Chapter 97: The World

Trust is mutual. If he has reservations about Chen Ying, he cannot expect Chen Ying to assist him with all his strength. Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng did not hide it. Li Jiancheng hesitated for a moment and slowly spoke: "At Chen Qing's age, it is indeed more harmful than good to be granted the title of Prince Shaobao."

It is not just the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. If Chen Ying is appointed as the young guarantor of the crown prince, I am afraid that the old ministers in the court will be able to bear the feelings of the old ministers in the court? Could it be that Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Xiao Shiwen and other old ministers will be treated obediently when they see Chen Ying? Not to mention that Li Yuan cannot pass that hurdle, even if Li Yuan really agrees with Chen Ying, he will become the public enemy of civil and military ministers in the court.

Chen Ying saw that Li Jiancheng was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Ying, who was a human being for two lifetimes, had already passed the age of being able to die generously by relying on the title of official and making a wish. The citron that stood out first became rotten, and the gun shot out the bird. In the officialdom, sometimes he had to avoid the edge. Chen Ying bowed and said, "A minister, who eats the king's fortune, shares the worries for the king, and has no choice but to pay responsibilities. I will definitely do my best to strive to seize Hangu Pass!"

"I can ask my father for an order and add Chen Qing as the champion general." Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment, looked at Chen Ying and asked, "What else does Chen Qing have to ask?"

The champion general was a third-rank military official in the Tang Dynasty, equivalent to a civil servant. In the Sui Dynasty, in order to avoid military power loss, princes separating the world, and unrest in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yang Jian split his official positions and formed two systems: honorary officials and official positions. The Tang Dynasty also divided the foundations of honorary officials in the Sui Dynasty, forming three types: honorary officials, scattered officials, and official positions.

The honorary officials refer specifically to merit and titles, similar to the system of the Han Dynasty: "No military merits can be granted a title." The honorary officials cannot be inherited from generation to generation, and only the way of military merit can be obtained, just like the several-level merits in later generations. In the Tang Dynasty, the honorary officials actually have a better reputation.

Originally, Chen Ying had the honorary officer of the General of the Cavalry, which was equivalent to making second-class merits in later generations and was a meritorious person. If he had not obtained a dispersal official, Chen Ying's general of the Cavalry had not even paid a salary. The only benefit was that his grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, wives, and descendants committed crimes below the abortion, and they could be reduced. During the Tang Dynasty, civilians were not allowed to be bigamed, and there was no need to think about taking concubines. The Tang Dian stipulated that a man could take a concubine with the consent of his wife after his wife was consented.

However, having a good official can take concubines with legitimate reasons, and there is also exemption from levy and tax exemption.

A sanctioned official is also a symbol of status, representing the salary and treatment received by an official. This is a name, and does not mean the actual position he holds. For example, General of the Cavalry, Yunqiwei... These are all sanctioned officials. Those who have real power, such as the Taishi, General of Tiance, and the Prefecture, belong to officials who are truly responsible for their duties and must bear corresponding responsibilities, and are also positions that actually hold power.

Chen Ying became the champion general, which is the third-rank martial official. This is equivalent to Chen Ying truly enjoying the salary and treatment of a third-rank official. Even if his official position is deprived of the guests of the East Palace in the future, Chen Ying will still enjoy the salary and ceremonial guards of a third-rank official.

However, with this third-rank champion general, Chen Ying could receive an additional salary of about 70 stakes, plus 370 stakes of grain, and an additional 900 acres of land. The court would subsidize Chen Ying's chariot and horse travel, ceremonial guards and other expenses.

If the money from the Tang Dynasty was converted into more than one million yuan in later generations.

Although this money was small money for Chen Ying at this time, Chen Ying did not think too much. So he agreed naturally.

Chen Ying replied: "I want to hear Your Highness agree to you with five conditions. I will definitely be able to seize Hangu Pass for Your Highness!"

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly: "Chen Qing, but it's okay!"

"First, I do not plan to wait for His Highness to launch an attack after the beginning of next spring. I plan to make some preparations and launch an attack on New Year's Eve, so as to strive to seize Hangu Pass before the opening of the yamen on the Yuan Dynasty within half a month!" Chen Ying said: "So, I want to listen to His Highness the Crown Prince and give him the right to act cheaply!"

Li Jiancheng nodded. He knew that Chen Ying's way of thinking was very free and easy, and he was too strong and did not know how to unite his colleagues. It would be best for him to complete it alone. If he was asked to cooperate with others, he would have to mess up. Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "Accurate!"

Chen Ying smiled knowingly and said, "Secondly, there are too many enemy spies in Chang'an City, and it is difficult to guarantee that Wang Shichong heard in advance that he sent troops to seize Hangu Pass. Therefore, I want to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to pretend to declare to the public that I angered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not meet with me!"

Chen Ying was preparing to attack Hangu Pass in surprise, so the suddenness of the attack must be ensured. As long as the enemy discovered his strategic layout, the greater the chance of Chen Ying succeeding. Therefore, it is just a small way to hide the truth.

Li Jiancheng hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "It's understandable that this move is accurate!"

Chen Ying said relaxedly: "I want to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to collect all the downs near Chang'an to the Weichen. I plan to hurry up to at least 6,000 or 10,000 sets of down uniforms for the soldiers of the army to keep the cold!"

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng was immediately embarrassed.

In the era without cotton, down quilts were popular in Chang'an because of their light weight, cold protection and warmth, and did not affect physical exercise. However, any good things are for the aristocratic families and powerful people, and scholars are preferred to enjoy them. Therefore, since Chen Ying was invented, except for the soldiers led by the Donggong Wei to have a set, other downs were distributed in the hands of major aristocratic families and families.

Li Jiancheng had the prince's honor, but he could not force the clans to seize down from the hands of the clans. Now Chen Ying asked him a problem. Chen Ying needed 8,000 to 10,000 sets of down jackets, which is really not a small amount, because in Chang'an down clothes, it has been hyped up to 300,000 yuan per piece and 8,000 down jackets. Even if the national treasury is cleared, Li Jiancheng can't take it out.

Seeing Prince Li Jian become a difficult situation,

Wei Zheng said: "I have the prince in my family who has given me a down quilt and a set of down jackets. I can use fur to pay, and I can contribute the down quilt at home."

When Wang Gui heard Wei Zheng say this, he sighed in his heart. He is different from Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng's family is poor and has no other source of wealth except for one person's salary. Therefore, his downs are rewarded by Li Jiancheng before. But Wang Gui's family is well-off, and who doesn't have four down jackets for his wife, children, and young people? As for down quilts, there are as many as a hundred beds.

Wang Gui gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to donate twenty sets of down!"

When Wang Gui said this, everything in his heart was bleeding. Twenty sets of down jackets were equivalent to 6,000 guan, which means that he had worked for Li Jiancheng for nothing within ten years.

Li Jiancheng had a bitter face. Wei Zheng donated three sets and Wang Gui donated twenty sets. There were still some stocks in the East Palace, and there were about 200 sets of down. However, this was still a big short distance from the amount Chen Ying needed.

Chen Ying looked at Wei Zheng's calm look and stared at Wang Gui as if he was betrayed. Chen Ying stared at Wang Gui and Li Jiancheng for a long time, and couldn't help laughing loudly.

Li Jiancheng was in a bad mood and looked at Chen Ying in confusion and said, "Why did Chen Qing laugh?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is really going to buy 8,000 to 10,000 sets of down jackets?" Chen Ying asked seriously?

Li Jiancheng said with a bitter face: "How can I compete with the people for profit? I naturally want to buy it!"

Chen Ying said: "In fact, the Crown Prince doesn't have to pay a penny, so naturally someone will send down to His Highness."

When Chen Ying said this, let alone Li Jiancheng, even Wei Zheng thought that Chen Ying's idea was too naive. Everyone present came from aristocratic clans. They knew that the aristocratic clans in the world were actually the same. They were all Pixiu, and they only entered but not left. It was no less difficult to take out a penny from their pockets than to create a penny.

Li Jiancheng said with a wry smile: "Is there really such a way?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "It really is!"

Li Jiancheng looked incredible and pondered for a moment. Li Jiancheng said laughing and crying: "I will find a way to meet Chen Qing's needs as much as possible..."

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "I am not joking. Did Your Highness forget that I plan to attack Taolin this time? As long as your Highness releases the wind, the Tang Dynasty will get Taolin in the future, divide the Taolin gold mine into ten parts and contract them out separately. There is only one condition, that is, the down that contributes the most to the East Central."

Li Jiancheng suddenly realized and said repeatedly: "This plan is very wonderful, and it is indescribable."

Wang Gui's heart was filled with storm. No one knew the meaning in the golden light. Once the Wang family in Taiyuan had troops to the gold mine in Taolin City, it would be sleepy for the Wang family in Taiyuan. Someone immediately gave him a pillow.

Wei Zheng looked at Chen Ying in amazement. He wanted to know what Chen Ying was thinking. This move is probably no less than killing three soldiers with two peaches.

Chen Ying said: "Your Highness, you can try it. As long as you make a sound, the down in Chang'an City will definitely run to the East Palace in eight out of ten." |

Li Jiancheng was secretly surprised. He really didn't know how Chen Ying's head grew, and how could he come up with such a wonderful idea. In comparison, down is not actually a high-difficulty and high-tech. The current value of down makes many people raise ducks with food. At most, three or five years, or even less than three or five years, down will soon become popular in Chang'an and the world.

The value of down will fall within one or two years at most. Things are rare and expensive. When down is everywhere in the world, the down will become something that can be seen everywhere like fur.
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