Invincible son

Chapter 1157 1158 [The end of the day with a cool breeze]

Autumn rain is like fog, swinging lightly with the wind.

The raindrops flowed down the cracks of the eaves, like an upside-down bead curtain, falling on the bluestone floor with a continuous and crisp sound.Looking from the inside to the outside, the scenery in the courtyard is a bit more vaguely beautiful.

The flower hall is covered with earth dragons, as if warm like spring, isolating the cold air of late autumn from the rain curtain.

Pei Yue shunned the servant girl and fiddled with the tea set himself.

In his previous life, he liked to drink tea, not intentionally arty, and after coming to this world, it became one of his few leisure hobbies.

After some skillful operations, he pushed the white jade teacup in front of Jian Rong, and said with a smile: "This is the new tea before the rain this year, brother Jian please taste it."

At his position, there are many ways to address others.

Generally speaking, the court officials who Pei Yue called "a certain lord" were actually not close, nor did they show respect, but seemed alienated.

Calling him elder brother shows that Pei Yue and Jian Rong are by no means casual acquaintances.

Looking back on the past, Jian Rong, as a representative of the noble civil servants, has benefited from Pei Yue's intentional or unintentional support for every promotion in these years, which is naturally an interesting story.

At the beginning, when he was promoted from censor servant to censor Zhongcheng, he crossed the threshold that made many people hesitate, because he impeached Lu Wang's cronies for forcibly occupying Xiangyun at the court meeting.

Later, Pei Yue recommended to Luo Ting, and Jian Rong was able to be transferred from Yushi Zhongcheng to the supervisor of Charcoal Temple. In this position, he won the unanimous approval of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and was successfully promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Although Jian Rong's success was closely related to Pei Yue, in the eyes of most of the courtiers, this minister of the Ministry of Industry was not a member of Duke Wei's faction.The reason is that Jian Rong dared to impeach the eldest prince at the time at the risk of offending Emperor Kaiping when he was just a young censor, and for many years, his official voice was clear and upright, how could such a person become a martial artist? Xun Qingui's minions?
Looking at the white jade teacup in front of her, Jian Rong raised her hand and knocked on the table to express her gratitude.

He was wearing a plain uniform today, and his pale face was as calm as ever, and he opened up the chatterbox unhurriedly: "Except for Yuzhou, the open-pit coal mines on the boundaries of other prefectures have been found. A total of eleven mines have been established in Charcoal Temple, and the improvement of honeycomb coal is also proceeding in an orderly manner. However, the current supply of coal mines is far from meeting our needs."

Pei Yue pondered and said: "The mining technology of shallow coal mines is not difficult. The focus is on the safety of deep coal mines. A lot of experiments and research have been done on Shouyang Mountain. I will let them sort out the technology as soon as possible, and then hand it over Ministry of Industry and Charcoal Temple."

Jian Rong nodded and said, "Then the method of iron-making and steel-making can be implemented next? The cement-making method you mentioned earlier can also be promoted at the same time."

Pei Yue joked: "Brother Jian looks more anxious than me."

There was some yearning in Jian Rong's eyes, and he said with emotion: "I heard you talk about the magical use of coal three years ago. It is not just used to make briquettes for cooking and heating. Since then, I hope to see you one day sooner. The magnificent scene depicted. If I guessed correctly, you have been suppressing the progress of Shouyang Mountain, hiding many key skills, in order to wait for the establishment of the Nongsangjian, and then complement each other and go hand in hand?"

Pei Yue smiled, shook his head and said: "The word Gongnong encompasses everything, how can it be so easy. But I do have similar plans, at least the improvement of farming is inseparable from the improvement of iron smelting. The reason why there is no action is just secretly Make some preparations, because whether these things can be done ultimately depends on manpower, without a solid, stable and capable group of officials, all ideas are castles in the air."

Jian Rong picked up the teacup and took a sip. She didn't know whether she was savoring the aroma of the tea before the rain, or thinking about the deep meaning of Pei Yue's last sentence. After a long time, she said meaningfully: "Yesterday Chen An said that Luan Yiwei didn't catch that An assassin, but I don’t know where the assassin is hiding now?”

Pei Yue picked up the pot and poured tea, but did not answer this question, and said leisurely: "After the Yanzhi incident broke out, I realized that Nan Zhou and Xi Wu had the idea of ​​starting a war, otherwise they wouldn't be so eager to provoke me. Contradictions with His Majesty. From then on, I decided to set up a bureau to dig a hole, and use the assassination to point the finger at the Marquis of Xiangcheng, thinking that those enemy secret agents hiding in the gutters of Kyoto will not miss this opportunity."

In fact, on the way here, Jian Rong had roughly guessed that the changes in the capital in the past half month were caused by Pei Yue.

Pei Yue's assassination implicated Hou Xiaojin of Xiangcheng, and the struggle between the two military figures surfaced, followed by all kinds of monsters and monsters, including the enemy's spies hidden in the capital and the officials who were dragged into the water by them. .

Jian Rong remained silent, and Pei Yue continued: "Actually, I also understand that spy spies like this kind of enemy country can never be banned, and after killing one batch, another batch will appear. It's like the Taishitai Pavilion after the layout of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was exposed. , They will send some more masters to lurk in Jian'an City. What I want to do is not to kill the grass, but to hope that the capital will be more stable before the war comes."

"I believe in your military judgment, but I still have a question in my mind. Of those ministers who are suspected of colluding with the enemy's secret agents, how many of them are actually treasonous and collaborating with the enemy? Or, how many of them are you deliberately dragging into trouble? "

Jian Rong fixedly looked into Pei Yue's eyes.

The rain outside the curtain was steep, and large swathes of rain clusters slapped on the ground, like ink paintings.

Pei Yue understood the deep meaning of this question.

He pushed Jian Rong to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time let the other party know some less important secrets. On the one hand, because the Ministry of Industry is very important in his future reconstruction plan for the beam, he needs to be as down-to-earth as Jian Rong Diligent and capable officials wield great power.On the other hand, Jian Rong is different from Sheng Duanming, the latter will put the imperial power first, and may not fully accept some of Pei Yue's ideas, but Jian Rong has impressed Pei Yue many years ago.

Rewinding the time to the day when Pei Yue married Lin Shuyue, the story Jian Rong told is enough to prove that he is not the kind of foolish and loyal person who does not know how to adapt.

Jian Rong's question actually refers to whether Pei Yue has any plans to kill three birds with one stone, that is, besides beating Xiao Jin and cleaning up the capital, he will take advantage of the trend to cut off dissidents and further grab more power.

Pei Yue pondered for a long time, and said in a calm manner: "There are 12 people in total. Although their ranks are not high, they all occupy important positions. There are two censors from Yushitai."

Jian Rong said softly: "Is there any evidence that they colluded with the enemy's spies?"

Pei Yue shook his head frankly and said: "No. However, this matter is not a disaster for them. These people all have various problems, such as greed or unauthorized authorization, even if they don't care about the shortcomings of some people's lack of ability, They were not innocent of being dragged into the water by me."

Jian Rong sighed, and said slowly: "It's hard to be light and windy, but it's easy to be with the light and the dust. Once you step into the court, how many people can be so clear?"

Pei Yue said with a serious expression: "Personal morality is bad or tolerable in Chengping. As long as these officials can perform their duties, why should I bother? I can't understand the truth that there will be no fish when the water is clear. However, in future wars Once it breaks out, I will definitely not be able to continue to sit in Kyoto, so I can only make plans in advance."

He turned his head to look at the rain curtain in the courtyard, his eyes gradually revealed a bit of majesty, and said: "The so-called court hall is still composed of people in the final analysis. I never thought that there would be only one voice in the court hall, although I have been in the wind all these years." It's going smoothly, but it won't be so arrogant. But when necessary, I hope that the operation of the imperial court can be done like a finger."

In fact, peeling off the fog on the surface of this matter, Pei Yue's idea is simple but sharp. He needs a stable capital, and at the same time, he must firmly control part of the power of the court.

The key to this matter lies in those specific and important official positions who must be replaced by him.

The word "power minister" is already worthy of the name.

(End of this chapter)