Chapter 152: Upside Down
"Don't go around in circles with me, and just say your requirements?" Chai Rong played with the jade Yue in his hand and asked Li Zhongyi coldly.
Li Zhongyi arched his hands and said: "Please give your majesty the right to temporarily grant the ministers the right to dictate themselves, and give the ministers thirty blank copies of the official edict, all of which can be generals." ”
"How can the famous weapons of the court be lightly awarded to cheap craftsmen? Li Zhongyi, what are your intentions? Wang Pu didn't wait for Chai Rong to express his position, he had already stood up and resolutely opposed it.
Li Zhongyi smiled faintly and said: "Wang Xianggong, it is precisely because some officials do not attach importance to the life and death of craftsmen, regard them as slaves, beat and scold them at will, and eat extremely poorly, that the production of weapons in my Great Zhou Dynasty is full of problems, and the efficiency and quality are extremely low. In addition, the imperial court only offered a mere scattered official as a reward, and compared with the Northern Expedition's arms supply plan, it was clear which was more important than the other. ”
After finishing speaking, Li Zhongyi closed his mouth, simply ignored Wang Pu, and waited for Chai Rong to make a decision.
"Your Majesty, by all means, how can I, a Confucian scholar, be in the company of a cheap craftsman?" Wang Pu made Li Zhongyi choke, panting, and strongly opposed.
Li Gu pretended to be thinking hard, and he didn't say anything, which is worthy of being an old fritter of a generation of officialdom.
"Old Fan, what do you think?" Chai Rong quietly asked Fan Qian's opinion.
Fan Zhen is the most difficult one among the three phases present, as a prime minister, he has the obligation to cooperate with Chai Rong's Northern Expedition and unify the basic national policy of the world.
However, as a top representative of the scholar class, he was extremely dissatisfied with Li Zhongyi's "fallacy".
"Your Majesty, the minister has never heard of the craftsman being an official. But. If Li can supervise the creation of two million high-grade arrows in time, the minister thinks he might as well give it a try. Fan Zhen said this. The words suddenly changed, and he said sharply, "If you can't complete the plan to make arrows when it expires, you must be punished for the crime of bullying the king." ”
Li Zhongyi secretly admired Fan Qian's old spiciness, and let him say both positive and negative words. And it's comprehensive, so you can't find the slightest flaw.
"That's right." Chai Rong made a decisive move to calm down the argument at the scene. In his opinion, compared with the great cause of the Northern Expedition, everything else is a small section.
Chai Rong himself worked as a grain merchant, and he followed his adoptive father Guo Wei since he was a child. It can be regarded as coming from the gate. In his mind, he did not respect the rules and regulations of scholars as much as the emperors of the Song Dynasty.
"Li Wujiao, I have approved your request, if something goes wrong at that time, you should not be the prisoner of the ruined army, and raise horses for me." Chai Rong made a final decision and decided on the possible punishment measures for Li Zhongyi.
Although Wang Pu was unwilling, but. openly overturned Chai Rong's decision, he didn't have that much courage.
Fan Zhen glanced at Li Zhongyi. Looking at Chai Rong again, he thought to himself, didn't His Majesty have such a gentle attitude towards his courtiers before?
The corners of Li Zhongyi's mouth curled slightly, as long as he didn't agree to Lao Tzu's conditions, then please be smart!
Confucianism does have good things, for example, self-cultivation and pursuit of morality such as gentleness, courtesy, frugality, and so on.
However, "Confucianism" is very wrong. Because the Confucian scholar class has long monopolized the right to education and the right to appoint officials, and delved into the so-called classics in a small circle, it is extremely reluctant to spread scientific theories and technologies.
"Confucianism", strict zhòng shackles the elite's exploration and support for science and technology, has always been the biggest cancer in Li Zhongyi's mind.
Hehe, let's see, pry open a small crack today, and smash a small hole tomorrow, take your time, don't worry!
"Edict." Li Zhongyi has the bottom in his heart that once the craftsmen are given the opportunity to be officials, even if they are just virtual officials, they will definitely have a great positive impact on the production of weapons and scientific and technological innovation in the Great Zhou.
"Lao Fan, after you go back, gather all the officials of the three divisions and yamen, and pass on my words, who dares to secretly make a ghost name and delay the reserve of arrows, I am not afraid that my hands will be stained with the blood of his whole family." Chai Rong resolutely put down this bloody threat.
Li Zhongyi nodded secretly, Chai Rong's edict came in an unusually timely manner, which was equivalent to solving his worries.
Of course, Li Zhongyi pinched Chai Rong's ambition to go on the Northern Expedition, if he didn't take the opportunity to bring a little of his private goods, would he still be Li Zhongyi?
Li Zhongyi returned home, and according to his usual habits, he went to Mrs. Xue's room to say goodbye.
Outside Mrs. Xue's door, Li Zhongyi faintly heard Mrs. Xue's cry, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, the evil feudal imperial power killed people.
As soon as Li Zhongyi stopped, he heard Li Dahe's reprimand: "What do you know about a woman?" His Majesty loves our family so much, it is a good blessing that cannot be cultivated in several lifetimes, and it is a great grace that other families can't think of. ”
"Hmph, just cry, cry a little louder, our whole family will not be far from being killed."
"Master, our sweet girl has just reached the full moon, and the concubine is really reluctant."
"Stupid! Tianya is still so young, it is not time to learn the rules, how can she be sent to the palace now? ”
"Smack!" The sound of Li Dahe slapping the table came from the room, and this was the first time Li Zhongyi had seen him with such a big temper.
"Don't cry anymore, you should laugh. After we arrived in this Great Zhou Kingdom, the old man didn't sleep for a day, and he trembled all day long, and it was difficult to feel at ease. Now, our family has actually married the royal family, which is a great joy. Haha, the old man doesn't worry anymore. In the future, Erlang and San Lang will definitely be able to find a good future with the help of Brother Zhen. ”
Listening to Li Da and the hearty laughter from his heart, Li Zhongyi clearly felt that there was a huge gap in the thinking mode between their father and son!
When Li Zhongyi entered the house, he saw Mrs. Xue holding Tianya tightly in her arms, refusing to let go.
"Brother Zhen, you go and beg Your Majesty, let us go." When Mrs. Xue saw Li Zhongyi, she grabbed his arm, and the tears she had just held back flowed out again.
"Vexatious." Li Dahe was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him, and slapped the table.
Li Zhongyi sighed slightly and said, "A-Niang." The emperor's order is difficult to disobey, and there is nothing the child can do. ”
Li Dahe is right, if Mrs. Xue continues to make trouble. annoyed Chai Rong, who had been staring at the Li family, but something big was going to happen.
Instead of pulling and pulling and stirring up the confusion, Li Zhongyi thought that it was better to simply dispel Mrs. Xue's thoughts, although the reality was cruel.
However, even if Tianya wants to marry Chai Zongxun in the future, it will be at least fifteen years old and later. Is it possible for Chai Rong to live that long?
In other words, as long as Li Zhongyi's power grows by then, he wants to turn the clouds and rain. Isn't it up to his own will to overturn the previous proposal?
In the final analysis, in terms of temple strength, whose arms are thicker. The force is stronger. Whoever is the uncle.
Zhu Wen destroyed the Tang Dynasty by force, Guo Wei destroyed the Later Han Dynasty by army, and Zhao Kuangyin usurped the world of the Chai family by relying on 100,000 forbidden troops.
If you have a gun, you are the king of grass!
Honorable as a model person, because he didn't have the gun at hand, even if he was unwilling in his heart, in the face of Zhao Laoer's threat of force, he had to obediently submit and bow down.
Now. One of Li Zhongyi's little fingers had already touched the tail of the gun. It is a critical moment, and there is no room for mistakes.
"Auntie, you can rest assured that you can raise a sweet adult." Li Zhongyi couldn't uncover the mystery, so he could only accompany the smiling face and appease Mrs. Xue.
Mrs. Xue had never seen the world, and cried in a low voice for a while, and under Li Zhongyi's comfort, she also knew that she couldn't do anything, so she had to reluctantly hold back her tears.
"Alas, Brother Zhen'er, I didn't think about so many benefits, I just expected to raise Tianya and Brother Bao, and the family would live a peaceful life, and I would be satisfied." Mrs. Xue sighed and put her cheek on Tianya's little face, and the mother-daughter affection couldn't be stopped.
Li Zhongyi comforted Mrs. Xue for a while, and after coaxing her to go to bed and rest, he followed Li Dahe to the study.
"Brother Zhen, this is a great thing, your mother is too ignorant." Li Dahe is still a little indignant.
Li Zhongyi knew in his heart that Li Dahe was by no means a person who sold women for glory, what he considered was that there was a woman who entered the supreme glory of the royal family.
The biological daughter was accepted as a righteous daughter by the concubine, and for the feudal scholars who were accustomed to selling the emperor's family, especially the middle and lower class scholars, they would feel very honored.
This is an old conceptual problem, and Li Zhongyi does not want to correct it, and it is difficult to correct Li Dahe's view!
"Grandpa, Tianya is still young, many things, far from the final conclusion, the child can't say it clearly." Li Zhongyi hid the secret in his heart, and it was impossible to say it to anyone, so he had to play Tai Chi vaguely.
Li Dahe sighed and said, "It is extremely difficult for my father to know that you are supporting the family business alone. Yuan Niang couldn't even speak, how could she win the favor of His Majesty and the concubine so lightly? cough, it's not because the court wants to reuse you, but I'm afraid that you have two hearts, so you have a support. ”
Although this Li Dahe usually talks very little, after all, he has been in the palace for a long time when he was in Houshu, and he knows some insider information about the royal family, and he is obviously an understanding person!
Li Zhongyi thought about it for a while, it was really what Li Dahe said, Chai Rong not only wanted to reuse him, but also used the affection of his children to restrain him, and then arranged Fu Zhaoxin to contain him, and it was very effective.
At least, because of the relationship between the Li family's Yuanniang, that is, Tianya, Li Zhongyi naturally has to be much closer to Chai Zongxun.
When Li Zhongyi returned to the Sansi case, everyone's attitude towards him became extremely deferential.
Li Zhongyi went to the arrow-making workshop non-stop and gathered Du Ya and others together.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty has ordered this official to be fully responsible for all matters related to the manufacture of arrows, and it is imperative that two million arrows be made within half a year." Li Zhongyi made it clear and explained Chai Rong's requirements, "If you feel that there is difficulty, you can ask the official to apply for withdrawal in private, and the official will arrange to go to the bow and crossbow workshop or the iron case." ”
Li Zhongyi knew in his heart that no one would be stupid enough to propose to withdraw in person, so he went straight down and said: "Your Majesty has given thirty blank edicts, and all those who are meritorious, the official can directly fill in his name, and he can ascend to the sky in one step and become a court official." ”
"Ah......h
"Ah......h
The entire venue was filled with the sound of inhaling cold air, and everyone stared at Li Zhongyi's face in disbelief.
These are all subordinates, class leaders and others, and their titles sound good, but in fact, they are all small officials who have not entered the stream.
If a small official wants to become an official who enters the stream, under the premise of good luck, it will take at least 30 years of hard work to transfer, and it is only possible, and it is only possible.
Because, the average life expectancy of an adult man in this era is less than forty years. Ordinary people can have a high fever, a severe cold, or a cold, and they may lose their lives anytime and anywhere. (To be continued!)
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