Datang all-rounder

Chapter 179

A group of old men and old killers saw that Comrade Li Er and Wang Ke were eating happily, and they were all shocked. They all had dinner with Comrade Li Er, and they knew that Comrade Li Er was eating. But he is very refined, and he doesn't eat much at every meal.

But today, it was beyond their expectation. The chopsticks were not held in their hands, but placed on the table, with a piece of meat in their right hand, and they were still fighting with Wang Ke for what was in the bowl with their left hand. Look at the meat on the ground. A pile of bones, and I know they've eaten a lot.

As for Wang Ke, he was not as elegant as he was when he ate with them on weekdays. The buttons of his military uniform were also undone, and his sleeves were rolled up. .

Seeing the performance of the Weng and his son-in-law, everyone could only shake their heads. For them, Comrade Li Er's state was only seen occasionally when he raised the army, but he was not as crazy as he is today. At least everyone People still dare not compete with Comrade Li Er to eat like Wang Ke.

Comrade Li Er and Wang Ke are now so focused on dealing with food that they don't know anything about these ministers coming in.

Seeing that the two of them swept away all the things on the table, they took the handkerchief handed over by the eunuch with satisfaction, and after wiping their hands clean, the old and old killers came forward to salute Comrade Li Er .

Comrade Li Er rubbed his round belly, hiccupped and said, "Here you go, please sit down first." He walked back to his desk and sat down.

In fact, it is wrong to say that Comrade Li Er is sitting down. He has already stretched himself out, and it is impossible to really sit down. Now he is just hanging from the edge of the chair with his buttocks, and his back is attached to the back of the chair. It is a little difficult to bend it when it is placed upright on the ground.

A group of old immortals and old killers can't sit if they want to sit now. The bones lost by Comrade Li Er and Wang Ke are everywhere on the ground, and there is no place to stand. The two rows of chairs that used to be placed along the , at this time, they were all leaning against the corner, and several eunuchs were cleaning the stall, so there was no way to move the chairs back to their original positions.

After a while of busy work, a group of people sat down, but no one dared to ask Comrade Li Er what they wanted them to do, because they were afraid that Comrade Li Er would not be able to speak smoothly during the violent snatching just now, so he went out. Make a fool of yourself and blame yourself.

Comrade Li Er saw that these people came and did not speak, he felt a little strange, leaned on the chair and asked: "What's the matter today? Why is everyone silent!"

Seeing that Comrade Li Er had spoken, these people felt that there should be nothing wrong. Changsun Wuji stood up first, cupped his hands to Comrade Li Er and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know why I am here today?"

In fact, Comrade Li Er felt very uncomfortable in his stomach at this time. He was taken by Wang Ke just now, and he ate a lot without knowing it.In his opinion, Wang Ke must feel the same as him now, and he couldn't explain it clearly anyway, so he just let Wang Ke talk about it, lest he couldn't explain it clearly, and made himself feel uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Comrade Li Er strenuously pushed himself up, pointed to Wang Ke and said, "Boy of the Wang family, tell me. You can explain it better than I can explain it."

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud belch came out of Comrade Li Er's mouth. All the ministers tried their best not to laugh, and their faces were flushed. Of course, Comrade Li Er also saw all this. Two eyes looked at Wang Ke fiercely.

Wang Ke quickly opened his mouth and said: "My lords, the emperor invited you here because I have something to discuss with my lords to see how to do it. What preparations can we do now, so as not to be in a hurry in the future? All right."

Wang Ke stood up while talking. He is also feeling a little uncomfortable now, but he is better than Comrade Li Er. After all, he usually eats a lot when eating, and today he just ate a little more than usual. Sitting is much better.

While walking, Wang Ke explained the information sent back by Mr. Zhang and the data he had calculated, as well as the items that Mr. Zhang was asked to make additional investigations. Just after he finished speaking, he saw Gao Shilian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stand up and say: "Your Majesty, this matter may not be possible now. I can't come up with money here! Now the treasury is not rich, and there is no problem in maintaining normal expenditures, but there is no way to complete such a large project. "

Wang Ke knew that Comrade Li Er would not be able to speak at this time, so he said directly: "Your Majesty Gao, don't worry, the emperor doesn't want to start building these ports now, but wants you adults who manage money, food and soldiers to think about it." , After everything has been decided, when will it start. Of course, it will not start at the same time for all the places we are inspecting now, but will be built in batches according to my priorities when using troops abroad. "

After hearing what Wang Ke said, Gao Shilian knew that there was no need to spend much money on this matter now, and he had to spend it in a hurry, so he sat down in peace.

Wang Ke turned to look at Li Jing and said, "It's just that I need you, uncle, to start."

Li Jing didn't know what to do now, so he could only ask: "What needs to be done, my nephew first let me know."

Wang Ke didn't say it right away, but asked instead: "Excuse me, uncle, do we have a navy in Datang now?"

Wang Ke had no choice but to ask this question. As far as he could remember, he had never heard of the establishment of a navy in the Tang Dynasty. However, as far back as the Han Dynasty, there was already a Han Dynasty navy in today's Nansha. There are records of patrolling around the archipelago, and when the Li family overthrew the Sui Dynasty, they also received many ships from the Sui army.Ordinarily speaking, Comrade Li Er at this time, even if no new warships were built, at least there should be at least one river navy patrolling the river.

Regarding this question, Li Jing said without any hesitation: "There is one. But it can't be called a navy. It's just used for the transportation of food and grass on weekdays. They are all small boats. The old man remembers those large warships that were taken from the previous dynasty. The boat, now in dilapidated condition, is unusable."

There is no need for Li Jing to hide anything in front of Wang Ke now. He knows that everything he said now is for the sake of the army, and what he is discussing now is also a real naval navy that he has never seen before. He has to say what he has. What, so that Wang Ke can know the real situation now.

Wang Ke continued to ask: "Have all the soldiers on the ship sailed in the sea?"

It's hard for Li Jing to answer this question, he really doesn't know much about this kind of thing.

Seeing that Li Jing didn't answer right away, Wang Ke knew that there would be no way to know the answer, and said quickly: "Then we don't need to worry about these now, just ask uncle to transfer this navy army somewhere, and let them go first. Familiar with everything needed for naval warfare, and when the navy is established in the future, these people will be the core strength of my Datang navy."

Li Jing immediately nodded and agreed to Wang Ke's request.For them now, war on land is not a problem, but when it comes to water, they have no right to speak. They can only do what Wang Ke says, and they can't raise any opinions.

Wang Ke explained several other issues, and after putting forward specific requirements for everyone to do, he said to Comrade Li Er: "Your Majesty, there is only this that can be done now, my minister. I have finished talking, please ask the emperor to see if there is any problem."

Comrade Li Er didn't know what was wrong, anyway, Wang Ke said it, and now he asked for instructions after Wang Ke finished speaking, Comrade Li Er waved his hand and said: "I don't have any opinions, just do what the boy of the Wang family said. It's all right, let's go, and I'll go to have a rest too."

Hearing what Comrade Li Er said, everyone stood up, prepared to salute Comrade Li Er, and then retreated.

At this time, Wang Ke said: "Wait a minute, Your Majesty! I have just said that due to my negligence, Mr. Zhang and the others were unable to return in time. Now that the business has been finished, I ask the emperor to condemn me and punish my negligence!"

As soon as Wang Ke said this, everyone was stunned. They only heard that they rushed to take credit for themselves when they had merit, but they had never seen such a person who made a mistake and asked for punishment.

Comrade Li Er waved his hand and said: "As I said just now, it's not your fault that you don't look comprehensive. No one has done this before. It is inevitable that there will be omissions, so there is no need for punishment. That's it, you all go down." .”

Comrade Li Er was about to turn around and leave after speaking, but Wang Ke said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, this matter is not a trivial matter in the eyes of the minister. Due to the negligence of the minister, Mr. Zhang and the others have to re-investigate the above-mentioned places. Not only will there be a lot of delays in time, but the most important thing is that it will cause a lot of losses to the treasury of the court. Now our treasury is not abundant, but I can't make the best use of it. It is really my fault .Please punish the emperor!"

In fact, Wang Ke's purpose of doing this is very simple. If he wants to gain more voice in the court, he must make everyone feel that he is a just person, and he does not ask for rewards for his merits, but It must be punished, so that I have an impression in the minds of these people that no matter what I do, it is for the court, and I have no selfishness.In this way, when I attack the prince and the others in the future, these people will not suspect that they are retaliating for selfishness, and it is also considered as leaving a way out for themselves.

Seeing Wang Ke's firm attitude, Comrade Li Er knew that if Wang Ke was not given some punishment today, it seemed that this kid would not give up.

However, Comrade Li Er still appreciates Wang Ke's attitude (of course, this is because they don't know Wang Ke's true thoughts).

Comrade Li Er felt that Wang Ke's request to admit his mistakes and accept punishment himself really had a positive effect on the ministers of the DPRK and China.In the future, if anyone makes a mistake, Wang Ke's matter can be used as a typical example to illustrate.In this way, it will undoubtedly serve as a good warning for ministers who do not do their best in everything and make small mistakes.

Of course, Comrade Li Er didn't take Wang Ke's mistake seriously at all. Now that Wang Ke himself raised it, Comrade Li Er didn't plan to impose a big punishment. It can only be a symbolic punishment. That's it.

Comrade Li Er made a good idea and said to Zhangsun Wuji: "Wuji, since the boy of the Wang family asks for punishment on his own, let's give one appropriately. In my opinion, let's fine him for two months. But when you write the imperial edict , we must write down the statement that the boy of the Wang family will receive his own punishment, so that all the ministers in the court and the central government will know what is going on."

Just as Comrade Li Er was about to turn around after finishing speaking, he stopped and said, "Issuing one more edict, if I want to reward the boy from the Wang family for his attitude of punishing if he makes mistakes and being strict with himself, I will reward the boy from the Wang family for half a year." Salary! Well, that’s it, let’s do it.”

After speaking, Comrade Li Er didn't give anyone a chance to speak, then turned around and left, leaving a group of ministers standing there in a daze.

No one expected that the final result turned out to be like this, two months' salary was fined, but half a year's salary was rewarded.With this in and out, Wang Ke has earned four months.

Everyone congratulated Wang Ke one after another, and walked out of the imperial study in twos and threes.

(End of this chapter)