The rise of the prince

Chapter 698 Chemical Plant

Wei Yubai has never been a procrastination person, which probably has something to do with her birth.

Hearing her words, Li Xingzhou smiled and asked Meixue to stop, "Why, have you taken a fancy to me?"

Wei Yubai didn't say anything, she avoided her eyes and looked at the river: "For the family, for the country, and for myself, yes, I like the prince, what about the prince."

Li Xingzhou dismounted, pulled her off the horse, and then took her hand, "What do you think, with such a beautiful girl by my side who was born and died, how could this king not be greedy. It's just that I said, I have other expectations for you, you Talents and abilities should not be locked up by the so-called marriage."

Wei Yubai blushed slightly, avoiding his gaze: "I am your older sister."

"Yes yes yes, you are an older sister, but seniority is useless, you can't control me." Li Xingzhou pulled her to sit down, the riverside was lush with grass, filled with a fresh smell, Wei Chaoren and his father Xiaowang are family friends, brothers Xiangxiang, he was also in the north when he was a child, and stayed in the Wei family for a long time. At that time, they were childhood sweethearts, but after King Xiao returned to Beijing, and then died for the country, they never saw each other.

"If it's just a beautiful girl, or the daughter of a border official's family, let alone the emperor's words, I would have married you long ago." Li Xingzhou said with a smirk: "I'm not stupid. I can bring the relationship between the two families closer and stabilize the border." , What a wonderful thing to be able to catch a beauty."

"Then why don't you." Wei Yubai also laughed as he hugged his knees.

Li Xingzhou tilted his head and looked at her sincerely, "Because you are Wei Yubai, the king's most powerful assistant, a vanguard general, and a capable minister who helped me defeat the rebels and destroy the Liao Kingdom.

You can't get married with a piece of paper, cover up your merits, your ability, and ruin your future.The emperor was afraid of the old-fashioned forces in the court and the people. According to the rules of the ancestors, women are not allowed to be officials. No matter how meritorious they are, they can only be vassals of men. Qifang is an example.

This king must open his mouth to wake up the conservatives, and there will only be more such things in the future, and there will be no less. There must always be an opening to remind the people of the world.

I will not back down this time. If I ascend to the supreme position in the future and want to marry you, a little beauty, at least I should marry a general, a capable minister, and not just a vase for display. "

Wei Yubai retorted, "I'm not a little beauty, I'm older than you."

"Yes yes yes, you are a great beauty." Li Xingzhou laughed.

Wei Yubai didn't answer, but showed a knowing smile: "When I was young, my father always said that a scholar should die for a confidant, and a courtier hopes to know the king. I asked him what he meant, and he said it's a pity that I'm a daughter, so I don't understand. Now I It seems to vaguely understand."

On September [-], the emperor added Guo Yaoshi, the general who came from the north to face the saint, as the right to know the affairs of Zhuozhou, and praised his bravery. Play for a while, and then go north to take up the post.

At the same time, it is Li Xingzhou's suggestion to add Wei Chaoren to lead the military affairs of Yanshan Mansion, and to add his son Wei Xingping to Daizhending Mansion. That is to say, let Wei Chaoren lead troops to guard Yanshan Mansion.

There may be two reasons for Wei Xingping to act as his father's former position. One is that Wei Xingping has military exploits and needs rewards, and the other is that the emperor arranged for him to marry Wei Yubai. Then the Wei family is royal relatives, they are their own, and they can be trusted.

Later, at the end of the month, the emperor was also very happy. First, the generals of the enemy country surrendered, and then gradually arranged the affairs of the north. Great work done.

It is natural for the emperor to be happy, and the haze of the prince's rebellion has gradually been washed away.

However, even though the emperor was on the verge of getting excited, Li Xingzhou still gave him a letter one after another, opposing the practice of marrying Wei Yubai to him. Once Wei Yubai marries now, whether it is outsiders or the Wei family, it will be regarded as a kind of favor, Wei Yubai The meritorious service established will not be rewarded by military power and political power.

The emperor was very angry, criticized at first, dismissed.Later, he wrote back and scolded him twice, and then he was directly called into the palace to scold him.

But Li Xingzhou refused to let go at all, he just insisted that this matter would not back down, because his attitude was too tough, the emperor was angry, and he couldn't act on his own.

If the emperor issued a decree, and he resisted the decree, there would be trouble at both ends. If he obeyed, the emperor would lose his majesty. If he did not lose the power of heaven, he would be punished for resisting the decree.

In fact, the emperor also knew in his heart where the difference between them was, whether it was conservative or an exception.

The emperor has also educated him several times about this. There is a price to be paid for breaking the rules. Many ministers in the court and public opinion are very conservative. If Wei Yubai is given official positions according to his merits and given military power, he will offend those conservatives.

However, he still insisted on his opinion. Some things will break sooner or later. Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. If there is no break, there is no establishment. If you blindly make concessions for the sake of the old school and public opinion, you will only stand still and be left behind by other countries.

He couldn't convince the emperor, and the emperor couldn't convince him, so the two confronted each other for a long time.

He had a stalemate with the emperor, but the affairs of the mansion did not come to an end. After Di Zhi and Yan Shen returned, Li Xingzhou rewarded Yan Shen with several princesses from the Liao Kingdom's collateral lineage, because he was also at the age of marriage. It doesn't matter if you marry as the royal family, after all, you are the queen of the royal family of the Liao Kingdom.

Then he ordered Shen Lin and Yan Shen to take the lead and preside over the recruiting work of the new army.

In addition, Shiyu started to talk to the Tang family about the cinnabar business, and started to prepare for the purchase of green vitriol.

The voyage to the north and south of the Wangfu was restarted, and Qifang and Yan Kun were also on the road again. Qifang was in charge of the business in the south, and Yan Kun was in charge of the business in the north.

With the support of my sister-in-law Princess Qing'an in the south, and the help of my father-in-law Wang Tongningjiang's prefect in the north, the business of the palace is booming.

At the same time, the construction of the residence area for craftsmen in the palace was about to be completed. Seventy percent of the craftsmen who came from all directions passed the test of the palace and stayed in the palace. Those who failed were sent to travel expenses.

Because of Li Xingzhou's order to focus on the production of the second-generation steam engine, the number increased to eight at the end of September and early October, and more boring tools were manufactured.

With more craftsmen and more steam engines, the productivity of the palace is also booming, and the efficiency of firearms production is also increasing.

Li Xingzhou also sent Fang Xin as the main force, Xiao Hongqi as the assistant, to contact the Xia Guo envoy in the capital, and revealed the information that he was willing to buy or sell arms.

At the same time, Li Xingzhou sent He Xu, He Qian's second elder brother, who had just arrived in the post, to be escorted by the new army, and went north to try to contact various ministries on the Mongolian grassland to discuss arms deals with them.

The glass industry in Wangfu temporarily stopped the production of glass products, and changed to the production of chemical glass instruments and glass instruments for chemical production.

Then Zhu Rong was asked to build a new factory building on the edge of the Wangfu Houshan Industrial Zone as the first chemical plant in the Wangfu.

The new firearms revolution will come one after another within a few years
(End of this chapter)