In modern times, China's Arbor Day was established by the initiative of forestry scientists Han An and Ling Daoyang, and was originally determined to be on April 5, the Qingming Festival. In 1928, to commemorate the third anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's death, Arbor Day was changed to March 12.

I don't know what Li Er's considerations were for setting Arbor Day on March 20, Li Zexuan doesn't mind much about it, anyway, it's better than nothing! Besides, March 20 is the time of spring flowers, and it is not too late to plant trees!

"Mountain Chief, are you saying that Your Majesty has agreed to establish Arbor Day~?"

Yanhuang Academy, at this time, Li Zexuan had already returned from Chang'an City, and after he told Li Gang about Li Er's resolution in the court, the old gentleman was very surprised.

Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Hmm! Not only that, but His Majesty will also restore the old system and reset the positions of Shanyu and Lin Heng to manage all the mountains and forests of Datang! Ji Shou, the former waiter of the Ministry of Works, was appointed by His Majesty as the first Shanyu of the Tang Dynasty! ”

When he was in the court, Li Er did have the intention to let Li Zexuan serve as Shanyu, after all, this matter was proposed by Li Zexuan, and no one is more suitable for this position than him, but Li Zexuan is currently holding too many positions, and if this position is handed over to him, he will definitely not be busy, so Li Er thought about it again and again, and finally handed over the position of Shanyu to others!

"Ji Shou?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Li Gang's eyes, and then he stroked his beard and smiled: "Hehe! Your Majesty is wise, and arranging Ji Shou to the official position of Shanyu can be regarded as making the best use of it! ”

Li Zexuan was stunned, when Li Er announced the appointment of Ji Shou as the first Shanyu of the Tang Dynasty in the court, he just subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't have time to wonder who Ji Shou was, anyway, in his opinion, the basic plan of the Yellow River shelterbelt has been decided, and it doesn't matter who is this Shanyu, as long as he can follow the established plan to the letter!

But now Li Gang's reaction, it is obvious that Ji Shou is not an idle person!

"Mr. Wenji, who is this Ji Shou~? Why did you react so much~? ”

Li Zexuan asked curiously.

Li Gang replied with a smile: "The mountain chief doesn't know, this Ji Shou is the thirteenth grandson of Ji Han, Ji Han was also a famous Confucian in the Wei and Jin dynasties, but he didn't want to cling to the powerful, he only loved to study strange flowers and plants, giant trees and bamboos, he compiled a book "Southern Grass and Trees" before his death, it can be regarded as a strange book, and then handed over to the descendants of the Ji family from generation to generation, although the old man has read thousands of volumes, but he has never seen this book with his own eyes!

Ji Shou Ji Shilang of the current dynasty has the legacy of the ancestors of the Ji family, and he is very good at studying the way of plants and trees! Therefore, the old man thinks that Ji Shou will take the position of Shanyu, and he will make the best use of his talents! ”

What Li Zexuan didn't know was that "Southern Herbaceous" was the world's earliest flora, more than a thousand years earlier than Western botanical monographs. Therefore, it is well-deserved to say that Ji Han is the first botanist in the world.

Although he didn't know the historical status of "Southern Grass and Trees", Li Zexuan heard that there were people in ancient times who liked to delve into strange flowers and plants, giant trees and bamboos, and he was still quite surprised in his heart, "Oh~? In this way, this Ji Shou is really very suitable for the position of Shanyu! Your Majesty is far inferior to Emperor Qin and Han Wu in terms of employing people! ”

This compliment is indeed Li Zexuan's heartfelt words, the Tang Dynasty can run so efficiently now, and Li Er's people make the best use of their talents and make the best use of their resources, from this point of view, Lao Li, the leader, is very qualified.

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After winning the hard-won but meaningful festival of Arbor Day from Lao Li, Li Zexuan was not idle, he asked Ma Zhou on the same day to instruct all the editors of "Datang Daily" to call for the Yellow River shelterbelt and build momentum for the upcoming Arbor Day!

He wants to let everyone know the important value and practical significance of the shelter belt on both sides of the Yellow River through "Datang Daily"!

Since he can convince Li Er and the eldest grandson Wuji and other important ministers of the empire, Li Zexuan believes that he can also convince the people of the Tang Dynasty!

He wrote a copy of the content of his letter verbatim and handed it to the editorial department of "Datang Daily", and by the way, he also sorted out the dialogue between the monarchs and ministers in the court into words and handed it over to the editorial department. After all, if this matter had been said in advance, the world would not have been in chaos?

As for the next thing, it completely depends on the editors in the editorial department, after Ma Zhou's training for a year, these editors in the editorial department have long been out of the ranks of rotten Confucianism, and their ideological realm can be said to be the most advanced in the entire Tang Dynasty!

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Day 2.

"The Holy Authority re-establishes the positions of Shanyu and Lin Heng, and establishes March 20 every year as Arbor Day! 》

"Planting trees to end the flooding of the Yellow River for thousands of years, starting from today!" 》

"On the day of Arbor Day, the saint wants to plant trees on the bank of the Yellow River thirty miles east of Chang'an City!" 》

"Afforestation, the merit is in the contemporary, and the benefit is in the future!" 》

On the Importance of Afforestation! 》

Without warning, the news page of today's "Datang Daily" is almost full of articles related to tree planting, and the people are a little confused at first glance!

"Shanyu, Lin Heng? What is this position? ”

"How do I know that? Xu Xiucai, do you know? ”

"Snort~! You really don't know how to learn! This Shanyu and Lin Heng were the official positions in charge of mountains, forests and trees in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and now it seems that His Majesty is going to restore the old system! ”

"Huh? Revert to the old system? What's the use of Your Majesty setting up such two officials? Ouch, and an Arbor Day? What kind of holiday is this? ”

"As the name suggests, Arbor Day means that everyone is estimated to plant trees on that day!"

"Planting trees? So why plant trees? ”

"You! Huang Jinzhou: You don't read the newspaper by yourself? Do you need to ask everything? ”

"Hey, hey! Xu Xiucai, this is not how much you read! Just give it to us who can't read! ”

"Right! Xu Xiucai, you are a Wenqu star, if you don't come to read it to everyone, then who will read it! ”

“……… The newspaper probably said that the reason why the water of the Yellow River has become turbid in recent years is because the soil on both sides of the Yellow River is loose and flows into the Yellow River!

Yong'an Hou believes that if the soil erosion on both sides of the Yellow River is allowed to continue, the riverbed in the lower reaches of the Yellow River will be raised several feet in the long run! At that time, there will be an above-ground hanging river in the prefectures and counties in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and once it encounters heavy rain, the Yellow River is very easy to burst its banks! At that time, there will be a lot of life!

Therefore, the Marquis of Yong'an wrote to His Majesty, suggesting that a shelter forest of up to 3,000 miles be built on both sides of the Yellow River to stabilize the sand and prevent the water of the Yellow River from continuing to be turbid............"

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