Chapter 286: Lu Yu’s Charm (6)
Yincheng, the Prime Minister’s Mansion.
The so-called Grand Prime Minister 's Mansion was nothing more than a wealthy businessman's house. In order to accommodate Zhu Chong, Le family stepped forward and asked the wealthy businessman to "voluntarily" donate this house covering an area of more than 200 acres.
In terms of breadth and grandeur, this mansion is naturally not as good as the real prime minister's residence in Gaojing.
But in terms of the luxuriant gardens and flowing water, this mansion is countless times more exquisite and elegant than the Prime Minister's Mansion.
In the elegant and romantic back garden water pavilion, Zhu Chong sat in the middle, with a dozen former Dayin ministers, now Xinyin generals, sitting on both sides.
A group of people held tea cups and looked solemnly at the pool of autumn water outside the pavilion, watching a few egrets flying across the water.
"The Zhu family in East Shenzhou sent an urgent letter." Zhu Chong finally spoke: "Haojian Palace has seized the command of Zhu's private army."
These bigwigs who came from cultural and educational families turned their heads and looked at him expressionlessly.
"Not only that, 70% of the princes in East Shenzhou who were friendly with my Six Saints of Culture and Education, Nineteen Sages, and Sixty-three Great Families, had their families changed, and their family power was seized by collateral clansmen. It was the Haojian Palace that helped them seize the power of the princes."
"Our foundation has been destroyed."
"Our retreat is cut off."
"Eastern Shenzhou is now Dayin's Eastern Shenzhou. It has nothing to do with us anymore."
Zhu Chong knocked lightly on the armrest of the chair: "My fellow ministers, we can only be determined and stick to Xin Yin until the end...Yin Yan will never forgive us!"
Zhu Chong said with great sorrow: "We were too harsh back then... His personal expeditionary army consisted of a large number of trusted aides that he had painstakingly cultivated since he was still the crown prince. They were civil and military officials, talented people from humble backgrounds, and the nobles and talents that he had painstakingly collected from among the nobles, who were 'untainted by the mud'!"
Here, Zhu Chong couldn't help but use the term "plagiarism".
"We have offended him badly."
Zhu Chong smiled bitterly and said, "In that far north, the emperor wore old sheepskin with leaky crotches after having herded sheep for nearly twenty years... ate plain mutton without spices, and drank the lowest quality black tea bricks..."
"We have no way back." Zhu Chong said calmly: "We must help Xin Yin to overthrow Dayin and change the world. Only then can we survive and our family can maintain its current transcendent status!"
A cultural and educational leader said with great sorrow: "I said it back then. We have done everything we can. We should make him die in Far North Dazhou... and let the Black Wolf Clan kill him directly. But you refused!"
Zhu Chong glanced at the big boss and said, "Don't say such nonsense now. Back then, you wanted the Black Wolf Clan to kill him. But the Black Wolf Clan is not stupid. They know that a rare commodity is worth a lot of money. If you want to kill him directly, you know the sky-high price offered by the Black Wolf Clan!"
"At that time, since we were reluctant to pay to kill him directly, the Black Wolf Clan restrained him and threatened to release him to Dayin. Every year, they extorted a large amount of money and livestock from Beicuo Hou and his men, which led to what happened today. It is only natural!"
Zhu Chong shook his head painfully: "We can only go down this path till the end."
"Everyone, don't hide anything. Use all your tricks, arrangements, and hidden tricks... Fortunately, he only had time to clean up Gaojing. He didn't have time to clean up the entire Dayin Empire."
"Write a letter to the disciples we have trained with great effort over the years."
Zhu Chong said calmly: "Let them cooperate with us to overthrow Dayin. Whatever they want, we will directly promise them."
Gong Yangyao, who was sitting next to Zhu Chong, sighed softly: "Can we win?"
Zhu Chong slowly stood up, put down the teacup, put his hands behind his back, and looked towards the direction of Xinyin Imperial City: "Of course we can win... Don't forget the horrible method used by the Imperial Master who lives in seclusion deep in the Imperial City to rescue us from Gaojing."
Zhu Chong smiled and said leisurely: "Not only can we win, but perhaps we will have a great fortune... Tomorrow, I plan to go to the palace to visit the national teacher... Even, what's wrong with taking him as my teacher?"
A group of cultural and educational leaders looked at Zhu Chong in shock.
Zhu Chong drooped his eyelids and said in a deep voice, "Have you forgotten? The Secret History Bureau recorded the events of the ancient Divine Dynasty... The officials of the Divine Dynasty, whether civil or military, all had magical powers to fly into the sky, escape into the ground, and overturn mountains and seas."
"This world is different now. We should make some changes."
Zhu Chong looked at Li Zi, who was sitting at the end of the table, and grinned: "Li Honglu, you are an expert, what do you think?"
Li Zi looked at Zhu Chong weakly. He sighed heavily, "Qiqiao Pavilion is just a third-rate sect. It was lucky enough to retain its inheritance and struggle in this world. That national master, they... they are... the real giants and great powers!"
Li Zi lowered his head, looked at his hands, and said : "Compared to them, we are just ants... Anything like planning is a joke to them... All we can do is struggle as hard as we can."
Zhu Chong looked at Li Zi coldly, then shook his head: "The Minister of Rites has lost his temper, but it doesn't matter... I believe that Xinyin has great potential, and we can definitely..."
An official in a purple robe walked in quickly, went straight to Zhu Chong, and muttered something in a low voice.
Zhu Chong raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled indifferently.
"Our Da Sima is an interesting person... what do you think..."
Zhu Chongzheng wanted to seriously analyze what Lu Yu had done, his identity and background, the impact of his actions on the Xinyin court, and so on.
Li Zi had already stood up and sneered at Zhu Chong: "Grand Prime Minister, save your energy. Even if you are as smart as a demon, you are still just 'like a demon'... This world has changed. Haha, there are real powerful people around us."
"What is the origin of the Great Sima, what has he done, what does he want to do... Why do you care about these?"
"He is just a mortal. If he is really a loyal and capable general, all he can fight for is wealth and honor in the secular world."
"If he really had evil intentions... that state teacher would have reduced him to ashes with one blow... The prime minister is already quite old, why not save some energy and effort?"
Li Zi chuckled coldly a few times, his body shook, and with a "bang" he exploded into hundreds of afterimages and disappeared without a trace.
Zhu Chong was furious.
But besides being furious, he also felt an inexplicable wariness and fear towards Li Zi.
He put his hands behind his back and murmured, "The world has changed... Yes. Oh, don't worry about the Grand Marshal. The words of the Minister of Rites are harsh, but they make sense. As mortals, no matter how they struggle, the final victory or defeat still depends on..."
After a moment's silence, Zhu Chong said quietly, "I wish to take the Imperial Master as my foster father. Do you think it is okay?"
A group of cultural and educational leaders were stunned when they heard this, and they looked at Zhu Chong in amazement.
Hey, you are...
Soon, these cultural and educational leaders nodded.
"What the Prime Minister said is very reasonable." Gong Yangyao said quietly: "Since the State Master is willing to help Xin Yin, it is obvious that he has something to ask of Xin Yin... But what can such a powerful person ask for? Wealth? Power? Wealth and honor are like clouds and smoke to him."
Gong Yangyao muttered in a low voice: "We have all seen many secret files of the Secret History Bureau... I think if we all worship him as our foster father, he will be happy to accept us... The world is pressing, and we have the dignity of scholars..."
Zhu Chong flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the pavilion.
"What respectability?"
"Don't ever mention it again!"
As the newly appointed General of the Central Army Guard in the Grand Marshal's Mansion, Lu Yi has been very busy these days.
While he was busy, Lu Yi was also looking forward to all kinds of troubles coming his way - with his limited knowledge of the court, he also knew how many troubles would be waiting for a new upstart like Lu Yu who suddenly emerged.
Especially, are there still so many former important officials of Dayin in the Xinyin court?
Lu Yi didn't believe that the cultural and educational leaders under Zhu Chong would not be tempted by the position of Grand Marshal!
But... I've been busy for several days, and there is really no movement?
And Lu Yu’s methods were indeed very powerful.
While openly accepting bribes from a large number of Lu family sons, he also wholesaled various official positions in the Grand Marshal's Mansion. At the same time, he trained these sons smoothly, and the private armies organized by the sons became a reliable military force under his organization.
Just in the western suburbs of Yincheng, a brand new huge military camp was built. Stretching for more than a hundred miles, the camp was magnificent in scale, with earth-shaking shouts of killing heard every day.
certainly……
What Lu Yu did made things convenient for Lu Yi.
As the general of the central army, it is normal for him to be concerned about the logistics and supplies of the newly established army.
Lu Yi made some medicine and drained some blood every night, and the food he added was fed to this new army.
It was precisely because of Lu Yi’s additions every night that the speed with which this new army took shape also shocked Lu Yu.
Lu Yu heard Lu Yu muttering several times: "It doesn't make sense. These ruffians, how could it be possible?"
However, the fact is that this new army under the Grand Marshal's Mansion had been reorganized within half a month after Lu Yu took office, and the spirit of the soldiers was comparable to that of the elite private army of the Le family.
So, on this day, Lu Yi, the "financial sponsor", took care of the accounts, and Lu Yu hosted a banquet on the pleasure boat "Ba Yue Xiang" on the Baisha River to entertain the second prince of Xinyin, Le Xi.
After three rounds of wine, the dishes have five flavors.
Lu Yu waved his hand, and Lu Yi drove away the maids and the red-card girl serving in the pleasure boat and closed the cabin door.
By the time they were alone in the pleasure boat, Lu Yu, Lu Yu and Le Xi were the only ones left. Lu Yu sighed at the confused Second Prince and said, "Your Highness, do you know that a disaster is about to happen to you?"
Holding chopsticks in his hand, Lu Yu pointed at Le Xi's nose and said, "The bloody disaster is right before our eyes... Now, the only person in the world who can save you is me, Bai Changqing!"
