Xiang Zhen wants to do a big thing.

He wants to launch a coup in Guangzhou.

He wants to overturn his rule in Xiang Xun and let himself control the overall situation.

If he succeeds, he will naturally replace Xiang Xun as the actual controller of the Guangzhou court. If he fails, even if he is Xiang Xun's own son, he will not be able to escape the white silk and a glass of poisonous wine.

The wife stopped asking and Xiang Zhen no longer said anything. As for the other concubines, Xiang Zhen felt that there was nothing to explain to them. That night, the family sat together rarely. Xiang took a group of concubines to cook and cook a table full of dishes. Xiang Zhen asked everyone to sit down around the Eight Immortals Table.

There was not enough seats, and several underage children were simply held in their arms by their mothers.

This scared these concubines. This was a scene that had never happened in many years. Although they often fantasize about sitting seriously at the Eight Immortals table in the lobby for a meal, everyone also knew that this was just a luxury.

When the dream is truly realized, everyone becomes uneasy again.

There is always a reason behind the unusual happening.

Especially when Xiang Zhen deliberately left a place for Xiang Lan and put a pair of dishes and chopsticks, everyone became even more nervous.

There is no explanation, Xiang Zhengao is in charge of the main position, and he is chatting and laughing.

The wives and concubines looked at him worriedly.

After dinner, Xiang Zhen actually played with the children for an entire afternoon until the children fell asleep. He only walked out of the door after putting them down one by one.

The wives and concubines gathered in the lobby.

Xiang Zhen smiled at them and said, "I'm going. At dawn, either my personal soldiers will come to pick you up, or my father's personal soldiers will come to pick you up."

Both wives and concubines were dissatisfied.

"I am an unfilial son!"

After leaving this sentence, Xiang Zhen turned around, went straight out of the door, and never looked back.

Walking alone on the brightly lit street, the soldiers followed each other from a distance with more than ten steps. Xiang Zhen did not allow them to approach. Guangzhou City is still lively now, and there is still an hour, and the time for the curfew is coming. At that time, the entire Guangzhou City, except for a very small number of places, will fall into darkness, and the lively crowd will disperse. Apart from the patrol soldiers, you will never see any idle person again.

Xiang Zhen has experienced the night in Wuyi.

There is no curfew there, and the night is as lively as the white room. In the words of their former minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the current minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Mingyi, this is called the night economy, which can create more taxes for the government, create more jobs for the people, and make more money.

Stepping on the street where the Jiedu Mansion of the past is now located, there are gradually fewer pedestrians, and more luxurious carriages.

What makes people feel depressed is that the carriages running on the street basically come from the north.

This four-wheeled wheel made by the Northern Tang people have a steering system and a shock absorption system. The wheels are also wrapped with a layer of carriage called rubber tires. Each car is sold at a price of thousands of taels of silver, which is a sky-high price. But in the south, there is still a shortage of supply.

Whoever can own a carriage like this is a symbol of identity.

This time, the commander of the Rongguan and Guiguan who came to Guangzhou were so far away from the north, but there were such a carriage among their carriages.

When Xiang Zhen turned sideways, he saw several such carriages passing through the street.

My father's dinner has ended. These distinguished guests from all over the world are returning to their bases one after another. At such a banquet, the younger brother Xiang Zheng was pouring wine for them on his behalf. In fact, this is also announcing to the world that he has lost the qualification to be a successor to Xiang.

Xiang Zhen lowered his head and laughed silently.

Those who were passing by themselves in the carriage were probably seeing themselves, but none of them came down to say hello to them, and said a few words. Now they are no longer important in their eyes, right?

Seeing several carriages passing by, Xiang Zhen wrapped his cloak tightly and strode towards the Prime Minister's Mansion not far away.

At the door, several familiar figures appeared in his sight.

That was the Fujian Observation Commander Rong Hong. His father's closest comrades and brothers, the most staunch supporter, and the other was Xiang Zheng, who was carefully supporting Rong Hong across the threshold and walked towards the carriage parked at the door.

"I've seen my uncle!" Xiang Zhen took a few steps, clasped his fists with both hands, and bowed to the ground.

Rong Hong, who was drunkenly eyes, saw Xiang Zhen, but laughed, walked up to him, and grabbed Xiang Zhen's hands affectionately: "Why didn't you come for a dinner today?"

Xiang Zhen smiled and said, "My nephew has just rushed back to Guangzhou City today. I haven't been home for almost a year. I really miss the children at home, so I went home and had a meal with the children and played with them for a while."

Rong Hong laughed loudly and patted Xiang Zhen's hand intimately and said, "Okay, the family of father and son is naturally excellent. Your father misses you too, so go and meet him."

"Yes, my nephew gave me my uncle." He held Rong Hong's arm with both hands and sent him onto the carriage, watching the carriage slowly sailing into the distance, then turned his head and looked at Xiang Zheng.

"Third brother, let's go to see my father together!" Xiang Zhen said.

Xiang Zheng shook his head: "Brother, I am responsible for the security of the entire Guangzhou City. Now there are military governors and senior officials in the city. How dare I slacken at all? You also know how arrogant the inner guards of the Northern Tang Dynasty are. If someone does something here, it will be a big trouble. I will not accompany my elder brother."

Xiang Zhen nodded: "It's okay, you go!"

Seeing Xiang Zheng turning around and going, Xiang Zhen suddenly said, "I passed by Zuixianju today, and the business is very good."

Xiang Zheng turned around and looked at Xiang Zhen awkwardly, saying, "I also see that my elder brother needed money in the first place, and he would not be allowed to take it off for the time being."

Xiang Zhen smiled and nodded: "No, I have to thank my third brother, the price given is good."

Xiang Zheng's face twitched, nodded, and turned around and left. The price was of course good, but for him, the price he bought Zuixianju was only two-thirds of the normal price.

At that time, in order to train the new army, Xiang Zhen could not raise funds for a while, so he sold the industries under his name on a large scale. He and Xiang Jun were the main players of Xiang Zhen's industry.

Now Xiang Zhen has nothing, and he and his second son Xiang Jun have taken the opportunity to make a big profit.

Looking at Xiang Zhengyuan's back in a hurry, Xiang Zhen sneered, turned around, and walked into the gate.

Xiang Zhen was extremely familiar with this yard. Once, he had a common house here. He was familiar with the door and the road, so he walked straight to the study where his father Xiang Xun was. At this time, his father could only be where.

Standing at the door, taking a deep breath, reaching out and knocking on the door gently.

"Is it Xiang Zhen? Come in!" A somewhat tired voice came from the room.

Pushing the door open, Xiang Zhen walked in.

Xiang Xun lay on a recliner, and no longer had to force himself to be energetic. He was over 60 years old and looked very tired. His head was covered with white hair against the green recliner, which was very conspicuous.

"Father!"

"Sit!" Xiang Xun pointed to a brocade stool beside him. "The soldiers in the Lianhua Mountain camp are well trained, so stay in Guangzhou City. Just then your second brother brought 10,000 elite troops to Jiangxi. Your more than 10,000 troops just fill this gap. Xiang Zheng's front army in the imperial camp can just replenish some of the troops."

Xiang Zhen looked at his father and did not respond for a long time. He had just come back and before he could say a word, his father deprived the soldiers he had trained for bankruptcy.

Without hearing the echo, Xiang Xun looked up at Xiang Zhen and said with some dissatisfaction: "I know that you have invested a lot in this army. Looking back, you will make up for the money you have spent and will not let you suffer any losses. This time, Yunnan brought thousands of Yunnan horses. Didn't you say that the Yunnan horse is good? You allocated them to you. The one under your command named Wang You, who has practiced well, so continue to practice."

Xiang Zhen smiled: "Where is the cavalry that Wang is now?"

"It just happened to be reintroduced to the central army of the Imperial Camp." Xiang Xun moved his body and said, "You should continue to train troops and train more elite combat soldiers for us."

Xiang Zhen was silent.

Xiang Xun sat up with the handrail, looked at Xiang Zhen with his head down and said without saying a word: "It's all a family. You trained soldiers, can't you use them as your father?"

"Of course my father can use it." Xiang Zhen raised his head and said, "Father, but I want to tell my father some things."

"You said!" Xiang Xun said.

"The situation must change now." Xiang Zhen said: "If this continues, we will definitely die. Today, my son saw that in Guangzhou, all the high-ranking officials and nobles were sitting in carriages produced in the north, carriages worth thousands of taels of silver each! The shops on the street were filled with goods from the north, and merchants were trading in the Northern Tang Dynasty. Father, do you know that Li Ze was sucking our blood?"

"I know for my father." Xiang Xun said impatiently: "Isn't this a way to discuss countermeasures in Guangzhou? There is still time. As long as we unite, there will be no obstacles that cannot be overcome. The south is not as good as the north. Li Ze can do whatever he wants in the north, but the south is not that easy to fight."

"Unity-One?" Xiang Zhen sighed: "Can you really be united? If you could be united, your son would not have suffered that big defeat in Eyue?"

"The battle in Eyue has a lot to do with your command mistakes, and it has an advantage in military strength." Xiang Xun was a little annoyed when he mentioned this battle. The situation was lost because of this battle. Now, Xiang Zhen actually blamed the failure on all the people and the disunity of the troops.

Xiang Zhen did not argue and continued: "Father, it is obviously not feasible for us to be a loose alliance like this. If this continues, we will only be defeated by each other. We must find a way to join forces. This time, the military governors gathered in Guangzhou, which is a good opportunity."
Chapter completed!