Chapter 325: Walking on the Road to Strengthening the Army and Enriching the Country
However, his sympathy for Li Wei only lasted less than three minutes, this poor man must have something to hate, this sentence is not wrong at all. Where is Li Wei's hatred Chen Yuan didn't know, but what Renzong said next made Chen Yuan very sure, this Li Wei was hateful, at least in the eyes of the eldest princess, it was already extremely hateful!
Renzong continued: "Then Li Wei's mother is too powerful, I don't want to say anything more to her, so let's do it, your current identity is more suitable, I think, you go and talk to Li Wei, and if you have the opportunity to persuade his mother again, it may have an effect." As long as they promised not to mention it again, I would send the eldest princess back at once. ”
From Chen Yuan's point of view, Renzong is already a good performance of an old man doing this. He personally sent the eldest princess back, which was tantamount to using his identity to apologize to the Li family for this matter! What else is there to say?
Don't say he's the emperor! Even if an ordinary person encounters such a thing, the father-in-law personally comes to apologize, if he still talks about a favor, at least give the woman another chance, right?
Chen Yuan immediately clenched his fists: "The emperor is merciful!" ”
Renzong shook his head bitterly: "Alas! This daughter of mine, originally surnamed Chun Zhixiao, was only thirteen years old when I was sick and bedridden, and she knelt in front of the door to pray to heaven for me. This time I heard that she ended up like a shrew, and I really couldn't believe that what was said was true. However, seeing the way she looked, "
Renzong couldn't go on, obviously the eldest princess's appearance had already stung Renzong, and after a while, he continued: "Li Wei is not the kind of unreasonable person, after he knew that the eldest princess liked poetry and painting, he specially invited someone to teach him, obviously to cater to the eldest princess. I really don't understand, what is their problem? ”
Chen Yuan saw that Renzong didn't say anything, so he continued: "Long live, the grass people think that it may be on that Liang Huaiji's body." ”
Once a woman changes her mind, Li Wei, you can't do anything anymore. Your affection for her is only a sign of your cowardice in her eyes. If you learn those poems and paintings, she will only think that you are vassal.
Renzong nodded: "Well, then Liang Huaiji was originally the princess's retainer, and he was the chief eunuch beside the princess in the palace back then, but why didn't I see anything wrong between them back then?" ”
Renzong was curious, and Chen Yuan was even more stunned: "What? Liang Huaiji is a eunuch?! ”
"You don't know?"
Chen Yuan really doesn't know! If he knew, he would definitely not have been thinking about the eldest princess in this normal mode!
Liang Huaiji is a eunuch, which means two things, first, the Li family is too much! A eunuch can't be a real sword, at most it's that kind of virtual spiritual love, and it's just some cheapness in his mouth and hands and feet! Is this also worth your Li family to make the matter known all over the city?
Second, he is now extremely contemptuous of Li Wei, a man with five big and three coarse people, and his wife was stolen by a eunuch! This made Li Wei's position in Chen Yuan's heart plummet! He didn't even want to classify Li Wei as a man.
Renzong looked at Chen Yuan's expression and shook his head: "Don't believe it, right?" I didn't believe it at first. But the eldest princess said that it was true. As an elder, I can only teach a lesson in this kind of thing, but I can't do anything more. Do you understand? ”
Of course, Chen Yuan understands that at this time, the eldest princess is infatuated with Liang Huaiji, and whoever moves Liang Huaiji is the enemy of the eldest princess in this life! So, Renzong wanted to let himself do it. Renzong won't explain it, if you don't want to do it at this time, you can pretend to be confused, and Renzong won't be embarrassed by it.
But how could Chen Yuan give up this opportunity to show himself in front of Renzong? He immediately said, "Hooray, the grass people understand. ”
This time, the matter of the eldest princess is a trouble in the eyes of others, and everyone who can hide is far away. Chen Yuan didn't dodge because he was different from others!
If you handle this matter well, you can not only win the favor in Renzong's mind, but also establish an image that can do things. This image is very important to Chen Yuan, who is about to step into officialdom!
Although he did something great in Liao, none of the ministers saw it. Now, you have to seize the opportunity to express yourself and seize every opportunity!
This matter is trouble, but the outside of every opportunity is wrapped in layers of trouble and danger, and you can only throw yourself into your arms if you solve the outer layer of the coat that may hurt you.
Liang Huaiji and Chen Yuan quickly got all the information about this person. No matter how good you are, you can soak the eldest princess from the hands of a strong man, but in order to take a step forward in your position in Renzong's mind, you can only borrow your shoulder to step on it!
This is not a difficult thing for Chen Yuan, he believes that a eunuch has no love, and Liang Huaiji may do this out of the perverted psychology of satisfying him after possessing the princess, which can no longer be truly satisfied.
Renzong's intentions, Chen Yuan's guess is very clear, if he can, it is best to solve it with money. If not, you can use some extraordinary means, and the bottom line is not to kill people.
Chen Yuan decided to go find that Liang Huaiji tomorrow, and clearly told him that he had to leave the eldest princess now, otherwise he would be unkind to him. Doing so can let the eldest princess know that once something happens to Liang Huairen, it has nothing to do with Renzong, and it has nothing to do with Li Wei. This is the result that Renzong wants.
There is no problem for the eldest princess to hate herself, with Renzong supporting her, Chen Yuan will be afraid of this eldest sister-in-law?
Renzong's words suddenly changed: "I heard Zhao Yi say, you want to take the money out and help Zeng Gongliang study his weapons?" ”
Of course Chen Yuan wants to! Sponsoring Zeng Gongliang is not only beneficial to the country, but also has great benefits for himself, although the road to strengthening the army is huge, but if it is successful, the direct and indirect benefits are incalculable.
First of all, the needs of the army in that process are a huge astronomical amount. Once he succeeded in sponsoring Renzong's experiment with a force, he would have a good reason to take over the deal of the needs of the entire Great Song army.
Also, if there is a war, this transportation and supply are all astronomical. Of course, the biggest advantage is that when its tentacles reach out to the military industry, it can control a part of the army. At the very least, the White Mountain Battalion, which can prepare itself to be formed again, has the best equipment in this time and space! To a certain extent, it can give priority to Huyanqing and them to provide various weapons suitable for naval warfare.
This is Chen Yuan's method, he didn't think about becoming a general himself. He is a trader, and what he is best at is buying and selling. Some people may say that the Great Song Dynasty is an era of scholars, and it is very stupid not to read to do business.
But Chen Yuan didn't think so. People should do what they do best in life, and it's right to let a cat catch a mouse, but what if you let a mouse catch a cat? When a person has such a creative idea, there will definitely be many people who applaud him, which is extraordinary! Courage is commendable!
But in the end, he faced only one result, and that was to become the laughing stock of others.
Chen Yuan will never give up what he is best at, and he stepped into officialdom just to make his business bigger!
The tentacle military industry is only his first goal, and it is also a stepping stone, whether it is the officials in the Great Song Dynasty or Renzong himself, Chen Yuan is not very clear about where the bottom line of the businessman's intervention is.
Zhao Yi has already opened the door for him, and now that Renzong has asked, he has given himself a chance, whether he can put his hand in it, it depends on this time!
"Back to long live, although the grass people don't know the general situation, the truth that the country is strong can make the people rich is still very clear. Zeng Gongliang's "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" Cao Min once read it roughly, although I don't know what effect the battlefield has, but it's always right to try. ”
Chen Yuan would not boast about the power of the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", although he knew that this book would guide the wars of the next generations for hundreds of years, but the more powerful it was, the more it had to devalue it now. Only by making others realize how precious this item is, can you have the opportunity to take it down at the lowest cost! After taking it down, the more surprises you can give Renzong!
Moreover, "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is still only in the stage of Zeng Gongliang's draft, and now even Zeng Gongliang and others may not realize the impact of this book on future generations, so it seems reasonable for Chen Yuan to say this.
Renzong nodded: "Yes, I think so too, Zeng Gongliang doesn't want much, it's only 50,000 guan, plus arming an army for experiments, but 200,000 guan, I can take this money." But the officials were unwilling. ”
When Chen Yuan heard this, he immediately knelt down: "The grass people are willing to share their worries for the emperor!" These 200,000 people, the grass people are preparing for the emperor, and the emperor doesn't need to take out a copper coin! ”
Renzong looked at him and asked with a smile, "You made a lot of money, right?" ”
Chen Yuan felt that there was no need to hide his assets now, as long as Renzong believed that he had the ability to pick up this burden, Renzong would give it to himself!
"The grass people have some capital, which is enough to support the needs of Lord Zeng."
Renzong nodded: "Yes, there are many people who do business in the Great Song Dynasty, but there are not many people like you who have gone from a poor scholar to hundreds of thousands of dollars in just two years." How much did you gain from that trip to Liao? Can you talk to me? ”
Chen Yuan said: "This, the grass people brought back more than 160,000 guan from Liao, and when they were divided equally with some brothers, the grass people fell 80,000 guan. Later, Taishi Pang rewarded the grass people with nearly 40,000 yuan, and after Lu Xiangguo gave the coffin to the grass people, it looked like 150,000 yuan. ”
Lu Yijian's coffin was far more than 30,000, but Chen Yuan knew that if he told the truth on this, it would be equivalent to putting Lu Yijian behind his back, and this should lie still has to be told. But you don't have to be so polite to Lao Pang, this old guy is now covered by his daughter, and he will not be punished by Renzong for embezzling two coins.
Renzong shook his head slightly when he heard this: "It seems that the Taishi is a little too much, and he actually gives you more reward than Xiangguo's coffin." Shimei, you're willing to share my worries, but if the merchant pays for it, I'm afraid that the officials will say something about me. In this way, you go to Xiangguo and ask him to write a name post for you and promote you as an official. I, appoint you as the secretary of the treasury, and let you assist Zeng Gongliang in weapon research and development. ”
The Treasury Department is just a middle-level leader in the treasury who is responsible for assisting the governor in management. Renzong's hand is very clever, if Renzong directly orders Chen Yuan to intervene in the production of ordnance, those officials will definitely not let go.
But first give Chen Yuan a Treasury Department, so that Chen Yuan can blatantly pay money to cooperate with Zeng Gongliang. No one else can say anything, and other officials pay their own money to do things, what else do you have to say about this style?
Just like the current director of the civil affairs bureau who saw a poor family and immediately took out all his family's savings, what else do you say about such a person? If anything, it should be praise.
Chen Yuan knew that he had taken the first step towards his goal! The Great Song Dynasty was originally a rich country, and what he lacked was a strong enough army! Can such a force be created to make the barbarians of the Quartet fearful? Can you use this opened door to interpret a different Chen Shimei to everyone?
All this requires his own efforts, one of his feet has already stepped on a road to a strong army and a rich country, what he wants to do is to open up this road! Even if there is no way out for Chen Shimei on this road, when he wants others to mention Chen Shimei again, he thinks of more than just abandoning his wife!
(To be continued)