"Yes." Zhao Zongyou responded and asked: "Also, what about disarmament?"
"This is extremely abominable!" Zhao Yun said angrily, "Zhao Zhen has no good intentions..."
"He wants to coax us into doing all the things that offend people." Zhao Zongyou said sarcastically, "so that he can smooth the way for his 'son'."
"This is human nature." Zhao Zongshi looked at it calmly and said, "Let's talk about it, what should we do?"
"It's really difficult to handle it. If you insist on being a good person, you will make the officials angry." Zhao Zongyou said: "But if you go too far, you will make people hate you."
"But we can't hide anymore." Zhao Zongshi said softly: "Last year, the officials asked me to clean up the treasury, and I hid on the excuse of being sick. There is no reason to get sick again this year."
"That's right." Zhao Yunrang nodded and said, "But you don't have to worry about it. He has a good plan, I have a ladder to cross the bridge, and Mr. Han is protecting you. What do you have to be afraid of?" As he was talking, outside
There was a knock on the door, and at the same time he called out 'Father'.
Zhao Yunrang said, "Come in." Zhao Zongfu walked in lightly. He was a short man with bright eyes. He reported softly: "A letter from the West Palace said that the thirteenth brother was asked to rectify the Hebei East Road Forbidden Army, and the ninth brother rectified it.
Hebei West Road.”
"Ah..." The two of them were immediately stunned. The two roads in Hebei are now collectively called Hebei Road. They are where the border between Song and Liao is located. They are also responsible for part of the defense of Xixia. There are nearly 300,000 imperial troops stationed there. Just thinking about it makes people sad.
fear.
"Well..." Zhao Yunrang nodded slowly and said, "What about the other three."
"Zhao Zonge went to Yongxing Military Road." Zhao Zongfu said: "Zhao Conggu and Zhao Zongji jointly investigated the forbidden troops in Beijing."
"What's the truth?" Zhao Zongyou couldn't help but ask.
"Xiangong Han said that we will definitely have questions, so let me bring back a few words." Zhao Zongfu said with a smile: "He said that the regulation of the Forbidden Army on Hebei Road seems difficult but is actually easy. First, the Forbidden Army here is different from the generals of the capital.
There are relatively few connections, and the resistance to investigation is relatively small; of the two, the army here is the most rotten. The officers are busy eating their pay, and the soldiers are busy doing business. The shortfall is definitely more than 30%. If the shortfall is large, there is room for compression, and it is easy to
The three are now under the blackmail of the Liao Kingdom. The Hebei Road has become the focus of everyone's attention. If the two princes do a good job, it will benefit the country and the people, and their reputation will naturally be great."
"I see..." Zhao Yunrang sighed and said: "It seems that Mr. Han is not blindly protecting you, but he still hopes that you can become useful." He looked at the two of them with deep eyes and said: "That's it for all the words.
, If you can’t behave, don’t come back to see me!”
"Yes." The two of them responded, but Zhao Zongshi said worriedly: "How much is appropriate?"
"If there is really a vacancy of more than 30%, and we cut 10% of the vacancies, that would be more than 20,000 people." Zhao Yun conceded: "It is enough to make people all over the world look at him with admiration." He paused and said, "Besides, Xianggong Han will definitely send a few veterans who are familiar with military affairs.
Skilled subordinate officers will follow you, listen to them more when the time comes, there is nothing to worry about."
"Yes." Zhao Zongshi was relieved.
"Go," the power of the ginseng soup has been exhausted. Zhao Yunrang felt tired, waved his hands and said, "I'm tired."
"..." Zhao Zongfu originally wanted to say something, but he had to shut up and withdraw.
"Fourth brother, what do you want to say?" Zhao Zongyou asked when they got outside.
"Alas," Zhao Zongfu said gloomily, "It's a trivial matter to say the least. I don't want my father to worry about it, but it's unusual."
"Say." Zhao Zongshi frowned slightly.
"Our family's business has suffered huge losses for several months in a row." Zhao Zongshi said with a wry smile: "Those pawn shops, silver shops, leather goods shops, fabric shops, teahouses...these most profitable businesses are all in trouble." After a pause,
With a confused look on his face, he said: "Even the gold mine has collapsed. I don't think there will be any more harvests in a year or two."
It is said that three years ago, the underground treasury of the palace was emptied out. This made everyone in the palace who were used to lavish spending and had so many relationships to take care of suddenly feel extremely uncomfortable. They had no choice but to follow the example of other princes and nobles.
Started a business.
With the strong connections and influence of the county prince's palace, it is too easy for them to send out servants to do big business... Whether it is local officials or wealthy businessmen, they really hope to be able to connect with future officials, at least not to offend them. Short
In just over two years, twenty or thirty businesses were opened in the capital, Damingfu, and Jiangning, and a mine was opened in the Huainan mountainous area.
Right now, we had just completed the initial investment and were waiting for the money to roll in. Unexpectedly, we suddenly encountered various problems, some were involved in lawsuits, some were overstocked, some people died, and some caught fire...
…Not only do we no longer make money, we have to spend money outside the capital.
The palace still owes a foreign debt of 400,000 yuan! Although for Zhao Zongshi's sake, they never come to collect debts. But if the compensation continues like this, the creditors will have no choice but to come to collect debts instead of paying attention to them!
"You're not that kind of material, you're still learning how to do business." After hearing this, Zhao Zongyou said angrily: "I don't want the bonus anymore, please give me back my 30,000 yuan capital."
"I came to you to find a solution, but you want to break up the partnership!" Zhao Zongfu was furious: "Who am I doing business for?"
"Okay, okay." Zhao Zongshi stopped the two of them and said, "What does Fourth Brother need from us?"
"I'm thinking that someone is dealing with us." Zhao Zongfu thought to himself, "This is like a saying": "Looking at the Song Dynasty, there are not many people who have the ability and the courage. Those who have problems with us, let alone
"Well, there is no one else except him." Zhao Zongfu said: "I guess he found out the truth about Tianyin Shuixie. He couldn't go to Liao to trouble Xiao Tianyi, so he attacked us."
"Xiao Tianyi," Zhao Zongshi said with a frown, "knows too many things. Keeping him here will sooner or later be a disaster."
"Okay, I'll do it when I get the chance." Zhao Zongfu said, "But what should I do here?"
"Cut the business down." Zhao Zongshi felt dizzy when he thought of Chen Ke. That was the magic star in his life. It would be better to hide away first. Then he said softly: "Don't forget your father's teachings. As long as we win, then
Just one game and you will win the game. At this time, don't make extravagant mistakes..." After saying that, he patted his fourth brother's arm and walked away with Zhao Zongyou.
Behind him, Zhao Zongfu's face turned purple. This Thirteen was so selfish! He only thought about himself and other people's affairs, and he didn't bother him at all!
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Early the next morning, Chen Ke took Chen Chen to Su's house.
When I arrived, I found that Su Xun had gone out early in the morning, and only his peers were there.
The two were overjoyed and followed the maid to look for the Su brothers and sisters. As soon as they entered the garden, they heard a charming and elegant singing voice coming from the pavilions by the pond. It was euphemistic and beautiful, which made people enchanted.
"It's my little sister's voice." Erlang whispered, and the two of them slowed down and listened to her singing:
‘Love is like a chain, hatred is like running water, even if it comes to an end. Don’t be surprised, Shen Lang loses weight easily, don’t be surprised, Pan’s temples are worried first.
It’s always hard to stop, there are many hardships, but good things make people not free. It’s empty to think about it, it’s a joy in the past, but it’s a long time in the future...'
After just one song, I heard Su Shi praising: "My little sister sings my lyrics, and this one is the best! It's worth it that I tailor-made this song "Qin Yuan Chun" for you."
"Second brother, you're making fun of me again!" the younger sister said in disbelief.
"But this song," Shi heard with a smile again: "Little sister, you don't have to sing it anymore, your Shen Lang has already arrived." After a pause, he chuckled and said, "Eighth sister, your Pan Yan has also arrived." From where she was sitting, she could just see the Chen brothers approaching.
"Sister-in-law, you are also dead." The younger sister held her hot cheek and lowered her head without raising it.
Amid the loud laughter of the Su family, the Chen family brothers climbed up to the pavilion and saw six people from the Su family sitting at three tables. Su Shi and Su Che sat on each side, and the younger sister and Banniang sat on the other side. Fragrant tea with melons and fruits, and burning incense. The six of them were reading and writing, playing the piano and singing lyrics, describing the Luan and Phoenix, or guessing the Chinese characters, and they were enjoying themselves.
At that time, the breeze was blowing and the lotus pond was refreshing. The Su family members were either wearing light fur coats or skirts fluttering slightly, but there was no trace of worldliness at all.
"It's such a fairy-like life." Chen Ke smiled and took the pears thrown by Su Shi and sat down on his little sister's chair.
"Go aside..." The little girl was still shy and said in a voice like the chirping of mosquitoes.
"The wind is cool." Chen Ke smiled and said, "The lyrics you just sang were so nice."
"You just let them make fun of me," the younger sister pinched him and said, "Who are you talking to?"
"Haha, it's true that girls are outgoing." Su Shi put down the book and laughed: "She's not even married yet, so she's not the same as us."
"It's you who always work together to bully me." The younger sister said with a smile: "Tomorrow, the four of us will be in a group, so we won't be afraid of you taking advantage of the large number of people to bully the small people."
In the room, the Eighth Lady blushed and said in a voice like a mosquito: "You are talking about yourself, why do you want to involve me?"
Chen Erlang was not as shameless as his younger brother, and sat across the table from Banniang. Although the eldest brother was not young, when he saw Banniang, he was instantly transported back to the state he was in when he knocked on the door of the Su family more than ten years ago.
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After joking for a while, Chen Ke asked a few ladies how they could get used to life in the capital.
"If I'm not used to it, I'm just not used to living in such a big house." Shi laughed and said, "I was walking around the garden after dinner last night and almost got lost."
"The sky is empty and the earth is empty," Wang Fu said with a smile: "With a total of two acres of yard, you can get lost?"
"It's dark, isn't it dark?" Shi laughed and said, "Thanks to the darkness, I didn't see anything I shouldn't have seen."
"Seek death..." Wang Fu glared at her, his face turned red instantly, and he gave Su Shi a fierce look.