This young man resigned like this, Fang Xuanling asked people to inquire about the situation of the Ministry of Officials, and the reply received was that the person had left Chang'an City.

Fang Xuanling felt a little emotionally that he missed a young man who could be cultivated, but he was only a young man, and many scholars and scholars in Chang'an this year also had a lot of talents to create.

After putting his mind down, Fang Xuanling still looked at the roster in his hand.

Du Ruhui came to Zhongshu Province and said: "Duan Lun has not been to the court for several days, and he does not come to do the errands of the secretary and supervisor, and it is said that he will be closed to cultivate during this time. ”

Fang Xuanling's expression didn't change much, and he said in a low voice: "It's not time for Chaozhong to use him yet." ”

Du Ruhan said with a smile: "Recently, there has been another book called a magazine in Chang'an, which is selling very well. ”

"Magazines?" Fang Xuanling put down the roster in his hand at this time, "What book did you say Li Zheng wrote?" ”

Du Ruhui took out a booklet and said, "It's not a book, you can just look at it." ”

Fang Xuanling took the booklet, looked at the content on it and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect these Cui family children to be decent on weekdays, but I didn't expect them to be so unbearable in private." ”

"Yes, now the children of the Cui family in Chang'an don't dare to go out." Du Ruhui said.

"Do you think what Li Zheng says in this booklet is true?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"It's not necessarily true, it's half-true, it's a snake and a seven-inch fight, Li Zheng is holding this point, so they can't argue."

Du Ruhui sat down and said: "The admission of officials in the DPRK and China can not look at their families, but they must be of good character. ”

Fang Xuanling agreed with Du Ruhui's statement, "If you have bad conduct, how can you enter the court and govern the people." ”

Li Shimin sat in the manna hall, holding the Jingyang magazine in his hand, and let out an eerie laugh from time to time.

Every time it came, the eunuchs and palace maids standing outside the palace were terrified.

"What's wrong with your majesty?" A eunuch whispered to the palace maid.

"Maybe Your Majesty has thought of something pleasing to you." The palace maid whispered back.

"Happy thing? Is this the case when Your Majesty is happy? Weird and scary. The little eunuch muttered in a low voice.

The palace maid said with emotion: "You don't know this, Your Majesty is Mingjun, and Mingjun is like this." ”

Li Shimin put down the Jingyang magazine in his hand and said to Wang Ding: "I didn't expect that these Cui family disciples are all so virtuous behind their backs. ”

Wang Ding also nodded, "I really know people and don't know their hearts, but fortunately, I already know their true faces." ”

"Is everything written in the magazine true?" Li Shimin asked.

Wang Ding bowed down and said: "I have indeed investigated some similar statements, and what is written in the magazine is also something that has been rumored in the market for a long time, but it was written down by Li Zheng, which can be regarded as a kind of sitting, it is true, but it is not as exaggerated as Li Zheng wrote, so it is unknown." ”

Li Shimin likes this magazine very much, at least this magazine can disgust the people of the Cui family.

This time, the papers in various places of the imperial examination basically chose the children of the Cui family.

If this imperial examination is only for the five surnames to make wedding dresses, it is better not to open the imperial examination.

If these children of the Cui family have deficient conduct, they are not qualified to be officials.

Li Shimin bowed his head and said to Wang Ding: "Investigate all the people in the magazine, and draw up a list and send it to the Ministry of Officials if there is anything that is confirmed." ”

"Whoa!" Wang Ding nodded.

It has nothing to do with Li Zheng how much turmoil the magazine has caused in Chang'an, and it is still early before the start of the imperial examination.

Li Zheng has been in the blacksmith shop these days, busy with the three brothers of the Tie family.

Nowadays, the craftsmen of Datang are already very proficient in using the steel filling method, and the horizontal knife is made by the steel filling method, which is also one of the reasons why Datang's military strength has always been able to look down on the four people.

Tie Da made a huge stove in the blacksmith shop at Li Zheng's request.

Tie Er and Tie San couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva when they looked at the iron material brought by Li Zheng, just from the point of view of fineness, the iron material brought by Li Zheng was the best iron material they had ever seen since they became blacksmiths, this kind of iron material is very rare in the world, even if they have been striking iron for half their lives, they have seen this kind of iron several times.

This is a lot of iron that is worth a thousand gold, and there are very few in the world.

Tie Xiao asked in a loud voice, "County Marquis, where do these iron materials come from?" ”

"What's wrong?" Li Zheng asked Tie Da.

Tie Da said: "The county marquis is too expensive, and we don't know how to start. ”

"You've never seen iron like this before?"

"I've seen it, just a few times." Tie Da said: "This kind of crimson iron is too valuable, and it can't be bought outside at all, but I heard that the Emperor's sword is made of such iron." ”

"I haven't seen the backwardness of your excavation, this kind of iron ore is generally buried very deep, and it is not easy to dig." Li Zheng explained that he didn't want to get too entangled with them about the origin of this iron material.

Li Yifu brought a pile of coal and stone with the villagers, "This is what the county marquis wants, right?"

Li Zheng picked up a stone and nodded, "It's this kind of coal." ”

Li Yifu smiled: "We found quite a lot outside. ”

Li Zheng picked up a piece of coking coal and asked, "Where did you get this coal?" ”

Li Yifu glanced at it and said, "This is what we dug up from the Qinling Mountains. ”

Coking coal is the best coal, Li Zheng said to Li Yifu: "In the future, I will bring such a good coal mine from there, not too much, bring about 10,000 catties to use first." ”

"Good! Those coal fields can't grow food, and people are happy to dig them. Li Yifu nodded in agreement.

Nowadays, there are many open-pit coal mines, and the utilization rate of coal and stone in Datang is very low.

Li Zheng instructed: "Remember, take care of your mouth and nose when digging, bring more manpower, it is really not possible to transfer manpower from the laborers who build the road, I want 10,000 catties of coal and stone in ten days." ”

"I see, isn't it too much trouble to just protect your mouth and nose, and now it's hot."

Halfway through his words, seeing Li Zheng looking at him, Li Yifu changed his words and said, "The county marquis will definitely follow the orders of the next one." ”

Li Zheng stood up and said to Li Yifu: "If I know that you don't do it, I will throw you to the Wa Kingdom and let you live with the Wa people." ”

This sentence frightened Li Yifu and immediately saluted, "Remember the instructions of the county marquis." ”

Li Zheng washed his hands and said: "You listen to my arrangement, the people listen to your arrangement, if someone does not listen to the arrangement, we Jingyang will not use him again in the future, and no one is allowed to dig privately after digging this trip." ”

"Whoa!"

Li Yifu stood nervously, seeing Li Zheng's stern expression for the first time, although he didn't know why he had to protect his mouth and nose, but Li Zheng's attitude seemed to be that he had to do it.

This is the second time I have seen Li Zheng have such a look, and the first time is when dealing with those monks.