C3506 Yang Zhis old nest (2/2)
As for the fifth force, it was the Chinese warlord that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and this included Xiao Letian, who was one of the most successful members of the Chinese warlord.
Yang Zhi swirled his wine cup and said, ”The balance of power has long been broken. The world's momentum is about to be reshuffled... However, no matter how much you shuffle the cards, we will still have a bowl of rice to eat! ”
”Hehe …” What are we? We are invisible and intangible, but we have omnipresent bureaucrats! The bureaucratic class... We exist within these five forces, and no one can leave us, and we cannot leave them! ”
”I don't care who gets on the stage, I don't care how this game is washed …” In the end, they will have to borrow the power of tens of thousands of small officials to rule the world! ”
”Rivers and mountains are reshuffling, dynasties are changing …” ”I've seen people who kill officials, but I've never seen people who kill officials!”
”Because we are the ones who truly carry out the policy. Without us, how can the imperial government control the entire world's people? How can a decree leave the Forbidden City? ”
”Hey, brother …” You don't need to rely on anyone, because nobody can rely on anyone... As long as you integrate with us, our group will be endless! ”
Li Tuo represented China's thousands of years of bureaucracy, and more accurately, it was that official amongst officials!
These were the officials' right and left hands, the executors of all policies, the nearest group of people to the civilian population, and any official had to be assisted in his or her work.
This resulted in the number of officials being much higher than officials. This huge group had accumulated a lot of survival experience over a long period of time.
They are proficient at making false accounts, taking bribes, handling lawsuits, eating black money... Or something black or gray.
They could even hook up and weave an invisible net to help each other, passing messages to each other.
Yang Zhi was a traitor of the Chinese race, and was able to establish a network in Jiangnan.
This group of officials who were wandering in the grey area were a force that could not be ignored by any power.
Even if the eunuchs in the palace wanted to bring the silver back home to buy a house and land to help the family settle their problems, they could not leave the palace to do it themselves!
In the end, he still had to go to the officials outside. The officials outside had to go to the officials themselves!
How could the steward of the prince's household possibly screw his opponent to death when he was in a lawsuit against someone else? He would have to find the yamen's Grand Master and the constables to secretly ambush him.
The envoys had returned to the capital to report on their duties. Even though they had sent out all sorts of bribes and creosote, they were still able to split the loot layer by layer!
These were countless pairs of eyes, ears, and mouths! There was nothing that they didn't know about the various big and small matters in the imperial court, and today, Li Tuo had come to see Yang Zhi, and brought him some very important information.
”Big brother, from now on, you don't have to stay in the western mountains anymore. It's too close to your lair, it's too sensitive …”
”The day before yesterday …” The Great Marshal Zeng and the empress dowager had already fallen out, and the Xiang Army's cavalry was even heading north … This is suppressing the devil six times! ”
”I've received news from Fujian that the His Majesty has been humiliated because of the over one million silver taels in cash. The scum has taken all the money away in the open …”
”The His Majesty has brought back their troops. Do you think they will settle the score? ”So, from now on, you must not live in the Western Mountain. If the emperor mistakenly thinks you're part of the Sixth Prince's faction, then you'll be in for some bad luck!”
”We shall obediently hold the capital until the His Majesty returns …”
”Also, pay more attention to Marshal Zuo. I think there will be a good chance for you to get rich later on …”