Chapter 686 Exquisite Little Conch
Wei Rensheng was surprised. Did he run into his romantic luck today?
There is such a bold woman in the world.
The classmates in the alley laughed and said: It is really strange, there is such a rude and worldly girl, who casually talks about marriage in the market without a matchmaker?
At this time, all the young diners at the neighboring table stood up. A young woman walked over with a smile, stood in front of Wei Rensheng and asked: "Mr. Wei, do you have any engagement?"
If not, this princess is willing to marry you, and hopes you will favor me.
Wow, what a brave girl.
The appearance is not ugly at all, wow.
The male classmates at Wei Rensheng's table exclaimed one by one, staring at the petite lady in front of them with wide eyes.
Several young were very anxious and tried to pull the young lady away. The young lady took out a conch from her pocket and gave it to Wei Rensheng, saying: "I am selling tickets at the entrance of Huaxi Village. If you are interested, please bring this token to see me within two days. If you are not interested, I will return it to the ticket window."
The young lady then turned and left with a red face.
Wei Rensheng was still stupid, but his classmates looked at him with envy, shouting that he was so lucky in love. He just talked about getting married and having children, and immediately a beautiful lady offered to marry him. Wow.
The classmates in the alley said sourly that the country girl was really bold. She must have taken a fancy to Brother Wei, the handsome and elegant steward of the Ministry of Works, and wanted to rely on him.
Everyone immediately burst into laughter.
The classmate pretended to touch Wei Rensheng's hair again, but he waved his hand to stop him. He stood up, excused himself from the journey, and bowed to say goodbye.
Jiang was about to chase him, but was stopped by his classmates, who told him to leave Wei Rensheng alone, saying that the boy was ignorant of the world and had no future. Back then, Wei Rensheng's grandfather was a conservative emperor who committed a farce by jumping off the city gate. He betrayed his family at the gate of the government office, and it was a stroke of luck that the third young master promoted him. If he had enough brains, he should have been the governor or even the deputy envoy of the Shangshu.
He is not yet
What the hell is a special envoy?
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, not understanding what was going on.
Classmate Yang said that special envoys can be temporarily appointed at all levels to focus on handling a single matter, and after completion, they can hand over the task and be dismissed, and they will still be small envoys.
Several alumni said one after another: It seems that Wei Rensheng had just returned from completing the Ministry of Industry affairs in Ezhou, which means that he had completed his special envoy mission.
Everyone laughed non-stop.
Classmate Jiang said seriously: He heard from Wei Rensheng that the special envoy was the third young master, and it was a position given by our king, who asked him to work harder and learn more.
Hu Tongxun said that this was right, that kid must have offended the third young master, and the king held a grudge against him, so he restricted him to being a special envoy for the rest of his life.
Everyone burst into laughter again.
Wei Rensheng was so drunk that he went back home to take a nap. When he got up and packed up, it was almost noon. He touched the hard and delicate little conch in his pocket, and thought of the petite girl who shouted in public in the hall yesterday that she wanted to marry him. He felt secretly happy and decided to try his luck in Huaxi.
When his mother saw her son was about to go out, she shouted at him not to go and to eat at home. She had already asked the kitchen to stew a chicken to nourish him well, as Granny Wang would bring a girl for him to go on a blind date later.
Wei Rensheng, however, was thinking about the pretty girl from Huaxi Village. He thought to himself that his mother always nagged him not to be interested in women, so he decided to go and take a good look at her, just in case he was attracted to her.
If it doesn't work, just think of it as a revisit to an old place. Most of Huaxi was guarded and built by him.
The boy saw his mother go to the kitchen, then ran out of the house and jumped on a shared carriage to go out of the city.
It was still chilly in spring, and the entrance to Huaxi Village outside the city was a little quiet. Tourists who came here to eat and have fun had already bought their tickets and it was almost time for dinner.
Two women at the ticket office were whispering, and one of them said quickly: "Third Princess, it's almost time for dinner, and the young master of the Wei family will definitely not come. Let's change shifts and go back. We are so hungry."
Another delicate voice said: We rarely have the opportunity to meet customers and sell tickets at the door. We agreed to do it for two days, but we couldn't stay for half a day.
The quick-talking girl said with a smile: Princess, are you in a hurry to get married, afraid of missing out on the young master of the Wei family?
The pretty girl pretended to be angry and said: Are you looking for a beating? We agreed not to talk nonsense. If my sister makes trouble again, I don’t mind changing someone.
The quick-talking girl immediately became intimidated and said, "Ouch!" She was just teasing the princess, so don't take it seriously.
The pretty girl said confidently: This princess is serious about it, why is no one coming?
At this time, a person standing at the window calmly shouted: "Buy tickets."
The quick-talking girl looked up and shouted in surprise: The young master of the Wei family is here, Third Princess, look quickly.
The pretty girl thought the quick-talking girl was playing a trick on her, so she kept shouting "Sell tickets" without even raising her head, asking people not to delay the guests from entering.
The quick-talking girl quickly signaled Wei Rensheng, who was standing outside, to go to the window next to her to buy a ticket.
Wei Rensheng walked over and shouted at the window in a loud voice, "Buy tickets!" The pretty girl looked up and was immediately surprised. It was Wei Rensheng standing outside.
The girl's face immediately turned red, and she said shyly: "Yesterday, I saw Master Wei being teased by a table of people, and I was very unhappy. I was a little abrupt in my words and actions. Today, I will accompany Master Wei to walk around in Huaxi to relax, as an apology."
Wei Rensheng was naturally happy to have found a beautiful woman to accompany him to visit Huaxi. The two of them walked one after the other on the tourist trail of Huaxi Village and commented on the scenery.
In Jinguan City, Zhao Yulin was convening all the officials to discuss matters. Shunzhidi told everyone that Chen Chen was pregnant and would take leave to recuperate soon. The Ministry of Personnel planned to transfer You Xianzhong from Shaanxi Road back to serve as the Pacifier of Chengdu Prefecture, and let Hong Sheng from Fengxiang Prefecture take over as the Pacifier of Shaanxi Road.
Zhao Yulin explained: You Xianzhong has been in Shaanxi for some years and had to be assigned to a new post, so it was a good opportunity for him to be transferred to Chengdu to work.
All the officials immediately discussed the matter.
In principle, the supervisors of the prefectures, counties, and districts in the New Song Dynasty are evaluated every five years and cannot serve in the same place for more than ten years. According to this standard, You Xianzhong should have been adjusted long ago.
After everyone discussed the appointments of several officials, he said: Wei Rensheng of the Ministry of Works has been serving as a special envoy and adviser for a long time, and it is time for him to be released to take charge. He suggested sending him to Qinzhou to serve as the prefect for two years. Wei Rensheng is familiar with construction, and Qinzhou can use him. We should give young people like him more opportunities to gain experience, and they may become the pillars of the country in the future.
The officials knew that he was reserving talents for the court, so naturally they had no objection.
Yu Dayi gave his full support, saying that Wei Rensheng was outstanding in all aspects, and if Zhao Yulin had not asked him to gain more experience, he would have already followed Yu Dayi and become the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Works.
After everything was agreed upon, Zhao Yulin knocked on the table and said, "We are all of a certain age now, and we have to pay attention to the next person in the court and choose a good successor."
Hua Yue frowned and said that it was not easy to select people. Some of the young people he recommended fell into the pile of money before they had worked for a few years, damaging the national interests and delaying the court's training of talents.
Yu Jie also nodded. Over the years, they had recommended many people who had engaged in corruption and bribery within two years of taking office, making them unable to hold their heads up.
Zhao Yulin said that it is difficult to judge people. He personally promoted some corrupt officials. As long as we are fair and just, we can deal with them as soon as we find any signs.
He asked Yu Dayi to give Wei Rensheng more instructions and advice so that he could walk steadily.
As soon as he sat down after the meeting, Dongmei brought him the military report from Liaoyang. Zhao Yulin saw that Goryeo had come to request support again, so he asked Zhidi to invite Huayue and Li Liang to come and discuss the matter.
After several people sat down and passed around the military report, Hua Yue was dissatisfied with Goryeo's repeated requests for military equipment and wanted to get it for free without paying any money. He said angrily that he was too lazy to care about these small border countries.
Li Liang also said that when the Dali Kingdom came to the court to negotiate for military equipment, we all traded fairly with clear accounts. Goryeo is untrustworthy, so how can we easily give them credit?
Zhao Yulin nodded, looked at the eastern sky and said to them: Although this is the case, if we don't give them military weapons, Goryeo may not be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese pirates.
Marshal Feng wrote to say that most of Liaoyang had been governed by the Goryeo Dynasty for many years. Although it had submitted to the jurisdiction of our New Song, a few people still believed that they were once subjects of the Goryeo Dynasty. Seeing that the Japanese pirates occupied the southwest corner of Goryeo and refused to leave, they secretly crossed the border in groups of three or five to join the Goryeo army in fighting the Japanese pirates.
If the war expands further and the flames of war spread to our border, incidents like this will become more and more frequent and will inevitably cause chaos on Liaoyang Road.
Hua Yue then realized the seriousness of the problem and asked what to do.
We can no longer give military equipment and food to Goryeo for free. If they come to ask for it again, we have to give them as much silver as they have. For the shortfall, we have to ask them to write down the mortgage and loan and repay it within a time limit. How about that?
Zhao Yulin nodded and agreed. He asked Li Liang's Ministry of Rites to summon the Japanese envoys to reprimand them and order them to withdraw. He also issued a document to reiterate the New Song's policy of good neighborliness and friendship. The Japanese troops must withdraw to the islands in the East, otherwise the New Song would reserve the right to send troops to punish them.
Hua Yue was very impatient and said angrily: Why bother with that guy? Didn’t we send a note last time, but the Japanese island nation turned a deaf ear and ignored the rebuke from the Celestial Empire?
If we want to fight, we can just use our troops to beat that bastard up.
Zhao Yulin laughed when he heard this, thinking that although the New Song Empire was strong, it was not strong enough to attack wherever it wanted. We still had to be prepared.
It requires strategy.
He said: We should use the island countries of Japan and Goryeo to set rules for the surrounding small countries, and let them know that "Don't say I didn't warn you" is not a joke.
Li Liang understood immediately and stood up to say goodbye and go back to work.
He told Hua Yue: This is called "all is fair in war". We must use the navy to fight the Japanese pirates, and our navy is still asserting our national power in the South China Sea.
Besides, we in the New Song Dynasty love peace. As long as Goryeo can hold on, we will not act rashly.
Hua Yue realized that he was anxious, and said with a laugh that he was only concerned with feeling happy and did not have the thoughtfulness of a king.
He said: We who are in charge cannot easily decide to send troops. Once a war breaks out, it will be a matter of life and death for tens of thousands of people and countless amounts of food and fodder will be consumed.
Hua Yue nodded and said that he understood. It was better for King Zhao to be at home. If he were to make the decision, he would immediately issue an edict to attack the Japanese island country.
