After talking for about an hour on the night of Bingzhu, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, got up and left, leaving Zhao Hongrun alone in the meditation room. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It didn't take long for Zongwei Changwei to walk in with a woolen blanket, drape it on Zhao Hongrun's body, and said with a chuckle: "Your Highness, how did you talk to King Chengling?" ”

"It's done." Zhao Hongrun nodded, and then asked Wei Jiao: "The sect government punished you for waiting?" ”

Hearing this, Zong Wei Changwei said with a smile: "It's nothing more than being reprimanded and punishing some other people." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded, not surprised.

After all, Zongwei's status has always been transcendent, and sometimes, the prince whose allegiance needs to be punished, but Zongwei doesn't. As for the punishment of some Yulu today, this is just a painless matter for the princes who caused the accident - they are all long past the age of relying on Yulu to live.

Wrapped in a sheepskin blanket, Zhao Hongrun lay on the mattress, his eyes closed, quietly recalling his conversation with Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling.

This time he reached a tacit understanding with Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, which was really a bit unexpected by Zhao Hongrun, but it is undeniable that some of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, did have some views in one sentence, and guessed his Zhao Hongrun's thoughts.

For the domestic aristocracy, Zhao Hongrun roughly divided them into three categories of people.

First of all, the first category is the nobles who are clean and self-conscious, but because they are too honest and upright, their families are not rich and their families are not prosperous, such as He Zhirong's "He Family" in Yuxian County, Shangxun's "Shang Family", including Shen Shufei's maiden family "Huangyi Shen", etc., this kind of nobles have good morals, but for various reasons, they have no access to the authority of Wei, which Zhao Hongrun hopes to support.

The second category is the small nobles who cannot enter the circle of the real nobles of Wei due to their own ability limitations or financial limitations, such as the third uncle Zhao Laiyu recommended in that list, Nanxi Hou Zhao Shi, Chen Cao Hou Zhao Mi, Nan Cao Hou Zhao Qi, and so on.

The nobles of this grade are the most mixed, including nobles who have a strict family education and good self-esteem like the first type of nobles, and some guys who are not honest - the reason why these people have not done anything corrupt for the time being is not that they do not want to, but that their status or power is not enough for them to collude with local officials or merchant forces for the time being.

And the third category is the wealthy aristocracy.

It is no exaggeration to say that all the big nobles with rich family assets have more or less some unclean channels to make money under their hands, take Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, for example, the court is not unaware that he secretly mines in private, and even, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, has some not small workshops under his name, specializing in creating some copperware, ironware and the like, which flow to the market.

Even Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, also had an estate in Song County, he opened more than a dozen porcelain firing workshops in Song County, recruited Song County people to work for him with low wages, but sold the fired porcelain to Sanchuan at a high price.

There is even a grapevine that because Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, was too harsh on the hired workers of Song County, those hired workers of Song County rebelled several times, but they were finally suppressed by the soldiers of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling.

From this point of view, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, seems to be the same as the nobles of the Chu State who dumped the commoners, but a while ago, when the Wei State went to war with Korea, this great nobleman resolutely invested a huge amount of money to build a 5,000-strong rebel army and moved it to Suozao.

This rebel army is not the kind of peasant soldier who does not cover his body, but an army with complete weapons and armor, and it is even said that it is equipped with a hand crossbow, Zhao Hongrun has been in charge of the army for a long time, and he knows very well how much food it costs to build such an army from scratch.

What surprised Zhao Hongrun even more was that before this, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, also sold a batch of grain that had just been harvested that year to the imperial court by way of credit and at a price of 10% of the market price.

Don't think that the price of one percent of the market price is very high, in fact, counting the cost of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, to hire thousands of people to transport that batch of grain by himself, he can be said to have almost no profit, and even lose money.

And this is the common characteristic of great nobles such as Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling: usually he should take advantage of the country or take advantage of it, and he should still dump the commoners, but when the country is in trouble, these people will resolutely stand up and support the country.

At this point, there is no guarantee that all of these people will be loyal to the country, it can only be said that this kind of great nobles are very smart, and they understand very well the truth that "if the skin does not have hair, it will be attached" - if the Wei State is destroyed, how can they continue to enjoy the current great aristocratic treatment?

Because of this, Zhao Hongrun will recommend Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, this time, he feels that for this kind of big nobleman, he can just knock and beat it in a timely manner, and he can't force him to a dead end.

After all, as Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, said, an army can't support a country by soldiers alone, and civilians alone can't support a country.

The big aristocrats that Zhao Hongrun really wants to eradicate are the kind of aristocrats who spare no effort to exploit the country's loopholes, damage the public and private interests, and spend all day and money with the wealth that encroaches on the interests of the country, but when the country is in trouble, these people hide their heads and shrink their tails one by one and disappear without a trace, just like the giant yang monarch Xiong Carp of Chu State - to deal with the moths of this kind of country, Zhao Hongrun is more inclined to collapse first and then ask.

I have to say that there are not many moths like this kind of moth in the Wei State, but in the past, the big aristocratic camps united together, which made the imperial court, Wei Tianzi and Zhao Hongrun unable to seize the opportunity.

And now, the change of banner of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, has given the imperial court an opportunity to punish the domestic nobles - after all, with the change of banner of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, the camp of the big nobles in Wei can be said to be on the verge of collapse, and it is no longer united and strong.

"This King Chengling is a far-sighted nobleman......

Thinking back to Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, Zhao Hongrun thought secretly in his heart.

He couldn't help but recall the joke of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, he said: He voted for King Qing, King Qing did not necessarily win against King Su, but he voted for King Su, but King Su could take the initiative. What's even more ingenious is that King Su Zhao Run has very few connections in the circle of great nobles, so his actions are tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, even if King Su Zhao Run is dissatisfied with his Chengling King in the future, he will more or less take care of today's kindness and open up to him.

I have to say that when Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, said this, Zhao Hongrun was really surprised.

However, Zhao Hongrun also wondered a little about this, it was clear that Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, was so far-sighted, why would this person still worry about the future?

Later, Zhao Hongrun understood the reason, it turned out that Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, had two brothers and a younger brother, and he himself also had three sons and four daughters......

So, Zhao Hongrun understood - Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, can make a wise choice by himself, and he can always make wise judgments in the future without his brothers, sons and nephews.

Thinking about these things, Zhao Hongrun didn't fall asleep in a daze until late at night.

And early the next morning, he was woken up by a Zongwei Yu Lin Lang, who told him that the Vertical Arch Hall had issued an order to escort the four princes who caused the accident to the Vertical Arch Palace.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

Because in the past, it seems that the contradictions within the children of such clans were resolved in the sect mansion, how could he let his father and emperor adjudicate?

If so, what is the meaning of the existence of the sect?

I have to say that after King Yi Zhao Yuanyan served as the commander of the sect and set aside the authority of Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan in charge of the sect, not only the binding force of the sect on the imperial power has become null and void, but even the imperial power has in turn controlled the sect - in Zhao Hongrun's eyes, his sixth uncle, Yiwang Zhao Yuanyan, is actually the spokesperson of Wei Tianzi in the sect.

But then again, Zhao Hongrun doesn't think this is a bad thing, after all, in his eyes, even though his father Wei Tianzi made a lot of mistakes when he was young, he is still a virtuous and wise Ming Jun, like this kind of Ming Jun, there is no need for the Zongfu to be constrained, I believe that the purpose of the ancestors of the Ji Zhao clan to establish the Zongfu was mainly to prevent unscrupulous descendants from doing anything wrong after ascending the throne, not to create obstacles for Ming monarchs like Zhao Hongrun and his father.

After a while, Zhao Yuanyan, the uncle of the six princes, stuffed the four nephews of Yongwang Hongyu, Xiangwang Hongjing, Qingwang Hongxin and Zhao Hongrun into a carriage of the Zongfu, ordered twenty Zongwei Yu Linlang, and went to the palace together.

On the carriage, Yongwang Hongyu, Xiangwang Hongjing, and Qingwang Hongxin looked obviously tired, obviously each staying up in the meditation room for a night, and Zhao Hongrun was also yawning.

The difference is that Yongwang Hongyu, Xiangwang Hongjing, and Qingwang Hongxin did spend the night thinking about the wall, while Zhao Hongrun was thinking about the affairs of big nobles like Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, so he just delayed sleep.

may be because of the relationship between each other, on the carriage, Qingwang Hongxin stared at Yongwang Hongyu and Zhao Hongrun with angry eyes, and on the side, Xiangwang Hongjing blinked innocently.

"What happened yesterday, he will be rewarded in the future!" Qingwang Hongxin said through gritted teeth.

Regarding the threat of this fifth royal brother, Zhao Hongrun plucked out his ears, but he didn't hear it - since they have torn their faces to each other, why should he have a false relationship with this Zhao Wu?

At this time, what Zhao Hongrun was thinking about was a deeper matter.

In his opinion, after yesterday's feast, the camp of the great nobles in China can be said to have collapsed, and Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, will take some nobles to him, and the "Uncle Hou of Yuanling" targeted by him believes that he will definitely persuade another group of people to defect to King Qinghongxin, which is beyond doubt.

In this case, those big nobles led by Uncle Yuanling, who defected to King Hongxin of Qing, became the first targets to be suppressed in Zhao Hongrun's strategy of "eradicating the stubborn diseases of the domestic aristocracy".

As for King Qingxin......

Glancing at the five royal brothers opposite, who were still glaring at him, Zhao Hongrun secretly laughed twice.

As far as he knew, Qingwang Hongxin had a batch of military orders in the Military Casting Bureau, which were used to replace the weapons and equipment of the Northern Second Army and the Northern Third Army under his command.

Now, although the Ordnance Casting Bureau is still under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, in fact, the iron embryos and molds required by the Ordnance Casting Bureau to forge weapons and armor are all from the Smelting Bureau.

"It's time for the War Forge to break away from the Arms Division......

Zhao Hongrun thought secretly.

Since Qingwang Hongxin chose to be his enemy, then he, Zhao Hongrun, would no longer let the military department headed by Qingwang Hongxin continue to govern the Military Casting Bureau, the largest military industrial institution in Wei State, even if it was a military industrial institution.