393、Weighing the pros and cons(1/2)
Governor Fu looked at Prince An and said in a deep voice: "Someone sells weapons from the capital to Nile and Naga, and it's probably not a day or two."
Upon hearing this, Prince An couldn't help but frown, "Is it sure it's from the capital? It's related to the Royal Arsenal back then?"
Governor Fu sighed, took out a cigarette and lit it, "I know what you are thinking, but... no matter how greedy the people in the military are, they dare not play so much. After all, Lou Yun is there. Moreover, they can't cover up such a large-scale weapon smuggling."
Prince An frowned and said, "So, do you think there is an unknown arsenal hidden near the capital?"
Tujun Fu nodded and said, "That's what I think."
There was no one in the study room for a long time. The cigarette in Governor Fu's hand had been lit almost half of it before he saw Prince An standing up and walking towards the bookcase behind him.
After a while, Prince An walked over with a booklet and pushed it to the front of Fu Governor Fu and said, "Although the arsenal was claimed to be the royal family, you also know that it was actually under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. It was even more impossible for me to ask about it when it was split. This was the situation of the personnel and equipment of the arsenal and their respective destinations during the split. I don't know what changes have happened over the years."
Governor Fu flipped through the booklet in front of him, and the handwriting on it was very old, and even the paper was a little yellowed.
Governor Fu sighed and frowned and asked, "Who do you think... this matter is done?"
Prince An laughed a little, raised his eyebrows and looked at Tujun Fu and said, "You ask me?"
Governor Fu rolled his eyes, "Or what?"
Prince An didn't care and smiled, "It's hard to say. If I were to guess, the first thing I doubted was you and Long Xiao."
This time, Governor Fu rolled his eyes even more openly, and he also gave you a sick expression.
Prince An said helplessly, "Isn't it? Not to mention the creation of weapons, it's just a big problem. If I want to take out weapons abroad, I will never build an arsenal in the capital. If I want to send things abroad, I have to pass through many people and places."
The six southern provinces and the four northern provinces are different. They can be transported directly through their own estuaries without any worries about being discovered by outsiders.
"Are you reminding me that there are military people involved?" Governor Fu said keenly.
Prince An smiled faintly and said, "I didn't say anything."
"Okay." Governor Fu didn't force himself and stood up and said, "I'll leave if it's okay." Prince An naturally wouldn't keep him, but just nodded slightly.
Tujun Fu walked out with the document bag and the booklet. When he reached the door, he stopped and looked back at the man sitting behind the desk, "Are you going to pass by like this?"
Prince An raised his head and looked at him and asked, "Then how do you think I can survive?"
Governor Fu shrugged, "To be honest, those of you Xiao family... If it weren't for me, I wouldn't care about their lives or death. If you hadn't had to protect some royal family members back then, you wouldn't have been squatting in this small yard for more than 20 years."
Prince An shook his head and smiled, "Which one does it feel more comfortable to sit in the palace or sit here? Moreover, if you and Long Xiao don't worry about me sitting in the palace, it doesn't mean others can feel at ease either. But... if you want to help me, there is actually no way."
Governor Fu refused without hesitation, "I didn't want to help you, we didn't have that friendship."
Prince An smiled and said, "Do you not even plan to listen?"
Tujun Fu said, "You talk, you won't be short of meat even if you listen."
Prince An said, "As long as An Xia is officially unified, I will naturally be able to go out. No one has any opinions on you now, but if you fight in the future and you cannot fight quickly, people may start to miss the royal family."
Governor Fu sneered, "I thought you could say something amazing, but unfortunately, I don't have that ability, so go find Long Xiao."
Prince An was not in a hurry and smiled and said, "You don't have that ability. I think your Fengcheng is quite capable. Otherwise, I will send Fengcheng's son here in the future and I will teach you?"
Tujun Fu said disliked, "Don't, no one in my Fu family wants to be the emperor, let alone... Even if you become the emperor, you will be very loose. Do you want to teach others? Don't mislead your children."
Watching Governor Fu leave, Prince An couldn't help laughing, shook his head, picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea.
"San Master." The housekeeper walked in and looked at Prince An's appearance, "San Master is in a good mood."
Prince An nodded and smiled, "It's not bad, Fu Zheng is still quite funny."
The housekeeper couldn't help but secretly let out a sweat. No one outside thought that Governor Fu could amuse him. The man was also a man who could play pigs and eat tigers. He looked rough and careless, and he was very scheming.
Prince An just joked and rubbed his temples, "Take out the list of officials in the court and the list of people from various schools in the capital to show me."
The housekeeper was a little surprised, "What did the third master think of that?"
Prince An frowned and said, "I have thought about it carefully for more than half a year. I always feel that... this person does not act like these people who are messing around at the moment, but he is also a little familiar with him. He is probably the old friend of the past. I carefully searched for the list before and after the palace transformation that year, and it was among these people if nothing unexpected happens."
The butler nodded and said, "Yes, I'll go find it now."
When Governor Fu returned home, the housekeeper came up and said respectfully, "Governor."
Tujun Fu nodded and asked casually, "Where is the eldest couple?"
The housekeeper replied: "The eldest young master and the young lady are in the backyard."
"Let them come to the study to see me." Fu Junjun said.
The housekeeper left, and Governor Fu turned around and went straight to the study.
After a while, Leng Sa and Fu Fengcheng pushed the door open and came in. Leng Sa asked with a smile, "Is there anything wrong with the governor?"
Governor Fu threw the file bag at his hand over, and Fu Fengcheng took it in his hand and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Tujun Fu said, "Look at it for both of you."
The two sat down and took out the documents and read them together. The document was too much and it was not possible to finish reading it in a short while. Therefore, they both looked at the previous few pages and raised their heads and put the documents aside.
Governor Fu asked, "How is it?"
Leng Sa blinked without saying a word. She was not very good at these things, just joining in the fun. If she had to summarize her thoughts after reading them, it was probably - although she couldn't understand, she seemed very powerful.
Governor Fu looked at Fu Fengcheng and asked, "How is it?"
Fu Fengcheng said in a deep voice, "Very good."
"That's it?" Fu Governor Fu stared at his son with some dissatisfaction, and Fu Fengcheng raised his eyebrows, "Otherwise, what else can it be done? This plan is indeed very good, but... if An Xia is still the same as he is now, there is almost no possibility of realization. If An Xia can only be unified in ten or twenty years, there will be many places that need to be changed. Where did the father...get it from?"
"You guess." Governor Fu said with a little smugness.
Mr. Fu was speechless and after a while he said lightly, "The handwriting looks like a lady's. There should be only one person who can write this thing and still enter his father's hands. As for the annotation on this...Prince An."
Governor Fu was a little surprised, "How did you know?"
Fu Fengcheng said, "I have seen Prince An's handwriting."
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After a while of silence, Fu Governor snorted, "Okay, don't worry about these things that are too far away, and talk about the recent events in the capital."
Fu Fengcheng nodded and said, "Three days later, the award ceremony will be held. Two days later, the Nile people will also come to the capital to discuss the matter of changing back to the sedan. In addition... what should the Sun family do? Does the military headquarters and the generals have plans?"
Governor Fu frowned and said, "Sun Liang was still criticizing labor and capital at the meeting just now. Those who don't know how much grievances his Sun family has suffered."
Fu Fengcheng frowned and said, "Don't you plan to announce what Sun Rui did?"
Governor Fu frowned and said, "The Sun family occupies the southwest border, and a large area borders the Nile. Once they are forced into a hurry, no one can predict what they will do. The military headquarters and the cabinet hope to temporarily appease Sun Liang and slowly plan for it."
Fu Fengcheng frowned, obviously not satisfied with this way of handling it, "Where is Sun Liang directly detained in the capital?"
Governor Fu sneered, "You detain Sun Liang today, and tomorrow the Sun family will be able to come out to yell another person to avenge Sun Liang and cause trouble. The Sun family is a group of bandits and bullies. Do you expect them to have any idea of taking the overall situation into consideration? They will only be happy that Sun Liang is gone and will leave the seat for themselves."
Leng Sa said: "Can you just let it go?"
"Of course I can't forget this." Fu Junjun said, "It's just that now... people are uncoordinated."
It has always been only after the Central Plains established the tripod to deal with the problem of the border. Now the entire Anxia capital is still divided and dominates itself. Who has the time to manage the border?
The Sun family has been a barren land outside the border from ancient times to the present. Not to mention the strong customs of the people, all dynasties have not been subject to the control of the Central Plains. When the Central Plains' national strength is strong, they can still suppress them. Once the national strength declines, they will be the first to cause trouble.
Even if it is said that it can send troops to suppress it now, then the question is, who sends troops? Who pays for it? How to divide the spoils? Are the local army willing to let the Central Army pass through its own territory? Is the Central Army worried that the local army will set fire behind its own ass? If several families next to the Sun family are asked to send troops themselves, will other forces be willing to see the expansion of the territory of Song, Shen and Liang?
Maybe the end of the huge siege army was restrained by all parties and could not beat the Sun family, which was a shameful sight.
For example, today, don’t others know what Sun Rui did? Why can Sun Liang make a big fuss at the conference? Isn’t it because someone doesn’t want to deal with Sun Liang at all? With Sun Liang, the mad dog, you can also restrain other warlords.
Leng Sa tilted on Fu Fengcheng's shoulder and felt very boring in an instant.
Fu Fengcheng helped her sit down and shook her slender hand slightly.
Fu Fengcheng looked up and said to Fu Governor Fu, "Let Sun Rui stay in the capital, and... let Sun Liang send his fifth son Sun Duo to the capital."
Governor Fu frowned slightly, "Sun Duo? I remember that boy... is only eighteen years old?"
Fu Fengcheng said, "He is more capable than Sun Rui. Even if there is no such incident, Sun Rui may not be able to beat him."
Tutor Fu was a little surprised, "Are you sure? I haven't heard of anything great about the fifth young master of the Sun family before." Sun Rui was much older than his younger brother, and he couldn't even fight an eighteen-year-old child, which was a little too useless.
Fu Fengcheng looked at his father with a deep look and said nothing. Governor Fu was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he slapped the table and said, "Okay, just do what you said!"
Leng Sa didn't participate in the intrigue between these bigwigs in the capital, and in fact she couldn't understand many of the relationships.
In contrast, Leng Sa was even more curious about the so-called boss behind the scenes and the affairs of Gong Si and Xing Wei.
The two of them just came out of the study, and Xu Shaoming and Su Ze were already back waiting for them.
Xu Shaoming handed out a document and said, "Big Young Master, Young Madam, this is Ms. Zhuo's life information and all the information before and after the palace transformation that year. All of them have been re-verified by people in the capital. The accuracy rate should be quite high."
Fu Fengcheng took it and did not open it immediately, but nodded and looked at Su Ze. Su Ze said, "Princess Chaoyang is currently imprisoned in the palace. Mrs. Xing and Gong Sihe are both imprisoned in a special prison. Special approval is required to visit. Recently, there are eleven people who have visited Mrs. Xing, except for her son, including three senior officials in the cabinet, two senior generals in the military, two business and four literary and artistic circles. The three people who are trying to get her out of prison are Song Guan, deputy director of the Executive Yuan, vice principal of the National Military Academy, General Wang Zhaohe, and Li Zhi, a famous wealthy businessman in the capital. These three people overlap with those who have visited Xing Wei."
"Is anyone assassinating Xing Wei?" Fu Fengcheng asked.
Su Ze's expression changed slightly. He looked at Fu Fengcheng in surprise and nodded, "Yes, Xing Wei was poisoned twice from getting off the boat to the road back to Beijing. After being imprisoned, a guard tried to kill her, but none of them succeeded."
The eldest young master specially arranged someone to protect Xing Wei in advance. Did he know that the guards in the special prison were unreliable?
Fu Fengcheng lowered his eyes and thought about something. Su Ze continued, "We have investigated these people, most of them have personal relationships with Xing Wei. Even if there is no personal relationship, they have expressed their affection for Xing Wei on various occasions. Whether there is a deeper relationship behind them is still investigating. But..."
Su Ze looked at Fu Fengcheng hesitantly, and Fu Fengcheng said calmly, "Say."
Su Ze said, "We have no direct evidence that Leng Yan's death and other things are related to Xing Wei. The words on Princess Chaoyang cannot accuse Xing Wei of participating in the murder of Leng Yan. Deputy Chief Lu said that he would do something and asked the eldest son to do as soon as possible, otherwise the prison would have to release people." Just helping to deal with the body is not enough to let someone like Xing Wei go to jail.
To be continued...