The next day, Zhao Hongrun came to the vertical arch hall early. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At that time, Wei Tianzi was drinking tea and chatting with the three ministers of Zhongshu who had just arrived in the inner hall.

According to the custom, Wei Tianzi would take a short nap in the Wende Hall after the end of the morning dynasty that began at the beginning of the hour, take a nap until the time of the hour, and then use the breakfast to start reviewing the piece that could never be finished at about the second quarter of the hour.

However, today's situation seems to be a bit special, and when Zhao Hongrun came to the Vertical Arch Hall around the time, his father was still chatting with the three Chinese scholars.

After asking, Zhao Hongrun realized that the topic they were talking about was actually the matter of Chuan Yu's opening to the domestic aristocratic forces.

That's right, the original agreement between Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Wenshen, the king of Chengling, and others was to open Sanchuan to the caravans belonging to the domestic princes and nobles in July, and let the latter go to Sanchuan freely to carry out trade, and now it is the seventh day of the seventh month of July.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun also felt very curious, so he asked Yu Ziqi, the left secretary of the Chinese book: "Lord Yu, I don't know how the situation is going on over there?" ”

Hearing this, Yu Ziqi felt a little funny, and said helplessly: "His Royal Highness King Su, you should be better informed than me about Chuan Yu." ”

Thinking about it, all he knows is nothing more than some hearsay news, and Zhao Hongrun is the direct person in charge of Chuanluo, how can there be a person who asks others about the truth?

"Lord Yu said this." Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Isn't it just a name." ”

The name he said refers to the fact that after he suppressed the Bitatu of the Qiangjiao tribe and shocked the tribes of Sanchuan last year, the imperial court had canonized him with two false positions, one was a festival envoy, which was used to represent the Wei State and negotiate with the tribes of Sanchuan in a proper manner; The other is the Governor of Sichuan, which is also used to justifiably govern the 50,000 archers in northern Sichuan, and at the same time control the tribes that have joined the Sichuan-Yu Alliance.

But in fact, since then, Zhao Hongrun has never visited Sichuan, and the follow-up agreement between Wei and Chuanyu was all handled by the Ministry of Rites on the side of the imperial court. And at present, Chuan Yu is actually under the control of the Ministry of Rites.

Some people may ask, in this case, why didn't Zhao Hongrun directly transfer the affairs of Chuan Yu to the Ministry of Rites?

The reason is very simple, because the Ministry of Rites can't suppress some princes and nobles in the Wei State, but a certain King Su, who has gradually become famous, can do it.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Hongrun is to put a name in Sichuan, so that the Ministry of Rites can do things in his name, so as not to be greedy in Wei and start the idea of Sichuan.

And this matter can be said to be known to everyone in the imperial court, not to mention Yu Ziqi and other Chinese ministers.

"Weichen also mentioned it casually by the adults of the Ministry of Etiquette......" Yu Ziqi laughed twice, and said slowly: "After all, it has been red for half a year, and the first batch of trade volume of those noble caravans in the country is not small...... That's really a tsunami of people, and it is estimated that they are more than the household...... Under the influence of the appearance of these people, the profits of the common businessmen were squeezed all of a sudden......"

Zhao Hongrun didn't say anything when he heard this.

Because this is what he expected: once the aristocratic merchants enter Sanchuan, the profits of the common merchants will naturally be diluted, and even by the former, they will be jointly excluded and suppressed.

It may be that seeing that Zhao Hongrun's expression was too calm, even Wei Tianzi felt a little unbelievable and asked, "Hongrun, it seems that you don't care?" The civilian businessmen you supported at the beginning are now being suppressed......"

"That's also legitimate commercial repression. …… Erchen mentioned to King Chengling and others that no one would dare to use improper means to make profits in Sichuan. As for the civilian merchants...... If they need the support of their sons and daughters in everything, and pave the way for them, they will not be of great use. Shaking his head, Zhao Hongrun said calmly.

Wei Tianzi was stunned, looked at this son with some surprise, and nodded secretly in his heart.

In all fairness, Wei Tianzi is very supportive of this son to support the power of civilian businessmen in China, but the essence of this support is to knock those nobles, if Zhao Hongrun blindly uses generous policies to support civilian businessmen, in Wei Tianzi's view, it is putting the cart before the horse.

As it is now, it is just right: neither to give too many concessions to the common merchants, nor to sit idly by and watch them be crushed by the power of the aristocracy.

Having said that, when this son arrived in Anling, he didn't take revenge on Zhao Laiyu's Anling Zhao clan, but expelled the Anling Wang clan, which is a bit interesting......

Wei Tianzi observed Zhao Hongrun quietly, and he felt that this son had gone south, and it seemed that he had changed slightly.

"Hongrun, you came to the Vertical Arch Hall early today, what happened?"

After chatting casually, Wei Tianzi asked about Zhao Hongrun's intention.

He knew very well that his son had always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and if he didn't have anything important, he would not easily come to the Vertical Arch Palace.

What the? Pleasing his father?

That's an extravagant hope, don't even think about it!

Seeing that Wei Tianzi asked about this, Zhao Hongrun recalled the purpose of this visit, and bowed his hand and said, "Father, the child applies for the transfer of the Dangshan Army. ”

"Dangshan...... Army? Wei Tianzi was slightly stunned, and then seemed to think of something, and asked a little incredulously: "So fast?" ”

This sentence is so fast? , The three Zhongshu ministers were confused, but Zhao Hongrun could understand the meaning of this sentence, and said with a wry smile helplessly: "Lu Xi, the king of Qi, took out a generous gift that his sons couldn't refuse. ”

After that, he took out the letter from his bosom that the king of Qi, Lu Xi, asked Qi envoy Tian Yu to hand over to him, and next to him, the great eunuch Tong Xian took two steps closely, took the letter from Zhao Hongrun's hand, and respectfully handed it to Wei Tianzi.

It is undeniable that Wei Tianzi was very curious about this letter that could move the son in front of him, and after taking it from Tong Xian's hand, he opened it and looked at it carefully, and after staring at it for a while, he took a long breath and muttered: "Don't say that you are excited, I am ...... heartbeat."

In the hall, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu, the three ministers of the Chinese book, looked at them curiously, but they were content with their duties, they didn't dare to ask, after all, unless this kind of thing was mentioned by the father and son in front of them, even if it was them, it was not easy to take the initiative to ask.

Fortunately, Wei Tianzi trusted them very much, and seeing that the three of them looked like they were not giving up, they didn't dare to sell Guanzi, so he asked Tong Xian to hand the letter to Lin Yuyang and the others, after all, he also wanted to hear the opinions of these three think tanks.

And just like Wei Tianzi and Zhao Hongrun, the three Chinese scholars also gasped in shock after reading what was written on the letter, and then, a wave of ecstasy enveloped their faces.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." The three of them praised in unison.

"It's all the credit of Hongrun." Wei Tianzi waved his hand with a smile, and then looked at Zhao Hongrun with a smile.

In fact, it was he who asked the Ministry of Rites to hand over the matter of negotiating with Qi envoy Tian Yu to Zhao Hongrun.

This is not to say that the Ministry of Rites does not have officials who can speak well and are good at diplomacy, but because the officials of the Ministry of Rites are all civil officials, they are not as confident as Zhao Hongrun when it comes to foreign affairs.

For example, yesterday Qi envoy Tian Yu threatened Zhao Hongrun, saying that if Wei did not send troops, Qi would tell the world about Wei's treachery, and if this matter was handled by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, I believe that those officials would be good at persuading and giving some concessions accordingly.

And yesterday, Zhao Hongrun's response was very tough, he pointed out the fact that once the Qi State lost the Qi King Lu Xi, he would be reduced to a third-rate person, and implicitly threatened the Qi envoy Tian Yu in turn, forcing the latter to take out the letter of the Qi King Lu Xi.

"What do you think about this?" Wei Tianzi asked Zhao Hongrun, and the tone seemed to be a test.

If it had been the past, Zhao Hongrun would have jumped up a long time ago, but today, looking at this father with gray temples, he rarely said a rebellious word, and after a little thought, he said: "Erchen thinks that this is the back road reserved by Lu Xi, the king of Qi. ”

Wei Tianzi nodded with satisfaction, and the three Zhongshu ministers also smiled slightly with a little surprise and a little agreement.

Yes, it is indeed Lu Xi, the king of Qi, who is reserving a back road.

Don't look at the promises in the letter, what Wei Guo finally got was only a rubbish of Lu Guo's "Lu Gong's Secret Record", but in fact, what moved everyone in the palace the most was the kindness revealed by Lu Xi, the king of Qi, in the letter.

For example, handing over the fleet of fire crossbow warships moored in the border of the Julu County River of the Qi State to Ji Zhao (Zhao Hongzhao), who is now the left minister of the Qi State, has several deep meanings.

First of all, Lu Xi, the king of Qi, wanted to prove to Wei that he wanted to vigorously promote Ji Zhao, the son-in-law of Wei, and did not hesitate to hand over the most elite naval army of Qi to the latter.

Secondly, Ji Zhao, who has the fleet of firebow warships, will be able to guarantee his status in the Qi State in the future. Even if King Lu Xi of Qi is no longer alive in the future, the next King of Qi will not be able to get back this naval army, because this is the royal order of King Lu Xi of Qi during his lifetime.

If someone in Qi State is not convinced, hehe, Zhao Hongrun's sixth brother's wife, she will come forward for her husband.

She is the most beloved daughter of Lu Xi, the king of Qi, and her status in the Qi royal family is not low.

And as long as Ji Zhao can gain a firm foothold in the Qi State, he will naturally be able to promote the friendly relations between the Wei State and the Qi State, so that the relationship between the two countries will be more stable, rather than relying on a mere paper alliance.

Moreover, Ji Zhao, who has the firebow warship and naval army of Qi State, will sit back and watch his home country Wei State be attacked by Korea?

I believe that once Korea and Wei start a war, Zhao Hongrun's sixth brother will naturally find a way to get Qi State involved, for example, ordering that naval army to launch an attack on South Korea or something.

Although this could not directly prevent South Korea's war against Wei, it could effectively restrain Korea and dispel Wei's worries.

And the reason why we want to do this to this extent, at the expense of taking advantage of the "Lu Gong Secret Record", a craft document that Lu State does not pass on, I am afraid that the truth is as Zhao Hongrun said, it is the King of Qi Lu Xi who is reserving a way out: give Wei a great kindness, so that when he Qi State collapses in the future, Wei State can look at Ji Run's face and pull Qi State to prevent Qi State from being suppressed by Chu State.

This is the greatest purpose of Lu Xi, the king of Qi. (To be continued.) )