A big problem was solved in advance, and His Majesty Li Er was in a happy mood again. As for Fang Er, as long as he didn't run away from marriage and slapped the royal family's face, it was nothing.

When this kid returns to Beijing, there will be no less than a marquis; The official rank, at least four grades!

His Majesty Li Er pondered and smiled. The rewards and punishments are clear, these rewards and promotions are what Xu Qilin deserves.

At this time, the people in the palace outside reported that His Royal Highness the King of Jin asked to see him.

For Li Zhi, the youngest son, His Majesty Li Er is favored and has always stayed by his side. But his cowardly character also made His Majesty Li Er not consider the possibility of Li Zhi inheriting the throne at all.

The crown prince Li Chengqian is disappointing, but there is also Li Sipang in Luozhou, in order of order, it is not Li Zhi's turn!

When Li Zhi came to the palace, he was courteous and courteous, and there was no, which was similar to greeting him. Although he is a prince, he only eats, drinks and has fun, and he is not even assigned a job.

The father and son chatted for a while, and Li Zhi casually talked about the banquet at the fourth brother's mansion yesterday.

Li Sipang returned to Beijing for the New Year, and it was normal to visit his father and invite his brothers and sisters to get together.

But Li Zhi mentioned Li Sipang's praise of Xu Qilin during the banquet, and sighed that without Xu Qilin's presence, the atmosphere of the banquet would not be as happy as last year.

His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard and said, "Speaking of last year's events, I thought of my son's choking. Now, I still have palpitations. ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Before the banquet, the fourth brother also specially instructed not to tell jokes. It can be seen that the fourth brother is also afraid of something happening again. ”

His Majesty Li Er laughed and said, "Qingque has been out of the domain for two years, and he has matured a lot, and his feelings for his brothers and sisters are not weak, very good, very good. ”

"The fourth brother has both literary talent and the ability to govern, and the sons and daughters admire him." Li Zhi said: "You should also learn more from the fourth brother. ”

His Majesty Li Er bowed his head slightly and said, "I am very relieved that the young slave can have this intention. ”

As he was talking, the palace people came in to present a recital, but it was the crown prince Li Chengqian.

His Majesty Li Er was a little strange, since Li Chengqian suffered from a leg disease, he allowed him not to make a pilgrimage, and he was relieved to recuperate and study in the East Palace.

It's almost the New Year, Li Chengqian is playing, is it an early New Year's greeting, or is there something going on.

After opening the song and looking at it twice, His Majesty Li Er's face changed. Emotions such as anger and anger poured out alternately, and he almost took the case.

Li Zhi also saw the change in his father's mood, but he didn't know how to react for a while, and stood up with some trepidation.

His Majesty Li Er glanced at his young son, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a forced smile: "There is nothing else to do, the young slave should retreat first!" ”

"Yes, the retainers are retired." Li Zhi bowed and retreated.

His Majesty Li Er's nostrils spewed out a heavy breath, picked up the song and looked at it carefully, slapped it heavily on the table, and said loudly: "Immediately Xuanzhong Shulang Du Zhenglun will enter the palace to meet him." ”

The palace people were all good at observing their faces, and seeing that His Majesty was showing signs of anger, they hurriedly agreed and ran to Xuandu Zhenglun.

Du Zhenglun, born in Huanshui Du, the same clan as Jingzhao Du, was admitted to Xiucai in the Sui Dynasty, and was awarded the Yu Cavalry Captain, and after entering the Tang Dynasty, he served as the secretary of the Qizhou Governor's Mansion to join the army, and entered the Qinfu Literature Museum.

As the team of His Majesty Li Er, Du Zhenglun can be said to have a smooth career and smooth sailing.

In the first year of Zhenguan, Shangshu Youcheng Wei Zheng recommended Du Zhenglun on the table, saying that his talent was incomparably ancient and modern, and he was promoted to a member of the military department.

In the second year of Zhenguan, Du Zhenglun was reappointed to the middle of the matter, responsible for recording the "Living Note", and became a close minister of His Majesty Li Er.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Du Zhenglun entered the worship of the Chinese scholar; In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Du Zhenglun and Wei Ting, the imperial historian, Yu Shinan, the secretary and young eunuch, and Yao Silian, the writer, went to the concert together, and was comforted by His Majesty Li Er.

In the tenth year of Zhenguan, Du Zhenglun once again served as the Zhongshu Shilang, and the prince's left concubine, and gave him the title of Marquis of Nanyang County.

Not only became a marquis, Du Zhenglun was also the prince's teacher, which shows that His Majesty Li Er has faith in him. When Li Chengqian ascended the throne, he would become the emperor.

entrusted Du Zhenglun with a heavy responsibility precisely because of his loyalty. His Majesty Li Er believes that with the assistance of loyal and upright ministers, the crown prince Li Chengqian will definitely be able to grow up well and become his qualified successor.

But Li Chengqian is becoming more and more uncompetitive, and it is impossible for those things he has done not to be known to His Majesty Li Er.

For this reason, His Majesty Li Er summoned Du Zhenglun alone and told him: "My son's illness is a problem. But there is no reputation, I don't hear about loving the virtuous and kind, and I am privately leading, and most of them are villains, and I can see them. If you can't tell me, you have to sue me. ”

Changed to the vernacular text of later generations, it is "The prince's foot disease is a trivial matter, but if you can get close to the villain, you will not have a good reputation." Hello always advises him to get rid of his bad habits. If he doesn't listen, come and tell me. ”

Du Zhenglun got His Majesty Li Er's secret order, and he really did his best. But Li Chengqian has become a troubled young man, and let Du Zhenglun break his heart and wear out his mouth, he only listens to the wind.

So, Du Zhenglun, who had no tricks and no tricks, made a trump card and told Li Chengqian the words of His Majesty Li Er, and the meaning was very clear, "If you are not honest, I will tell your father to go." ”

This should be a routine for future generations of teachers to find parents, and many bear children are afraid of this. But Li Chengqian was different, he even went up to defend himself.

In this way, it will be very difficult for His Majesty Li Er. Although he is dissatisfied with Li Chengqian, this has not yet been shown on the surface. Li Chengqian's defense completely lifted the contradiction between father and son.

Okay, although I am the crown prince and your son, but you are dissatisfied with me, you sent someone to spy on me, are you such a father?

His Majesty Li Er probably wants to say: I am just not satisfied with your behavior, and it is also for your good to send people to monitor and persuade you, why don't you understand my hard work!

But how can things be so simple, His Majesty Li Er can't let outsiders know that he is already dissatisfied with the prince and doesn't trust him.

Therefore, His Majesty Li Er can only be angry with Du Zhenglun. You have such a big mouth, you sold Lao Tzu.

Later generations always say that His Majesty Li Er's education failed, what tiger and wolf education is wrong, and what is wrong with connivance and spoiling. But if you want to spread it on yourself, you may not be stronger than His Majesty Li Er!

Let's just say that the parents of later generations, how many of them have been made crazy by the rebellious bear children. This education expert said that he could guide him, and that expert said that he wanted to have a heart-to-heart relationship with his children, but did it really work?

When Du Zhenglun arrived in a hurry, His Majesty Li Er was still angry, and he asked, "Why did you leak my secret words to the prince?"

Du Zhenglun was stunned for a moment, then bowed down and replied: "I can't enlighten him, so I use Your Majesty's words to scare him, hoping that he will be afraid, or he will be anti-good." ”

Your broken son, he doesn't eat oil and salt, and he doesn't listen to what he says, so I use your words to scare him. Wouldn't it be nice if he was scared!

His Majesty Li Er rolled his eyes at that time, but he couldn't say anything else for a while.

Du Zhenglun is also very helpless, what did you say when you let Du Zhenglun be the prince's teacher? What is ambitious, broad-minded, able to adhere to the right path, and has such an excellent character, so that he is entrusted with the important task of educating the prince.

In other words, Du Zhenglun did a good job in the first few years, but who knew that Li Chengqian suddenly became a problem youth, more and more unbearable, and he didn't listen to anyone!

To say that Du Zhenglun is also in line with the original intention of educating the prince well, he is a responsible teacher. If you turn a blind eye and let Li Chengqian develop crookedly, there may be no such.

His Majesty Li Er took a few heavy breaths, not wanting to say that the crown prince Li Chengqian was unscrupulous in front of the palace people, and it was even more difficult to blame Du Zhenglun.

"Retire!" His Majesty Li Er waved his hand and waved Du Zhenglun away.

Although there was no scathing reprimand, His Majesty Li Er still wanted to punish Du Zhenglun, and "leaking the forbidden Chinese language" was a real crime.

Du Zhenglun went home with his front foot, and received an edict with his back foot, and he was released as the history of Guzhou Thorn.

Since then, Du Zhenglun has been wandering around the poor areas of the old and the young. First the assassination of Guzhou, then the governor of Jiaozhou, and finally Li Chengqian's rebellion, this unlucky buddy was implicated again and exiled to Yuzhou (now in Vietnam).

The news spread quickly, mainly because it was too sudden, and His Majesty Li Er didn't let Lao Du have a good time for many years. After all, he was an important minister of the imperial court, but he was kicked out of Beijing all of a sudden.

Li Sipang has eyes and ears in the capital, and even in the palace, so he naturally knows the inside story better than others.

Hehe, this prince's brother is really dead and doesn't explain, even loyal ministers like Du Zhenglun have been cheated by him.

However, wouldn't the father's treatment like this frighten others, and who would dare to advise Li Chengqian? No one cares, isn't Li Chengqian even more crazy?

Thinking of this, Li Sipang laughed out loud.

Just as Xu Qilin said, he doesn't have to fight at all, just do his duty, and wait steadily for the prince's brother to lose, and the throne will naturally fall to him.

To fight is not to fight, and not to fight is to fight. Sure enough, it is a wise saying, and it is only now that it can be regarded as a thorough understanding and a thorough understanding.

In the study, he was secretly snickering, and a guard came in to report, and Chai Lingwu, the commander of the horses, asked to see him outside.

Li Sipang thought for a while and said to the guard: "Let's just say that I have a headache from a lonely night, and I am recuperating, so it is inconvenient to meet guests." ”

The guards took the order and left, Li Sifat pouted, and he didn't have the ability to stick it up, so he didn't have the ability to be as dead as Chai Lingwu!

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What happened in Jingshi, Xu Qilin didn't know. Anyway, it doesn't have much to do with him, and if you know it, you will only despise His Majesty Li Er.

If your own son does not teach well, he will anger others. If you say that you want to take Li Chengqian with you, teach by word and deed, and supervise at all times, maybe it won't come to this point, right?

I don't know what the experts said in later generations, parents are the best teachers for their children.

Xu Qilin has had these ideas and conclusions for a long time, but this is not something he can manage and should manage. Li Chengqian is definitely going to be finished, Li Sipang can help if he can, and help if he can, as long as he is not a scumbag Li Zhi.

At this time, Xu Qilin was talking about important things with Feng Zhidai, who had come back happily, in the study.

Feng Zhidai had already read the information documents given to him by Xu Qilin, which showed the planting cost and yield of cotton, as well as the price of finished textile products after they were sold.

It stands to reason that these are trade secrets. Xu Qilin did not agree to the Feng family's idea of planting cotton before, but now he showed him this, and it seemed that there had been some changes.

Facing Feng Zhidai's somewhat puzzled gaze, Xu Qilin stretched out his hand and clicked on the documents, and said with a smile: "Brother Feng has seen these data, what do you think?" ”

Feng Zhidai replied quickly and briefly, "It is very profitable, and it is an industry that can last for a long time. ”

Xu Qilin nodded and said, "Compared with customs duties, it is inferior!" ”

Hey? Why is it about tariffs again, is it that the matter of the city department has already been resolved?

Feng Zhidai's eyes lit up and said, "Qi Lin's words are wrong! Customs duties should be the income of the imperial court, and the Feng family is a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, how dare they care about how much? ”

Xu Qilin smiled and waved his hand, and said, "It's just you and me, so you don't have to be so cautious." Let's tell Brother Feng the truth, the imperial court's delay in allowing the establishment of the city department in Guangzhou is due to the consideration of some particularities of the Feng family in Lingnan. ”

"Although the Feng family is in Lingnan and has a long road, they are ministers of the Tang Dynasty and are not special." Feng Zhidai hurriedly defended, with an expression of fear of causing trouble.

Xu Qilin rolled his eyes, feeling that this Feng Zhidai was too timid to stay in the capital, but this was also the helplessness of someone's family.

After a deep sigh, Xu Qilin said: "The imperial court has allowed the cotton seed to be planted in Lingnan. In addition, the cotton spinning workshop of Dayingku will also send good hands to assist the Feng family to build a weaving workshop. ”

Feng Zhidai was overjoyed in his heart, and indiscriminately thanked His Majesty thousands of miles away, but he also knew that there was something to come, so he asked first: "What about the establishment of the City Department in Guangzhou?" ”

Xu Qilin smiled faintly and said, "If the Feng family is really loyal, let's play it again!" ”

As it is, the exchange of benefits can be regarded as compensation for the recovery of tariffs.

Feng Zhidai breathed a sigh of relief, this is not easy to say, as long as both parties understand it in their hearts.

"Thank you Qi Lin for mediating this." Feng Zhidai got up, gave a deep salute, and said: "Solve the worries of the imperial court and forgive the heart of the Feng family." ”

Xu Qilin smiled, got up to help each other, and said: "I didn't do anything in this matter, it was all Your Majesty's wisdom and understanding. ”

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty is wise." Feng Zhidai nodded again and again, and said, "I will send someone to pass on the book to my father, and I will leave to return to Beijing in a few days." ”

Xu Qilin said: "After spending this year with a certain person, you can bring cotton seeds back, and don't delay planting this year." Here I picked a few more good hands for Brother Feng and went to Lingnan to guide planting. ”

"Thank you Qi Lin again for bothering to arrange it." Feng Zhidai went to his heart, his mental state was very different, and he smiled heartily.

Xu Qilin still had something to do, and said: "The Feng family has sea trade, so they can introduce more foreign crops. For example, rice, it seems to be a small country in the South Seas, what Cham or Zhenla, or other countries, there are good varieties that can be harvested two or three times a year. ”

Champa rice is a high-yielding, early-maturing, drought-tolerant rice variety produced in the Indochina Peninsula, which was introduced to China during the Song Dynasty and quickly spread in the Jiangnan region.

According to ancient Chinese records, Champa rice has many characteristics. One is "drought tolerance". The second is strong adaptability, "born regardless of location". Third, the growth period is short, only more than 50 days from planting to harvesting.

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