Chapter 43: Yu Mingche and Yu Minghong
On this day, Yu Mingche received a letter from Wei Chiyan, he said in the letter that he had been investigating the traitors who leaked military information in the military camp during this time, and he didn't expect to find out about an adjutant who was usually entrusted with important tasks by Yu Mingche, although there is no conclusive evidence now, but from the current point of view, there is a chance that the person who basically leaked military information may be him.
Second, Wei Chiyan also mentioned in the letter that the stuffy mines used by the Chiwu people during their invasion and the stuffy mines that appeared when the Huangshanling suppressed bandits were actually produced in the same place, and that the remnants of the explosion and the traces of the explosion were exactly the same, and they should be the same batch of goods.
Yu Mingche finished reading the letter and clutched it in his hand, and the whole letter became crumpled, like the anger in his heart.
Yu Minghong, you can choose to get rid of me, but you actually colluded with the mountain bandits and the Chiwu clan in order to get rid of a political enemy, for you, the throne is more important than the people and the country, right? Then since you ignore the brotherhood, I can only let you stop here forever, and never think about getting involved in the throne.
In the early days, Yu Minghong relished to His Majesty the Emperor about the harvest of the envoy to the Tianyuan Kingdom, from commodity trade to the construction of canals, etc., and talked endlessly for almost two quarters of an hour.
The emperor smiled on the dragon chair and watched Yu Minghong's eloquent conversation, Yu Mingche stood next to him thoughtfully, and he also noticed that Yu Minghong couldn't help but secretly look at him when he was talking loudly.
After all, the prince is just a title, with no actual power, and is generally an envoy or a face-to-face meeting on behalf of the emperor, etc., but now Yu Mingche is different, he is in the middle of the book, when he is the head of the court, and the power is monstrous, and although King Lian can speak the Tao, he is still only a prince after all, and he is only in charge of the Ministry of Rites without power, so how can he be willing in his heart.
"Your Majesty, if the canal is opened this time, the trade between us and the Tianyuan Kingdom will no longer need to go through the mountains and mountains, and directly reach each other's national capitals, benefiting the country and the people, it is a major event that can be enjoyed by thousands of generations, I hope Your Majesty will approve it!" In the end, King Lian proposed the idea of building a canal and bowed to the emperor.
Several of King Lian's henchmen and courtiers immediately stood up to state the benefits of building the canal this time, and the fool could see that it was already a rhetoric arranged by King Lian.
"King Yan, what do you think?" The emperor stroked his beard and looked at Yu Mingche and said.
"Back to Your Majesty, just now King Lian has made all the benefits of building the canal clear and clear, plus this canal is half in our country and half in Tianyuan Kingdom, and we will only pay half of the money for the benefit of using the entire canal in the future, but this matter is a good thing for generations to come." Yu Mingche stood up and said to the emperor.
"Then you mean it can be repaired?" The emperor looked at Yu Ming's clear eyes and knew that he must have a plan, so he continued to ask.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the repair can be repaired, but at the moment our treasury is empty, this major event of repairing the canal is a delay in time and silver money, the minister thinks that this matter can be discussed with the Tianyuan Kingdom, and they will start to repair half of their side, and after they repair it, our treasury will already have some surplus money, so we can continue to repair it to our side."
"King Yan, originally this canal repair is a project that depends on time, and digging together on both sides can save time. Yu Minghong scoffed at Yu Mingche's suggestion from the side.
"Where does the King of Ripples think the money comes from? Tobe Shangshu reported the current balance of the treasury to King Lian. Yu Mingche just said lightly in the face of Yu Minghong's disdain.
Hubu Shangshu stepped forward to make a statement about this year's armament expansion, natural disasters, droughts and floods, etc., and said the current remaining money, and Yuming Hongcai threw up his sleeves and was silent.
At the end of the early dynasty, the emperor called someone to intercept Yu Mingche and called him to his study.
"Fourth brother, do you really want the sixth brother to repair the canal, if it is repaired, there will be no more heavenly moat between the Tianyuan Kingdom and us, as long as one of them rebels, their sea ships will go down the canal and go straight to our imperial city." The emperor said to Yu Mingche in a little anxious.
"Brother Huang, this kind of thing is a discerning person can see it, Yu Minghong dares to mention it like this, he will not worry about others thinking like this, besides, this canal repair will not be possible for ten or eight years, I guess the ambition of the Tianyuan Kingdom you said will not be realized for a while, the sixth brother has been recruiting troops and horses all these years, and the silver gap is very huge, I guess it should be embezzled from the river repair money first, and the second is that through trade, you can exchange news with the Tianyuan Kingdom, and even smuggle goods, and finally wait for the canal to be repaired to directly attack the imperial city." Yu Mingche also replied to the emperor with serious thoughts.
"And what do you mean?" The emperor understood what Yu Mingche meant, and couldn't help laughing.
"Isn't Yu Minghong particularly good at negotiating? Let him communicate with Tian Yuanguo according to the meaning of what I said today, firstly, he will continue to reject his thoughts, and secondly, only if he does it can we really find what he wants to do, and only when he does it will there be evidence for us. ”
"I'm afraid he won't agree to this, and today he has obviously turned his face in the court." The Emperor replied thoughtfully.
"So Brother Huang, you want to give him another advantage, he is now only in charge of the Ministry of Rites, he must be unwilling in his heart, tomorrow you will appoint him as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, supervise the construction of the canal, he will naturally agree to negotiate with the Tianyuan Kingdom." A meaningful smile appeared on Yu Mingche's face.
"The Ministry of Works, once he takes office, we will not be able to control it." The emperor also said with some hesitation when he heard Yu Mingche's suggestion.
"Your Majesty, in the Ministry of Industry, except for Yu Minghong, the rest are not all our own people." Yu Mingche and the emperor laughed, and the emperor already knew it in his heart, so he arranged for him to go down and start handling it.
As soon as Yu Mingche left, the crown prince Yu Chengyun walked out from behind the screen in the study and saluted the emperor, who smiled with satisfaction.
"Chengyun, what do you think?"
"Father, a wolf and a tiger, they will forget that they are still in the cage when they fight each other, but now it seems that although King Lian is very good-mouthed, King Yan is even better." Yu Chengyun also replied with a slight smile.
"Well, King Yan is pure-minded, King Lian is good at communication, promise, all available are not available, trust must first be established on distrust, now it seems that King Lian wants to fight against the water, the good thing is that King Yan is still in our hands, then you can make this move first, let him cross the river first to test the depth of the water."
The father and son looked at each other and smiled, the smiles of the two looked very gentle, but they looked particularly terrifying, are the royal people really so ruthless?