The snow did not turn cold but the snow turned cold. The emperor and the empress stayed in the back garden for a while and then entered the heating pavilion. Chen Tong had already prepared a charcoal basin and hot soup here.
Lying on the rocking chair, drinking the warm drink handed by the queen, Zhao Zhen smiled softly and said: "Ye An still knows how to enjoy himself. This leisure chair is really suitable. If you put some soft mattress on it, it will be a hundred times more powerful than the brocade couch."
"Yehou is really one of the first-class smart people in our Song Dynasty. I don't know about other concubines. Just look at how many tricks this Puhui Company has? How much tax does it bring to the country? Have you heard about the city of Tokyo?
In the Yezhuang factory outside, the Puhui Department Store was unprecedented. It was only made after Ye An arrived. Everyone said that Ye An's family was extraordinary in learning, and his talents were different from those in the world. The officials regarded him as the leader of the dynasty.
Why not reuse the bachelors of the Imperial City? After all, the Imperial City Department is a special place, not a place for employing people, nor a place for cultural resources."
As Cao Wan spoke, she handed over the handkerchief to Zhao Zhen to wipe his mouth. The words seemed to be chatting but were obviously biased towards Ye An.
Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly: "It is said that the Cao family and the Ye family have a very good relationship, but I didn't expect that even the queen like you would speak up for him..."
Before Zhao Zhen could finish what he said, Cao Wan immediately said: "Officials should never speak ill of their concubines like this. It is the principle of not avoiding the ancients when promoting virtuous people. However, it is contrary to common sense for you to suppress the Yunzhong County and Marquis Mansion.
These all-rounders are also your bachelor's degree students in the official family, so they are really useful people and people who take advantage of you!"
"Cao Wei taught you to say this?"
Zhao Zhen looked at Cao Wan indifferently. He really couldn't figure out why everyone was talking for Ye An. When did his popularity inside and outside become so good?
As if she had read through his mind, Cao Wan smiled slightly and said: "Guan family, you see why all the civil servants in the dynasty don't want to see Ye Hou, but no matter Qingliu, Yushi, or Taijian, they will not make things difficult for him. Why?"
Zhao Zhen smiled contemptuously: "Why else? Ye An is so smooth in dealing with things. Oh, I was wrong. He is not only smooth, but also ties everyone to his interests. His interests are everyone's interests."
, even I am no exception, so I use him but cannot reuse him, I reward him but cannot reward him heavily, I hate him but cannot leave him! Isn’t such a minister terrible? He is too talented and proficient in civil and military affairs. Look at it.
That Ganliang! Is it still my Ganliang? Look at Puhui Company, is it still my Puhui Company?! If one day everyone in the world cannot do without him and is bound by his interests, this world will still be mine.
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"Official!!" Chen Tong screamed and fell to his knees tremblingly. Cao Wan also knelt on the ground and couldn't help but trembled. He said with golden words, saying these words from the official's mouth was a grave sin that implicated the nine clans.
"You also know that I can't punish him, right? The nine clans are implicated. If this is really the case, then I, his former student, and your Cao family are also among them, haha... Did you see it? No one can cure it.
His sin! Even I can't do it!"
Looking at Cao Wan who was shivering, Zhao Zhen leaned over and pulled her up and said: "I won't blame you, I just want to make my worries clear to you. I can't reuse him. Even if the country is in crisis, who can
I wonder if Ye An is called the "Devil General" by the party members? With him, our northwest can be stable for ten years, or even thirty years! But it doesn't matter if I lose Bianzhou, but I can't lose the world."
Cao Wan nodded slightly and did not dare to speak. She knew that what she saw was different from what the officials saw, or even far inferior. This was the talent of the emperor, not the queen.
At this time, she no longer dared to say a word. As a woman, as a smart woman, how could she not know that the fear in the heart of the official family was not elsewhere, but that Ye An was too smart. Where is Ganliang?
In this bitter cold land, even if there was the former capital of Wuliang, it has long since declined to what extent.
But after Ye An passed away, Ganliang became the most prosperous place in the northwest of the Song Dynasty. No, not just the northwest, but the most prosperous place in the entire Song Dynasty except Bianliang in Tokyo.
All the wealthy merchants go there, thousands of goods come in and out in large quantities, and the imperial tariffs are increasing day by day. How many families' businesses are related to it? How many people make a living from Puhui Trading Company?
In the final analysis, it is still the jealousy and unwillingness in the hearts of the officials!
In Cao Wan's heart, she absolutely believed that Ye An could not rebel. Anyone in the world could rebel, but he, Ye An, could not. There was no need for him!
Even if the officials want the Puhui business name in Ye An's hands, they will exchange it for a huge reward, which can completely ensure that the Yunzhong County and Marquis Mansion will last for generations and forever be among the wealthy families of the Song Dynasty.
There is no shortage of money, and with the protection of Enyin Guan, what else does the Yunzhong County and Marquis Mansion lack? What else can his intelligence be used for, if not to provide advice to the Song Dynasty?
The second uncle said that literati are noble and noble, and they live their whole lives to express their ambitions. He, Ye An, was successful at a young age and had extraordinary talents. What reason did he have to rebel?
After getting up, Cao Wan was busy in front of and behind Zhao Zhen, as if nothing happened just now, and Chen Tong who was on the ground was also kicked up by her to prepare the meal. He would never tell what the official said today.
The words spread, and after following the official family for so many years, how could he not know this simplest rule?
It's a pity that Cao Wan doesn't understand Ye An. The only two people in the Song Dynasty who understand Ye An are Liu E, she is dead, and the other is Zhao Zhen...
Zhao Zhen knew Ye An too well. As an official, he had met countless people, but he had never seen anyone with Ye An's mind. This man had extraordinary wisdom, and his mind seemed to be different from ordinary people.
His own people are all ordinary people. Even the Xianggong, Yushi, bachelors, etc. in the court are all tied together and they are no match for him.
In other words, they have never seen Ye An's true wisdom. Anyone who has seen his true wisdom will feel scared. The so-called geophysics has too many branches, and under each branch there are more.
There is a lot of content and it is complicated. The so-called "political economics" is just a small part of the economy, but it can be seen that I still can't understand it thoroughly.
Family education, family education, this is the thing that Zhao Zhen cannot understand the most about Ye An, and it is also the source of all his fears. This family education makes Ye An exceptionally talented, but it is also this family education that makes him incompatible with this world.
As an official, he has no ambition to make progress. Even if he stays in a key position like the Imperial City Division, he is still doing his own thing and never uses his power to please others. Even though he is an official of the Great Song Dynasty, he
Not willing to please.
He knew that the closer he got, the better his official career would be, but he did the opposite. After all, Ye An didn't care about the power in his hands, and he had no desire to get anything from him.
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He used to be a teacher and student to me, but more often than not he was like a friend. But now the relationship between the two is becoming more and more estranged, and many times they talk more like a joke!
Zhao Zhen hated this feeling. He always felt that Ye An was deliberately alienating himself and everything in the court.
He would rather laugh and curse with the people at his door than have any indulgence in front of him, even if he returns to the way he was when they first met.
Ye An once said that the source of all human fear lies in the unknown. Only the unknown is like a hand stretching out at any time in the dark. You don’t know when it will stretch out, let alone how it will stretch out, or quietly.
, or as fast as thunder...
Looking back now, everything Ye An did was a conspiracy. He exposed everything to the sun openly and openly. Everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with him. Everyone felt that he was close to his official family, and he had to maintain it.
This kind of appearance can achieve the "lord, saint, minister and wise man" that people in the world want to see... But in Zhao Zhen's case, such a situation cannot be maintained for long.