On the first day of February in the third year of Yifeng, the Hexi army of the expedition to the Persian Gulf set off in Lanzhou, the main general Lin Chengbin, the deputy general Li He and Xiao Sanlang, the whole army totaled more than 21,000 people, all of them rode and traveled extremely fast, and on the ninth day of the second month of February, they had already gone out of the Yumen Pass, and they were killed to Tocharian (now Afghanistan) along the southern road of the Silk Road.

As for what will happen to the follow-up war, it is no longer something that Li Xian can grasp, not that Li Xian does not want to pay attention, but he can't pay attention, after all, the communication of these years is too backward, even if there are carrier pigeons, flying eagles and other means of communication, but it is too far from real-time communication, in this case, Li Xian can only believe in Lin Chengbin's ability and entrust the entire war to him. But he focused all his energy on the spring ploughing event.

No matter which dynasty, grain is always one of the most basic factors restricting national strength, as for spring ploughing, it is needless to say, a sentence "the plan of the year lies in spring" can well explain the importance of spring ploughing, Li Xian in the name of overseas grain promotion, has long been Shunshun local all the affairs related to agriculture are firmly controlled in the hands, the relevant deployment of spring ploughing has naturally become the focus of Li Xian's work, not to mention anything else, Just dealing with the excerpts from the state newspapers every day, it takes Li Xian to spend a lot of time and energy, even with the help of Di Renjie, Zhang Cambodia and other shrewd and capable subordinates, Li Xian is also so busy that he is dizzy, it is really up before dawn, and he has no rest in the middle of the night.

Physical and mental exhaustion is a trivial matter, but what really makes Li Xian a headache is the stubbornness of the traditional forces, in the northern states is fine, after all, there is a foundation of last year, the promotion of grain is not too much of an obstacle, the acceptance is very high, the vast majority of states and counties have completed the corresponding promotion of the task, the introduction of sweet potato, corn and other plants planting area compared with last year has a huge leap, has gradually replaced millet (millet), hemp and other traditional plants with low yield, especially Li Xian attaches great importance to the Guanzhong region, The planting area of overseas grain varieties is even more comprehensive overwhelm of traditional plants, but in the southern states, the promotion of overseas grain varieties is somewhat unsatisfactory, not only the people have more resistance/system, but also the state assassin level officials also have a lot of complaints, even if Li Xian ordered the document five times, and sent many special envoys to the states to inspect, but the effect is still not good, until Li Xian specifically ordered the next at the expense of fiscal and tax subsidies, this situation has only slightly improved, but the effect is still a little unsatisfactory.

Frustrated? There is a little bit, but not much, just because Li Xian has already expected that the promotion of new things is always impossible to go smoothly, but he is not too concerned, after all, the coming day is long, and many people who have introduced overseas grain varieties have tasted the sweetness, and things will inevitably take a turn, Li Xian is convinced of this, so he is not very anxious, the current focus of work is still on the Guanzhong area, not because the Guanzhong area is under the nose, easy to control, but for another reason.

Li Xian clearly remembers that in the previous life, there will be a protracted drought in Guanzhong next year, if the preparation is insufficient, the loss is quite terrible, not to mention anything else, in the previous life, there were as many as 200,000 people who died in this ***, from Chang'an to Luoyang on the road, the refugees who fell to the ground were connected from end to end, the scene can be described as miserable, Li Xian did not want to see the appearance of such a tragic situation, although there could not be a great drought in the spring like a god, but it was inevitable to secretly make adequate preparations, Therefore, whether it is the construction of water conservancy during the winter of last year or the promotion of overseas grain varieties this spring, Li Xian is personally involved, from the number of acres of fertile land planned to be planted, to the specific planting details, Li Xian has focused on tracking, and even the relevant plans for the warehouse grain reserves that should be made after the harvest have been made in advance, and it can be said that everything has been taken into account.

Things in the world are always so wonderful, often the more you want to do a good job, the easier it is to get out of the basket, and a thing is often a big thing, and this spring ploughing is no exception, no, early in the morning, Li Xianfang arrived in the study not long ago, and was reviewing the folds according to the custom, Gao Miao had already hurriedly walked in from outside, approached the front, and lowered his voice to report: "Your Highness, Zhuang Zhang's always come." ”

"Oh? Declare the resignation. ”

Zhuang Yong's identity is more sensitive, and there is no official presence, Li Xian rarely summoned him directly in the past, even if he had to do so, most of them acted in secret, this hearing Zhuang Yong coming at such a time, Li Xian's brows couldn't help frowning, but he didn't say much, just lightly ordered.

"No!"

Li Xian had already given the order, Gao Miao didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly answered the promise, hurriedly exited the study, and after a while, he had already accompanied Zhuang Yong, who was dressed in a green robe, to turn out from behind the screen.

"See Your Highness."

Zhuang Yong has always been a calm and calm person, but at this time, there is a hidden anxiety on his face, fortunately, the city is still deep, and he has not lost his temper to the point where he even forgot the number of courtesies.

"Excuse me, all of you will retreat!"

Although the irritability on Zhuang Yong's face was only a faint line, Li Xian could see it at a glance, knowing that something big must have happened, his heart couldn't help but sink, but he didn't rush to ask, but waved his hand quietly, and all the eunuchs who were accompanying him withdrew, leaving only one of Zhang Khan present.

"Your Royal Highness, something is wrong, Xiangzhou Assassin Wang Simiao impeached His Royal Highness, saying that more than a dozen families under his rule died from eating overseas grain, and questioned His Highness for blindly promoting poisonous food without careful study, which is a great loss of morality. In addition, Li Yuanjia, the governor of Luzhou (now in the Shangdang area), complained about Wang Fangming, the envoy for promoting improved seeds, who harassed the people excessively and forced others to plant overseas grain seeds, resulting in the death of several people, and his crime was unforgivable. In addition, Liu Wu, the assassin of Tongzhou (now Dali County, Weinan City), Huang Guogong Li Shu (son of Li Yuanjia, King of Han), and Liu Daming, the assassin of Caizhou (now Runan County, Henan Province), each impeached the envoy of spring ploughing for arrogance and disturbance of the people. Now this chapter has been presented to the Daming Palace, and the subordinates have not been informed of this news in advance, which is a great crime of dereliction of duty, and please punish His Royal Highness. ”

The situation was urgent, Rao is Zhuang was calm and calm, but at this time, he couldn't help but be a little out of proportion, and the attendants retreated, and before Li Xian could open his mouth to ask, he had already hurried to tell all the news he knew in one go.

"Huh?"

As soon as he heard Zhuang Yong say this, Li Xian couldn't help but be stunned, and a chill instantly surged out of his heart, not for anything else, just because Liu Wu, the assassin of the same state in the above-mentioned states, and Liu Daming, the assassin of Caizhou, are all members of the party of the Empress Wu, and the father and son of Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, have always been good to Li Zhen, and Wang Simiao, the assassin of Xiangzhou, is one of Li Zhen's henchmen. It's so aggressive, I'm afraid this level is not so good!

"Mr. Zhuang, is the news true?"

Zhang Cambodia was obviously taken aback by this situation, his face instantly became gloomy, and he hurriedly asked a question.

"Back to Mr. Zhang's words, the news came from the Daming Palace, it should be true, early this morning, several pieces of music are almost front and back, according to the time, at this time should have been presented to the mother."

Seeing that a wise man like Zhang Cambodia had also lost his normal heart, Zhuang Yong's already worried heart couldn't help but sink a little more, but he didn't dare to show it, so he could only reply respectfully.

"Eventful, this ......"

Zhang Cambodia is a wise man in the end, although he was startled by this situation, but he quickly calmed down, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he stroked the long beard on his chest, and muttered that he was going to plan about it, but he was only the beginning of his words, and was interrupted by Gao Miao, who hurriedly broke into the room.

"Your Royal Highness, the eunuch Cheng Gonggong is here, saying that the mother has a message to give to His Royal Highness."

Gao Miao didn't notice that the atmosphere in the room was wrong, and hurriedly rushed to Li Xian's front and hurriedly made a report.

Hehe, it's coming so fast, this old thief is so vicious, she even dares to make a fuss about spring ploughing, it's really damned!

There is no need to guess, Li Xian also knew Cheng Denggao's intention, it was nothing more than to convey that the Empress Wu urgently summoned Li Xian into the palace, this was to take advantage of Li Xian's unstable foothold and hit Li Xian off guard, but he knew that Li Xian really didn't run away, he could only suppress the anger and irritability in his heart, waved his hand and said: "Then go and deal with it first, and the palace will come later." ”

"No!"

As soon as he saw Li Xian's face was not good, Gao Miao noticed that the atmosphere in the room was a little wrong, and he was inevitably suspicious, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he hurriedly answered the promise and hurriedly walked out of the study, and went to deal with Cheng Denggao without mentioning it.

"Sir, the two thieves have joined forces this time, and the momentum is unstoppable, I don't know what Mr. can teach me?"

Now the situation is not good, although Li Xian is rich and quick-witted, he has come up with several ways to deal with it in a short period of time, but he can't talk about absolute certainty, and he has to throw the problem to Zhang Khan Zhi, who is thinking hard.

"One word - drag!"

Zhang Cambodia was not in a hurry to answer Li Xian's question, but after muttering quietly for a while, he gave the answer with a burning eye.

"Drag?"

Li Xian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then he pondered thoughtfully, and there was a faint strange glow in his eyes......