Chapter 380

Liu Zhiyuan had just arrived at Wei Hao's mansion, and Wei Hao asked him to sit down and asked him if he was drinking?

"Don't drink much, if you don't drink, then you won't drink! Next time, the next official invites you to drink! Liu Zhiyuan immediately said respectfully.

"You drink, my brother-in-law will drink some too, two people drink some, don't be so restrained!" Wei Hao sat there, smiled and said, and immediately a maid came over with a wine cup and poured them wine.

"Come, taste it, the food in my father-in-law's mansion is a must, you know Juxian Building, right? He opened it, and the food at home was even better than that of Juxian Building! Wang Qixian also greeted Liu Zhiyuan and said.

"Eh, okay, thank you Grandpa Guo, thank you Brother Qixian!" Liu Zhiyuan immediately arched his hand and said.

"Don't be so polite, feel free!" Wei Hao waved his hand and said to him, after watching their wine be poured, Wei Hao picked up the teacup and said: "I rarely drink alcohol, now I will replace the wine with tea, toast you, wait a while, you two drink, drink as you like, don't worry about me!" ”

"Eh, thank you, Grandpa Guo!" Liu Zhiyuan immediately picked up the wine glass and touched it with Wei Hao, after Wei Hao finished drinking, he put down the teacup, and immediately a girl refilled it, and someone else refilled the wine of the two of them.

"Come, eat whatever you want!" Wei Hao greeted and said, let them eat something first, after Liu Zhiyuan ate a few bites of food? Found to be really delicious.

"I have seen your file? That's good, fifteen years of county order? All three places have good reviews? The officials are ready to promote you exceptionally, but they also want you to be in a new position? Be able to work hard and keep your own integrity! Wei Hao spoke.

"Huh? Huh? Thank you, Grandpa Guo, don't worry, the little ones don't dare to mess around! Liu Zhiyuan replied immediately.

"Huh? Two positions? One is the prince washing horses, and the other is Taichang Cheng, both of whom are official positions from the fifth grade, from the seventh grade to the fifth grade, and you have not been treated in vain for the past fifteen years? The so-called accumulation of thick and thin! It's not bad either! Wei Hao continued to speak.

"This, from the fifth grade?" Liu Zhiyuan was shocked? He really didn't expect it.

"You choose one yourself, so I can tell the secretary of the ministry? Once it is said, it is estimated that the appointment will come down in a few days? Think for yourself! Wei Hao said to Liu Zhiyuan?

Where is Liu Zhiyuan always trying to calm his mood at the moment? Five products, that's a hurdle, how many people can't get to the fifth grade in a lifetime, once they are promoted to the fifth grade, then they will be transferred at any time, once there is a shortage of people above, they will be transferred, which is much better than mixing below, and these two positions are in the capital, and they are officials at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they are promoted quickly! And both positions are very good.

"Grandpa Guo, the little confusion, I don't understand the above things, and I ask Grandpa Guo for guidance!" Liu Zhiyuan is very smart, Wei Hao They are the grandfather of the country, they are the people of the power center of the Tang Dynasty, they are very clear about the pros and cons of those positions, listening to his words, they must not be wrong.

"Well, Taichang Cheng, in fact, there is nothing to do, it is difficult to make any credit, but it is stable, it is estimated that after serving for three or five years, it will be transferred once, and it will be promoted to the fifth grade, and it will take three or five years to be promoted, and it depends on what department you are in.

If it's six, there may be more opportunities, if it's not six, I estimate that the five grades will come to an end, and before the time comes to tell the old nostalgia, you may be given a false title from the fourth grade.

If you are in the East Palace as the prince washing horses, then the next step is the prince and the prince, and then the other positions in the East Palace, once the prince succeeds to the throne, you may be ranked in the third rank, or even serve as the sixth Shangshu, this depends on your ability, but in the East Palace, there are also some risks,

After all, Your Majesty still has so many sons, and now those sons are still young and have not yet fought for it, once they are contested, I don't know if the East Palace can stabilize this position, that is to say, it is too often stable, and the East Palace is at risk! Wei Hao sat there and continued to Liu Zhiyuan,

When Liu Zhiyuan heard it, he sat there and thought about it. Then he looked up at Wei Hao and continued to ask: "Grandpa Guo, what do you mean, Xiaguan really doesn't understand, Xiaguan wants to go to the East Palace, and ask Grandpa Guo to give him a counselor." ”

"Well, it's right to go to the East Palace, after all, the prince is doing well, although the road is a little more difficult, but it is also the time to rely on your ability, if you can help the prince stabilize his position, then it will definitely be reused!" Wei Hao smiled and said.

"Thank you Grandpa Guo, then the lower officials will go to the East Palace, the lower officials have no other skills, they still know some about the affairs of the officials below, and when the time comes, they can also give advice to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and help His Royal Highness manage the officials below." Liu Zhiyuan thought about it for a while, looked up at Wei Hao and said resolutely.

"Okay, tomorrow I will talk to the official Shangshu, come, eat vegetables!" Wei Hao heard it, nodded with a smile, and then beckoned them to eat,

After the meal, Wei Hao also invited them to sit in the study for a while, and when he left, Wei Hao sent two catties of tea to Liu Zhiyuan.

The next morning, Wei Hao continued to be on the side of the county government, and in the palace, those ministers were still discussing Wei Hao's imperial examination reform chapter, but in fact, there was nothing to discuss, that is, Li Shimin asked them, if it was okay, they didn't say yes, they didn't say no, it was very contradictory.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have been watching the reform of the imperial examination for three days, is it so difficult? Whether it's good or bad, you say, what do you mean by not being silent like this? Li Shimin was a little annoyed when he saw that the ministers were silent, and stared at the ministers below and asked.

Those ministers looked at Fang Xuanling and Kong Yingda, Fang Xuanling was the head of the court's civil servants, and Kong Yingda was the head of the literati, the two of them didn't express their position, and everyone didn't dare to say it.

"Your Majesty, Shen Yong's recital is indeed very good, and it can be executed!" Fang Xuanling sighed in his heart, then stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, that's right, okay, say it, Fang Aiqing, you said it was very good, what about the others, what do the others mean, do you know?" Li Shimin sat on it and asked very happily.

"Back to Your Majesty, the other ministers must also agree!" Fang Xuanling said stiffly.

"If you agree, why don't you keep quiet? Look down on Shen Yong, just because Shen Yong brought it up, you don't keep quiet? How can you abolish your public for your own sake? Li Shimin sat there and said very unhappily.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!" The ministers immediately bowed their hands.

"Shen Yong put it forward, since it is good, you have to pass it, if it is not good, you will also impeach, you can't stop talking because you have a conflict with Shen Yong, is this like words?" Li Shimin continued to say sternly to those ministers.

"Yes, the ministers are guilty!" The ministers replied again.

"That's it! At the same time, let me inform you that the imperial examination will be held in the capital next year, after all, many students have not had time to take the imperial examination this year, and this delay is three years, so next year will still be according to the previous plan for the imperial examination,

Starting from next year, the imperial examination will be held once every three years, and the same will be true for the state capitals, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, which need to come up with a timetable, that is, the time for the imperial examination in the following state capitals, and at the same time, the Ministry of Rites needs to send people to supervise the situation of the imperial examinations in various places, whether there is cheating, and the Supervision Yuan should also keep an eye on it, and the Criminal Department will formulate a punishment law for cheating in the imperial examination! Li Shimin sat there and spoke.

"Yes!" The ministers immediately bowed their hands.

"Well, are there any other movements?" Li Shimin asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, this year's northeast, the drought is serious, from last year to the east, there have been two snowfalls, and it is not big, now there are no traces of snow on the ground, it is expected that this year in the northeast, there may not be a way to cultivate!" Dai Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Just two snowfalls? Won't the land be overturned? Li Shimin heard it and said in shock.

"Yes, it is expected that the winter wheat will all die, and there will be no water to pour right now! At the same time, it seems that the same is true on the Goguryeo side, so there may be a lot of refugees in the northeast to the south this year, especially in Qingzhou and Yuzhou, there may be a large influx of refugees, and you need to allocate grain and grass in advance! Dai Xuan immediately arched his hand and said.

"Well, transfer, does the Ministry of Civil Affairs have enough food?" Li Shimin immediately asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, there may not be enough food, but there is still money, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs is ready to go to the south to purchase a batch of grain and transport it to Qingzhou and Yuzhou!" Dai Xuan immediately spoke.

"Do this as soon as possible, we can't leave the refugees without food!" Eh, it's food again, you Aiqing, before Shen Yong said, if the development of Datang continues, there will be a great famine after all, after all, now the population of Datang is growing very fast, and food may not be able to keep up with the growth of the people, do you Aiqing have a way? Where did Li Shimin sit, looked at the ministers and asked.

"This!" The ministers didn't know what to say.

"Is there a way for the Ministry of Civil Affairs?" Li Shimin then looked at Dai Guan.

"Back to Your Majesty, I can only organize the people to open up the wasteland and raise those wastelands, so that the people of Datang can have enough farmland, and now I Datang actually have a lot of places to open up wasteland, but the wasteland is planted, and the yield is extreme, and a lot of domestic fertilizer is needed!" Dai Xuan arched his hand to Li Shimin and said.

"Well, this thing has to be done, the Ministry of Civil Affairs wants to let the officials below organize the people to open up the wasteland, you must do this thing, otherwise, the people will have no food to eat at that time, and it will be troublesome!" Li Shimin immediately said to Dai Guan, who nodded,

Then after a while, Li Shimin returned to the study, and his mind was also about this food problem, and the prince also came over with a concerto: "Father! ”

"Well, is there anything else?" Li Shimin asked with his eyes closed.

"The Yellow River needs to be reinforced, there are floods every year, it has not been reinforced, and now when the water is dry, and the weather is warm, the embankment needs to be reinforced. Li Chengqian stood there and spoke.

"How did the Ministry of Books and the Ministry of Industry answer?" Li Shimin sat there and asked.

"The Ministry of Books and the Ministry of Industry agreed, but the Ministry of Civil Affairs may not come out with so much money for a while, and the amount of money applied for in various places adds up to more than 300,000 yuan, and Erchen also asked the officials of the Ministry of Industry privately,

They said that if you want to completely cure the Yellow River, let alone 300,000 guan money, even 3 million guan money is not enough, and 300,000 guan money cannot guarantee that the Yellow River will not burst its embankment! Li Chengqian continued to say to Li Shimin,

Li Shimin heard it and nodded.

"300,000 yuan, it is estimated that it will be good to withstand a year, I need money every year, I want to be completely cured, every time there is a big flood, thousands of people will die, eh!" Li Shimin sat there and said with a sigh.

"Father, there is not so much money now, wait for a few years, the court has more money, so repair him completely, don't let the Yellow River flood and bring disaster to the people!" Li Chengqian stood there and opened his mouth to persuade Li Shimin and said.

"Well, another day, ask Shen Yong and see if Shen Yong has a way!" Li Shimin thought for a moment and said.

"Well, okay, Gao Ming, transfer money from the inside, and mobilize 300,000 yuan to go over!" Li Shimin said to Li Chengqian.

"Yes, Father!" Li Chengqian nodded,

Soon, Li Chengqian left, and Li Shimin went to the sun room, sitting there in a daze, thinking about the Yellow River, there was no money before, there was no way, I could only watch the Yellow River flood, but now, the court also has a little money, but now there are too many places that need money,

Nowadays, the straight road is being repaired, and the reservoir and water conservancy are also being repaired, but this needs to be done slowly, and a lot of money needs to be invested.

The young people who guided the cultivation of the straight road were very good, they cared about the poor, and they would not deduct the poor people's money, which made Li Shimin very satisfied, thinking, I still have to thank Wei Hao, it was Wei Hao who influenced them.

"Well, Wang De, when does Shen Yong come to the palace, you can tell me! Let him come to the temple of manna. Li Shimin stood there and suddenly spoke.

"Okay, Your Majesty, however, it is estimated that it will be soon, yesterday, Xia Guogong asked people to investigate the background of those working laborers, and now they are investigating, it is estimated that they will be able to investigate clearly in the afternoon, and Xia Guogong will bring them here for construction tomorrow!" Where Wang De stood and said with a smile at Li Shimin.

"Oh, that's good, hehe, now those ministers don't know that I'm going to build a palace!" Li Shimin thought of this, and he was happy, he wanted to build the palace a year ago, and those ministers opposed it, but now, his son-in-law repaired it for himself, and he wanted to see who impeached and who objected?

The next morning, Wei Hao took hundreds of people to enter the side of the Ganlu Palace, and at the same time mobilized the guards, those craftsmen, what route they can only take, what area they can only operate in, are all stipulated, and they also made it clear to those craftsmen that once they get out of the specified area, they will be killed, and if they don't do it, they will be punished by the Nine Clans, and they will not be able to save them at that time, those craftsmen nodded hurriedly, and Wei Hao also forbade them to speak loudly.

Soon, the workers began to dig up the flowers and plants, put them all in the pots, and then moved to the designated locations, and some of them were cutting down the trees.

"This, this, what's going on? Why build the palace again, isn't it opposed? Wei Zheng had just arrived at the palace and found that he was already working here, so he was very surprised and immediately asked.

"Just now the old man asked those craftsmen, saying that they were repairing the palace, and at night, they lived in the camp of the Praetorian Guard, and they came here to work in the morning, and they could go back for a day of rest in ten days!" A minister came to Wei Zheng's side and spoke.

"Nonsense, now that the court needs money, there are many places, and the palace is being repaired, what does Your Majesty want, is known by the people of the world, what do you think of him?" Wei Zheng said very angrily, saying that he was going to go back to write a chapter and impeach this matter.

"Duke Wei, no, Your Majesty insists on repairing, your impeachment like this will make Your Majesty angry!" The minister grabbed Wei Zheng and persuaded him.

"Afraid of what? As a courtier, he originally wanted to correct His Majesty's mistakes, if His Majesty was allowed to be so indulgent, what would the people of the world do? In this matter, not only will I be impeached, but other ministers will also be impeached! Wei Zheng said angrily, and soon, he united many ministers and began to play a chapter in a panic, write a chapter for Li Shimin, and prevent Li Shimin from continuing to build the palace.

"Your Majesty, these are all recitals against your palace construction, do you want to take a look?" Wang De came over with a large number of pieces and asked Li Shimin.

"Don't look at it, what's there to see, isn't it just that I'm messing around and spending money? Don't read it, let them continue to write, I just want to see their excitement this time! Li Shimin said a little proudly at the moment, Wei Zheng often advised himself before, so that he had nothing to say, he wanted to know this time, what should Wei Zheng do this time?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin was very happy. Soon, Fang Xuanling also wrote their concerts, and in the afternoon, they saw Wei Hao directing those workers to work, they were both angry and happy, angry that it was this kid again, and happily, it could be regarded as an opportunity to impeach Wei Hao, and then, a large number of concerts came up, all of which were moved to Li Shimin's bookcase.

"Impeachment is prudent, impeachment what?" When Li Shimin heard it, he was stunned for a moment, he repaired the palace by himself, why did they impeach Shen Yong?

"Your Majesty, they impeached the Duke of Xia Guogong, instigated His Majesty to repair the palace, and made the court spend a huge amount of money, which is a villain's behavior, and they also advised Your Majesty to be close to the virtuous ministers and villains!" Wang De stood there and reported to Li Shimin.

"Pro-virtuous ministers and villains? Shen Yong is a villain? They, really, I, they have the face to say? Shen Yong is a villain, there is such a villain, a villain who is not an official? The villain who helped the court solve so many things? Li Shimin was almost speechless at the moment, thinking about what happened to those ministers?