Luo Sigong's voice was not loud at all. It was very gentle, as if he was talking about some interesting family trivia. However, such a thing was like thunder to Shen Yicheng.
Shen Yi lost his usual calm expression, and his expression became one of extreme shock.
Xiao Ruxun?
Him?
Why should he be careful of him?
He was only a military general, and although he was now the Governor-General, he could withdraw as soon as the matter was over and return to Burma. Nothing would interfere with his plans. Although the Emperor favored him, he was only a military general, nothing more.
He was just a sharp killing knife in the hands of the Imperial Court. He would only be unsheathed if the Imperial Court asked him to, and he would obediently return if the Imperial Court asked him to.
Was there anything else worth paying attention to?
Was there anything else that needed to be guarded against?
Luo Sigong did not even mention Shen Li, Zhao Zhigao, and Xu Zuo, who gave him a headache and made him extremely vigilant.
What was Luo Sigong's intention?
"Because of him, His Majesty specially set up a secret agent that even I don't know where he came from or where he went. Usually, His Majesty uses this secret agent to communicate with Xiao Ruxun. He is His Majesty's real eyes and ears and is extremely loyal to His Majesty.
This lowly official doesn't know what they are communicating with each other, but this lowly official knows that His Majesty knew about Jin's grain storage earlier than Cabinet Elder Shen through him and his spies. Moreover, His Majesty trusts Xiao Ruxun more than this lowly official. "
What Luo Sigong said was tantamount to subverting Shen Yicheng's understanding.
After the rebellion of Tumu Castle, under the unremitting efforts of the vast number of civil officials, they finally wrested military power from the hands of the Emperor and the nobles. From then on, the generals could no longer cause any trouble for the civil officials in political life, let alone become the Emperor's right-hand man.
This had already become the unspoken rule of the Daming Dynasty, a rule that no one dared to disobey. Even people as powerful as Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang had not disobeyed this rule, becoming the sharp killing knives in the hands of the civil officials.
Shen Yicheng spared no effort to win over Song Yingchang and Shi Xing, and spared no effort to win over the emperor's favor. Originally, he planned to win over Xiao Ruxun and make him a killing knife in his hands, so that he could gain political capital for himself, and he would become Xiao Ruxun's backer.
It was supposed to be like this.
But now, Luo Sigong suddenly told Shen Yicheng that this extremely sharp killing knife already had a wielder, and the wielder was the only one in the entire Daming that could never be allowed to become a wielder.
What was going on?
How did Xiao Ruxun get in touch with the Emperor?
How did he get subdued by the Emperor and become the Emperor's eyes and ears?
What on earth was going on?
"Oh right, Pavilion Elder Shen, is that team of spies only responsible for contacting Xiao Ruxun and His Majesty, or are they also monitoring this official at the same time? This official doesn't know either. Perhaps the matter of Pavilion Elder Shen looking for this official today has already been known by them. Pavilion Elder Shen, be careful!"
Luo Sigong's face showed a very pleasant smile.
Knew? Was I being monitored?
Really?
Thinking of this, Shen Yichuan's face, which was originally just pure shock, became a little twisted, looking like an evil spirit.
He wanted to hear more of Luo Sigong's palace secrets, to let him know what was going on between Xiao Ruxun and the Emperor. He wanted to know what was going on with that team of spies. But Luo Sigong only smiled slightly, bowed, and closed the door to his room, not saying anything more.
This was a very normal political method to bargain with each other. Shen Yicheng knew that what he just gave Luo Sigong was only to get him to say these, and Luo Sigong obviously knew more. If he wanted to know more and thus accurately judge the situation, he had to give Luo Sigong more.
This was a very fair and reasonable principle of exchange.
This was also the key question that Shen Yicheng couldn't avoid no matter what.
Shen Yicheng had originally thought that his plan was flawless and that he could successfully hide it from the Emperor's eyes and ears. He could even use the Emperor's eyes and ears to keep the Emperor in the dark, waiting for him to defeat the officials and abolish the Imperial Censor, completing Zhang Juzheng's great cause. But now, Luo Sigong suddenly told Shen Yicheng —
You've done very well and prepared very well, but you won't be able to succeed because the Emperor doesn't only have the Imperial Bodyguard as his right and left arms. He also has Erlang Shen's Heaven's Eye on his forehead! That was the key!
Shen Yicheng suddenly shuddered.
After countless discussions, they decided to reveal some of the information to the Emperor. This was because in order for the Emperor to allow them to act against the Jin, they had to be ruthless. However, Shen Yicheng didn't expect that the Emperor already knew about it.
Then at that time …
It wasn't a play, but a play within a play?
Did the Emperor know more? Did he know many things that they thought the Emperor didn't know? Did the Emperor look at them as if he was watching a play? Did he know everything?
Shen Yicheng even wondered if the Emperor already knew of his plans, and even knew the specific income from the confiscation of the property.
Shen Yicheng's mind was in a mess.
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew into Shen Yicheng's collar and woke Shen Yicheng up.
Xiao Ruxun was far away at the border of Datong. How would he know about what happened here and reveal it to the Emperor?
If that team of spies really knew all of this, would Luo Sigong still accept that sum of money so calmly?
Impossible. At the very least, it was guaranteed that they were safe for now. Everything that had happened previously could not have been known by Xiao Ruxun, who was far away in Datong, Shanxi. Otherwise, the officials would have died countless times already, and not until now.
The spies weren't that amazing, and the Emperor didn't know as much as he imagined. It was impossible for Xiao Ruxun to know that much.
Luo Sigong should already know a lot of things and have the situation under control. However, he didn't trust him. He wanted to leave him a trump card so that he couldn't cook the cunning rabbit once it was dead.
Hu …
Just now, he was confused by the sudden news.
He shouldn't. He shouldn't. He really shouldn't.
Shen Yicheng turned around and walked out step by step …
But even so, it was very dangerous.
He had always thought that the generals had been tamed, the civil officials had become corrupt officials, and no one dared to reveal the true situation of the Daming Empire to the Emperor. No one would really help the Emperor and do such a terrible thing. He thought everything was under control.
But now, he suddenly realized that a governor with 100,000 soldiers was actually the Emperor's true eyes and claws. He was the Emperor's eyes and the Emperor's knife!
He could even believe that even if the spies were only used for communication, if the Emperor ordered Xiao Ruxun to bring troops to rescue the Emperor through the spies, Xiao Ruxun could immediately bring troops back and control the capital, control him, and let the Emperor take back the power that belonged to him …
No, no, no! This was too scary! Too scary!
A general who held military power and was of one mind with the Emperor was actually hiding by everyone's side. Everyone thought that he was just a general?
Daming, how could such a general appear at this time? This shouldn't be! After so many years of subtle influence, how could such a general appear? The family of generals had long been tamed. How could such a person appear?
This shouldn't be!
Shen Yicheng boarded his carriage with a heavy heart and endless speculations. Sitting in the carriage, Shen Yicheng felt that he needed to reorganize his plan. While the storm of Jingcha had not ended, and everyone's attention was on Jingcha, he needed to get to the bottom of this matter.
The only way to break out of this mess was obviously Luo Sigong.
How much more information did this person know?
What did he need?
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