"Haha~, as a young man, you are a little too modest in Li Saijiu!" Hearing Li Xiu's modest words, Yang Nong immediately laughed and said, and then continued, "The old man has already said just now, no matter which dynasty or generation, the Central Plains Dynasty is based on agriculture, but you see that among the six departments of the imperial court, there are the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, etc., but why has there never been a Ministry of Agriculture?" ”

"This ......" Li Xiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the question behind Yang Nong, he really didn't think about this problem, indeed, not to mention the dynasties before the Tang Dynasty, even the later dynasties were based on agriculture, but he had never heard of any professional agricultural institutions in the imperial court, except for an institution called Sinong Temple, but this Sinong Temple is mainly for the management of grain reserves, as well as the supply of rice for officials and other duties, although it is related to agriculture, but the scope of functions is actually very narrow, and the Ministry of Agriculture specially set aside in later generations cannot be compared at all. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu also began to seriously consider Yang Nong's question, Yang Nong didn't seem to be in a hurry, just quietly waiting for Li Xiu's answer, until a long time later, Li Xiu suddenly raised his head: "I was almost misled by Yang Shangshu, the imperial court did not set up a Ministry of Agriculture, but there was no need to set up a Ministry of Agriculture at all, take the six ministries, they are actually all revolving around agriculture, and the first priority of the entire Tang Dynasty is actually to develop agriculture!" ”

"The afterlife is terrifying! The afterlife is terrifying! I didn't expect you to figure out this truth in such a short period of time, no wonder King Qin wanted to win you over and over again! Yang Nong couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Xiu's words, and his eyes were full of appreciation when he looked at Li Xiu, this question he often used to consider the younger generations in the family, but no one had ever answered so accurately like Li Xiu.

Li Xiu was a little embarrassed by Yang Nong's repeated compliments, no matter how modest he was, even he felt a little hypocritical, so he had to smile and didn't say anything, but he always felt that Yang Nong seemed to have some purpose?

Seeing Li Xiu smiling and silent, Yang Nong hesitated for a moment and finally spoke again: "Li Xijiu, today you offer two high-yield crops of sweet potatoes and corn to the imperial court, I am sure that tomorrow the court will start arguing about these two crops!" ”

"Huh? What is the noise? Li Xiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, although he usually inquired about some things in the court, but he was actually a layman in the court, for example, today he was also the first time to participate in the court meeting, and it was the first time he saw the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty sitting, not standing like the film and television dramas of later generations.

Seeing Li Xiu's incomprehensible look, Yang Nong couldn't help but smile and said: "It seems that you still don't know much about the things in the court, but you can't be blamed for this, after all, people who are not in the court are actually very difficult to understand the things in the court, and even I, a person who has been in the court all my life, sometimes can't understand some things in the court." ”

When he said this, he saw Yang Nong pause for a moment and then said: "Sweet potatoes and corn are high-yield crops that everyone has never seen before, it is foreseeable that with the promotion of these two crops, the Central Plains will no longer have the danger of food shortage, this is a merit that will go down in history, although the biggest credit will fall on Princess Pingyang, and there is also the bearded guest who has traveled thousands of miles to get sweet potatoes and corn, and will also be admired by all the people, but in addition to these two biggest credits, Datang officials will also compete for the remaining promotion work, if it is done well." , and in the future, it will be remembered by future generations through merit. ”

"Yang Shangshu, there is one thing I don't understand, is it really important for officials to be famous in history?" Li Xiu also said a little strangely at this time, there are not many officials in the Tang Dynasty who are greedy for money, to be precise, the officials in the early Tang Dynasty were still very honest, but the officials of the Tang Dynasty are very good, and even do not hesitate to have infighting for the sake of fame.

"Leaving a name in history is not only important for officials, to be precise, it is very important for all readers, as the so-called goose has left a voice, people in this life are only a few decades, and they must always leave something, but whether it is money, houses, land, etc., these things may disappear in the future, only the reputation can be passed on from generation to generation among future generations, and I am not afraid of your jokes when I say it, even I, a person who has been buried in the loess, also want to leave some merits that can be said for future generations." Yang Nong finally said very frankly.

Hearing Yang Nong's words, Li Xiu also showed a contemplative expression, indeed, scholars cherish their reputation very much, for them, you can kill him, but you can't ruin their reputation, even a bearded man can't escape the shackles of the word "name", which is one of the reasons why he is willing to take the risk and run to the Americas.

Li Xiu was just an ordinary person in his previous life, in the environment of the later life, he just wanted to live his life well and protect the people around him, to put it bluntly, Li Xiu was actually a rather selfish person, and he didn't value reputation or anything, so he could understand the thoughts of Datang readers, but he couldn't really understand their inner feelings, which was also the main reason why Li Xiu couldn't fully integrate into the mainstream of Datang.

"Understood, Yang Shangshu stayed and told me this, did he also want to win the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes into his own hands?" Li Xiu was silent for a moment, and then smiled at Yang Nong.

"Haha~, it's simple to talk to smart people, the old man is a household secretary, and the promotion of agriculture should actually be in my charge, but corn and sweet potatoes are too important, it is no exaggeration to say that even if the Turks call now, it is not as important as this matter, so I am sure that His Majesty should organize people to promote sweet potatoes and corn!" Yang Nong laughed and praised Li Xiu, and then finally said his true plan.

"Yang Shangshu has been in the household department for many years, and he is proficient in agricultural affairs, I think His Majesty is likely to put you in charge of promotion!" Li Xiu said with a smile, understanding the reason why Yang Nong stayed, and he also guessed the other party's intentions, but he didn't want to take this trouble easily.

Seeing Li Xiu complimenting him casually, this made Yang Nong smile helplessly, it's not a good thing for people to be too smart, for example, like Li Xiu, who knows what he means but refuses to speak, this is obviously rejecting himself, but he won't give up so easily.

"Li Saijiu, I know you don't like to pay attention to the mundane affairs in the court, but the old man has a proposal, I hope you can listen to Li Saijiu!" Yang Nong spoke again. (To be continued.) )