bookcurios Chapter 212 The Building Will Collapse
Chapter 212 The Building Will Collapse
"Master Daoyan, too many... too many things have happened in the past few days."
Zhu Di sighed and preached to Daoyan.
"The King of Yan is different from me. He has too many worldly concerns. Of course he will be worried about this."
But who knows, Zhu Di sighed again and told the truth,
"That's true about Gao Xu, but... today I want to discuss this with you in detail, but it's not this matter."
Daoyan's eyelids twitched suddenly.
Bad thing.
There are things he couldn't guess!
As expected, that woman was the biggest variable in his perfect calculations!
Zhu Di seemed domineering and arrogant, but in fact he was extremely cautious.
When he discussed with Daoyan, they never just sat and chatted.
Generally they play chess, drink tea and look at paintings.
Whether it is a chess game or a painting, it will be realized as a physical object.
A chess game has a chess score, but a painting has its own object.
Zhu Di gave birth to a son, and then he preached to Daoyan,
"This matter is of great importance, so I did not mention it in my letter. In fact, it has only been less than ten days since I learned about it."
Zhu Di then began to tell Daoyan what he had heard from his wife Xu two days before leaving Nanjing.
Whether it was Xiao Zhang manipulating the Tong family to threaten and rob the wealthy merchants in Shanxi Salt Lake, and using important literati as targets and umbrellas, or the Tong family's merchants making profits everywhere and a large amount of assets suddenly falling from the Yanwang Mansion, or the discovery of an iron ore vein next to the garrison outside Peking, Daoyan almost broke the calm Qigong he had practiced for many years.
Incredible, incredible!
He could provide the greatest ideological support to King Yan, could make the dead appear alive, could give him advice and help him solve his problems.
But all these are just empty words.
But! This little Zhang! This amazing woman is a ruthless person who can come up with something real!
It turns out that he is very good at judging people.
This little Zhang is truly his kind, both his friend and his enemy!
"Wonderful, it's really wonderful.
This is a great marriage, it’s a great match.
With such a virtuous wife, your descendants, King Yan, will have a promising future! "
Zhu Di said modestly,
"Thanks to the master for his foresight, otherwise I really wouldn't want Gao Chi to marry this girl from the Zhang family who seems to have an ordinary family background.
But in fact, I am the one who is short-sighted."
"It is the princess who has a keen eye and a keen eye for identifying pearls. Without what she said, how could a monk like me know some noble ladies in the capital and recommend them to you as a matchmaker?"
The two of them exchanged pleasantries, one in front and the other behind, then smiled at each other and drank half a cup of tea.
Daoyan sorted out the information and suggested to Zhu Di,
"Since my in-laws have made such an arrangement... then we can take advantage of Zhang Lin's withdrawal from the military command to place a hidden chess piece in this position that we can use."
After hearing this, Zhu Di asked in confusion,
"But Zhu Yunwen is cunning, and any apparent transfer will definitely be obstructed by him."
"What we want is for him to interfere." Daoyan replied confidently in seconds.
"Master, please give me some advice."
Daoyan did not keep the secret and explained directly,
“I heard that Commander Zhang Lin is not very talented, but he understands the ways of the world, and has a very good reputation among the military officers and is very popular.
What's the use of this small military post?
If the day comes when the enemy is at the gates, can we still expect him to overcome numerous checkpoints and open the city gates for us?
What we want to take over is the network of contacts he has built up over the years.
One person is useless, but what if there are dozens or hundreds?
They will be like inconspicuous nails hidden in the house.
Once it is pried open... the building will collapse."
(There were nails in ancient times! They were made of wood and iron. They were basically divided into two types: double-entry and general. I won’t go into details since this is not an infrastructure article.)
As soon as the piece was placed on the ground, just like the black and white chess game on the board that was originally difficult to determine, the winner was decided in just a moment.
The seemingly useless white pieces united and launched a northern expedition with the force of encirclement and suppression.
Although the game of chess is not over, the overall outcome has been decided. Unless a god descends from the sky, there is no way to save the situation.
Zhu Di was shocked. He took a deep breath and thought carefully about the current situation of the party and government divisions in the imperial city. He could not help but nodded repeatedly.
Daoyan continued to strike while the iron was hot.
“To seize power is also to seize people’s hearts.
Winning the heart is the best option, why don't we take a shortcut first?
Using the pretext that Zhang Lin resigned from his official post because he was worried about his son being transferred to another post, and using the "friend" he recommended to the position as an introduction, he let these people see how cruelly Zhu Yunwen would treat his dissidents.
Given the Lan Yu case, everyone would have to consider in their hearts whether Zhu Yunwen deserves that position.
If you are too cruel but don't have corresponding achievements, your heart will be scattered and people will rebel."
Daoyan's words were extremely straightforward. Zhu Di, who usually avoided or refused, nodded in approval and said,
"Master, this is a brilliant plan."
This is another huge signal for Daoyan.
King Yan...he actually responded positively?!
Daoyan couldn't believe his ears.
In the past, when they were talking, Daoyan was the only one who was cautiously speaking, but today... they were actually able to cooperate?!
What exactly happened during this trip to Nanjing?
"I dare to offer a plan."
"Master, please speak."
"Hold Gao Xu's funeral in a grand manner, and gather people to join the Wanfu Caravan and head to Tielingwei by means of procurement and donations."
Daoyan thought Zhu Di would be angry about this plan, but he just took a deep breath, nodded and agreed, and asked,
"How do we make weapons out of the mined iron ore?"
“I have a brilliant plan.
You can dig a cellar under a nearby farm, put a lot of ceramic pots in the mezzanine to isolate the sound, and then raise chickens, ducks and other livestock on top. "
“Wonderful!
Livestock manure can be used as fertilizer for farmland, and the entire process of self-sufficiency is also in line with the Wanfu Caravan’s external rhetoric.”
Zhu Di really admired Daoyan's wisdom.
He learned about the mineral vein nearly ten days earlier than Daoyan, but Daoyan had already figured out how to safely mine and utilize the mineral vein in just the time it took him to play a game of chess.
"The master is truly a man of great talent."
"Your Majesty, you are too kind."
Daoyan continued to maintain his humility.
He has an immortal demeanor, is not interested in fame or wealth, and is only dedicated to supporting the Emperor of Destiny whom he has chosen.
He had already thought about how his life would be celebrated and written about by the world when he chose King Yan as his protagonist.
"As for transportation, we will follow the arrangement of the Wanfu Caravan. It is safer to take the water route."
As he spoke, Daoyan took out a piece of white paper, picked up a pen and dipped it in ink to roughly sketch a map on the paper. After circling and dotting a few locations, he explained,
"If we can master sea transportation, it won't be impossible to land near Nanjing from the coastal areas in the future!"
After saying this, Daoyan was suddenly stunned.