Chapter 432: The Planner Was Calculated
Gu Nianting was in high spirits and showed off his achievements.
"Just now, I saw injustice and drew my sword to help, saving Lord Su from danger..."
"From now on, Lord Su will be my beloved guest."
After he finished his story, he found that Tao Kangping was still standing. He smiled and invited him warmly.
"Master Tao, why are you standing? Please sit down and have dinner with us. We are family, so there is no need to be polite."
"By the way, Lord Tao is here in person, what's the important matter?"
Tao Kangping showed a trace of difficulty and slowly took his seat.
"This……"
Yesterday, Tao Kangping heard from Qi Lei that Lin Mu suggested surrendering to Lord Su, the Privy Councilor.
Tao Kangping immediately discussed countermeasures with Qi Lei. They stayed up all night and thought about it over and over again, and finally came up with a plan.
They planned to use the official business of Feng Zhengtai to lure Gu Nianting to the outskirts of Beijing and cleverly miss this morning's trip, but they didn't expect that Lin Mu would get there first.
We discussed the strategy yesterday and finally decided that the prince would enter the palace at 15:30 yesterday. Actually, I said this on purpose for Qi Lei to hear.
In fact, Lin Mu woke up Gu Nianting in advance and suggested that the prince enter the palace as soon as possible on the grounds that "things may have changed."
In this way, by the time Tao Kangping came to ask for a meeting, everything had been settled.
After listening to the prince's narration, Tao Kangping realized that there was a plan within the prince's plan and could not help but laugh at himself.
With outsiders present, he did not want to show the book and reveal the secrets of Feng Zhengtai, so he answered.
"Nothing important."
Gu Nianting did not believe it and raised questions.
"No way."
"It's nothing important. Why would you come here in person?"
Every step was planned, and Lin Mu proceeded in an orderly manner.
"Your Highness, please look. The book that Lord Tao is holding is the book of Feng Zhengtai."
"Yesterday, the new round of Shengjing examinations ended. Lord Tao was responsible for appointing capable people. I dare to guess that the records in this booklet are the candidates for the title of Chief Attendant, right?"
The books all looked the same, so Gu Nianting couldn't recognize them and turned to ask Tao Kangping.
"is it?"
Tao Kangping was reluctant to answer.
"Yes."
Whenever he saw Lin Mu's extraordinary talent, Gu Nian Ting was always surprised.
"Master Lin is truly a man of great foresight."
Lin Mu smiled modestly.
"I am showing off my clumsy talent and making you all laugh."
Su Ding looked puzzled and asked in confusion.
"The candidates for the eight positions are all chosen by the powerful, and then reported to Prince Dijin and the emperor. They can only be appointed after approval. Why didn't Lord Tao report to the emperor, but came to see the prince instead?"
Gu Nianting did not hide anything and told the truth directly.
"Lord Su, you may not know that in the past few years, the candidates for the Fengzhengtai have been carefully selected by me before I report to my father and uncle. Since we have our own people, I always choose those who I like."
Wantonly interfering in the affairs of the Eight Central Provinces is a serious crime. Tao Kangping wanted to stop it, but he was helpless as he could not stop the prince's quick mouth.
There was a hint of disdain in Su Ding's eyes.
"Your Majesty is considerate of the people and takes care of things personally. I admire you."
Gu Nianting was immersed in it and enjoyed it very much.
"Lord Su, you are too kind."
After replying, he turned to Tao Kangping and continued asking questions.
"Excuse me, what kind of official servant is this?"
Tao Kangping was helpless.
"He is the one who planned the good strategy of military farming for Feng Zhengtai."
Gu Nianting was slightly stunned.
"Shouldn't we go to the outskirts of the capital to actually see the good policy in action?"
Tao Kangping nodded.
"It is also."
When it came to Tao Kangping's matter, Gu Nianting immediately found the suspicious points.
"In the past, it would take at least two days after the examination to select the right person for this kind of official position. How come it was so fast this time?"
Tao Kangping stretched his lips, trying to be polite, but his smile was extremely ugly.
"Master Qi and I, please put aside other matters for the moment and select talents for the farming team overnight. We are just waiting for the prince's decision."
Gu Nianting didn't care about his expression, and expressed his dissatisfaction by talking about the matter at hand.
"Look at you, you are doing something unnecessary. I have other plans today, so how can I have time to do something like this?"
With Lin Mu and the other two around, Tao Kangping felt a little uneasy and asked one more question.
"Where is the prince going?"
Gu Nianting smiled complacently.
"Lord Su is on his day off today, so I plan to take him to the market, watch the live broadcast, and relax."
Tao Kangping was full of surprise.
"Your Highness, are you going to watch the live broadcast? Isn't the treasury in the palace a bit tight?"
Gu Nianting was very proud and looked around with his peach eyes, showing a happy look.
"Lord Su will be busy tomorrow, so he will re-arrange the allocation of silver for military farms and raise the amount of silver to the maximum. In addition, Lord Lin has another suggestion, and the surplus silver can make up for the vacancies in the Prince Chen's Palace..."
Tao Kangping suddenly felt dizzy, his heart tightened and he was greatly shocked.
"Your Majesty, are you referring to the embezzlement of the imperial court's allocated funds?"
"Even if there is surplus, that money cannot be stuffed into the treasury of Prince Chen's Mansion. Do I need to explain such a simple truth?"
The main problem is not with the prince. He glanced at Su Ding and condemned him harshly.
"Lord Su taught the prince these things when he first arrived. If this gets out, I'm afraid his reputation will be ruined in an instant!"
Su Ding responded calmly and did not take it seriously and refuted.
"Why should Master Tao be worried?"
"I am still a person of some influence in front of the emperor. I can persuade him to agree to give this silver to His Royal Highness Prince Chen. It won't be a problem."
"Your Highness has saved money by saving money and allocating money for farming, which is a great achievement and he deserves a generous reward. In addition, it is only natural for a father to raise his son."
"In summary, how can there be corruption?"
Tao Kangping scolded him without any hesitation.
"Strong words!"
Su Ding's face darkened.
"I entered the government early, so I am your senior after all. Lord Tao, why are you so rude?"
Turning his head to look at Gu Nianting, he immediately changed into the look of an old, weak and sick man, looking pitiful.
"I think it was the prince who used Lord Tao to drive me away?"
"May I ask, Your Majesty, do you look down on my talent, or do you have doubts and are unwilling to trust me?"
Gu Nianting suddenly felt guilty and denied it hastily.
"Why does the king intend to do this?"
He didn't know how to defend himself, so he just attacked Tao Kangping.
"Master Tao, are you eliminating dissidents again? You have nothing to do all day long, and you just know how to fight and even put the blame on me. Where do you get so many sinister thoughts?"
Tao Kangping felt full of grievances.
"I am speaking the truth, how can Your Majesty not distinguish right from wrong?"
Gu Nianting thought he was giving patient advice, but in fact he was gritting his teeth and had an ugly look on his face.
"Lord Su has given me such a great gift when I first arrived. I am deeply grateful. But you are so good as to ridicule me in front of me."
"You and Lord Qi, what else can you do besides asking for money? Without Lord Su's weighing, and Lord Lin's planning, you are walking on thin ice, unable to move forward!"
"Master Tao, as a man, you must know how to repay kindness. You taught me this when I was a child."
Lin Mu put down his chopsticks, slowly took out a towel, wiped the corners of his mouth, and then comforted him.
"Your Majesty, please calm down."
"Lord Su has good intentions, and Lord Tao is giving honest advice. The two are not contradictory."
After persuading him, he naturally came up with a plan.
"How about this, Your Highness, just accompany Lord Su shopping, and I will select talents for farming on your behalf. What do you think, Your Highness?"
Another wave of dizziness suddenly swept over him. Tao Kangping looked at Lin Mu with eyes wide open in disbelief.
Lord Qi described that the one who planned the plan was actually being plotted against, and he had a taste of that today!