"What is the power on the surface now? To put it bluntly, it is the handle of the knife, the bag of money, and the barrel of the pen. Those are the three things."

"Your Majesty, Prince, looking at it this way, the situation in Jiangzhou is actually clear.

"For example, with the help of the Wei family and the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, Lin Cheng is equivalent to gaining the power of Xingzifang, and the Jiangzhou lobby must cooperate. This means he controls Jiangzhou's finances and gets the money bag.

"Contacting the Qin family privately, wooing Mr. Qin, gaining the initiative in the wartime meeting, and gaining support from the frontline troops. In a sense, it actually means getting the handle of the knife.

"As for the pen...that is, the public opinion in the market and Jiangzhou Shilin are still sympathetic to our palace. In fact, the reputation of the Wei family has always been bad, but it does not seem to affect their unscrupulousness...

"Now we only have some pens to hold on to, so that we don't have no channels to speak out, and we can control Wei to a certain extent.

"This is the situation now."

Ouyang Rong calmly analyzed:

"The bird in the cage that Her Royal Highness the little princess described is correct. If we want to break the situation, the most critical thing at the moment is the Qin family. The attitude of the Qin family is too important. The prince must win over Mr. Qin in order to break the iron cage under the Wei family.

A rat-throwing weapon..."

"That's it." Wei Mei and others suddenly realized.

Li Guoer turned around and said:

"Ouyang Lianghan said it well. The key to breaking the situation is the Qin family. We need to win over Qin Jingqin, but a veteran of this age will definitely not let go of the rabbit before it comes. Just like the letter we sent for help last time... Qin

Jingqin didn’t respond directly, so he must have been fooled.”

Ouyang Rong asked in confusion: "What do you mean? What did you say in the letter to General Qin?"

Hearing this, Li Xian felt a little depressed and said:

"It was about Tan Lang's refusal to obey the imperial edict last time. During this period, I was worried about Tan Lang, so I asked Xie Lingjiang's aunt Madam Xie to help me, and sent a letter to General Qin, mentioning it implicitly.

Ask him to help Tanlang speak for him, even if it's just a word.

"But the reply over there was a bit bland. I don't know if you understood what the king meant, or if you didn't understand it on purpose. Anyway, in the end, General Qin didn't write to the court to speak to Tan Lang. It seems he was unwilling..."

Ouyang Rong immediately turned his head and frowned slightly:

"Why didn't you discuss this with me in advance?"

Li Dalang explained in a low voice:

"The situation was urgent at that time. My father and everyone were very worried about something happening to Tan Lang. But Tan Lang was also angry at the time and let you know that he would probably not agree, so..."

Ouyang Rong wanted to speak, but when he saw the concerned and guilty faces of everyone, he stopped speaking and did not continue to blame.

Li Guoer turned around and asked seriously:

"Sister Xie, have you received any reply from Aunt Xie's family recently? Did Qin Jingqin reply later?"

Xie Lingjiang shook his head, nodded again and said:

"I don't know, my aunt didn't say anything, but this afternoon, my aunt, father, and the others passed by Xunyang City and had dinner at the senior brother's house. During the dinner, my aunt specifically told the senior brother that it is best to stay in the Sima position in Jiangzhou.

, recharge your batteries first, don’t cause any more trouble, wait for the opportunity..."

Everyone was silent, not knowing what to say.

The attitude there was very obvious. Like the Xie family of Chen County, they all advised Ouyang Rong to be honest and calm and not to continue to contradict the Empress of Zhou. Such head-on confrontation was too dangerous.

The study was quiet for a while, until Ouyang Rong raised his head and said:

"Then let me do it. I will convince General Qin. Even if, as Her Royal Highness the little princess said, Mr. Qin and the Qin family behind him are very profit-oriented and want to sell for a good price, helping the Wei family is just the icing on the cake. Helping us now,

This is the real help in times of need, which one is more important and which one is less important... I can let Mr. Qin think about it..."

The two women wanted to talk.

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "Don't worry, I won't leave the city... I'll ask a reliable person to pass the message."

"Okay, Tanlang, please be safe."

"Um."

Soon, a study meeting ended with everyone worried and dispersed.

Ouyang Rong returned to Yinbingzhai.

Zhen Shuyuan, Ye Weila and other female relatives are still waiting for him in the hall.

Ouyang Rong had a meal with them, stayed with them for a while, then looked away and started doing their own business.

In the middle of the night, Yin Bingzhai's study is brightly lit.

From the outside window, one can vaguely see the figure of a slender man leaning over his desk.

From time to time he would lower his head and write something.

Didn't sleep all night...

The next day, early in the morning.

Ouyang Rong got ready and went out early.

There was nothing to do in the afternoon. He had already taken leave and left the Jiangzhou lobby early, preparing to go to Jingyiting.

But as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw the figure of Yan Liulang rushing over, clasping his fists to report.

The news disrupted his plans.

"Mingfu, there are people coming from the Hongzhou front line and they arrived at Xunyangdu today."

"who?"

"They are from Marshal Qin's side. Among them there seems to be the chief of the Chinese army camp and other important officials in charge of logistics. It should be that they were invited by the governor Wang Lengran and Jiangnan Superintendent Lin Cheng, who led the army's logistics and food supplies.

Officials, come to Xunyang City to attend the wartime meeting."

"Are they from Mr. Qin's side..."

Ouyang Rong thought for a moment, then got on the carriage again and ordered Ali:

"Let's go to the Governor's Mansion."

"Yes, sir."

In the car, Ouyang Rong was sitting upright.

He first took out a letter from his sleeve that he originally wanted to hand to Miss Qin, looked down at it, folded it again, stuffed it back into his sleeve, and sat down again.
Chapter completed!