Li Yuanji's remarks basically set a general conclusion for this matter.

According to the unspoken rules of the Sui and Tang dynasties, after the death of the general minister, he would posthumously seal a thorn history, or posthumously confer a first-class title.

And there is no grudge between Li Yuanji and Pei Ju, and Pei Ju was still so hard working before, although his ability is limited.

Therefore, it is certain that Pei Ju will be posthumously sealed, and you can guess the result almost without thinking about it.

A county duke, reasonable, and impeccable.

Soon, the Ministry of Rites came up with a specific plan according to Li Yuanji's request.

Pei Ju's title has been decided, the prince of Hedong County, the history of Jiangzhou Thorn, and the title of respect.

However, these titles are useless, the Duke of Hedong County is just an honorary title, and it only means that this Pei Ju is qualified to arrange the funeral with the gift of the County Prince.

His successor could not inherit the title of the county duke, on the contrary, he could not even inherit the county duke of Anyi, and he had to follow the rules and descend to one level of inheritance.

As the emperor, Li Yuanji was not suitable to attend Pei Ju's funeral, but he just sent some people over to express his meaning.

It's Li Yuan, who doesn't care about his identity and wants to give this old friend a ride, a emperor who Li Yuanji doesn't control at all, if he wants to do something, no one can really stop him.

Even when Li Yuanji knew about this, he could only wave his hand, and asked people to take some glass balls and give them to Li Yuan, and give them to Pei Ju as burial goods.

Although the glass ball is not valuable, in this world, it is still priceless, and taking this thing will also make Li Yuan have more face.

Of course, as for whether Pei Ju's tomb will be stolen, this Li Yuanji can't care.

You can't refrain from reacting for fear of theft, it's not appropriate.

……

After receiving the edict from the imperial court, Huangfu Wuyi did not stop at all, but simply packed up and took his servants all the way north.

It had been so long since he left Chang'an that he had forgotten what his home was like.

The road on the way was not easy, and it took Huangfu Wuyi half a month to rush back to Chang'an.

But the first thing he did when he returned to Chang'an was not to go home to visit his long-missed old mother, wife and children, but to go straight to Pei Ju's cemetery outside the city, first to his predecessor to pay respects, and then go directly to the palace to see the emperor.

The feeling of exhaustion has always hung on his face.

Although Huangfu Wuyi tried his best to make himself look normal, he could not completely hide the exhaustion after half a month of traveling.

Li Yuanji grasped the traces of the emperor's innocence, and at the same time couldn't help but have some appreciation for this upright old minister.

"Qing returned to Chang'an this time, why didn't you go home to visit your mother first?" Regarding Huangfu Wuyi's actions, Li Yuanji was very curious.

There are generally two kinds of people who do this, one is a tendon and the whole heart is devoted to work, and the other is made to show others.

Judging from Huangfu Wuyi's performance in Shudi, he is likely to be the first kind of person, because Li Jing's performance has already been sent, what is the real situation in Shudi, the secret guard, the imperial history, plus Li Jing, the three channels have confirmed that Huangfu Wuyi is indeed a talent.

"The minister knows that it is not easy for His Majesty, and it is not easy to know Pei Gong, please forgive Your Majesty, and the minister did not come to see Your Majesty first!" Huangfu Wuyi looks honest and discreet.

Speaking or something gives people a very down-to-earth, very realistic feeling, not at all like my uncle, you can feel a pompous feeling with a mouth.

"The country and the world! I don't want to be the monarch who is scolded by everyone. Although he was very happy, he was also a little speechless, and continued: "Qing rushed all the way from Shudi, it must be extremely hard, and the relatives at home must be sleepless day and night, Qing should go home to reunite with his relatives first, and then come to work." ”

Home, country, in this era, home is always the first, and the country can only be at the back of the home.

There is also a sense of national honor in this era, but the premise of all this is that when the family is intact, the concept of clan, which was a heyday in ancient times, is still in the future.

Li Yuanji can't change anything, and he doesn't have the ability to change.

"The minister does not dare to slack off, the family members are in Chang'an, and they can see each other every day, but the household department cannot be without an owner for a day, if today's attention, the people are treated, how can the minister drag down the state affairs because of family affairs? I beg your majesty to allow the minister to go to the household department tomorrow, although the minister does not dare to guarantee that he can do his best, but he will be cautious and smooth out the household department as soon as possible. Huangfu Wuyi's face was full of solemnity, in front of the example of his predecessor dying of illness in the position of Hubu Shangshu, what is his own hardship?

Pei Ju gave himself an example, and at the same time warned others.

And Huangfu Wuyi is not the kind of person who can abandon everything for the sake of his family, so he left his mother and went south alone.

After joining the Tang Dynasty, in the absence of a return date, he refused to take his mother, wife and children to Shu together, but left them in Chang'an.

In the heart of Huangfu Wuyi, the country is in the first place.

"With the help of the secretary, why should I worry about no one?" After saying a few words, the impression of Huangfu Wuyi is better.

As a leader, how can you not like this kind of subordinate who does not ask about the world and is buried in hard work? As long as this subordinate does not offend the leader by himself, he will never lack opportunities, and every leader's subordinates need one, or countless such talents who are really immersed in hard work, and one or two people are enough to give advice.

For more than a year, Li Yuanji didn't dare to say how good he had done, but with the natural advantage of his identity, his achievements have already surpassed Li Shimin's unknown number of times.

Now the people are giving themselves a thumbs up one by one, and they are worthy of their gratitude to the emperor for surviving the disaster for two years.

If Li Shimin is in this position and makes the same move, then the harvest will never be the same as himself.

Because it wasn't until later that Li Yuanji really understood.

In fact, Li Shimin is unpopular, and what the people really support is the crown prince Li Jiancheng, who has no good impression of Li Shimin, who killed his brother and imprisoned his father and forced his brother, and during this period, many people were inclined to the restoration of Emperor Li Yuan, or the overthrow of Li Shimin, the king of Qi.

Let such a ruthless person be the emperor, and no one knows what the future will be.

Although Li Yuanji is not the most suitable candidate, there is no one at this time.

In order to be able to quickly and comprehensively control the whole situation, I have made more than just policy adjustments to the people.

On the other hand, Li Yuanji also expressed sufficient concern for the family members of those officials abroad, and when there was a shortage of grain, although the amount was not large, it would not let them go to the streets to line up with ordinary people to receive porridge, and when there was no shortage of food, he would give a sum of money every three months, saying no more, no less, only 300 yuan each time.

It was this move that allowed Li Yuanji to gain a lot of people's hearts in a short period of time, the officials and the people were stable, and the military power in their hands was in their hands, and he was the emperor who was truly stable, which led to a series of big moves later.

Huangfu Wuyi is also one of the beneficiaries, although even Li Yuanji himself does not know, but the officials in charge below do send money or food to his mansion on time.

……

Far north of the town, under the long-lost tranquility, is the smile on the faces of the people.

The distant frontier area is more peaceful than the hinterland of Guanzhong, which is like a paradise in the Tang Dynasty.

There was no war, no chaos, and the garrison was constantly patrolling and training in the outskirts of the village.

Each village has also set up a defense team to be responsible for the security of the entire village, and Li Zheng is in charge of it.

On weekdays, it's fine, and the only task of the people is to run to the fields in a daze, smirking.

Then go to the ranch to worry about whether your naughty child is lazy.

The days are beautiful, there is more arable land, advanced farm tools, more rain, and the manure of cattle and sheep can be collected to make the land more fertile, and under various careful care, the yield is increasing steadily.

"Governor, there are too few ships, there are not enough at all." Cao Yu frowned bitterly, looking anxious.

After three years of development, the cultivated land has already been developed, and the raw land has also become cooked land.

The reason is very simple, there are few people, there is a lot of land, all of it is sufficient, there is plenty of rain, and the land is fertile.

And these reasons add up to a result, Zhenzhou has transformed from a large grain shortage a few years ago to a granary outside the Tang Dynasty.

The increase in grain also means that the price of grain has fallen, coupled with the strength of the government, prohibiting grain merchants from all over the country from entering the purchase, and the people can only sell excess grain to the government, so Li Yuanji also had to order to mobilize grain from Zhenzhou and replenish it to the Changping positions in various places.

The low price of grain and the fact that outside grain merchants were not allowed to come in to buy it made many people indignant in private.

Fortunately, the government did not block the road, although it was forbidden to sell grain privately, but livestock and the like were not within the scope of control, and the people could obtain huge profits by selling cattle, sheep, or horses, which was somewhat compensated.

Fortunately, every household can have a harvest of nearly 100 stone every year, remove what they eat, and save some just in case, so every household can take out the grain that can be sold in a year, more than 50 stone, and as little as 20 stone.

As for the price of grain, it has dropped from 500 yuan a month ago to 450 yuan now, which is more than 10 times lower than that in the Guanzhong area.

Of course, if we don't sell it now, the price of grain will be cheaper when new grain is harvested next month.

The people have a lot of food and have nowhere to store it, and the government also has nowhere to store it, which is very bad for Ma Zhou and the officials of Zhenzhou.

"If you can't do it, go by land!" Ma Zhou sighed helplessly, the people refused to sell it before, and now the new grain is almost ripe before they are in a hurry to sell, which also led to the fact that there were many ships and no place to dock some time ago, and now it is not enough at all, Ma Zhou is also very helpless, but there is no way.