Li Xiu took over the financial supervision, and the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture naturally did not have the energy to take care of it anymore, fortunately, Yang Dui had stayed in the Ministry of Agriculture for many years, and he was familiar with the Ministry of Agriculture up and down, and he was actually in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture before, so after Li Xiu left the Ministry of Agriculture, he recommended Yang Dui to Li Shimin and let him take over the Ministry of Agriculture.

In addition, although Li Xiu is no longer in the Ministry of Agriculture, but after all, he and Yang Nong founded it, when Yang Nong died, his prestige in the Ministry of Agriculture is unparalleled, Yang Dui is half of Li Xiu's student, even if he has taken over the Ministry of Agriculture now, but when he usually encounters problems, he often goes to Li Xiu to ask for advice, and the operation of the Ministry of Agriculture is also business as usual, and it has not changed because of Li Xiu's departure.

The small bazaar in front of the Yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture has now developed into a small village and town, not only are the streets lined with all kinds of shops, but there are also many people living around, at first they lived here as families of peddlers, but later the rich landlords of the nearby villages also came to the town to repair their houses, and even the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture simply built their yards here and moved their families to live here, so that they could often reunite with their families.

"Don Ma, this place has already become a town, this speed is simply too fast, I estimate that in a few years, maybe the imperial court will set aside a separate county here!" Xu Jingzong came here, and when he saw the bustling town in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, of course, when he was in the Ministry of Agriculture, it was just a short street, but he didn't expect that the changes were so big now, and he was a little afraid to admit it.

"This town now has a name, and it is also given by our Ministry of Agriculture, it is called Xingnong Town, and there is a stone tablet at the entrance of the town, and the name of the town is engraved on it!" Li Xiu also smiled at this time and said, Xu Jingzong has served in the Ministry of Agriculture for a long time, and although he left, he has been staying in Chang'an City, only a few miles away from here, but he has never been here, so it can be seen how cold this person is by nature.

However, Xu Jingzong didn't realize it, but entered the town with Li Xiu with great interest, only to see that there were shops on both sides of the street, and there were many pedestrians on the street, most of them were residents of the town, as well as surrounding villagers who came to buy things.

It is rare that Xu Jingzong still remembered that Li Xiu liked to eat one of the Hu cakes, so he ran over very attentively and bought two Hu cakes, which were sandwiched with cut mutton, and the two walked around the town while eating.

"Pony, the person you mentioned before didn't want to be drawn from the Ministry of Agriculture, right?" Xu Jingzong looked at the familiar Yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture at this time, and asked again with some uncertainty.

"There are only a few people in the Ministry of Agriculture, even if they are transferred out, it is not enough for our bank, and the person I am talking about is the new school next to it!" At this time, Li Xiu smiled and pointed to the side of the yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture.

I saw that there was only a wall away from the Ministry of Agriculture, and there was also a building covering a vast area, this building was blue bricks and green tiles, and the houses inside were located, and from time to time the sound of reading came from the room, which was the new school established by Li Xiu at the beginning.

When Li Xiu built the Xinzhu School, Xu Jingzong had already left the Ministry of Agriculture, and he had never been to the school since, so Li Xiu thought that he must not know about this school, in fact, this is not surprising, after all, the Xinzhu School is all children from poor families, in order to be able to learn some things, and have a skill in the future, so the Xinzhu School may have some fame among the poor people in Chang'an, but for the rich or nobles in Chang'an, few people know such a place.

"A new school?" Xu Jingzong was stunned when he heard this name, because he vaguely felt a little familiar, and then suddenly showed a sudden expression and said, "I remember, when Li Ke, the king of Shu, was in Chang'an, there was a ridiculous time, saying that he ran to a private school outside the city to study with a group of children from poor families, I remember that the private school seems to be called Xinzhu School!" ”

"Yes, Ke'er did study here at the beginning, and I also opened this school!" Li Xiu was also very surprised that Xu Jingzong still remembered what Li Ke was studying here, but then he thought that although Xu Jingzong's character was not good, he was well-read and memorized, as long as he had seen or heard something, he would never forget it, and this alone was not comparable to ordinary people.

"I see, this school was actually opened by a horse, with the knowledge of a horse, no wonder the King of Shu came here to study, it just so happened that my son has also reached the age of studying, I wonder if he can also be sent here to study?" Xu Jingzong also showed a sudden expression when he heard Li Xiu's words, and by the way, he also slapped Li Xiu's sycophants.

"Haha~, Yan clan, you are too polite, this school is opened by me privately, anyone can come to school, I'm afraid you will dislike the things taught here are too shallow!" Li Xiu also laughed loudly when he heard this, and then took Xu Jingzong to the school.

The head of the school is named Tian Chip, or Yang Dui recommended it to Li Xiu at the beginning, in recent years, he has conscientiously managed the school, so that more and more students come to study every year, for this school has been expanded once, otherwise the school's classrooms are simply not enough, and some students with excellent grades are willing to stay and teach after graduation, so now the school has completed the replacement of the old and the new, and gradually formed a virtuous circle.

Li Xiu used to come to the school often, but since he took over the bank, he went out early and returned late every day, and he hadn't been here for a month, and now he took Xu Jingzong to Tian Chip's office room, and he didn't need to knock on the door at all, he just pushed the door in, and what surprised him was that there was a person in the room in addition to Tian Chip.

"Why are you here, colt?" Tian Chip also showed a surprised expression when he saw Li Xiu coming in, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and the other person in the room also stood up at this time, and also bowed slightly to Li Xiu, looking at his appearance, he seemed to recognize Li Xiu, and Li Xiu also felt that the other party was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen the other party?

"Brother Tian doesn't need to be polite, I didn't expect you to have a guest here, I don't know what to call this one?" Li Xiu first said hello to Tian Chip, and then looked up and down at the stranger in the room, only to see that this person was about thirty years old, with a wide mouth and a mighty appearance, looking like a martial artist, but his demeanor was very elegant, and he felt very contradictory.

"Under the official household department, Du Zhilang, middle and high Jifu, meet the concubine!" Without waiting for Tian Chip's introduction, I saw this middle-aged man take the initiative to introduce that the degree branch is one of the four branches of the household department, with one person in Langzhong, from the official position of the fifth grade, because the highest Tang officials are only to the third grade, so they already belong to the list of high-ranking officials from the fifth grade, and the degree branch is in charge of the statistics and support of the national financial endowment, which belongs to the absolute position of real power.

"It turned out to be Gao Langzhong, I said why do you feel a little familiar!" Li Xiu laughed when he heard the other party's introduction, in fact, he not only felt that the other party was familiar, but also felt very familiar with the name Gao Jifu, as if this person had been recorded in the history of later generations, but he couldn't remember the specific deeds of the other party.

It's not surprising that Li Xiu doesn't remember Gao Jifu's deeds, because this person is not as famous as the eldest grandson Wuji or Fang Xuanling, but he is also one of the prime ministers of the early Tang Dynasty, but Gao Jifu only became the prime minister in the last few years of Li Shimin's reign, and later assisted Li Zhi to ascend the throne as the emperor and became one of the most powerful prime ministers in the Li Zhi period, but he died soon after, in addition to assisting Li Zhi to ascend the throne, he did not leave too conspicuous deeds in history.

"By the way, since Gao Langzhong is in the household department, why do you have time to come to the academy today?" Li Xiu suddenly asked a little strangely at this time, and at the same time looked at Tian Chip, could it be that this Gao Jifu and Tian Chip know each other, so they are visiting friends today?

"This ......" Gao Jifu heard Li Xiu's question, but suddenly raised his head and showed a wry smile at him, and then said, "Donkey, the reason why the lower officials came here is actually because of you!" ”

"Me?" Li Xiu was even more puzzled when he heard Gao Jifu's words, he may have seen Gao Jifu a few times in the court, so he had some impressions, but after that, he didn't remember any intersection with the other party, how could the other party come to the academy because of himself?

"Hehe, I don't know, Gao Langzhong came to me today, it was to discuss with me to wait until this year's students graduated, hoping to allocate some manpower to their branch, just now Gao Langzhong also complained to me, saying that his little officials were robbed a lot by your financial supervisor, so he had to come to us to recruit some officials!" At this moment, I saw Tian Chip explain with a smile.

"Huh? This one...... It seems like it's really my reason. Li Xiu was stunned at first when he heard Tian Chip's words, and then couldn't help but laugh dumbly, he only then remembered that the officials of the financial supervision were all drawn from the household department, and the degree branch had the responsibility of financial management, and it was estimated that many of his officials were drawn from the degree branch.

"It's good if you can understand us, in order to set up a financial supervisor, our branch was not only transferred to a patrol officer and a director, but also most of those experienced officials were also transferred, and now it is about to be the summer harvest season, and our branch also needs to calculate the world's taxes, but I am no one available now, so I can only find a way to recruit some officials!" Gao Jifu said with a wry smile at this time.

"This ......" Li Xiu didn't expect that Gao Jifu was also coming for the students who were about to graduate from the academy, and he was also a little embarrassed at the moment, although there were many students graduating from the academy, but he was worried that it would not be enough for the two of them, but then Li Xiu asked with some curiosity, "How do you know that the students who graduated from the academy are suitable for being officials?" ”

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