Nie Sanniang has always been worried about Zhao Ziliang sending Zhao Ting to the Central Plains again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 A few days before the Chinese New Year, when the family was having dinner, she sighed: "Hey, it's been almost two months since Ting'er and they left, and I don't know if they have arrived in Chang'an. ”

Zhao Ziliang put down his chopsticks and said to her: "I said, why do you only care about your son, and you don't care about Xinping and Yining?" Don't care about the mission? ”

Nie Sanniang glared at Zhao Ziliang: "Of course I only care about my son, Yining has her husband - what can happen to my son to take care of?" Ting Er, don't I know that kid yet? He would rather suffer himself than let his wife and children suffer! Isn't Xinping still concerned about you, a husband, and I can afford to this idleness? As for the mission, that is a matter that the Government Council should care about, and I, a woman, really want to care about them, but I am afraid that some people will say that I, a woman, have interfered in politics! ”

"It's just a strong word!" Zhao Ziliang shook his head.

The eldest lady Chen Qingying saw the two arguing, and hurriedly played a round: "Okay, okay, what's there to be noisy, it's almost the New Year, don't say a word!" Lei'er, pour wine for your father, and allow him to drink an extra drink today! ”

"Oh!" Zhao Lei agreed, picked up the wine jug and poured another glass of wine for Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Zhao Lei and asked, "By the way, after the army squad comes back, your military position will be automatically relieved, haven't you been in charge of the planting and promotion of cotton in the Farmland and Water Conservancy Division?" How's this going? ”

Zhao Lei said: "After coming back, the child returned to the farmland and water conservancy department the next day to sell the leave, and began to ask about the cotton cultivation and planting and promotion, according to the child's understanding of this matter in the past two months, this year our farmland and water conservancy division planted 100 acres of cotton land, which is divided into five plots of land by 100 acres, respectively, according to different methods for cultivation and planting, the officials who carried out the experimental planting found that this thing is quite attractive to insects, and after there are more insects on the cotton, you can only send people to catch insects, and wait for the cotton tree to grow half waist high. We found that the cotton tree that had been plucked out of its branches would stop growing and begin to bloom, with the most flowers; And the number of cotton that has not been pulled out will continue to grow tall and long leaves, with few flowers, and the nutrients are absorbed by the cotton stalks and leaves, and of course there will not be many flowers. In addition, the distance between the two cotton plants is one and a half feet wide, too wide is a waste of land, too narrow is too much cotton to grow, if not weeding, the cotton number will not grow; If the cotton tree is blooming when the wind and rain are blowing, then the cotton peach will definitely not be too much, if the wind and the sun are beautiful, the number of cotton peaches will be a lot, the cotton harvest is mainly based on the number of cotton peaches, this thing is too fat, it has to be fertilized several times a year to maintain the fertility of the land, only relying on human manure fertilization is certainly not enough, but also must collect the manure of cattle, sheep and horses for fertilization, if it is too dry, it will not work, and it will not work if it rains all the time・・・・・・

Zhao Ziliang stopped Zhao Lei from continuing: "Okay, you write a note to me tomorrow, and you must write down the most suitable cultivation and planting methods, steps and precautions!" ”

Zhao Lei promised: "Yes, father!" ”

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, Zhao Ziliang convened the last military and political court meeting of the Western Qin royal court, after this meeting, in addition to arranging the necessary officials and civil servants on duty, everyone else will go home for the New Year on vacation, and wait for the official office after the Shangyuan Festival next year.

With a long signal, Zhao Ziliang stepped onto the throne, because the palace built by the mountain still has half a year to be completely completed, so Zhao Ziliang deals with military and political affairs in the original Jiedu Embassy, which is also the palace.

All the officials and generals clasped their fists and bowed: "Meet the king!" ”

"Excuse me!"

"King Xie!" The officers and generals retreated to the sides and stood up.

Prime Minister Liu Wei first stood up and saluted: "The king, for the founding of the country, all the official offices under the Government Council are making intense preparations, and now it has been two months, and all preparations are being carried out in an orderly manner, but the king has not yet set a specific date for the founding of the country, so there are many things that are not easy to carry out. ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "When will the construction of the palace be completed and when will it be delivered?" ”

Fan Yao, the deputy secretary of the Public Works Department under the Government Council and the designer and supervisor of the palace, stood up and said: "King Qiqi, the construction of the palace will be completed by the end of June next year, and it will be delivered in July next year!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was a little unhappy and said: "This king needs a precise date, not June and July, there are thirty days in a month?" What day are you talking about? ”

Fan Yao stubbornly said: "It will be completed before June 18 next year, and it will be delivered on time on July 16!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the officials and generals and asked, "The founding ceremony must be held in the newly built palace square, so it must be after July 16, but is it too hot to hold the founding ceremony in July and August?" ”

The officials couldn't help nodding their heads when they heard this, and began to talk about each other, generally speaking, when holding a major ceremony, they should dress neatly and dignifiedly, and the weather in July and August is too hot, and if they are too formal, too dignified, and too thick, won't they want to heat people to death? Thinking about it this way, everyone also thought that the founding celebration was not suitable for July and August.

Zhao Ziliang saw that everyone agreed, so he looked at Qin Tianshi Langzhong and asked, "Li Langzhong, which day in September is the auspicious day of the zodiac?" ”

Li Binggang in Qintian Shilang is the great-grandson of Li Chengfeng, the god of the Tang Dynasty, inherited a lot of his grandfather's skills, has a few brushes, he and Taoist Wang Ximing are the Taoist Taishan Beidou on the boundary of the West Qin, one in the court, one in the opposition.

Li Binggang pinched his fingers and calculated, then stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, the lower officials have calculated, the first day of September next year is an auspicious day for the zodiac, and it is suitable for marriage, sacrifice, and celebration!" ”

"If it rains that day, this king will only ask you!" Zhao Ziliang dropped a sentence, and then said to the officials and generals: "Since this is the case, then set the day of the founding celebration on the first day of the ninth month!" Liu Xiang, your government affairs yuan should prepare according to this day! ”

"Yes, King!"

Zhao Ziliang picked up the book on the desk in front of him and flipped through it, then looked up and said: "It's the end of the year now, let's first make a summary of this year's military and political affairs, and then the financial yamen will hand over next year's financial budget." Liu Xiang, you are the Prime Minister of the Government Council, you can first summarize what decrees and measures have been promulgated in Xiqin in terms of government affairs this year, what results have been achieved, what are the drawbacks and impacts! ”

"Yes, King!" Liu Wei immediately stood up and said a lot of things, speaking in an orderly manner, quick thinking, and clear speech. The officials of the Western Qin Dynasty were already familiar with the characteristics of Zhao Ziliang's ruling style, so they would be well prepared when holding both the big and small court meetings, and no one wanted to be accused of dereliction of duty by Zhao Ziliang in public.

After the Finance Office submitted next year's financial budget, Zhao Ziliang picked it up and looked at it, and said while looking at it: "Is the official office budget of the official offices of the royal court and the yamen too high next year?" Extravagance and waste are not good habits! The yamen of the official offices should not increase the number of offices and officials at will, once the people who eat official meals enter the yamen of the official offices, it will be difficult to let them go, after all, if you don't make any big mistakes, you can't cut people at will, right? Who else will serve this king? The salaries of officials and civil servants can be appropriately raised, after all, prices have also risen a little, and we can't always stay at the original salary level. And this, the founding celebration will be held next year, and the budget is only 300,000 yuan, not that the king likes luxury, so happy, how many birthdays has the king had over the years? Not once! Several newborn princes and county lords didn't even put on the full moon wine, and the eldest prince and the second prince didn't put on a banquet when they got married. This founding celebration is just like this, as long as the Western Qin does not perish, will there be another founding celebration in the future? Even if you want to save money, you can't let this founding celebration be too shabby, right? At that time, not only will the Central Plains Imperial Court send officials to watch the ceremony, but we will also invite envoys from neighboring countries to come to watch the ceremony. Where will the face of this website be put then? Where is the face of the entire Western Qin Kingdom? ”

"Yes, yes, after the dispersal of the lower officials, I will go back to revise it immediately, and strive to hand it over to the king before the year!" The official of the Finance Officer's Office immediately came out and saluted.

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "The things in government affairs are generally like this, but there is one thing that this king is more concerned about, that is, next year's cotton planting and promotion, which this king has been concerned about since the year before last, the Farmland and Water Conservancy Division has mastered a set of extremely feasible cultivation and planting methods and related precautions through this year's experiment, this king thinks it is feasible after reading it, then from next year onwards, it will be tried and promoted in various parts of the Sogdian Protectorate, if the harvest is not bad, it meets the expected standards, Then from the next year to carry out large-scale planting in the whole Xiqin range, the corresponding textile skill level also needs to be studied and improved, to harvest the cotton spun into yarn, woven into cotton cloth, made into clothes, cotton clothes, etc., in the future can make cloth and clothes not only hemp, silk, cotton will occupy a large proportion, its sweat and cold effect is much higher than hemp and silk, and even comparable to fur, but fur is more rare, but if we can improve the yield of cotton and have mature textile skills and cutting technology, Then cotton will become a very important source of income for the Western Qin government and the common people, we can not only use it ourselves, but also sell it to the south and the west, and even to the barbarians in the far north! ”