Hearing this, Rong Suihe nodded calmly: "The battle for military power between the country and the dynasty starts with Northern Xinjiang. Otherwise, why would the King of Gaomi and the Meng family each send their relatives to scheming among the Northern Xinjiang Army for many years? But although in the Northern Xinjiang Army, Among them, I still don’t have anyone as available as Chong Xinbo, but the teacher also has some legacy.”
"I have no doubt about your talent." Gongsun Su frowned and said, "The key point is that whether King Gaomi or the Meng family, their involvement in the military power of Northern Xinjiang started immediately after General Zhou left!"
"General Zhou has been there for more than 20 years, but you still haven't arrived in Northern Xinjiang in person. This...?"
He pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice, "The old lady of the Sheng family was quite favored by General Zhou. If you married the Lord of Kangzhao County, maybe the old lady would help you for the sake of his granddaughter? But to be honest: first of all The old man has been disarmed for a long time, and I don’t know how much of his old memories in the army are left. Secondly, the old man was still in his prime when he returned home, and his official position was not very high. I’m afraid that even if he wants to help you, his ability is limited? "
"Brother, have you forgotten Marquis Ning Wei?" Rong Suihe reminded, "The old man of the Sheng family has indeed been demobilized for a long time, and his original official position was not high, but Marquis Ning Wei is not. Even after he entered the court, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not I have contacted the military again, but this is all on the surface. How can I not leave any backup in private? After all, he has seen the example of General Zhou personally! "
Gongsun Su sighed: "But he has a son, and he is about the same age as you. He is also young and promising with both talent and appearance. It is said that Mr. Xu has passed down his martial arts skills from hand to hand. This shows that the Xu family still hopes that the heir apparent will inherit the family. Feng's... After all, not everyone can be like Nanfeng Sanren, who generously distributes their own things to others! Even with the face of the old man of the Sheng family, such a big thing is probably hanging by a thread!"
"Xu Wenduan is an only son. Although several elders of the Xu family hit and scolded him and seemed very mean, they had no intention of sending him to the battlefield." Rong Suihe shook his head after hearing this, "I guess besides being afraid of him For some reason, the old Xu family will be extinct. It is probably because of the encounter between General Zhou and Marquis Ning Wei that the old Xu family is not willing to take the path of martial arts."
He said, "When we arrived in Chang'an last year, it seemed that Ning Weihou and his wife misunderstood the meaning of my words and hinted to me that if I wanted to go to northern Xinjiang, they could pave the way for me."
Gongsun Su said "Yes": "If that's the case, then our chances of winning will increase a lot... But the Xu family seems a little untrue to the Sheng family? They are fed up with the court's suspicion of Ning Weihou, so they are reluctant to let their own family The prince is going to Northern Xinjiang, but he doesn’t object to your going?”
"Eldest brother has also met Xu Wenduan, don't you know his temperament?" Rong Suihe didn't think so, "Although this man is romantic, he is actually not a bad person, and his city is limited. If he goes to Northern Xinjiang , but he may not be able to handle it alone. The imperial court was already suspicious of Marquis Ning Wei. If Marquis Ning Wei sends his son to the army again, wouldn’t it mean that he has evil intentions and attempts to control the army?!"
"To say that at this young age, I think I can cope with the Northern Xinjiang Army at this moment, it is true that you and I are the only ones with such experience." Gongsun Su nodded, "But a twenty-year-long operation cannot be underestimated after all!"
Rong Suihe smiled and said: "Brother, don't worry, my teacher has been in business for more than twenty years?"
They discussed this night until it was almost dawn. Worried that Sheriff Luo and others would find that he was not there when they woke up, he said goodbye to Gongsun Su and planned to return to the monastery.
Before leaving, Gongsun Su asked him: "The plan you mentioned is best supported by Sheriff Luo and the Luo family behind him, but if Sheriff Luo refuses to agree...?"
"He will agree." Rong Suihe narrowed his eyes, "Jiangnan is not like Nanfeng County. There are no three powerful families. There are only two famous families: the Gao family and the Luo family. The head of the Gao family married the legitimate daughter of Marquis Wu'an early in the morning. They boarded the Meng family's ship; but the Luo family has not made a choice, so that in recent years there have been very few court officials in the family, and they are still unimportant positions. If this continues, one will go down and the other will go up, and sooner or later Jiangnan will become the only one owned by the Gao family. , this is not a good thing for the Luo family."
"Of course, the Luo family has been in business for many years. Even if the Gao family has the Meng family to rely on, it's hard to do anything to them for a while."
"The problem is that Gao Chengxuan, the only legitimate son of the head of the Gao family, was involved in a conflict between the two legitimate sons of Marquis Wu'an. His legs were broken by his cousin and his appearance was disfigured. As a Huiyuan, he missed the imperial examination. From then on, he had no relationship with his official career. It’s irrelevant!”
"Gao Chengxuan is only one year younger than me. He is already nineteen years old this year. He is the youngest child of his parents. Even if his father takes a concubine immediately, it is hard to say whether he will have another son!"
"Even if he is born, who can guarantee that he will be as talented and intelligent as Gao Chengxuan, and can compete for the top prize under the age of twenty?"
"After all, it's not uncommon in a family for the elder brother to be smart and the younger brother to be stupid."
"The most important thing is that His Majesty is already over fifty years old, and he is still obsessed with sex all day long!"
"Even if His Majesty doesn't show any signs of dying at any time, no one expects him to live another twenty years."
"So Gao Qieyi, the head of the Gao family, has no way to get the rewards of supporting the Meng family all these years by cultivating a biological son who is on the gold list."
"So what will he do next?"
Gongsun Su thought for a while, then narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Either we simply fall out with the Meng family and no longer provide any support to the Meng family; or... increase our support! I think the head of the family will choose the latter anyway."
The reason is very simple. If they fall out with the Meng family, not to mention whether the Gao family has the qualifications, it is said that the Gao family has been making money for the Meng family for so long. If they fall out now, all the money they have invested will be lost. Flooded.
Even if Gao Queyi could do such a stupid thing, the rest of the Gao family would not agree to it!
As for why the support should be increased, it is because Gao Chengxuan has lost his qualifications to serve as an official.
Originally, Gao Chengxuan was named on the gold list, relying on his father's money bag status and his blood relationship with Wu'an Hou, it was not difficult for him to have smooth sailing after joining the officialdom. This was not only beneficial to the growth of the Meng family, but also a reward for the Gao family... Before Rong Sleeping He sent someone to eavesdrop on his conversation with Meng Guiyu, which proved this: Marquis Wu'an even won the full support of the Meng family for this grandson.
It's a pity that Meng Jiayan's reason of "standing up for his sister" ruined his cousin who was supposed to rise to prominence.
In this way, Gao Chengxuan will no longer be an official. The Meng family's return to the Gao family, at least for Gao Queyi and Meng Bichen, will be difficult to reflect in politics from now on.
In other aspects, the Gao family either does not lack at all, or it is not too short.
After all, they are both prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River. The Luo family would rather give up their official career temporarily than take sides, but the head of the Gao family married the Meng daughter himself, which shows their pursuit of power.
So after Gao Chengxuan's accident, Gao Qieyi and his wife, after being shocked, sad, angry, angry and revengeful, what they need to consider is... how to continue to seek rewards for their power
As Gongsun Su said, of course we need to increase support.
However, this time they may not necessarily support the entire Meng family, but may mostly support the second son of Marquis Wu'an.
After all, Gao Queyi and his wife didn't know about Gao Chengxuan's tragedy. It was Sheng Weiqiao's idea to trace the source. They only knew that the son was because Meng Bichen was closer to the second brother among the two brothers, which caused the eldest brother's eldest son Meng Jiayan to worry about Gao Chengxuan's gold list. It will strengthen the power of his uncle's lineage, and thus set up a trap to deceive his cousin on the eve of the palace examination.
Due to the obstruction of Marquis Wu'an and his wife, Gao Queyi and his wife not only failed to do anything to Meng Jiayan, but because they repeatedly wanted to cause trouble to Sheng Weiqiao, the Queen Mother personally issued an expulsion order and hurriedly returned to Jiangnan.
Just looking at the revenge that the couple had on Sheng Weiqiao and the others, one can see that they were so vicious in retaliating their anger. How could they be soft on the culprits they considered, even their relatives
Therefore, whether it is out of revenge or seeking rewards, the Gao family will all turn to Meng Bomei, the second son of Meng, in the hope that Meng Bomei will replace Meng Boshen, the prince of Wu'an Hou, and avenge Gao Chengxuan's previous shame.
"Although because of King Gaomi, the Meng family must be trying to unite now, even if Marquis Wu An prefers the second son, he will not change the heir apparent at this moment, so as not to shake people's hearts." Rong Suihe nodded and said, "But wait After the victory between the Meng family and King Gaomi is decided, it will be hard to say! So Prince Wu'an will not sit still and wait for death!"
Gongsun Su smiled and said, "No wonder you are confident in convincing Governor Luo."
Then he said, "The Luo family is going to be in trouble."
Meng Boxhen, the prince of Wu'an Hou, wanted to compete with his younger brother who had a younger sister-in-law and a younger brother whose father favored and supported him, so he couldn't just talk about it. First of all, you have to have money, otherwise why would you recruit people? Without manpower, can we do everything by ourselves? In that case, he might be exhausted before he dies today... Besides, he might not be able to do everything.
The Meng family's biggest money bag is the Gao family. For the sake of their son's hatred, Gao Qieyi and his wife will continue to provide financial support to the entire Meng family. This kind of thing is given to a family. Meng Boxen also has two uncles and My biological father is here, so what I can get is limited.
What's more, there's no telling whether the Gao family will use their business advantages to attack industries in his lineage.
With money so tight, how could Meng Boxen compete with his younger brother? Therefore, open source is imperative.
And the King of Gaomi has been fighting with the Meng family for more than thirty years, how could he not understand the importance of the money bag
The wealth that the whole country can get involved in has basically been divided up.
Those that have not been touched, such as Nanfeng County, are far away from the sky and the emperor, so not everyone can come and make money.
Otherwise, pirates will attack the city in a minute, or there will be civil unrest... I didn't get the money, but the political opponents would get a lot of leverage, but it would be funny.
The Luo family, which lives in the same Jiangnan as the Gao family and has not produced any powerful senior officials in recent years, is almost a tailor-made target for Meng Boxen.
Gongsun Su speculated that Meng Boxen had an 80% chance... No, maybe he was already targeting the Luo family right now.
But I'm still a little worried: "Are you sure the Luo family will choose us? What if they also join the Meng family?"
Rong Suihe shook his head and said: "It's impossible. The Meng family already has a Gao family, and Gao Qieyi also married Miss Meng Wu, the daughter of Marquis Wu'an. And Miss Meng Wu's sisters are not full of descendants at the moment. Either he has already left the cabinet, or something has gone wrong and he is waiting to marry far away to a place where he will never be able to return to his hometown in this lifetime."
"So if the Luo family also joins the Meng family, let alone the sequence, they will lose to the Gao family. Even if they marry a girl from the Meng family to get closer, they will still be inferior to Gao Qieyi by a generation! What do you think of Luo? Will my family be willing to do so?"
"On King Gaomi's side, his financial resources come from the legacy of the late emperor, rather than a specific relative or minister. He is lacking a similar role."
Gongsun Su licked his lips, feeling regretful: "Can you think of a way to prevent the Luo family from taking refuge in King Gaomi, but to take refuge in us?"
If Rong Suihe had a good relationship with King Gaomi, he would at most think so in his mind and not say it out loud.
But at this moment, even though he was not told that the pirates he met on the way back were sent by King Gaomi, he could still see that Rong Suihe had no good impressions of King Gaomi. The relationship between father and son was probably tense, so Gongsun Su expressed his thoughts. , "The King of Gaomi also has a heir apparent. After joining the Luo family, what benefits will it bring? First, the heir apparent will enjoy it, and then it will be our turn... This is a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River, with a real money bag! If I miss it, I'm afraid I won’t be able to sleep!”
This is not an exaggeration at all. They are pirates who usually burn, kill and loot. How could he watch a prominent Jiangnan family lose such a large amount of money that is unimaginable to ordinary people and fall into the hands of the King of Gaomi? , I can just drink some soup here, can I not toss and turn in distress and stay awake all night? !