Chapter 497 Various preparations before the expedition
Chapter 497
After Emperor Shenzong's erratic errat, Gao Taotao fully supported Sima Guang, an old driver who fiercely opposed the new party and opposed reform, to preside over the government.
After Sima Guang came to power, the first thing he did was not to make the reform slowly, but to use the most cruel means to directly wipe out all the new laws, whether good or bad.
Then, all the reform and new party, regardless of their ability or morality, will be swept out and sent to remote areas to eat soil.
After that, those officials who controlled the government were so lonely that they had already forgotten all their ambitions and political aspirations at the beginning of politics, and they were only thinking about how to make money and make their lives more prosperous.
Regardless of the decline of the national strength of the Song Dynasty, Gao Taotao was fooled by these old party bosses and was immersed in the praises of Yao and Shun, the girls.
Now that Gao Taotao has gradually come to his senses, he realizes that he has been fooled by these shameless people who say they are for the country and the people, but in fact they are either intrigue or want to fill their own pockets. However, it is so difficult to stop the heavy carriage of the Song Dynasty.
What's more, Gao Taotao's career has completely driven the New Party out of the political center and completely offended the New Party completely.
So, even if she wanted to make some changes, how could this group of old parties who are in charge of the government now make her do what she wants?
This made Gao Taotao feel quite a bit of a self-destruction. Is he so stupid? His grandson, the young emperor who looks like the Emperor of Shenzong, is a stubborn reformist faction. What's important is that his thoughts and will appear so exposed in the past.
The conflict between him and Gao Taotao almost became irreconcilable. When Wang Yang, the old driver, brought a fresh and bitter wind, messed up the entire dynasty party, and even more, the old party bosses were conspired to conspiracy, the officials were lost, and the shameful.
The boy couldn't catch the boy, and he could even watch Wang Yang keep making achievements there and gaining reputation. He was simply the best ridiculous warrior in history and excellent tankiness.
He attracted all the attacks, but his countless outrageous Lao Xun became his excellent armor.
The old party officials were simply dogs biting hedgehogs and had nowhere to slap them. They could only watch Wang Yang be favored and promoted to the title.
In the end, the Western Xia invaded the border towns of the Song Dynasty and gave these old party members the inspiration. Finally, they tried their best to reach an agreement, concentrate their efforts, and kicked Wang Yang and Su Dongpo out of the court together.
However, it also paid a considerable price for this. Su Dongpo became a senior member of the Shaanxi Strategic Pacification Envoy, and was also appointed as the Deputy Envoy of Privy Councilor. If he made some contributions in the battle with Xixia, after returning to the court, Su Dongpo would likely take over the position of the neutral faction Han Zhongguo and become the Privy Councilor.
As for the young man Wang Yang, although he has only become a civil envoy of the court, such as a single official, don’t forget that this guy has been promoted to the Military Arts Supervisor Shaoqing.
Even if you are a temporary promotion, as long as you go on this battle, you can come back safely. According to the custom of the Song Dynasty, this guy's military weapon supervisor Shaoqing is likely to become a formal official.
However, the old party group, which was extremely embarrassed by Wang Yang, was hit by this fool, had no choice. After all, if Wang Yang kept staying in the court like this, God knew what else would this guy do to trick him out.
What's more, the things he invented and created now have gained great favor from folk scholars and the favor of military soldiers.
The cement laid on the Imperial Street made everyone mention Wang Yang, the top scholar in the current science, and everyone gave a thumbs up. Even the top scholar barrel became a topic of conversation for the people of Bianliang.
Especially whenever an outsider comes to Bianliang, the people of Bianliang will show off and tell each other what the top scholar is, and there is also the Imperial Street that every outsider must appreciate and admire whenever he comes.
It can be said that Wang Yang, who is less than 20 years old, is now in the limelight in Bianliang City and even in the Song Dynasty.
However, in addition to spending about one and a half hours a day to teach Zhao Ji basic physics, Wang Yang now spends more time supervising production and transforming side vans, and of course, material preparations are indispensable.
"Zhuang Yuan Gong, our military weapon surveillance has only 1,300 vehicles. This time I went to war and transferred 500 vehicles to you. I have tried my best to do anything. I really can't give you any more. Besides, you changed the appearance of those vehicles to such strange appearances, but many officials privately complained about you doing something wrong."
"I have tried my best to suppress you. You still feel that it is not enough and want to ask for another 500 vehicles. This is impossible." Mr. Lu, who had already taken the pills in advance, was spitting on Wang Yang's unreasonable request.
"Mr. Lu, you also know that this time we are going to the boundary of Shaanxi, which is a place of war, and tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of troops may be a place for battle. At that time, whether it is weapons or armor, a large number of craftsmen and raw materials will be needed to repair them. In addition, the Empress Dowager and His Majesty both thought that it was just in the Xia and Song border area to conduct the test of the construction of the Yuanyou cement fort..."
"Just like Yuanyou Cement, based on the construction scale of the Song Dynasty border castle, it requires at least 50,000 to 100,000 kilograms of cement. Even if it is 50,000 kilograms, it requires 500 vehicles to load it. If I don't look for you, who else can I find?" Wang Yang rolled his eyes helplessly and said.
Mr. Lu couldn't help feeling a little troubled. After a while, he patted his forehead. "This is the work of the Ministry of Works. You can go and find them."
"Ministry of Works? I said, Lord Lu, you are my Shangguan. You actually made me feel difficult to find the Ministry of Works? I'm embarrassed." Wang Yang rolled his eyes and said angrily.
Just because of the hostile relationship between the Minister of Works Ning and himself, let alone five hundred cars, it was considered that the sun came out from the west.
Instead of wasting a lot of time on arguing with the Minister of Works, it would be better to continue squatting here and mess with this easier-to-talk Mr. Lu. If you bother with this old driver, you might be able to get some real money.
Wang Yang's judgment was indeed correct. Under Wang Yang's shameless mess, Mr. Lu finally had to take out two hundred cars in pain.
However, after taking out two hundred cars, Mr. Lu directly issued an expulsion order to the veteran driver Wang Yang. "Go away quickly. If you continue to stay here, I will really make you angry and sick. I will not let you go if I become a ghost..."
Chapter completed!