Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 395
Chapter 97 takes the world by storm

Trust is mutual, if he has reservations about Chen Ying, he can't expect Chen Ying to assist him with all his strength.Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng did not hide anything.Li Jiancheng hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "At Chen Qing's age, adding the title of Prince Shaobao will indeed do more harm than good."

It's not just that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, if Chen Ying is crowned as the crown prince Shaobao, I'm afraid how embarrassing the old officials of the Manchu court will be?Could it be that Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Xiao Shiwen and other veterans should obediently salute when they see Chen Ying?Don't say that Li Yuan couldn't pass that test, even if Li Yuan really agreed, Chen Ying would become the public enemy of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

Chen Ying saw that Li Jiancheng was relieved, and he was also relieved.

Chen Ying, who has been a man for two lifetimes, has already passed the age at which he can die generously by relying on the appointment of an official and making a wish.The early citrons rot first, and the early birds are shot. In the officialdom, sometimes I have to temporarily avoid the edge.Chen Ying bowed and said: "As a minister, he eats the king's salary, shares the worries of the king, and has a duty-bound duty. The minister will definitely go all out to win the Hangu Pass!"

"I can request an order from my father to add Chen Qing as the champion general." Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment, looked at Chen Ying and asked, "What else does Chen Qing want?"

The champion general is the third-rank military official of the Tang Dynasty, equivalent to Dr. Jin Ziguanglu, a civil official.In the Sui Dynasty, in order to avoid the fall of military power during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the princes separated their regimes, and the world was turbulent, Yang Jian split up the official positions.Formed two sets of systems of honorary officers and rank officials.On the basis of the honored officials of the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty carried out a detailed division, forming three types: honored officials, casual officials, and post officials.

Honorary officers refer specifically to meritorious titles, similar to the system of the Han Dynasty: "non-military meritorious service shall not be enshrined as a marquis", honorary officers cannot be hereditary, and only military merits can be obtained, just like the meritorious service of later generations.In the Tang Dynasty, the honorary officer actually had a better reputation.

Originally, Chen Ying had the honorary officer of Hussar General, which was equivalent to a second-class meritorious service in later generations, and he was a hero.If he hadn't been dismissed before, Chen Ying's Hussar General wouldn't even have a salary.The only advantage is that the grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, wives, and descendants who committed the crime of exile can be reduced-etc;Tang Dian stipulates that a man can take a concubine only with his wife's consent if he has not been married for 40 years.

However, having a concubine can be justifiable as an honorary officer, and there is exemption from conscription and tax.

Sanguan is also a status symbol, representing the salary and treatment received by officials.This is a title and does not imply actual position.For example, General Hussars, Lieutenant Yunqi...these are all scattered officials.Officials with definite scope of authority, such as Taishi, Tiance Admiral, and Fuyin, are positions that actually do things and bear corresponding responsibilities, and they are also positions that actually hold power.

Chen Ying has become a champion general, this is a third-rank military official, which is equivalent to Chen Ying truly enjoying the salary treatment of a third-rank official. Salary and ceremonial guards.

But with this champion general of the third rank, Chen Ying can receive an extra salary of about 370 guanqian per year, plus 120 shi of grain, and an additional [-] mu of employment land. The imperial court will also subsidize Chen Ying's chariots and horses. Travel, ceremonial and other expenses [-] Guan.

If the money of the Tang Dynasty is converted into more than one million RMB in later generations.

Although the money was small money to Chen Ying at this time, Chen Ying didn't think it was too much.It was a matter of course and agreed.

Chen Ying replied: "I would like to hear His Royal Highness agree to five conditions, and I will definitely win the Hangu Pass for His Royal Highness!"

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly: "Chen Qing, but it's okay to say!"

"First, I don't plan to wait for His Royal Highness King Qin to launch an attack after the beginning of spring next year. I plan to make some preparations and launch an attack on New Year's Eve, and try to capture Hangu Pass before Wang Shichong opens his government on the Yuan Festival within half a month! "Chen Yingdao: "So, I want to listen to His Royal Highness, and give him the right to do things cheaply!"

Li Jiancheng nodded. He knew that Chen Ying's way of thinking was very free and easy, and he was too strong and didn't know how to unite his colleagues. It was best for Chen Ying to complete the tasks assigned to him alone. If he was asked to cooperate with others, he had to do it It cannot be smashed.Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "Yes!"

Chen Ying smiled knowingly and said, "Secondly, there are too many enemy spies in the city of Chang'an. It is difficult for Wang Shichong to hear the news that the minister sent troops to capture Hangu Pass in advance, so I want to invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, pretending to declare to the outside world that the minister has angered the Crown Prince. Your Highness, His Highness the Crown Prince will not meet with the ministers!"

Chen Ying was preparing to attack Hangu Pass by surprise, so the surprise of the attack must be ensured. As long as the enemy discovered his strategic layout later, the chance of Chen Ying's success would be higher.So cheating is just a small trick.

Li Jiancheng hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said: "Soldiers never tire of cheating, this is understandable. Accurate!"

Chen Ying said very relaxedly: "I would like to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to collect all the feathers from around Chang'an and give them to my ministers. I plan to rush to at least [-] or [-] sets of down uniforms for the soldiers of the army to keep out the cold!"

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng suddenly became embarrassed.

In the era when there was no cotton, many down quilts were popular in Chang'an because of their light weight, cold protection and warmth, and did not affect body movements. After Chen Ying invented it, except for the first set of soldiers led by Dong Gongwei, the other feathers were distributed among the various families and clans.

Li Jiancheng has the dignity of a prince, and there is no way to force the feathers to be taken from the hands of the powerful families. Now it is Chen Ying who has presented him with a problem.Chen Ying needs [-] to [-] sets of down jackets, which is really not a small amount, because down jackets in Chang'an have been hyped up to [-] pieces, and [-] down jackets, even if the treasury is emptied, Li Jiancheng can't get it out.

Seeing Prince Li Jian in trouble,
Wei Zhengdao: "There is a down bedding and a set of down jackets that His Highness the Crown Prince rewarded in my family. I can use the fur to make up for it, and I can donate the down from the family."

Hearing what Wei Zheng said, Wang Gui sighed in his heart. He is different from Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng's family is poor, and he has no other source of wealth except one person's salary, so his feathers are all rewarded by Li Jiancheng before. .But Wang Gui's family is well-off, who doesn't have four down jackets for his wife and children?As for down bedding, there are as many as a hundred beds.

Wang Gui gritted his teeth and said, "I would like to donate twenty sets of down!"

When he said this, Wang Gui's heart was bleeding.Twenty sets of down jackets are equivalent to [-] yuan, which means that he has been working for Li Jiancheng for nothing within ten years.

Li Jiancheng grimaced, Wei Zheng donated three sets, Wang Gui donated twenty sets, and there is still some stock in the East Palace, no matter how there are about two hundred sets of down, but this is still far from the amount that Chen Ying needs. a lot.

Chen Ying looked at Wei Zheng's indifferent face, and then stared at Wang Gui's mournful look. Chen Ying stared at Wang Gui and Li Jiancheng for a long time, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Li Jiancheng was in a bad mood, looked at Chen Ying suspiciously and said, "Why is Chen Qing laughing?"

"His Royal Highness is really planning to buy [-] to [-] sets of down jackets?" Chen Ying asked seriously?

Li Jiancheng said with a bitter face: "This palace will not compete with the people for profit, of course I want to buy it!"

Chen Yingdao: "Actually, His Royal Highness doesn't need to pay a penny. Naturally, someone will send the down to His Highness."

When Chen Ying said this, not to mention Li Jiancheng, even Wei Zheng thought that Chen Ying's idea was too naive. The people present were all from aristocratic clans. They are all Pixiu, they can only get in and out, and it is as difficult to get a penny out of their pockets as it is to create a penny.

Li Jiancheng said with a wry smile: "Is there really such a way?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "There really are!"

Li Jiancheng showed an unbelievable look, and after pondering for a moment, Li Jiancheng said dumbfounded: "I will find a way to meet Chen Qing's needs as much as possible..."

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "I'm not joking. Has Your Highness the Crown Prince forgotten that I plan to attack Taolin this time? As long as His Highness releases the wind, Datang will get Taolin in the future, divide the gold mines in Taolin into ten shares, and contract out separately. Conditions There is only one, and that is to contribute the most down to Dongzhong."

Li Jiancheng suddenly realized.Repeatedly said: "This plan is very wonderful, it is too wonderful."

There was a storm in Wang Gui's heart. No one knew what Jin Guangli meant. Once the Wang family of Taiyuan embraced the gold mine in Taolin City, the Wang family of Taiyuan would simply fall asleep. Pillow.

Wei Zheng stared at Chen Ying dumbfounded. He really wanted to know what Chen Ying was thinking. This move was probably no less than killing three men with two peaches.

Chen Yingdao: "His Royal Highness, you can try it, as long as the sound is released, the feathers in Chang'an City will definitely run to the East Palace in nine out of ten."｜
Li Jiancheng was secretly surprised. He really didn't know how Chen Ying's head grew, and how he came up with such a brilliant idea. In comparison, down is not a difficult and high-tech thing. The value of down now makes many people Breeding ducks with grain will take at most three to five years, or even less than three to five years, and down will soon become popular in Chang'an and the world.

The value of down will drop within one or two years at the most, and it is considered expensive when it is rare. When the world is full of down, this down will become something that can be seen everywhere like fur.

But the gold mine is different. Once this thing is owned, it can be passed on to future generations. No matter when, the value of gold will not depreciate.

(End of this chapter)