Gongsun Changming walked into Li Ze's public hall with a volume of documents and sat directly opposite Li Ze, Li Ze looked up at him, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face.

Compared with before, Gongsun Changming now looks much more refreshing and tidy, his hair that always looked messy in the past is now neatly combed, the stubble on his face is also shaved cleanly, and the sour smell on his body that is difficult to dissipate is now replaced by a faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers, although it is still so thin and lean, but the whole person's complexion looks much better.

"Mr. Gongsun, you are too much, marrying a wife is done in such a hurry, and you don't even invite anyone, others don't say, I, you have to invite me in for a drink?" Li Ze took the paperwork from Gongsun Changming's hand and quipped: "Is it that you are too beautiful to marry a woman, and you are afraid that we will enter the door?" ”

Gongsun Changming heeled: "Look at what the prime minister said, the wife I married, the internal guard must have strictly checked the background, even if you haven't seen it in person, but you must have seen it from the documents, it is an ordinary peasant girl, her appearance is barely passable, and she can afford everything at home." ”

"I see!" Li Zedao: "I heard Tian Bo say that Mr. Gongsun's house used to be a pig's nest, but now it finally looks like a human being, look, even you are not a well-repaired and refreshing town?" It seems that the married life is quite satisfying! ”

"Not satisfied, not satisfied!" Gongsun Changming shook his head again and again: "It's too strict." I can endure everything else, that is, the medicine that Yan Jiu prescribed to me, it is too bitter, and I have to stare at me every day to drink it before I give up, oops, the old husband and young wife, I can only endure some. ”

Li Ze laughed: "Yan Jiu, that's for your good, if you don't drink this medicine, how can your body be adjusted?" Look at your complexion now, this medicine is still quite effective. ”

"It's not that the medicine is bad, but that Yan Jiu's little girl is clearly deliberate. I'll go back to Jin Yuan and represcribe the prescription! Gongsun Changming said angrily.

"Good medicine is good for disease."

"I'm not sick!" Gongsun Changming snorted: "It's just that my body is a little weaker." ”

"Okay, okay, whatever you want!" Li Ze picked up the document in front of him and flipped through a few pages, and said, "Zhang Jia, please build a city in Hetao, what do you think about this?" ”

"From a strategic point of view, it is still good to build a city in the Hetao." Gongsun Changming said: "Our naturalization in the south and north of the desert has not been very smooth, in the final analysis, there is still a lack of a decent central city, the area is vast but the people are scattered, the east and west are too small, just a military market town, if there is a big city built there, in addition to increasing deterrence above the military, the penetration in the economy and culture will also be greatly accelerated." ”

Li Ze nodded.

"What's more, the Hetao is a treasure land, the Yellow River is harmful, and it is only a set of profits, but it has been left from the rule of the Tang Dynasty for too long, and there are many ethnic groups living there, and the form is quite complicated. The cohesion and naturalization capacity of large cities are far from being comparable to those of the cities that have been surrendered from the east to the west. Once completed, with this core, the development of the loop will be greatly accelerated, making it the central area of the northwest. Together with Lingzhou, it can form a greater suppression of Tibet, and moreover, it can form a strong support for the Western Regions and other places. At present, our support for the Western Regions is too far away and too costly. ”

"So, you're supporting?" Li Ze asked.

"The only problem I am worried about is Zhang Jia's loyalty." Gongsun Changming said with a smile: "Now in the vast northwest region, except for Li Cunzhong in Kailingzhou, Zhang Jia is the only big man, and there are 40,000 troops under his command. Once this city is built, Zhang Jiake will have a place to put his roots. ”

"You're thinking too much." Li Ze laughed: "Zhang Jia does have an army of 40,000 troops, of which sixty percent of the officers are members of the Yixing Society. Ninety percent of the civil service system there are members of the Yixing Society. Xu Ziyuan, who is responsible for transporting materials to the northwest, is not to mention. If Zhang Jia really wants to do something, I will keep him and die quickly. He's not such a stupid person. ”

"So I'm relieved, but there's one question, where does the money come from?" Gongsun Changming spread his hands and said: "This is not a small amount, Li Xiang, the city of Texas has not been fully competitive, but Dezhou is in our heartland, whether it is material transfer or personnel deployment, the cost is not high." Moreover, a year after the establishment of the city of Texas, he himself had a strong hematopoietic function, but if the city was built in the Hetao, it would definitely be impossible to have such an effect in the early stage, so the cost must be quite large. ”

"There will definitely be difficulties on the economic side, but in terms of the overall future situation, there are many benefits." Li Ze thought for a while and said, "You can make a statement about this matter, and then find a time to gather everyone and discuss it together." ”

"How do you reply from Zhang Jia?"

"Let him do the preliminary work first." Li Zedao: "His tens of thousands of troops are now idle except for a few people who have the responsibility of pacifying one side, and the rest can do some basic work first, let Guo Fengxiao of the Ministry of Industry send a team over first, no matter what the final result is, these early foundational work must be done, once the center has made up its mind, then it can be quickly rolled out." ”

Returning the document to Gongsun Changming, Li Ze leaned back in his chair, thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Xue Ping, you should join Yuan Chang and them now, right?" ”

"Count the time, it should be time. However, the Western Regions is far away, and no accurate news has been received. Gongsun Changming said with a smile: "Li Xiang doesn't have to worry about Xue Ping, this person has also gone through strong winds and waves." ”

"Although this person has always been against me, I don't know why, I still miss him!" Li Zedao.

"Except for the fact that this person is a little dead, whether it is his character or his ability to work, he is still impressive." Gongsun Changming said: "Li Xiang drove him to the Western Regions, isn't it also a love for him?" I hope that in the process of fighting with foreign tribes, he can take a longer view. ”

"I hope."

Gongsun Changming stood up and walked a few steps, but then turned back again: "Li Xiang, the way of being an official that you talked to the students in Wuwei Academy a few days ago has been published in the newspaper. It is a big article full of flowers, and as soon as this article comes out, it will inevitably cause a great shock to the officials of the world. ”

"I'm just talking in generalities, and the last person to write is Cao Zhang!" Li Ze said with a smile.

"The last signature, but Li Xiangyou!" Gongsun Changming said: "Only in this way will it have a greater impact, but I have heard that now all ministries and offices are discussing your article!" Wuyi Luoyang paper is expensive for a while, and it has been reprinted three times in a row, and it is still hard to find. Not only are the officials watching, but the students are watching, and the people are watching too, and if you go to a teahouse on the street now, what you hear is a discussion about how to be an official. ”

"Excellent! That's what I need! Li Ze said with a smile. By the way, Mr. Gongsun, that night, Yang Kai and I also talked about some other things, I think the two of them should also sort out a summary now, go back to them to have a look, discuss with them well, and see if there is anything to add. ”

"What's what?" Gongsun Changming asked.

"You'll know when you see it." Li Zedao: "Some immature ideas, there is no complete idea, I let the two of them discuss it first." ”

"I'm not very involved in the affairs of Yixing Society, right?" Gongsun Changming shook his head.

"Mr. Gongsun has assisted Zhang Zhongming to resist the invasion of the Khitan clan for more than ten years, and I think he will definitely have his own unique ideas for his family and country. We need to brainstorm ideas, and when Zhang Gong returns, we also need to think about how to integrate these with our long-standing culture, so that the vitality will be more tenacious, and the effect will inevitably be better in the future. This is the foundation for all eternity, and it cannot be overstated. ”

Hearing Li Ze say this, Gongsun Changming couldn't help but be moved, "In this case, I will go to Yang Kai and Cao Zhang when I go back." ”

"You're busy!" Li Zedao: "Next, Xia He will bring a group of people from the household department to come over to meet with me." ”

Zhang Xun held a sample of the Tang Weekly in his hand, walked in, put the sample in front of Li Ze, and said: "Xiangye, Doctor Yang and Cao Zhang both feel that they should print an additional issue of the newspaper on the topic of how to be an official. ”

Li Ze snorted, picked up the sample, looked at it, and said in surprise: "Hey, why are there still opposing articles?" Oops, or did it be written by Wang Duo Wang, what does this mean? ”

Zhang Xun said with a smile: "This is still Dr. Yang personally came to the door to invite him again and again, and Mr. Wang was willing to write, Dr. Yang said, just a one-sided voice, or not, there must be arguments, discussions, in order to make people have a profound impression, Mr. Wang is highly respected, has a high status, and has a sharp writing, which is the best candidate." ”

"Wang Lao Ken writes?"

"I heard that Dr. Yang promised to transfer Mr. Wang's eldest son to the headquarters of Yixing Society."

Li Ze laughed: "Yang Kai has made a bloody investment. He's not a drunkard, he's not drinking, he's fishing! Wang Lao has made a start, and there will definitely be people who will contribute in the future, so let's take a look! ”

Zhang Xun smiled and said nothing.

"How can I see that your face is full of joy, is there any happy event?"

"It's a happy event." Zhang Xundao: "Xiangye handed over the messenger of this newspaper to me, but every issue loses money, sells one and loses one, the pen in the newspaper, the inspection, and the workers, the money is less than the people who work outside, and they complain one by one, but this issue is a big profit, if every issue has such a good topic, it would be good." ”

"If you want to make money, there are many ways! Go back and ask Wang Mingyi for advice on how to make money! You're holding a golden doll and crying poor. How much does our newspaper sell per issue now? ”

"About 10,000 copies!"

"Well, Wang Mingyi will come over later, you can ask him for advice, let him teach you." Li Ze said with a smile.