Although he was a little simple-minded, he was humble and accepted advice, respected scholars, valued business, and was very pragmatic.
In contrast, he did not value his sons. Several of his sons were greedy, lustful, short-sighted, and ineffective. Tian Chengsi believed that they were mediocre and incompetent and could not achieve great things, so Tian Chengsi finally let his nephew Tian Yue
Inherited his own business.
On the contrary, Tian Yue attaches great importance to his brothers. Not only does he treat them like brothers, he basically meets all their requirements. Several luxurious and famous houses in Yuancheng are given to them. However, Tian Yue's own Prince Wei's Mansion is relatively simple.
A few months ago, Tian Xu led 10,000 troops to capture Dizhou. However, it was his wanton behavior in Dizhou, plundering people's wealth, and seizing beautiful women, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the gentry in Dizhou, which led to the emergence of Dizhou.
Violent tax resistance.
Tian Chengsi's sons were indeed obsessed with wine and sex and had low abilities. Only the youngest son Tian Xu was ambitious. In the last few years of Tian Chengsi, he competed with Tian Yue for inheritance rights and eventually lost to Tian Yue, but he was good at pretending.
, after Tian Yue took office, he showed his sincerity and actively worked for Tian Yue, gradually winning Tian Yue's trust.
But in his heart, Tian Xu hates his cousin Tian Yue very much. He has never given up and is not willing to accept defeat. He has been secretly cultivating his own power in the past few years. Xu Shize is his close confidant. In fact, Xu Shize was originally his
As a counselor, after he failed in the fight for the throne, he recommended Xu Shize to Tian Yue. Tian Yue did not doubt his employment and continued to reuse Xu Shize.
If there was no Wang You, perhaps Xu Shize would turn his allegiance to Tian Yue. Unfortunately, Xu Shize's motto in life is: 'When there is light, how can there be Yu'? Tian Xu promised to use him as his chief adviser after he came to power, so he returned his allegiance.
The old master.
Xu Shize walked into the room with a smile and said: "Just as Liu Ye expected, King Wei has decided to intercept the fleet."
Tian Xu was overjoyed and quickly asked Xu Shize to sit down and asked, "But you are pretending to be Li Bao, a gangster from Chishi Village?"
Xu Shize gently stroked his beard and said proudly: "Of course, this is my plan."
Tian Xu was so excited that he paced back and forth in the room. He was the first to get the news about this fleet passing through. He not only hoped to take advantage of the opportunity, but also hoped that Tian Yue would fall into this deep pit and create an opportunity for him to seize power.
When the Jin army entered Mingzhou, Tian Yue led an army of 100,000 to Xiangzhou, leaving Tian Xu to stay in Yuancheng. This was Tian Xu's best opportunity. Unfortunately, Tian Yue reconciled with the Jin army and quickly withdrew to Yuancheng, leaving Tian
Xu failed to seize this opportunity.
Therefore, Tian Xu's purpose is to do everything possible to provoke a war between the Wei and Jin families. As long as Wei falls into chaos, he will have a chance.
Tian Xu personally filled a glass of wine for Xu Shize and asked, "Sir, where do you think it would be better for me to start?"
Xu Shize thought for a while and said: "With Anyang Water as the boundary, King Wei will take action after crossing Anyang Water. Not only will the ruthless bandit Li Bao be guilty, but Zhu Si who occupied Liyang will also be involved. Liu Ye wants to
To start, you can choose before Anyang Water."
"I understand, when will the fleet arrive at Anyangshui?"
"If the fleet is not delayed midway, it should cross the Anyang River at midnight tomorrow, but Mr. Liu can send someone to monitor the fleet."
Tian Xu took out a map and studied it.
Xu Shize drank two glasses of wine and ate a few more bites of food. He put down his chopsticks and said, "Master Liu, have you considered the suggestion I made last time?"
A month ago, Xu Shize suggested that Tian Xu seek refuge with Zhu Si and use Zhu Si's power to seize the throne. Tian Xu said that it would take some time to consider, but there has been no news.
Tian Xu put down the map, hesitated and said: "Zhu Si is also a wolf. Wu Shaocheng also took refuge with him back then, and was eventually annexed by him. The end was very miserable. I'm afraid of making the same mistake again!"
"That's because Wu Shaocheng is too stupid. There are only 20,000 troops in Jiangnan, and it is still a militia, but he has been slow to cross the river to capture Jiangnan. If he had crossed the river earlier, could Zhu Si have destroyed him? I believe that Mr. Liu will not make the same mistake as Wu Shaocheng."
Tian Xu pondered for a moment and said: "I will reply to you sir after I seize the silver ship!"
Xu Shize nodded, "Sixth Master must make a decisive decision as soon as possible."