"Yang Shangshu, I don't think it's necessary, how to promote corn and sweet potatoes, everything is decided by His Majesty, and I'm too lazy to die, I really don't want to participate in too much government affairs, so I can only disappoint Yang Shangshu!" Without waiting for Yang Nong to say his proposal, Li Xiu preemptively stopped him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Nong wanted to grab the credit for promoting corn and sweet potatoes, but he was not sure, and although these two crops were offered by Princess Pingyang, as long as anyone with a discerning eye knew that these two crops were actually brought by Li Xiu, and only he was most familiar with these two crops in the entire Tang Dynasty, so Li Yuan had to maintain a close relationship with Li Xiu whether he was responsible for promoting, and Yang Nong now wanted to win Li Xiu's support first, and as long as he showed this in front of Li Yuan, then he could get a huge advantage. Being able to think of these things in front of others, I have to say that Yang Nong is really a cunning guy.

"Li Saijiu, don't be in a hurry to refuse, in fact, no matter who is responsible for promoting these two high-yield crops, they will definitely have to come to trouble Li Saijiu for advice, and this matter is very important, officials who are not above the third grade can not be responsible, the entire court is counted, and there are only a few people, if it is someone else who is responsible for this matter, they may not have such a good temper as me, such as the Wei Xima that Li Saijiu saw before, he is a well-known temper in the court, Li Saijiu shouldn't want to work with him, right?" Yang Nong smiled again, not angry at all for Li Xiu's refusal.

"Wei Xima also has a chance?" Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a big head when he heard this, just now he had seen Wei Zheng's directness, and then think about his name in later generations, even people like Li Shimin were angry and had a headache, let alone himself, of course, Li Xiu still admired him very much, but if he was allowed to work with Wei Zheng, it would be avoided.

"Wei Zheng is not a chance, but a very good opportunity, you should know that Wei Zheng is the prince's henchman, although the prince suffered a big loss some time ago, but now he has turned defeat into victory, the prince's family has the upper hand again, and His Majesty is also interested in cultivating the prince's people, Wei Zheng is one of them, in terms of position, he is not lower than me, and even more so in terms of ability, and he is still younger than me, it can be said that in the entire court, the person who is most likely to snatch away the promotion of high-yield crops is him!" Yang Nong said with a wry smile at this time.

If Yang Nong is ten years younger, he is definitely not afraid of anyone arguing with him about this, but he is over seventy years old this year, and his energy is not as good as before, but the more this is the case, the more he wants to do things that will leave history by name before he dies, but unfortunately there are Wei Zheng in the court, which makes him more and more uncertain, and he can only use some means to achieve his goals.

"This ......" Li Xiu couldn't help but show a hesitant expression when he heard this, indeed, no matter who promotes corn and sweet potatoes, at least they have to deal with him in the early stage, after all, now the two crops are in his hands, if he really puts Wei Zheng's kind of tenacious person in charge, maybe he will force an official position on his head, and even force him to do things, with Wei Zheng's temper, I'm afraid no one will give him face, and he will suffer at that time.

"Li Xijiu, I know you don't like to deal with those trivial mundane affairs, so do you think this is good, tomorrow I will write to Your Majesty, just say that we have discussed a plan to promote corn and sweet potatoes today, in this way, Your Majesty will definitely be more partial to me, and I will do most of the things at that time, you only need to help a little from the side, how about it?" Seeing Li Xiu's indecision, Yang Nong spoke again.

"Then I don't know how Yang Shangshu plans to promote corn and sweet potatoes?" Li Xiu said a little uneasy at this time, although he was very lazy, the corn and sweet potatoes were obtained by the bearded father and son at the risk of their lives, and many crew members were sacrificed during the period, and they were related to the well-being of the people in the world, so he had to be cautious.

"Haha~, the old man knows what Li Saijiu is worried about, but although the old man is old, he is not confused, and it is difficult to promote new crops, easy to say, if you can ensure enough seeds, then you want to promote it is nothing more than coercion and temptation, and the temptation can make the people willing, and will not cause any resistance, but the effect is a little slow, and the coercion can only be pressed by the power of the government, although it will arouse some opposition, but as long as the people see the sweetness of high-yield crops, then the promotion will be much faster......"

"I don't think coercion is very good, the Tang Dynasty is newly established, and the people have just lived a few days of stable life, if the people are forced to accept corn or sweet potatoes by forceful means, maybe it will provoke some civil unrest!" Before Yang Nong finished speaking, Li Xiu interrupted, he didn't like the government's use of forceful means to force the people to plant corn and sweet potatoes.

"Li Saijiu misunderstood, didn't I say just now, if the seeds are sufficient, you can use the above two methods, but now whether it is corn or sweet potato, the number of seeds is very small, so now it can only be planted on a small scale, so my plan is actually like this, you can plant these two crops on the princess's fief first, and the women's army also has garrisons around, so you don't have to worry about safety, and it is also convenient for Li Saijiu to guide the farmers to plant."

When he said this, he saw Yang Nong pause for a moment and then said: "When the princess's fief is planted with these two crops, it is estimated that it will take a year or two, taking advantage of this time, we can let people privately release some news about corn and sweet potatoes, and even take out a small amount of corn and sweet potatoes to sell at a high price in Chang'an City, so as to attract the attention of most people, and then promote it step by step near Chang'an, and then promote it to all parts of Datang!" ”

Yang Nong just said a general idea, of course, it will not be so simple to promote corn and sweet potatoes, but there are a lot of things to do, but there is no need to explain these to Li Xiu, Li Xiu also understands this, and he also agrees with Yang Nong's general idea, in fact, this can be regarded as a lure, as long as the reputation of corn and sweet potatoes is beaten out in the past few years, I am afraid that everyone will rush to plant sweet potatoes and corn.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu finally nodded and said: "Yang Shangshu's plan coincides with Zaixia, since you are so determined, there is naturally no reason to refuse in Zaixia, you can do whatever you want, and you will try your best to cooperate in Xia!" ”

"Haha~, thank you Li Saijiu for your trust, with your words, the old man is more confident!" Yang Nong also laughed when he heard this, and his tone was also a little excited, although he has experienced several ups and downs in his life, but he has not made much achievements, he thought that he would be so mediocre, but he didn't expect to encounter such a great opportunity in the last few years of his tenure.

With Li Xiu's support, Yang Nong was in a hurry to go back and prepare to play, so he hurriedly said goodbye and left after chatting a few words, and Li Xiu personally sent him out of the door. He felt that this old man was still quite cute, although he was sleek but very frank, which made people not disgusted.

After seeing Yang Nong leave, Li Xiugang turned around and was about to go back, but he didn't expect to see Ma Ye come out of the gatehouse with a smile and say, "Why is this old fox Yang Nong here with you, what did you all talk about just now?" ”

"Uncle Ma, when did you come, why didn't you see you just now?" Li Xiu was also very surprised when he saw Ma Ye, he came out of his own gatehouse, and it was estimated that he should not have just arrived.

"I've been here for a long time, but I saw you and Old Fox Yang chatting in the living room, so I didn't go in, what's the matter, what is the matter with this old fox looking for you?" Ma Ye asked with a smile.

"How did Yang Shangshu become an old fox in your mouth, although he is a little sleek, but I think he is quite good." Li Xiu asked a little puzzled, saying that he invited Ma Ye into the living room, and Yuechan also sent tea at this time.

"You're not in the court, of course you don't know what kind of person Yang Nong is." I saw Ma Ye take a sip of tea, and then he spoke again, "Maybe you don't know, Yang Nong is an evergreen tree in the court, when he was in the former Sui Dynasty, he did the position of the head of the household department, and later we established the Tang Dynasty, he still served as the head of the household department, you must know that there are only six books in the court, last time Lao Wu wanted to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and asked you to help, but Yang Nong is just a subordinate, but he can sit in the high position of the head of the head of the household department at once, don't you think it's strange?" ”

"What do you mean?" Li Xiu didn't understand Ma Ye's intention by saying this.

"Stupid, how can Yang Nong, a subordinate, get so much trust from His Majesty?" Ma Ye glanced at Li Xiu at this time and said, as the domestic slave of the Li family, no one knows what happened better than him.

"Uncle Ma, are you saying that when His Majesty didn't have an incident, Yang Shangshu had a connection with His Majesty?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, if this is the case, then Yang Nong is really powerful.

"That's right, at the beginning, His Majesty was just a small Taiyuan stay, Yang Nong is His Majesty's backer in the court, His Majesty was able to deceive the Great Sui Court, thanks to his help, so after His Majesty laid down Chang'an, Yang Nong immediately changed and became the head of my Tang Dynasty, and don't look at his official position has not changed, but several sons have been greatly rewarded, and Yang Nong has always been known for being sleek in the court, never offended people, he is definitely a good man in the court, what is he not an old fox?" Ma Ye smiled and said a secret history of the year.

"I see!" Li Xiu also showed a sudden realization when he heard this, he found that chatting with Ma Ye often yielded some historical secrets, which I am afraid is something that can never be found in the history books of later generations, but this is precisely the truth of history.

"By the way, you haven't told me what he's looking for you, Yang Nong is notoriously unprofitable, and he won't talk to you for no reason." Ma Ye asked again at this time, he didn't bother Li Xiu and Yang Nong just now, he just wanted to know what they were talking about?

"It's nothing, it's nothing more than corn and sweet potatoes...... Li Xiu said and told today's story, Ma Ye knew that they had offered sweet potatoes and corn to the court this morning, in fact, he had been waiting for Li Xiu's news in Chang'an City, but he didn't expect Li Xiu to come back directly after the next dynasty.

"I see, this old fox's nose is really sensitive, and he found the key point at once, and he persuaded you, then he took a big advantage, and His Majesty is likely to hand over the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes to him." After listening to Li Xiu's story, Ma Ye also touched his chin and muttered to himself.

"Uncle Ma, in addition to being tactful, Yang Shangshu has how to govern, can you rest assured that such a big thing as promoting corn and sweet potatoes will be handed over to him?" Li Xiu still asked a little uneasy at this time, intuitively, he felt that Yang Nong was a good person, but he didn't know his heart, so he still had to listen to what others said about him.

"You don't have to worry about this, Yang Nong was able to achieve the position of Hubu Shangshu in the former Sui Dynasty, but not only because he was born in Hongnong Yang, but his own ability is also very outstanding, otherwise His Majesty will not always let him hold this position, so to speak, unless Yang Nong's body is not good, otherwise the position of Hubu Shangshu has always been his, with most of his life as an official, the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes is simply a trivial matter, and he only values the credit." Ma Ye explained with a smile that there is absolutely no simple person who can stand in the court for many years.

"Then I'm relieved!" Li Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ma Ye's words, it seems that his vision is good, Yang Nong's administrative ability is not doubted, but think about it, people have been in the court for nearly a lifetime, and it is really not good if they have no ability.

"In addition, Yang Nong's age is not young, although I am not very familiar with him, but I guess he probably wants to take advantage of the last few years to get some merit for himself, so he will definitely do his best to promote corn and sweet potatoes!" Ma Ye spoke again at this time, if his words were heard by Yang Nong, I am afraid that he would be impressed by Ma Ye, because he had never said these words to others.

Hearing this, Li Xiu was also more relieved, and at that moment he suddenly thought of Princess Pingyang, so he asked Ma Ye: "Uncle Ma, did you go back to the other courtyard just now, she fell asleep when the princess and I came back, I don't know if she is awake now?" ”

"I also just came from the other courtyard, the princess has woken up, and when I went to visit her, she was looking at the holy decree over and over again, and the smile on her face has never broken, to be honest, since she married Chai Shao, it is the first time I have seen her so happy!" Ma Ye said with emotion at this time.

"That's great, I'll go see the princess now!" Li Xiu couldn't help but be excited when he heard this, and after speaking, he stood up and wanted to go out.

"What are you anxious about, the princess is fine now, and I came to you today because I actually want to discuss something with you." At this time, Ma Ye suddenly grabbed Li Xiu's sleeve and said, but when he said these words, his face suddenly showed a very complicated look. (To be continued.) )