Cui Jinbai was able to investigate the Black Water Tribe's illegal mining at this time, it must be because Xiao Huayong gave him the opportunity.
Without Xiao Huayong's cover, he would not have been able to leave Kyoto and chase to Maozhou to rescue people.
Qie Bu Shulin is only five months pregnant now, and there are still five months before she gives birth, and the postpartum confinement period adds up to half a year.
No matter how long it takes to get to the bottom of the illegal mining, there will always be people from the court to supervise the mining. This will not be a matter of one or two days or even one or two months. Shen Xihe believes that Xiao Huayong will be able to let Cui Jinbai be the supervisor.
Staying in the Heishui tribe for a long time, the emperor is far away, and it is not difficult to allow Bu Shulin to give birth to a child in peace.
Whether it is Cui Jinbai or Bu Shulin, it is a gift.
It is also possible to use a combination of kindness and severity.
Shen Xihe raised his eyebrows: "The matter of the Black Water Tribe... is it such a coincidence?"
Knowing what Shen Xihe was thinking, Xiao Huayong did not hide it: "I have suspected this a few years ago, and it was not long ago that I came to a conclusion, but I still don't know the reason."
"What mine is it?" Shen Xihe asked.
No matter what kind of mine it is, according to the laws of this dynasty, it belongs to the court, and only the court has the right to mine. Those who mine privately are guilty of stealing the country and will be executed along with their entire family.
Xiao Huayong's lips, neither thick nor thin, slightly opened: "Gold!"
Gold mines mean gold and silver. Not everyone has the courage to hoard such a large amount of gold and silver. I don’t know if it’s because of greed of local officials or because of the involvement of the royal family. What’s worse, the Heishui tribe is complicated, with several major military governorates checking and balancing each other, and there are also many foreign tribes. The water here is very deep.
"Beichen's wish should be more than that." Shen Xihe looked at Xiao Huayong with his obsidian-like clear eyes, which had a penetrating power without revealing its edge.
"Yoyo, what did you think of?" Xiao Huayong asked as if he knew the answer already, with a teasing smile, and moved closer to Shen Xihe.
Shen Xihe looked away and gazed at the azure sky: "The Haidongqing was the one you chased after in the Black Water area. Beichen had already made arrangements for the Black Water... No, it should be said that the entire Northeast has already made arrangements."
At this time, Cui Jinbai was brought there to openly investigate the illegal mining, but secretly they were planning to attack the Northeast.
The Northeast was originally in the hands of Xiao Changfeng's father. Later, the old King Xun faked his death and left in order to train the Divine Army for His Majesty. The military power of the Northeast was divided into three parts and fell into the hands of three protectorates.
These three people are all His Majesty's confidants. Over the years, only An wanted to marry her daughter into the Eastern Palace, but was dampened by Shen Xihe and demoted. This seemed to have broken the balance.
"The one who knows me best is Youyou." Xiao Huayong admitted with a smile, "But the reason I can take action against the Northeast today is because Youyou broke the gap and pried into the An family. I benefited from Youyou's influence."
"You were very angry when I dealt with An family that day!" Shen Xihe rarely brought up the past.
It means that she agreed to let An Zhengyi enter the Eastern Palace and asked His Majesty to grant the marriage. Xiao Huayong was so angry that he left in anger.
Xiao Huayong did not blush at all, instead he said confidently: "How could I know what Yoyo was up to? After all, Yoyo never took me seriously, so I did not dare to expect Yoyo to go to great lengths for me. It was also my fault that I was sensitive and could not stand hearing those words, so I lost my self-control."