Although he went to the palace this time, Zhao Hongrun failed to achieve his goal of getting his father to admit the "conspiracy" in Jiying Palace that day.
It has to be said that Emperor Wei's move was quite clever. He said nothing and did nothing. He just invited all the meritorious members of King Su's army to the scene, which highlighted the huge size of King Su's party.
The power of Yong Wang Hongyu, Xiang Wang Hongjing, and Qing Wang Hongxin became wary.
As for Zhao Hongrun's questioning afterwards, Emperor Wei just said, "How can I neglect a meritorious man?" and dismissed it completely, leaving Zhao Hongrun speechless.
Zhao Hongrun could more or less guess the purpose of the old man: Obviously, Emperor Wei intended for him to arouse the vigilance of King Yong, King Xiang, and King Qing, and even target him, subtly causing him to be targeted by several brothers step by step in the confrontation.
, and gradually move towards that position.
Zhao Hongrun really had no way to deal with this kind of conspiracy: even if he made up his mind and determined not to take the throne, could he stop King Yong, King Xiang, King Qing and others from targeting him?
Even Zhao Hongrun himself must admit that the power of his Su Wang Party is now very powerful and has threatened the most powerful Qing Wang Party. If he puts himself in another position, let him stand in the perspective of Qi Wang Hongxin and others.
Looking at this matter, I am afraid that he will not turn a blind eye to this matter anymore - since that day at Jiying Hall, anyone who intends to compete for the throne will be wary of him, and even start to suppress him one after another.
On the way back to Prince Su's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun and Jie Ziyu discussed this matter on the carriage - the reason was the "Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau" that Qing Wang Hongxin wanted to set up.
There is only one word difference between Bingzhaoju and Bingzhuju. Of course, this is not an attempt by King Qing Hongxin to imitate Bingzhuju in even the title.
In fact, the full name of the Bingzhu Bureau is the "Ordnance Casting Department of the Ministry of War of the Great Wei Dynasty", or Bingzhu Bureau for short.
Therefore, the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau proposed by King Qing Hongxin actually just inherited this name. However, he did not want to conflict with the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, so he just shortened it to "Armance Manufacturing Bureau". Perhaps in fact, the full names of the two departments are
Consistent.
At this point, there is nothing wrong with what Qing Wang Hongxin did. After all, the Bingzhu Bureau has now separated from the rule of the Ministry of War. Therefore, the Bingzhu Bureau should cancel the current title and change the name of the official office. However, Zhao Hongrun has already
I am used to calling Bingzhuju Bureau, and I have never thought of changing the name.
"...Your Highness, as I said, whether you clarify or not, it cannot offset the vigilance King Qing has for you. You see, in just one day, before Your Highness has any attitude towards the rumor, King Qing will
This matter was raised with the imperial court." Jie Ziyu analyzed on the carriage.
Zhao Hongrun nodded with deep understanding.
In fact, he had already predicted that after he instructed the Ordnance Casting Bureau to deliberately detain a batch of weapons and equipment from Qing Wang Hongxin, he guessed that Qing Wang Hongxin would sooner or later find a way to establish his own ordnance casting workshop, let alone accepting the orders from all over the country.
The orders of the army, at least the anti-rebellion army and the three northern armies, must be separated from the control of the Bingzhu Bureau and the control of King Su.
This is not a good sign.
Regardless of Qing Wang Hongxin's first step, the threat to Zhao Hongrun is not very great, but the essence is the same: Qing Wang Hongxin is already wary of him and wants to gradually suppress him.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun took a breath and asked: "I can't back down at this time, can I?"
"Exactly!" Jie Ziyi nodded and said: "After that day at Jiying Hall, His Highness and Prince Qing have become enemies. If Your Highness backs off at this time, it will only embolden the arrogance of Prince Qing's party... We must fight back!" At this point
, he changed the topic and said: "Speaking of which, King Qing proposed to establish an "Arms Manufacturing Bureau", which will be of benefit to His Highness."
After hearing this, Wei Jiao interrupted in surprise: "Mr. Jiezi, you mean that this matter will be beneficial to His Highness?"
I can't understand this.
As the chief of the Zongwei beside Zhao Hongrun, Wei Jiao knows far more than the other Zongwei.
Take the Bingzhu Bureau as an example. Today, weapons and armor orders for the Wei army are all handed over to the Smelting Bureau by the Ministry of War, and the Smelting Bureau in turn entrusts them to the Bingzhu Bureau. Because of this, similar orders appeared in Daliang in the past.
The anecdote of "The Bingzhu Bureau helped the Smelting Bureau" made the Bingzhu Bureau actually become the agency workshop of the Smelting Bureau.
But having said that, due to the integration of resources and the avoidance of the initial conflict between the Bingzhu Bureau and the Smelting Bureau competing for orders, both the Smelting Bureau and the Bingzhu Bureau gained a lot of benefits.
But now, suddenly another Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau has appeared, and it is really affiliated with the Ministry of War and the Ordnance Foundry Department controlled by Qing Wang Hongxin. So, I wonder, the Ministry of War will also hand over a large number of arms orders to the Smelting Bureau and the Ordnance Casting Department.
Bureau? It must be left to the "Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau".
As a result, the arms orders of the Smelting Bureau and the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau will definitely be seriously affected.
Seeing that Wei Jiao couldn't understand, Jie Zi said sternly: "If the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. The Ordnance Forging Bureau was responsible for forging the country's ordnance in the past, how could it not arouse the jealousy of others?... This time in my great Wei Dynasty.
During the war, with the permission of the imperial court, private arms workshops of local nobles sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain.
Emerging, this is enough to prove that Bingzhuju is not unique and can be replaced. But there is nothing wrong with this. One more person can share the external jealousy of Bingzhuju and His Highness and weigh the pros and cons. On the contrary, this is
It is beneficial, not to mention that the Military Casting Bureau cannot actually afford the equipment casting for the national army."
Zhao Hongrun nodded slightly, approving what Jie Ziyu said.
Back then, Wei's elite army only had the 80,000 men stationed in the Sixth Battalion. Therefore, as long as the Bingzhi Bureau was operating at full capacity, it could naturally afford the task of replacing the weapons and equipment of these 80,000 troops every two years.
But what about now? The State of Wei has a standing army of up to 400,000 people. If the Military Casting Bureau is responsible for the task of replacing the weapons and equipment of the 400,000 troops every two years, even if the Military Casting Bureau has received technical support from the Smelting Bureau, it can't be done.
Less than.
Therefore, distributing some arms orders will not have any impact on Zhao Hongrun. On the contrary, it can reduce the jealousy of outsiders towards him, at least it will no longer look so conspicuous.
The question is whether Qing Wang Hongxin is just satisfied with getting a military building bureau. Will his next step be to attack the smelting bureau? This is the question that Zhao Hongrun is pondering.
If Qing Wang Hongxin is only satisfied with an arms manufacturing bureau and is willing to use the old smelting technology that has been eliminated by the Smelting Bureau and the Arms Casting Bureau to cast military equipment, then Zhao Hongrun has no objection to this.
But this is impossible. King Qing Hongxin will attack the Smelting Bureau sooner or later. This is why Jie Ziu suggested that Zhao Hongrun "must fight back".
The so-called "must fight back" refers to a certain degree of warning to Qing Wang Hongxin: I have no objection to you moving a weapons manufacturing bureau to play by yourself, but you are not allowed to reach out to the smelting bureau. This is the bottom line!
"So that's it." Wei Jiao suddenly realized, and immediately said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, do you need to send someone to the Smelting Bureau to give instructions?"
"That's not necessary." Zhao Hongrun shook his head.
In his opinion, although it was not his original intention, since Wang Fu, Director of the General Administration of Metallurgy and Manufacturing, had expressed his intention to "only follow His Highness King Su's lead" in the past two days, it was unlikely that he would be bribed by King Qing Hongxin.
Rushing to send more eyeliners is not good.
"Oh, I originally planned to go to the Ministry of Industry to ask for help about the "Qin Guo Craftsmen" thing, but now it has been ruined for the time being." Zhao Hongrun shook his head in confusion.
After hearing this, Jie Ziyu's heart moved slightly.
Out of "selfishness", he certainly hopes that His Highness, Prince Su, will visit official offices such as the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites in the past few days to increase the credibility of the rumor that "Prince Su intends to fight for the throne."
, but after being beaten by Emperor Wei, Jie Ziyu did not dare to propose this.
To be fair, Jie Ziyu never thought of imposing his ideas on Zhao Hongrun and using soft coercion to get Zhao Hongrun to the position - this is not what a retainer should do.
Therefore, in the end, it still depends on Zhao Hongrun's own opinion. If His Highness decides not to fight for the throne, then Jie Ziu can only accept his fate and obediently be a retainer in Prince Su's Mansion for the rest of his life, in order to repay His Highness Su's original kindness.
kindness.
However, above this "bottom line", there are some things that Jie Zizi thinks he can still control. For example, through the suppression of Qing Wang Hongxin, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun was passively involved in the fight for the throne. Unfortunately,
, he has been warned by Emperor Wei.
With a feeling of regret, Jie Ziyu said insincerely: "Rumors have been spreading everywhere in the past few days. I thought that His Highness should rest in the palace for a few days. He should not show his face for the time being and wait for the rumors to dissipate."
"Well." Zhao Hongrun nodded in agreement, stretched and said, "Just in time, I will also take this time to have a good rest..."
As soon as he said this, he suddenly smiled bitterly.
There is no time to be lazy, there are still things at home waiting for him to go back and deal with.
Choosing one of the two daughters Qin Shaojun and Mi Jiang to be Princess Su was a more troublesome proposition for him than any rumors about competing for the throne.
After the carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of Prince Su's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun turned to Wei Jiao and said: "Wei Jiao, send someone to the post house to...invite Qin Shaojun, and tell him that I am here today.
The palace held a family banquet and invited her to the banquet."
Due to his external status of "Crown Prince of Qin", Qin Shaojun Yingying has been living in the post house in the city with Wuxinhou Gongsunqi, Changxinhou Wangjian, Yangquanjun Yingbo and other Qin generals in the past few days. In addition to avoiding suspicion, the main purpose is to
Out of reserve——
After all, although Zhao Hongrun and Yingying were married in some way in Qin State, they were not married yet in Wei State, and Yingying would eventually marry to Wei State as the princess of Qin State. Therefore, Wei State
The wedding here is more important.
"Yes, I will send someone there right now."
Wei Jiao answered with cupped fists.
After giving orders to Wei Jiao, Zhao Hongrun walked into the mansion with Que'er and Jie Zizi, and ordered Lv'er, the family leader, to prepare sumptuous dishes in the side hall of the main house in the north courtyard today.
Later, Zhao Hongrun came to the small garden of the North House, met Miss Su, Yang Yanxing, Oona, and Mi Jiang one by one, and conveyed to them that "Today Mr. Qin will come to the house for a family dinner."
In this regard, the three girls Su, Yang Yanxing and Wu Na felt very strange: Since it was a family banquet of the royal palace, why not invite the "Princess of Qin who is about to marry to their Prince Su's Palace" instead of inviting the crown prince of Qin?
Woolen cloth?
Only Mi Jiang knew that Qin Shaojun Yingying was the princess of Qin who was about to marry into their Prince Su's palace.
"Is tonight a "real" meeting?"
Mi Jiang thought secretly.
For some reason, she, who had never been obsessed with "Princess Su", did not want to be defeated by the woman from Qin.
Perhaps this is because she and Yingying are of equal status.