Chapter 63: Stubbornness

Perhaps because of some disturbing rumor, without notifying Ye Tao in advance, and without informing any of Ye's many people in Danyang, Ye Laogen came with the transport team that sent a batch of Tissot table clocks to Danyang.

Since Ye Tao began to take charge of Ye's business, Ye's has had nothing to do with low-key. When he was in Yicheng, Ye Laogeng had doubts about the high-key colors of the bright yellow and dark blue of the "IKEA" that Ye Tao decided to establish. But in the end, Ye Tao succeeded in developing IKEA into the most distinctive professional houseware production and sales organization of this era. As the backstage of all the Ye family's industries, Ye's Workshop has also become stronger because of its increasingly strong financial support and Ye Tao's almost endless new ideas...... It was so powerful that Ye Laogeng often felt so frightened after inspecting the workshop. He was afraid that someone would take a fancy to the Ye family's "insignificant" property and want to take these things away from him.

In Danyang, Ye's institution, whether it is the Yi Zhan Building, which is now in full swing in the knockout stage of the "March Chess Open" grand strategic game, or the "IKEA Danyang Store", which has finally completed all the furniture orders of the royal family and has just opened for business, and is earning the attention of the entire Danyang with a complete set of fine and elegant furniture completely decorated with silver foil under the clear black lacquer water, it is very lively. In IKEA, the people of Danyang, who are not psychologically prepared for the daily consumption of furniture, have not come in large numbers, and only those who have some family backgrounds have come. And in the small square in front of the Yizhan Building, there are all kinds of people from three religions and nine streams, and the small square that is just used to meet Ye Tao's idea of building an open-air café is not too much to describe as shoulder to shoulder. In front of the ticket office in the interpretation hall, there is a long queue.

After Ye Laogen arrived in Danyang, he and those escorts Tissot table clocks. Most of the underground guards from Qi Zhentao's sect were separated, and under the leadership of an apprentice from the Ye family's workshop, he came to the Yi Zhan Building. Because, Ye Tao now stays here almost all of the day.

"Sir!" The first to spot Yelaugen in the crowd was Kassandra. The little girl with dark and brown hair is fully responsible for managing all the contestants these days, determining the competition schedule, dealing with the contestants who violate the rules, answering the questions of all the contestants, and she is always busy with a thick roster of contestants and a competition order book in her hands. Tempered by a busy and unmistakable work, Kassandra is shrewd and capable. It surprised Kassandra, who was accustomed to always working in the workshop according to the ideas of her brothers.

The title of "master" also suddenly pointed out Ye Laogeng's identity, and the eyes of the people around him immediately carried a bit of admiration and envy, in the eyes of anyone, there is no doubt that having a child like Ye Tao will be an extremely glorious thing.

"Is Tao'er here?" Ye Laogen asked.

After greeting the players around her who were inquiring about the situation, Kassandra led Ye Laogen to the office area behind the lecture hall of the Yi Zhan Building, and led Ye Laogen to sit down in the not-so-special compartment in Ye Taodi, and served tea. Honestly, he said: "Master, the son is now on the construction site in the Iron City, after inspecting the construction site, according to the schedule in the afternoon, I want to go to a few places in the city to see." In order to select the site for the new Zhengyuan. ”

"Zhengyuan?" Ye Laogen was stunned for a moment and said, "Which adult is this building a garden for?" Why haven't you heard of it? ”

Kassandra said excitedly, "This is our family's own garden." It's just that the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, and probably the son hasn't explained to the master yet. ”

Ye Laogen nodded understandingly, this kind of thing. It's not a big deal for the Ye family now, so naturally there is no need to ask him in advance. And Ye Tao, who has always had a lot of ideas, if he asked him about everything, it would not be Ye Tao.

"You find someone, take me to the workshop to see, Tao'er goes to the construction site of the Iron City, I'm afraid I won't come back so soon." I can't stay idle. "Ye Laogeng is an old-school craftsman after all, and he is concerned about the situation of Ye's workshop in Danyang. But it's very attentive.

Kassandra nodded and said, "Wait a minute, sir." She hurried out, checked the chart on the wall of the office, and then ran back, and said, "Master, in a few moments, the second senior brother will send a batch of chess pieces and other utensils from the workshop, and then return to the workshop." Master, you and the second senior brother went over together, did you succeed? ”

Ye Laogen nodded. Then I noticed the various charts hanging on the walls of the entire office. Some are drawn on huge sheets of paper. Some of them hung thin obsidian slabs on the walls, and then wrote various messages in various colors of chalk on the slates. In one corner of the office, a desk clock is ticking...... Even if Ye Laogeng no longer knows what the modern office is all about, he can see that the office here now is as precise as a table clock.

Suo Yong arrived on time a moment later, and when he saw Ye Laogeng coming to Danyang, he was overjoyed. And the various situations he can pass on to Yelao are not as simple and flat as a little girl like Kassandra. In Suo Yong's words, Ye Laogeng faintly heard such a meaning: Ye Tao is no longer Danyang is no longer an outsider in the politics, power and wealth competition in Dongping, and the Ye family, although he does not dare to say anything in Danyang, he also has a lot of influence. Regarding the fact that Yizhan Building and the Princess Mansion are going to jointly build an army, Ye Lao is even more frightened.

And at this moment, although Ye Tao is indeed on the construction site of the Iron City, he is not patrolling. Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is extremely interested in such a complex as Tiecheng, which takes into account the aesthetic needs and the practicality of the military fortress, summoned Ye Tao and asked Ye Tao to explain the general situation to him on the spot. In order to satisfy the curiosity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Ye Tao could only take out charcoal essence strips and thick cardboard from the bag placed in the carriage and draw a few imaginary pictures of the iron city. The majestic city, which is connected with the mountains, makes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also yearn for it.

Ye Tao didn't find such a thing troublesome. His Royal Highness the Prince, who doesn't have much of a fight, is a good playmate when he usually gets along, but any game that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince plays must be closely linked to his own "career planning". Tan Weiming wanted to become a great emperor, and under the encouragement of his father and ministers, he understood that there must be a war between countries. And the opportunity to reunite the world is gradually emerging, he wants to be the emperor who can be famous for eternity, and he has always trained himself in this way. Political affairs, finance, personnel, martial arts, military strategy, he is so strict with himself in every homework. So much so that Tan Weiming, who is two years younger than Ye Tao, is not only slightly taller than Ye Tao, but even more temperamentally than Ye Tao, who has been working tirelessly in the workshop to develop "high-tech" but somewhat childlike idealism.

When the conversation between Tan Weiming and Ye Tao gradually developed in the direction of nonsense, Tan Weiming suddenly asked, "Ye Tao, you and my sister...... What's going on? ”

Ye Tao paused and looked at Tan Weiming quietly. This Prince of Dongping is just a teenager who is worried about his sister's affairs. Ye Tao said slowly, but very seriously: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also thinks it." Are you not qualified to be with Xin'er under the next? ”

Tan Weiming sighed: "Now that things are boiling, if it goes on like this, it will have a lot of impact on my sister and my Dongping royal family." To talk about qualifications. Who would dare to say that you are not qualified enough. You're only sixteen or seventeen years old now, and you've already got so much to do. My father also said, "If you are willing to be an official, rely on your ability." With the support of a few adults who are very close to you now, it will be one of the halls of the council in a few years. But why wouldn't? Although my Dongping royal family is not too rigid about identity, from ancient times to the present, there is no precedent for marrying a princess as a merchant woman. Those ministers with ulterior motives, those families who were once expected to improve their status by marrying into the royal family, will inevitably have all kinds of things to say. ……”

Tan Weiming faintly pointed out the content, for a future lord like him. It's already quite open and honest.

Ye Tao said: "I don't have any desire for power or anything else. Whether this is to be an official or not, I have already made it clear that there will always be precedents for anything. Isn't it? ”

Tan Weiming shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that you don't want anything." You also know about Gao Zhuo and the Gao family, right? Although the Gao family has never been fighting for anything in the court. But he managed to make himself an indispensable family in Dongping. If Gao Zhuo marries my sister, even if it's just for drama. Come and invite me to talk about my family, and my sister will inevitably live comfortably. You don't want anything, but it makes me a little suspicious. You and your sister may indeed be in love, but can you eat it as a meal? How can this thing be guaranteed to last a lifetime? Especially, you know that my sister's body is terrible like that......"

Talking about Weixin's body, not to mention that she can't give birth and raise, she can't even live a normal married life, and she has to rely on a large number of expensive medicinal materials to constantly recuperate, no matter whether she is happy or angry, her intense emotions will damage her health. Such a person is regarded as a wife, and when the so-called promise of knowing each other fades, and when the enthusiasm for mutual affection cools down, who can guarantee that she can always treat this noble Princess Zhaohua well?

Ye Tao smiled, he met Tan Weiming's scrutinizing gaze, looked at this precocious young man, and said solemnly, even with a little reproach: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it seems that you don't know your sister as well as you think you do. What kind of person do you think, Xin'er? Will she make a choice without thinking it through? Will she allow me to put her in a situation of oppression? If there is such a thing, do you think Xin'er will be a person who will swallow her anger? …… Hasn't His Royal Highness thought about how any other person would behave if he was in Xin'er's situation, and how could Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaohua be the same as those people in any way? No matter what rumors are spread outside, no matter what you see and hear, if the princess is willing to marry me, I will gladly marry me. But even if that's the case, it doesn't mean that she has to be attached to me, that she has to obey me in everything, and that I have to cater to the talker because of this. First of all, we are two ** people, two people who have never had a precedent in this world, and then we can become a precedent and not the opposite. ”

Tan Weiming was stunned. No one had ever dared to speak to him in such a tone, except for his parents and sister. But he couldn't deny that what Ye Tao said did hit the crux of the matter. It is true that Ye Tao is a businessman, but he has gradually become a partner of the military and the Dongping royal family, not in a dependent manner, but in a more lofty attitude. Maybe there is a factor of Weixin's support, but Ye Tao's own ability and temperament are also the key. And Tan Weixin, not to mention any woman who can be described as precedent or any other nonsense, has never been a princess who can calmly manage the expenses of the inner treasury when she was a teenager, control the income and expenditure and flow of millions of silver taels every year, and continue to increase in value and continue to strengthen this already thriving kingdom in various ways, but Tan Weixin can still do so many things at the same time. Take care of yourself so comfortably and happily, not be tired by work, and live so wonderfully with a body that others will sigh about. These are not two people who can be measured by ordinary thoughts, indeed, as the queen mother Zhuoxiu said, if these two can finally come together, they may become the most suitable and talented couple in this land that has experienced hardships and romances.

Thinking about this, Tan Weiming naturally understood that now there are Sophie Marceau and Dai Qiuyan, who is young but has fully demonstrated the potential of beauty, by his side. Ye Tao doesn't have to worry about the so-called physical needs. Tan Weiming bowed his head slightly and said, "Since this is the case, let's take one step at a time." I promise you, as long as my sister is interested in you, even if there are other obstacles. and I will intercede in it. ”

Such a guarantee is too rare for a prince, a man who will be in charge of the country in the future. Ye Tao bowed respectfully and said, "There is labor." "He knows. For Tan Weiming, such a guarantee means how much pressure he will have to endure in the future.

The same special people are also unwilling to swallow their anger. Tan Weixin actually appeared in the council hall the next day. She sat on the chair specially prepared for her, leaning on the soft cushions, and looked at the courtiers in the hall with an indifferent expression.

Princess Zhaohua has not entered the political palace once or twice, starting from being in charge of the inner library, especially when the inner library is getting richer and richer under her control, and the wealth is so rich that the household department has to rely on the inner library to fund the cooperative place at some point. Tan Weixin was summoned to the council hall several times to join in the discussion of certain matters. But this is not the case today.

Now the situation in Dongping is not complicated, and most of the court meetings that day are progress reports on some things that have been unfolded, and several ministers can make it clear in a few words. According to the usual practice, when it was time to dissolve the court meeting if there was nothing to do, Tan Weixin said softly: "Please stay with the ministers, there is one thing I want to share with you." ”

I saw Tan Weixin take a stack of folds from the hand of the waiter on the side. Raised. said: "These days, you officials are very concerned about the fact that my mansion and the Yi Zhan Building want to form two military formations. The books in my hand are all the handwritings of a few masters who can be here today. I didn't expect that the impeachment of a businessman could use such a battle. ”

Those who wrote excerpts looked at each other, whether they felt that something was wrong and wanted to impeach, or they were instigated to write excerpts, it was nothing more than to exert pressure and make the Ye family not be so arrogant, but they never expected that Her Royal Highness the princess actually ran to the council hall for this matter.

"Jianjundi's proposal was not from my princess's mansion at the earliest, but Tan Weiran and Chi Lei's two boys chatted and chatted about the first place to come out, but when it came to me, I thought it was fun to really find some people to talk about whether it could be done. Now that I'm all in the field, I'm a big minister of my country, so I don't know what I mean by building an army that's purely for the sake of the game, right? If you feel that it is inappropriate, you can say it clearly in the court. And what I don't understand is that even if this matter is inappropriate, I discussed it with Ye Tao, how can it be a conspiracy, why is it not my share when the impeachment is made? Without me, would Ye Tao have 10,000 more dares to build an army? Without my father's advice, would this army have been built? The accusation of treating military affairs as child's play, forget it, your reprimand will be regarded as helping me cover up people's eyes, what does this charge of privately building an army to plot misdeeds mean? ”

Tan Weixin's tone intensified. Imperial History Chen Tingfang couldn't bear it, took a step and arched his hand: "Your Royal Highness Princess Qiyu, I wrote this excerpt, and its intention is to warn the Ye family. Since the Ye family entered Danyang, there have been many frivolous things, and they have been very close to the royal family, and they are not in line with the system. I also hope that the princess will be painstakingly examined. ”

Tan Weixin pursed her lips and said, "Oh? I didn't see this, but Lord Chen should know better than me what was going on. The least severe is the arraignment, followed by reprimands, appeals, denunciations, and questioning...... Do you remember what kind of grade you used? ”

Chen Tingfang was taken aback, the officials have always had to talk about things seriously in order to attract attention, and he used the first-class format of denunciation. This time, he was caught by Tan Weixin and had a sore foot.

"Lord Huang, in my Dongping Decree, I accused others of having no evidence and making false accusations, but what regulations are there?" Tan Weixin turned to Situ Huang Xuping.

Huang Xuping was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes." If there is no substantiated evidence, if the informant is a commoner, he will be given ten rods. Fines are imposed as appropriate, and in the case of officials, a reduction of three ranks. False accusations shall be made as if they are verified, and if they are verified, they shall be guilty of the crime they have been accused. ”

Tan Weixin then asked: "Then what is the crime of this conspiracy and disobedience?" ”

Looking at Chen Tingfang, whose face was like earth, Huang Xuping said softly: "...... This is the offence of the inauguration, and only applies to the offence of theft, deception, etc. Even if it is a crime such as murder, robbery, or adultery, it must be determined at the discretion of the government at the next higher level. Dongping's original local level was not complicated, that is, the four levels of village, town, prefecture, and central court. Originally, it was determined that serious crimes such as murder and robbery were to have inspection yamen in the capital city of the state, which was basically Chen Danyang. If you want to say that there is a disobedient intention to plot against you, this kind of crime, once it is judged, there is no second word. ”

Tan Weixin shook her head. said: "That means that if his denunciation is due to various reasons, even if it is just that his father is in a bad mood, he will do it according to the excerpt, that is, Ye Tao thinks that he is unlucky, and there is not even a decent evidence for the crime of raiding the family and destroying the clan, if he doesn't do it." This Chen Tingfang said: 'I scared him', and that's it? ”

Tan Weixin's eyes swept around the council hall, and most people felt that this contrast seemed to be a bit strong.

Tan Xiaopei felt that her daughter's temper was coming up, and she was a little bad, so she hurriedly persuaded her: "Xin'er, let's deal with this matter." In this Ye Tao matter, several officials did overkill. The next is not an example. Luckily? ”

Tan Weixin looked at her father and said expressionlessly, "It doesn't matter." Father thinks that such a speech official and such a royal history can still be used, so it is better to continue to let him be. But that's not the end of the story. I'd like to see how such an imperial history can be maintained. ”

Tan Weixin's implication was that even if she wanted to use the power of other aspects, she would squeeze Chen Tingfang and others out of this political hall.

Chen Tingfang was shocked, knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Please also ask the king Mingjian, the minister...... The minister is really kind. …… Moreover, although Her Royal Highness the princess has a noble status, there is still something wrong with arguing about the government. ”

Chen Tingfang couldn't care about it at this time, as long as he could stay in the council hall where he had struggled for more than ten years before he could sideways, he couldn't care about anything.

Tan Weixin calmed down her breathing that had risen rapidly from intense anger, and returned to her most ideally bland state, without saying anything more. She believed that her father would naturally make a decision.

Although Tan Xiaopei knew that the so-called Ye Tao had a heart of disobedience, he must have made something out of nothing, but he didn't expect Tan Weixin's counterattack to come so violently. Only then did he realize that Tan Weixin's request to him to enter the hall today actually contained such a mood. Although it is certainly wrong for the imperial historian to open his mouth, it would be even more inappropriate if several imperial historians were dismissed because of Tan Weixin's run, and some of them would not be able to show face in the background. But Tan Weixin has always done what she says, since she said that she wants to make these guys unable to get along, it may not be useful to keep them in the court. For a while, Tan Xiaopei didn't know what to do.

Tan Xiaopei touched his nose and said: "This matter can be big or small, and it is difficult to have a right or wrong for a while, let me think about it, let's stop here today." Retreat. ”