As a civil general, Fang Shoushi could understand the feeling of a fox mourning the death of a rabbit.
They had been feared for a long time. Yan Song had killed Zeng Xian for the sake of his own power and safety. If Shen Yi didn't like him, it wouldn't be difficult for him to kill Zeng Xian's guard.
But he just wanted to say a few words for Xiao Ruxun, because he felt that it was too rare for such a general to appear in the Daming.
Even if you abolished his military power and position, at least don't let him die. As long as he is alive, he will be an invisible deterrent to the surrounding countries. As long as he is alive, the Daming Dynasty will be like a protective net, and how many wars can be avoided every year?
How many years can you, Shen Yicheng, be the Grand Secretary? If Xiao Ruxun can live, how long can he protect the Daming Dynasty?
Don't let the Daming Dynasty suffer losses it shouldn't have for your own selfish reasons.
Fang Shoushi was sixty years old, and he felt that he had gained enough. When he came here, he was already mentally prepared to die in office, and he didn't expect to have the chance to return to the capital alive.
So he felt that he needed to do his last bit of strength to say a word of justice.
His last bit of strength was just a word of justice.
Just as he guessed, before Shen Yicheng and Luo Sigong reached a consensus on the data obtained from the confiscation, Shen Yicheng saw the report handed over by Shi Xing on Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun said that after dealing with the main enemy of Hu Kou, he would attack Guihua City in the north, annihilate the rebel Tumed, intimidate the grassland, and stabilize the northern border for ten years.
At that time, Shen Yicheng was a little surprised. He felt that he had overestimated Xiao Ruxun's military ability, but he didn't expect that Xiao Ruxun could still grow and give him an even bigger surprise. Therefore, Shen Yicheng couldn't help but think of taking Xiao Ruxun under his command.
At the same time, he decided to give Xiao Ruxun a test, which was to see how Xiao Ruxun would deal with Fang Shoushi bringing military funds and armaments, but not orders.
This was the standard to judge whether a person was easy to control or not. If Xiao Ruxun was easy to control, he wouldn't easily send troops without clear orders. But if Xiao Ruxun sent troops, it meant that he had his own thoughts and goals, and was not easy to control.
Originally, this was just a simple judgment, but when he and Luo Sigong reached a consensus, and Luo Sigong revealed that terrible thing, his thinking was completely different.
Shen Yicheng originally thought that Xiao Ruxun was like a masterless weapon. He was planning to use this weapon to open up his own era. As a result, he suddenly found that this weapon was already in the hands of someone else, vaguely pointing at him.
Because the one holding the weapon was the emperor!
It was the emperor who had an extremely bad relationship with the officials!
It was the emperor who had several fierce quarrels with the officials, did not go to the court in a fit of pique, and ignored the officials!
It was also the only person who was not allowed to hold the weapon in his hands.
Shen Yicheng began to feel a little panicked.
But this matter was so serious that Shen Yicheng couldn't go around telling people. Even his confidants around him had to think carefully before choosing who to disclose it to and who to discuss it with. After thinking about it, he found his confidant and good friend, Xiao Daheng.
Xiao Daheng was the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, a subordinate of Song Yingchang, and also the successor of Song Yingchang that Shen Yicheng planned to arrange. After this inspection of the capital, Shen Yicheng planned to push Shi Xing and Song Yingchang into the cabinet, and the vacated positions of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Minister of the Ministry of War, Shen Yicheng planned to arrange for his own people.
Xiao Daheng was a candidate for the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Of course, depending on the situation, he might also be arranged to the Ministry of War, because Xiao Daheng was very talented, even if he was placed in the Ministry of War as the Minister, it would be good.
As for the problem of Luo Sigong and Xiao Ruxun, Shen Yicheng couldn't make the most correct decision by himself, so he needed someone with enough ability to help him analyze it. Therefore, he chose Xiao Daheng, the most talented among his confidants.
Xiao Daheng didn't quite understand why Shen Yicheng called him to the Taoist home in the middle of the night. He was having dinner when he was dragged there.
However, although he complained at first that Shen Yicheng was too good at picking the right time, when he heard the top-secret information that Shen Yicheng revealed to him with a straight face, he was so scared that his face turned pale.
His reaction was similar to Shen Yicheng's at first.
"Xiao Zhennan is His Majesty's knife? He has a secret connection with His Majesty? Is it also His Majesty's arrangement to hold a large number of troops? Minister Shen, are you trying to scare me? Even if you're joking, you should have a sense of propriety. Some things that can't be said should never be said. "
Xiao Daheng still had a last hope in his heart.
"This is what Luo Sigong told me."
Shen Yicheng said with a straight face, "Luo Sigong told me about this. He also told me that His Majesty trusts Xiao Ruxun far more than Luo Sigong. Many things were revealed to His Majesty by Xiao Ruxun. Otherwise, His Majesty would never know."
"Including the things about the Jin merchants?"
Xiao Daheng asked hurriedly.
Shen Yicheng nodded. "That's why I felt that His Majesty's reaction was a little strange at that time. I didn't figure out why at that time. Now that I think about it again, it turns out to be like that. Now at least we can be sure that His Majesty definitely knows something. What His Majesty knows may be beyond our imagination."
Xiao Daheng asked in surprise and doubt, "Does His Majesty also know about the things in the southeast?"
"That shouldn't be the case. Xiao Ruxun has never served in the southeast, so he doesn't know the situation there. He only learned about the things in Shanxi after the war in Shanxi, and then revealed them to His Majesty. So His Majesty should only know about the situation in Shanxi, but not the situation in other places."
Shen Yicheng analyzed in silence.
"Then … what are you going to do, Minister?"
Xiao Daheng asked in a low voice, "This is a matter of great importance to the overall situation. We must be cautious!"
"Of course I know we must be cautious. But now that I only know this much, how can I be cautious? I asked you to come here to help me appease Luo Sigong. "
"Appease Luo Sigong?"
"Yes, appease Luo Sigong."
Shen Yicheng said slowly, "There is no doubt that Luo Sigong knows more about the things between His Majesty and Xiao Ruxun, or even all of them. If we want to seize the opportunity, we have to know everything from Luo Sigong. And Luo Sigong took the initiative to reveal the things about Xiao Ruxun to me before. Obviously, he is waiting for the right price!"
"Waiting for the right price? You mean Luo Sigong wants us to give him something in exchange for the information he knows? "
"Yes."
Shen Yicheng nodded.
"Then, what does he want?"
Xiao Daheng asked.
Shen Yicheng looked at Xiao Daheng.
"What do you think?"
Xiao Daheng lowered his head and pondered for a while.
"He is the Commander of the Imperial Bodyguard and the leader of the Emperor's personal army. Logically speaking, he doesn't lack anything. Power, he has a lot of power. Money, power means money. He doesn't lack money, so what else does he lack?"
Xiao Daheng didn't understand for a moment.
Shen Yicheng took a deep breath and said slowly.
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