Chapter 235: The Origin of the Dynasty’s Fall
“Purchased?”
Song Huizong looked disappointed and his smile instantly restrained.
When Wang Fu saw this, he took the opportunity to find fault and said, "Jiang Chen, you are so luxurious. I wonder which overseas merchant bought these glasses from? How much does it cost?"
"No matter how much it costs, after I develop the glass, I can earn back ten or a hundred times. It won't be a problem for Mr. Wang!"
Jiang Chen glanced at Wang Fu unhappily.
"I earn back ten times a hundred times?"
Song Huizong's eyes lit up instantly, and he looked at Jiang Chen expectantly and said, "Liangchen, can you really master this technique of turning stones into gold? How long will it take?"
"It can be as short as three or five months, and at the latest it will not exceed one year! We will definitely be able to make more exquisite glass!"
Jiang Chen was very confident because he had already made glass.
The reason why it is unclear is that in order to snatch Song Huizong's appetite and prevent Song Huizong from unloading his donkey, he forced him to build the Tongtian Glass Tower immediately;
The second is to be greedy for a lot of money and use the money from the Royal Chamber of Commerce to support the Jiang family's maritime career through the Liuli transaction.
“Can you make more exquisite glass?
OK, very good, I have confidence in good ministers!”
Song Huizong nodded to Jiang Chen with a smile on his face.
Wang Fu said sarcastically: "Since Jiang Chen, you are so confident, why not develop the glass first and then worry about other things? Wouldn't you hear the saying that one mind is more useful and half the result with twice the effort?"
"Shangshu Wang is so anxious. Then the official will hand over the secret recipe to you and Cai Xiang and ask you to study it, okay?"
Jiang Chen looked frivolous and was so annoyed that Wang Fu, Cai Jing and others were worried about the endless targeting of the Royal Chamber of Commerce.
"Let's study?"
I'll study your sister!
Wang Fu's face turned red when he was choked, and he couldn't help but feel depressed: "Jiang Chen, didn't you just rely on understanding the periodic table of elements? If this Shangshu can do it, it will also be the periodic table of elements..."
"Since you know you don't know, then don't pretend to understand! Isn't the technique of turning stones into gold as simple as you think?"
Jiang Chen glanced at him with contempt, glanced at Wang Fu and Cai Jing and said:
"One of you is the Minister of Revenue and the other is the dictatorial grand minister of the current dynasty. You don't think about how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, stabilize the people's hearts, and quell the rebellion in Jiangnan, but you're thinking about the secret recipes in your servants all day long.
We are determined to turn the secret recipes in the Royal Chamber of Commerce and the Annals of the Past and Divine Era into a tool for your wealth and power. Can you deserve the trust of the official family and the people of the world? Can you deserve your official robe?
Don’t you know that if the Fang La Rebellion cannot be quelled before the autumn harvest, will the autumn grain and autumn taxes on Liangzhe, Liangguang and Jinghu South Road be seriously affected?
At that time, the country will be in turmoil and the world will be unstable. I wonder how you, those who are willing to protect Zhu Xie, should explain to the official family and how to explain to the world?"
"Hmph! Who is thinking about your secret recipe?
Cai Xiang and I just want to remind you that as the person who sends books, your main responsibility is to study the secret recipes in the ancient Chinese classics and devote them to the officials, rather than using this to fight for power and profit and expand your ambitions!
As for the rebel Fang La, Cai Xiang had already made a complete plan. There must be good news before the autumn harvest, so don’t exaggerate anymore!”
Although Wang Fu was exposed for his little thoughts, he remained calm and spoke very loudly.
"There will be good news before the autumn harvest?
What good news, is it a good news to destroy Fang La, or a good news to win a small victory? Is Wang Shangshu playing a word game with Xiaguan?" Jiang Chen sneered, his face full of joking.
"you……"
Wang Fu was so angry that he pouted his plump toad mouth and was embarrassed on the spot. If Fang La could be wiped out, he would not dare to make a guarantee in front of Song Huizong.
Cai Jing didn't dare either. In order to prevent Jiang Chen from continuing to talk about Zhu Xie, he angrily rebuked: "Jiang Chen, don't use Zhu Xie as a shield every time you talk about you. Are you guilty of escaping the problem like this?"
"That's it! Those who don't know thought Zhu Jie had dug your ancestral tomb!" Wang Fu muttered unhappily.
Well--
Dead Toad, are you sarcastic about your true nature?
Cai Jing glared at Wang Fu with a dark face.
Song Huizong and the people watching the show had a strange expression.
Jiang Chen couldn't help but gloatingly glance at Cai Jing and smiled: "Cai Xiang misunderstood! All the sirs have misunderstood too!
The various secret recipes left by the Emperor in the Great Destiny are just a path to enrich the people and strengthen the country, and are by no means the focus of the book!”
"What's the point in the book? Is there any baby who is better than the secret recipe?"
Song Huizong, Cai Jing, Wang Fu and others couldn't help but speak out in surprise.
"Not bad! In the ancient Chinese classics, the path of Emperors that has lasted forever in the Song Dynasty is far greater than the secret recipes!" Jiang Chen replied affirmatively.
"The way of Emperor's will last forever?"
Song Huizong looked excited, and the prince Zhao Huan and Prince Yun Zhao Kai, who were standing behind him silently, were even more excited and stared at Jiang Chen.
However, Kong Duanyou shook his head in a funny way and said, "How can there be a dynasty in this world that will last forever? It's simply nonsense!"
Upon hearing this, Cai Jing, Zheng Juzhong and others nodded in agreement and said, "With the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, it is impossible to escape the fate of destruction for generations. How easy is it to last forever?"
"Don't you believe it?"
OK! Then, what is the fundamental reason for the collapse of the Han and Tang dynasties?"
Jiang Chen smiled and had already found a high-sounding reason for controlling military power in his heart.
What's the reason?
Is this still necessary to ask?
Kong Duanyou, Cai Jing and others smiled disdainfully, too lazy to answer this offensive question.
But Taichang Shaoqing Li Gang was very willing to let Song Huizong pay attention to the issue of offending the noble family, so he replied directly:
"The fundamental reason for the demise of the Han and Tang dynasties was land annexation! Throughout the dynasties, as long as a large number of people had no land to cultivate and could not fill their stomachs with hard work, the court would lose the people's hearts and cause chaos!"
"Yeah?
Then Li Shaoqing and all the great masters think that the land annexation in our Song Dynasty is serious today? What is the fundamental reason for the land annexation problem?"
Jiang Chen smiled friendly at Li Gang and raised two questions in a row without comment.
"The problem of land annexation is caused by the wanton enclosure of land by officials and gentry!
When Duke Wang Wenshi (Wang Anshi) initiated the reform, he had to solve this problem. Unfortunately, the problem has not only not been alleviated, but has become more and more serious!"
Li Gang said, looking at Jiang Chen with Cai Jing, Song Huizong and others with anticipation, "Is there a way for Lord Jiang to solve this problem?"
"The land annexation issue is not able to be solved by the officials! (I dare not solve it. At the same time, offending all the noble families of the Song Dynasty is purely a death-seeking act!)" Jiang Chen shook his head.
"Then why do you ask so much nonsense?" Wang Fu and Kong Duanyou glared at Jiang Chen at the same time, and the others were also disappointed and unhappy.
Chapter completed!