Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 408 It Has Nothing To Do With Me

Chapter 404

Wei Hao suggested asking Changsun Wuji to investigate. Li Shimin knew that Wei Hao was taking revenge on Changsun Wuji, but what Wei Hao said was also reasonable. It was really appropriate for Changsun Wuji to go.

After Wei Hao finished his suggestion, Li Shimin pointed at Wei Hao and said, "Shen Yong, you suggest to go to the auxiliary machine. Father knows what you mean. You want to clean up him. Father, just pretend not to know. After all, he is right You also fell into trouble several times, and this time, it was also a business matter, but next time you can't do that, after all, he is your uncle, he doesn't care about other people's face, you want to see your mother's face, understand?"

"Father, look at what you said, I really do it out of public interest!" Wei Hao immediately pretended to be confused and said, Li Shimin kicked Wei Hao. He knew that Wei Hao would definitely not admit it, but he knew that he was so Said, Wei Hao understands what it means.

"By the way, father, you can't ask him to investigate right away. You also know that Fang Yizhi just came back, and Erchen also met his uncle just now. If he finds out that he went there by himself, he will definitely think I did it. ,

Moreover, outsiders may also know, so, father, you have to wait for a few days. As for Tiefang, I don't want to go, otherwise, you can punish me for a few days in prison, okay? "Wei Hao sat there, leaned his face and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, you have a good idea. You still have to go to the iron workshop. Now all the courts need steel, so go get it. It only takes a few days. Don't tell me that you don't have time, so do you." Busy this year!" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and said, Wei Hao understood, but looked at Li Shimin stupidly.

"Don't look at me like that, it's settled like this, do you want to do nothing?" Li Shimin continued to say to Wei Hao.

"Father, I am the county magistrate of Wannian County. The rest has nothing to do with my ministers. You have to be clear about this!" Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin and said.

Li Shimin ignored Wei Hao, but thought about the smuggling of iron this time. Those surrounding countries actually obtained so much iron and steel. Among them, Turks, Tubo, and Goguryeo must have obtained a lot. Those irons are very Most of them are used to make weapons, especially the Turks. They don't have much agriculture there, so they don't need too much pig iron at all.

"Shen Yong, tell me, now that the Turks have obtained so much pig iron, it is not a good thing for our Tang Dynasty. We have just finished changing our equipment. I estimate that other countries will also change their equipment soon. , when the time comes, we may not be able to take advantage of it!" Li Shimin said,
Wei Hao looked at him, but he didn't dare to say more about it.

"Shen Yong, we still need to accumulate strength for two years. Now it is very good. If we accumulate two years, then we will clean up the Turks, first destroy the Turks, and Tubo and Goguryeo can be dealt with separately!" Li Shimin Said to Wei Hao,

Wei Hao nodded when he heard it. He didn't know much about such military command issues.

Seeing Wei Hao staring at him, Li Shimin had no intention of expressing his opinion at all, and immediately scolded Wei Hao: "You bastard, your father-in-law is a general of the Tang Dynasty, and he has won so many victories, Hou Junji You learned it from your father-in-law, so you don’t know how to learn from your father-in-law, you just know how to play?”

"Playing? Father, let's speak with our conscience!"

"Fuck off, what I mean is that you have time to learn the art of war. Now you are also skilled in martial arts. As a general, can you do without learning the art of war?" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and cursed.

"Don't worry, I'll talk about it when I'm done. I'm busy now. If there's nothing else to do, I'll go back. Father, you must remember what I said, don't be so fast!" Wei Hao stood up as he spoke. Get up, the matter is over, and I don't want to stay here anymore.

"Are you so busy?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao very unhappy and shouted.

"En!" Wei Hao nodded affirmatively.

"Get lost!" Li Shimin immediately waved his hand at Wei Hao, angry, this bastard hides from him as long as he can now, and will never take the initiative to approach him, this makes him very annoyed.

When Wei Hao heard this, he turned around and left quickly.
When Li Shimin saw Wei Hao leaving, he sat there drinking tea, thinking about what Wei Hao said just now, this matter is too big, if it is really investigated, there must be something wrong with the Ministry of War, Some generals on the front line must have problems, but if they don't check, they can't explain to those soldiers who fought on the border.
After Wei Hao left the palace, he went to the eastern suburbs, where the workshop is still under construction.
After looking at it for a while, Fang Yizhi came over, Wei Hao avoided deliberately, but was still caught by Fang Yizhi, and the two went to a place where no one was around.

"The matter is settled. His Majesty will investigate in a few days. As for me, I probably still have to go to Tiefang. The person in charge of the investigation is Duke Qi!" Wei Hao whispered while looking into the distance with his hands behind his back.

"Oh, okay, but, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for Duke Qi to investigate this matter?" Fang Yi felt relieved when he heard this, but he also became a little worried when he thought of his eldest grandson Wuji's investigation.

"What's wrong?" Wei Hao looked at Fang Yi incomprehensibly and asked.

"This matter must have a lot to do with the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War has nothing to do with Hou Junji. Qi Guogong and Hou Junji have a very good relationship. If he is asked to investigate and Hou Junji finds out, he will definitely let him know. Changsun Wuji doesn't want to check those details, just catch some scapegoats, and Hou Junji will be fine!" Fang Yizhi told Wei Hao his worries,
Wei Hao heard it, smiled, and then said with a sigh: "You said that the relationship between Changsun Wuji and Hou Junji, does Your Majesty know?"

"I guess you know this, right?" Fang Yi listened, hesitated for a moment, and nodded.

"Since Your Majesty knows, then it is His Majesty's own intention to send him to investigate. We don't need to worry about such things. You go back tomorrow. Before you go back, go to the palace. Please issue an imperial decree to let I will go to Tiefang, so that we will be separated from this matter, and other things have nothing to do with us." Wei Hao smiled, and said directly to Fang Yi.

"Well, that's fine. Anyway, how to deal with it is His Majesty's business. It has nothing to do with us. We just discovered the problem. As for how to solve the problem, that is His Majesty's business!" Fang Yi listened and nodded with a smile Nod, as long as they're safe,
The next day, Fang Yizhi went to the palace and asked to meet His Majesty. Li Shimin summoned Fang Yizhi. Fang Yizhi stated that there is a lot of demand for steel in the iron workshop, and although the demand for pig iron is very high. Big, but as the workshop of the court, it is mainly to meet the needs of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. Now he requests to add a steel furnace and asks Wei Hao to go to the iron workshop to assist in the construction.

Fang Yizhi also said that he went to Wei Hao several times, but Wei Hao just refused to go. Fang Yizhi hoped that Li Shimin would issue an order to ask Wei Hao to go to Tiefang.

At noon that day, the imperial decree arrived at the Wannian County Government. After Wei Hao received the decree, he asked Fang Yizhi to go first, and then he went back.

But it was not until three days later that Wei Hao set off from Chang'an to Tiefang. When he arrived at Tiefang, Fang Yizhi and the others all came out to greet him.

"I said that you are comfortable here. Four people are here to manage this iron workshop?" Wei Hao said to his eldest grandson after he got off his horse.

"It's very comfortable. If you don't come, we will be comfortable if you come!" Chang Sun Chong said to Wei Hao with a smile.

"I think so too, but your father won't allow it. Now that you're a small county magistrate, you can only take your time!" Wei Hao said with a look of disappointment.

"My God, Shenyong, you can't be like this, but I still admire you the most. A Wannian county has become a big county where the court pays taxes. You have been the county magistrate for less than half a year. Ability, everyone knows that Wannian County Government will not be short of money in the future! Otherwise, when will you not want to be a pawn, let me go pawn?" Xiao Rui asked Wei Hao with a smile.

"Are you kidding me? You are the county magistrate. You will probably be transferred to the Ministry of Industry, or be in charge of other workshops!" Wei Hao said with a smile.

"I feel comfortable being the magistrate of Wannian County, Shen Yong, think about it, you are wrong, think about brothers!" Chang Sun Chong also said to Wei Hao with a smile.

"Okay, then you must consider the brothers, but I guess His Majesty will not give you such a high position easily. This position was taken by you after you worked in other places and came back. Now you should manage the iron workshop well, let's talk about other things. Yes, it's useless, you probably won't be transferred now!" Wei Hao said with a smile.

"Come here, please, this way please, we have built a reception building, the decorations inside are all good things, and the tea bought from your house, now our iron workshop is very rich, brothers, So much for the glory!" Fang Yi said to Wei Hao with a straight smile.

"Okay, let's take a look!" Wei Hao nodded, and when he got to the reception building, he found that the decoration inside was really good. There were many meeting rooms, all of which had tea tables.

And Wei Hao also found that there were people coming and going in and out of many rooms. When they saw Wei Hao coming, they all stood there respectfully and bowed their hands. Wei Hao nodded and went to the biggest tea room inside.

"Who is that person? So many people in your Tiefang are accompanying him?" A middle-aged man asked a person on Tiefang's side.

"He is the founder of our Tiefang. He is the Duke of Chaoxia!" The person in Tiefang said very proudly. He also worked under Wei Hao before, and the person who reported to Wei Hao was an official from the Ministry of Industry. .

"He, he is Xia Guogong?" The middle-aged man heard it and said in shock.The people in Tiefang nodded.

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, hey, tell me, if I can convince Xia Guogong, then I will contract the coal excavation, isn't it a trivial matter?" The middle-aged man said with emotion.

"How is it possible? Xia Guogong doesn't care about such things. Of course, if Xia Guogong speaks out, then the people below us must follow suit!" The people in Tiefang immediately smiled and shook their heads and said, he can still persuade Can Wei Hao succeed?Among the officials in the capital, who doesn't know Wei Hao?Who doesn't know that Wei Hao is as rich as an enemy?
After Wei Hao arrived at the tea room, he took a look at the decoration here, and it was indeed very good.

"You guys are so courageous, aren't you afraid that the surveillance office will come to check the accounts?" Wei Hao sized him up, then sat down and said.

"We applied to the Ministry of Industry for this, and the Ministry of Industry approved it, so we built it. Besides, the money was returned to us by the imperial court. We are free to use it to complete the construction. You don't know, we But two bathhouses and two schools have been built here, all of which are allowed!" Fang Yi sat directly under Wei Hao and reported to Wei Hao,

"That's what I said, but if you are like this, if those officials know about it, you must be impeached. However, it's okay. As long as I'm not here, those officials probably won't impeach you. If I'm here, hehe, those The officials will not let this place go, they just want to find out my mistake!" Wei Hao said to them with a smile.

"Shen Yong, you still need to ease the relationship with them. If this continues, it's not a problem, is it?" Fang Yi said straight to Wei Hao.

"Put it down, I look down on them, really, they are all pedantic people, but when it comes to their own interests, they are better than ghosts, and when it comes to the interests of other people, they just pretend to be confused, hmph, they are all Self-interested people pretend to be so noble on the surface, I just look down on them." Wei Hao sneered, shook his head to express his contempt,

Fang Yizhi and the others heard it, so they couldn't say anything.

"Come on, Shenyong, drink tea!" Xiao Rui poured tea for Wei Hao, Wei Hao nodded, sat there drinking tea, and began to talk about the things in Tiefang,
The next day, Wei Hao took the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and began to prepare for the construction of a new steel furnace. For the next two days, Wei Hao also stayed at the iron workshop. Road to the study.As soon as Changsun Wuji arrived at the study, he found that Li Shimin asked all the people in the study to come out, and he also confessed that no one was allowed to come in and disturb him if he didn't come out.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Seeing such a scene, Changsun Wuji's heart skipped a beat, thinking that something big had happened, so he immediately looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"Sit down and talk!" Li Shimin didn't say much, just asked Changsun Wuji to sit down. Changsun Wuji sat down very anxiously, his head was active, thinking whether he had any clues in Li Shimin's hands , but when I think about it, there shouldn’t be any.

"What I said to you today, you can't tell anyone, remember!" Li Shimin said to Changsun Wuji very seriously.

"Yes, don't worry, Your Majesty!" Changsun Wuji relaxed a lot when he heard this, thinking, this matter probably has little to do with him, otherwise, Li Shimin would not have said this to himself.Li Shimin just took a look at Changsun Wuji, who was sitting upright at the moment, knowing that the matter must be serious.

"Recently, I got a message that at least 150 million catties of pig iron have been dumped in Tubo, Goguryeo, and Turks recently. I would like to know how these pig irons flowed. Those who went out, this incident must have something to do with those generals on the border,
What's more, the profits are astonishing. They have benefited at least 20 guan, and even [-] guan. If they don't manage everything, it is impossible to transport those pig irons out! " Li Shimin sat there and said,

But Changsun Wuji was dumbfounded at the moment, he never thought it was such a big deal.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. I'm afraid this is a rumor. It can't be true, right?" Changsun Wuji stared at Li Shimin and said in disbelief.

"Really, I already have definite news. Now I need to find evidence. In addition, I need to know how many people are involved. I leave this matter to you to investigate. You, immediately replace me to patrol the border, and at the same time secretly investigate this matter,
Of course, the important thing is your deputy, the general who is going to investigate, and you, who are in charge of dispatching, so much pig iron has been transported out, you should know how much impact this will have on our Tang Dynasty, once a fight breaks out , my frontline soldiers who are at a disadvantage, those generals are simply insane, dare to take such money! " Li Shimin gritted his teeth, his tone was very severe, wishing to kill those people.

"Your Majesty, this!" At this moment, Changsun Wuji's mind was running fast, a little chaotic,

Thinking about this, I am afraid it is not true, and thinking that if it is true, it must have something to do with the Ministry of War. In addition, I am also thinking about why His Majesty would send himself there instead of others, because he trusts himself , or for other reasons,
In addition, if I go by myself, will there be any danger? This time it involves so much money, and it is to investigate the generals who command the troops.

"I know you don't believe this matter, but I tell you, it's true. Now it needs to be investigated, and it needs to be investigated secretly. It can't be known by those generals. I want to clean them up thoroughly!" Li Shimin Sitting there, he said to Changsun Wuji.

"Yes, I'm going to investigate, but I don't have a clue!" Changsun Wuji subconsciously wanted to decline the matter, but he didn't dare to say it clearly. He could only say that he didn't know where to start the investigation.

"Start investigating the flow of pig iron in Chang'an City, Luoyang, Taiyuan, and Huazhou. I believe that you will be able to find out. What I need now is how many people are involved in it, and they put Datang's safety at risk. Regardless, I will never spare them lightly, this time you go out, take 5000 cavalry out, and at the same time, I will also order the troops along the way, you can mobilize the soldiers from the surrounding cities at any time!" Li Shimin continued to comfort his elder Sun Wuji and said,

When Changsun Wuji heard this, he didn't want to go anymore, but now that Li Shimin had told him about it, he might not be able to go by himself, but if he could recommend someone to go, it would probably be fine.

"Your Majesty, it may be more appropriate for me to recommend Wei Hao. As His Majesty's son-in-law, he is very familiar with pig iron. It would be best for him to investigate." Changsun Wuji immediately said to Li Shimin.

(End of this chapter)