Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 424
Chapter 420

Duan Lun came to Wei Hao to tell him something. Wei Hao made him tea there and signaled Duan Lun to continue.

"Shen Yong, this time the Ministry of War has transferred two batches of pig iron to the border, one with 20 jin and the other with 30 jin, and at the beginning of the year, it also mobilized 60 jin to the border, saying it was for war use,
However, it is summer now, there is no war, and the Turks will not come to our side to snatch money at this time. He said that he is prepared, that His Majesty may solve the problem in the north this year, and he must get the pig iron there in advance. Do you know if it is true, you are His Majesty's trusted minister, I wonder if you have heard of it? Duan Lun looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"It won't be that fast to solve the problem in the north, right? Our court is still accumulating, and now the Turkic side doesn't have the strength to completely kill it. At this time, it will take him two years, and the Turkic strength will be exhausted. Wouldn't it be better to fight again when the time came?

Moreover, His Majesty will not fight the Turks at this time. The court only has some money, so they will use troops. It should not be possible. If they want to fight, they will have to wait until the spring of the next year at the earliest! When Wei Hao heard this, he said to Duan Lun,

Duan Lun nodded when he heard it, and felt that it was impossible. If he really wanted to fight, the Ministry of Industry would make a large number of armor weapons as a backup.

"However, it's not right to adjust pig iron. Don't weapons and armor come from the workshop of the Ministry of Industry?" Wei Hao continued to look at Duan Lun and asked.

"That's right, but you don't know that there are also craftsmen on the front line. They specialize in repairing armor and weapons. They also need pig iron, but they don't need so much. After all, there are not many soldiers who lost their armor and weapons on the battlefield. , not many, either died in battle, or were wounded, and were sent back, but their armor would remain,

Every year, the front line uses a total of pig iron, which will not exceed 4 catties, but this year, 110 million catties have been mobilized, which is completely abnormal, but the old man heard from Hou Junji that His Majesty is going to solve the north.The old man didn't dare to delay His Majesty's affairs, so he could only agree to it! Duan Lun said to Wei Hao,

When Wei Hao heard this, he stood up and stared at Duan Lun: "There is also such a thing, only 110 catties are needed, and [-] million catties were used. Chaotang also needs money to produce those pig irons. You know, Tiefang Tens of thousands of people are working!"

"Yes, Shenyong, so the old man is also suspicious, is it possible?" Duan Lun looked at Wei Hao while talking,

Wei Hao sat down at this moment, still a little disbelieving in his heart. He knew that the smuggling of pig iron this time must have something to do with the Ministry of War, but he did not expect that Hou Junji, Minister of the Ministry of War, would also be involved. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be. Well, how could Hou Junji do such a stupid thing, this one is well-versed in foreign countries!It is a capital offense!Moreover, this time Hou Junji went out in person, is he so courageous?
"You, I'd better go to His Majesty and tell Your Majesty about this matter, and don't tell anyone, just tell Your Majesty. After you finish talking, His Majesty will naturally understand in his heart. Otherwise, what happened at that time, Your Majesty If you blame it, you won't be able to escape!" Wei Hao looked at Duan Lun and said,

When Duan Lun saw it, his heart skipped a beat. He felt that Wei Hao knew something, but he wasn't sure. Then he thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, Shen Yong, I know. I'll take care of this matter later." Go talk!"

"No, don't wait. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, when you go to report other things, tell your majesty, remember, you can only tell your majesty, even if there are other ministers around you!" Wei Hao immediately persuaded him. Duan Lun,

Duan Lun stared at Wei Hao, then nodded.

"Okay, come, drink tea!" Wei Hao said with a smile and poured tea for Duan Lun.

"It's a big deal, isn't it?" Duan Lun looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"I don't know, only Your Majesty knows, we are just doing business!" Wei Hao smiled, and said to Duan Lun. When Duan Lun heard what he said, he understood that the matter must be very big. If it is not big, relying on himself and Wei Hao relationship, he would definitely tell himself, and what he said now was also implying himself.

"Okay, let's not talk about this matter, let's talk about you, what's the point of you being a Shaoyin? Why don't you come to the Ministry of Industry and be a minister?" Duan Lun looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Look at what you said, the Ministry of Industry is so poor, I go to the Ministry of Industry? Besides, those ministers in the court look down on the officials of the Ministry of Industry. If I go to the Ministry of Industry, I will pull all the craftsmen out of the Ministry of Industry, and then When you start a workshop, when the time comes, hey, there will be no one to do the work in the Ministry of Industry. If the emperor knows about it, why don't you kill me?" Wei Hao said to Duan Lun with a smile.

"Hey, but it's not bad. Now that the salary has come up, those craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry are actually very grateful to you. If you hadn't spoken out righteously, those craftsmen in our Ministry of Industry would still be poor. There are still many craftsmen now. They want to leave their jobs, they want to start their own workshops,
Those craftsmen who followed you before all made money, and now the family is not short of money, and the workshop is also running very well. Those craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry are also itchy. If it weren't for them, they would not dare to come to you , I ran away a long time ago, many craftsmen are not familiar with you, so they dare not come to you, I also suppressed them, saying that you are busy, so don't trouble you. " Duan Lun said to Wei Hao.

"That's good. Those civil servants in the province look down on those craftsmen. Now look at them, they make money with their own skills. If there are no craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, I think who will do the things in the court!" Wei Hao proudly He smiled and said.

"That's what I said, but, Shen Yong, we have to think about it from the standpoint of the court. If all the craftsmen are taken away, what will happen to the Tang Dynasty in the future? Those water conservancy, the production of weapons and armor, the construction of houses, etc. , who will do it, won't our Tang Dynasty be over?" Duan Lun persuaded Wei Hao.

"I know, so I won't go to the Ministry of Industry. If I go to the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry will definitely not leave any craftsmen behind!" Wei Hao looked at Duan Lun with a smile and said,

Duan Lun looked at Wei Hao helplessly, and after chatting with Duan Lun for a while, Duan Lun left. After all, he is a minister, and the Ministry of Industry still has a lot of things for him to deal with, but Wei Hao's side is actually nothing When something happened, he knew how to delegate power, as long as he managed the key areas well,

Other places are handled by other people. Now many officials from Jingzhao Mansion have come to report. They are all talents selected by Li Shimin and the Ministry of Officials. Some of them are just admitted this year. Wei Hao is respectful and respectful. Some of them were originally Wei Hao's disciples.
Although Wei Hao has never been to the academy, many people know how this academy came to be. In addition, Wei Hao has a prominent status. Those who have just entered the official career, who would dare to offend Wei Hao?
And Wei Hao also gave them the opportunity to deal with things more and learn from those older officials. Wei Hao just sat in the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, listened to the reports of the people below, and then gave orders to them to do it. matter,
Up to now, neither Li Chengqian nor Li Ke has been here, and Wei Hao is handling everything.

On this day, Duan Lun happened to be going to report the situation of this year's water conservancy to the inside, so he went to the Ganlu Hall to ask for an interview. Li Shimin happened to be reading a book and had nothing to do. Most of the memorials were handed over to Li Chengqian. Duan Lun arrived After reporting the water conservancy matters, Queen Ganlu hesitated for a moment. Seeing his hesitation, Li Shimin asked Duan Lun, "Is there something wrong?"

"Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether to ask or not, but don't ask. I am worried that something big may happen. So, please forgive me, Your Majesty. I have the courage to ask!" Duan Lun looked up at Li Shimin and said .

"Oh, something happened, okay, ask, I have to ask!" Li Shimin looked at Duan Lun and said, so Duan Lun told Li Shimin about Hou Junji's mobilization of pig iron.

"Ha, okay, I know, I'm not sure if I'm going to go out or not. Now that the transfer has passed, forget it, but don't agree next time. The ones who can transfer the pig iron from the iron workshop are you and the Minister of the Ministry of War. In addition, you can mobilize some by yourself, and you need my consent, and Shen Yong's consent, by the way, did Shen Yong go to the iron workshop to mobilize pig iron?" Li Shimin said with a smile, and then asked Duan Lun stand up.

"The pig iron has not been mobilized, but the steel has been mobilized, all of which are steel bars, and all of them have been pulled to the palace. I happened to see a lot of steel bars piled up on the construction site of the new palace next day!" Duan Lun said to Li Shimin.

"I've seen this too. It's all used to build palaces. Sometimes I can see those craftsmen humping steel bars up!" Li Shimin nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, you don't need so much pig iron to build weapons and armor on the frontier!" Duan Lun looked at Li Shimin tentatively and asked.

"It's fine for you to know about it yourself. You are not allowed to tell others. I know. In the future, you should pay attention to the pig iron that comes from the Ministry of Industry. If the Ministry of War still uses this method to mobilize pig iron, you refuse it." Let them come to me!" Li Shimin said as he looked at Duan Lun and stabilized him.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I know what to do!" Hearing what Li Shimin said, Duan Lun felt confident in his heart. Soon, Duan Lun left.
Li Shimin walked to the window, looked at the view of the small garden outside the Ganlu Hall through the glass of the window, and wondered in his heart, is Hou Junji crazy? Using this method, he took away more than 100 million yuan A catty of pig iron costs 1 guan at the normal price. If you get it to the border, you can make a profit of at least [-] guan.
At the same time, Li Shimin also thought, now Changsun Wuji has arrived at the northeast border, and it is estimated that he will be back in half a month at most, and he will have to see what kind of transfer report Changsun Wuji will give him before the time comes. I asked Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Jian to take over the command of the Northeast, and asked them to investigate this matter secretly.

Also, where the pig iron was collected, how it was sent to the border, and how it passed the border, all of them were found out. In addition, the children of the aristocratic family were involved, and there was a list. After Li Shimin saw the secret report before, he almost didn't I'm so angry that I vomit blood.
However, I still don't know how many officials are still involved in the court, but I didn't expect that Hou Junji would actually stand up and dare to operate like this. Li Shimin couldn't figure this out at all, Hou Junji was desperate ?He wanted to see how Hou Junji would explain this to himself.

"Old Hong!" Then Li Shimin greeted, and Eunuch Hong immediately walked over from the dark.

"Is there any news for those who went to the north?" Li Shimin asked.

"Yes, but the news is all in fragments, so the younger one didn't report it. When they come back, the younger one will gather all the news and hand it over to His Majesty!" Eunuch Hong said immediately, clasping his hands.

"By the way, is your nephew still used to it in Chang'an?" Li Shimin asked.

"I'm still used to it. Now His Majesty has rewarded the title, mansion and fertile land. What's not used to? Besides, the old slave also asked him to follow Shen Yong to do things. People from small places, in the capital, have many honors. It's not good to offend someone, let Shen Yong teach him!" Eunuch Hong immediately said to Li Shimin.

"Well, okay, let him follow Shen Yong, okay, you go down, and when they come back, gather the news as soon as possible!" Li Shimin said to Eunuch Hong.

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Eunuch Hong cupped his hands again, then stepped back, and retreated into the dark.

In the next few days, Wei Hao was still busy in Jingzhao Mansion,

This morning, Wei Hao received a notice that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would come to Jingzhao Mansion today to inspect the situation in Jingzhao Mansion.Wei Hao also asked those officials to prepare to welcome him, since he didn't need to prepare anything anyway!
After a while, the prince's guard of honor arrived, and Li Chengqian also got off the carriage.

"I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" Wei Hao greeted him at the door with a group of officials.

"Well, no courtesy, everyone who has worked hard, Shen Yong, you have worked hard too, um, why didn't you see You Shaoyin?" Li Chengqian stood there and asked.

"Return to Your Highness, I just sent someone to look for it, I believe they will come soon!" Wei Hao said immediately, cupping his hands, Wei Hao will do such a thing, it is impossible to offend Li Ke, besides, it was too late for Li Chengqian to notify him. I have already sent someone to go, it is not my business whether I can notify in time.

"Well, okay, let's go, let's see how the Jingzhao Mansion is doing now!" Li Chengqian nodded with a smile, and walked inside with his hands behind his back, Wei Hao followed behind, and when he arrived inside, Li Chengqian sat in the main seat On the next day, Wei Hao began to report on the preparations of the Jingzhao Mansion.

"Your Highness, the Jingzhao Mansion has almost been established, and the responsibilities have been divided. From now on, all the construction of the entire inner city will be in charge of the Jingzhao Mansion, and the construction of the outer area will be in charge of the two counties.
In addition, regarding taxation, the court returns half of the tax to Jingzhao Mansion every year according to the tax paid by Jingzhao Mansion. Yes, some old bazaars also need to be rebuilt.
In addition, there are still many people in Chang’an who do not have houses to live in. This is the responsibility of our yamen. We need to build resettlement houses so that the people have a place to live. In winter, if people freeze to death in Chang'an City, it is our responsibility! "Wei Hao sat there and said to Li Chengqian.

"Well, okay, this matter, you have to make a plan, and then you will approve it alone!" Li Chengqian nodded and said when he heard Wei Hao say this.

"I estimate that 15 yuan may be needed to build a new settlement, and there is still some left over. I want to plan out a few schools. In addition, I also need to plan for public toilets. Now shopping outside, the common people even solve personal problems. There is nothing wrong with it!" Wei Hao continued to speak to Li Chengqian.

"Public restroom?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao incomprehensibly.

"It's the hut!" Wei Hao explained.

"This, this one also needs to be built?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao incomprehensibly.

"Your Highness, how the people of a city look at the yamen is to see how much the yamen has done for the people. As a yamen, although we say that we manage the people, it is better to say that we serve the people. If the people live in peace and contentment, then our yamen has nothing to do. Do it, if our yamen is not done well, the people will hate the yamen, Your Highness, I request your approval!" Sitting there, Wei Hao continued to explain to Li Chengqian.

"Okay, approved. You Shenyong knows what you are doing. You write a plan and you will approve it!" Li Chengqian immediately nodded and said, he remembered what his mother said, Shenyong only supports whatever he does in Chang'an Mansion , because the person who benefits in the end must be himself, and it is impossible for Shen Yong to harm himself.

"On behalf of the people of Chang'an City, thank you, Your Highness!" Wei Hao immediately cupped his hands to Li Chengqian.

"Well, Gu also wants to thank you. There are many things that Gu may not be able to consider, and you need more suggestions!" Li Chengqian also looked at Wei Hao with a smile and said,

At this time, Li Ke hurried in from outside, and then cupped his hands to Li Chengqian and said: "I have seen His Royal Highness, I am far away from welcoming you, please forgive me!"

"Well, it's okay, you just returned to Beijing not long ago, and you need time to sort out the affairs of the house, and you also have many friends. After you finish these things, you can come to Jingzhao Mansion again! Gu is also very busy , Today I also deliberately took time out to look at Jingzhao Mansion. It is indeed doing well. From now on, I will spare as much time as possible every ten days to go to Jingzhao Mansion to deal with things!" Li Chengqian said to Li Ke with a smile ,
It sounds like there is no problem with this, but there is a sense of blame behind it. Li Ke is the right Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion. He should have been in Jingzhao Mansion, but he is busy with his own family and gathering with those friends every day. They simply forgot their responsibilities, and they were unqualified in the first place.

"Your Highness's criticism is that I will definitely make amends, and in the future, I will try my best to be on duty in Jingzhao Mansion." Li Ke immediately cupped his hands and said, feeling unhappy in his heart.

(End of this chapter)