The golden autumn and September is the harvest season of Yungao and refreshing, Tian Feng sat on an ox cart all the way through the most lively grain market in Longkou, but saw the large and small beans, Qu wheat, Shanti, red wheat, and rotary wheat shops in the shops on both sides. Merchants from all over the world bargained and shouted loudly in different dialects, but Tian Feng in the car did not dislike the noisy and annoying grain market at all.

Tian Feng still remembers that more than 20 years ago, when he was serving as the imperial historian in Luoyang, he also walked through the crowded grain market every day. At that time, as the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang's grain market was naturally more than ten times larger than the Dragon Rations Market. It's a pity that after more than ten years of war, the once flowery imperial capital Luoyang has become a ruined wall, not to mention that the grain market is grain, and it is difficult to find it. Where else will there be such a grand scene in front of you?

"Although the dragon's mouth is small, it is also a bit of a king." Thinking of this, Tian Feng put down the curtain and showed a smile of relief on his face. It is said that after Tian Feng was appointed as the head of the household department this time, the post of Jizhou assassin was transferred to Tai Shici to take over. However, since Jizhou is currently divided by Cai Ji and Cao Cao, in order to facilitate the management of Cai Ji, the five counties of Jizhou under his rule, together with the three counties of Liyang, Puyang and Pingyang, which were originally part of Yanzhou north of the Yellow River, and the two counties of Pingyuan and Leling, which originally belonged to Qingzhou, were merged into "Hedong Dao". Therefore, at present, Tai Shici's official identity is the history of the Hedong Thorn, and in addition to the military, the judicial and government affairs of the entire Hedong region are under his control. In fact, in addition to the renaming of Jizhou to Hedong Dao, Youzhou in the north was also reintegrated with the three counties of Yanmen, Dingxiang and Yunzhong, which originally belonged to the state, into "Hebei Dao", and Pang Tong replaced Li Min as the assassin of Hebei. The three counties of Langya, Pengcheng and Donghai in Xuzhou in the south and Taishan County in Yanzhou were merged into "Huaibei Dao", and Liu Yixun served as the assassin of Huaibei. The remaining counties of Qingzhou are used as "Zhili Road". Huang Zhen served as the governor of Zhili.

Tian Feng admired and was curious about the series of reforms implemented by Cai Ji in the military system, the official system, and the division of administrative regions. It is important to know that Cai Ji has launched a number of new policies in just one year, and each new policy has a purpose. There are even chapters to check and proven. For example, the six departments of soldiers, officials, rites, criminals, households, and workers were born from the six officials of heaven, earth, spring, summer, autumn, and winter in "Zhou Li". What is even more rare is that Cai Ji himself is not in a hurry to produce results, but to implement these new policies in batches and sections in an orderly manner.

Recently, Cai Ji's main direction of attack is to recruit government soldiers, and the basis of the government military system is the Juntian system. Tian Feng, as the head of the household department in charge of finance and household registration, naturally had to cooperate with the military department led by Guo Jia to make suggestions for Cai Ji to improve the new system. No, the ox cart carried Tian Feng through the official office area and came to the front of Qi Palace City in a short time.

Located in the northeast corner of Longkou City, Qi Palace Castle was expanded on the basis of the original Qi Hou Mansion. The entire palace city sits in the east and faces west, in addition to the palace wall and four gates, in the past year, the Zichen Hall for celebrations and court meetings has been added. The north side of the Zichen Hall is the Jiying platform for banqueting guests, and there is a flower hall on the south side as a place for Cai Ji to stay and rest after the court and retreat. To the east of the Zichen Hall is the Qinzheng Hall rebuilt from the original council hall. The Qinzheng Hall is the place where Cai Ji listens to the government and handles official business on weekdays. With Cai Ji pregnant with the heir, in order to facilitate his rest and rest. Everyone followed the example of the Duo Hall of the Zichen Palace, and added a Fengfeng Pavilion on the south side of the Qinzheng Palace. Further east of the Qinzheng Hall is the inner garden of Cai Ji's daily life. Cai Ji is not like other male princes who need to provide for the three palaces and six courts, so the inner garden of Qi Palace City is now basically unchanged from the Qi Marquis Mansion.

In short, it is limited by the terrain. The layout of Qi Palace City is compact, and the palace rooms are relatively simple. However, neither Cai Ji nor her subordinate Wen Wu paid much attention to this matter. Because in their minds, Longkou is just a capital city for transition after all. In the future, there are even bigger cities to conquer and build.

At this time, Tian Feng got out of the ox cart, and immediately a servant stepped forward to lead the way. However, the chamberlain did not directly introduce Tian Feng into the Qinzheng Palace. Instead, let him rest for a while in the Feng Pavilion on the side. Tian Feng calculated the time and judged that at this moment, Hua Tuo was probably diagnosing Jun's pulse and stabilizing the fetus. So he didn't ask much. Directly lifted the curtain and stepped into the Fengfeng Pavilion. As soon as Tian Feng entered the house, he saw Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Wang Xiu, Cui Yan, and Li Min sitting on the futon and drinking tea. In addition, Tian Feng just made up six ministries and one pavilion.

Some people may want to ask Guo Jia, Wang Xiu, Cui Yan, Li Min, and Tian Feng obviously only have five books, how can they say that there are six? It turned out that although Cai Ji had appointed Xiao Jian as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the former Langya Taishou did not go north for a long time on the grounds that he was suffering from a sudden illness. Cai Ji did not punish Xiao Jian for this, but sent a messenger to Langya to visit Xiao Jian, and said that he would reserve the post of secretary of the Ministry of Works for him until he fully recovered; On the other hand, Guo Jia was temporarily in charge of the Ministry of Works.

On the other hand, Li Min, who was also born in the county guard, was very cooperative in transferring the administrative power of Youzhou to Pang Tong, and went south to Longkou as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites as soon as possible. So it doesn't matter what your origins are. At this moment, the cadres gathered in the Fengge Pavilion are all Cai Ji's ministers, and they have the right to participate in the maintenance and review the plan. It is precisely this privilege that makes them collectively known as the "Phoenix Pavilion Group" by the outside world.

At this moment, I saw Tian Feng enter the house. Guo Jia immediately greeted him warmly, "Yuan Hao, come and taste this Laoshan tea." ”

After Tian Feng exchanged his hand and greeted his colleagues, he sat down beside Guo Jia and asked curiously, "Laoshan tea?" Qingzhou also has tea? ”

In fact, it is no wonder that Tian Feng will ask such a question, in history until the 50s of the 20th century, someone put forward the idea of "south tea to the north", that Laoshan is facing the sea on three sides, the climate is mild and humid, the water quality is excellent, and there are suitable tea trees. Prior to this, there had never been a record of large-scale cultivation of tea trees in the Qingzhou area. Of course, in this time and space, the arrival of Cai Ji changed many history, including the history of tea cultivation in Qingzhou.

No, in the face of Tian Feng's question, Guo Jia replied with a smile with a folding fan, "Jun Shang sent people from Jing and Yangzhou to take tea seeds from Jing and Yangzhou five years ago and plant them in the leeward and sunny half slope of Laoshan Mountain, after several years of cultivation, and now there are more than ten acres of tea fields in Laoshan Mountain. This tea is from the Laoshan Tea Garden. ”

"Is that so?" Tian Feng suspiciously took the tea soup brought by the waiter, took a sip, and a fragrance similar to peas suddenly filled his teeth and cheeks. He couldn't help but blurt out, "Good tea!" ”

Li Min on the side also followed the long beard and dropped the book bag, "In the past, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs. Seventy-two poisons are encountered every day, and tea can be solved. I never thought that Qingzhou could also plant this treasure. ”

After hearing what Li Min said, Tian Feng remembered the lively scene when he passed by the grain market before, and nodded his head and praised without empathy, "Qingzhou is really a place of outstanding people." ”

However, the habit of drinking tea in the northern regions of the Han Dynasty was only popular in the upper strata after all, and the nomads in the northwest and northeast did not even know what tea tasted like. Therefore, the current tea is only a treasure with medicinal value, rather than a strategic material that can be "exchanged for tea and horses" in the future. Wang Xiu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, felt that the large-scale planting of tea trees might affect local agricultural production in Qingzhou. But seeing his long eyebrows, he shook his head and said, "Although the tea is good, it will not be able to serve food and grass in the end." Qingzhou is mountainous. Unlike Jizhou, a horse and a flat river, tea trees planted on sunny slopes are not competing for land with grain? ”

"Don't worry about it. According to the Wutang Sinong said, although the tea slope is facing the sun, the tea tree likes sour soil. There is no need to worry about fighting for land with grain. Guo Jia explained to Wang Xiu the general situation of tea planting. He put the folding fan away and pointed to the tea soup in the bowl and talked about Cai Ji's idea of opening a tea market, "In fact, the king is not greedy for the desire to plant tea trees. According to Physician Yihua, the Hu people like to eat cattle and sheep, and the dry poison accumulates in the body, which is easy to lose the harmony of qi and blood, and the deficiency of fire is stagnant. Therefore, the king wants to change the horse with tea in the Youzhou field, one can get a good horse, and the other can also tea the Mohu department. ”

Although Guo Jia painted a bright future for everyone. But Tian Feng and the others still seemed skeptical. After all, in the past thousands of years, the Hu people in the north did not drink tea and continued to thrive. With just a small bowl of tea soup, it is somewhat whimsical to want to restrain the beard.

Fortunately, Jia Xu, who grew up in Wuwei, Gansu Province, had seen the Qiang people use horses, cattle and sheep to buy tea cakes from Shu merchants, so he testified for Guo Jia. "What Feng Xiao said is true. The Qiang people love cheese and can't tea, so they are sleepy and sick, so they often use famous horses and Shu merchants to make tea. ”

After listening to what Jia Xu said, everyone believed Guo Jia's statement. Seeing Tian Feng hurriedly drank the half bowl of tea soup in his hand and said, "The treasures that can be exchanged for famous horses must not be wasted!" ”

Tian Feng's joking remarks caused everyone to burst into laughter. Before the laughter could be heard, an attendant suddenly entered the house to report that everyone had entered the temple to discuss matters. When they heard the news, they hurriedly put away their smiles, got up and cleaned their hands, and then followed the attendant to the Qinzheng Hall next door to meet Cai Ji.

In other words, Cai Ji is only three months pregnant, although her body shape has not changed significantly, but the uterus during this period is the most unstable, and a little carelessness will cause miscarriage. In order to ensure the birth of the future heir of the Qi State, Hua Tuo, known as the divine doctor, specially stayed by Cai Ji's side to give birth to him. And Cai Ji himself also suspended activities such as going to the court, military parades, and inspections, and minimized unnecessary outings and large-scale actions such as climbing. Of course, this is not to say that Cai Ji no longer cares about government politics. In fact, since she became pregnant, this diligent female prince has spent most of her time in the diligent palace to handle government affairs, rather than hiding in the inner garden to raise her baby.

When the ministers stepped into the Qinzheng Palace, Cai Ji was leaning on the soft couch and discussing with Cai Yan the six documents handed in. On her left-hand side, Cao Pi, who served as her personal secretary, sat on a separate table and recorded the content of the two discussions one by one. Seeing Guo Jia and the others entering the hall, Cai Ji immediately stopped the discussion with Cai Yan, and instead greeted the ministers with a smile, "You don't have to be polite, hurry up and take a seat." ”

"Thank you." After thanking everyone in unison, they sat down one by one.

Cai Ji looked around at the six important ministers in front of him, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he bowed slightly and said, "I'm sorry, I've made you wait for a long time." ”

In the face of Cai Ji's apology, Li Min, Wang Xiu and others said one after another that they did not dare. However, Tian Feng's long sleeves shook, and he generously arched his hand towards Cai Ji and said, "Your Excellency's words are wrong. If it weren't for a short nap before, how could Yu Yu taste the fragrant tea and smell highly. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Cai Ji listened to what Tian Feng said, so he turned his attention to Guo Jia.

Facing Cai Ji's inquiring gaze, Guo Jia replied, "Back to the king, Jia is just inviting you to taste tea, and by the way, mentioning the king's strategy of changing horses with tea." ”

"I see." Cai Ji nodded knowingly, and then asked the ministers again, "I wonder what your views are on the strategy of exchanging tea for horses?" ”

Although Tian Feng and others had just learned about the concept of "tea for horses", in the face of Cai Ji's inquiry, these important ministers of Qi still gave their own opinions at the first time. Wang Xiu, as a native of Qingzhou, naturally hopes that his hometown can produce a new specialty, after learning that planting tea trees does not conflict with planting grain, he happily said to Cai Jiti, "Jun Mingjian, only a dozen acres of tea fields in Laoshan is not enough to build a tea market to tea and horses, so according to the minister's opinion, the king can recruit tea farmers from the south and expand the tea garden." ”

Cui Yan, the head of the household, echoed and said, "Shuzhi is reasonable, not only in Qingzhou, but also in Xuzhou, where you can try to plant tea trees. ”

However, Tian Feng was not as optimistic as Wang Xiu and Cui Yan, so he shook his head with his long beard twisted and said, "As far as the old man knows, tea trees like temperature and humidity, and it is an unusual number that Laoshan can grow tea. If the king has the heart to exchange tea for horses, he also needs to send people to Jing and Yang to collect tea. ”

Earlier, Wang Xiu, Cui Yan, and Tian Feng talked about how to increase tea production, and Li Min, who had been dealing with the Hu people in Youzhou for a long time, put forward his own opinions on how to realize the tea and horse market, "There is no custom of drinking tea in the Hu Department in the north, and the old man thinks that the king can first give tea to each department, and then talk about the matter of changing tea for horses after each department likes to drink tea." ”

Compared with Li Min, who took the upper route, Jia Xu has a deeper understanding of the tea and horse market. After seeing him ponder for a moment, the last one spoke, "The Qiang people use tea to change horses in order to detoxify with tea, if the Lord has the heart to open a tea market to detain the Hu department, he can give medicine in the name of giving tea soup to the people of the Hu department." When the name of tea can detoxify spread all over Hudi, it can be made naturally with tea and horses. ”

In Cai Ji's view, Wang Xiu, Cui Yan, Tian Feng, Li Min, and Jia Xu each have their own merits and limitations. So she turned her head and asked Cao Pi, who had been writing hard beside her, "Zihuan, have you recorded it?" ”

Cao Pi finished writing the last word on the snow-white cotton paper, hurriedly put down the brush in his hand, turned around and hugged Cai Ji and said, "Back to the king, all of them have been recorded." ”

Seeing this, Cai Ji nodded with satisfaction, and then turned back to the ministers and said with a smile, "The matter of exchanging tea for horses still needs to be considered in the long run, and the strategies offered by the Qing and others will be carefully studied." After saying that, Cai Ji glanced at the important ministers in front of him again, and then officially cut to the topic, "But I don't know what the secretaries have to say about the northern Wubi?" (To be continued......)