As long as people are still in Hongtao, they feel that it is good news, and it is better to know their specific whereabouts. Another piece of good news is that Zhou Yiri, Lu He, Ziju, Xu Donglai, Gao Cuifeng and others have safely left the Daimyo Mansion and returned to the Horse Mansion, and no one in the court seems to be interested in them.

Wang San, who was far away in Huangzhou, and Wang Shiyi, who was stationed in Weiqiao Town, also returned to the Fuma Mansion, but the people from the Huangzhou Bank remained. The imperial court was afraid that the direct abolition of the new currency would cause civil unrest, and for the time being, it did not come up with a way to get the best of both worlds, so it simply maintained the rules and regulations, along with the Daimyofu Bank and those cotton farmers.

The rest is all news about the government, as the saying goes, once the son of heaven is a courtier, no matter how much the new emperor pursues stability, he must use a few of his own people. Who is Zhao Hao's own person? After seeing the name, Hong Tao was confused. Li Gonglin became a Zhongshu squire, and Su Shi was appointed as the right man of Shangshu.

Su Shi, Li Gonglin! To say that Zhang Dian has some ability in government affairs, Hong Tao admits that he has already emerged when he was in the Shenzong Dynasty. But what can Su Shi and Li Gonglin do, it's enough to find fault with a position like imperial history, don't entrust it with important tasks, good poetry and singing does not mean that you are good at governing the country.

Obviously, the new emperor doesn't think so, he is an artistic fan, loves poetry and painting, and writes very well. This time the poems and paintings are all together, and in the future, in the Chongzheng Palace, Shangshu Youcheng composed poems, the emperor's copywriting, and the Chinese book waiter with pictures, and set up a comic club without asking for people.

Of course, the new emperor will not publish comic books, in addition to being reasonable, these two people entered the cabinet with a strong and thin mud smell, and there is also the guidance of the Empress Dowager Gao behind the Baobu.

At present, on the whole, the old party has gained power, and neither the emperor nor the empress dowager likes the new policy very much. But at this time, the old party and the new party are no longer the original pattern, so that the two parties are in the honeymoon period and united with Emperor Shenzong.

As soon as the new emperor came to power, he had to face Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, two important ministers with great power and many party henchmen, and his power would definitely be deprived.

What to do? At this point, the emperors of all dynasties have tricks, such as cultivating a new force to let them fight against the original forces, so that the emperor can maintain power and sit on the throne.

Zhang Dun, Su Shi, and Li Gonglin just met this requirement. Their views are different from those of the old and new parties, and no one on either side wants to see them. Only such a person can be favored by the emperor and have the ability to fight against the old forces.

In fact, Hong Tao was the original character, and it was found by Emperor Shenzong to stir up the water. However, Hong Tao's ability was a bit too great, not only mixing the water but also breaking the water tank, which made the emperor see the new world outside and have a greater desire.

If Emperor Shenzong doesn't die, this road will continue, and Hong Tao's-stirring stick will have to go on. When the emperor feels that he doesn't need this stick anymore, or feels that the stick is not too controlled, he will also use new forces like Zhang Dun, Su Shi, and Li Gonglin to suppress Hong Tao. As long as the two sides fight together, the emperor will have many opportunities to pull a wrong hand and find mistakes, and one side can be killed at any time.

However, this kind of political game of people playing people and borrowing strength to play is very demanding on the technical requirements of the controller, and not everyone can play successfully, and the result of not playing well is that both sides are offended, and in the end it will not end well.

The last can is bad news, the chemical lab and the fertilizer plant are gone. Gao Yu strictly obeyed the order, and as soon as the official sent by the imperial court arrived in Handan County, he detonated the ammonium oil that night, and half of the mountain collapsed.

At present, Gao Yu has returned to Kaifeng City with several backbone craftsmen from the chemical plant, living in the courtyard provided by the Shanchuan Metropolitan Inspection Institute, and it is very safe to eat and drink.

But Gao Yu's mental state was not good, hundreds of craftsmen were buried in the mountains along with the fertilizer factory, although this was Hong Tao's order, he still held a deep guilt for the death of these colleagues who had worked together for a long time. He spends his days on the street giving porridge and rice to the poor, hoping to heal his wounds.

On the contrary, Wang Shi, who Hong Tao was most concerned about the issue of the new army, did not obtain any information, thinking that she had not yet infiltrated the high-level of the imperial court, and there was no way to know this kind of secret.

But no news is equal to good news, at least it shows that the imperial court does not plan to make a big move to eliminate this team. As long as the new army is still there, no matter who commands it and no matter what its combat effectiveness is, it is better than letting these soldiers who shed blood for the country be wronged.

If the imperial court wanted to incorporate this new army and hand it over to someone else's command, Hong Tao did not plan to let Wang Da and the others stay in the new army. The new commander must be from the forbidden army, and the command and combat concepts of Wang Da and the others are in conflict, and it is difficult to reconcile, and there will even be serious confrontation.

It's really too easy to kill a few people in the army, you don't have to do it yourself, just a few small misunderstandings, the Western Xia army and the Liao army are very happy to help.

"Have you ever found a flaw in the court?" After reading the secret letter, Hong Tao asked Wang Qi to transcribe a copy, destroy the original, and then call all the children to let them know the current situation, and at the same time have to use their brains to think more about why and how.

"The imperial court should disperse the new army and distribute it to the forbidden army, it won't take too long for the forbidden army to master the correct use of rockets and siege crossbows, and the combat effectiveness will definitely not be able to catch up with the new army, which is better than fooling around." Wang San has been living alone for several years, and her pure military career has made her thoughts simpler.

"What about the question of the new army?" Hong Tao redrew the scope of the discussion.

"The backbone craftsmen have been transferred away by my father in advance, and after the imperial court took over, they lost some of them. The eldest brother-in-law blew up the fertilizer plant again, and the acid and alkali output could not keep up, which would seriously affect the output of ordnance. ”

Wang Shiyi and Wang San are in a similar situation, she has been in Weiqiao Town for more than six years and has never been anywhere, her mind is full of business management, and she is not too sensitive to changes in the outside world.

"These are obvious, Daddy is testing us again, this question can't just look at the present, but think about the long term." Wang Da couldn't think of any flaws, but she knew her adoptive father's habits very well and pointed out a new idea for her younger siblings.

"Is it a bank? The Huangzhou Bank and the Daimyofu Bank did not interfere with the imperial court......" As soon as Wang Da reminded him, Wang Qi quickly flipped through the materials in his hand and felt a little enlightened.

"Well, the bank counts as one. The imperial court despised the bank because it did not know its potential and was not very good at running it, thinking that the loans of those farmers would probably not be repaid after the loss of fertilizer, and they did not want to take over this big hole that was destined to lose money, and maybe they still wanted to see the jokes of their own officials. ”

This can be clearly seen from the differential treatment of cotton mills and woolen mills, which were forcibly acquired by the imperial court, because its products were already very mature, the source of raw materials was easy, and it could be profitable without much adjustment after taking over. But the cotton mill didn't want it, for the same reason as the bank, it is not profitable at present, and the output is very small, without cotton farmers they cannot find a source of raw materials, and cotton farmers rely on bank blood transfusions to feed. They don't understand this system very well, and they don't have high expectations for the future. All the mess is left to the official, and this repurchase is obviously carefully analyzed. ”

This question seems to be a bit difficult for the children, if Wang Er, Wang Liu, Wang Ba, Wang Shi, and Chen Niang are present, they may be able to answer it if they discuss and discuss with each other. Hong Tao didn't want to be inspired anymore and gave his own answer.

"Daddy is going to keep running the bank and the cotton mill?"

Wang Da didn't think that the imperial court did not have a forced ransom to buy banks and cotton mills, and compared to the new army, what use could these transactions be in addition to making money? The problem is that his father is not short of money, and the internal funds of the Great Song Dynasty are about to be hollowed out, do you still care about this industry?

"Since the second year of Yuanfeng, this official has been committed to changing the country we live in and making it more dynamic and stronger. It's been more than eight years now, and it's got teeth, claws, and bloodshed for its enemies. It looks like it's a lot stronger, but it's actually not fundamentally different from eight years ago, and the official often wonders what's wrong? ”

Wang Da's question made Hong Tao suddenly have a lot of feelings, and the children wanted to know their plans for the future very much, and this request was very reasonable.

Now they are no longer children, and they should have a personal plan for the future, and they can no longer run around as they used to, and they need to be given a clear direction. And this direction is a long story, and it can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and I don't even think too much about it.