Chapter 1157 1158 [The cool breeze rises and the sky ends]

Author: Shangtang Doumiao

Chapter 1157 1158 [The cool breeze rises and the sky ends]

The autumn rain is like mist, swaying gently with the wind.

The raindrops flowed down along the gaps in the eaves, like an upside-down bead curtain, falling on the bluestone ground and making a continuous crisp sound. Looking from the inside out, the scenery in the courtyard has a vague and hazy beauty.

The flower hall is paved with ground dragons, which feels as warm as spring and isolates the cold air of late autumn from the rain curtain.

Pei Yueping retired the maids and servants and fiddled with the tea sets himself.

He liked drinking tea in his previous life, not deliberately being arty. After coming to this world, it became one of his few leisure hobbies.

After some skillful operation, he pushed the white jade tea cup in front of Jian Rong, smiled and said: "This is this year's new rainy tea, please taste it, brother Jian."

When he reaches his position, he has many ways of addressing others.

Generally speaking, the court officials whom Pei Yue refers to as "Sir" are not actually close to each other, nor do they show respect, but rather show a sense of alienation.

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

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

When he was promoted from being a censor to being a censor, he crossed this threshold that made many people hesitate to move forward. It was because he impeached King Lu's cronies for seizing the Xiangyun No. at the court meeting.

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

Although Jian Rong's rise to prominence is closely related to Pei Yue, in the eyes of most courtiers, the minister of the Ministry of Industry is not considered a member of the Wei Guogong faction. The reason is that Jian Rong is only a small servant.

Shi Shi dared to risk the wrath of Emperor Kaiping to impeach the then eldest prince, and he had a clean and upright official reputation for many years. How could such a person become a pawn of Wu Xun?

Looking at the white jade tea cup in front of her, Jian Rong raised her hand and knocked on the table to express her gratitude.

He was wearing slightly plain clothes today, with his clear face as calm as ever, and he started chatting unhurriedly: "Except for Yuzhou, all the open-pit coal mines on the boundaries of other state capitals have been found.

Shitansi has established a total of eleven mines, and the improvement of briquettes is also proceeding in an orderly manner. However, the current supply of coal mines is far from meeting our needs."

Pei Yue muttered: "The mining technology of shallow coal mines is not difficult. The focus is on the safety of deep coal mines. Shouyang Mountain has done a lot of experiments and research. I will let them sort out the technology as soon as possible and then hand it over."

To the Ministry of Works and the Carboniferous Temple."

Jian Rong nodded and said: "Then the iron-making and steel-making methods can be implemented next? The cement-making method you mentioned before can also be promoted simultaneously."

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

There was some yearning in Jian Rong's eyes, and she said with emotion: "Three years ago, I heard you talk about the wonderful uses of coal. It is not just used to make briquettes for cooking and heating. From that time on, I hoped to see you one day earlier.

The grand scene described. If I am not wrong, you have been suppressing the progress on the Shouyang Mountain side and hiding many key skills in order to wait for the establishment of the Nongsang Supervision, and then complement each other and progress together?"

Pei Yue smiled, shook his head and said: "The two words workers and peasants are all-encompassing, how can it be so easy? But I do have similar plans, at least the improvement of farming cannot be separated from the improvement of iron smelting. The reason for the delay in taking action is just secretly

Make some preparations, because whether these things can be accomplished ultimately depends on manpower. Without a solid, stable and capable group of officials, all ideas will be castles in the air."

Jian Rong picked up the tea cup and took a sip. She didn't know whether she was savoring the aroma of the tea before the rain, or thinking about the 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 the question. He said leisurely: "After the Yanzhi incident broke out, I realized that Southern Zhou and Xiwu had the idea of ​​​​starting a war, otherwise they would not be so eager to provoke me.

The conflict with His Majesty. From that time on, I decided to set up a trap and dig a hole, and use the assassination to point the finger at the Marquis of Xiangcheng. I thought that those enemies hiding in the sewers of Kyoto would not miss the opportunity."

In fact, on the way here, Jian Rong had roughly guessed that the changes in Kyoto in the past half month were due to Pei Yue's handiwork.

The assassination of Pei Yue implicated Xiao Jin, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, and the struggle between the two military figures came to the surface, followed by various demons and monsters, which naturally included the enemy's spies hidden in the capital and the officials in the DPRK who were dragged into the water by them.

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Jian Rong remained silent, and Pei Yue continued: "Actually, I also understand that such meticulous spies from an enemy country can never be stopped. After killing one batch, another batch will appear. It's like after the layout of Taishitai Pavilion was exposed in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

, they will send some more masters to lurk in Jian'an City. What I want to do is not to eradicate the problem, but to hope that Kyoto can be more stable before the war comes."

"I trust your military judgment, but I still have a question in my mind. Among those ministers who are suspected of colluding with the enemy, how many of them are actually treasonous and collaborating with the enemy? In other words, how many of them were you deliberately pulling into trouble?

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Jian Rong looked steadily into Pei Yue's eyes.

The rain fell heavily outside the curtain, and large swaths of raindrops slapped on the ground, like a painting made of ink.

Pei Yue understood the profound meaning of this question.

He pushed Jian Rong to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time let him know some less important secrets. On the one hand, it was because the Ministry of Industry was very important in his future plan to transform Daliang, and he needed to be as down-to-earth as Jian Rong.

Diligent and capable officials hold power. On the other hand, Jian Rong is different from Sheng Duanming. The latter will ultimately put imperial power first and may not be able to fully accept some of Pei Yue's ideas. Jian Rong impressed Pei Yue many years ago.

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Going back in time to the day when Pei Yue married Lin Shuyue, the story Jian Rong told was enough to prove that he was not the kind of foolish and loyal person who didn't know how to adapt.

The question of Jianrong actually refers to whether Pei Yue has any plan to kill three birds with one stone, that is, in addition to beating Xiao Jin and cleaning up the capital, he will also take advantage of the situation to eliminate dissidents and further seize more power.

Pei Yue pondered for a long time and said calmly: "There are twelve people in total. Although they are not high in rank, they all occupy important positions, such as the head of the inner warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue, the chief of the Wenxuan Department and the Jixun Department of the Ministry of Personnel,

There are also two attendant censors at the censorship station."

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

Pei Yue shook his head calmly and said: "No. However, this matter is not an unreasonable disaster for them. These people have various problems, whether they are greedy or privately authorized. Even if we don't take into account the shortcomings of some people's lack of ability,

They are not innocent for being dragged into this by me."

Jian Rong sighed and said slowly: "It is difficult to be as bright as the wind and the moon, but it is easy to be as light as the dust. Once you step into the court, how many people can do this?"

Pei Yue looked solemn and said: "In peacetime, personal morality may be tolerable. As long as these officials can perform their duties, why should I bother with it? I am not unable to understand the truth that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. However, in the future war,

Once it breaks out, I will definitely not be able to stay in Kyoto, so I can only make arrangements in advance."

He turned to look at the rain curtain in the courtyard, his eyes gradually showed a bit of majesty, and said: "The so-called court is ultimately composed of people. I never thought that there would be only one voice in the court, although I have been following the wind for many years.

I will go with the flow, but I will not be so arrogant. But when necessary, I hope that the operation of the court can be as easy as the fingers."

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

The key to this matter is that those specific and important official positions must be replaced by his people.

The word "powerful minister" is worthy of its name.
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