Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 94
Of course, as the concubine of Uncle Xiangfu, Queen Pipa will naturally not enter Chunfeng Tower again.Yu Wen, the steward of the Ye Mansion's Outer Court, came forward to complete the matter.

Soon Yan'er, the maidservant of the Queen of Pipa, left the Chunfeng Building and got into the carriage of Xiangfu Bo's Mansion.A group of people went to Xiangfu Bo's mansion.

This maid named Yan'er is naturally the real queen of pipa, Li Siyan.

"My subordinates see the saint!" Li Siyan suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and said in a low voice.

Yu Daoxiang saw the dissatisfaction in Li Siyan's heart, snorted coldly, and after the latter's body trembled, said: "I know that the Holy Church is plotting against the Great Song Dynasty, but there is one thing you don't know. In my father's eyes , Great Song Dynasty, even Khitan, Southern Tang, Southern Han, the whole world, can’t compare to Ye Chen’s importance.”

Hearing this, Li Siyan was horrified and couldn't believe it.But when I thought about it, the saint in front of me, who was more noble than the great elder, committed herself to be his concubine in order to get close to Ye Chen.In addition, Taiyi from the south also sent Si Luoyi, desperately trying to rob Ye Chen.All kinds of facts show that what the saint said is very likely to be true, but the specific reasons are beyond her knowledge.

After a while, Li Siyan suppressed the shock in his heart, and gradually regained his composure, but at this time, the dissatisfaction in his heart was gone, and there was only awe and deep curiosity about Ye Chen.

Yu Daoxiang ignored Li Siyan's thoughts, and saw that the latter's dissatisfaction had been completely dispelled, so she went straight to the point and said what Ye Chen needed for help.

Master Ye Chen was able to predict that the Yellow River would break its embankment in Baima County in October, which naturally surprised Li Siyan again, but with what Yu Daoxiang said just now, Li Siyan was surprised, but soon regained his composure, and began to think about how to help The saint accomplished this beautifully.Although she doesn't really believe that the Yellow River will really burst its banks in October.

"Saint! We need someone to help you with this matter." Li Siyan said after pondering for a while.

"Who?" Yu Daoxiang frowned slightly. She thought that Li Siyan could solve the matter by herself, but she didn't want to lend it to others.

Li Siyan saw the dissatisfaction in Yu Daoxiang's heart, couldn't help but shuddered, and hurriedly said: "Saint! This person is also from our temple. He is Zhou Jie, the leader of the Cao Gang who monopolizes the water transportation of the Bianhe River. There is this person who helps Ye If Chen makes a plan and uses the power of the Cao Gang to do it with all his strength, this matter will be very successful."

"Oh! Zhou Jie! Call him now." Yu Daoxiang said decisively.

According to Yu Daoxiang's instructions, Yu Wen went to invite Zhou Jie to a mansion near the west pier in the name of Li Siyan, the Queen of Pipa.

Li Siyan, as the real queen of pipa, interacts with people in the officialdom all day long, and is well versed in official affairs.And he is running various businesses in his hands, including grain, so he is familiar with various ways of grain trading.And Zhou Jie, the leader of the Cao Gang who monopolizes the water transportation of the Bianhe River, is most familiar with the water conditions of shipping.In addition, Yu Qingyan, who is familiar with the official system, picked up the leftovers and filled in the gaps, perfecting the details.Ye Chen's small brainstorming group was formed.

Although Zhou Jie's status in the holy hall is not as high as Li Siyan's, his seniority is not low. He was a little reluctant to call Li Siyan to come over to help Ye Chen, but seeing Yu Daoxiang, especially Li Siyan secretly revealed Yu Daoxiang's identity to him. After he knew it, his attitude turned 180 degrees.

At the same time, he realized that there was a lot of commotion in Kaifeng City a few days ago, and it was not Li Siyan, whom he had been jealous of and coveted, but the saint who married the mysterious Uncle Xiangfu.This matter shook his mind and surprised him, and at the same time, he had a new understanding of Ye Chen in his heart.

Ye Chen didn't know the true relationship between these three people, although he recognized that this maid named Yan'er was the one who used the sound of pipa to deal with Si Luoyi with Yu Daoxiang in Chunfeng Tower a few days ago , and Zhou Jie must have come forward to help because of Yu Daoxiang's relationship.But Ye Chen still showed enough politeness and gratitude to the two of them.

Ye Chen had someone put a large glass of Western Region wine with ice cubes in front of everyone.Xu Xu said: "You are invited to come today because there is an important matter that requires you to make suggestions, Xiaoqing! You come to record it, and later organize it into a plan that can be seen by the emperor."

"Yes!" Yu Qingyan laid out the paper, poured water and rubbed the ink, then hung her wrists, and cast her bright eyes at Ye Chen.

At that moment, Ye Chen selectively explained the ins and outs of the matter and what he asked for.

Both Zhou Jie and Li Siyan are not ordinary people, and each of them is a top figure in the industry they are familiar with, so they soon have a lot of ideas and ideas... Especially Zhou Jie is indeed worthy of being the experienced water transport leader When it comes to water transportation, the inside story is well-documented, and the methods and strategies mentioned are all reasonable and effective.

Next, under the guidance of Ye Chen, everyone came up with many methods one after another. Zhou Jie even contributed some transportation methods that he secretly smuggled and evaded taxes.

After dinner in the evening, everyone continued to think and tidy up. In the middle of the night, their brains were almost exhausted, and they couldn't think of anything more, so Ye Chen asked everyone to rest.

Zhou Jie went back to his home overnight, and Li Siyan was Yu Daoxiang's maid in name, so he naturally wanted to live in Yefu.

Then, Yu Qingyan and Ye Chen spent another two hours sorting out and summarizing these materials, and wrote them out in the form of a planning report.

Early the next morning, in the Chongzheng Hall.

Zhao Kuangyin, the son of the Great Song Dynasty, and a group of important officials were all concerned about that somewhat absurd but crucial event.Therefore, they gathered here early and began to discuss.

Said to be a group of important ministers, in fact, there are only five people, Zhao Pu, Zhao Guangyi, Chu Zhaofu, Luo Gongming, and Ye Chen, plus two political advisers Xue Juzheng and Lu Yuqing who were told the truth last night.

Ye Chen slept late last night and almost overslept in the morning, so he came a bit late. When he came, other important ministers had already arrived, and the Kaifeng Mansion, Zhengshitang, and the Third Division envoys all sent their own documents early. The plan was presented on the imperial case above.

When Ye Chen came in with dark circles and bloodshot eyes, Zhao Kuangyin hadn't come yet.So he dragged his exhaustion and saluted several important ministers one by one.

Ye Chen knew that no matter what time it was, whether in the present or in the future, being humble and polite, being kind to others, and being respectful to the elderly and obedient to others in normal times might not be beneficial most of the time, but there would definitely be no disadvantages.

But when Ye Chen saluted Lu Yuqing, the latter snorted coldly, with a look of disgust on his face, and pointed at Ye Chen to say something, judging by his expression, it was definitely not a good thing to say.

But before he could speak, a little Huangmen chanted that the emperor had arrived, and interrupted what Lu Yuqing was about to say.

Everyone had seen the ceremony to the emperor, and the emperor said that he should be flat. As soon as everyone straightened up, Lu Yuqing came out of the class with a serious face and said loudly: "Your Majesty! The saint has a saying: You don't speak strangely. I have never heard of anyone who can It is absolutely unbelievable to really predict the future in advance, such absurd claims are absolutely unbelievable, and the impeachment of Xiangfu Bo Yechen to deceive the public is suspected of ulterior motives, please Your Majesty order to conduct a thorough investigation."

Ye Chen was stunned all of a sudden, but the anger on his face finally turned into a wry smile.If he were to stand in Lu Yuqing's perspective, he would definitely doubt it.In fact, except for Lu Yuqing, everyone present had doubts about what Ye Chen said, but everyone was not as extreme as Lu Yuqing. Ye Chen was shocked by the hand-painted world map, so he didn't say it during the discussion yesterday.

Lu Yuqing and Xue Ju were informed about this by Zhao Pu himself last night. They had not experienced Ye Chen's hand-painted map yesterday. Even Lu Yuqing had no contact with Ye Chen because he stayed in Kaifeng before the Northern Expedition. He only heard about it from others. Ye Chen's various miraculous deeds.Self-righteous, he has always believed that those are rumors, most of them are exaggerations, and Ye Chen is just a lucky guy who was chosen by the emperor to promote himself as the right man.

Therefore, when Lu Yuqing heard Zhao Pu say this last night, he shouted on the spot that the matter was ridiculous, saying that Ye Chen was bewitching the public with his bewitching words.

Ye Chen understood Lu Yuqing's suspicion of the truth, because he himself was not fully sure, but Lu Yuqing said that he was bewitching people with evil words and had ulterior motives.This is a bit ugly.

"You said you poured dirty water on me in order to convince the emperor, that's the reason." Ye Chen felt a little unhappy.

Later generations have scientifically proven that severe lack of sleep makes people prone to irritability, impulsiveness, and anger.Ye Chen didn't sleep for less than two hours last night, and after hearing what Lu Yuqing said, the anger in his heart surged.Zhao Kuangyin frowned, and before he could speak, Ye Chen couldn't help but said, "I have a question for Lu Xianggong."

Lu Yuqing saw that the emperor didn't respond, and Ye Chen stood up, so he snorted impatiently and said, "Uncle Xiangfu! If you have any questions, I just listen."

The disdain and disgust in Lu Yuqing's expression was undisguised, and Ye Chen couldn't help but startled again, thinking what's going on with this old man, I provoked you, it's really inexplicable.He said patiently, "May I ask Lu Xianggong, if what I said doesn't happen, what will happen to me?"

Lu Yuqing said without hesitation: "Of course it won't happen. At that time, you will definitely lose your reputation, and you will be punished by the court for the crime of deceiving the public. Humph! Whether you can keep your title depends on your Majesty's decision." kindness."

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said: "In this case, why did you risk your reputation, being punished by His Majesty, and losing your title to tell this matter. This is of little benefit to you. In addition, the officer yesterday I have already said that this is the prophecy of Master Xiaguan, whether it is true or not, I don’t know, I also have doubts, you believe it or not, it’s none of my business.”

(End of this chapter)