Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty-One: The King He Worries
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Shangguan Chen is always very thick-skinned and has enough reason to defend himself at any time.
It’s like his wealthy clothes and food are worthy of being like him.
Qin Shaoyou wanted to refute him, but after careful consideration, he found that there was no way to refute it, because this guy was indeed a merchandise. This guy seemed to be the most fashionable person, but his behavior similar to nonsense has done a lot of things for himself. Although the Shence Mansion allocated countless money and grains every year, even Qin Shaoyou had to admit that this money and grains were fully valued.
Shangguan Chen's Zhulou has completely changed its appearance. Of course, it is not that the most prominent building in Luoyang City, besides Luoyang Palace, has been renovated, but because Qin Shaoyou's demand has increased, the scale of Zhulou has begun to become increasingly large.
When Qin Shaoyou was only Mengjin, Zhulou's purpose was to make friends with some people in need and inquire about things in Luoyang. After all, for Qin Shaoyou, Mengjin at that time only had some demands for some movements in the court.
However, when Qin Shaoyou's Shence Army completely controlled Henan Prefecture and the court moved to Chang'an, the role of Zhulou changed unknowingly. In addition to infiltrating Henan Prefecture, more people began to be placed in Chang'an. In Chang'an City, many celebrities needed to make friends.
Now, it is a completely different story. When the Shence Mansion rises, and when the industrial and commercial group in Mengjin begins to open up more and more markets, especially after Weishi set up the 37 towns, the Seminar Hall has almost no hesitation to pass Zhulou's budget increase plan, and the annual money and grain allocated to Zhulou has reached 9 million chunks.
This number is almost equivalent to 20 to 30% of the Shen Ce Army's consumption, which is an astronomical number. It is stunning.
Naturally... Since countless money was given to Shangguan Chen, Shangguan Chen should have an explanation. He carried out drastic reforms on the basis of Zhulou. On the one hand, he trained and recruited a group of more capable personnel. Then, based on these personnel, Zhulouwei was established.
Zhu Louwei, just by listening to the name, was somewhat like a militarized organization. In fact, Shangguan Chen did implement semi-militarization, and he divided the entire Zhu Louwei into the left and right guards. The left guard was stationed in Luoyang, while the right guards were entrenched in Chang'an. The number of guards was about 3,000. Together, there were as many as 6,000.
Under the two guards, there are ten flags each. The so-called flags are just the organization of each town. Almost all the thirty-seven towns in the world have been included in the control of Zhulou Guards. The world is divided into two, and the left and right guards are managed by each guard, and each flag is based on its importance. Most of the personnel are between thirty and 150 people. Each town has one flag leader, which specializes in planning information and makes friends with more important local figures. At the same time, the flag leader does not involve intelligence collection. Their meaning of existence is more like receptionists. They maintain relationships with local figures. At the same time, they provide convenience for past business travelers.
Under each banner, there are also clerks who are responsible for delivering official documents and recording local customs. There are lieutenants who are responsible for collecting commercial information, such as how the price of silk in the place fluctuates. There are also personnel who are specializing in spying on some important figures.
The reports of each flag will be divided into important and ordinary methods. Choose to send out in a hurry or send out quickly. Finally, it will be summarized into the left and right guards. If the left and right guards feel that the situation is urgent, they will be delivered to Shangguan Chen's desk in the fastest way. If it is just ordinary news, it will be classified to facilitate the review of the meeting hall and even ordinary merchants.
This model has made Zhu Louwei no longer limited to an intelligence organization, and can even undertake some commercial functions. For example, a certain place has been flooded recently and the bridge has been washed down. If a foreign merchant happens to pass through that place and is not aware of it before, it is very likely to make a mistake. If you can check some information about your business path in advance, you can always be prepared for any trouble.
In addition, some large businesses want to operate or buy some things in a certain place. If each business bank makes friends with people and inquire about some news, it will inevitably waste time. Zhu Louwei provides a convenience. As long as merchants from Mengjin or Luoyang are willing to visit, most of them can find out some news. At the same time, if you want to know and make friends with some local people and accumulate connections, you can make a spike for the next step of business layout. Because Zhu Louwei has been working in the local area for a long time and has recognized all the various religions and all the various abilities, he can lead the thread on his behalf.
In this way, it is much easier to do things. The troublesome things that were originally very troublesome have become much simpler. It took a year or two to reduce them greatly.
It is precisely because of this that the Council Hall was very happy when adding the budget for Zhulouwei. These big merchants and wealthy congressmen could see the benefits of Zhulouwei. They were willing to invest a lot of money in public and private affairs, hoping that Shangguan Chen would continue to do this.
Of course, Zhu Louwei’s information is not completely unseen. Some can be checked, some are secrets sent to the Shence Mansion or the Five Military Mansions, and some are only secrets sent to Qin Shaoyou and the most core figures around Qin Shaoyou, and they are all subdivided.
In fact, most people are too impressed by this kind of thing. Shangguan Chen is a guy who laughs on the surface, but in fact he is a person who is as careful as a silkworm. He is actually in good order. Of course... his effectiveness is naturally closely related to the millions of dollars a year. It is precisely because he is rich enough to spend money that he can play so much.
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Now he is the master of the secret spy of the Zhulou Guard. Although Shangguan Chen has not changed his cynical temperament, his demeanor has become more stable after all.
So after he said a few fallacies, he knew there was no need to talk nonsense anymore, so he turned his face and said, "Your Highness, there is something that the lower official came to report. This matter is of great importance and cannot be heard by anyone, so the lower official is waiting here."
"Where is the news?" Qin Shaoyou smiled. In fact, he was far more simple to deal with Shangguan Chen than just a superior and subordinate, so he talked to Shangguan Chen much more easily, and he was not as cautious as in front of outsiders.
Shangguan Chen said: "Daming Palace..."
When Qin Shaoyou heard this, he immediately stopped relaxing. The news in the palace? Since Shangguan Chen came to report it specifically, this means that the so-called news in the palace must be of great significance. Therefore, Qin Shaoyou sat up straight and said, "You said."
Shangguan Chen glanced at Qin Shaoyou and said, "Your Highness, in the Daming Palace, half a month ago, a female official suddenly appeared in a medicine shop. Although this female official was dressed as an ordinary lady, Zhu Louwei's people knew her background. How could she know that she had come out of the palace? She had been targeted by someone. This person is a female official in Changle Palace, responsible for Queen Wei's daily life. She went to the medicine shop and bought a few medicines, but these medicines were really
It was rare that the owner of the pharmacy shop did not prepare stock for a while, so he made an appointment to come and take it in two days. Later, the officials carefully checked it and found out that if these medicines were mixed together, it might cause people to become weak. To some extent, this is poison, but the amount of poison is not large, not enough to be fatal. The female official, after a few days, left the palace again. It was early in the morning and went back at noon. The pharmacy shop was still missing, so she made an appointment to come the next day..."
Qin Shaoyou had already frowned.
The female officials in the palace went out to buy medicine, and this medicine might be poison, which is definitely not a simple matter, but the problem is, who is this poison used on?
Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but say, "Is it possible that this female official has any personal grudges with the people in the palace, so she wants to take the opportunity to take revenge?"
In this regard, Shangguan Chen smiled, and had a bit of a sarcastic meaning of Qin Shaoyou. Of course, looking at the entire Henan Prefecture, the only person who dared to show such an expression to Qin Shaoyou was Shangguan Chen.
The reason why Shangguan Chen ridiculed Qin Shaoyou was because Qin Shaoyou was indeed a little ignorant in this regard. Shangguan Chen shook his head and said, "Of course this is possible, but the possibility is not great. Your Highness, the female official, most of the time, comes out of the palace in the morning. How could a female official in the palace go in and out of the palace at will? Moreover, she is the female official who serves the horse and has to be on duty in the morning. How could it be possible? When the people in the pharmacy say that when will she come to get the medicine, she can pinch the time and come at the right time?"
Shangguan Chen paused: "If it was just because of personal grudges, it was just the private behavior of this female official. Even if she could take the opportunity to take leave in the palace, she might not be able to figure it out at any time. It would be impossible for the pharmacy shop to say that she would appear at a certain time. And the only possibility is that someone in the palace allows her to leave the palace at any time. Of course, some female officials have the right to be allowed to leave the palace. The problem lies in the original place. She is the female official at the attendant, which means she has to take care of Wei at all times. Even if someone allows her to leave, Empress Wei will not see anyone for several days. Wouldn't she ask, what else could she use to make excuses?"
Qin Shaoyou narrowed his eyes and said, "So, what you mean is that she can enter and exit so casually and be able to pinch the time, which means that she must be instructed by someone, and that she can instruct her to ensure that she leaves the palace at any time without anyone asking about it, that is Queen Wei."
Shangguan Chen nodded hurriedly: "Yes, that's the reason. In this way, it can be ruled out that this female official was trying to vent her anger. She should have been sent only by someone, and in the palace, only Empress Wei can send her."
Qin Shaoyou took a breath and Queen Wei... asked the female officials around him to go out to buy medicine. There is no medicine in this palace, so why do you need to go out to buy it secretly? Besides, it is still such a poison. Who will Queen Wei deal with?
Shangguan Chen seemed to have seen through Qin Shaoyou's thoughts, and he said lightly: "Empress Wei has always been a word in the palace. If she wants to harm people, there is no need to use such tricks. To put it bluntly, even if the other concubines in the palace really beat people to death, who dares to say what? The key to the problem is this. Since Empress Wei is in the palace, why do you need such a tiger and wolf medicine? Unless... the person she wants to deal with is even she herself. This person... has only one in the palace."
Qin Shaoyou was stunned: "Son of the Emperor?"
Speaking of the emperor, Shangguan Chen was very moved. He thought about the time when he and Li Xian had a good time. Since Li Xian became the emperor, he had no contact. He was left with only sighs, which was very complicated.
Qin Shaoyou's mind was spinning quickly, something was wrong.
The emperor was simply their magical artifact for the Wei family. Li Xian was almost in the hands of Wei. It was because of Li Xian's words that followed the Wei family could be so rampant. Of course, if it were not for Qin Shaoyou, the Wei family would have appointed private individuals like this, and it would be impossible to get rid of Li Xian, because the Wei family had already replaced most of the people inside and outside the court with their confidants and disciples. Once Li Xian died, Wei could have become the second Wu Zetian.
It’s just a pity... In addition to this court, there is also a Supreme Emperor, Qin Shaoyou and Shen Ce Army. Once Li Xian died, Qin Shaoyou would not mind at all. He took advantage of the emperor’s edict to fight against the thieves on behalf of the heavens. At that time, people in the world were probably extremely disgusted with Wei, and he could be said to be in accordance with the will of the people. It would not be difficult to follow the will of the people and kill Wei.
It is precisely because of this. The reason why Wei Shi can barely stabilize the court is because there is another Li Xian. If Li Xian had any problems, they could certainly push Wei Shi's son to be the emperor, but after all... what difference can this child have with Li Xian? Isn't this an unnecessary move?
So...what do they want to do?
Shangguan Chen looked at Qin Shaoyou deeply and said, "Your Highness, don't forget. This medicine can make people weak and make people sick."
Being sick...
Suddenly, Qin Shaoyou understood.
If Li Xian was sick some time later, what would happen next?
Perhaps... A sick Li Xian has great benefits to Wei, and this benefit...
Qin Shaoyou narrowed his eyes and guessed something. Finally, he pondered for a moment and said, "If the sick emperor wants to see me at this time, will I have to go?"
There is only one possibility, and Qin Shaoyou couldn't think of any possibility.
Thinking of this, Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but sneer. Wei Shi really couldn't wait. Perhaps she had already felt that the biggest threat was herself, so in order to get rid of herself, she even did not hesitate to use any means.
The sick emperor wants to see any minister. How dare this minister delay? To put it bluntly, I am afraid that even if I am dying, I have to rush to Chang'an obediently.
As long as Qin Shaoyou goes to Chang'an, almost everyone can predict what will happen next.
"Your Highness, you have to plan early. If the officials have a good guess, your Majesty's illness will be here in just ten days and a half months. At that time..." Shangguan Chen looked at Qin Shaoyou with great concern and said slowly.
Qin Shaoyou nodded and said, "Of course we should be careful."
Shangguan Chen laughed: "Actually... the lower official wants to congratulate Your Highness."
Qin Shaoyou was stunned and said, "Where does the joy come from?"
Shangguan Chen said: "Now Wei regards His Highness as a thorn in his eyes and even uses such a way to deal with His Highness. Isn't this just a testimony that Wei has no choice but to do anything to his Highness. Then Wei is the empress of the current dynasty and almost takes charge of the military and political affairs of the world. If such a person wants to deal with His Highness, he will have to take this bad strategy. It can be seen that she is at a loss. Isn't this a big joy?"
Qin Shaoyou was still worried, but when he heard Shangguan Chen's words, he couldn't help laughing. This guy... is really good at treating funerals as happy events.
However, he could understand Shangguan Chen's kindness. Shangguan Chen was nothing more than to make himself feel more comfortable. Qin Shaoyou nodded and said, "Since that's the case, why don't you invite me to go to Zhulou to have a few glasses of wine? It seems that I haven't drunk enough in the palace today. Why don't we fight again in Zhulou? "
Shangguan Chen cheered up and said, "I'm afraid that your highness will not bear it."
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Qin Shaoyou rarely comes to Zhulou, but he knows that it is a bit too magnificent here. Perhaps because he has too many worries, he does not like such a place, or because he has become a support for too many people and has taken on too many relationships, so he has no intention of enjoying this luxury.
However, today, Qin Shaoyou appeared here, looking at everything here, he always had some illusions, feeling that his Shence Mansion, his public housing, and even his Wei Prince's Mansion seemed to be two completely different worlds from this Zhulou.
The guy named Shangguan is really a fucking luxury.
Qin Shaoyou has become the owner of the small hall, and Shangguan Chen can only sit by the side. The beautiful maids have drinks. Shangguan Chen knew that Qin Shaoyou likes to drink quietly, so he shut up the bells and swallows. He smiled and said, "Your Highness seems to have an idea?"
Qin Shaoyou was stunned and said, "Issue, what's the idea?"
Shangguan Chen smiled and said, "Since your highness has learned about Wei's conspiracy, he should have a way to deal with it."
Chapter completed!