Chapter Seventy-Three: The Rites of the Dynasty

Song Jiwen's level of speech is very high, and Su Zedong nodded vigorously when he heard it, this cultured person is really different, Cheng Zeheng can't say such a level of words. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But the words will be said, and things must be done, otherwise the final outcome of those who speak the vernacular will either perish, or they will raise a group of officials who are not bullshit who grew up eating wolf milk, and then go up and down, and manage a large group of civilians without basic literacy, and their philistine policies will be implemented very well.

It is to constantly squeeze the people and hollow out people's heads, although it is not a humane approach, but it is conducive to unity.

Su Zedong is unwilling to do this, he would rather be pointed out by thousands of people and scolded as a sinner through the ages, rather than take the road of foolishness, otherwise his soul will be useless this time!

The management of Dongzhen Company sympathized with the people's feelings the next day, and rushed back to Gaoyou City to deploy, because Xiao Qi'er sent someone to send news that this Feng had lost his right-hand man and did not stop, and openly colluded with the people of the Qingzhu Gang to make trouble in various shops on Dongjie, and the blacksmith shop of Dongzhen Company suffered particularly heavy losses.

And Xiang Feng's dog leg also said that this matter is not over for their Uncle Xiang yet, as long as this store is in one day, they will come to smash it for one day!

This is Chilolo's revenge!

This is the Xiang family's Young Master Xiang Feng is taking revenge!

Su Zedong didn't plan to remove the arms and calves of people beating, smashing, and robbing people this time, after all, he is now a big official of the imperial court, and he can't be so frizzy with his subordinates, and the Qingzhu Gang is still the head snake in Gaoyou City, and the person who takes the lead in beating, smashing, and robbing is the boss of the Qingzhu Gang, and if he sends people to do it, he will have to fight against the Qingzhu Gang.

As the so-called strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, if it weren't for Su Zedong, he wouldn't be able to do the Qingzhu Gang, and now the strength of the ghost army has more than 800 people, and now there are three envoys to do it, and while managing the money, he also has the right to support the escort team for self-defense, so he can apply it freely.

But Su Zedong was reluctant to use the power of his subordinates, and now he had so much power as the head of the organization department of a university in later generations, he wanted to see if a third envoy could pinch the pests of one side.

When meeting with Zhang Shicheng at the daily court meeting, Su Zedong saw that the other party was reluctant to mention the attack on Dongzhen's mansion and the affairs of several rural villages in the north of the city, so he only mentioned a few words before talking about official affairs and military affairs, and comforted him twice, and even the property in the home of the finance minister under his command was tossed by the ruffians and hooligans, so he refused to ask more.

is like this, so it's no wonder that he can't be a king in the end!

However, being a king doesn't want to care, it doesn't mean that he, a minister, will agree with ordinary ministers.

After King Cheng and the military ministers, namely Lu Zhen, Wu Shicheng and others, discussed the military, Su Zedong walked up to the ministers, and said in front of Zhang Shide and Zhang Shixin: "King, Weichen still has something to report. ”

After getting Zhang Shicheng's permission, Su Zedong made his losses in Dongjie clear 1510, and pushed all the responsibility for this matter to the Qingzhu Gang, and also asked King Cheng to investigate the affairs of the countryside in the north of the city and his mansion.

And Zhang Shicheng's answer disappointed Su Zedong again, and he reported the formula to him with great expectations, but he played Tai Chi with himself, and said: "Oh, Su Boudoir has just entered the officialdom, and he may not know all the troops of this king, as we all know, now that the Mongolian army has reached Hanyang, I believe they will be killed in two months under the city of Gaoyou City........"

Excuse! What King Cheng said must be an excuse!

Say there aren't enough people? The four or five hundred families who went to the north of the city to make trouble were just born from their mother's womb the day before yesterday, and then went to the countryside north of the city the next day to make trouble? Or is it only the people under King Cheng who have the ability to find people from other places to act as thugs, and he himself has no real material?

In fact, this is not the case, in the officialdom, all the things that are discussed are to a large extent the result of compromise, unless the person in power is determined to succeed or his personal charm is really as strong as Zhu Chongba, Zhu Di, Qianlong and others, otherwise they also have to take care of the psychology of the ministers under them, and they also need to weigh the pros and cons and consider the greatest interests.

And Su Zedong didn't think about giving Zhang Shicheng a chance to shirk since he stood under the main hall, and it was naturally impossible to force him to obey with a knife on his neck, but he had his saying about playing Tai Chi, and those who came prepared naturally had corresponding tricks to dismantle!

Su Zedong's face did not change too much in King Cheng's prevarication, he knew that in this improvised court, many ministers were waiting to see his jokes, so if he was deflated on the first day of going to the court, this would undoubtedly be for the sake of others' ambition to destroy his own prestige.

As soon as King Cheng finished his move, the faces of all the ministers present showed joy, they chose to remain silent as if they had conspired a long time ago, not in a hurry to offend him, let alone in a hurry to get closer to him, they just wanted to see how Su Zedong's newly appointed three envoys responded!

As expected, the Minister of Finance who could be valued by Zhang Shicheng and personally promoted was really not a coward, as soon as he heard King Cheng citing the lack of troops as a reason, Su Zedong immediately proposed: "Since it is difficult to deploy troops in the court, then the generals of Dongzhen Mansion are willing to solve problems for the king!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and the people who were optimistic about Su Zedong blamed him for being so rash and moving out of the family in front of King Cheng, which really meant to demolish the stage!

Those who are not optimistic about Su Zedong and even have a disparagement of his meaning are first surprised by this person's uprightness, and then sneered a few words, saying: "Hey, saying that we also have this family, there are hundreds of them, do you need to lend them to Master Su for use?" ”

Zhang Shicheng also shook his head secretly, Su Zedong was indeed a little hasty to solve the problem of bandits in Gaoyou City, he knew in his heart that the Qingzhu Gang had been in Gaoyou City for twenty or thirty years, and its power was huge, its foundation was solid, and the forces involved were even more complicated, and it was too arrogant to rely on a few generals to solve it!

Moreover, Zhang Shicheng himself said before that the whole city is now on alert, and there is no manpower and time to deal with the local ruffians and hooligans, and at this critical time, to a certain extent, it is necessary to rely on their strength to prevent too many people from flowing out, as well as the preparation of materials for the army and other matters......

Of course Su Zedong knew this, he knew that the general he had just proposed could not really move Zhang Shicheng's heart, and asked him to help clean up the Qingzhu Gang, so he continued: "I believe that the king knows very well that the reason why Weichen's Dongzhen can sell those many iron tools in a short period of time is because of his skills, and now Gaoyou City is in an emergency, if there are powerful firearms to help......"

Su Zedong's words were not complete, firstly, he wanted to arouse the interest of Zhang Shicheng and everyone present, and secondly, he didn't know how much Zhang Shicheng attached importance to firearms.

However, Su Zedong was still too worried, when he saw Zhang Shicheng hear the word "firearm", his eyes lit up, and after seeing that he didn't say anything more, he hurriedly asked: "The power of this firearm, this king also has some knowledge on the battlefield, but he is suffering from people who do not respond, and he heard from the minister that the cost of making this firearm is quite high, and the existing technology is not enough, then..."

Su Zedong didn't let Zhang Shicheng's "introduction" say too much, so he seized the turning point of the other party's words and followed up and said: "As for the technical, financial, human and material problems that need to be faced in the manufacture of firearms, Wechen guarantees to bear it in the name of Dongzhen; And guaranteed that in a few months, it would come in handy against the Mongol army led by Tokhtar. ”

With Su Zedong's words, Zhang Shicheng has confidence in his heart, it's not that he doesn't want to do something, but because of the limited manpower around him! At this time, someone took the initiative to take care of this matter, so he immediately said: "Okay, what this king is waiting for is Su Boudoir's words!" In this Manchu Dynasty, there is a lack of people with practical talents like you! But there are many flamboyant tongues and clever arguments! ”

"In this way, since Su Boudoir still has the heart to manage the security of Gaoyou City, and wants to fight against the local ruffians and hooligans, then this king also supports you and sends 3,000 militia to work with your generals to benefit the people of Gaoyou City!"

As soon as Zhang Shicheng's words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Although he knew that after the high-ranking King Cheng said this, the overall situation had already been decided, but he was sure that Xiang Feng would win the game with many businessmen, so he didn't want to do it!

Since the five hundred strong men in the family were all classified as peasants by Su Zedong and Wu Shicheng, who had the most losses, was the first to quit, walked out of the ranks of everyone, and said in a stern tone: "King, this matter has been determined too quickly!" As far as the last general knew, it would be impossible for Lord Su to make enough firearms in a few months and use them in war. ”

"Of course, unless someone wants to deceive the king or Lord Su, and cut corners, indiscriminately fill the numbers, or even take a few broken wood, rotten copper and iron to make up the numbers, then it's another matter!"

Wu Shicheng's words can be described as tricky, but his words are also very pertinent, and even Su Zedong is not very sure in his heart, in just two months, he can not only ensure the quality, but also meet the supply demand to complete the production of firearms.

But the offensive of both sides has reached the point of saber rattling, and the words have been said to this point, King Cheng almost agreed to come down one step, but he can't give up his efforts!

Then Su Zedong was heartbroken, so he simply came to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, and said in a resolute tone without changing his face: "King! Wechen is guaranteed as the third envoy and all the family businesses and industries of Dongzhen! Within two months, we will be able to complete the task of eight artillery pieces and three hundred firearms, and we will definitely live up to the trust of the king and the support of the ministers! ”

The people under the court who understood all heard the clues in Su Zedong's words, and the support he said was not to let them stand in line now, but to imply that as long as they did not raise objections, they could get benefits afterwards!

Thinking that he could get benefits, and if Su Zedong really made firearms in the above quantities, wouldn't it also be beneficial to their own official career and interests?