son-in-law

Chapter 245

"What do you think of what Zhao Chong said?"

"After all, it's all about their Zhao family. In fact, it's no different from before."

After coming down to court, Tang Zhen invited Meng Danqing to sit in Qinghuafang. They didn't go to any luxury hotel, but in the welcoming building at the gate of Qinghuafang. .

The maidservant in brocade was quietly making tea for the two lords, and what the men said did not avoid her.

Tang Zhen and Meng Danqing are both rivals and friends.Their friendship was left during the Battle of Mobei.In the Battle of Mobei, the 13-year-old Emperor Tianci suddenly led his troops to the north with the support of King Mu.This is a completely unplanned war.

At that time, Empress Dowager Chen asked the newly enthroned Emperor Tianci to rush to Dunhuang with Tang Zhen, Meng Danqing, Ximen Zhensen and [-] elite cavalry, in order to let King Mu surrender his military power.Unexpectedly, the Xiongli Dashan Yu Alanduo suddenly joined forces with the Donghu people to attack Jiaohe City.

If this battle is fought, the Hexi Corridor will be preserved and the small countries in the Western Regions will be deterred.But if there is no fight, Liang Chao's prestige will be swept away, and the Hexi Corridor will fall into the hands of the barbarians.King Mu led [-] officers and soldiers and [-] people to resist the Alando bandits.His general Gongsun Xiong and [-] cavalry were handed over to Emperor Tianci, and he was asked to lead [-] cavalry to march northward, catching the Donghu people by surprise.

When the news reached the capital, there was an uproar between the ruling and opposition parties.Empress Dowager Chen, Tang Qiong, Meng Ren, and Ximenhao not only failed to take away the military power of King Mu, but were instead pulled back by King Mu.Only then did the golden knife general Kong Tuo seventy take command of the scene.

The 13-year-old Tianci Emperor was careful and led Tang Zhen, Meng Danqing, Ximen Zhensen, Zhang Yunlong, and Gongsun Xiong all the way north.Faced with Donghu King head-on, there was a big scuffle, and Donghu King retreated to Tiger Wolf Mountain to wait for reinforcements.Liang Jun attacked fiercely and did not give up, and the two sides fought anxiously.

At this time, the old general Kong Tuo succeeded in attacking the enemy's aid, and then broke into the Donghu King's tent, and the Donghu people were defeated.And Liang Jun chased and killed all the way, advancing like a broken bamboo, and went straight to Langjuxu Mountain.

A large number of famous generals emerged in that battle, and they were also the main force in the later war against Hu.Without this group of people capable of recruiting and fighting, it would be impossible for the Liang Dynasty to withstand the Sanhu's collective southward movement.

"You should have received the news, right? How about it? Are the conditions offered by the two sides satisfactory?" Tang Zhen looked a little relaxed.

Meng Danqing didn't drink tea, but was just playing with the teacup in his hand, but Tang Zhen waved his hand anyway, motioning for Jing Jing to change the tea.

Jing Jing almost knelt in front of Meng Danqing, lowered her head, and lifted the teacup high with a tray.

"The conditions offered by Zhao Zhun are more attractive." Meng Danqing took the teacup: "After all, the queen is a child of a poor family, and the conditions offered are also petty. But I think Cao Yuzan handles things better than Zhao Zhun." There is a measure. And that Zhao Zhun is completely in the posture of fighting to the death. He is rushing upwards with a desperate attitude, while the queen is defending the ring. So Zhao Zhun will spare everything, and I even feel like forcing him For a moment, he can give me half of the Taoist residence."

"Who do you want to help?"

"Me?...What about you?"

"I promised Zhao Chong, it's fine to make some money, don't interfere with this matter."

Meng Danqing stroked the mouth of the tea bowl with his fingertips: "Cao Yuzan."

Tang Zhen smiled: "You have been advocating the abolition of the 'poll tax' and changing it to the 'divided into the mu. Whether it's the Empress Dowager Chen or the Emperor Tianci, they don't agree with you to do this, do you think Cao Yuhan will agree?"

"She has already agreed." Meng Danqing's face glowed with joy: "It's not just the revision of military service and corvee service, but also other industries. It's too restrictive for the people, which is not conducive to the development of the Liang Dynasty. What the father does, the son must do, There will never be a chance to stand up. This is not good. Now all over the country follow Luoyang, one or several big families control a city. If this continues, there will be big problems sooner or later. If foreign countries do not attack us, we will mess up ourselves. And big families control Most of the resources, but they don't have to pay taxes, but let the group of poor people pay taxes. So the Liang Dynasty became poorer and poorer, while the gentry became richer. And..."

Tang Zhen mentioned more than once that Meng Danqing has the heart to rule the country.Meng Danqing usually talks very little, but once he mentions his ideals, he becomes eloquent again.There are some things that he doesn't want to tell the people around him, but he is willing to tell the boss of the opponent's family.If this matter spreads to the market, few people will believe it.

Everyone knows that the Meng family and the Tang family are at odds, and the competition between the two is fierce in various fields.It can even be described as tragic.But no matter how fierce the family competition is, it doesn't seem to affect these two people.They are a pair of confidants, but they are out-and-out opponents in all aspects.

When the two of them sat together, they only talked about political affairs, and they didn't talk about anything else.Even Tang Kuan ran to the Paper Association to overturn the table and fought with Meng Sixun.It was as if it had never happened to them.And that fight killed three people.

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Tang Linger arranged for the twelfth son Tang Dian to replace the fourth son Tang Kuan to go to the Paper Chamber of Commerce to negotiate business, but recently the twelfth son had a serious illness because of the incident with Han Hao, and it is said that he almost died.In this case, Tang Kuan, the fourth brother, could only go against him for a while.

As a result, at this juncture, Meng Sixun made new demands.Because he felt that the Tang family dominated the paper industry, and the current Paper Manufacturers Association seemed to be only serving the Tang family.Therefore, the Tang family is required to give up at least [-]% of the profits and share them equally with everyone.Or control the shipments of Shouan Paper Mill.Ensure that other members of the chamber of commerce also earn money.

However, Tang Kuan said that in fact, the Tang family's Shou'an Paper Mill's shipments only accounted for one-fifth of the entire Luoyang market, and there was no so-called dominance at all.And the paper mills of your Meng family and Qian's family are also very large. The combined paper production share of your two companies is equivalent to one-third of the entire paper industry.Why not control you, only control our Tang family?

Meng Sixun said, then the three companies will be prosecuted together.But in terms of market share, whoever sells the most will control the most.

Tang Kuan flipped the table after saying this.

The table just hit Meng Sixun on the head, smashing Meng Sixun so hard that he couldn't get up lying on the ground.Therefore, the evil slaves on both sides fought.It was a brutal beating.It was the plutocrats such as Ximen who rushed over with their slaves to resolve the conflict between the two parties.

But this still resulted in three lives, two of the Meng family died, one of the Tang family died, and a large group of people were injured on both sides.

Hearing the news, Su Yu and Tang Ling'er went to visit Tang Kuan at the fourth prince's mansion.

Although the fourth brother had gauze wrapped around his head, he didn't seem to be in any serious trouble, except that he had a bad temper.He seemed to feel that Meng Sixun had not been beaten to death, and he couldn't breathe out.The temper of the fourth son of the Tang family is really terrifying. No wonder Tang Qiong refused to let him enter the rank of Shence Army at the beginning.If he is allowed to be in charge of the army, I don't know what big troubles will be caused.

Knowing the son is more like the father, or the old man Tang Qiong knows Tang Kuan better.

Facing the fourth brother, Tang Ling'er didn't reprimand, or even complain.I just care about my fourth brother's body.As for the swordsman who died in battle, Tang Ling'er had already used the public account to arrange for a future generation.There are also those wounded who are also raised in the Tang Mansion Medical Center.

Seeing that Tang Ling'er was not talking about serious matters, Su Yu gave Li Xiang a wink.

Li Xiang cleared his throat and said, "After this battle, Meng Sixun will definitely unite with other families to exclude the Tang family. He will no longer be a member of the chamber of commerce. We should think of countermeasures in advance."

Tang Linger said: "If the Tang family withdraws at this time, the newly established monopoly situation will collapse, and it will inevitably lead to a scuffle in the paper industry. At that time, our Tang family will also suffer a lot. Why don't I come forward and talk to Meng Sixun?" once."

"Don't talk about it!" Tang Kuan jumped off the bed, raised his arms and said, "Sister-in-law can make paper from bamboo, and it's high-grade paper. No one in the entire Liang Dynasty can do it now. Just rely on this, let's do it with them! And we must do it to the end !"

(End of this chapter)