Chapter 12: A Big Game of Chess
In the first year of Tianbao, the cattle cyclamen was the left minister, and the Qinghe county was sealed. Taste the disagreement with Li Linfu in the struggle for power, Lin Fu is a thief, that is, it is suitable to say: "Huashan produces gold, and it can enrich the country by mining, and it is not known." "Appropriate sexuality, believe in his words, he calmly for the emperor, the emperor is happy to ask Lin Fu, to say: "The minister knows the old." His Majesty Gu Huashan's destiny, the house of the king's spirit, cannot be worn to treat, so he dare not hear it. "The emperor loves Lin Fu for himself, and Bo Shi is not close. As a result, Wei Jian, Pei Kuan, and Han Chaozong were all suitable and kind, and they were all offended by Lin Fu. is afraid of not being at ease, but the government seeks to dismiss his post, and the prince is less safe, and he happily thinks that he will avoid disaster. Russia sits on Wei Jian and is tired, and he degrades Yichun too much. Hui Yu Shi Luo Xi was killed by the edict and other degraded places, the state and county were terrified, and after Yichun, he was afraid of it, and committed suicide with medicine.
Li Shizhi was sloppy and heard that there was a copper mine in Huashan. It will be more convenient to mine in large quantities. So I told Emperor Xuanzong.
Tang Xuanzong later asked Li Linfu: Do you know that there is this place?
Li Linfu said: I know, this is the dragon vein. I have long known that this can't be moved, and if it does, it will affect your feng shui, and I think Li Shizhi wants to mine copper ore to destroy your feng shui.
In ancient times, Feng Shui was more superstitious and said that it was the dragon vein, and the emperor immediately felt disgusted with this in his heart:, you want me to destroy my dragon vein. You can get out, Li Shizhi was eliminated like this.
The traitorous minister Li Linfu got rid of Li Shizhi by the hand of Xuanzong and sat firmly on his throne as prime minister.
At this time, Li Ji was discussing with Zhu Yougong about opening a mine in Yique County.
Zhu Yougong couldn't help but feel a big move in his heart, copper mines. This is money, a copper coin that rivals the richness of the country.
"How did Your Majesty know that there was a copper mine in Yique County?" Zhu Yougong couldn't help but be suspicious.
Li Ji patted him again, this time Zhu Yougong did not refuse, Li Ji put his hand on his shoulder: "When I was in King Hui's Mansion, I heard from the people of the salt and iron envoy that there are a large number of copper mines in Yique County. Because the imperial court was exterminating the remnants of Huangchao at that time, and Qin Zongquan rebelled, the matter was shelved. ”
At that time, Li Ji was still the prince, and Qianning was named King Hui in four years. In fact, there is a salt and iron envoy to report to Zhaozong, Yique County to withdraw gold, and the imperial court can take it.
At that time, Zhu Wen had become an unshakable trend, even if the copper mine in Yique County was mined, it would become Zhu Wen's money bag.
After thinking about it, Zhaozong Li Ye decided to hide the matter and not report it. The salt and iron envoy was also quite faithful, and kept the matter a secret.
Zhaozong originally wanted to wait for himself to regain the power of the forbidden army in the capital, and then go to Yique County to mine copper ore as a military salary supply for the forbidden army to crusade against the feudal kings in various places.
As Zhu Wen grew bigger and bigger, he finally sent someone to kill Zhaozong, and the matter was over.
Later Zhaozong informed Li Ji's biological mother, Empress He, of this matter, and Empress He informed Li Ji of the matter, and it was Li Ji who knew the secret of the copper mine in Yique County.
Zhu Yougong licked his tongue, obviously already moved: "This, Rong Chen think about it."
Li Ji patted him with a smile: "General Gong is not in a hurry, if this matter can be successful." The general will inevitably be rewarded by King Liang, who has always told me that since King Chen's death, none of his sons have become successful. If General Gong can make this great achievement at this time, the future will be limitless. ”
Zhu Youyu, the king of Chen, is the eldest son of Zhu Wen. This man is brave and good at fighting, generous to others, and is deeply loved by the soldiers.
Zhu Wen originally planned to pass on the foundation he had laid to his eldest son Zhu Youyu in the future, but he knew that just a month before Li Ji ascended the throne, Zhu Youyu fell ill and died during the crusade against Yang Chongben's rebellion.
None of the remaining sons became successful, except for a few adopted sons, Zhu Wen once scolded his sons for being inferior to pigs and dogs.
Zhu Wen hated his son's incompetence Zhu Yougong knew, Zhu Wen had told him more than once that in the future, his inheritance would only be passed on to capable sons, whether he was an adopted son or a parent.
Therefore, Li Ji's words made Zhu Yougong's heart moved, and he left the palace in despair, thinking that his mind was full of thinking about the copper mine hidden in Yique County.
The vassal kings of various places have been fighting for years, and what they lack is money. With this copper mine, countless copper coins can be minted, and the soldiers will have military salaries.
With military salaries, the soldiers are willing to fight to the death, and they can lay a foundation for Zhu Wen. It is only a matter of time before Zhu Wen usurps the throne, if he becomes the emperor in the future, except for Zhu Youwen, how can his unsuccessful sons be qualified to compete with him.
The reason why Zhu Youwen was able to get Zhu Wen's favor was not because of his high means of levying and accumulating.
In history, after Zhu Wen became emperor, he did pass the throne to his adopted son Zhu Youwen, but the matter was revealed, and his son Zhu Youqi knew in advance, and Zhu Youqi broke into the palace and killed his father Zhu Wen and ascended the throne as emperor.
Zhu Wen dotes on his adopted son, but scolds his own sons for being inferior to pigs and dogs. He also had affairs with several daughters-in-law, which shows how perverted this person is.
If Zhu Yougong can get this copper mine and provide military salaries for military supplies, then he will definitely be able to win the favor of his father-in-law even more, how can Li Ji's words make him not moved.
However, Zhu Yougong was cautious, and he still decided to go back and ask Fan Gongbao.
Among the previous sons, Zhu Yougong was the least treated by Zhu Wen, but since he invited Fan Gongbao into the mansion, Zhu Wen has become more and more important to himself.
After Zhu Youyu's death, Zhu Wen's sons fought openly and secretly, and they all wanted to replace the eldest son of the king. Only Zhu Yougong cried in front of the spirit, and was greatly praised by Zhu Wen for this.
Of course, everything Zhu Yougong did was to listen to Fan Gongbao, and since then he has respected Fan Gongbao.
It's just that this Fan Gongbao went to Heyang Town, and he doesn't know when he will be able to come back, and whether he can invite Mr. Mo Long.
If you can invite Mr. Moron here, plus you have discovered the copper mine, it will be a great credit. As for the puppet emperor, hmph, why did Lao Tzu share the credit for the copper mine with you.
When the time came to see my father-in-law, Lao Tzu said that I sent someone to discover this copper mine myself, and what happened to you as a puppet emperor, the big deal is to share some silver with you when the time comes.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yougong couldn't help but be happy in his heart.
And Li Ji is looking forward to it, looking forward to a good show.
Yique County, where Zhu Wen's mausoleum is located.
This was originally a feng shui treasure selected by Mr. Feng Shui for the imperial tomb, and Zhu Wen heard that this place was where the dragon vein was located, so he took a look at it himself.
After years of fighting, the finances cannot make ends meet. There were not so many financial and material resources to build the mausoleum, so Zhu Wen just ordered people to start construction.
If Zhu Yougong goes to Yique County to dig copper mines, although the copper mine is some distance away from the mausoleum, if someone tells Zhu Wen that the copper mine is where the feng shui dragon vein is located, then Zhu Yougong is afraid that it will be more auspicious.
When the time comes, find someone to tell Zhu Wen in the same gourd: "Who doesn't know the copper mine in Yique County, but it is the land of feng shui dragon veins and the tomb of King Liang." Who dares to dare to dig in the sky, isn't this trying to destroy King Liang's feng shui. ”
Although the copper mine and the Zhuwen mausoleum are one in the east and the other in the southwest, they do not coincide at all. But both places belong to the scope of Yique County, if there is a feng shui gentleman far-fetched, forgive others can not distinguish, anyway, few people understand feng shui.
The most taboo thing for the ancients was these feng shui superstitions, and with Zhu Wen's personality, it was not surprising that Zhu Yougong's skin was picked.
This incident is all the foreshadowing laid by Li Ji, and he is playing a big game of chess. At first, the chess moves were slow, and no one could see it. When the time comes, the chess pieces will move, and the chess pieces will come alive at that time.