Cui Minshou reported on the situation in Hebei, Xu Shiji has an absolute advantage in terms of troops, but he is quite anxious about people's livelihood. Chang'an's ability in the people's livelihood made the Hebei scholars look forward to it, Henan, Jianghuai, Jiangnan in the war quickly restored productivity, that is, Shandong after planning, summer grain is winter wheat, autumn grain is mainly soybean, rice, millet, sorghum, but also completed a leap in more than a year.

Hebei also hopes that Chang'an can come up with a means similar to Zhancheng rice to gently and skillfully solve Hebei's dilemma; However, there are many people in collusion between the Hebei Shi clan and the Turks and Li Tang, and it will become a battlefield at any time, and Chang'an does not dare to use it even if it has the means, and more is to implement the Quyuan plow, and the government provides farming tools, and batches of ploughing cattle are transported into the ploughing cattle. Such a speed is too slow for the restoration of people's livelihood, Cui Minshou is very difficult to be caught in it, this time I went back to Chang'an in the hope of getting a new policy, but unfortunately Shangshu Province has no good way, Cui Kaiyuan pointed a way, and looked for Yang Chong in private.

Yang Chong also had no choice, but at night, he saw a young man named Ma Zhou among the Hebei officials selected by Cui Minshou, and wanted to check whether it was Ma Zhou who later became the prime minister. Cui Minshou is a little embarrassed to say, Ma Zhou is Cui Minshou's fellow villager, and he is indeed studious, but he is looked down upon in the county because of poverty, frustration and unruliness, Cui Minshou gave him an idle position as a Bozhou assistant teacher, but Ma Zhou did not go to work, and followed him to Chang'an with a dead face.

Yang Chong comforted Cui Minshou and said: "Those who are talented will be proud, you call him to meet." ”

Cui Minshou immediately went out to find his subordinates, and he and Yang Chong continued to chat, talking about the customs of Hebei; After more than an hour, Ma Zhou was taken to the Yue Palace. A carefree and somewhat scoundrel young man, of medium stature, dignified appearance, with an indifferent smile always hanging on the corner of his mouth; I heard that I found someone in Shannan Academy, Yang Chong waited for Ma Zhou to salute and asked, "Do you know Chang He?" ”

Ma Zhou was startled, and followed Cui Minshou to Chang'an, just to find Chang He's help to see if there was a better way out, which Cui Minshou didn't say, but how did Yang Chong, the king of Yue, know. Even if it is rumored that the hundred cavalry battalions have hands and eyes to the sky, it is impossible to take the unspoken words as intelligence, the only possibility is another more mysterious rumor, that is, King Yue has the art of measuring people, Li Shimin, Xu Shiji, Luo Shixin and others were still teenagers and even children, Yang Chong knew the talents of these characters.

Ma Zhou has interest, to be precise, he has confidence, Yue Wang Yang Chongri has all the opportunities, if he is not optimistic about himself, why bother to let people find himself, he can know that he is planning to find Chang He, which shows that the prince in front of him has thought hard by himself, according to the supernatural power, this kind of art of looking at people requires a lot of energy. Ma Zhou hurriedly replied: "What the prince said is that the villain originally wanted to see how General Chang He was doing. ”

Yang Chong understood as soon as he heard it, the person in front of him was Ma Zhou in history, Yang Chong continued to say according to his own train of thought: "Chang He has been transferred to Anding County, so you want to go and see if there are any acquaintances in Shannan Academy." In fact, there is no need to be so troublesome, you and Lord Cui Minshou are fellow villagers, and you can talk to him about anything, but in order to fight for breath, you would rather bury your wishes in your heart, and you don't need to be like this in the future. ”

Cui Minshou was originally a little unhappy, but when he heard Yang Chong praise himself like this, all his dissatisfaction turned into smoke; Ma Zhou's face really changed color, and all kinds of folk rumors thought it was an exaggeration, but today he really saw the ability and means of this Yue King, and he had nowhere to hide. Ma Zhou struggled and said: "Lord Wang, the villain admires, and if you have something, you can tell me." ”

Yes, Yang Chong nodded and said, "That's right, high-ranking officials are also people, it's not a big deal." Ma Zhou, I give you a chance, the famous general Pei Renji and his son Pei Xingyan both died in the hands of Wang Shichong, after defeating Luoyang, both of them were treated as generals who died with the army, and their families enjoyed the treatment of military dependents, the government has found Pei Xingjian, you go to Hedong and persuade the Pei family, that is, the Pei family in Hedong, to let Pei Xingjian's mother and son move to Chang'an Mozhuang, and I will appoint you as the school secretary of Yue Wangfu. ”

Although the official position of the school secretary is not big, it is much higher than the assistant teacher in Bozhou, and since then he has been a member of the Yue Wangfu, as long as he does a good job, he is not afraid that there will be no place to be promoted; For a person like Ma Zhou, who has no roots, it is no less than going out to pick up a gold ingot, and pies fall from the sky. But Ma Zhou thought about it and asked, "Lord Wang, this Pei Xingjian is so important?" ”

This is Ma Zhou, for a person who just wants to be promoted and make a fortune, he doesn't care what Yang Chong wants their mother and son to do, he goes to do things by himself, and the most important thing is to take office. Yang Chong said with a smile: "Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan are both fierce generals, Pei Xingjian must not be bad, I am just afraid that my family is poor and I will mistake that child." ”

Ma Zhouming knew that he couldn't ask anything, but as soon as he heard the fierce general, Ma Zhou understood that in the eyes of Yang Chong, the king of Yue, he was probably a character who could be compared with Li Shimin and Xu Shiji. Because of the examples of Luo Shixin and Su Dingfang, Cui Minshou also attached great importance to Yang Chong's move, and asked tentatively: "How is the prince going to place that child?" ”

are all smart people, confidants and relatives, Yang Chong does not intend to hide it, and said very bluntly: "I don't know, Pei Xingjian should be a good embryo, I can only provide a better environment for him, what can it be like in the end, I can't estimate it now, but talents are rare, and they must be cultivated from childhood." ”

Cui Minshou understood that Yang Chong couldn't see it, but because Pei Xingjian was a person from the Pei family in Hedong, there were too many uncertain factors; Yang Chong asked Yang Yanda to invite Cui Yao, and said sincerely: "I am going to redefine the doctrine of the Mo family in Mozhuang, so I need a large number of people with ambition and potential, and I have been arranging people to look for people everywhere recently. Cui Hongdan has the final say on the affairs of your Cui family, and if you have any good seedlings, you can send them over. ”

Cui Minshou hurriedly thanked him, Yang Chong was not particular, but the Cui family did not dare to agree casually; After Cui Yao came out, Yang Chong directly ordered the kitchen to eat. plus Cui Chuzhi, who was invited by another person, is exactly four people, with a table of eight immortals in the small restaurant, six dishes and one soup, accompanied by wine; Cui Minshou saw that Cui Yao couldn't drink, only to know that Cui Yao was pregnant, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, mothers are expensive by their sons, it is the unwritten rule of the Great Sui, no matter how capable Yang Chong is, it is difficult to change this, as long as Cui Yao gives birth to a son, the tangled situation on Boling's side will be changed.

(End of chapter)