Li Xiu suddenly mentioned that the army could not go out, and Li Shimin's footsteps couldn't help but stop there suddenly, then turned his head and looked at him calmly, and only after a moment did he speak: "If the army is not my business, you definitely don't believe it, and I admit the fact that I am actually very happy about the arrival of this heavy snow, because Cheng Yanjin and those people are safe for the time being, but I, the main general, will be incompetent and ...... in the future." I'm afraid I can't shelter them anymore! ”

When he said the last sentence, Li Shimin couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes, and turned around and left after finishing speaking, which also made Li Xiu stunned for a moment, from what he felt just now, Li Shimin should not be lying, but he always felt that something was not right. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"You kid is really stubborn, how many times have I told you to stay away from King Qin, but now you actually took the initiative to come to the door?" At this moment, he suddenly saw Ma Ye coming out of the courtyard next to him, looking at Li Xiu and shaking his head helplessly, just now he saw Li Xiu and Li Shimin walking side by side from the door, and he didn't come out until Li Shimin left.

"Uncle Ma, are you also at home?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Ma Ye, Ma Ye was also a dragon during this time, after all, Li Shimin's military power was a huge matter, and Li Yuan must also be worried about Li Shimin and his generals, so he, the intelligence leader, naturally had a lot of things to do.

"Where am I not at home with such a heavy snow?" Ma Ye glanced at Li Xiu angrily and said, he was also very angry that he and Li Shimin were so close, after all, in his opinion, Li Shimin had no hope of turning over.

"This ...... You really can't blame me, just now I was worried about the greenhouse here, so I ran to take a look, I didn't expect King Qin to be over there, you said that it happened so coincidentally, I can't be a bad one, right? Li Xiu blinked his eyes and said, he almost opened his mouth to tell such innocuous little lies, all thanks to the tempering of the love field in his previous life.

"Alas, what do you kid want me to say, the princess and the king of Qin and the prince are all compatriots of the same mother after all, even if they are closer, they should be, although you are not an outsider, but you and the princess are not an upright couple, if you want to really live together in the name of husband and wife in the future, you still need to be busy, so you kid must not cause the prince's bad feelings because of King Qin, otherwise it will not be good for you!" Ma Ye once again persuaded bitterly.

"Yes, yes~, thank you Uncle Ma for reminding me, I wrote it down, and I will definitely pay attention to it in the future!" Li Xiu hurriedly patted his chest and assured, after finishing speaking, he looked at the direction in which Li Shimin left, and then whispered again, "Uncle Ma, as soon as this snow disaster comes, the army going north will definitely not be able to get up, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Hearing Li Xiu ask this question, Ma Ye couldn't help but show a solemn expression, and only replied after a while: "From the perspective of the imperial court, this is certainly not a good thing, not that I am worried about the Turks going south, in fact, the Turks are just putting on a show, and they don't dare to go south at this time, I guess Your Majesty or the crown prince is likely to use some conditions in exchange for the cooperation of the Turks." However, now that the army of King Qi cannot be north, it will not be able to eliminate the influence of King Qin in the army, and King Qin has been driven to a desperate situation, so no one dares to be sure that something will happen? ”

"Uncle Ma, if King Qi takes away all the generals under King Qin, I'm afraid he will attack some of King Qin's loyal generals, what will General Qin do then?" Li Xiu suddenly mentioned Qin Qiong at this time, Qin Qiong is Ma Ye's brother who can be trusted with life and death, when Li Xiu saw Qin Qiong for the first time, Ma Ye told him that if there is anything Ma Ye is not there, let him go to Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong can even give Ma Ye's personal guards around him, which is enough to see the friendship between the two.

At the mention of Qin Qiong, Ma Ye sighed at this time, and only after a while did he speak: "You don't know Shubao's temper, he almost accounts for the four words of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, if the prince really wants to kill the King of Qin, he will definitely protect the King of Qin to the last moment, if the King of Qi wants to attack Cheng Biting Jin, these good brothers of Shubao, he will never survive......"

"Uncle Ma, didn't you persuade General Qin?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be a little anxious when he heard this, Qin Qiong was originally the general of the early Tang Dynasty that he admired the most, although the two did not have many opportunities to get along, it did not affect his admiration for Qin Qiong, so he naturally didn't want him to have an accident with him.

"Why haven't I persuaded him, but you should know Uncle Bao's temper, he is the one who admits death, and he can't pull back ten cows for what he believes, and in the end I persuaded him for a long time without any effect, but entrusted the wife and children of the family to me to take care of!" When Ma Ye said the end, his eyes were all red, and the old brothers back then were only him and Qin Qiong, if even Qin Qiong was gone now, then he didn't know how lonely he would be in the future?

"This ......" Li Xiu also smiled bitterly when he heard this, as the so-called "Life, I want it; Righteousness, I also want it. You can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also", this sentence is simply perfect to describe Qin Qiong.

The impact of this snow disaster was very great, and it was not until two days later that the road from Li Xiu's family to Chang'an City was opened, but according to the news he got from Ma Ye, the transportation between Chang'an City and the outside world did not recover until seven or eight days later, and the grain prices in Chang'an City rose almost straight in line during these seven or eight days, and all the grain merchants joined forces to raise the price, which made the imperial court extremely angry, but there was nothing to do about them, because behind the grain merchants in Chang'an City were several major families.

Fortunately, after the traffic was restored, the imperial court immediately mobilized a batch of grain from the outside world, which suppressed the price of grain, but in just a few days, those grain merchants also made a lot of money, after all, in such a large city, there are always people who happen to lack food at home, and have to spend several times the price to buy grain, fortunately, the time is not long, but it will not lose too much.

"A ** businessman!" Yang Nong slapped the book case fiercely and said angrily.

"No business, no treachery, Yang Shangshu, don't be too angry, come and taste how this hot pot tastes, it's really a great pleasure to eat hot pot in such a cold weather!" Li Xiu persuaded with a smile on his face, today is the tenth day, and the New Year will be celebrated in a few days, so almost all the officials in the Ministry of Agriculture have gone home to prepare for the New Year, of course, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, the Spring Festival is far less important than the Lantern Festival, but it is also an important festival, and the imperial court generally starts the holiday from the Spring Festival until the Lantern Festival, so many people are looking forward to the Spring Festival.

"Alas, it's almost the New Year, and it's been done by the grain merchants like this, maybe some people's savings during the New Year were spent on buying grain before, which is really hateful!" Yang Nong finally returned to the table at this time and sat down heavily, he didn't plan to go back for ten days, Li Xiu prepared a hot pot and came to accompany him to have lunch after knowing it, after all, it was quite pitiful for the old man to stay here alone.

"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables, don't mention these unhappy things for the New Year!" At this time, Li Xiu took out the mutton in the hot pot and sent it to the plate in front of Yang Nong and said, he naturally knew that those grain merchants were hateful, but this kind of thing was something that Li Yuan and his son needed to consider, not something that he, a six-rank petty official, needed to consider.

"If you don't mention it, it's a shame for our Ministry of Agriculture!" At this time, Yang Nong slapped the table with a sad face, it seemed that he was really angry with this incident.

"This matter has nothing to do with our Ministry of Agriculture, right?" Li Xiu heard this, but he didn't understand the way, and at the same time, he was a little strange, he couldn't understand why Yang Nong was so angry? Even he still has some malicious speculation, Hongnong Yang was originally one of the top families, but now it is in decline, and behind those grain merchants are the top families with five surnames and seven wangs, so Yang Nong will be a little envious and jealous, right?

"It doesn't matter, if we can promote high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes earlier, food prices will definitely come down, where is the need to look at the faces of those grain merchants?" Yang Nong slapped the table again and said sadly.

"Huh? This ......" Li Xiu didn't know what to say when he heard this, the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes can indeed make ordinary people not worry about food, but it also takes time to do it, not to mention anything else, it will take at least a few years to have enough seeds.

Yang Nong lost his temper for a while, and finally started to eat under Li Xiu's persuasion, but just after two bites, he suddenly saw the door open, and Yang Dui rushed in and said, "Uncle, the cabbage is about to bloom......

Halfway through speaking, Yang Dui saw Li Xiu, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and said, "Huh? Li sacrificial wine is also here? ”

"Yang Dui, you haven't gone back either, that's great, sit down and eat with us!" Li Xiu saw that Yang Dui also hurriedly greeted the other party, he also valued Yang Dui very much as a smart subordinate, especially he didn't have to worry about anything, this alone was enough to make him grateful.

"Come and eat together, what did you say just now, is the cabbage about to bloom?" Yang Nong also greeted Yang Dui at this time, because it was the tenth day, so he also used the name of his family, and at the same time asked about the cabbage mentioned by Yang Dui just now.

"Yes, I saw a flower branch growing in the middle of the cabbage today, and it is estimated that it will not take long for it to bloom!" Yang Dui said excitedly again.

"That's good news, but you can't pollinate them when they bloom in a greenhouse, so we'll have to pollinate them by hand." Li Xiu couldn't help but touch his chin when he heard this, there are a lot of cabbages grown in the greenhouse, and if they all need to be pollinated manually, I'm afraid it will take a lot of manpower.

"What is pollination?" Yang Dui asked excitedly at this time, because he knew that every time a new term appeared in Li Xiu's mouth, there would be quite a lot of new knowledge, so that he could learn more things.

Yang Nong also stared at Li Xiu with the same curiosity at this time, Li Xiu had to talk while eating, and talked about the relevant knowledge of plant pollination, but Yang Dui listened to it, and actually threw down his chopsticks and picked up the pen and paper, and recorded what Li Xiu said, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh a little, although he had never heard of Yang Dui's name in later generations, but he was sure that Yang Dui would definitely be a great official in the future.

After Li Xiu finished speaking, Yang Dui humbly asked him a few questions, and then took a few bites and ran out with his notes, probably going back to study the things Li Xiu said, which made Yang Nong smile helplessly, and then solemnly said to Li Xiu: "Li Xijiu, what do you think of my nephew?" ”

"Yes, he is a practical person, and his future is immeasurable!" Li Xiu praised sincerely at this time.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Li Xijiu to have a time when he looked away!" What Li Xiu never expected was that Yang Nong said with a wry smile at this time.

"How come, Yang Duishi is a capable person, that is, smart and motivated, if such a person has no future, then what kind of person has a future?" Li Xiu was quite surprised when he heard this.

"Family, family, I bet that in the future, Datang will inevitably be the world of the family, and although my Hongnong Yang family is also a member of the family, but now I am depressed, and I am unable to recover my former strength, I can't sit in the seat of Shangshu for a few days, and I don't have any connections in the court, which also makes the children of the clan like Du'er have no backer, and I am afraid that it will only be difficult in the officialdom in the future!" Yang Nongshi shook his head and sighed, he has experienced the most glorious moment of the family, but he has also experienced the decline of the family, and sometimes he dreams back at midnight, and he will feel helpless for the decline of the family.

"Family, didn't my Tang Dynasty follow the Sui system and implement the imperial examination, doesn't this give more hope to the poor to get ahead?" Li Xiu asked rhetorically when he heard this, of course he knew the influence of the family on the Tang Dynasty, in fact, throughout the history of the Tang Dynasty, the family played an important role, even Li Shimin and Wu Zetian failed to clear the influence of the family on the imperial court, and it was not until Huang Chao destroyed the family that the influence of the family finally ended.

"Although science is good, but don't forget that nine out of ten officials in the court are related to the family, no matter who presides over the imperial examination in the future, they will be influenced by the family, and the officials selected are probably also from the family, which is the terrible thing about the family!" Yang Nong sighed again and said, when he mentioned the family, he also showed a look of envy on his face, which also made Li Xiu even more sure that more than half of Yang Nong's anger towards the grain merchants just now was aimed at the family behind these grain merchants.

"Not necessarily, the existence of the family will definitely threaten the imperial power, and when my Tang Dynasty stabilizes in the future, the emperor who succeeds to the throne may weaken the influence of the family!" Li Xiu thought about it and said again, just like Li Shimin and Wu Zetian, they were desperately trying to suppress the family, although they failed to completely eliminate the family in the end, but they did weaken the influence of the family.

"Difficult! It's too difficult, the influence of the family extends to all aspects of the Tang Dynasty, I'm afraid even if His Majesty the Emperor has the heart, I'm afraid it is powerless to eliminate the influence of the family, especially since there is a group of families standing behind the prince, and in the future, when the prince ascends the throne, the influence of these families will only be greater! Yang Nong shook his head and said.

"Prince? It's hard to say now! When Li Xiu heard this, he silently said in his heart, although on the surface, Li Jiancheng had occupied an overwhelming advantage, but until the last moment, Li Xiu was not sure in which direction history would develop? (To be continued.) )