After getting into the car, Yang Dong realized that his thoughts were still a little hasty.

Although the interior decoration of the carriage is not extravagant, it is definitely not related to simplicity.

Under his feet is a thick Persian carpet, as if stepping on clouds, and the inner walls are covered with a soft layer of leather, so even if you accidentally bump it, it won't hurt, and the space is very large, and it won't feel too crowded for seven or eight people at the same time.

The seat was soft and soft, as if it was going to sink people in, which made Yang Dong very unaccustomed, but he also felt very comfortable.

"Teacher, the ride is bumpy, and the sitting posture can be relaxed, which is also conducive to recuperation."

Zhao Mengqi saw Yang Dong sitting with his waist straight, so he reminded with a smile, and then opened the thick curtains.

The car suddenly became much brighter, and Yang Dong looked at the transparent object on the window, and said in surprise, "This is glass!?" Isn't it too extravagant to use it as a window?"

Huaxia will make glaze very early, it is said to be traceable back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, but the raw materials required are relatively special, and the process is particularly complex and cumbersome, so it has always been a jewelry-level item, used to make some jewelry treasures.

The windows on this carriage are one foot square, and the materials cost a lot, according to the price of glass on the market, I am afraid it will cost hundreds of yuan.

"Don't hide it from the teacher, although it will be said to the outside world that it is glass, but this should be called glass."

Yang Dong was puzzled, "Glass?"

"This is produced by a new process, the raw materials are also cheap, the cost has been greatly reduced, and the output will be much higher, and it is still being studied and improved for the time being, and it will definitely be able to enter the homes of ordinary people in the future and bring more convenience to people's lives."

Glass has a wide range of uses, and it is not too high-tech, so Zhao Mengqi will naturally not let it go.

However, even though magnets are used, the iron in the raw materials has not been completely removed, so it is impossible to produce completely colorless glass, so it is simply used as a luxury product.

And because I couldn't make a large flat plate, I had to make a two-inch square like this.

Yang Dong listened to this explanation and nodded silently.

At this time, Huang Zhu carried a silver kettle to make tea for the teacher and student, which made him strange again, "There is no fire source in the carriage, and there is no smoke, but this water is obviously boiling...... By the way, why is it so warm?"

"There is an iron coal stove at the bottom of the car, completely isolated from the carriage, and the pipes rolled with iron sheets are cleverly arranged with the compartment wall, and the hot air flow passes through it, and then transmits to the carriage, and the kettle is placed directly above the stove, heated through the iron plate, boiling water may be a little slow, but it is still no problem to maintain the water temperature......

Zhao Mengqi introduced some of the facilities in the car as if chatting.

Yang Dong exclaimed, "It's just a carriage, but it took a lot of ingenuity, no wonder I haven't felt any bumps until now, and I don't have to suffer from the cold when I travel in the middle of winter, although it costs a lot of money, but as His Royal Highness, it's not extravagant."

"The students also prepared a car for the teacher, and they will be sent to the house later." Zhao Mengqi smiled.

Yang Dong hurriedly waved his hand, "This can't be helped! No way! His Highness's heart is understood, but how can this Che Ma Chen accept it?"

Zhao Mengqi immediately said sincerely, "What's this, students are filial to their teachers, it is a matter of course, teachers don't have to excuse themselves, and teachers don't need to worry about things like coachmen and horses, everything is arranged."

Yang Dong smiled bitterly, "Even if the minister dares to swagger and is not afraid of rumors, but this horse is for the use of the military, and it is not overkill to use it for me, not to mention that my lack of horses is so serious!"

"Teacher, listen to me first......

Zhao Mengqi just fooled Lao Zhao at the beginning, and talked about the crooked theory of the luxury economy and the marketization of horses.

"In this way, we can not only flow the money in the hands of the rich into the market and use it to prosper the economy, but also increase the number of horses in our dynasty, promote horse breeding, etc., and cultivate talents who are familiar with horse nature."

"This?" Yang Dong always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find a logical loophole.

"This is a strategy that students have come up with with a lot of painstaking efforts, so you should support it more, teacher." Zhao Mengqi showed a tired look again.

Thinking of Swallow

Wang had many unexpected moves in the past, but they were very effective, and Yang Dong no longer insisted, "Okay, then the minister should make this so-called advertisement for His Highness."

After a while, we started with a carriage, and then the conversation turned to business.

Although Zhao Mengqi was not in Lin'an for half a year, he did not relax his attention to the court, and the Imperial City Division would regularly send relevant information to him, and the people left behind in the Yan Wangfu also maintained close contact with him.

However, many things can't just look at the surface, and there are some deep and internal things that only a few people in the court can touch, so it is necessary to listen to Yang Dong's views on the situation.

"Teacher, when the students come back this time, they always feel that the atmosphere is a little strange, what is the situation in the DPRK now?"

Yang Dong's expression was tight, slightly heavy and serious, "The wind and waves are calm, peaceful, everything is fine."

"Huh?" Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but sit up straight, his eyes became solemn, "Please tell the teacher in detail."

Yang Dong was relieved to see his reaction, "His Highness is not keen, even if he doesn't talk too much, he can quickly detect the abnormality in it."

"The teacher has won the award, and the student only relies on intuition, and he doesn't know why, so he still has to be instructed by the teacher." Zhao Mengqi has a humble attitude.

Yang Dong nodded, "Actually, the minister didn't find anything conclusive, everything is just speculation, tell me what you think in your heart, for Your Highness's reference."

"Originally, since His Royal Highness opened the mansion and lived separately, he no longer appeared in the court, so the courtiers rarely paid attention to His Highness, in fact, the ministers also agreed with His Highness's practice of keeping the light and cultivating obscurity, as long as he silently laid a solid foundation and succeeded to the throne smoothly, he could naturally be greatly developed at that time."

Speaking of this, Yang Dong couldn't help but smile bitterly, "How do you know that when I heard the news of His Highness again, His Highness was already in Wujiang and was still in danger, and it was also from this time that the attacks on His Highness began to increase."

Zhao Mengqi sneered, "This ...... The students are also involuntarily unexpected."

"Whether it was an accident or not, His Highness's later performance is still obvious to all, natural disasters and military disasters have been handled very well, and the ministers are very impressed in their hearts." Yang Dong said sincerely.

Zhao Mengqi touched his nose, "Luck, luck......

Yang Dong continued, "If it was only here, everything would be easy to say, but after the courtiers learned that His Highness had quietly reimposed the meridian boundary in Pingjiang, they blew up the pot, and every day there were recitals attacking His Highness and sending them to the palace, and there were all kinds of nonsense charges, and in their mouths, His Highness was simply a heinous sinner."

"But fortunately, the princes of the political hall are still well aware of the righteousness, although Dong Xiang is a little softer, but he has clearly expressed his support in this matter, Cheng Xiang and Ma Xiang have also stepped forward to suppress many criticisms, and the most important thing is that the official family has a rare attitude and reprimanded and punished many impeachers."

"Then those people saw that they could not stop the border through the court, so they went to the place to conspire...... I have to say that His Highness's response is simply wonderful, not only did it destroy their conspiracy and make them suffer a big dumb loss, but also a series of measures that followed also opened up a good situation for the future of the full warp realm."

"However, this also made some people even more flustered, and under the extreme viciousness, they did whatever it took to kill His Highness, but fortunately, when the news reached Lin'an, he also learned that His Highness was unharmed, otherwise it ......would ."

"Although it is difficult to find the so-called real culprit in this kind of matter, the official family still found other excuses to deal with many people, so that the hundred officials knew His Royal Highness's status in the hearts of the official family."

"Since then, although there is still the matter of impeachment and criticism of the Jing Realm, no one dares to directly target His Highness, after all, although the official family is aging, the love of protecting calves is even greater."

Hearing this, Zhao Mengqi nodded silently, he naturally knew that if he could go so smoothly in the local area, there must be some people who were sheltering him from the wind and rain.

Yang Dong glanced at him, and said, "Later, His Royal Highness lured him to take heavy profits, and attracted the support of more and more gentry, and the court was a little quieter, and then, the frequent changes of the Mongols in the border reached the imperial court, and basically no one mentioned the matter of the meridian realm anymore, as if they had accepted their fate, and then at the court meeting yesterday, the official family casually mentioned the meaning of establishing the prince early, and it was successfully passed, so with today's edict, it seems that everyone recognized His Royal Highness."

Zhao Mengqi

sneered, "Some people know the current affairs, but some people can't change their, even if I give other benefits, they don't want to exchange, but all of them, they are nothing more than dormant when the momentum is unfavorable, waiting for the opportunity to find an opportunity to make a comeback one day, this kind of thing, there are many in history, isn't the reform of the Shenzong in this kind of back-and-forth, the original intention is all lost, the vested interest group is still the winner, all the losses are passed on to the people, shaking the country's capital, so that the Jin people easily defeated Kaifeng."

"Vested interests... That's a fitting word." Yang Dong sighed, feeling helpless, "But to a certain extent, these people are the pillars of the Great Song Dynasty, and without them, the Great Song Dynasty will collapse."

"Indeed, in fact, the people standing in the court, including me, all belong to vested interest groups, but some people still have conscience in their hearts, and there are people, and some people, but only themselves, even if the Great Song Dynasty dies, they have changed, and they have become loyal and filial sons of the Great Yuan and Qing Dynasty, continue to eat meat and drink blood, and they will not fall for thousands of years."

Zhao Mengqi said, and couldn't help but be a little indignant.

Yang Dong's face darkened, knowing that what King Yan said was the truth, but he still felt very harsh, and couldn't help but turn away from the topic.

"Since Your Highness knows that they are not surrendering, how do you think they will behave?"

Zhao Mengqi frowned and thought for a while, thinking about Wang Anshi's reform, Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal, Han Yanxuan's Kaixi Northern Expedition, Duanping into Luo, and later Jia Yidao's Gongtian Law and Ding Jiazhou's defeat, and had a hazy concept in his mind.

Then he said slowly, "Zheng Zhuang Keduan? Borrowing a knife to kill? Breaking the divide? Kill?"

Yang Dong was both surprised and delighted, "Any specific plan, it is possible, in summary, when His Highness makes a mistake, His Highness falls out of favor, and sends His Highness to the battlefield, as long as they can endure it, they will be able to find His Highness's flaws sooner or later."

Zhao Mengqi thought so, "In that case, the opportunity they think at the moment is, first, the official family has another son, or their own son, second, the Mongols are brewing a big war, and third, there is a big problem with what I do."

"There may be more, such as making His Highness the crown prince as soon as possible, or even regent! When the time comes, they can take the initiative to ask for the border, go to the place to fool around, arouse the indignation of the people, and finally throw the crime to His Highness...... In short, they have a lot of means, and every step Your Highness takes next must be extremely careful, especially the relationship between the official family, which must be handled with caution."

What Yang Dong didn't say in this is that if Zhao Mengqi is really directly involved in the government politics, it will be very easy to have conflicts with Lao Zhao, after all, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.

Zhao Mengqi pondered for a while, "Teacher, do you think that my father has the heart of Yi Chu now?"

"Probably not." Yang Dong shook his head and organized the wording, "Don't look at the official family always like to do foolish things, in fact, he knows very well in his heart, even emotionally, he wants the little prince to succeed to the throne, but intellectually, he will definitely not, unless he can wait until the little prince becomes an adult, otherwise the lord Shaoguo is suspicious, and it will only harm the little prince and the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention that although His Royal Highness is not born to the official family, the bloodline is not much different, and more importantly, the ability shown by His Royal Highness, so the minister feels that the official family is only worried about His Royal Highness now, whether he has the heart to tolerate people."

Reason?

What if Lao Zhao loses his mind?

What if the wind blows him out on the pillow?

What if the little one is very good at pleasing him?

It is said that the youngest son and the eldest grandson, the lifeblood of the old man, this thing is not rational at all.

Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but muttered in his heart, "What does the teacher mean is that my father is actually testing me?"

"According to the rules, this edict is still too sloppy, and it should have been announced to His Highness by the Zaizhi level, but in the end it fell on the shoulders of the ministers, indicating that the official family also saw the intentions of the ministers, and in his heart, he still believed in His Highness."

Yang Dong said cautiously, Zhao Mengqi thought about it carefully, and it made some sense, Lao Zhao just likes and mud.

"Then, teacher, did the student decisively refuse the position of the crown prince, and even postponed the marriage as well, so as to give his father a sense of security?"

Hearing Zhao Mengqi say it so bluntly, Yang Dong couldn't help but laugh and cry, "That's roughly it, the minister's suggestion is to maintain the status quo and maintain the court."

The distance of the hall, the affairs of the meridians, do not seek urgency, move steadily, and other national affairs, if they can not be touched, they will not touch it for the time being, and continue to keep their lights and keep quiet."

"Okay, anyway, I don't plan to start from the court, hehe, anyway, those people are deliberately conniving at me now, so I won't have to play anything, and there will be no constraints, right?"

Zhao Mengqi's smile looked a little shy.

Yang Dong was inexplicably a little panicked in his heart, not knowing what tricks he planned to play as a student, "Your Highness, let's be cautious!"

"Eun, be careful!"

Dealing with it on his lips, Zhao Mengqi was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu in his heart.