Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 253
Ye Chen didn't stay in Guanzhong, found out the stronghold of the temple in Chang'an, and didn't act rashly.Then he brought people back to Kaifeng without stopping.

On the whole, his trip to the northwest has achieved quite a lot. First, he solved the case of losing military pay, recovered 80 military pay, and rescued Yu Daoxiang. Little hit.

In addition, he also took back his sniper rifle and binoculars from Yu Laomo.The daggers, diamond rings and other things brought from the previous life have been carried by Yu Daoxiang unceremoniously.

In order to prevent others from discovering the secret of the sniper rifle, Ye Chen once hid his only three bullets in a private place outside Yongle Town.On the way, he sent a group of Huaxia Guards to search for it.

Since the establishment of the Huaxia Weifu for more than three months, the first attack was the loss of 80 military pay and the disappearance of a thousand guards. Not only did it solve the case, recover the military pay, but also beheaded nearly a thousand thieves. There were even some captives.Zhao Kuangyin was very satisfied with this, and it must be known that this was something the Wu Desi had never achieved before.

Ye Chen just returned to Kaifeng today, instead of going back to the city, he went to the Huaxia Weifu Yamen outside the city.He first convened ministers and envoys and above to discuss and summarize the completion of the mission, and then when he was signing the list of military merit awards reported by the Department of Internal Affairs, someone notified that the emperor had arrived.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't come to the Huaxia Wei Mansion on a special trip. Today, he went to the Forbidden Army camps outside the city to take a look at the morale of the army and the preparations for the conquest of the Southern Han Dynasty.When they returned to the city, they heard that Ye Chen was back, so they temporarily decided to visit Huaxia Weifu.

When Ye Chen came to the gate of the government office in a hurry, Zhao Kuangyin had already arrived. Ye Chen brought all his subordinates to meet the ceremony. After everyone accepted the emperor's high praise and praise, Zhao Kuangyin asked the others to disperse, and Ye Chen accompanied him to start the ceremony. Check out everywhere.

Zhao Kuangyin showed great interest in everything about the Huaxia Weifu today. As he walked, he asked Ye Chen carefully, which involved the structure of the bureaucracy, division of responsibilities, training content and so on.

After asking about the most basic things, Zhao Kuangyin nodded. As the founding emperor, he naturally had extraordinary knowledge, and gave a very high evaluation and affirmation of Ye Chen's organization, division of various responsibilities, and training content.

Just when Ye Chen was complacent, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly said: "I heard that your internal affairs department has set up many car and horse dealers in various places, opened many restaurants, inns, brothels, casinos and so on, and made a lot of money. Bar!"

Ye Chen was taken aback for a moment, thinking that the emperor had rubbed the sand in the Huaxia Wei Mansion, but he never thought of hiding these things from Zhao Kuangyin. The people Zhao Kuangyin sent obviously only knew one thing and the other, only the surface. Some things on the Internet, some internal confidential things are still unknown.For example, how much money Huaxia Weifu can earn in a year, how many people are there in the peripheral forces, and so on!
Thoughts turned in Ye Chen's mind, without revealing anything on his face, he said: "Your Majesty, it is true that there is such a thing, but the carriages and horses are used to pass and inquire about the news, and restaurants, inns, brothels, casinos all over the world They are the strongholds of our Huaxia Weifu in various places. In addition to inquiring about news and delivering important information in a timely manner, the main task is to thoroughly investigate the hidden forces of the Holy Church in various places, and at the same time monitor some local tycoons and Jianghu gangs."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled meaningfully, and said: "I can imagine what you said. It's a good thing to do, but I didn't expect you to have such a big skill, and you have made such a big progress in such a short period of time. Hmm... Not a lot of money! I heard that the car and horse business alone makes a net profit of 30 yuan a month. Not to mention other businesses."

Ye Chen finally understood the purpose of the emperor's words, but only 30... Humph!Fortunately, he had a heart and purposely told Jia Xian to halve all profits in the accounts.He monopolized the car and horse dealerships in every state in the country, and earned not only 30 guan, but 60 guan in a month.Of course, as long as Ye Chen and the Department of Internal Affairs know about this kind of thing, it is fine, and absolutely cannot be told to anyone, not even the Son of Heaven.

Ye Chen said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I made some money, but my Huaxia Weifu invested a lot in the early stage, and Your Majesty didn't give me money, but I took out all my family property for public use, and shared it with the Luo family, Cao family, etc. Several families have borrowed a lot of money, and they are preparing to pay it back in the past few days. In addition, everything Huaxia Weifu does is inseparable from money, especially inquiring about news, monitoring some forces, secretly investigating hidden forces in various parts of the Holy Church, They all need a large number of external personnel, and none of these personnel are paid by the imperial court, so if you want them to work, you still need money, so although they earn a lot of money, there are also a lot of places to spend it!"

Zhao Kuangyin smiled slightly, and said: "Okay, don't cry poorly with me. Originally, I had to wait until the second half of the year to launch troops against the Southern Han Dynasty, but I couldn't wait. There is still more than a month before my army will conquer the Southern Han Dynasty." Han, every time a war is fought, the food, weapons, utensils, and military pay are huge, so the treasury needs are a little tight. I remember that you owed me [-] guan before. I heard that Luo Gongming and Cao Bin took Give some money to you, what kind of shares are you doing, and you will get a share according to the shares in the future. The [-] yuan is also considered as a share, and I am not greedy. In the future, half of the profits of your Huaxia Weifu will go to my internal treasury."

Ye Chendang shouted with a sad face: "Your Majesty, this half is too much. It is not easy for the people below to earn money while serving the court. How about a quarter of the profit?"

Zhao Kuangyin snorted coldly, and said, "Ye Chen! It's you who dares to bargain with me. I've already made a decision on this matter. Besides, if I didn't care about you this time, you Huaxia For the sake of the good work done by the Northwest of the Wei Mansion, it would be nice to leave at most one-third of it for you. What's more, I didn't use the money for the harem, and I used the money for military expenses."

Ye Chen knew that he had no room to refuse this matter, so he could only say yes respectfully, and said: "The minister will hand over half of the three-month profit to the internal treasury later."

After Zhao Kuangyin got the money from Ye Chen, he couldn't help being in a good mood. He laughed and said, "Well! This time, I plan to dispatch an army of 4 to attack the Southern Han Dynasty. Pan Mei, Zhao Zan and you will each lead an army to attack in three ways. Conquer the Southern Han Dynasty. However, although I promised you to lead an army, it is your first time to lead an army alone, so the other two armies each have 2 horses, and you only have [-] horses."

"Well... for the sake of earning me a lot of money, you can also make two requests to me." Zhao Kuangyin said immediately.

2 horses are just right for Ye Chen, no matter how many people there are, he will still have no idea.After all, although he was very clear in his heart that the Southern Han Dynasty court was already rotten to the core, and the information he had recently received was that the officers of the Southern Han Army were starving for nothing and drinking the blood of their soldiers. In terms of strength and morale, it would be good to be half of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.

However, the Southern Han Dynasty was the defending side after all. Judging from the current situation of the Southern Han Dynasty, the possibility of daring to go out to fight in the field is too small.In the battle of attacking and defending the city, the side defending the city will naturally take advantage, so this battle is still difficult to fight.What's more, soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and anything can happen on the battlefield. It is a fatal mistake to look down on your opponent.Ye Chen knew this very well, so he had already made up his mind that he would never take his opponent lightly this time.Be sure to make all kinds of preparations and do your best in everything.

Zhao Kuangyin's generosity was bought by Ye Chen with money, so Ye Chen would not be polite. Although he is busy with the affairs in the Northwest these days, the Intelligence Department of Huaxia Weifu sent hundreds of people to Nanhan to inquire about it two months ago. Various intelligence information such as the terrain, the deployment of the Han army, the personality of the general who leads the troops, and so on.In the past few days, a lot of information has been delivered to him successively. After reading it, Ye Chen already has some ideas in his mind.This is the right time to bring it up.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, I just have something to ask for your Majesty's permission." Ye Chen said respectfully to Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin asked curiously: "What's the matter, let's talk about it first."

Ye Chen said: "The leader of the army, I want to kiss five people, and they will command the [-] Imperial Guards. And let four of them take office as soon as possible, and the soldiers and horses will be in place. The four of them will take this time to get familiar with each other."

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Kuangyin asked, "Ye Chen! Why don't you tell me who these four people are?"

Ye Chen said: "One of them is Luo Yaoshun, the commander of the imperial infantry, and his 500 troops."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, signaling Ye Chen to continue.

Ye Chen said again: "The second person is Cao Wei, the commander of the left wing army, and his 500 troops."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "I have given permission to these two people, and let them bring along the men and horses under my command. Besides these two people, who are the other three people?"

Ye Chen said: "The third person is a battalion commander under the Left Wing Army of the Forbidden Army, named Wang Chao. This person is my life and death brother. He once saved my life in Jinyang."

Zhao Kuangyin heard this for the first time, and said: "Since Wang Chao saved you, this is a great achievement in itself. Pass on my will, promote Wang Chao to the military capital of Yuhou, command four commanders, 2000 troops, and the required troops. Dispatched by the Privy Council."

Ye Chen was overjoyed, and was very grateful to Zhao Kuangyin in his heart. It was extremely difficult for Wang Chao to be promoted so easily.Dang even bowed to Zhao Kuangyin and said gratefully, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing Ye Chen's heartfelt joy, Zhao Kuangyin narrowed his eyes, and secretly wrote down the name Wang Chao in his heart.

Ye Chen continued: "The fourth person is Yang Yanping, the eldest son of Yang Yegong, the governor of Zhengzhou."

Because of the appearance of Ye Chen, the Northern Han Dynasty, which was originally conquered and conquered when Zhao Guangyi was the emperor, had been conquered and conquered in advance during Zhao Kuangyin's Northern Expedition last year. , Yang Jiye, who was fighting against Khitan, was rescued by Ye Chen four or five years earlier, was forcibly subdued by Zhao Kuangyin, and brought back to Kaifeng.But there is no original hard work in history. Although Zhao Kuangyin was also granted a very good official position, Yang Jiye swore to the death that he did not want to be an official, and would rather live in a house given by the court to live his ordinary life.

(End of this chapter)