Chapter 98: The Solitary Husuo
Chapter 98: The Solitary Thousand Households
Pei Yuan was not in a hurry at all about this matter.
You slack off and I slack off, and thousands of BMWs turn into oranges.
Just waste it.
If we could take this opportunity to force Han Qianhu to give further clear instructions, it would be more advantageous than it is now.
When Sikong Sui saw this, his eyes narrowed slightly.
When Pei Yuan was about to enter the house, he coughed lightly and said with a smile, "Captain Pei, why are you so angry? If there is anything, can't we discuss it?"
Pei Yuan was not annoyed. He turned around and said with a relaxed look, "This is not something I can discuss with you. You are hiding the military order from Captain Han. If you want to discuss it, you should go and discuss it with Captain Han."
Pei Yuan, as the beneficiary of this order, simply gave up the task.
Moreover, Pei Yuan had deliberately pointed out the identities of the Jinyiwei soldiers before and made Han Qianhu's orders rely on military orders in order to squeeze the negotiation space of these two guys.
No matter how senior these two people are, they dare not conceal military orders.
Apart from being angry that Captain Han had brought an outsider to put pressure on them and try to control this guy, they also had another important reason, which was that they did not want Pei Yuan to gain direct command of the Jinyiwei.
They didn't expect that Pei Yuan's few words would make them lose the gray area they could rely on.
As long as these two people pass down Han Qianhu's orders to everyone, Pei Yuan can completely skip them and issue orders.
Then the two of them would become mere decorations.
They didn't expect that Pei Yuan, who looked young, could grasp the key points so quickly.
But what can they do?
Is she going to go back in disgrace and tell Captain Han that Pei Yuan refused to accept the order because the two of them wanted to conceal her order?
Sikong Sui thought for a moment and said to Tan Tai Fang Tu, "Captain Pei is right. In this case, let's not bother ourselves with trouble. Let's call them in and inform everyone."
Tan Tai Fang Tu snorted dejectedly and did not respond.
Sikong Sui then looked at Chen Toutie with a smile, "Then please trouble this general to go out and call them in to recognize Captain Pei."
Chen Toutie glanced at Pei Yuan, and when he saw Pei Yuan nod slightly, he walked out of the yard.
Seeing that Sikong Sui had surrendered, Pei Yuan decided not to continue the stalemate and returned to sit at the stone table.
Tan Tai Fang Tu had a cold face and didn't even bother to look at Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan didn't care either.
After a while, Chen Toutie hurried in with a grim look on his face.
Pei Yuan looked at the expression and roughly guessed what was going on. He glanced at Sikong Sui casually.
Chen Toutie walked forward and whispered something in his ear.
Pei Yuan waved his hand, "No need, you can leave now."
Chen Toutie said "hmm" and went back to his room with an unhappy look on his face.
Pei Yuan turned around to look at Cheng Leixiang and Song Chunniang who were guarding the distance, and shouted, "Are you all right? Recover!"
The two of them then bowed and returned to their rooms.
Pei Yuan waited for them to leave, then he grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the table and casually said to Sikong Sui, "They are all sick. I mentioned it to Qian Hu."
Sikong smiled and said, "Alright, since the people below are not here, we can have a heart-to-heart talk."
Pei Yuan chuckled silently and ate the melon seeds slowly. Time seemed to have returned to the stalemate just now.
Sikong Sui didn't care and said to Pei Yuan seriously, "This is what I think. Qian Hu came from the north before, so he may not know much about the situation of Nanjing Jinyiwei."
"As for the subordinates, they will inevitably have some resistance if they know about it. If the people above and below are not of the same mind, it will be difficult to handle things well."
He looked at Pei Yuan and took a handful of melon seeds from the table. While peeling them, he glanced at Tan Tai Fang Tu and said, "The captain wants me and Tan Tai to help you. However, we have to take care of the feelings of the people below."
"This matter of escorting tax silver is of great importance, and you may only know half of it. The court's money..."
Sikong Sui paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "The court's money is the court's money. If too many of our brothers die, with so many palaces, temples and monasteries in the world, I'm afraid it will become too big to manage."
Pei Yuan had just perfunctorily ignored what he said before, but after hearing Sikong Sui's words until here, he finally understood something.
He didn't want to pay attention to it, but now he couldn't help but ask, "What about the errand for the court?"
Sikong Sui seemed to be hesitant, not knowing whether he should speak or not.
Tan Tai Fang Tu said lazily, "Just tell me, it's not something shameful."
Sikong Sui was interrupted by Tan Tai Fang Tu, so he stepped forward and said, "For this kind of job of blocking someone's knife, we don't ask for merit, but we just hope to avoid mistakes."
Pei Yuan pondered over the eight words, "Don't seek merit, but seek to avoid mistakes", and pointed out what Sikong Sui wanted to say but didn't say directly, "You mean, you want to put on an act for the court to see, and if you encounter trouble, you should mainly use the bonded silver?"
Sikong Sui added, "If there are too many troubles ahead, no one would want to see it. As long as we can escort the silver back to the Suhang Weaving Factory, it will be a great effort."
Pei Yuan understood completely.
He thought that he was going too far by wanting to give up.
I didn't expect that the mainstream of the Evil Suppression Thousand Households Office also wanted to give up!
The reason they were in a mess was not because of the struggle between the court and the local areas, but entirely for self-protection.
And their excuses were indeed plausible. Once the Thousand Households for Suppressing Evil suffered a severe blow, those suppressed martial arts sects would surely expand rapidly and stir up waves in the martial arts world.
Moreover, the opinions of the subordinates who have fewer people died are also easy to gain support.
If you use a metaphor to describe it.
Then the Jinyiwei is equivalent to the emperor's sword.
But now this precious sword has a spirit and has developed ideas of its own. It is no longer interested in listening to the person wielding the sword.
Sikong Sui saw Pei Yuan was in deep thought and continued, "I think, from now on, we can do it like today. If there is anything, we can send the subordinates away and discuss it properly."
Sikong Sui patted Tan Tai Fang Tu's shoulder and said to Pei Yuan with a smile, "Although the two of us are not as high-ranking as Captain Pei, we have some experience and may be able to help Captain Pei find out what he needs and make up for it."
Pei Yuan nodded and asked Sikong Sui with a smile, "Do we need to discuss these matters with Han Qianhu?"
Sikong Sui's face froze for a moment, but he soon smiled again, "Captain Pei, don't think too much. We are all brothers in the Imperial Guards, and we are just talking to each other. Captain Han is your superior after all, so we need to think carefully before we say anything."
Pei Yuan nodded to show that he understood. "That is to say, Captain Han's previous military order cannot be discussed with her for the time being?"
The smile on Sikong Sui's face slowly disappeared.
Pei Yuan looked back and forth between the two of them and expressed his attitude without hesitation.
"I stand on Han Qianhu's side, and I believe Han Qianhu will understand what the brothers mean. Han Qianhu will definitely make the most powerful decision on the tax and silver issue."
(End of this chapter)