Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 865

Ye Chen thought to himself: "Don't worry, it's not easy." Then he said to Wang Heshan: "Replace this circular saw with an axle, add wheels on both sides, and the front wheel to the ground, it can be made into a A car for transportation!" Ye Chen said it was the general mechanism of a tricycle.He knew that after the most primitive bicycle was completely invented and manufactured, it would surely be another source of income no less than cement and red bricks.It's just that in his opinion, the most profitable glass has never been invented, but it has always been a pity.

Wang Heshan was stunned for a moment, then said: "Wei Chen will show others later."

Zuo Xiangfu.

Ma Wentao held a purple inkstone in his hand, and watched it carefully.This inkstone is carved into the shape of a gourd spreading its wings, and it is exquisitely made, which can be called ingenious workmanship.He tapped lightly with his fingers, and the inkstone made the sound of gold and jade.

"This inkstone is made of gorse. Shao Yong wrote a poem in praise of this inkstone: Bronze sparrows may often exist, but I have never seen a gorse. Where did the gorse come from? It must come from Lingyue. Cut off the roots of the white clouds, and break the horns of the cangs. The water is warm and moist, and the ink hair is like a shaving." Standing at the bottom and speaking is Zhang Mingfu, the envoy of the Education Department of the Ministry of Rites.Not long after Xin Shi left at the gate of Xiangfu College, the news of His Majesty's private visit came out of the college. Zhang Mingfu was taken aback, thinking that what Xin Shi said might be what His Majesty meant, so he ran to see His Majesty. Unexpectedly, Ye Chen didn't see him, Zhang Mingfu felt more and more uneasy, so he hurried back to Xiajing City, looking for Ma Wentao's connections, hoping to make him speak well in front of His Majesty.

"It is indeed a good thing." Ma Wentao's voice was indifferent, "It's just why Master Zhang gave this treasure to the old man?"

Zhang Mingfu didn't dare to hide anything. The matter of enrolling students at the entrance of Xiangfu Academy and His Majesty's private visit to Xiangfu Academy in a micro-service can be simply said.

"Idiot!" Ma Wentao scolded immediately, "When will Xin Shi go out of the palace alone to investigate things, if you are a little bit smart, you can guess that His Majesty is nearby at that time. And Xin Shi has always done his duty, never Since he intervened in this matter, it must be His Majesty's will. Now it seems that the old man recommended you to be the Minister of Education, but it was a mistake."

Zhang Mingfu knelt down with a thud, and said, "I know my mistake, please save me, sir."

Ma Wentao snorted coldly, and said: "Needless to say that you are so pitiful, what a person your majesty is, how can you do anything to you because of this matter. However, if you continue to be so stupid, you will not be able to understand your majesty's way of governing the country and the essentials of doing things. It seems that you won't be an envoy of education for long. Hmph! But it's a drag on the old man, and Han Xizai will definitely say in front of His Majesty that the old man's recommendation is inappropriate."

Zhang Mingfu's expression changed, and he said: "Please teach me, Mr. Xiang, what should I do now?"

Ma Wentao snorted coldly, and said, "Take your things and go! This old man has nothing to teach you."

Zhang Mingfu hugged the inkstone and left Zuo Xiangfu with a gloomy expression, and was about to board the car to leave when he heard someone say: "Master Zhang, wait a minute."

Zhang Mingfu followed the sound and found that it was Tang Xingwu who was in the limelight recently.He was in a bad mood, but he didn't want to offend Tang Xingwu, so he said lightly: "So it's Mr. Tang, I don't know if Mr. Tang told you to stop, what's your business?"

Tang Xingwu glanced at the gift box in the hand of the bookboy behind Zhang Mingfu, and said, "If Mr. Zhang has encountered any troubles, you might as well tell me about it. Maybe the next officer can help Mr. Zhang solve the trouble."

Zhang Mingfu's heart moved, thinking of hearing some information about Tang Xingwu, he couldn't help but expect Tang Xingwu's resourcefulness to be extremely extraordinary, and I heard that even His Majesty appreciates this matter, and it has already been spread among the officials of Xiangfu Kingdom.

Zhang Mingfu immediately said politely: "The carriage is quite spacious, if Mr. Tang doesn't dislike it, you might as well talk with me in the carriage."

Tang Xingwu said with a smile: "Don't dare to ask your ears, but you will do what you want!"

Immediately, the two boarded the car and left.

After Zhang Mingfu told Tang Xingwu about the matter in the car, Tang Xingwu said: "For the current plan, in fact, Mr. Zhang only needs to do two things to keep the position of Education Secretary."

Zhang Mingfu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said: "Please also ask Mr. Tang to teach me."

Tang Xingwu said: "Maybe what Mr. Zhang did is not in line with His Majesty's wishes, but it is also the common understanding of most officials, but His Majesty may not know this. Therefore, the first thing Mr. Zhang has to do is to let His Majesty know that the court has made a decision. Among the ministers, there are many people who think like Mr. Zhang, even accounting for the vast majority. In this way, it is not Mr. Zhang's fault. His Majesty knows that this is just what everyone is used to. Secondly, Lord Zhang needs to write a letter to admit his mistakes, and convince His Majesty that Lord Zhang has indeed realized his mistakes, and that his thoughts have become the same as His Majesty's. Naturally, with His Majesty's mind, he will not take this matter to heart superior."

Although Zhang Mingfu was not as smart as Tang Xingwu for being able to be the Minister of Education, he was naturally not stupid. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that this was the truth.Presently bowed to Tang Xingwu, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. Tang, for your guidance. I will repay you in the future."

Tang Xingwu hurriedly returned a salute, and said: "Master Zhang, you are polite, you are polite. This is just the effort of a low-level official."

When I went back that night, Zhang Mingfu wrote an article "Students of Xiangfu College Don't Ask About Their Backgrounds" and published it on "Xiangfu News". Since I will not deliberately embarrass.It will be published in the new edition of the newspaper the next day.As a result, after this article was published, as expected by Tang Xingwu and Zhang Mingfu, the vast majority of scholars, officials and scholars said that people like Wei Ruwen whose mother was a brothel woman should not be admitted to Xiangfu Academy, which caused a lot of controversy.Thus successfully achieved the purpose of 'if there is no law, there will be many'.Moreover, Zhang Mingfu's article is not anonymous, but his real name, and between the lines, he first admitted that he had made a mistake, and then he realized it.

Sure enough, after Ye Chen read this article, he lamented that most of the scholars in this era have a pedantic level of thinking, and wanting to change it will not happen overnight. At the same time, his dissatisfaction with Zhang Mingfu dissipated a lot, and he was not dismissed because of this incident. Zhang Mingfu is the official of the Department of Education.

"Your Majesty, there are 140 Fan tribes and villages in our Xiangfu Kingdom, with a total of more than 43 people. They are mainly distributed in Hengshan and Qilian Mountains. Among them, Tubo tribes account for nearly half, and Qiang tribes account for a quarter. , and the rest are more than 4000 Huihe and Tu people. Over the past year, in response to the call of the imperial court, following the example of the Qiang people in Shanshen Town to completely reform the Tuguiliu, 2 tribes have registered as households, and another 24 tribes or villages are waiting to see Or hesitate, there are another 79 tribes and villages whose patriarchs or leaders are stubborn, unwilling to change their lands and return to their own country, and are hostile to our Xiangfu Kingdom court." Hu Sanguang in the Government Affairs Hall answered Ye Chen's question.

Ye Chen recalled Shangguan Bingyun's report last night, and said, "I asked Shangguan Bingyun to keep a close eye on the movements of the remnants of the Maitreya Sect led by Lou Yanming. Yesterday, Shangguan Bingyun secretly reported that there were some people with mysterious whereabouts in the Hengshan area, suspected to be Maitreya Sect members. monks, and built temples in the mountains, some tribes originally believed in Buddhism, but now they are bewitched by these monks, and they are even more hostile to the court of our Xiangfu Kingdom."

Han Xizai's expression was extremely solemn, and he came out of the class and said, "Your Majesty, the Maitreya Sect demon monks are best at deceiving people's hearts. In my opinion, it is almost impossible for these tribes bewitched by the Maitreya Sect to voluntarily change their lands and return to their native lands."

"Your Majesty, the appearance of Maitreya Sect members in our Xiangfu Kingdom is due to the negligence of our security department. After the ministers go down, they will organize people to encircle and suppress them." Hu Sanguang was quite annoyed at this time, Shangguan Bingyun had already discovered the traces of Maitreya Sect , although this is because Shangguan Bingyun is from the Maitreya Sect and is familiar with it, but the security department didn't even notice it before this, which is negligence of duty.

Ye Chen nodded slightly, expressing his deep confidence in what the two said, and said: "Since there are Maitreya monks making waves among them, the original plan for giving these tribes three years will have to be changed."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen paused for a moment, with murderous intent looming in his eyes, and said: "Issue an order to all the tribes and villages that have not changed their lands and villages, restricting them to change their lands and return them within one month, and register everyone in the household registration system." , officially became a part of our Xiangfu country. One month later, if there are still those who do not obey the order, the military headquarters will order the army to encircle and suppress all the leaders and elders nearby. If it doesn’t exist, all of them will be taken to Wushi Mountain to dig iron ore. The Ministry of Zhongshu should make overall arrangements to find and assign officials in each prefecture and county to be responsible for reforming the land and return it to the local people. Something happened."

All the ministers bowed and said, "I would like to follow my emperor's will."

With the order of Xiangfu Kingdom, the tribes and villages of different ethnic groups were shaken. There were panic and anger. Most of the 79 tribes or villages that were waiting or hesitating before changed their lands and returned to the village.There are another 47 tribes and villages who are stubborn and unwilling to change their lands and return to their tribes. What's more, they secretly contact, form alliances, and prepare for war.

However, one month later, when the heavy snow hardened in mid-February, under the guidance of spies from the Ministry of Security, various legions of Xiangfu Kingdom attacked more than 20 Hengshan tribes who refused to return to their native lands.The fate of these tribes that were attacked was very different. For example, the tribes attacked by Han Tao's White Tiger Army and Zhang Dawei's Qinglong Army, except for the chiefs and fighters who resisted were killed, most of them became captives and were forcibly reformed.Although the family was exterminated, the ending was not too tragic. The worst thing was that most of the adult males died as in Shanshenzhai back then, and the rest returned to their native lands.

(End of this chapter)