The rise of the prince

Chapter 700 Privy Envoy

Everything is difficult at the beginning, when everything is on the right track, everything slowly becomes in order.

At the beginning of October, the emperor officially announced in front of all the officials that King Jin would be appointed as the Privy Envoy. The reason was that there was a vacancy for the Privy Envoy. According to the usual practice, He Zhao should be appointed as the Privy Envoy. It is convincing that the king of Jin will take up the post because of meritorious service.
If in the past, Li Xingzhou was not surprised that there were endless voices of opposition, but at this time, the court was full of silence. After the silence, there was an overlap of power. He was not surprised.

Li Xingzhou, as the privy envoy, ordered Wei Xingping, the son of Wei Chaoren, to enter Beijing and asked him to bring a battalion of troops.

Of course, his purpose was to discuss the replacement of firearms for the northern frontier army.

"Of course, what I want most is to let Mr. Wei come by himself. It's also easy to discuss, but he doesn't worry about others." In the imperial garden, Li Xingzhou walked slowly with the old emperor. De Gong, He Zhao, Xue Fang, Tang Zhou Accompanied by others.

"The golden man must be on guard, but it's more than that, right?" the emperor said, he was not suspicious, but puzzled.

Seeing that everyone was looking over, Li Xingzhou said as he walked, "Not only the Kingdom of Jin, but also all the ministries of the Mobei Grassland must take precautions, and the threat of the Kingdom of Jin is far beyond what you adults think.

At present, many ministers in the DPRK and China are thinking that Jin Guo is dangerous, but as long as they make good friends with it and spread moral education, they can turn hostility into friendship. "

"Isn't that right? Treat people with virtue and a gentleman's style. How can I be like a barbarian country when I go to court in the Central Plains, always wanting to fight and kill to solve all problems." He Zhao said.

"The words are reasonable, but it depends on the specific issue. To say this is to not understand the actual situation in the north."

"What's the situation in the north?" the emperor asked, walking through a section of beautiful chrysanthemum bushes. The chrysanthemums that were ruined that night when the prince treasoned have recovered, but the flowers are not as good as before, and they cannot be as beautiful as before.

Li Xingzhou said seriously: "Now that we occupy Yanshan Mansion, Zhuozhou, Yizhou, Weizhou, and Anding, and go deep into the eastern hinterland of Jin Kingdom, it is a serious problem for them.

And the Kingdom of Jin occupies Wuzhou, Shuozhou, and Datong Prefecture, and penetrates into the hinterland of western my country, which is also a serious problem for us.

With such a general trend, there must be a war, and it can be fought but not peaceful. In the future, we will either recover Datong Mansion and other surrounding important places, and completely drive the Jin people out of the south of Shanhaiguan.

Or if we don't do anything, they will definitely go southward, capture Yanshan Mansion, drive us to the south of Qigou Pass, and then they can drive straight in. "

"Can't you talk properly?" Fatty Tang leaned over.

"Impossible." Li Xingzhou said affirmatively: "All the officials in the court and the local people must be prepared to fight against the Jin people and more foreigners."

"This prince is a bit serious."

"Yes, I think preparations are necessary, but there is no need to worry so much."

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Everyone said what he said, and they felt that what he said was too serious.

He didn't refute. The normality of the world is that people don't expect it. Putting himself in his shoes, if he was in this world, he would not be able to think of the future crisis, nor the rise of the Mongol Golden Family.

Many things are caused by a combination of many reasons, and there are many chances. The rise of Mongolia and the rise of the Kingdom of Jin are the same, so it is not something that people today can't think of that needs to be harsh.

Fortunately, now that he is here, he can know.

After listening to everyone's words, the emperor looked at him again.

Li Xingzhou said seriously, "A few days ago, I received a report that the Tatars in the north of Yinshan Mountain are attacking the Kingdom of Jin. This is a sign."

"sign?"

"It means that the tribes of the grassland are not convinced by the Jinren, and they are starting to fight back."

"This is the best way. They are fighting with each other, and the two are hurting each other. The Central Plains is not just reaping the benefits of the fisherman." De Gong said slowly.

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone agreed.

Li Xingzhou smiled: "Mr. De, don't forget that a fight between two states doesn't necessarily mean that both sides will lose. There are other possibilities. Such as the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Liao."

Speaking of Jin Liao, everyone booed endlessly. In just a few years, the powerful Liao Kingdom was beaten to death by the late Jin Kingdom.

"The Kingdom of Jin is a foreign enemy and needs to be on guard. But to be honest, the feat of the Lord of Gold is rarely seen in hundreds of years. It is a special case among special cases. I am afraid this will never happen again." Xue Fang shook her head.

Xue Fang's conclusion is justified. The rise of the Kingdom of Jin is a feat that has not been seen in hundreds of years, but the world is always unpredictable. After you sing, I will go on stage. The rise of the Kingdom of Jin is still hot, and then The more terrifying Mongolian Golden Family will follow.

"It's best as Lord Xue said, but no matter what, I feel that the north cannot relax its vigilance at this time. Only Wei Chaoren can rest assured in Yanshan Mansion."

The emperor finally agreed to his suggestion, summoned Wei Xingping to Beijing, and Wei Chaoren guarded Yanshan Mansion because he was a privy envoy.

On the other hand, the negotiation between Fang Xin and the envoy of Xia Guo was also very smooth. Fang Xin is very talented and has eaten the people of Xia Guo to death. The envoys of the kingdom came to see him.

Li Xingzhou asked him to do it without asking him what he said to the people of Xia. Fang Xin was greatly moved by this trust, and promised again and again that there would be no delay.

After returning to the palace from the palace, he went to look for Shiyu. Recently, the recruitment of the new army has started, and Yan Shen, Qifang, and Shen Lin are in charge. Compared with the previous recruitment, Li Xingzhou has set new requirements for them, except for the physical strength assessment. In addition, literacy and reading have also become one of the trade-off criteria. If you are literacy, you can reduce the physical requirements by an appropriate amount.

However, he himself did not have too many expectations. After all, except for children from poor families, who would be willing to go to the battlefield, and how many people from poor families have the opportunity to read and write?
Those who can read, he plans to be incorporated into the artillery, reconnaissance and other arms, among other things, if they are not literate, they will not be able to understand the school shooting table that Zhao Si and his disciples worked so hard to compile.

In addition, Shiyu happily told him that all the mercury and vitriol needed by the palace had arrived, several sets of glassware designed by him had been produced, and the first building of the chemical factory behind had also been completed.Glassware and things were moved over there.

Li Xingzhou was very happy. He had excitedly visited the place where the Tang family produced mercury, and it was steamed with cinnabar.

Since Tang's family made mercury, he did not buy cinnabar to return to the palace to make mercury, but bought mercury finished product directly from Tang's family.

Mainly due to two considerations, one is that the production process is cumbersome, and the palace does not have craftsmen in this area, making it yourself requires a lot of investment, and it also needs to train talents, a lot of money to start, it is not worth it.

Second, mercury is a heavy metal, and there are potential safety hazards in the production process, and it is easy to be poisoned. It is better to let the Tang family produce it and they buy the finished product.

In this way, the palace not only saves costs, but also avoids potential safety hazards, and also sells Fatty Tang a favor.

When he first heard that Wangfu was inquiring about the dansha business, Tang Fatty was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he came to Wangfu several times, each time with heavy gifts.

Li Xingzhou naturally understood what he was afraid of. He was afraid that the Wangfu would intervene in the cinnabar business. The cinnabar business was the foundation of the Tang family's fortune and wealth. If the Wangfu wanted to rob them of their business, although the Tang family had a big business, they couldn't stop it.

(End of this chapter)