Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 620 The Train

After seeing the beauty of the train, every minister present has basically reached a consensus - this train is a piece of fat and oily meat, as long as it can be glued to the edge, the whole family can be prosperous rise.

Therefore, they almost all have some ideas.

Of course, they didn't intend to take the train as their own, because they also knew it was impossible. What they wanted was the power to manage the train.

Cheng Yaojin seems to be reckless, but in fact he is a smart monkey. He is going to use a shameless method to put this piece of meat into his own bowl.

If it is normal, everyone will take some face into account, and let him go if he is not sure, but in the face of such huge profits as the train, if he lets it go, it is not called taking face, but stupid.

So Cheng Yaojin had just finished kowtowing three times, before Li Shimin could speak, Changsun Wuji opened his mouth leisurely.

"Cheng Guogong's words are wrong. Now that my Tang Dynasty is mighty and majestic, and the world is sincerely convinced, who dares to oppose?"

Not to mention that no one dared to rebel, even if there were, who would open their mouths and shout "I want to rebel"?
Changsun Wuji asked this question very carefully, and directly refuted Cheng Yaojin's reasons, leaving him speechless.

In fact, Cheng Yaojin didn't say that there would be rebellion just now, he just begged Li Shimin to give him the management right of the train with the argument of "if there is a rebellion".

Now Changsun Wuji doesn't even argue with him, but directly overturns his thesis.

"Fatty eldest grandson, this is not a good person!"

Thinking of this, Cheng Yaojin's eyes suddenly changed, and there was more hostility in his eyes looking at Changsun Wuji.

"Eldest grandson, Fox, do you want to fight with me too?"

In anger, he simply omitted the honorific title, and directly called the other party by the nickname he picked up in private.

Having worked together for decades, Changsun Wuji also understood Cheng Yaojin's temper, so after hearing what he said, instead of getting angry, he laughed instead.

"Hehe, Cheng Guogong, don't get angry. I don't intend to compete with you for anything. Besides, this train was built by His Highness the Crown Prince. You should ask His Highness the Crown Prince about how to deal with it."

Having said that, he turned slightly and bowed slightly towards Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, do you think the old minister is right?"

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin laughed immediately, and nodded while laughing.

"As the auxiliary machine said, the prince spent a lot of time going back and forth for this train, not to mention the train, the laying of the rails under the train took more than three years, and he should be informed of this matter. of."

Although Li Shimin just said "inform" the prince, the veterans present have been with him for decades, and they are all aware of his arbitrary character. Whether or not this matter will succeed in the end basically depends on Gao Ming.

After understanding this, Cheng Yaojin didn't mess around, but bowed to Li Shimin again.

"Since Your Majesty has said so, then the old minister will ask His Highness the Crown Prince what he means later. If His Highness agrees at that time, no one else is allowed to stop him. Your Majesty, please give this old minister a witness!"

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, Li Shimin couldn't help crying and laughing immediately, "You bastard, you're planning to trick me, get out of here!"

As he said that, he raised his foot to kick him, Cheng Yaojin smiled and took a hit, and took advantage of the situation to get behind Li Shimin, and pushed Changsun Wuji aside along the way.

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin shook his head helplessly again, then raised his head and shouted.

"Dalang, come in."

When he was not in the palace, Li Shimin generally called Gao Ming Da Lang. Gao Ming was not happy at first, but after getting used to it, it didn't matter.

Hearing Li Shimin calling him, he immediately gave Hegan Chengji a few words, then turned around and came to the carriage where Li Shimin was located through the passage between the carriages.

He just came in, he didn't even have a firm heel, so he looked at Cheng Yaojin and walked towards him, and then bowed to the ground towards him.

Although the Tang Dynasty also paid attention to "heaven, earth, monarch, relatives and teachers", they did not like to kneel and salute. Bowing and saluting are considered very formal etiquette.

This clever man also understood, so seeing this scene, he quickly reached out to help Cheng Yaojin, "Hey... Cheng Guogong, what are you doing? Hurry up!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, the prince. In fact, the old minister has something to ask for!"

After being supported by Gao Ming, Cheng Yaojin's face showed a bit of shame, and then he sighed again.

"Well, I'm ashamed to say it. Although the old minister had little achievements at the beginning, he was lucky enough to be valued by His Majesty, so he has a place in Chang'an today. Unfortunately, his descendants are unworthy. Seeing that the family fortune is exhausted day by day, the old minister... the old minister... woo woo Woo..."

Speaking of this, he immediately covered his eyes and burst into sobs.

Seeing this scene, all the civil and military ministers present, including Li Shimin, couldn't help but cursed secretly in their hearts, "The old thief is shameless"!
Although Cheng Yaojin had scolded Cheng Yaojin bloody in their hearts, they couldn't do such a low-level thing of dismantling the stage face to face, they could only turn their heads to the side, out of sight and out of mind.

Others could turn their heads, but Gao Ming couldn't. Looking at the exaggerated acting Cheng Yaojin in front of him, he could only keep twitching the corners of his mouth while keeping his tone gentle.

"Well... Cheng Guogong, you don't have to be sad. If you have any requests, just ask, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help!"

"The old minister once again thanked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Cheng Yaojin immediately wiped away the old tears that were finally squeezed out from the corners of his eyes, and then cupped his hands towards Gao Ming again.

"I don't dare to have other extravagant hopes. I just ask His Royal Highness to accept my worthless sons and let them do odd jobs and sweep the floor on this train. I will be satisfied!"

"..."

What about cleaning the floor? Who would use you, the son of a prince, to do the cleaning?Thank you for being able to say such words!
So crafty!

Shameless!

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, not only Gao Ming, but also the other civil and military ministers present cursed inwardly again.

They can see now that Cheng Yaojin is no longer showing his face in order to compete for the manager of the train, but directly shameless!

But they didn't know that Cheng Yaojin had nothing to do.

In Cheng Yaojin's view, civil servants can rely on their profound family education and connections to ensure the prosperity of their families and ensure that their heirs will have a place in the court in the future.

But as a military general, what can he rely on to ensure the prosperity of his family and the prosperity of his descendants in the peaceful and prosperous age, instead of dying?
There are two answers, one is to abandon martial arts and follow literature, and the other is to seize real power and seize an "iron rice bowl".

And the train is a very good choice - the capacity is large enough, the speed is fast enough, and the benefits it brings are simply immeasurable!
So for Cheng Yaojin, in order to keep his family and train, he must win!

(End of this chapter)