The Emperor of Cai looked at Ye Weirong. Ye Weirong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, what Zhu Chongde said is true. Anyang is indeed trustworthy in doing business. During the entire war, there was no Anyang merchant in Cai's territory who was causing trouble behind the scenes. Even during the war, we were able to buy enough goods from Anyang merchants. As long as... you have money, and during the war, credit is not allowed, and you only need gold or a deposit slip issued by Anyang Bank."
The Emperor of Cai frowned slightly, and no one knew what he was thinking about. The surroundings were quiet, but Huang Fu had sweat on his brows, which was rare.
Suddenly, the Emperor of Cai opened his eyes and said, "Zhu Chongde, you will temporarily serve as the deputy prime minister. You will go to Anyang immediately and take charge of what I just said."
Zhu Chongde was delighted. "Yes, Your Majesty, I wonder how much this price is..."
"I will give you 200,000 taels of gold. I need to establish a new political system for the State of Cai as soon as possible. But there is one thing. If you can't do it well, you will come to me with your head on your shoulders!"
"Guarantee it will be completed!" Zhu Chongde turned and left.
After Zhu Chongde left, Huang Fu's eyelids drooped slightly; Huang Fu finally understood that the emperor wanted to reduce power and divide the power of the prime minister! And it would be difficult for him to have the opportunity to monopolize power again. This should be regarded as another kind of killing the donkey after it has done its work, right
At this time, Huang Fu only thought of his own merits, and selectively forgot the bad things he had done - deceiving his superiors and subordinates, selling high and buying low, exploiting the lower classes, selling official positions, cracking down on dissidents, placing his cronies in positions, manipulating people from all walks of life, becoming addicted to corruption, etc.
Just when Huang Fu was struggling, the emperor spoke again, "Ye Weirong, send 30,000 people to support Cao Guobin. And find out the situation there..."
"Report... Your Majesty, there is a messenger from Shangyong City, and he is dying."
"Send in the people and the letters!"
Soon, a soldier covered in blood, with a livid face, and obviously on his deathbed was carried in. On his chest was a letter, a letter soaked in blood.
When Ye Weirong saw this, he quickly stepped forward to help the soldier up, put his hands on the soldier's chest, and passed a little of his Nascent Soul stage true energy to the soldier. The soldier slowly opened his eyes, but his eyes were already gray, a sign of imminent death.
Perhaps it was a last-minute flash of inspiration. The soldier knew that he would not live long, so he opened his mouth and told everything:
Yesterday afternoon, after Cao Guobin found out that Xiao and Tang were no longer attacking, he sent messengers to the north; as a result, hundreds of messengers were killed one after another; only this one escaped under the protection of everyone, but was hunted all the way; he had to hide and even constantly burn his true energy and soul, and he was able to hold on until now, but he is now exhausted.
After saying this, the soldier felt relaxed all over and his soul left his body.
The Emperor of Cai opened the letter and started reading. His expression changed as he read. But he first looked at the dead soldier, "Give him a proper burial. Find out the identity of this person, and give his parents or children a reward of 10,000 taels of gold, a foundation-building pill, and two spiritual ginsengs. If his relatives want to serve as officials in the court, send them to me first."
After the dead soldier was carried away, the Emperor of Cai slowly told the situation; in fact, everyone heard what the soldier said just now, but it was not as detailed as in the letter. Especially the letter written by Cao Guobin, which also analyzed the advanced situation. For example, Xiao and Tang had seen through Cai's plan, such as Xiao Liming's military actions after that.