Chapter 604: Checks and Balances (4 More Monthly Passes)
As far as the Spiegel Division is concerned, it is obvious that what they want the Emperor and the Queen Mother to know, they will let the Emperor and the Queen Mother know, and there are many things, the Queen Mother and the Emperor don't know whether the Spiegel Division knows, so how can they ask?
This...... That's where the real fright.
It's really scary, Chen Kaizhi nodded at Su Fang and said: "What Su Gong said is very true, it seems that I really underestimated the Spiegel Division, they hold the handle of so many people, and some people may even do something, but I don't know if the Spiegel Division holds their handle, under this fear, as long as the Spiegel Division wants to do something, there will definitely be countless people who want to serve, right?" ”
Su Fang said in a deep voice: "That's the reason. ”
Chen Kaizhi sneered: "Since Su Gong knows so well what is going on here, then it is a little unwise for Su Gong to offend the Spiegel Division." ”
Chen Kaizhi couldn't help but feel strange now, after a short contact with this Su Fang today, he understood that this Su Fang was not a simple person.
It's just that with Su Fang's mind and prudence, since he knows how powerful the Spiegel Division is, how did he offend the Spiegel Division?
I saw Su Fang sigh, took another sip of tea, and then said: "Even so, you can't continue to let Mingjing Division go on like this, so the old man played a note." ”
"Solo?" Chen Kaizhi frowned and looked at Su Fang with a little curiosity.
Su Fang told Chen Kaizhi his thoughts with a faint expression.
"This note is to hope that Your Majesty and the Queen Mother can establish an institution to govern the Spiegel Division, and on top of this Spiegel Division, there will be another government office, which will not be subordinate to the Spiegel Division, and on top of this, all the news will be sorted.
Chen Kaizhi suddenly understood, and blurted out: "Dongchang! ”
"East Factory?" Su Fanghu looked at Chen Kaizhi suspiciously.
Chen Kaizhi couldn't help laughing.
Obviously, Su Fang didn't know the deep meaning of the word Dongchang, but Su Fang's proposal was really the same as the previous life and a certain dynasty, because the power of Jinyiwei was too great, and finally set up Dongchang, the purpose of which was to balance Jinyiwei.
It's no wonder that Spiegel Division wants to fight Su Fang to the death.
Originally, everyone was happily living their own good lives, but someone actually wanted to find a 'father' for the colleagues of the Spiegel Division, who not only had to manage them, but also acted as a godfather.
It's that people can't stand it, Su Fang is tantamount to poking a hornet's nest.
Chen Kaizhi looked at Su Fang and couldn't help but laugh sarcastically: "In this way, Su Gong is only afraid that he will cause himself a lot of trouble." ”
Su Fang pursed his lips and smiled, and said calmly: "It is indeed a great trouble, this Liang Tongzhi is actually a person in the Spiegel Division, Jingzhao Mansion Tongzhi, is his identity, but the other identity is a thousand households of the Spiegel Division, this person is an undercover agent, and he is married to a certain person in the Spiegel Division, before the old man used General Chen, in fact, he hoped to let the Spiegel Division shift his attention to General Chen, so that the old man can at least temporarily breathe a sigh of relief, slow down the time, and then find ways to counteract, but unfortunately...... After all, General Chen pulled the old man into the water again, hey...... Now, the old man has to strike back preemptively. ”
Chen Kaizhi just smiled, of course he knew that what Su Fang wanted to do was not necessarily wrong, speaking of which, since he came to Jingshi, Chen Kaizhi has actually ignored the existence of the Spiegel Division, the most important reason for this is because the Spiegel Division is extremely low-key all the time, if you have to use a definition to describe it, it is like a shadow, everyone tells the horror of the shadow, but no one can get a glimpse of the whole picture of this shadow.
But under that darkness, where there is no light and people can't see, the influence of this shadow is incomparable, and the cabinet scholars on the table, as well as those high-ranking princes of the clan, this shadow not only exerts a huge influence, but it is not visible, so that people subconsciously ignore them.
But for Chen Kaizhi, no matter how right Su Fang is, Su Fang is trying to use him, that is, trying to use him.
At this time, Chen Kaizhi said: "Then, I really hope that Su Gong can succeed." ”
Su Fang nodded expressionlessly: "I hope so." ”
But Chen Kaizhi suddenly remembered something, and continued: "Yao Gong, Chen Gong and others, why do they turn a blind eye to this? ”
Su Fang hesitated for a moment and smiled, "You don't have to know. ”
Since Su Fang didn't want to tell him, Chen Kaizhi didn't force it, so he laughed it off, then stood up, and said: "Then goodbye, these things involving a high-ranking person like Su Gong are not something I can manage, and now I am ordered to negotiate with the countries, and I should be loyal to my duties, Su Gong, goodbye." ”
Su Fang also stood up and said, "It just so happens that the old man should also go back." Oh, there is one thing, there is one thing in the south of the Yangtze River, large-scale change of grain to mulberry, this is not a good thing, this matter, I am afraid that it has something to do with the expansion of textiles, Chen Kaizhi, you can make profits, but you must not be greedy for huge profits, and thus damage the country. ”
Chen Kaizhi knew in his heart that the Xun family's business could not be hidden.
Since the Xun family began to be involved in the textile industry, in the past two years, the Xun family and the weaving merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have fought the method, in order to obtain raw materials for textiles, have increased the price of purchasing mulberry hemp, which has also triggered a large number of changes to grain for mulberry.
Su Fang's warning didn't make Chen Kaizhi feel too disgusted, he nodded and said, "I understand, but I want to ask, in Jibei Mansion, if you plant mulberry hemp, can the cabinet give some convenience?" ”
Najibei Mansion, there is land.
It's just that there is a shortage of people, and there are countless fields barren, Chen Kaizhi was tempted to plant mulberry hemp on a large scale in the form of a farm there.
In this way, the textile workshop can be fully supplied, so that the textile industry of the Xun family does not have to be subject to the landlords who plant mulberry hemp, not only that, if the raw materials are stable, the purchase price will also be greatly reduced, then the cost can be reduced by more than half, then, their own and the Xun family's textile workshop, naturally can be crazy to expand the scale, many workshops in the south of the Yangtze River directly crushed.
Of course, defeat is not the goal, Chen Kaizhi has his own calculations, now Jibei needs people, a lot of labor, it is conceivable that a large number of workshops will go bankrupt, many people will lose their livelihoods, if at this time, Chen Kaizhi will recruit them to Jibei, this population will not have?
It's a win-win-
Su Fang's face showed a little tiredness, and he nodded calmly: "Jibei is different from other places, the old man heard that there is almost no population there, and the existing population, in addition to the original more than 1,000 households, is your salt farm and some workshops have been moved, which is worthy of another 3,000 households, right?" ”
This topic is really embarrassing, Chen Kaizhi replied honestly: "Yes." ”
I only heard Su Fang continue: "Four thousand households, even a small county, the population is not like this, and a prefecture in Jibei is so sparsely populated, what is planted, naturally it is your envoy who has the final say, how can the cabinet ask?" However, Li Dongzheng, the prefect of Najibei, ......"
"Li Dongzheng?" Chen Kaizhi frowned and said, "What? ”
"This person may not be reliable, do you know why he became the prefect of Jibei?" Su Fang said with a smile.
This question was raised well, Chen Kaizhi couldn't help but pay attention, and said with a straight face: "I want to hear about it." ”
Su Fang saw that Chen Kaizhi was willing to listen, so she told him in detail.
"At first, he was young and promising, during the imperial examination, he was ranked second and thirteenth, and then stayed in Hanlin for a few years, and when he was released, he became the county commander of Guanzhong Jing County, and because of his political achievements, his official reputation was also good, so he rose to prominence, and finally became the prefect of Yingchuan."
The prefect of Yingchuan?
Chen Kaizhi was surprised, becoming a prefect is nothing, but becoming a prefect of Yingchuan is not easy.
Because this Yingchuan is the hometown of the Chen family and the origin of the Chen family, because of this, the imperial court takes special care of it, and the future of being able to become the prefect there is promising.
Chen Kaizhi bowed his head and said with a smile: "If this is the case, he should at least enter Beijing now, and his future is bright." ”
The point is that he did not enter Beijing later, but was sent to Jibei Mansion, which is equivalent to sending the frontier.
Su Fang saw that Chen Kai was able to understand everything, so he smiled at him and continued to analyze with Chen Kaizhi seriously.
"The problem is here, when he was in the prefect's office, he actually accepted 30,000 taels of silver from others, you see, his appetite is really not small, after the incident, the court was supposed to punish severely, but he was taught by a ...... Ahem...... In short, this person was quite remarkable back then, so the imperial court still didn't make a heavy hand after all, and simply transferred him to any prefect of Jibei Mansion and left him idle. ”
Su Fang looked at Chen Kaizhi's frowning brows, and then said: "Official, the so-called ability and political integrity, virtue comes first, whether a person has talent or not, it doesn't matter, but if there is a loss of virtue, it is not the case, the old man gave you a piece of advice, you General Chen wants to be a person who wants to do a big thing, because of this, you need to be cautious when employing people." ”
He smiled at Chen Kaizhi, and there was some bitterness in his smile: "Perhaps, this is the last advice given by the old man, in short, keep these words in mind." ”
With that, Su Fang took the lead downstairs and walked away without looking back.
Chen Kaizhi looked at his back, and there was some depression.
Can...... What does this have to do with yourself......
People like Su Fang can find a way out for themselves when they encounter anything, and they don't need to worry about him.
Chen Kaizhi thought so.
However, when he thought of Li Dongzheng and Su Fang's advice, he became cautious.
When he returned to Feiyu Peak, he immediately ordered someone to repair a book, found a name, and let Li Dongzheng go to Beijing to report on his work, and on the other hand, he began to perform his duties.