madnovel Chapter 1523 Everyone has their own agenda
Chapter 1523 Everyone has their own agenda
Chapter 1523 Everyone has their own agenda
Because of this incident, Lord Liang and King Yao almost had a falling out.
The Liang envoy looked thoughtful.
King Yao asked him for compensation. Should he accept it or not?
Why do all the officials want to participate in the construction of new cities? The answer is nothing more than "benefit distribution".
The so-called "assisting in the construction of Xilin Temple" is, to put it bluntly, just stuffing this big piece of fat meat on Liang Xiaohao.
To put it further, it means giving all this huge profit to Liang.
The construction of the temple and the donations from believers, how lucrative would that be?
The envoy of Lord Liang hesitated for a moment, and the attendant of Lord Xiao did not dare to say a word.
The atmosphere in the imperial study was solemn.
Faced with the goddess's earthwalker, King Yao naturally had to show his rare patience.
After a while, Liang Zhushi slowly raised his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let He Xiao finish repairing the New City Temple."
Anyway, he understood that King Yao was not going to hand over He Xiao for the time being. It was meaningless for him to continue to dwell on this point.
King Yao smiled so much that the wrinkles on his eyes opened up: "Envoy Liang has always been farsighted!"
Even though he passed this level, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"During this period, he'd better not commit any more offensive acts." After saying this, the Liang envoy turned and left, followed closely by the Xiao servant.
Passing by Yuquan Palace, Xiao, the attendant, also saw You and He under the corridor.
The two priests surrounded by the temple people had no expression on their faces and looked straight ahead. As soon as Liang Zhushi approached, You Rongzhi stood up and lowered his hands. Only He Lingchuan sat still and was as steady as a rock. He even smiled and waved: "Take care, both of you!"
You Rongzhi winked at him, but He Lingchuan ignored him.
He is a foreign businessman and has no respect for the goddess worshipped by the locals.
Lord Liang glanced at He Lingchuan indifferently.
This kid was not only nonchalant, but his eyes were even full of provocation. It was clear that he was very sure that King Yao would not sell him out.
good very good.
Xiao Zhushi said to He Lingchuan: "Build the temple well and don't let the king down."
He Lingchuan showed his big white teeth and smiled brightly: "Of course, of course."
The two priests immediately walked away without looking back.
Seeing this scene, You Rongzhi was too lazy to say anything. In fact, He Xiao's fate had already been determined, and it would not change whether he offended the temple or not.
What a pity, such a brilliant talent is wasted.
After leaving the palace and getting on the carriage, Xiao Zhushi said bitterly, "The king protects the boy named He, so he probably won't be punished."
He Xiao is the most popular person in front of King Yao. Who in Tianshui City doesn’t know this?
But Master Xiao did not expect that He Xiao, relying on the support of King Yao, would dare to provoke the temple.
"Look, after the temple is built, will the king really hand He Xiao over to us?"
The envoy Liang said nothing.
He Xiao is the core figure in the construction of the new city. This huge project will take at least two years. So in the next two years, King Yao will not replace him, otherwise it will cause trouble for himself and Tianshui City.
After the temple is built, King Yao will most likely find another excuse to prevaricate. We can't take He Xiao away now, but can we do it later?
But even if Lord Liang understood everything, he couldn't say it clearly because he had just agreed to King Yao's conditions.
This old guy is too cunning. He and He Xiao offended Miao Zhantian, but they compensated Liang Zhushi.
If you want to compensate the goddess, how much effort will it take? The goddess may not be satisfied.
After all, only human greed is the most concrete and easiest to satisfy.
"Master, judging from what happened tonight, they have long been eyeing the Panjin Stone of Xilin Temple!" Thinking of his own temple, Xiao's heart was bleeding, "He Xiao is not unrelated to the collapse of Xilin Temple!"
In order to build a new city, they actually planned to build the temple! To describe it as "crazy" is too light!
But Liang felt something was wrong: "How dare you be so disrespectful to the Lord God?"
Is King Yao crazy? How dare he make the goddess angry when he is building a new city?
Master Xiao's face was gloomy: "Ever since He Xiao built Youhu Villa, everything they did was disrespectful. No, no, they started to make excuses and neglect the goddess even before!"
In a confrontation like today, Qingyang is actually an old hand. Liang Zhushi had thought of her a long time ago, but Qingyang had proposed it to Miao Zhantian before, and the goddess was still considering it.
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for Liang to ask her to come forward rashly.
……
Afterwards, King Yao called You He and the other man in and scolded them severely.
He Lingchuan knew that this was an essential step, so he did not respond to the scolding, but only asked one question at the end:
"So, should the Huanbiao be removed?"
"What are you tearing down?" Yao Wang glared, "Keep it!"
Since Lord Liang never mentioned it again, he was of course happy not to talk about it.
If neither side says anything, it means that the watch does not need to be removed.
"Your Majesty Yingrui!" Free flattery.
He Lingchuan knew that he had won a great victory tonight.
After cursing and venting his anger, King Yao pointed at the door of the study and said unhappily, "Get lost!"
He Xiao walked away leisurely, while You Rongzhi stayed.
King Yao didn't even mention the punishment for He Xiao.
How to punish?
Imprisonment? He Xiao was running in and out of the eastward expansion project, busy inside and outside. How could King Yao restrict his movements? Besides, the nine hundred guards assigned to him were originally protective custody for He Xiao.
Fine or donation? He is a foreign businessman. He does not even have a formal title in the capital's eastward expansion project. He is just a "governor" and does not receive a salary. In fact, he is working for the king for free.
My goodness, he's working for free and hasn't received a penny here, and you still want him to lose money, right?
If the King of Yao does this, it is hard to guarantee that others will be unhappy.
When people are in a bad mood, the projects they are working on are likely to go wrong. There will be delays here today, work will be slowed down there tomorrow, and materials will fail inspection the day after tomorrow.
For such a large project, there are countless problems and frictions every day. He Xiao doesn't even need to find excuses, he just needs to let it develop. The progress of the project will naturally be significantly affected, and others can't say anything.
The island owner He had no family members in Yao, so he had no weaknesses. The king of Yao could at most have someone conduct a thorough investigation of the illegal operations of the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce to see if it had evaded taxes or falsified accounts, but that would not be a big deal for He Xiao.
After thinking it over, King Yao couldn't come up with a good way to control He Xiao.
Anyway, the temple has been offended, and King Yao has also compensated Liang. He just hopes that there will be no more trouble in the eastward expansion project of the capital, and that it can proceed smoothly so that he can get his money back as soon as possible.
King Yao understood even more clearly that people with too much ability often have tempers and opinions. He blamed He Xiao and just cursed him verbally to vent his anger, but it was not a good idea to impose any substantial punishment.
When he got tired of scolding, he told He Lingchuan to get out.
Next, King Yao wanted to find out the whole story from You Rongzhi.
You Rongzhi did not dare to hide it. After all, he was kept in the dark from beginning to end about the dismantling and misappropriation of the Xilin Temple's stone materials.
King Yao was speechless for a long while.
This means that He Xiao has controlled the capital's eastward expansion project too well.
Removing stones and building the Huanbiao are not things that can be accomplished alone.
The scary thing is that the officials and teams who completed these two tasks accepted He Xiao's instructions without any questioning or hesitation.
If the removal of objects from the Xilin Temple could be said to be authorized by King Yao, then taking the stone column heads from the Xilin Temple to repair the Huanbiao did not actually arouse suspicion or hesitation among the officials.
What does it mean?
This shows that the "authoritative" image established by He Xiao has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and they have developed a subconscious reaction to carry out his orders without even thinking too much.
You Rongzhi's report was very straightforward. He could always feel the impulse and enthusiasm in the air during the project.
He had never had this experience in any other organization except the military.
It's only been a month, and He Xiao has turned this ragtag group of people with ulterior motives into something like an army?
This is too terrible.
King Yao does hope to have a team of efficient and capable officials who can fight tough battles, but the team should not be led by an outsider!
His officials shouldn't obey the orders of a foreign businessman!
His team should not be controlled by an outsider!
If He Xiao cannot be controlled, he should be killed as soon as possible after he is used.
You Rongzhi finally couldn't help but ask, "My king, when the envoy Liang left, his face wasn't looking good either."
Is this matter really just being covered up so lightly? It doesn't suit Master Liang's temperament.
King Yao glanced at him, covered his mouth and yawned: "Go away, I'm sleepy."
As the east was getting brighter, he was almost sixty years old and still had to stay up all night!
None of them ever made him worry.
"Yes." You Rongzhi understood that Lord Liang's temper would not change, and the king had probably made some compromises.
After leaving the palace, He Lingchuan boarded the carriage driven by Wanqi Feng and headed towards the east gate.
The three hundred guards immediately followed behind, with the sound of horse hooves. At this time, the sky was just getting light, and passers-by who had gotten up early turned their heads to see the grand ceremony of the island master's trip.
Sitting in his carriage, He Lingchuan stretched himself, put up a barrier, and suddenly burst into laughter!
He destroyed the temple, misappropriated building materials, and angered the priests, but he was only scolded and forced to leave the palace in one piece.
It went so smoothly that it was unimaginable!
"Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous!" The mirror was also very happy. "So I've passed this level?"
"Passed." He Lingchuan laughed proudly, "I thought the temple would invite Qingyang over, but it didn't. Fortunately, they didn't!"
He has a quick mind, but to be fair, his eloquence is just average, not even as good as Fu Liushan.
Qingyang had been in the court of Beijia for 150 to 60 years. What kind of criticism had he not seen? If she came to the imperial study to confront him, He Lingchuan was not sure he could win the argument.
That would not be a pretty scene.
He Lingchuan also knew that the temple and Qingyang had always been in contact, but for some unknown reason, the temple did not invite Qingyang for help this time.
This was a major mistake. Perhaps Liang regretted it now?
Mirror was also amused: "Those two priests are too poor at arguing. They are no match for you."
"As a servant of God, I usually recite the grace of God. I only need to obey my superiors and intimidate my subordinates. I don't have to do so many things with ease." He Lingchuan put his hands behind his head.
(End of this chapter)