Chapter 9: Honey Trap
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"Haven't they already arrested a bunch of people? Some had their homes confiscated, others had their entire families executed." Lin Baige asked in confusion, "How many people are still opposed?"
"Those you mentioned are only a minority. The well-established families with deep roots will not be bribed by Lin Xing. Don't be fooled by the fact that Lin Xing has many followers, covering all departments, but those people are either from humble backgrounds and will never get ahead in their lives, or they are just some incompetent playboys. There are only a few high-ranking officials." Fu Jiangyu gave him the list: "At least the two major families and Zhang Enxiao must give their approval."
Lin Baige recalled the plot in his book. The two major families were all military generals, one was Marquis Dingyuan and the other was Marquis Nan'an. Their ancestors followed the late emperor to expand the territory, and their descendants were also talented generals. When Lin Xing attacked, they held on to the end. The three sons of Marquis Dingyuan were recalled by the Fourth Prince while fighting on the front line, and the wine given by the emperor was poisoned.
When Lin Xing broke into the palace, the two sons of Marquis Nan'an protected the Fourth Prince and tried to save him at the risk of their lives, but were stabbed in the back by the Fourth Prince.
Both families are loyal and patriotic ministers. If Fu Jiangyu issues an order, they will definitely obey it.
As for Lord Zhang, he is an old stubborn person, but as long as it is beneficial to the country, he might agree.
"Let them know that it was my proposal. They will definitely oppose it. Your Majesty, please help me convince them." Lin Baige pulled Fu Jiangyu's sleeve and acted coquettishly. He remembered that in the book, every time the original owner did something bad, he would pull Fu Jiangyu's sleeve and act coquettishly, and Fu Jiangyu would do whatever he said.
"As long as you can convince Zhang Enxiao and me, I will help you convince the other two." Fu Jiangyu held his hand to prevent him from moving.
"What, you mean you're not on my side?" Lin Baige looked at him in shock. "You don't love me anymore?"
What cured his love brain?
"You can't convince me, I won't stand on your side." Fu Jiangyu said.
"I'm doing this for the good of our country. We need to select outstanding talents. You can't have only military generals, we need civil servants. We have to do both." Lin Baige saw that he looked indifferent. Why was it so difficult to convince him?
Lin Baige walked back and forth twice, thinking of something: "Oh, right, haven't the uprisings in various places been suppressed yet? You sent people to ask for peace, but how's the situation? Not a single one wants to surrender to you? These people are all excellent talents. If you had opened the imperial examination earlier, making all the smart people in the world study, take exams, study, and work hard, who would have the time to think about anything else, and how could anyone rebel?"
"This is a good idea, but you still can't convince me. Those rebel leaders are not a big deal. I will send a large army over there, and they will be wiped out in a few days." Fu Jiangyu was ready to issue an order to let Dingyuan Hou mobilize 100,000 troops and divide them into several groups. They have the most advanced weapons and the best armor. Those rebels are just a mob and will be dispersed in an instant.
"You want to send troops to suppress the rebels? If they don't resist and surrender, don't kill them. They are all forced into a corner by corrupt officials. Anyone with a stutter wouldn't do this. We should send troops to arrest the local corrupt officials and behead them in front of them. Then we can open the granaries to release grain and use all the money embezzled by the corrupt officials for post-disaster reconstruction." Lin Baige became more and more anxious as he spoke. "Can Dingyuan Hou handle this? No, I want to go there myself and start the post-disaster reconstruction project myself."
"You want to leave the palace?" Fu Jiangyu raised his hand, hooked Lin Baige's belt, and pulled her towards him. "Are you leaving the palace for the disaster victims, or do you want to escape from me? I've never seen you show mercy to anyone before, so how could you possibly show mercy to the disaster victims now?"
Lin Baige felt that he still had to use the beauty trap. Fu Jiangyu was a love-brained man. As long as he used beauty to seduce him, he might be able to make the other party be obsessed with him, lose his rationality, and listen to him completely.
"I regard you as my husband. Jin is our home and the people are our subjects. Of course I want my children to live a good life." Lin Baige deliberately softened his tone when he said the word "husband".
Fu Jiangyu really enjoyed his words: "You haven't convinced me yet about the imperial examination, and now you want to leave the palace again. What exactly are you going to do?"
"Just now I was talking about grabbing it with both hands. Don't we have so many people? We can do many things at the same time, eradicate Lin Xing's followers, make salt, hold the imperial examinations, and rebuild the palace after the disaster..." Lin Baige thought that pulling his sleeve and acting coquettishly was no longer effective, so he simply sat astride his lap, took his hand, and interlocked their fingers, "We have two pairs of hands, so we can grab it with four hands."
He slowly approached, his nose touching the other's. Just as the atmosphere became ambiguous, Eunuch Chen led Lord Zhang over.
Originally, when Lord Zhang came to see the emperor, he would wait outside the palace and Eunuch Chen would go in to report. But now, the two of them were basking in the sun outside, and people saw them clearly.
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