Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 450 Undercurrent
Chapter 446

Wei Hao had lunch with Li Chengqian in the East Palace. The two were chatting at the dining table. Li Chengqian really wanted to promote the matter of high salary and honesty, but Wei Hao didn't want him to go up.

He knew that the aristocratic family is still very powerful in the court. If Li Chengqian is allowed to go up, Li Chengqian will be in trouble. Although those officials are not powerful individually, they are very scary when they are united.

"Wannian County and Chang'an County are both good now, and Wannian County is planning for next year, but now there is a big problem. You need to go to the court to talk about the problem of living in Chang'an City. I predict that the number of people in Chang'an City will increase by about 50 next year.
But the houses in Chang'an City cannot accommodate so many people. It is even said that some of the land in Chang'an City cannot accommodate so many people. This is a big problem.
If it is not resolved, the public security in Chang'an City and the public security outside the city will be a big problem. If there is a problem with public security, it will directly affect the people's views on the court.
So, I want to build a house. This house can be built in court and rented out to the people, or it can be built by private individuals and sold to the people. How to do it depends on the approval of His Majesty. Now, I want you to go Tell the Ministry of Civil Affairs, let them go to count, how many people in Chang'an City rent houses now, what is the current rent, and what is the living environment like?
With these data, we can allow the court to make plans in advance, including planning for food. It cannot be said that the people in Chang'an City will have no food to buy. This is also a big problem! "Wei Hao sat there, looked at Li Chengqian and said.

"This? Is it so serious?" It was the first time Li Chengqian heard such a thing, and immediately looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"It will be so serious. With more and more workshops in Chang'an City, more people and businessmen will be attracted to Chang'an. They need to make a living, and Chang'an City is indeed better than a small place to make a living. At the very least, there are jobs. Do it and make money!
A worker’s annual income is about two pennies, and two pennies can support a family of five without any problem. If you add the family’s farming, there will be no problem, so that’s why, now Chang’an City There are more and more people, they are all looking for work to do! "Wei Hao nodded and said to Li Chengqian.

"If that's the case, then I really need to talk to my father!" Li Chengqian frowned and nodded at this moment.

"In addition, I think another way is to divert the workshops in Chang'an City to Luoyang, which can also relieve the pressure on Chang'an City. Luoyang is not far from Chang'an, and the development there is good. For Chang'an, it is also an opportunity. Promotion, but I don't know how the court ministers think about it!" Wei Hao went on to talk about his thoughts. "Then which one do you prefer?" Li Chengqian asked Wei Hao.

"The second way is because now all wars rely on siege. If a city is too big and is surrounded, it will be a disaster for the people in the city. Although such a thing will not happen now,
But from the perspective of history, this situation will also happen in the future, so we still need to consider it. We also need to be responsible for the people in the future. In addition, we put some in Luoyang. It is also said that once Chang'an City is destroyed, Luoyang will still be there. , It can still develop rapidly over there, so what I mean is to start next year and focus on the development of Luoyang City! "Wei Hao sat there and said to Li Shimin.

"En!" Li Chengqian nodded after hearing this.

"But whoever goes to Luoyang, except you, I guess no one has the ability to develop Luoyang well, but next year you are going to get married, it is impossible to go to Luoyang in the first year of marriage, right?" Li Chengqian said while sitting there worrying.

"Come on, have a sip!" Wei Hao raised his wine glass and said to Li Chengqian.Li Chengqian and Wei Hao touched each other.

"There are too few people like you in the court. If there were more, Datang would not have to worry about it, and the people would be able to live a better life!" Li Chengqian sat there and said with emotion.

"Brother, you've praised me. I don't have such skills. In fact, I really need to transfer some workshops to Luoyang. However, if there are not enough merchants in Luoyang, those workshop owners are not willing to go. After all They also hope that many merchants will go there to buy things, so it is difficult, and there must be a unique workshop!" Wei Hao smiled and said to Li Chengqian.

"Anyway, you go, there must be no problem, you know how to develop there!" Li Chengqian said to Wei Hao.

"Well, you should go and report to the emperor first, and find out what the emperor means? If you want to be in Chang'an City, you need to build a house, and you need to build a five-story to seven-story house, and the five-story house is the best. In this way It is not difficult for ordinary people to carry water up, but it is a bit difficult for the seventh floor. If you want to develop Luoyang, then you need to select people to go there to do the preliminary work!" Wei Hao looked at Li Chengqian and said .

"Success, I'll talk about it tomorrow!" After hearing this, Li Chengqian nodded, then greeted Wei Hao for dinner,

After eating, the two of them sat down in the gazebo outside, and a maid brought fruit.

"Now in the court, officials are also starting to look at money, especially when they learn that many businessmen have made money and are ready to make money. This is not a good phenomenon. Know how he will check,
In fact, I am not optimistic about him taking up this position. If other people take up the position, I have no such worries, but he may have selfish intentions. Once he wants the support of others, he may let some people go. On the contrary, the government may collapse, but if the emperor makes such a decision, neither you nor I can do anything about it. "Sitting there, Li Chengqian said worriedly.

"Don't worry about this. Anyway, corrupt people will have trouble sooner or later. If the king of Shu does this, he will dig a hole for himself. It depends on whether he is smart or not. You don't need to worry about such things, just take care of yourself People, let them not stretch out their hands indiscriminately, once they are caught, it will be fatal!" Sitting there, Wei Hao said to Li Chengqian.

"I've already written to them, telling them not to move money that shouldn't be moved. If you have any difficulties, you can write to me. I will find a way here." Li Chengqian also nodded and said.

"Well, by the way, Qingque is quite capable now, you have to be careful!" Wei Hao thought for a while, and still reminded Li Chengqian,
Li Chengqian glanced at Wei Hao, nodded again and said: "I know, I basically know about him, and he is bound together with the aristocratic family, and he is not afraid of accidents. He also saved a few officials this time. He thought others I don’t know, in fact, as long as you check, you can find him. Forget it, don’t care about him, he wants to fight, let him fight, what else can I say, the king of Shu can fight, why can’t he fight? , I hope he can win!"

When Wei Hao heard it, he smiled helplessly,

After chatting for a while, Wei Hao went back,
And Wei Hao went to the East Palace to have lunch and chat, and soon came to Li Shimin's book case, including the content of the conversation, and Li Shimin burned it after reading it. He was relieved of Wei Hao, and Wei Hao supported it Li Chengqian, he also knows,

Although he didn't say it publicly, Wei Hao must be towards Li Chengqian, which is what he should have meant. If Wei Hao didn't know about Li Chengqian, then there would be a big problem.

Then, Li Shimin sat in the study, thinking whether it would be better to expand Chang'an or develop Luoyang. Li Shimin didn't want Wei Hao to go to Luoyang, but if Wei Hao didn't go to Luoyang, others might not be able to develop.

"At that time, let Shen Yong recommend talents. Chang'an can't continue to develop like this, it's not good!" Li Shimin sat there, thinking anxiously,

The next day, Li Chengqian arrived at the Ganlu Palace and told Li Shimin what Wei Hao said. Li Shimin asked Li Chengqian for his opinion. Li Chengqian believed Wei Hao and said that he hoped to develop Luoyang. Chang'an City could not continue to expand so quickly. , this will cause a lot of problems, Li Shimin heard it and nodded,

Then he told Li Chengqian that he would have to discuss this matter with those ministers at that time, and he couldn't make a decision now.
And Wei Hao is very busy, running around every day, leaving early and returning late every day, but in the houses of those officials, they are all discussing the two memorials written by Wei Hao, mainly discussing the second book.

In the evening, at Wei Chen's house, Wei Chen also just came back. He wanted to figure out what happened in Wannian County, and he didn't want to embarrass Wei Hao, so he had been thinking about the development of Wannian County.

"Master, why are you still looking at things? I see you are staring at the map every day!" Wei Chen's wife came over, looked at Wei Chen and asked.

"Well, Wannian County still has a lot of things to do next year, and now there are many people in Wannian County who have no place to live, but it needs to be resolved!" Wei Chen nodded and said in a heavy tone.

"My lord, being a ten thousand year county magistrate, why do you feel busier than being in the Ministry of Civil Affairs?" Madam continued to look at Wei Chen with a smile and said. "Of course, do you know how many people there are in Wannian County? Now it's about to exceed 50 people. Although it's not as many as in Chang'an County, I'm in charge of eating, drinking, and drinking for 50 people. Can you not be busy?

Besides, Shen Yong thinks highly of me and recommends me so much in front of His Majesty, if I don't do well, I will be sorry to Shen Yong!If I do well this time, I may take over Shen Yong's position next time, as the Shao Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion, and then take up the position of Minister of the Chamber of Commerce. This is Shen Yong's arrangement for me! "Wei Chen sat there and said to his wife.

"Well, then you don't have to be too tired!" Madam persuaded Wei Chen.

"It's okay to be tired, do you know that you are not tired? It's not like when Shen Yong didn't get up before, he was tired. He was careful in everything he did, and he was afraid of offending others when he said something.

I'm busy now, not to mention tired, by the way, you remember, no matter who comes to give gifts in the future, you must not let the gifts enter the house, you hear?We don't want gifts from anyone except uncle!
The income of the family is also good, Shenyong also bought us the shares of the workshop, and the annual dividends are several hundred yuan, and our fields, plus my salary, our family’s annual income exceeds a thousand yuan Money, families in many countries do not have so much income, so don't trouble me! "Wei Chen explained to his wife.

"I know, how dare I, besides, there is Shenyong here, even if we are short of money, I guess we can borrow it from Shenyong, why bother to be captured and corrupt!" Madam nodded and said.

"That's good, it's good to understand. Shen Yong is not short of money. I have told me many times before that I am not allowed to reach out. If I am short of money, tell him that his family can transfer 10 yuan at any time. Uncle Jin Bao also wishes us well. also told me,

You see, every time he came to see his mother, the gifts he sent were worth tens of dollars. The key point is that you can’t buy them. When I was in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, even Shang Shu didn’t dare to drink the tea I drank like that. Although Shenyong also gave him some, but he didn't have as many tea leaves as I did. I occasionally put some tea in Shangshu's office, otherwise, he wouldn't dare to drink it himself, and prepared it for entertaining people! " Wei Chen said a little proudly at the moment,

My younger brother is so powerful, and I am also in the limelight. Not only are my colleagues envious, but I don’t know how many people in the family are envious. When I need help, I don’t need to ask at all. People, Shenyong may not be able to help, it depends on what matters.

"Master, madam, there are some officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs outside asking to see you, saying that they are your former colleagues!" At this moment, the housekeeper came in and said to Wei Chen.

"Oh, please come to the living room!" Wei Chen was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, not long after he left the Ministry of Civil Affairs, they came to find him, why?Soon, several officials arrived at the entrance of the living room, and Wei Chen also greeted them at the entrance of the living room.

"Hurry up, please come inside, do you want to eat?" Wei Chen said enthusiastically.

"It's been used, brother Jinxian, now you are very proud!" an official said to Wei Chen with a smile.

"Why, I'm very busy now. I go around every day to understand the situation of the local people. No, I have to make plans when I come back at night. I have to take care of the food and drink of hundreds of thousands of people, but it takes a lot of brains!" Wei Chen Sitting there, he waved his hand and said.

"We're not that busy. By the way, Brother Jinxian, do you know what happened in the court this morning?" Another official looked at Wei Chen and asked.

"I know something. It seems to be a memorial from Wei Shaoyin. Everyone is against it, right?" Wei Hao nodded and said.

"It's not objection, it's hard to define. In addition, if it is implemented, it will be bad for us officials. The Five Dynasties cannot participate in the imperial examination and cannot be an official. You say, hey! The price is too high!" An official was embarrassed He looked at Wei Chen and said.

"However, as long as there is no dereliction of duty and no corruption, I don't think the matter is that serious. Wouldn't it be good to be an official?" Wei Chen looked at them a little puzzled and asked.

"That's what you say, but, you say that if you are an official, you dare not deal with big corruption, and if you are a small one, you don't need us to reach out. Someone will give it to you. We can't be unkind, so we refuse all of them, right?
Besides, how to define is a problem. Brother Jinxian, we came here this time, but we were entrusted by the Ministry of Ministries, Ministers of Officials, Ministers of Works, and Ministers of Rites. Out of the six departments, four disagreed.
As for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment, as you know, they are both princes. They don’t care about such things, but their servants are also against it, so they entrust us to come to you and hope that you can persuade Duke Xia to take back that book. Memorial! "One of them looked at Wei Chen and said.

"I, go to persuade Duke Xia, this, I can't control Duke Xia, besides, the memorial has been sent up, can it be taken back?" After hearing this, Wei Chen looked at them in surprise and said, he didn't expect them to have such a purpose here.

"Although it can't be taken back, please go and talk to Xia Guogong and tell him not to go to the court. The next big court meeting, don't go to the court. If this is the case, it may not be possible. Now His Majesty asked those ministers to write memorials. view on the matter,
Everyone doesn't know how to write now?There is no way to write, if you agree, the impact will be too great, if you disagree, you dare not!So they all watched, if Wei Hao didn't go to court next time, the ministers would treat him in silence, they thought that His Majesty would not push this matter! "The man sitting next to Wei Chen said to Wei Chen.

"This, me, that, okay, I can say it, but I can't guarantee anything, you all know that although I am his elder brother, I can't make decisions about his affairs!" Wei Chen thought of Wei Hao What I said to myself before, as long as it involves him, it doesn't matter, I can deal with it as I like, as long as I don't involve myself,
Besides, those people brought out four of the six books just now, and the servants of the other two books. They themselves threatened themselves, hoping that they could agree. After all, sometimes, you still need to deal with Liubu!

"Okay, then we must know. Everyone knows Xia Guogong's character. I just said, I hope you will remind him in the past. There is no need to offend so many officials. This time, it affects everyone's interests, so I ask Xia Guogong to be cautious." Think about it!" The officials were relieved to hear that Wei Chen agreed, and they were also afraid that Wei Chen would not agree.

"Hey, my younger brother, as you all know, has a very stubborn personality. No one can do anything about it, even my uncle, and I can't do anything about it. I can definitely say it, but I guess It's hard to convince him, I hope you will make other preparations." Wei Chen looked at them with a sigh and said,

Go and convince yourself, just tell Wei Hao that this is the case. I agree with Wei Hao's memorial. Since you are an official, you need to do good things for the people.

Not to mention anything else, just say that I have been wandering around in various villages these days. Those people are very enthusiastic about me, and I will tell myself any difficulties, and I will consider them. These are actually the foundations laid by Wei Hao. If Without him handling the relationship with the people so well, it would be impossible for him to be supported by the people.
And in Wei Zheng's mansion, there are also many high-ranking officials, including the four ministers, and other ministers above the third rank. They came to persuade Wei Zheng, hoping that Wei Zheng would impeach Wei Hao.

(End of this chapter)