PFC Chapter 186 The moral high ground
Chapter 186 The moral high ground
The hundred people from the Talisman Protection Division "went through untold hardships", some died and some were injured, and finally within five days they delivered the military talisman and the imperial edict to Liang Yuanjing of the Northwest Camp.
"Sir, Xiao Haizhou handed over the tiger talisman so easily. I'm afraid it must be a trick."
"Easy? You sound so easy when you say it, but don't you know that Xiao Haizhou used the tiger talisman to wipe out all the people in our Jizhou Salt Administration?"
Do you know how much profit the Jizhou Salt Administration can earn from paying tribute to us in a year? Even if you sell your entire family, I'm afraid it won't be enough to cover the daily turnover there! ! "
"What's wrong with you, old man? Silver, silver, silver, why do you keep talking about silver? Is it important to have the military power of the Qingyan Army for just a few tens of thousands of taels of silver?
Since ancient times, whoever holds military power controls the world. With the military power of the Qingyan Army, our prince can truly hold the Northwest Camp in his own hands.
Even if you are extremely wealthy and powerful, Xiao Haizhou holds the tiger talisman and gives an order, and the 300,000-strong army in the northwest can go east or west at will. Won't they drive us out of Yuzhou in a minute and make us become stray dogs? ? "
"That makes sense. Military power is of course more important than the Salt Administration. By the way, we were able to get the military token so quickly this time, thanks to the prince's clever plan."
"That's right! But they found a thousand or eight hundred people and pretended that the Northern Di were attacking the city outside Xizhou City, and then tricked the military order and the imperial edict to the northwest. It seems that the eldest son of the Xiao family is not as magical as the rumors say!"
Liang Yuanjing's staff members were talking to each other, and the whole study room suddenly seemed like there were eight hundred ducks.
Among them, only two people did not speak.
One was Liang Yuanjing, who was sitting at the desk flipping through his copy of The Art of War, and the other was He Shiqian, who had just gained Liang Yuanjing's trust and was allowed to enter the study to discuss matters together.
Liang Yuanjing didn't say anything because he was confident.
You know, he is an excellent student who is proficient in both arts and sciences in modern times. There are many people like Xiao Haizhou in history books who control the government autocratically. Which one of them did not monopolize power and pursue personal gain in the name of assisting the young master?
Although these people are powerful, they have a fatal weakness, which is that they care about "reputation" more than others.
It is called reputation, but in fact it is the direction of public opinion.
Because they themselves are not legitimate, they feel that only by standing on the moral high ground can they remain prosperous and undefeated in that high position of power.
This "Xizhou City Incident" was a plan designed by Liang Yuanjing using his modern knowledge to target people like Xiao Haizhou.
The bet is that Xiao Haizhou doesn't dare to bear the crime of monopolizing power and harming the country, and doesn't dare to face the criticism of the people of the world. He must and has to hand over the Qingyan Army Tiger Talisman to the northwest! !
It turned out that he was right.
Now that the tiger talisman and the imperial edict for mobilizing troops have been sent to the northwest, it will be a pipe dream for Xiao Haizhou to take back the military power in the future.
Liang Yuanjing pretended to be profound, while He Shiqian was just watching the battle of wits and courage between the two parties with a purely spectator's attitude.
After leaving the people from the Amulet Bureau outside the door for two hours, the Prince of Ning, who "had been so exhausted from the war that he had not rested for five days and finally fell asleep", finally received the tiger talisman and imperial edict that were sent thousands of miles to the northwest camp in full view of everyone, and became the Marshal of the North who could mobilize 300,000 troops of the Qingyan Army.
The people from the Northwest Camp, who were all thinking differently, were either happy, anxious, angry or calm, but they all forgot to remind Liang Yuanjing of one thing -
This tiger talisman must be tested!
**
The northwest wind was howling for three months, and all the officials in the court were also worried for three months.
During these three months, only Xiao Haizhou did what he was supposed to do and was not affected by the war in the northwest. This made everyone worried, fearing that they had eaten the wrong melon or stood on the wrong side.
It was Zhao Mianmian, on the other hand, who worked hard to patch things up, and finally managed to repair the "family relationship" that had been messed up by He Shiqian.
However, Zhao Mianmian also knew that no matter how hard she tried, the coming-of-age ceremony still left a mark in He Xulan's heart.
It would be fine if they could live in harmony in the future, but once there is any conflict between her and the He family, this matter will still be brought up again and used as evidence of her unforgivable crime.
Fortunately, everything is peaceful at Xunshan Academy and Zhoutian Medical Clinic.
Bai Mi even gave Zhao Mianmian a few boxes of medical books that seemed worthless but were actually very valuable for research.
The big guys who were studying traditional Chinese medicine in the live broadcast room seemed to have gone crazy, and they were desperately trying to get the big sword for Zhao Mianmian.
Her total number of gold coins suddenly increased from just over 200,000 to over 300,000.
【Keep up the good work and create more brilliance. 】
【Come on, Zhao Mianmian! You can do it!!!】
【(? ??_??)?】
After lunch, Zhao Mianmian took a stroll along the East Lake as usual.
She had just finished pumping herself up when she turned around and saw He Zhaoxian and He Jianxing hurriedly coming in from the main entrance, then walking quickly towards the study, one in front and one behind, without looking around.
Seeing the He family like this, the audience in the live broadcast room suddenly became excited.
[Big thing! Something big is happening!!]
[Oh my god, is there a fight going on in the northwest? ? ]
[If a war breaks out in the northwest, why would these two civilian officials who can't do anything get nervous? They won't be required to go to the front line.]
[As mentioned earlier, you may have forgotten that He Shiqian is now in the Northwest Camp.
If a fight breaks out in the northwest, the swords and knives are merciless, and there is no guarantee that this golden nugget of the He family will be hurt. 】
[That's true, why don't we go back to the house too, host? ]
[Ah, why go back? The Northern Di can't even attack the capital, right? ]
【??? The person in front, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey?
Of course, I went back to eavesdrop on what He Zhaoxian and He Jianxing were discussing in the study room!! 】
[Oh, yes, yes, the host has been lazy for a month, and I almost forgot that I could eavesdrop in her room. ]
Zhao Mianmian:
【? ? ? 】
[No, you guys just eat the melons, can you not be so outrageous? How can you blame me for this? ? ? ]
Barrage:
【Hahahahaha】
No matter how much he complained, Zhao Mianmian still ran back to Linlanyuan for the sake of his own money-making plan.
She ran into the inner room, kicked off her shoes on the edge of the couch, and then found her way to a place with the best signal.
Just as Zhao Mianmian got into position, she heard He Zhaoxian's noisy voice:
"It's so satisfying, so satisfying!! I never thought Xiao Haizhou would end up like this!!"