Zhang An's current position as the first assistant of the cabinet is the same as the prime minister, the emperor treats the prime minister ceremoniously, according to the ceremony regulations of the appointment and dismissal of the prime minister in the Tang Dynasty, the emperor himself must personally attend the court meeting, and all officials above the sixth rank in Beijing must participate.

When the prime minister is visited, His Majesty the Emperor must wear formal court clothes in the main hall to receive him, the prime minister finishes his work, resigns, the emperor wants to stand up, sent to the palace gate, the prime minister is seriously ill, the emperor wants to come to ask for the illness in person, and send an envoy to send medicine, after the prime minister dies, the emperor must personally come to the door to hang the sacrifice, and give the coffin, burial ground, dead vessels, etc., which shows the respect of the prime minister's status.

It's a pity that Zhang An doesn't enjoy this kind of treatment now, just like today, Li Jun's words, Zhang An has to ride a horse to Shanglin Yuan by himself, Zhang An is not very good in his heart.

But from the moment he saw the emperor and the crown prince, all the dissatisfaction in Zhang Anxin disappeared, the emperor and the prince were ploughing the land, which was a great thing, although the level of ploughing the land was very poor, if the peasants had gone to plough the land according to the example of the father and son, they would have starved to death.

The crown prince is holding the cow in front, and His Majesty is holding the Quyuan plough in the back, what a beautiful picture this is, Zhang An immediately borrowed a pen and paper, a few strokes, and a picture was drawn, at this time Yuan Zhan came out of nowhere and said: "Lord Zhang is here." ”

"Old Yuan, I haven't seen you for many days, your complexion is really getting better and better." Zhang An replied with his hand.

Yuan Zhan laughed and said: "Haha, I haven't seen you for many days, and Master Zhang's painting skills are really getting more and more exquisite." ”

Zhang An scratched his head in embarrassment, patting the emperor's ass happened to be seen by his previous boss, which was indeed a little embarrassing.

Yuan Zhan said disapprovingly: "It's okay, Master Zhang, remember what the old man said today, the imperial power is inviolable, and the power of power, power, power, money, and grace can not be divided into profits and losses, only the agricultural mulberry is different, the so-called Sheji, one is the temple, the other is the agricultural mulberry, which is called the national capital." The royal flying dragon is in the sky, unattainable, only the temple and Nongsang can make the flying dragon land, and only the temple and Nongsang can make the royal bow without humiliation. ”

Zhang An savored it, and the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and he couldn't help but say with admiration to Yuan Zhan: "Yuan Lao's words are penetrating, and Zhang remembers it." ”

At this moment, Li Jun came up with Li Chengtang, Li Chengtang's face was flushed with excitement, it was the first time he had gone to the ground for so many years, Li Jun rubbed Li Chengtang's head and asked, "Prince, are you tired?" ”

Li Chengtang shook his head and said, "Father, the sons are not tired. ”

Li Jun smiled bitterly: "Stinky boy, you are not tired now, but if you do farm work for many years, you will feel tired. ”

"Hmph, such people are lazy, the autumn harvest is related to the family's rations, how can they do this?" Li Chengtang snorted coldly.

Li Jun patiently explained: "Tang'er, you are only half right in this sentence, the autumn harvest is indeed very important, but those who commit suicide are not necessarily lazy, people, sometimes tired to the extreme, even hungry to the extreme, will involuntarily do some incredible things, this is human nature, human nature is not seen or touched, it is the most terrible, those things that can be seen, compared with it, it is not terrible." ”

"Sons remember the teachings of their father." Although he didn't understand a little, Li Chengtang still agreed honestly.

After the father and son finished talking, Zhang An and Yuan Zhan came over, and Li Jun asked with a smile: "Yuan Qing, I didn't come here today just to let me cultivate the land." ”

"Your Majesty, of course not, the biological farm that Your Majesty explained, the old minister is considered to have been built, so I specially invited Your Majesty to come and see it, and by the way, I also asked the old minister to take credit for himself." Yuan Zhan replied with a smile.

Li Jun scolded with a smile: "Yuan Qing, you are really more and more shameless the more you live." ”

Li Jun took Li Chengtang to rest for a while, and then entered the experimental farm under the leadership of Yuan Zhan, which covered a small area, accounting for less than a quarter of the large farm outside.

After entering this farm, Li Jun found that the wheat here grew much better than outside, and before Li Jun could ask, Yuan Zhan explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, the wheat here is all wheat seeds, and every time the autumn harvest is made, the minister will choose the fullest ears of wheat to keep the seeds, and after a few years, it will have this scale."

Li Jun nodded and said: "Starve to death the old lady, don't eat grain, I still understand this truth, He Jun, go back and send a team of Royal Forest Army to protect here." ”

"No, the minister obeys." He Jun didn't dare to slack off and replied immediately.

"Mr. Yuan, apart from good seeds, are there any other reasons?" Li Chengtang asked.

Yuan Zhan replied very happily: "Your Highness, you can ask this question, the old minister is very pleased, the good seeds are only one of the reasons, and there are two reasons, one is that the grass and wood ash placed on the field this year has played a great role; The other is the extensive use of new agricultural tools, which is very beneficial to the growth of crops, among which only deep ploughing can turn the humus out of the land from the depths, and finally achieve the purpose of nourishing the land. ”

"What is plant ash?" Li Chengtang continued to ask shamelessly.

"Your Highness, the grass ash is that after each autumn harvest, there will be some residues left in the ground, and after these residues are burned, the residue left behind is the grass and wood ash, which has the function of fertilizing the land." Yuan Zhan then explained.

Li Chengtang suddenly realized that he came to Shanglin Yuan once today, which made him gain a lot of knowledge.

Along the way, although Li Chengtang asked questions, everyone was not impatient at all, and a prince who was interested in farming would not be bad no matter how bad he was.

The last few people came to the place where the pigs were raised, and the smell here naturally wouldn't smell very good, Li Chengtang covered his nose and asked angrily: "Father, Mr. Yuan, why did you come here?" ”

Li Jun glared at Li Chengtang and said, "Put your hand down, are you like this?" ”

Li Chengtang obediently put down his hand, and hurriedly pleaded guilty: "The son is rude, please punish my father." ”

"Let's hear what Mr. Yuan said first? I'm going to think about how to punish you? Li Jun snorted coldly and left, Li Jun didn't like this smell either.

Li Chengtang's face was flushed when he was reprimanded by Li Jun, and Yuan Zhan said amiably: "Your Highness, pig farming is actually the source of the ecological farm, pig manure can be fed to fish, fish ponds can raise ducks, pond mud is the best fertilizer, with fertilizer crops can be more than thirty percent of the harvest, and then store pig manure in the cellar, connect to the pipe, you can make a fire, used for cooking, lighting, heating are good choices." ”

Li Chengtang let out an "oh" and saluted Yuan Zhan, saying that he knew his mistake.

Li Jun also turned back at this time, and said with a smile: "Okay, Yuan Qing, since this model is successful, it can be promoted, especially in the Lingnan area, where there are more farms, and all of them are rich, just start with them, Zhang Qing, you cooperate with the relevant work." ”

"No, the minister obeys." Zhang An and Yuan Zhan hurriedly agreed.

Li Jun then instructed Li Chengtang: "Tang'er, I have already figured out how to punish you, so let's do it, you will live in the farm for a few days and feed the pigs for three days." ”

"The retainers obey." Li Chengtang happily agreed, the days in the palace are actually very boring, and it is good to be able to come out to breathe.

Zhang An scratched his head beside him, everything in this world will completely change as long as it is mixed with His Majesty, and cheap labor can become a good thing to grab the head.

There was nothing to do, Li Jun also stole half a day of leisure, and took Zhang An and Yuan Zhan to a hill in the farm, there was a pavilion on this mountain, Liu Hong arranged the wine and food, and then retreated, Li Chengtang honestly knelt aside and helped Li Jun and the three pour wine.

Zhang An's expression had been very uneasy, Yuan Zhan saluted Zhang An with a glass of wine and said: "Lord Zhang, don't care, your Legalist knowledge has nothing to do with this, if you let the old man choose, the old man will also choose the first assistant of the cabinet, and will not choose to raise pigs." ”

"Old Yuan, let you laugh."

Zhang An, who untied the knot, was very talkative, and the three of them chatted happily, and Li Jun and others returned to Beijing in the evening, while Li Chengtang stayed alone in Shanglin Yuan.