Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 290 Empress Changsun's Support

Chapter 286

Empress Changsun said that she wanted to repair the palace, Li Shimin knew her purpose when she heard it, she just wanted to support Wei Hao, but it should be repaired, besides, their impeachment like this really insulted Wei Hao a bit , So nodded and said: "OK, let's fix it, it's time to fix it, it hasn't been done for many years, it needs to be fixed!"

"Well, in addition, many places in Lizhi's Princess Mansion are made of clay bricks. Now Wei Hao's mansion is made of blue bricks. Lizhi's mansion can't be too shabby. The concubine's intention is to replace it with blue bricks. Look, Your Majesty!" Empress Changsun continued,

Li Shimin continued to nod his head in agreement. Indeed, there were not so many green bricks before, so earth bricks were used. Now that there are green bricks, earth bricks should not be used. Otherwise, Wei Hao would say that he is stingy, which is very important.

"Well, all of them were replaced with blue bricks. Fortunately, there is no decoration now. If there are decorations, it will be difficult to fix. I will call the ministers of the Ministry of Industry and let them repair it!"

"In addition, the concubine has an idea, that is, don't they dislike Wei Hao's construction of the iron workshop? Now it only costs 19 guan, and our royal family paid 10 guan. What the concubine means is that our royal family If you pay another 10 guan, this iron workshop will belong to our royal family.

Of course, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry need iron, and we supply it for free. We supply as much as we need, but the people need iron, and our royal side is responsible. Since they impeach Wei Hao like this, the concubine is a bit dissatisfied. If I had known this , this iron workshop, we are the only ones out of the royal family! "Empress Changsun continued to speak to Li Shimin.

"This is not acceptable, this is not acceptable. Those ministers will definitely object, this is related to the court, and they will not agree to hand over the internal money!" Li Shimin immediately said to the eldest grandson empress,

This is a bit of a big game. If you do it like this, all the officials in the court will oppose it, especially those officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. They will definitely not agree. In addition, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Education will not agree. , this is profitable, they all know it, and now it is handed over to the royal family, can it work?Those ministers also sent up all the memorials.

"I agree or disagree. The concubine also means that we need to fight for it. Since they impeached Hao'er and said that they would transfer benefits, the concubine doesn't have to worry about this. So this matter, the concubine should do it." Empress Changsun continued.

"No, if it's from the royal family, how will the officials arrange it? The person in charge of the iron workshop is from the fourth grade!" Li Shimin said to the eldest grandson empress.

"It doesn't matter, I believe that Hao'er will definitely be trained. We will send the Li family's children to take over. The Li family's children will not dare to be presumptuous in front of Wei Hao. The concubine is very clear about this!" The eldest grandson looked at the empress with a smile. Li Shimin said.

"This matter can't be done, don't talk about it anymore!" Li Shimin said immediately, this matter is too involved.

"Whether it's successful or not, the concubines should let Xiaogong and the others fight for it. Since those ministers don't like it, then just give it to our royal family. It's not like our royal family has no money!" Empress Changsun said, and Li Shimin looked at his eldest grandson helplessly. Queen, she must argue with Wei Hao.

"Well, it won't work anyway!" Li Shimin said helplessly,

In fact, Empress Changsun didn't expect to succeed, she just wanted to let those ministers know that Wei Hao was not something they could casually impeach. If he bullied his son-in-law like this, if his father and emperor didn't help him, he still had his mother and queen!
In the afternoon, Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, and Li Yuanjing arrived at the harem, and Empress Changsun shared her thoughts with them.

"Your Majesty, this is something you can't win, right?" Li Xiaogong looked at Empress Changsun and said very carefully.

"It doesn't matter whether you can get it or not. Since they impeached Hao'er in this way, the palace will definitely not let it go. Hao'er has been working hard outside. Not only do their ministers not praise Hao'er, but they even impeach him." Hao'er, this tone, I can't help it, why do they do this?

Also, after you have arrived at the court, you have to speak for Hao'er. It is unreasonable to say that Wei Hao conveys benefits, do you believe it? Empress Changsun sat there, watched them and asked,

The three of them immediately shook their heads, what are you kidding, Wei Hao is short of this money?
"That's why those ministers impeached Hao'er blindly because they knew that they hindered Hao'er from doing things, and they didn't want Hao'er to make contributions. Haven't seen them do something?
You need to fight for this matter, just fight for it. We have money in our internal funds now, so it’s okay to pay more money. Even if the Chaotang side needs us to compensate 20, we will do it. You have to trust Haoer, and the Tiefang side , that must be making a lot of money, those people, what do they know! "Empress Changsun sat there and said to the three of them.

"Yes, empress, don't worry, we will definitely fight for it!" Li Daozong also said immediately, clasping his hands.

"Xiaogong, check Weihao now, have you found anything?" Empress Changsun looked at Li Xiaogong and asked.

"How could it be possible to find out that it is a normal purchase, and there is no business at all in the brick workshop. If I want to buy some bricks, I have to discuss with them, otherwise, I can't buy them. Now that There are a large number of carriages queuing up every day, and every day when bricks are produced, they will be quickly taken away!" Li Xiaogong immediately said that his family also has a share,
But if you want to buy bricks, you have to discuss with them, but they are also happy to see this, the profit of the brick shop is quite a lot a day, every month, they bring a lot of money back, let them now He also became rich, of course, he didn't dare to compare with Wei Hao, this kid is very rich.

"Well, the royal family also needs to be repaired. In the past two days, I will ask the people from the Ministry of Industry to calculate how many bricks and tiles are needed, and then I will buy them all at the brick workshop!" Empress Changsun was also very happy when she heard what he said. Yes, Chang'an's Brickhouse Royal did not take a stake,

However, the royal family is a shareholder of the brick workshops in other places, and now the princess is in charge of this area. After all, Lizhi is too busy.

"Okay, you have to protect Wei Hao. Wei Hao has done a lot for our royal family. It is often inconvenient for His Majesty to defend Wei Hao publicly. We can only rely on you!" Empress Changsun continued to say to them.

"Yes, please don't worry, empress, you can still make Hao'er wronged, they don't protect, we protect!" Li Xiaogong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, Empress Changsun also nodded,
Soon they were out.

"Don't tell me, if we can get the iron workshop, our royal family will have another income. This year's royal children will be much better. If there is an additional iron workshop, it will be even better!" Li Yuanjing said to the two of them. .

"Don't even think about it. Your Majesty won't agree. Are you kidding me? Such a large profit has been handed over to our royal family, and it is still related to the three departments of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Can they easily agree?" Li Xiaogong said with his hands behind his back, shaking his head with a wry smile.

"That is to say, if they continue to impeach Wei Hao, we will do so, and let them know that it is okay to provoke Wei Hao. Behind Wei Hao is the royal family!" Li Daozong also said with his hands behind his back, and the two of them also ordered nod,
On the second day of the court, Wei Zheng continued to question Li Xiaogong about investigating Wei Hao, and Li Xiaogong became angry too. He asked Wei Zheng a series of questions, converging on one sentence, is Wei Hao a poor man?Is it not good for the iron workshop to be built like this?Why do you keep asking?
Then Li Xiaogong made trouble, and begged His Majesty to hand over the iron workshop to the royal family for management.

As soon as the words fell, the ministers were all dumbfounded. Dai Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, immediately stood up and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, this matter is not allowed. Iron is an important material of the court, and it must not be handed over to the royal family. The royal family manages other things." It’s okay to do things about it, but it’s absolutely not for the matter of salt and iron!”

"Your Majesty, I also think so. The matter of salt and iron can only be handed over to the court, which is supposed to be managed by the Ministry of Industry!" Duan Lun also said immediately, clasping his hands.

"What is the management of the Ministry of Industry, this is from the Ministry of Civil Affairs!" Dai Zhou immediately stared at Duan Lun dissatisfied, what a joke, the profit of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from Tiefang can be given to the Ministry of Industry.

"Your Majesty, iron is mainly used by the Ministry of Industry, so it is best to hand it over to the Ministry of Industry for management, and the Ministry of War needs iron, and it is also from the Ministry of Industry, so it is best to hand over the iron workshop to the Ministry of Industry." Appropriate!" Duan Lun continued to cup his hands to Li Shimin.

"No, the money is from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, why should it be handed over to the Ministry of Industry?" Dai Zhou was anxious, this is not fatal, this is a big income.

"Stop arguing, the royal family will pay the money, and you will pay 15 yuan. The royal family will give you the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the iron workshop will be handed over to us for management. Anyway, now you look down on Wei Hao, impeach Wei Hao, and say that Wei Hao Hao built the blue-brick house to transfer profits, what joke are you kidding? In this case, then our royal family will bear the expenses of the iron workshop, and you don’t have to argue about this matter!" Li Daozong also stood up and said to them.

"No, Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. I think that impeachment is impeachment, but this is a matter involving three departments, so it cannot be handed over to the royal family!" Fang Xuanling also stood up immediately, and said with cupped hands,
Whether it’s for the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it’s all Shang Shusheng. When the court runs out of money, it can be dispatched from it, but if it’s handed over to the royal family, it’s not so easy to mobilize their money. agreed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be considered carefully!" Li Jing also stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Brother Yao, Wei Hao is your son-in-law. Your son-in-law has been bullied, and you can't react. Since they look down on you and your son-in-law, our royal family does. Just leave this iron workshop to our royal family." I'm done, so I won't be so troublesome!" Li Xiaogong immediately said to Li Jing,

Li Jing heard that, so depressed, Li Shimin is still his father, why don't you say Li Shimin?However, he still cupped his hands and said, "As far as the matter is concerned, it is indeed wrong to impeach Wei Hao, but it is also wrong to hand over the iron workshop to the royal family. Please let Your Majesty decide!"

"Your Majesty, Wei Hao was bullied by them. They also said that Wei Hao sent benefits. Since they don't believe Wei Hao, our royal family believes that we will pay the money. Wouldn't it be better to avoid the impeachment of those ministers?" Li Xiaogong continued to cup his hands to Li Shimin and said,
And Wei Zheng is staring at Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong with a dark face at the moment. The two princes have left in person, which means that the royal family is gone, and it means that Empress Changsun is gone. They have to support Wei Hao.

"Your Majesty, let's talk about the matter. No matter what happens to Wei Hao, as long as the Overwatch Council finds out, it will be fine, but this iron workshop still needs to be handed over to the royal family!" Wei Zheng also stood up and cupped his hands at this moment.

"Fuck, let you tell the good and the bad!" Cheng Yaojin said from the side at the moment.

When Wei Zheng heard it, he turned his head and stared at Cheng Yaojin fiercely, and Cheng Yaojin also stared at him, his eyebrows furrowed, provoking Wei Zheng.

"Your Majesty, the iron workshop is related to the safety of the Tang Dynasty. It needs to be handed over to the Ministry of Finance. As for whether to give it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs or the Ministry of Industry, that is a matter for the Sixth Ministry, but it cannot be given to the royal family!" Wei Zheng continued to face Li Shimin said.

"Okay, let's discuss this matter again. Now that the royal family also wants Tiefang, I will think about it again!" Li Shimin sat there, thought for a while and said, in fact, it must not be given to the royal family. The points are clear.

"This, Your Majesty, there is no need to think about it at this time!"

"Okay, next court!" Li Shimin stood up at this moment, announcing the next court, not to discuss this matter anymore,

Those ministers were also dumbfounded. According to the current inference, Li Shimin had an idea to hand over to the royal family, but that would not work!

After Li Shimin left, all the officials from the six ministries, except Li Daozong, went to Fang Xuanling and Li Jing.

"This matter requires two servants to tell His Majesty that it must not be given to the royal family. This is related to the safety of the court. How much iron is needed by the Ministry of War? At that time, we still need to think about whether the royal family can apply. Are you messing around?" An official looked at Fang Xuanling and the two of them and said.

"Yeah, we did not participate in the matter of impeachment. This has nothing to do with our six departments. Those people impeached it. The best board falls on us? Isn't it fair? Besides, we also believe in Wei Hao There must be no transfer of benefits, you two should try to fight for this matter with His Majesty, otherwise, if it is really assigned to the royal family, it will be a huge blow to our six departments!" Dai Zhou is also anxious at the moment Said to the two of them.

"Okay, we got it. We will tell His Majesty. Now you should do your own thing well. The iron workshop cannot be assigned to the royal family. We know this well!" Fang Xuanling also looked at them helplessly. said,

Now that things have come to this, they are also helpless, and they don't know what happened to Wei Zheng and the others.How did you know to hold on to Wei Hao?This is completely unreasonable.

And Wei Zheng was also very angry when he came down to court. The royal family's move was tantamount to putting themselves on the fire. The day before yesterday, he had a quarrel with Wei Hao, which made him lose face. Now the royal family has also participated, obviously blaming himself wrong.

"Well, the old man doesn't believe it anymore, and he still can't find any clues about Wei Hao?" Wei Zheng gritted his teeth and said,
In fact, he and Wei Hao have no hatred, it is because Li Shimin ignored his impeachment, which made him hate Wei Hao. Before he impeached anyone, even if he gave advice to His Majesty, His Majesty would change it.

Now there is only Wei Hao, who is still a newly-promoted Duke, and I can't win the first confrontation with him. After that, how can I still mess around in the court? To put it bluntly, it is a matter of face.

On Wei Hao's side, Wei Hao doesn't care. Wei Hao put 15 iron into the furnace for steelmaking. It can't be delivered right away, so Wei Hao just makes 15 catties of steel first!

After starting to burn the furnace, Wei Hao decarbonized and desulfurized the material according to the proportion. The temperature inside the furnace was also extremely high. Wei Hao has been staring at the furnace. After all, whether it can become steel or not still needs to be verified. ,
After five days of steelmaking, Wei Hao had someone release a little molten steel and let him cool down. Then he waited for him to cool down a little, then poured water on it, and then handed it over to the master craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry for them to have a look. What's the difference? Those craftsmen took the iron block and began to burn it in the iron furnace. Finally, it was verified that the iron block melted at a higher temperature than iron, and it was extremely difficult to forge. They didn't know that Wei Hao made it. What is this for.

"So, this should be steel!" Wei Hao is also holding that piece of steel at the moment, and the other irons have been knocked out. Now there is no way to verify how much carbon is contained in this piece of iron. Experienced, to be on the safe side, Wei Hao still waited for the stove to burn for a day,
On the second day, Wei Hao began to push the equipment to the side of the furnace, and put a huge iron block on it with a gourd, and then began to release molten steel. After the molten steel was squeezed and cooled, several steel bars were formed immediately. Some workers The special iron tongs clamped the steel bars, put them in a turntable, and began to coil them up, while Wei Hao stood there watching.

"What's the use of this?" Fang Yizhi and the others stared at Wei Hao and asked.

"It is used for building houses, especially for building roads and building military fortresses. It is of great help!" Wei Hao said while looking at the plates of steel bars.

"How to use this? Wouldn't it be better to use an iron plate?" Chang Sun Chong also looked at Wei Hao incomprehensibly and asked.

"Well, it needs to be combined with another material. By the way, do you have money? If you have money, you can buy shares, 300 yuan per person, and we can make cement. The profit will definitely be very high then!" Wei Hao smiled and said to they asked,

As soon as they heard about the business, their eyes lit up immediately. Changsun Chong and the others did not participate in the business of the brick shop before, and they were very depressed. Now Wei Hao is talking about doing business.

"Is 300 guan enough, or 600 guan, no problem! I'll ask my father!" Chang Sun Chong stared at Wei Hao excitedly and asked.

(End of this chapter)