Li Xiu looked Shangguanyi in front of him up and down, and couldn't help but feel a little emotion in his heart, this young man who was a few years younger than himself was not only handsome, but also wrote good poetry, but he also won the Jinshi in one fell swoop under his own recommendation, which can be said to be the most dazzling one in the new imperial examination. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, the Jinshi subject is known as the most difficult subject, and there is even a saying of "fifty young jinshi", it turns out that the fifty-year-old jinshi is already very young, such as Shangguanyi, in addition to him, the youngest of the remaining jinshi is also in his forties, and the oldest one is even almost sixty, and his grandsons are older than Shangguanyi.

It can be said that Shangguan Yi was able to be admitted to the Jinshi at such a young age, which is simply a miracle, and what is even more rare is that he is unmarried, so many nobles in Chang'an City want to recruit him as a son-in-law.

"Cough, Xiaguan Shangguan Yi thanked the concubine, thanks to the concubine's recommendation, Xiaguan can be in high school!" At this moment, Shangguan Yi finally couldn't help but open his mouth to thank Li Xiu, and today several of them came to the Ministry of Agriculture to report, and finally saw Li Xiu for the first time, but after Li Xiu encouraged them a few words, he left him alone, and looked at him without speaking, which made Shangguan Yi also nervous, worried that this concubine had some bad habits.

"Haha~, you don't have to be polite, I recommend you just to give you a chance, if you don't have real talent and learning, I'm afraid the court won't take you as a jinshi." Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, last time he recommended Shangguan Yi was just a whim, but he didn't expect the other party to not only be promoted, but also assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture, it is estimated that someone saw Li Xiu recommend Shangguan Yi, thinking that Shangguan Yi was the person Li Xiu valued, so he was specially assigned it.

Hearing Li Xiu's praise, Shangguan Yi also felt flattered, and then said a few words of humility again, and Li Xiu pondered for a moment before continuing: "Speaking of which, you can come to the Ministry of Agriculture, which can be regarded as our fate, and the importance of the Ministry of Agriculture must also be known to you, although you are a high school scholar, after all, you are not familiar with the affairs of officialdom, so you must learn more and see more in the Ministry of Agriculture, and you must not be arrogant!" ”

"Thank you for the teachings of the horse, the officials should keep it in mind!" Shangguan Yi also saluted solemnly when he heard this, in fact, from the moment Li Xiu recommended him, he had already been branded with Li Xiu's disciples, this relationship is very special, and it is also very strong, no matter how far he can go in his career in the future, he must have a good relationship with Li Xiu, the benefactor.

When he was talking, he suddenly saw Yang Dui walk in to deliver the official document, Li Xiu immediately stopped him, and then pointed to Shangguanyi and introduced: "Yang Dui, this is the new chief Shangguanyi, and he is also a newly promoted Jinshi, he will be handed over to you in the future, he is relatively young, you can tell him more about anything, everyone is not an outsider!" ”

After introducing Shangguan Yi, Li Xiu introduced Yang Dui to Shangguan Yi and said: "Shangguan Yi, this is Yang Dui Yang Yuanwailang, the Ministry of Agriculture needs to use a lot of agricultural knowledge, which is exactly what you are short of, it just so happens that Yang Yuanwailang is a master in this area, you must learn with an open mind!" ”

When Li Xiu introduced Shangguan Yi to Yang Dui, he finally added a special sentence "Everyone is not an outsider", which also made Yang Dui and Shangguan Yi understand what he meant, and Shangguan Yi also hurriedly saluted Yang Dui, and then Li Xiu gave a few more commands, and let him follow Yang Dui out.

However, as soon as Yang Dui and Shangguan Yi went out, they saw Xu Jingzong walking in with a smile, holding a booklet in his hand and stepping forward to report: "Donkey, this is the statistics of the growth of sweet potatoes in the state capitals of Guanzhong, please take a look!" ”

"You can just look at this kind of trivial matter, I can trust you!" Li Xiu didn't take the booklet in Xu Jingzong's hand, but stepped forward with a smile and patted him on the shoulder.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Xu Jingzong's eyes immediately lit up, although Li Xiu's words were not much, but the deep meaning was intriguing, and he immediately spoke: "Thank you for your trust, the lower officials will do their best to help the horses manage the Ministry of Agriculture!" ”

Seeing Xu Jingzong show his loyalty again, Li Xiu also nodded with satisfaction, and then he asked the other party to sit down, and then said with a smile: "Yan clan, we have known each other for a long time, and you should also know that I am a person who doesn't like to take care of things!" ”

"The horse has elegant ambitions, not comparable to ordinary people, and it is normal to dislike these mundane affairs!" Xu Jingzong heard Li Xiu's words and immediately agreed, in fact, he did understand Li Xiu's temperament, and knew that he didn't like to be entangled in mundane affairs, but this also made him even more excited, because Li Xiu didn't like to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture, and he always needed someone to take care of it, and he was Li Xiu's deputy, and the only one who could pose a threat to him was probably only Yang Dui, who was also a foreigner with him.

"Haha~, I can't talk about lofty ambitions, it's just that I'm particularly lazy and don't like to be constrained by some things, but the Ministry of Agriculture has a lot to do, so before Yang Gong died, I also had to pick up this burden, but now with you and Yang Dui, you can help me share more!" Li Xiu finally said his psychological words at this time.

The reason why Li Xiu recruited Xu Jingzong into the Ministry of Agriculture was to give Xu Jingzong some sweetness, after all, the other party was very hard at eating locusts last time, although eating locusts has not yet formed a trend, but it has already had a huge impact among scholars, and I believe that there will always be a time to change the psychology of ordinary people who are afraid of locusts like gods.

In addition, Li Xiu also took a fancy to Xu Jingzong's ability, he didn't want to let the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture tie his hands and feet, Yang Dui was too young, and it was nothing to deal with the internal affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture, but the Ministry of Agriculture needed to coordinate with other official yamen in the Tang Dynasty, and there was some lack of ability in this regard, but Xu Jingzong was a delicate figure, which could just make up for Yang Dui's weaknesses.

"Thank you for the importance of the horses, the Ministry of Agriculture is related to the food and clothing of the people in the world, and the officials will live up to the high expectations of the horses!" Hearing Li Xiu tell him so bluntly that letting him help share the burden of the Ministry of Agriculture is actually to divide the power of the Ministry of Agriculture between him and Yang Dui, how can he not be excited.

Seeing Xu Jingzong so excited, Li Xiu couldn't help but be a little worried, and decided to beat him at the moment, so he spoke again: "You and Yang Dui are my deputies, Yang Dui is proficient in farming, and he is also very familiar with the habits of corn and sweet potatoes, so in the future, the internal affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture will be handed over to him to deal with, and the communication and coordination between the Ministry of Agriculture and the outside world will all be handed over to you to deal with, if you can't make up your mind about something, it's not too late to find me again!" ”

The reason why Li Xiu divided things so clearly was mainly because he was afraid that Xu Jingzong and Yang Dui would fight for power, after all, this guy was not a fuel-efficient lamp, in contrast, although Yang Dui was capable, but when it came to the intrigues and tricks in the officialdom, he was not Xu Jingzong's opponent, so Li Xiu had to explain it clearly.

Sure enough, hearing that Li Xiu was just handing over the matter of communication and coordination between the Ministry of Agriculture and the outside to himself, this made Xu Jingzong's eyes also show a little disappointment, he thought that Li Xiu would let him monopolize the power of the Ministry of Agriculture, but he didn't expect that Yang Dui would still be responsible for the internal affairs, but he quickly returned to his usual words: "Don't worry, the lower officials understand, and they will work together with Yang Yuanwailang to manage the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture in the future!" ”

"With your words from the Yan clan, I will be relieved, you can worry more about it these days, be familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture, and when you and Yang Dui can take on the important task of the Ministry of Agriculture, I will be able to rest assured!" Li Xiu smiled again, Xu Jingzong is a smart person, and with his pressure, he doesn't dare to do anything out of bounds.

Hearing that Li Xiu simply gave him half of the real power of the Ministry of Agriculture, Xu Jingzong was also overjoyed, and immediately thanked Li Xiu again, and by the way, slapped Li Xiu a few sycophants, and then went out happily.

Waiting for Xu Jingzong to leave, Li Xiu simply called Yang Dui in again, and then told him his plan again, in fact, Li Xiu had talked about these things to Yang Dui before, but it was not as clear as what he said today, and now he directly picked it out, although Yang Dui was surprised, he also quickly accepted it, after all, he was the person who knew Li Xiu best in the Ministry of Agriculture, and knew that he would definitely not be like his uncle, who trapped himself in the Ministry of Agriculture every day.

Finally stayed up until the afternoon, Li Xiu immediately packed up his things and went home, Xu Jingzong and Shangguanyi usually live in the Ministry of Agriculture, and now the locusts have just passed, it is the busiest time for the Ministry of Agriculture, so they sometimes have to light up the lights at night to work, of course, Li Xiu, as the boss of the Ministry of Agriculture, naturally does not need to work overtime.

As soon as Li Xiu returned home, he immediately saw Ma Ye sitting under the sycamore tree in the yard with a teapot in one hand and a fan in the other, and seemed to be humming a little song in his mouth, which looked very leisurely, which made Li Xiu curious, and immediately stepped forward and smiled: "Uncle Ma, what is so happy, is there progress between you and the county lord?" ”

The relationship between Ma Ye and the county lord of Guanghua is also becoming more and more stable, and they should have even married a long time ago, but the eldest princess of Tong'an has always refused to express her position, Ma Ye has wanted to come to the door several times to propose marriage, but she has persuaded the county lord of Guanghua to persuade her, she is afraid that if her mother refuses, Ma Ye will not be able to come to the stage, so she has been testing the attitude of the eldest princess of Tong'an, and the matter has dragged on.

"Hehe, you don't need to worry about me and the county lord, you still need to take care of your Ministry of Agriculture, during this time the caravan is out, all parts of Guanzhong have to praise the merits of your Ministry of Agriculture, this is a matter for the benefit of the world, you kid don't be sloppy!" Ma Ye opened his eyes at this time and smiled proudly, and then praised the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture.

"That's natural, it's a pity that Yang Gong couldn't wait until this time!" Li Xiu first showed a proud look, and then mentioned Yang Nong with some gloom.

"Don't feel sorry for Yang Nong, tell you something, you will definitely be very happy after hearing it!" At this time, Ma Ye suddenly straightened up and said with a mysterious smile.