Chapter 99 The Emperor's Cat
Chapter 99 The Emperor's Cat
If Sikong Sui had been a little braver and dared to take a peek at the letter that Han Qianhu wrote to Pei Yuan, he would have been able to tell whether Pei Yuan was talking about "the most advantageous decision" or "the most powerful decision."
Seeing Pei Yuan's resolute answer, Sikong Sui's eyes tightened, and he laughed and said self-deprecatingly, "It's me who has been a villain in vain. It turns out that Captain Pei is such a selfless person."
Sikong Sui didn't dare to say too much, so he changed the topic and said, "In this case, let's do as Captain Pei said. If Captain Pei changes his mind later, we can discuss it slowly."
It's impossible to change your mind.
Compared with the two centurions who were secretly colluding to force him to compromise, Pei Yuan was more willing to trust Lao Liu who was already hiding in the bushes.
Only now did he realize where his naivety lay.
If the Ming court became a mess, the Ming border troops became a mess, and the Ming garrisons also became a mess.
Why aren't the Jinyiwei rotten?
Everyone has a common sense judgment that if there are suddenly a lot of rats in a certain place, there must be something wrong with the cat.
——Aren’t the Censorate the cats raised by the emperor?
After thinking things through, Pei Yuan found explanations for a series of things that had happened to him in the past few days.
He also understood Han Liu's thoughts at once.
Because he has historical answers to follow.
Think about how the current emperor, faced with the situation of "the Beijing garrison is ineffective and the border troops are unpredictable", solves the problem of power being out of control?
If he relied on the Beijing Camp, the already deeply rooted forces would make the emperor a puppet of the nobles.
If he relied on the border troops, the King of Daqing would have to consider how Zhu Qizhen died.
What about Zhu Houzhao’s operation?
He boldly swapped the Beijing camp and the border army, and then seized this brief opportunity when "the generals did not know the soldiers, and the soldiers did not know the generals" to set up a new team with his adopted sons.
Then, he opened a small account and directly took control of those troops in the name of the Governor-General and General Zhu Shou.
So could it be that Han Liu also had this idea?
Come to think of it, Pei Yuan had felt it was very awkward before.
His own file was empty and he didn't even know which government office paid his salary. Instead, all his subordinates were generals of the Suppressing Evil Thousand Households.
Even the new arrival, Song Chunniang, had her organizational relationship transferred directly from the Experience Department to the Qianhu Suo.
He was the only one who didn't lean towards either side.
For this mission, Captain Han directly allocated half of the remaining four hundred households to himself. Duan Min was also recruiting a large number of people from the martial arts world who had defected to the court and were ready to come to support at any time.
If we don't count those people in the Thousand Households Unit who are on missions, it is not an exaggeration to say that the entire Suppressing Evil Thousand Households Unit has been mobilized.
Pei Yuan wondered who would take his position if it was vacant.
There is only one conclusion, and that is Han Qianhu himself.
Han Qianhu always used "You can take it yourself" to imply himself, but what he was actually doing... was to fill her vacancy.
Comparing this abnormal situation with Zhu Houzhao's actions, Han Qianhu's plan has become clear.
She first left Pei Yuan's file vacant, making Pei Yuan her shadow commander.
Then she would use Pei Yuan's meticulous thinking and organizational skills to build a team, and finally wait for Pei Yuan to take care of everything inside and outside, and then she would just come and eat the ready-made food!
What's worse is that Pei Yuan was not even included in the organization of the Evil Suppression Thousand Households Office.
No matter how high his prestige becomes or how much he can convince the people, it will not be able to shake Han Qianhu's position.
This is simply taking all the advantages into account.
Haha, Shadow Thousand Household?
Pei Yuan's face was calm.
You are dreaming.
Sikong Sui observed Pei Yuan's expression, and seeing that he didn't say anything else, he was basically able to determine Pei Yuan's bottom line.
It was not as good as they expected, nor as bad as they expected.
He subconsciously wanted to ask someone to call in all the soldiers outside, but when he looked up, he remembered that the low-ranking military officers in the yard had just been sent back to their rooms by Pei Yuan. Sikong Sui did not see what happened just now, but it was not difficult to guess.
Without their personal orders, how could anyone of the Jinyiwei soldiers be called in?
Although he pretended to agree and asked Chen Toutie to call for help, he actually wanted to give them a warning and let Pei Yuan know their status in the hearts of the Jinyiwei.
Unfortunately, although Pei Yuan was young, he was very experienced in doing things. As soon as he saw Chen Toutie's look, he understood what was going on.
Afterwards, Pei Yuan didn't give Sikong Sui any chance to pretend and just threw away his cards and stopped playing.
Now, the embarrassed one is Sikong Sui himself.
He could only look around to ease his embarrassment, then stood up and went to call someone himself.
Pei Yuan chuckled and looked at Sikong Sui's back, deliberately letting Tan Tai Fangtu see it.
His relationship with Tan Tai Fang Tu had never been pleasant.
When Pei Yuan first arrived, he was troubled by this old man.
If he said he didn't care, I'm afraid even Tan Tai Fangtu himself wouldn't believe it. Pei Yuan felt that he was in a good mood just because he could disgust him a little.
Not long after, Sikong Sui came in.
They brought a lot of people this time, and the total number is estimated to be over a hundred.
After Sikong Sui came in, he immediately shouted at the soldiers, "You are still being rude."
The Jinyiwei captains and strongmen shouted in unison, "We greet the captain!"
Because they were so close, the roar of more than a hundred people was still very oppressive.
Pei Yuan felt somewhat uncomfortable when he heard the term "Qian Hu".
If it had happened before, it would have been fine, Pei Yuan might even have been complacent about it.
But now that he realized that Han Qianhu treated him as her nickname, Pei Yuan couldn't help but get angry.
You can take whatever shit you want.
This guy is just blatantly saying it to tease me again and again.
Are you teasing a fool?
Aren’t you really afraid that I can see through her plan?
It is truly filled with the sin of arrogance.
Pei Yuan recalled how Han Qianhu looked every time he talked about this matter, and he really wanted to drag the Sixth Girl over and stir-fry her a thousand times.
Seeing Pei Yuan's distraction, Sikong Sui couldn't help but cough heavily.
Pei Yuan came back to his senses and asked Sikong Sui, "Have you told them everything you should say?"
Sikong Sui's expression was still the same as when he first came in, as if he had never experienced the argument just now. He said calmly, "How dare I neglect Captain Pei's orders?"
Pei Yuan didn't believe him.
Being naive and credulous in official circles can be very fatal.
He glanced at Tan Tai Fang Tu and said with a smile, "Tan Tai Bai Hu is an old man in the Qian Hu Office and has always been highly respected by the people. It would be better for him to witness Han Qian Hu's order."
Naturally, Tan Tai Fang Tu's attitude towards Pei Yuan could not be changed by just a few nice words.
But if I don’t do it now, do I have to wait until Pei Yuan says something unpleasant and then humiliate myself?
(End of this chapter)