Chapter 70

"I am afraid, I am guilty!" His words caused Li Shi to act like this. He was not very panicked in Cui's information, so he got up and bowed to the tunnel.

What he said just now was originally prepared to cater to His Majesty the Emperor. For this emperor who had been using Taizong as a role model for his life, every sentence was like a big clock, and it went straight into his heart. However, many words were hard to say. Therefore, Li Shi's scolding was expected. Cui Po knew that this result was achieved, but he still wanted to say it, but it was another way to strengthen his compliment. First, he needed to continuously strengthen Li Shi's determination to create.

In this way, the Tang Dynasty had the possibility of revival; in addition, he also needed to let the emperor who had just ascended the throne know, he knew his thoughts and wishes, and was willing to contribute all his mind to it. In the long run, when Li Shi could regard him as a close friend, Cui Po would be able to show his talents more and more drastic and avoid the disaster of killing. However, the superiors have always been fickle, and it is not something Cui Po could know whether his plans could work and what their effectiveness would be.

"How could you comment in this generation of the great master of the ancestor Taizong? If there is a censor on your side today, you will be impeached as the crime of despising the previous clan. Don't mention this in the future!" Li Shi looked at the minister who was most sympathetic in the court in front of him with a complicated expression and said sternly. After the words were finished, he saw Cui Po bowing his head and admitting his guilt, and did not say anything, so he softly said, "Cui Qing, please calm down!"

"Thank you Your Majesty for forgiveness for your false guilt!" Cui Po said with gratitude and crying in his face, then stood up respectfully and returned to his original position.

After a brief silence in the car, Li Shi, who gently hit several cases, said, "I heard Cui Xiang report yesterday. It was only half of this month that there have been more than 50,000 armored bows and crossbows in the Beijing workplace. Is there any such incident?"

"As of yesterday's work, there were 57,866 military weapons in the warehouse this month, including 37,000 fine armored equipment equipped with the imperial guards and the Shence Army. The rest were all prepared by the united soldiers from all over the country." Cui Po replied respectfully.

Seeing Cui Po taking over for only a few months, the production of the half month in the stage was comparable to that of a month before, Li Shi was very surprised. Even after hearing that he could report such accurate numbers casually, His Majesty the Emperor felt more and more that he had given him this position was really a wise move.

"This matter is very good. Cui Qing is indeed a young talent." Li Shi praised it and continued: "Seeing that it is only two months before the day of Yuanzheng, your family should supervise it vigorously. It is necessary to make 150,000 exquisite armored instruments before the Spring Festival next year and send them to the four arsenals in Jiangnan for sealing. This matter is related to the dress replacement of soldiers in the eight towns of Shence. Your family must not ignore it."

"The garrison of the eight towns of Shence is far northwest, why do you have to go to the four roads of Jiangnan when changing clothes?" Hearing this, Cui Po was stunned and then understood and said, "Will the matters of the four towns be launched?"

Li Shi nodded slightly but did not answer. Cui Po couldn't help but feel excited. After all, shortly after the emperor, who was desperate to rule in history, could not wait to launch a war against the four towns in Hebei. It was this strategic wrong way to advance. With the lack of wealth and military preparations in the court, the failure of this victory. At this point, the vassal states were domineering and the court was increasingly shrunk. The emperor himself was depressed since then, and he no longer had the ambition to advance at the beginning of the throne, and his father was even more tolerant of his father. Now that he has attracted attention in the south and adopted a step-by-step approach, the history of the Zhenyuan of the Tang Dynasty had undergone a very different transformation when it was about to begin.

When the excitement in my heart gradually subsided, Cui Po suddenly remembered something and said, "Your Majesty, I still have something to report, I beg you to allow it."

"It's okay to talk about your family," Li Shi said leisurely.

"With the current work efficiency of the workplace, the number of military weapons produced per month should be more than 10,000. After half a year, I think this number will rise to 30,000. Even if I add more reserves to the court, I will still have great savings. In view of this, I ask Your Majesty to grant me the right to sell military weapons to make use of the country." After pondering for a while, Cui Po said carefully.

"What! Selling Military Weapons" Li Shi was really shocked when he heard Cui Po's advice. Not to mention that such a thing has never been heard in previous dynasties, the Tang Dynasty issued the "On-Military Regulations" at the time when the world was first decided, which strictly prohibited the sale and privately hiding the weapons. However, Cui Po dared to make such a proposal! The emperor was about to refuse, but thinking that this son had always been in a different way, he couldn't help but wonder how he could answer the hundred-year ban, so he asked softly: "How can swords and weapons be sold lightly? Why did Cui Qing say this?"

"I have been on a mission to Tubo, but I have met several foreign powers and nobles. Now they are fighting fiercely with black-clothed food and food. However, the military weapons are useless. I also saw that the weak officials were in charge of the construction of military weapons, so I couldn't help but come to ask for help. I thought about the matter carefully and made great profits in the court. Therefore, I dared to make this advice." Cui Po had no secrets and first exposed the matters of the relationship with Tubo's powerful and nobles, thinking that they would reserve a retreat in the future.

"Oh! Where is the benefit?" Li Shi asked afterwards.

"Now the Taifu Treasury of the imperial court is empty, and Your Majesty wants to have something to do in the south. When the army moves, the money and grain will be spent like flowing water. Selling military weapons can be exchanged for huge profits to be used for the court. This is one of the benefits; in addition, when the two sides fight, the Tubo is weak, and the court uses military weapons to sell strategies to balance the two sides. After all, the longer the war is, the more beneficial it is to our Tang Dynasty. This is the second benefit; third, this time, the better the items for the Shenzheng garrison can be selected to sell them to Tubo, which can save my consumption. This is the third benefit. With these three benefits, I think this strategy can be feasible." Cui Po said while bent over and counted. His typical merchant appearance only made Li Shi very amused.

"This matter is so big that it is absolutely impossible to hide the huge food and food in black. What will happen to Cui Qing in Jieshi?" Li Shi asked with a smile on his face.

"Why should I hide it?" Cui Po asked back, "If you know the food in black, you will know. If you want to, you can sell your weapons to him, so that the court can make profits on both sides and the profit will naturally be greater!"

"If this is the case, then the strategy of balancing the two sides mentioned by the Cui Qing family will fail!" Li Shi, who could not hear the bitter smile, asked tightly.

"Selling is for both parties, but there are so many types of military weapons. Isn't it all up to us to sell what is sold? As long as the trade-offs are properly weighed, it is still feasible. Selling here before today, and the scale of the work will be expanded in the future. Any small countries around our Tang Dynasty can handle it in this way, which will be a great source of wealth for the court, and it can also expand the power of our Tang Dynasty. With this benefit, the court will have more energy to implement good policies for reducing and exempting taxes. This is a good strategy for you to take in one fell swoop. "Slowly, Cui Po had already explained what he wanted to explain clearly.

After listening carefully, Li Shi did not answer immediately. After habitually stretched out his right hand to hit the case for a few long time, he spoke softly and said, "The sale of military weapons is related to the many "On the Counter-Military Order" of this dynasty. Cui Qing should try it out first. After it is effective, it is better to follow the permanent example. Otherwise, I am afraid that it will not be able to get through the political affairs hall."

"There are my husbands who follow the orders," Cui Poyi replied.

While speaking, the car had already arrived in front of the Zhuque Gate. Cui Po bowed and resigned. Li Shi and the four towns were ordered to change their clothes in a serious manner, and then condemned him to go.

Cui Po said goodbye to the emperor's imperial carriage on the side of the road. It was not until it disappeared from afar that it turned around and went to Hu Ji's wine shop that day. After drinking a few cups of Pujia's winery, he asked the boss to pass on the letter on his behalf, he got on the carriage and went home.

In the last part of the 14th year of the Dali calendar, Cui Po's days were really unremarkable. In addition to saving a group of people every few days, he was in the workshop every day. Although the production of utensils in the entire workshop reached the expected standard, the manufacturing of the "Divine Arm Bow" that he was most concerned about was still not finally formed. Other craftsmen's innovative works were rarely to his heart. Lord Yuanwailang knew that this matter was too urgent, so he could only wait patiently.

With Cui Po's secret assistance, Meng Jiao successfully passed the pass and was lucky enough to be placed in Hanlin Garden. It was a great blessing that he could get such a noble position with his eighteenth place. However, he reported to the Ministry of Personnel again beyond everyone's expectations, insisting on going to the Censorate, so that the Ministry of Personnel Secretary Hu Lang wanted to "demand" him directly and not be appointed to the official position. Unfortunately, Cui Po came forward to deal with it for a long time before he fulfilled his wish. In the end, Meng Dongye, a new Jinshi in the 14th year of the Dali period, was appointed as the eighth-rank supervisor censor, and was able to inspect local prefectures, prefectures and counties.

As the first heavy snow falls this winter, the days are getting faster and faster, as if it is just a blink of an eye, and the day has arrived on New Year's Eve.

Although the court stipulated that New Year's Eve was only given three days off, Cui Po made a big stroke of the workplaces in Beijing that had already completed the task and extended the holiday to seven days, which only made nearly 100,000 craftsmen overjoyed. Therefore, his gratitude to the Ministry of Works Department Wailang was as continuous as the water of the Yangtze River; and it was like the flood of the Yellow River, and it was out of control.

While giving holidays to the craftsmen, Lord Cui naturally would not forget himself. After greeting Wei Yingwu and others, he returned to the mansion to accompany his three beautiful wives to enjoy the snow. He ignored Jingruo's persuasion and even refused to take another step in the gate and resolutely defended his right to "take vacation". Naturally, his actions also attracted the impeachment of those who were interested in the book. Menxiasheng even sent it to the Political Affairs Hall within an hour after receiving the memorial. It is said that when the chief assistant Chang Gun saw this memorial, he sneered and wrote a number of comments on it, "The officer acted recklessly and despised the court rules, and proposed that the Ministry of Works be severely punished according to the law." However, he accidentally forgot to explain when he was offering respect, and was taken away by the inner officials who came to take the memorial together with other memorials submitted to the emperor.

According to the news from the small yellow gate of the palace attendant of the emperor's daily life, when Li Shi saw this memorial, he smiled slightly and whispered: "This Cui Po cannot be more at ease!" Afterwards, he picked up a red pen and wiped all the writings of Chang Gun, and then placed them on the side of his left hand. At this point, the bullet chapter was suppressed by the emperor and there was no further text.

According to the words of the servants of Changfu, after the chief minister Chang Gun, who was full of black faces, returned to the house, he called out four chefs who specialized in food and food in the inner house without saying a word. After scolding him, he all started to leave the house. It was pitiful that the old housekeeper in Changfu, who was over 60 years old, had his legs broken and his mouth worn out. Finally, he invited several chefs to make up for the vacancy and did not delay Mr. Chang's dinner that day.

"Picking woodcutters to offer the fire in the year, and posting to make spring books"

With the candlelight in the front room, I looked at the family around me who were waiting for the New Year, and listened to the three louder sounds from outside the mansion, and remembered the scene at this time last year. Cui Po, who was just over 2008 and 2008, was filled with emotion. He was about to turn his head and pull a few sour poems to Jingruo beside him, but he saw Di Shi at the door and said, "Young Master, the time has come, it's time to change the court clothes and set off." Only this sentence immediately made our Lord Cui's poetic meaning completely dissipate.

After cursing the perverted "working" system in his heart again, Cui Po helpedlessly could only go back to the inner room to change into the court uniforms, and left the house in a bad mood. However, his dress-like clothes were definitely exchanged for Naga Jinhua who had seen this for the first time, which made him feel a little depressed.

After New Year's Eve, Yuanzheng was the first day of the year. On that day, the emperor sat in the morning court to accept congratulations from all officials. The ministers entered the court in dresses under the strict guards of the imperial guards. "A colorful cloud welcomes the dawn, and thousands of red candles move the spring." The officials went to the court with the light of the candles, which only shone the sea of ​​fire on the Suzaku Street, because it was known as the "City of Fire".

There is no actual content except for the Prince Shao Shi, the etiquette envoy, and the Minister of Justice Yan Zhenqing of the Ministry of Justice. After the tedious ceremony, the emperor personally led all officials to perform temple sacrifices and suburban sacrifices. After this big struggle, even Cui Pogang and the young crown were too impatient, and he couldn't help but feel sympathy for Yan Qingchen, who was nearly 70 years old.

In the joyful atmosphere of Hecheng, Cui Po brought a large amount of rice, grain, salt and tea the next day, accompanied by the Six Guards to start a two-day tour of worship. According to the information reported by Chief Ke, Lord Yuanwailang came to greet all those who were over 60 years old, widowed and lonely, and disabled due to work. He only hurried these ordinary people who never heard of officials to pay New Year's greetings to the people. Then his heart was filled with warmth, so that Pan An's trip back then was effective and he was worshipped by Lord Yuanwailang.

After doing this, Cui Po, who was tired and dispersed, did not bother to rest for a moment. He forced himself to book a five famous restaurant in the name of the Ministry of Works, including "Zuixianlou", and invited nearly a thousand first-class craftsmen from dozens of workshops. He ate and drank for the sea. Not to mention that, Lord Yuanwailang even used all his strength to invite his clan nephew and the two great gods, Lord Lu, the Minister of Works, to invite all the first-class craftsmen to drink three cups of wine. Although the result of this incident made Mr. Cui not give his nephew a good face for half a year, this banquet also became the most unforgettable moment for many craftsmen in their lives. It was on such a happy New Year day that Lord Cui completely conquered the hearts of these 100,000 craftsmen.
Chapter completed!