Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 176 Full of Certain Confidence
Ye Chen's words were within Zhao Kuangyin's expectations, but he still couldn't help feeling a little regretful, but Ye Chen's ability to make such a guarantee was already extremely valuable compared to the helplessness of other people present.

But with regard to the guarantees Ye Chen said, Cao Bin also broke into a cold sweat for Ye Chen. This is not talking about it in private. .However, Cao Bin, who knew Ye Chen's past experience, was worried, but still had a certain amount of confidence in Ye Chen.

"In this case! I will grant you the dispatch of He Tiju Yindi's envoy, and give Ye Qing Wudao Kong's name announcement. In addition, the three envoys will fully cooperate with Ye Chen, and the required manpower, financial resources, and material resources must be provided in time. .” Zhao Kuangyin made a decision.

Ye Chen knew this Xuan Zha, filled in his name, year, and place of origin, and immediately he could enjoy the salary of a junior official below the seventh rank and become one of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty.However, although the salary is not lower than that of ordinary people, it is far from that of some big businessmen, let alone some big businessmen.But in this era, the status of an official, if used well in the hands of a businessman, is worth more than a thousand dollars in itself.

More than a month ago, Huang Dongming, a great grain gentry in Chuzhou, left Kaifeng Mansion Wang Xin and Hu Zheng helpless because he had a ninth-rank official status.What's more, as long as you have an official status, you don't have to pay taxes on the land under your command, and your family members don't have to do hard labor and so on.

In addition, in the more than ten years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, compared with the gradual corruption of officials hundreds of years after the founding of the country, the official position itself is very rare. The so-called rare is the most precious, and the official status itself is even more precious.Take Zhou Jie, the leader of the Cao Gang, as an example. These days, he has worked desperately to help the court transport food. Although he also intended to please the saint Yu Daoxiang at the beginning, after Ye Chen promised an official status, no matter it was for himself , or for the great event of the church behind him, he really started to work hard, not only did not spare any spare energy to help transport the food, but even preferred to do it well.

Ye Chen has grasped the needs and values ​​of the businessmen of today, and he understands the potential behind the businessmen far better than everyone in the court, and the number of laborers that can be mobilized with money.That's why I dared to propose the method of "contracting labor".

After receiving the will of the emperor, Ye Chen sneered in his heart, how can he miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cheat.This matter will inevitably require a lot of hard work, and a large group of people in the mansion need to support them, especially the sixty veterans who serve as guards in his house. From the current point of view, they are far more frightening than those in the homes of other civil and military ministers. , and life-threatening.In the beginning, Ye Chen set the salary of more than 100 servants in the family, which was twice that of the families of important officials in Kaifeng's prefectures, and three times that of the guards.After Jiang Huai and his party came back this time, because the ice shop was profitable, it helped him earn [-] guan in more than a month, so last night he directly increased the salary of the guards to four times that of ordinary guards in the mansion.And let Ma Gangzi help them buy powerful weapons.

For such a large expense, if only relying on Ye Chen's salary and the rent of the [-] mu of fertile land in Xiangfu County, it would be impossible to make ends meet.This is also the reason why high-ranking officials and nobles secretly let cronies do some business.After all, people like Lu Yuqing are in the minority. Even Lu Yuqing wrote a good handwriting. Occasionally, a handwriting comes out. With his current status, he can buy hundreds or even thousands of pens. The reason for writing plaques with inscriptions in various stores in Kaifeng.Otherwise you can earn more.

"Lv Xianggong reprimanded the method proposed by the minister just now, and made a bet on resigning from the political affairs. Although the minister is not sensible, he will not mess around with my position as the deputy prime minister of the Song Dynasty. However, a few days ago, he was rewarded by His Majesty. It’s simple, if you don’t need Wan Guan’s wealth, then you might as well make a bet with Lu Xianggong, just take this Wan Guan as a bet, I bet that my idea will come true, I wonder if Lu Xianggong has the guts to make a bet?” Ye Chen said.

Lu Yuqing's eyes twitched because of Ye Chen's words, and Ye Chen secretly satirized his previous statement of 'resigning from the post of deputy prime minister' as nonsense.In addition, Ye Chen took out [-] coins as a bet, he didn't have that much cash unless he sold his house.But he never thinks, or at this time, he will never admit that the method Ye Chen said can be realized.So I have to bite the bullet and agree.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xue Juzheng, another political counselor who has been silent all this time, suddenly said: "The old man Xue Juzheng would like to make this bet with Master Lu. Uncle Fu gambled, and this old man sincerely hopes that Uncle Xiang Fu can win and solve the country's predicament this time, but from my point of view...it's difficult."

"Old man Chu Zhaofu offered eight thousand coins to bet with Mr. Lu," said Chu Zhaofu, the envoy of the Third Division.

Seeing that these two important ministers supported his idea, Lu Yuqing became more confident and said: "Hahaha! Even if the old man loses his fortune, he will have to spend [-] guan. Including Master Xue and Master Chu's bet, there are already [-] guan. I don’t know if Xiangfu Bo can get it. Oh! As far as I know, several ice shops in Zhengda in Kaifeng recently were made by Xiangfu Bo. If you want to come to Xiangfu Bo for this mere [-] guan, you can still get it. derived."

Ye Chen didn't take it seriously that Lu Yuqing deliberately told the emperor about the ice shop. If someone else opened up a store and did business and got it to the public, the emperor would not like it, but Ye Chen was just the opposite. The more mistakes he makes, the more Zhao Kuangyin will not be suspicious of Ye Chen.After all, after Ye Chen appeared, what he did was too miraculous and mysterious. Thinking of Ye Chen appearing in this world as if out of thin air, I can't find out what happened in the past 20 years.Zhao Kuangyin felt that Ye Chen was out of his control, the more what Ye Chen did was in line with the worldly people, the more Zhao Kuangyin would trust Ye Chen.

On the contrary, Ye Chen was overjoyed at this moment, how could he not be happy to earn a huge sum of [-] so easily.

"This old man bet five thousand coins to bet that what Uncle Xiang Fu has done can be done."

"Officials, I have a small amount of savings in the past few years, and I bet [-] coins to win the Xiang Fu Bo."

Hearing these two words suddenly, Ye Chen felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly, who is it?I gambled money and was about to kill the Quartet, and suddenly a few dividends came out. Is it tolerable or unbearable? Which bastard is it?
Looking back fiercely, I saw Cao Bin and Zhao Pu, the two robbers, were congratulating each other.

Lu Yuqing's expression darkened when he saw that the two most respected civil and military ministers in the court actually bet on Ye Chen to win.Chu Zhaofu and Xue Juzheng's expressions changed slightly, and they felt a little regretful. The money they gave out was not a small amount!This cannot be blamed on them. Although Ye Chen's deeds have been widely circulated in the world, after all, he experienced it personally, and only those who participated in the Northern Expedition and the Northern Han Dynasty witnessed it with their own eyes.

After the others left, Ye Chen was left by Zhao Kuangyin and brought to Funing Hall.

I don't know when, the huge screen of the Funing Palace, which is nearly two feet long and wide, has changed. Although the size has not changed, the picture on it has become a map.

Ye Chen took a closer look, isn't it the map of Asia and Europe that he drew in Chongzheng Palace more than a month ago!Unexpectedly, Zhao Kuangyin directly made the painting on the giant screen.

Zhao Kuangyin walked up to the screen and stared at the vast map on it for a long time. Every time he saw that the Song Dynasty only occupied a small part of the whole world, he wished he could lead the troops of the Southern Han, Southern Tang, and even Khitan and Dangxiang. All were shot down.Become your own country.

"Ye Qing! I can't wait any longer. If Kaifeng can get through this flood, I will plan to subdue the Southern Han and Southern Tang. But if the Yellow River really breaks its embankment and Kaifeng is trapped by floods, the Southern Han It is inevitable that the matter will be delayed again. Whether I can get my wish as soon as possible depends on Ye Qing." Zhao Kuangyin said solemnly, full of ambition.

Ye Chen said: "Don't worry, the officials will do their best."

"Okay, now tell me in detail the experience of your Jianghuai party, especially after being kidnapped by the bald donkey taught by Maitreya." Zhao Kuangyin stared at Ye Chen and said.

Ye Chen didn't dare to hesitate, and described the words he had thought up along the way one by one.

He knew that after he was taken away, Yu Daoxiang mobilized a large number of Jianghu forces and manpower to find and rescue him, and he would definitely not be able to hide it from the emperor.This matter will definitely make the emperor doubt some things.Fortunately, before returning to Kaifeng, I did some things.

If Ye Chen's narration at this time and the words of explanation contained in it cannot convince the emperor, it will definitely make the emperor suspicious of Ye Chen.That would be very bad.

When Ye Chen walked out of Funing Palace, his clothes were soaked. Not far away, someone from behind suddenly called out: "Hey, the one in front is Ye Chen?"

Ye Chen stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and saw a girl in a palace dress, with thick eyebrows and pretty eyes, a little shrewd, with a beautiful parrot on her shoulder, followed by two palace daughters, and far away, there was another girl of the same age. , the handsome boy ran towards her after her.Not Zhao Kuangyin's other son and daughter, Princess Yongqing and Zhao Defang, who else.

Ye Chen hurriedly stopped, turned around, bowed and said, "So it's Her Royal Highness Princess Yongqing, I'm a polite official, I don't know if the princess calls me, what's the matter?"

At this time, Zhao Defang also chased after him, and Ye Chen saluted again.

Princess Yongqing licked her lips and said with a smile: "You just came back from the Jianghuai area?"

"Uh... exactly..."

Princess Yongqing said: "I heard that you were taken away by thieves. Defang and I were worried for a long time."

Ye Chen immediately said with tears of gratitude: "I am deeply honored and grateful to be able to make the princess and the prince worry."

Princess Yongqing was even happier, and said: "Thank you so much, then have you ever brought back some bad white fish, which is a specialty of Huainan. This princess likes to eat it the most, but it has been a long time since I ate it."

Zhao Defang didn't speak, but judging from his burning eyes, it was obvious that he had the same idea as his sister.

"Princess Tangtang, you called me for this? The princess of a country is actually a greedy cat, and she still has to beg for food from her courtiers. It seems that Zhao Kuangyin lived so frugally in the legend that the harem and children did not dare to be extravagant." The rumors are true."

(End of this chapter)