bookcurios Chapter 168: Shen Qian's words sparked a dispute between the north and south of Daliang
Chapter 168: Shen Qian's words sparked a dispute between the north and south of Daliang
When Liang Zhaozhong heard Shen Qian calling him, he nodded slightly.
Then he sat directly opposite Shen Qian.
Seeing Shen Qian pouring tea for him, he didn't feel any guard and just picked it up and took a sip.
The water temperature is just right.
Then he put down the teacup and said:
"You want to ask me for weapons and armor?"
As he spoke, Liang Zhaozhong deliberately lengthened his tone and observed Shen Qian's expression.
Shen Qian was not at all surprised that Liang Zhaozhong, a powerful eunuch, knew the purpose of her visit.
And I have no intention of hiding anything.
He admitted it openly and nodded:
"I can't hide it from Chief Steward Liang."
"The three thousand strong men I asked for from Princess Chi Yu don't even have enough firewood to burn. I'm afraid we'll encounter robbers on the way south and won't be able to fight back."
When Chief Steward Liang heard Shen Qian say that she had no power to fight back, he burst out laughing on the spot:
"Ha ha!"
"If you, Shen Qian, don't have the strength to fight back, then you're not encountering bandits, but rebels."
When Shen Qian heard the word "rebel", her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He found out that his eldest son had left home to become a rebel?
Isn’t the supervisory power of these eunuchs too strong?
However, Shen Qian's face remained calm and she kept smiling, waiting to see what General Manager Liang would do next, not wanting to lose her composure first.
It would be stupid if the other party didn't know about it and leaked it out.
Even if Wang Qingliu has been kicked out of the family tree and clan tree.
It is hard to avoid being implicated.
"You're joking. Thank you, General Manager Liang, for taking care of this batch of weapons and armor." Shen Qian pleaded with gritted teeth.
As for wealth, she certainly couldn't afford this amount of weapons and armor.
So I didn't mention it proactively.
See how the other person responds.
However, when Shen Qian mentioned weapons and armor again, Chief Steward Liang did not answer immediately, but diverted the topic:
"I wonder what you, Shen, think of the current court."
Facing the question from Liang Da Zongguan, Shen Qian was shocked: Is this the question she should hear?
Isn't it a capital crime to discuss state affairs?
Besides, I know nothing about the Daliang Dynasty.
So far, we only know that it is essentially a centralized system of counties and fiefdoms, as well as an institution similar to the Jinyiwei and the Supervisory Office in the ancient Ming Dynasty.
The rest...all we know is that the current Majesty is Emperor Mu.
"Excuse me, what is Chief Steward Liang asking about?" Shen Qian cautiously probed:
"Could it be about the barbarian invasion?"
When Liang Zhaozhong saw that Shen Qian actually took the initiative to lead the topic to Manzi, he immediately laughed inwardly: This woman is really not simple.
How could he know that Shen Qian was just a simple novice who had no idea about the current political situation of the Daliang Dynasty.
"There are only two of us here." Liang Zhaozhong spoke again, blocking Shen Qian's escape route:
"Don't worry about it."
"What comes out of your mouth goes into my ears, and nothing can be leaked to anyone else."
"I gave you the Inspector's Silver Medal because I saw how smart you were. I never thought you would bring me such a big surprise."
When talking about the Inspector's Silver Medal, Shen Qian could clearly hear the emphasis in the tone of Liang Da Zongguan, which clearly contained a threat.
Shen Qian naturally did not dare to hide her incompetence:
"Whatever the Grand Administrator asked, he would answer it."
Liang Zhaozhong was satisfied with Shen Qian's honesty, so he asked directly:
"I have now openly pledged my allegiance to the Dusk Emperor, and the court officials are even more afraid of me than they were in the previous dynasty. However, the Northern Territory is full of noble families, and the current court officials are controlled by two of the Northern Territory noble families."
"Even if I have the protection of the emperor, I cannot directly attack the two major northern noble families. May I ask, Shen, what methods do you have to weaken the influence of the northern soldiers on the court?"
Shen Qian listened to Liang Zhaozhong's question with a confused look on her face.
Really ask yourself politics.
But I really don’t understand anything about ancient politics?
But facing the urgent gaze of the chief eunuch Liang Zhaozhong, Shen Qian couldn't just say she didn't know.
While pondering.
Seeing that Shen Qian remained silent for a long time, Chief Steward Liang took the initiative to speak:
"Three thousand suits of armor, weapons, winter clothing, and five hundred carts of supplies. Talk boldly. Just tell me what you want, and I'll prepare everything for you and send it to the camp outside the city."
Seeing that Liang Da Zongguan had already tempted her, Shen Qian no longer hesitated and directly said what she was thinking:
"The aristocratic families' monopoly on the court is nothing more than sharing the same school and family recommendations. This is true regardless of the southern or northern borders."
"The nobles of the northern border now monopolize the court. I think the Grand Steward wants to cut off their power, but this has already been done by the barbarians."
Hearing this, Chief Steward Liang looked puzzled.
Already done it?
Today, when he was attending court, he was jointly impeached by the nobles of the northern border.
Shen Qian also noticed the confusion of Liang Dazong, and continued to explain:
"All the land in the north has been lost, and the local officials closely connected to the court have either died or fled. They simply hold high positions and have no local power to rely on. The emperor can demote them at any time."
"Even if we depose them all and leave them at home, they won't be able to stir up unrest."
"After all, the soldiers who came to the Daliang capital to support the king were all brought by princesses and viscounts from all over the place, right?"
After Shen Qian's guidance, Liang Zhaozhong seemed to see the light after the clouds had cleared.
It dawned on me.
Yes, although the barbarian invasion caused great suffering to the people, it also weakened the control and influence of the northern nobles.
He, the current emperor, and that lord...were all stuck in a dead end, feeling that it was not easy to act rashly against the followers of the Northern nobles, and completely forgot to take into account the real situation in Daliang at the moment.
The military power was in the hands of himself, the emperor, and the princesses and county lords.
This is something that the northern nobles cannot interfere with.
Even if they have servants at home, they are just servants after all. Even if they unite, they are of no use and are just a group of toothless paper tigers.
After figuring this out, Liang Zhaozhong immediately stood up from his seat, clasped his hands together and bowed to Shen Qian.
Seeing this, Shen Qian quickly stood up and helped Liang Dachang to stand up straight:
"Shen can't bear the adults doing this."
"But I still hope the Grand Steward will be careful when dealing with the nobles of the northern border."
"I already know." Liang Dachang nodded and made a gesture of invitation to Shen Qian:
"Just go back and wait."
"Everything you need will be delivered to you before sunset today."
"Thank you, Chief Steward." Shen Qian said goodbye and left the Supervisory Office directly with Qiu Tian.
And after Chief Steward Liang saw Shen Qian leave.
Go around to the back of the secret room and gently press the bricks on the wall.
The wall was slowly pushed open.
When I entered, I saw a woman in black embroidered clothes sitting at the table.
There were as many as four women serving beside her.
At the same time, these four women were all carrying weapons.
If you look closely, you can see that the woman in the black embroidered dress has a vivid fiery red phoenix embroidered on her body.
A red and gold crown is embroidered on the phoenix's head.
Her clothing alone reveals her noble status.
After Liang Zhaozhong came in, he bowed respectfully to the woman and said respectfully:
"Meet the Supreme Lord."
"Yeah." The woman called Taishangxie sat on the stone bench and responded softly.
Still savoring it with my eyes closed.
After a long while, a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes opened, and when they turned to look at Liang Zhaozhong, their eyes flickered:
"The crisis of the Northern Territory nobles has been resolved, both for Emperor Mu and me."
"It's all good news."
"But Emperor Mu cannot see through this at the moment, do you understand?"
"Yes!" Liang Zhaozhong saw the beautiful phoenix eyes narrowed at him, with obvious threats and intimidation. He felt a chill down his spine and responded repeatedly.
He is now openly close to Emperor Mu, which has already made the Supreme Lord in front of him dissatisfied.
If he had not now effectively restrained the northern nobles, the Supreme Lord would have eliminated this fence-sitter long ago.
This man is ruthless and merciless. I had witnessed this a lot when I was waiting for orders from the late emperor.
"Remember your side."
"Tomorrow at the court meeting, I will lead the southern nobles to directly attack the northern nobles."
"On the contrary, if you stand on the wrong side, hehe~"
Having said this, the Supreme Lord stood up from the stone bench and walked slowly out of the dark room.
Only Chief Steward Liang, whose body was soaked by her terrifying aura, was left standing there.
After a long while, an idea finally emerged in Liang Dazongguan's mind:
The struggle between the North and the South is finally about to begin, Daliang...is in danger!