Chapter 495 Profit and inducement
Shao Xun was quite surprised by Wang Xuan's miserable appearance, so he asked his soldiers to take him to bathe and wash up, and then found a quiet place in the backyard, waiting for him to recover before discussing matters.
Wang Xuan was thoughtful as he followed the servants along.
When Chen Gong was in the Nanyang Palace, he ordered and arranged at will. Everything was natural and natural without any flaws.
He thought of the subtle expression changes on his second sister’s face when she heard about Queen Hui’s Yang clan, and sighed in his heart: Mr. Chen is good at everything, but he just likes to hang out with the princesses too much, and he doesn’t care where he goes. If you have a home, you can be taken care of as comfortably as the male master.
Sighing, he looked at the stains on his body and felt a little envious.
Chen Gong is running around in Nanyang, will he suffer such a crime? Definitely not.
If you are tired, you can go to Leshi Manor to rest. If you are really embarrassed, you can take a rest at Nanyang Prince's Mansion.
Men, after all, we still need women to take care of us. Alas, Mr. Chen should be a role model for our generation.
Shao Xun is also taking a bath.
After marching for a long time in the rain, he was not wearing fenders, so he was naturally very dirty. After finishing his official duties, he took a comfortable bath.
Princess Liu of Nanyang took away the dirty clothes and washed them, and then took out the clothes from the package, only to find that they had been wet by the rain.
In desperation, he went to the closet and took out a white robe.
She gestured at the cupboard and found that Shao Xun was similar in stature to her husband, so she happily took one and put it on the couch next to the tub.
“You have been in Nanyang for so long, are you tired?” Shao Xun closed his eyes and asked softly.
Ms. Liu was silent for a while and said, "Everything is taken care of by my assistants. I'm not tired, but I'm just a little scared."
"Who are you afraid of? Liang Chen?"
"He is just one of them. In fact, although Liang Chen is ambitious, I can see that he is brave enough to kill people, but not brave enough to control the whole house. He is hesitant and hesitant in doing things." Ms. Liu looked at Shao Xun. , asked curiously: "How dare you..."
"Xiaohe, in order to get ahead, I dare to do anything." Shao Xun glanced at Mrs. Liu and said, "If I When I start serving under Duke Pingchang, I will also cling to you, please you, and protect you."
"You are indeed not a good person." Mrs. Liu blushed, then chuckled: "I am not a flower. Slave. If you let me know that you care about me, I will send you far away.”
"Yes, Hua Nu is different. She gave me a chance. I owe her all my life." Shao Xun said with emotion.
Ms. Liu lowered his head, looking a little startled and a little sad.
“For you, this is my use value.” After a long time, she sighed: “Let’s set up a cover to let the old people of Nanyang Palace have a fig leaf to lie to themselves. It’s been a long time. , they leave the palace again and serve you openly. The refugees from Guanxi who live in Nanyang flock to you for the name of Nanyang Palace. After a short stay, they go to Runan again. Their lives have stabilized and they are grateful to you again. At the end of the day, I am old and have nothing left..."
"I am beautiful, but I am not a heartless and unrighteous person." Shao Xun said, "I was sorry for what happened back then. You will never let me go again. Whether you like it or not, I will have to live with you for the rest of your life."
The tone was not very good, but Ms. Liu felt inexplicably relieved after hearing it. Shang Que said: "You are talking like this now. Is He Hua Nu the same?"
"It's time to go see Meizi." Shao Xun didn't answer and got up from the bathtub directly.
Ms. Liu brought a cloth and wiped it for him.
"Put your good daughter to bed early at night." Shao Xun pinched her face and said.
Just when Mrs. Liu was about to refuse, she thought of Shao Xun coming in the rain to help her solve the trouble. She secretly sighed in her heart. It is only natural for a woman to serve a man. Making him feel more comfortable is also fulfilling her obligation.
After wiping, Shao Xun put on a white robe. Before going out, he said: "You will stay here for another year and a half. After you stabilize, you will no longer need to stay here. During the year, you can stay here. Just a few months.”
"Yes." Mrs. Liu responded softly, like a submissive little daughter-in-law.
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The sound of soft footsteps came from the edge of the lotus pond in the backyard.
A little girl stood up secretly from the grass with a few leaves on her head. She looked very funny.
Wang Xuan met her eyes.
"Who are you? Why are you here?" he asked.
The little girl was silent for a while and said: "They said I was the princess, but my mother-in-law said no."
Wang Xuan's brain was a little down, but suddenly an idea flashed and he asked Said: "Who is your father?"
The little girl stopped talking, lowered her head and played with her fingers, feeling a little depressed.
After a long time, a sentence came out: "Aniang said that he likes me the most and will accompany me on horseback riding."
Wang Xuan asked: "Isn't he here today?"
The little girl was indeed fooled and muttered: "You didn't accompany me on horseback."
Wang Xuan suddenly felt dry. I feel like I was too talkative just now. I shouldn’t be talking to a little girl. What good would it do him to know this? If my father were here, I'm afraid he would have fallen asleep long ago and saw and heard nothing.
There was another sound of footsteps not far away, and two maids came over in a hurry. They bowed to Wang Xuan first, and then hurriedly picked up the little girl.
The little girl didn’t struggle and just followed along.
Wang Xuan sighed and stared at the lotus pond in a daze.
There are round lotus leaves floating in the pool.
The evening wind blows, and the pink begonia flowers flutter and fall on the lotus leaves.
Occasionally, a frog croaked from the pond, seeming to admire the beauty and tranquility of the lotus pond at night.
He returned to the pavilion where he was sitting just now.
Behind you is a bamboo forest.
The wind blows in the forest and the bamboo leaves are flying. The delicate bamboo shoots sprouted from the ground, and even a few sprouted from the pavilion. They were really cute.
The birds returning late rush into the nest, and the chicks are chirping and stretching their necks.
On the high wall behind the bamboo forest, a sergeant stood silently with a sword and a bow.
Wang Xuan sighed, the pure land in troubled times still has to be guarded by warriors. He had lowered his expectations for this trip.
"Mei Zi seems to have something on his mind?" A familiar voice came from not far away.
"Mr. Chen." Wang Xuan came to his senses and stood up to salute.
"Sit down." Shao Xun returned the salute, came to the pavilion, and sat opposite Wang Xuan. The soldiers brought the table and poured the brewed tea soup for the two of them.
“It’s been a hard chase all the way.” Wang Xuan complained first.
"Why are you here?"
"Come to chase grain."
"If the grain is insufficient, the emperor should issue an edict to reprimand him." Shao Xun said: "You are just to save money, for some trivial matters , Just run from Luojing to Nanyang and pass it out. Wouldn’t it make people laugh?”
“There is a great famine in the capital. If it continues, I may not even have the strength to laugh.”
< br>"Why is this so?"
"Ming Gong, the imperial decree has also been issued. The food you promised..."
"I will give it to you." Shao Xun said with a smile: " What is the situation in the capital? "
"The emperor absolutely refused to issue the order." Wang Xuan said: "All the officials went to Guan Gu to ask for it. The emperor was furious and did not leave Princess Xiangcheng for two days. He went inside to persuade him and said, "Liang Gong knows the general situation and will definitely return the imperial edict." The emperor reluctantly agreed. "
Shao Xun laughed.
Isn’t this a complete failure? Liang Fen even sold her house, which failed her holy will.
"Two hundred thousand dendrobium millets and fifty thousand dendrobium beans will be shipped to Beijing next month." Shao Xun said.
“Can’t you give me more?” Wang Xuan looked at Shao Xun expectantly.
“How much grain do I owe the court?”
“Let’s not talk about rent and taxes. I owe millions of dendrobium from the land.”
“Pay it back slowly, don’t be in a hurry. "Shao Xun laughed, and then said: "The war in Hebei is raging, and the emperor is sitting in the palace, so he has no strategy?"
"How can the emperor care about Hebei?" Wang Xuan said with a bitter smile. I heard that Liang Fen has left Wancheng. Is this true? "
" Mr. Liang is old and has been exhausted mentally and physically after two years of governing Wancheng. "
"What should I do? !" Wang Xuan lamented.
Shao Xun is a foreign minister, so naturally he doesn't have to listen to the emperor's noise.
They are court officials, and when they meet the emperor, you can imagine what will happen.
"It just so happens that I have to arrange a group of official positions." Shao Xun ignored Wang Xuan's troubles and just said: "There are more than thirty government officers and more than ten assistants in the Wancheng shogunate. Well, I am also the governor of Mianbei."
"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Wang Xuan said seriously.
This time, in order to get the emperor to issue an order, Wang Yan threatened famine and persuaded all officials to plead in front of Taiji Hall.
The emperor was still a little reluctant, but fortunately Princess Xiangcheng pointed out that Liang Fen would not obey the imperial edict, so the emperor reluctantly agreed.
Now - haha, if the emperor finds out that he has been tricked, then the world will fall apart?
Do you want to ask for an official? dream.
When Shao Xun heard this, he also considered it seriously.
If you ignore the emperor and appoint yourself as a general, the officials who are student soldiers will accept it, the killers of the government soldiers may or may not accept it, and the noble officials will definitely not accept it.
Values are like this, you have to have a court and an emperor.
Even if you found your own country and proclaimed it your own government, you would be better than an official without a clue. After all, this is also a kind of righteousness, although the righteousness of the new dynasty may not be accepted by most people yet.
But before a new dynasty is established, you can only use the righteousness of the old dynasty, which cannot circumvent the emperor.
Sima Chi can do more things than Liu Xie.
How about changing the emperor?
The idea just came up in Shao Xun's mind, but he put it out again. The time was not yet ripe.
Sima Chi really has a brain problem! The more Shao Xun thought about it, the more unhappy he became, and said: "The food will not be distributed for now."
"This——" Wang Xuan was shocked and said: "Ming Gong, you can't do it! How can all the officials and ministers be wronged? They I’ve already tried my best to help you.”
“If things don’t go smoothly, I’ll give you my official position and I’ll pay you more,” Shao Xun said decisively.
“Alas, I really can’t go on doing Duzhi Shangshu.” Wang Xuan lamented.
Shao Xun laughed and said: "Meizi, if you can't do it anymore, don't do it. Come and help me. What do you want to do? After we capture Qingzhou, how about I make you the governor?"
Wang Xuan's heart moved.
Langya is right next to Qingzhou, and most people call it "Qingxu" together, because the two places have a close relationship.
When my father arranged for Chu Zhong to be the governor of Qingzhou, it was not without purpose.
If he could be the governor of Qingzhou, his subordinate officials would all be family friends, relatives, and old officials of the Langya Wang family. I don't know how comfortable it would be to do so.
"Ming Gong is going to attack Qingzhou?" he asked.
“Maybe I’ll fight Shi Le first.” Shao Xun said, “But what I promised will never change, don’t worry.”
“Then it will be in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?”
< br>"Hmm. The Taiyang family has repeatedly invited Qingzhou to attack. I heard that the Yang family has a family background of two thousand stones and knows many people in Qingzhou. If the army kills them, they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort." Shao Xun said.
Wang Xuan was shocked.
"I still believe in the Wang family." Shao Xun looked at his expression, a smile appeared on his face, and said: "Some small things can be easily solved."
Wang Xuan was silent for a moment, He cupped his hands and said, "I will go back to Luoyang tomorrow to discuss it with my father."
"No hurry, no hurry, drink tea first." Shao Xun said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)