"Yang Shangshu brought me a message, isn't he in the yamen?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Yang Dui's words, Yang Nong used to live in this yamen almost every day, and he didn't go back to rest even if it was ten days, so Li Xiu thought that he would have come back to the yamen a long time ago, but now it seems that Yang Nong is not here. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Uncle is inconvenient to go out now, so he can only ask me to bring a message to Li Xianjiu, I am afraid that he will not be able to come to the yamen to do things during this time, so the affairs in the yamen also need Li Xianjiu to worry a lot!" Yang Dui gave up again at this time, in fact, he had just come back today, and he wanted to go to Li Xiu, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to come.

"It's inconvenient for Yang Shangshu to go out, could it be that he, like other ministers, is fighting against King Qin in this way?" Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then reacted.

Although Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng, and successfully controlled the situation in Chang'an and even the Tang Dynasty, many ministers in the court were still very dissatisfied with him, and even very resentful, so many people simply stayed at home and did not do anything, similar to the strikes of later generations, but the effect was more terrifying, after all, the core officials of a country were on strike, which was enough to paralyze the whole country.

Hearing that Li Xiu had broken this matter, Yang Dui looked around nervously at the moment, and when he found that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said: "Li Xianjiu, in fact, my uncle has already seen it, no matter who is in the Tang Dynasty and what means he uses to take the position, he doesn't care much, but the uncle is one of the six Shangshu in the court, and now several ministers and six Shangshu are not in the court, my uncle is also the first bird at this time, otherwise he will definitely attract hatred, he is old and doesn't care, but he has to think about us juniors." ”

"I understand Yang Shangshu's concerns, don't worry, I will try to come to the yamen as much as possible during this time!" Li Xiu also nodded immediately when he heard this, Yang Nong and he can be regarded as New Year's friends, although this old man is a little utilitarian, but in essence, he is still a good person, and his official style is also good, so this kind of small favor like this is naturally nothing.

"Then thank you Li for the wine!" Yang Dui also saluted respectfully when he heard this, but when he said this, he saw Yang Dui look around sneakily again, and then lowered his voice again, "Li Xianjiu, the uncle has not been out of the house during this time, and he is not very well-informed about the outside world, but we heard that the King of Qin sent a large army to surround you and the princess before, it seems to be related to the family of the King of Qi and the prince, is this true?" ”

"Hehe, there is indeed such a thing, but the matter has been resolved, and the family of King Qi and the crown prince has been sent to a safe place by the princess." Li Xiu thought about it and replied with a smile, this matter is not a secret, so there is no need to hide anything, in fact, even if you want to hide it, you can't hide it.

"It's incredible, how did you and the princess protect the family of King Qi and the crown prince?" Yang Dui heard this, but stared at Li Xiu with a kind of admiration, although he was a few years older than Li Xiu, but Li Xiu could do these things, he didn't even dare to think about it.

"Hehe, in fact, it's nothing, King Qin just doesn't want to meet the princess sword soldiers!" Li Xiu smiled and said with a smile, some things are really inconvenient to say, especially although Yang Dui is a good subordinate, he is not a person that Li Xiu particularly trusts, so there are still some things that can't be said to him too much.

"I see!" Yang Dui nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, but he didn't ask again.

"By the way, some time ago, King Qin's army came and trampled on the wheat of many villagers, and now it's a little too late to replant, and it just so happens that our sweet potatoes and corn are also going to be promoted, so I plan to hand over the first batch of corn and sweet potatoes to the surrounding villagers for planting, what do you think?" Only then did Li Xiu think of the main purpose of coming to the Ministry of Agriculture today, so he opened his mouth to ask Yang Dui that Yang Nong was not there, and he could make the decision himself, but it was best to ask for the opinions of others, so as not to give people the impression of being arbitrary.

"I think this method is very good, everything is arranged by Li Xijiu!" Yang Dui naturally would not object to Li Xiu's proposal, he was very knowledgeable at the moment, and he also knew that the nearby fields were either the princess's or Li Xiu's, so that it would be easy to take back the corn and sweet potatoes in the future.

"Okay, the matter is settled, when it is warm in two days, you can bring a few officials to organize the distribution of seeds and seedlings!" Li Xiu immediately clapped his head when he heard this, and handed over the matter to Yang Dui, which also made Yang Dui very excited to agree, as a very motivated petty official, Yang Dui is not afraid of doing things, the more things he does, the more hope he has for promotion, but if he has nothing to do, he will feel very uneasy.

At that moment, Li Xiu went around in the yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture, and it turned out that there were really a lot of things waiting for Yang Nong to deal with, and now he could only do it for him, but fortunately, it was all trivial, Li Xiu picked a few important things to deal with, and then handed over everything to Yang Dui in the name of training his subordinates, and as a result, Yang Dui almost jumped up with joy, causing other officials at the same level as Yang Dui to roll their eyes.

However, as the so-called official level crushes people to death, no one dares to disobey Yang Nong's words when Li Xiu is not there, so Yang Dui has successfully become the third in command of the Yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture, although there are still many officials in the Yamen who are at ease with him, but as long as Yang Dui can handle the affairs in the Yamen during this time, he will definitely overpower other officials in prestige, and it will be easier to be promoted in the future.

After explaining the things in the yamen, Li Xiu left here slowly, but on the way, he was thinking that Yang Nong knew that he was a lazy person, but he still had to ask Yang Dui to ask him to handle the affairs in the yamen on his behalf, so Li Xiu would naturally hand over the matter to his old subordinate Yang Dui, which made Li Xiu wonder if Yang Nong did it on purpose? He himself was embarrassed to cultivate his own nephew, so he pretended to use Li Xiu's hand to hand over the power of the Ministry of Agriculture to Yang Dui.

"Old treacherous and cunning!" The more Li Xiu thought about it, the more likely it became, and finally he couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.

However, Li Xiu didn't have any opinion on Yang Nong, after all, this kind of nepotism in officialdom was inevitable, not to mention that if Yang Dui had no ability in his instincts, even if Yang Nong wanted to help him, it would be useless, and now he was just helping his nephew create an opportunity, which was already very kind, at least much better than those officials who directly appointed.

In the next few days, Li Xiu's daily life was also very dull, he got up in the morning and was urged by Princess Pingyang and Yiniang to name him, and he himself turned a lot of books, but he couldn't do Yuechan and his father so casually and freely, and he always felt that the words he saw were not suitable for his children, which also made him very distressed

In addition, every day when he had free time, he would also go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture to take a turn, firstly, not to live up to Yang Nong's entrustment, secondly, to support Yang Dui, and finally there was an important matter, that is, to distribute corn seeds and sweet potato seedlings to nearby tenants, and the officials of the entire Ministry of Agriculture also mobilized to guide those tenants to plant these two new crops.

However, the number of seeds and seedlings of the two crops of corn is still too small, and this year it can only be planted on the fields of Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang's family, but it is estimated that after next year, it should be able to be extended to the entire Xinzhu County, and then to the entire Chang'an periphery.

This morning, Li Xiu had just gotten up, and received a good news from the eldest grandson Wuji, and finally the news came from Jingyang City, Li Shimin defeated the Turks again, and drove Jieli out of the territory of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, which also made him very happy, and wanted to ask about the details, but unfortunately the messenger also knew limitedly, so Li Xiu simply rode into Chang'an and personally rushed to the eldest grandson Wuji's mansion to inquire.

"Haha~, I knew that Brother Li would come, come and see the good news sent by King Qin, it's so happy!" As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji saw Li Xiu, he immediately laughed, and then took out a report from the front line from his sleeve.

Li Xiu was not polite, and immediately took a closer look at the good news, but then he learned that it turned out that Li Shimin bribed Tuli and made Tuli leave Jieli and retreat alone, and took advantage of the unstable heart of the Turkic army to open the way with hot air balloons and gunpowder, which once again made the Turkic army feel confused, and then personally led 20,000 troops to fight back from Jingyang City, defeating the 60,000 Turks outside the city in one fell swoop.

In addition, there is a news in the good news that makes him even happier, that is, Jieli was seriously injured and has not recovered, and this time he fled in embarrassment after being raided by the Tang army, it is said that his injuries are aggravated, and he still doesn't know whether he is alive or dead? Moreover, after this great defeat, the Turks were chased to the grassland by Li Shimin in one fell swoop, not only suffered heavy losses, but also the contradiction between Jieli and Turki would be more serious, and it is estimated that they would not want to go south again in the past few years.

After reading this good news, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh out, and a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, and after a while, he raised his head and said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "The Turks have finally been defeated, when will the King of Qin come back?" ”

"His Royal Highness is already on his way back, and the army on the front line is temporarily under the command of General Cheng, and it is estimated that His Highness will be able to reach Chang'an in ten days." The eldest grandson Wuji also replied with a relaxed face at this time, as long as Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, he would not have to work as hard as he did now.

Li Xiu also nodded when he heard this, after Li Shimin came back, he would definitely start to solve the internal affairs of Datang, and it was estimated that Yang Nong and those people would soon perform their duties, and then there would be nothing for him to do.

"Brother Li, in addition to sending a good news this time, His Royal Highness has another thing, I hope Brother Li will do him a small favor!" But at this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly spoke again, but although he said that he was "a little favor", there was a very solemn expression on his face. (To be continued.) )