"Haha...... This Yang Jichang was so miserable by his son-in-law! It's a laugh! In the palace, Chai Yuan was holding a newspaper in his hand, and his face was full of joy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty, this Lin Yi has finally revealed his true colors, this time he is clearly Wang Kan and Yang Jichang, but secretly he is showing you goodwill!" Wang Bo, who was standing on the side, said with a smile.

Chai Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, this Wang Kan and Yang Jichang are both members of the Eighth Prince, and his attack on these two people in the newspaper is equivalent to sweeping the face of the Eighth Prince, presumably the Eighth Prince's will be very angry." ”

Wang Bo took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, when the minister came to the palace today, I heard people on the street say that Wang Kan and Yang Jichang are both traitors. Several court officials even said they were ashamed to be in the company of these two men. The power of a newspaper and a few articles is really not to be underestimated. Therefore, the minister thinks that this Bianjing Daily is very important and must be in the hands of the imperial court, and the imperial court should buy it! ”

Chai Yuan pondered and said: "I also have this intention, but there is no silver tael in the treasury of the household department!" Even in my inner vault, there is not much silver. Besides, who will run the purchase? As he spoke, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

Wang Bo smiled confidently: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to return it to the imperial court." “

Chai Yuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "What is Aiqing's plan?" ”

Wang Bo said with a smile: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, this Bianjing Daily has been handed over to Liu Wubian by Lin Yi to take care of it, and this Liu Wubian is a scholar of the imperial court, and now he is still hanging an idle position in the Ministry of Rites. The minister heard that this Bianjing Daily makes a lot of money every month, and even the editor can get a salary of fifty yuan, which is more than some four-grade officials, as for Lin Yi and Liu Wubian, where to get more money, the day before yesterday, Liu Wubian also told the minister that they have built a new newspaper near Taixue, the scale is very large, and what kind of printing house will be opened, I am afraid that we will earn more money in the future, we can think of adding shares in the name of shares, into a dry share, and grasp the management of the newspaper, so that we can not only control the Bianjing Daily, but also get a lot of silver, Isn't it more than one stone? ”

Chai Yuan was surprised: "This newspaper and printing house can also make money? I heard that the newspaper was sold very cheaply, and the merchant who printed the book couldn't make much money by publishing a book. ”

Wang Bo said with a smile: "If it is someone else, it will not be put here by Lin Yi, according to the minister's understanding, he is a very shrewd person, he is very calculating, and he will not do anything to lose money." The reason why a newspaper can make a lot of money and others can't do it is because he has a way of printing books, which is very ingenious, and the books are printed quickly and well, and now he still has a penny of profit for each newspaper? In the future, once you start printing books in large quantities, you will definitely earn more. Your Majesty, the court is also short of silver! ”

"I'm short of silver in my inner treasury, too?" Chai Yuan muttered in his heart, listening to Wang Bo talk about so many benefits, his eyes immediately showed a longing brilliance, slapped his thigh, and said, "Okay!" Just do what Aiqing wants, I also join a cadre share, and take over the management of the newspaper to the imperial court, haha! When the time comes, I will also share your dry shares! ”

Wang Bo bowed down and thanked Chai Yuan, with a smile on his face.

Chai Yuan's face suddenly turned worried, stood up from the dragon chair, and said with emotion: "Since the beginning of this year, there have been more disasters and famines than in previous years, and the Khitan is ready to move in the northern border pass, and in my treasury, there are only 100,000 taels of silver, and it is a joke to say it, and even the redemption of a newspaper has to be calculated and played with means!" Ay...... When will I be able to make the country rich and the people strong! ”

Wang Bo is the prime minister of the dynasty, there is no money in the treasury, and he also has his own responsibility, hearing Chai Yuan say this, it seems that he has a sense of blame, and his face is ashamed at the moment, he lowered his head, and did not dare to speak.

At this time, there was a few palace maids laughing outside the house, very crisp and pleasant, Chai Yuan walked to the window, stretched out his hand to push open the window, looked out of the window, looked at a few palace maids playing for a while, and looked up at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky for a while, and sighed leisurely: "Since I ascended the throne, it has been twelve years, the eighth brother has been scheming, vainly trying to seize my country, and the prince is still fledgling, once I have any accidents?" To whom should I pass on my country? At this point, his face suddenly turned red and he coughed vigorously. A serving little eunuch next to him hurriedly came over and wanted to beat him on the back, but was pushed aside by Chai Yuan, and the little eunuch retreated in a panic.

Chai Yuan took out a handkerchief, covered his mouth and coughed for a while, only to feel that his mouth was a little fishy, with a trembling hand, when he took off the handkerchief, he saw a patch of blood on the snow-white handkerchief, like a blooming plum blossom, very eye-catching. Chai Yuan immediately froze, his face was as white as snow, he stood stunned for a while, and quietly folded the handkerchief and hid it in his arms.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the crown prince has grown up now, and he will take on the heavy responsibility." Wang Bo behind him comforted.

Chai Yuan sighed, shook his head, and said with a sad expression: "I don't know what I did wrong in my last life?" How do you want to punish me like this? It's not early today, Wang Aiqing, go back first! There's a whole bunch of business waiting for you? ”

"Minister, retire!" Wang Bo glanced at Chai Yuan cautiously, turned around and exited the door.

After Wang Bo left, Chai Yuan stood in the open space in the house for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "The prince of Suchuan came to see me!" ”

"Slaves obey!" The little eunuch beside him hurriedly answered and ran away.

"Humph! Eighth brother? Since you want to fight with me, I will accompany you to fight and see which of us can have the last laugh. Chai Yuan's hand clenched his fists unconsciously, and a hint of determination appeared on his face.

On the second day, it was still dark, Chai Yuan cheered up, walked to the main hall to go to the court, just said a few words, and there was a privy envoy Gao De out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister got an urgent report from the border pass yesterday night, Li Jiwu, the prince of the Xia State in the northwest, openly rebelled, led the party Xiang people in the department, attacked Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Yuanzhou, at present, the three cities have been captured by it, the rebels are besieging Yan'an Mansion very urgently, the border pass army is like fire, and please send troops to rescue Your Majesty as soon as possible." ”

This party Xiang clan claims to be a descendant of Xianbei, Tang its leader Tuoba Sigong participated in the military operation to pacify the Huangchao Uprising, because of military merits, was given the surname Li by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, named Xia Guogong, with Xia, Yin, Sui, Jing, Youzhou five states, and later after several generations of development, captured Shazhou, Guazhou, Ganzhou, Liangzhou, Suzhou, Xingzhou and other places, became a powerful force in the northwest border of the Great Zhou. During the reign of Chai Rong, the family adopted a policy of Huai Rou, and the relationship between the Dangxiang people and the Great Zhou Dynasty has always been good, but since the unruly Li Jiwu succeeded to the throne, the relationship between the Great Zhou and the Dangxiang people began to take a sharp turn for the worse, and finally caused today's Northwest Incident.

When Chai Yuan heard the news, his heart jumped heavily, and his face turned pale. To be honest, meeting Li Jiwu is something he doesn't want to see. In the past few years, due to the war with the Khitans in the north for many years, the Great Zhou has been greatly injured, and in recent years, there have been frequent disasters in the country, and the treasury is extremely empty, which really can't support a large-scale war!

"Ladies and gentlemen, how should we retreat from the enemy?" Chai Yuan settled his mind and asked his subordinates.

Wang Kan, the deputy envoy of the privy council, said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the soldiers are coming to block, the water is coming to cover the earth, and Li Jiwu in the northwest is in rebellion, and the people will inevitably be unstable. ”

The Great Zhou is a great country, how can it be despised by a small warlord in the northwest? At that moment, all the ministers went out to play, saying that they should send a large army to conquer. Pacify the rebels and show the prestige of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Chai Yuan was silent, these ministers said lightly, it costs money to fight, there is no silver, what can be used to fight? Grain, grass, horses, vehicles, tents, and soldiers' pensions, none of which cost money, can you raise them for me? Looking for you to ask for money, levy some taxes, and cry and shout that you have no money at home, and now you are jumping out one by one to be a good person who is loyal and courageous?

"Wang Aiqing, what do you mean?" Chai Yuan asked.

Wang Bo pondered for a while, and then went out of class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is not appropriate to make a big move. Now that Li Thief is powerful, it is not a day to divide the northwest. If we want to exterminate this thief, it is impossible for us not to call in hundreds of thousands of troops. Now that the treasury is empty, and there are many lands and famines, how can there be so much money to fight? However, the traitor could not fail to give punishment, so the minister thought that he should select a good general, select tens of thousands of elite soldiers to go, guard the border, and repel the Li thief. “

Chai Yuan nodded and said: "Aiqing is reasonable, according to your opinion, which general will be selected to go?" ”

After all, it's a military war, so can't you send a good general to it? Immediately, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government frowned one by one and thought about it.

The privy envoy Gao De came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should worship General Hu Yanqing as the commander and go to the border pass to quell the rebels. ”

When Wang Kan, the deputy privy envoy, heard this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible. Now General Hu Yanqing is guarding the three passes to guard against the Khitan invasion, and if the border army is mobilized, it is easy to give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of. ”

The ministers nodded yes, the Khitan is the biggest enemy in the north of the Great Zhou, known as a million iron cavalry, if they come to attack, the north town is lost, the Khitan army can drive straight in, straight to Bianjing, must be guarded.

Chai Yuan asked: "General Hu Yanqing, don't move lightly, besides him, who can be a general?" ”

Guo Peng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, went out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is the grandson of Yang Lao Linggong, Yang Wenzhong, this son is a general, strong in martial arts, and has been familiar with military books and tactics since he was a child, so he can be the choice of leading soldiers. ”