In the military tent of the right Jin Wuwei, Wei Renshi and Li Chun stayed alone inside.

"Brother Renshi, why are you calling me over so mysteriously?" Li Chungang was sweating profusely after training, and he was wiping his sweat at the moment while asking.

Wei Renshi said: "Some things have happened during this time, how to go in detail, Your Majesty strictly orders it to be kept secret, and I can't say more details than you." However, I have to warn you that Your Majesty is about to start a major purge of the Shence Army, and after this purge, the original eunuch supervisors and those guardian lieutenants in the Shence Army will almost be cleared out. This is an opportunity. If you can take this opportunity to occupy more of these positions, and insert more of your own people, so that you can control the Shence Army in the future. ”

Li Chun was stunned for a moment and said, "Purge the Divine Army? What's going on?! ”

"Some time ago, Zuo Jin Wuwei distributed new weapons, and some people in the Shence Army went to steal them, and after they were caught, His Majesty asked them to conduct a thorough investigation, and in the process of thorough investigation, many crimes of the Shence Army were involved, which were very serious, and there were even cases of fornicating with other countries to sell weapons privately. His Majesty was furious, and ordered that all the people and others should be dealt with according to the law. Wei Renshi said to Li Chun: "This matter involves nearly ninety percent of the upper and lower prison troops in the Shence Army, and none of the lieutenants of the Guardian Army are missing. After this inventory, many positions will be vacated in the Shence army. No one knows this news yet, but if you want to keep it secret for too long, Prince Chun should make plans as soon as possible and insert as many of his own people as possible. ”

Li Chun immediately said solemnly: "I know! It's just that now that Your Majesty is keeping it secret, if I make any moves, won't it arouse Your Majesty's suspicion? ”

"You need to be able to take forty percent of the vacated slots." Wei Renshi thought for a while and said: "It's unrealistic to have too much, after all, there are a lot of people staring at the Shence Army, and once His Royal Highness the Crown Prince learns about it, he will definitely place people in the Shence Army." Prince Chun will definitely not be able to snatch His Royal Highness the Prince, so it is enough to occupy three or four percent of it. It will be of great use in the future. ”

Li Chun nodded and said, "Okay!" I know! Thank you Brother Renshi for reminding me, I will definitely arrange this as soon as possible! ”

Wei Renshi nodded and said no more.

Li Chun was about to ask something, but suddenly a voice came from outside, saying: "General Qiyu, there are palace guards outside to summon you, and Your Majesty has ordered the general to enter the palace immediately to meet you." ”

Wei Ren said honestly, it seems that he wants to persuade the bigwigs of the three provinces to accept the matter of opening the market to sell weapons.

So he said to Li Chun, and he left the barracks and followed the palace guards to the palace.

Li Shi really summoned the ministers of the three provinces, and when he saw Wei Renshi coming, he said to everyone: "Wei Qing is here, you Aiqing have any questions about this matter, you can ask Wei Qing." ”

"The old minister has just listened to what His Majesty said, if this method is prudent, it can indeed be counted in one fell swoop." Du You spoke first: "It's just that the old man has only one question. If Datang sells these weapons, then what if these people use these Datang weapons to deal with Datang? ”

Several other people also said: "Yes, the old man and others are the only ones who ask now." ”

Wei Renshi nodded and said, "Understood." Your Majesty, Wechen's entourage was waiting for Wechen outside the palace, and he had a short knife on him. Please allow the palace guards to bring the dagger with you. ”

Li Shi nodded, shouted, and a guard came in. Li Shi instructed him to go out and find Gou Er, and brought the short knife that Gou Er was carrying into the palace.

When he arrived at the palace, Wei Renshi said to everyone: "Everyone, please see, this short knife is an ordinary weapon made of steel obtained from the new method of steelmaking. ”

After that, he said to the guard: "This guard, the weapon in your hand should be the best steel." ”

The guard nodded.

Wei Renshi handed him the short knife and said, "Please fight these two weapons with all your might." ”

The guard looked at Li Shi, and Li Shi nodded. The guard stepped back, one in each hand, and slammed into each other.

I only heard the sound of "Zheng", and I saw that the knife in the guard's hand broke in response.

Everyone was taken aback and turned to look at Wei Renshi.

Wei Renshi said to the ministers of the three provinces: "You have all seen it. This new type of weapon will gradually be popularized and equipped in all armies of the Tang Dynasty in the future. At that time, the replaced 100 steel weapons will be sold together after being refurbished. The weapons sold to the surrounding countries are also all weapons of this kind of steel. And the weapons used by the Tang Army are this new type of weapons. Therefore, you don't have to worry about the Tang army losing the advantage of weapons. ”

Moreover, with the money brought from the sale of 100 steel-made weapons, Datang can further improve and develop better weapons. Therefore, the sale of 100 steel-made weapons will not only not make Datang lose its original advantage, but will further expand this advantage. ”

"In the future, Datang's technology is improving, and more advanced weapons will be made. In this way, the current weapons have become backward weapons again, and they can be sold again, so that the surrounding countries can upgrade their own weapons. This is yet another round of the arms race. In this way, the wealth of the surrounding countries continued to pour into the Tang Dynasty. ”

Du You listened, nodded his beard, and said, "That is the case, the minister has no objection." ”

Gao Ying asked again: "I look at the regulations made by Wei County, when selling weapons, they are not sold openly, but secretly, but why?" ”

"It's all here to sell, and it was Datang who took the initiative to sell it. Secretly, it was requested by the neighboring countries themselves. Wei Renshi said: "If Datang publicly says that anyone can come to buy, then of course there will be many people who will come to buy, but it is too much to buy, and it is not easy for us Datang to raise the price." Such a secret sale, and secretly leaking the news, will make the countries that buy it happy, and the countries that can't buy it panic, and in addition to panicking, they are willing to pay more prices to buy weapons from Datang, so that our Datang can raise the price, and also let those countries that can buy weapons from Datang be grateful to Datang. For example, if the two countries of A and B learn that Datang openly sells weapons, anyone can buy them. Then don't panic, you can buy it and I will buy it. Those countries are not worried about this. What they're worried about is, you can buy it but I can't buy it! It doesn't work. Therefore, in order for you to buy and I can buy it, I will secretly negotiate with Datang, negotiate, promise, and be willing to obtain the power to buy weapons from Datang at a higher price. In this way, the competition is more intense, which is convenient for Datang to raise the price. Wait until these countries start to buy it in the future, and Datang will publicly announce it. ”

Gao Ying thought for a while and said, "When it comes to doing business, no one is as good as Wei Xianzi." When the old man heard what His Majesty said, he felt that this method was feasible. As long as it can ensure that Datang still maintains its advantage, it is not impossible to try. ”