The commander's attitude was very humble. It was obvious that he had been personally instructed by Luo Sigong.
It was obvious that the Imperial Bodyguard had not done the right thing in this matter. They had lost the Emperor's impression of them, and Luo Sigong's position was in jeopardy. Of course, he wanted to curry favor with Xiao Ruxun.
Naturally, this guy probably hated Xiao Ruxun in his heart as well. He hated that Xiao Ruxun was actually so arrogant, passing information in front of him, the head of the Special Intelligence Service, and even causing him to be reprimanded by the Emperor, almost losing his head.
However, Xiao Ruxun did not care at all.
Even if you were unhappy and unhappy, so what? As the head of a Special Intelligence Service organization, your foundation was the Emperor's trust. Once you were labeled as a bad product by the Emperor, you would be dismissed and purged. You would have to worry about being replaced at all times. Don't even think about stirring up trouble.
Xiao Ruxun himself felt that Luo Sigong and the previous commanders of the Imperial Bodyguard had gone too far.
As the Emperor's bodyguard, and the kind that had nothing to worry about, they should wholeheartedly work for the Emperor and face the officials with their backs to the Emperor. In the end, they had colluded with the officials and had not dared to reveal it to the Emperor. As the Emperor's eyes and ears, they had actually hidden it from the Emperor. Wasn't this courting death?
What reputation did the commander of the Imperial Bodyguard need? Did the commander of the Imperial Bodyguard need to leave his name in history? The crueler and more stinky your reputation, the better it meant you had done. If you, the head of the Special Intelligence Service, left a good reputation among the officials, what did it mean?
It meant that you had completely failed in your duty and completely lost the Emperor's trust. There would be no good ending.
Please, you were the commander of the Imperial Bodyguard. If something happened to you, who would save you?
Perhaps Zhu Yijun was not prepared for the sudden turn of events. If he had been prepared, he would have replaced Luo Sigong on the spot. Then, he would have purged the Imperial Bodyguard and replaced all those who were worried about his life with fugitives.
The person in front of him was obviously Luo Sigong's trusted aide, and he was here to ask for help. Xiao Ruxun did not reject this kind of behavior. After all, the Imperial Bodyguard was his natural ally, and he needed the help of the Imperial Bodyguard in many things to do well. It was like without the Imperial Bodyguard, he would not be able to establish a one-way contact with the emperor, and that would be terrible.
Xiao Ruxun understood the big picture.
"Alright, you all have your own difficulties, so I won't mind. However, I also have my own difficulties. My situation is even worse than your Commander Luo's. I hope that your Commander Luo can understand that we are all working for His Majesty, so we just need to do our best."
Xiao Ruxun smiled meaningfully.
"Yes, we are all working for His Majesty. Not only do we need to get food for His Majesty, but we also need to get the property that His Majesty deserves. Am I right, Governor-General Xiao? "
Xiao Ruxun's smile instantly turned cold, but it did not disappear.
"You are threatening me."
Xiao Ruxun said indifferently.
"This is not a threat. The Imperial Bodyguard does not dare to threaten Governor-General Xiao. The Imperial Bodyguard is just working for His Majesty, and we hope that we can work hand in hand with Governor-General Xiao. That's all. We have no other request."
"So what if you tell His Majesty about this? I have already written a secret memorial and told His Majesty about this. What's the point of you saying it? Think about it yourself. In this situation, does His Majesty trust me more or Luo Sigong more? It's fine to threaten me once, but don't do it too many times. Otherwise, I will be very angry. "
Xiao Ruxun picked up his teacup and took a sip.
"But Governor-General Xiao, if you keep doing this, it will put Commander Luo in a very difficult position. Commander Luo needs His Majesty's trust more than Governor-General Xiao. Without His Majesty's trust, even Commander Luo's life will be threatened."
Xiao Ruxun smiled.
"The life of an Imperial Bodyguard Commander with a good reputation who is praised by the officials should indeed be threatened. Go back and tell Luo Sigong that the better his reputation, the earlier he will die. It is best that you don't covet that reputation. Just as he has realized, his foundation is His Majesty, not the officials, and not the history books. Well, if he wants to leave his name in history, then go ahead."
The commander's face turned very ugly.
"Governor-General Xiao, Commander Luo does not want to be enemies with you. He thinks of you as a friend."
"Of course, I don't want to be enemies with Commander Luo either. We are all people who work for His Majesty. When working for His Majesty, one must have the awareness to work for His Majesty! Don't get close to people you shouldn't get close to. Don't covet a reputation that you shouldn't covet. If you covet that kind of reputation, don't do a job like the Imperial Bodyguard! He needs to know what the Imperial Bodyguard does! "
Xiao Ruxun put down his teacup heavily.
"I will pass on Governor-General Xiao's words to Commander Luo."
Xiao Ruxun nodded. "Tell him that I said it. I don't want to be enemies with him, but he needs to know what he is doing! He dared to hide such a big matter from His Majesty. He should know what he will face if he is exposed. The Imperial Bodyguard is His Majesty's eyes and ears. Eyes and ears don't need their own thoughts! "
The commander swallowed hard and nodded.
"Governor-General Xiao, this is the distribution map of the grain caves. Please accept it and obtain all of them as soon as possible. His Majesty does not want to give anyone time or opportunity to react. The mine tax eunuchs that His Majesty has sent will soon arrive in Shanxi to seize the mines and start mining. When the time comes, I hope Governor-General Xiao can help. His Majesty will do his best to buy time for Governor-General Xiao."
Xiao Ruxun nodded.
Just as he had guessed, his governor-general position was only for wartime. Once the war ended, he would be removed and replaced by a civilian governor-general. Zhu Yijun clearly hoped to buy more time for him so that he could use his governor-general position to help him settle the matter of the mine tax eunuchs.
It had to be said that the current situation in Shanxi and Datong was very advantageous.
There was no need to mention the Shanxi Commander-In-Chief and Datong Commander-In-Chief. Shanxi's Inspector Wei Yunzhen was at Yanmen Pass, and Datong's Inspector Mei Guozhen's fate was unknown. The highest authority in these two places was in a state of vacuum and completely controlled by him, the only governor-general. His political orders could reach them unimpeded. When the local official system was rebuilt, everything would be a foregone conclusion.
The mine tax eunuchs were like nails hammered into the local areas.
The only problem was that his reputation might be tainted. The civil officials would probably be wary of him, and his path would be very difficult.
But it did not matter. Xiao Ruxun had never intended to walk the same path as those civil officials. The current harmony was only because Xiao Ruxun had been enduring it. Once he no longer needed to endure, then he would have no scruples.
He and the civil officials were fated to be unable to walk together, regardless of whether it was strategy or politics. In order to realize his ambitions, he had to walk together with the Emperor. Even though this was very dangerous, even though the Emperor could not protect himself sometimes, this was still the only path.
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