Ma Hong looked indifferent and asked, "This last kind of person must be the Xiguan Hao family?" ”

"Lord Ministry's wisdom!" Chu Huan arched his hand: "Although the Xiguan Hao clan is down now, countless pairs of eyes in the world are also staring at the northwest, and they must be cautious and careful in dealing with them!" ”

"What do you think Lord Chu should do?"

"The Northwest Hao clan put forward their own ideas, and the premise for them to enter Xiguan is that the Hao clan in Xiguan Dao cannot come up with grain seeds." Chu Huan said slowly: "If the wealthy clan of Xiguan Dao has the ability to come up with grain seeds, the wealthy clan in the northwest will not easily enter Xiguan. ”

"Ridiculous!" Ma Hong couldn't help but say: "The Xiguan Daohao clan is difficult to protect itself, don't talk about the grain that has resumed production, they are now afraid that they can't even keep their own rations." ”

"What Lord Ministries said is, but this incident is not a bad thing." Chu Huan said with a smile: "This order, the imperial court naturally wants to send it down, no matter whether the Xiguan Daohao clan has food or not, the imperial court can be regarded as giving them a chance, and it is more or less an explanation to the people of the world." If you really can't get the grain, the court can also issue an order, if the northwest wealthy family chooses the land of the Xiguan wealthy family to cultivate, it is also necessary to give some compensation every year, such as providing some living food, the amount is not too big, but in the eyes of the world, they will always feel that the imperial court is also benevolent and righteous to the Xiguan wealthy family! ”

Lang Wuxu nodded and said, "Lord Chu's idea is very good. Give the Xiguan Hao family some compensation, and seal the mouth of Youyou, so that no one can say that the land deeds in the hands of the Xiguan Hao family are all invalid. ”

Ma Hong stared at Chu Huan and said with a smile: "It seems that Lord Chu has everything in his chest, and he has already planned it." ”

"This is also all the nonsense of the lower officials, I didn't dare to talk nonsense, but today the Lord of the Ministry of Education asked us to speak freely and express our thoughts, Chu Huan took the liberty to say that if there is anything wrong, I hope that the Lord of the Ministry will forgive us!" Chu Huan arched his hand and said with a smile.

"What's wrong?" Ma Hong said: "The official looks at it very well. Lord Chu, what you just said, it is better to draw up an excerpt and turn around and hand it over with Lord Lang's excerpt. ”

Chu Huan said: "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

Ma Hong stood up at this time, stretched his waist, suddenly thought of something, and asked: "By the way, Lord Chu, just now you said that you want to give the Xiguan Hao clan a chance, how long do you think it will take for them to raise food?" ”

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Actually, the lower officials feel that even if they are given three or five years, they may not be able to raise food, but since it is for the people of the world to see, they still have to give them some time." ”

Ma Hong said: "In two months, it will be winter, and after the cold winter, in the spring, we will start farming, and this time is also very urgent." If you really allow the northwest wealthy clan to enter Xiguan, there is still a big stall to do, and the ministry will always send people to unify the number of grain varieties, and the northwest wealthy clan will enter Xiguan, and it will also depend on the ground survey, in addition to preparing farming tools, every mess of things, it will take time, whether it is the grain of the northwest wealthy clan, or the grain of the Xiguan wealthy clan, we cannot delay next year's spring planting. After a pause, he said: "I see, I can also give the Xiguan Hao clan a month, if they have the ability, let them raise food, if they can't do it, then it's no wonder that the court is not!" ”

Chu Huan shook his head and said: "Xiaguan has estimated that there should be about five months before spring planting, even if it is the land survey of the Northwest Hao Clan, plus the preparation of cultivation tools for spring planting, as long as there is no big problem, two months at most is enough, in other words, even if the Xiguan Hao clan can't raise grain seeds within three months, after three months, the Northwest Hao clan still has enough time to prepare for spring planting." ”

"Three months?" Ma Hong smiled: "Lord Chu, you are joking. According to what you mean, the northwest will not do anything for the next three months, just wait for the Xiguan Hao clan to raise grain seeds, and then after three months, the Xiguan Hao clan will not be able to take out anything, and the northwest will start to prepare for spring planting? ”

"Of course there won't be nothing left to do." Chu Huan said: "There are many people in the Northwest who have been affected by disasters, and at this time, the wealthy families in the Northwest should also take out some grain and open a porridge factory to relieve the victims." If you want to measure the land, whether it is the grain of the Hao clan in the Northwest or the grain of the Hao clan in Xiguan, you can immediately start to survey the land, Xia Guan heard that there are many Hao clans in the northwest to conceal real estate and reduce taxes, although our household department has the cultivated land area in the northwest, but the actual cultivated land area in the northwest is much higher than that in the archives. This time, I just took this opportunity to make a good calculation of the cultivated land in the northwest, so that the imperial court could have a good idea. ”

Ma Hong opened his mouth, looked at Chu Huan, his eyes crossed a trace of surprise, he slowly sat down, and said: "The matter of the northwest, let's discuss it here today, and after the official meets the Holy Lord, he will deal with it." ”

Chu Huan and Lang Wuxu both got up and said goodbye and went out.

After going out, Lang Wuxuan approached Chu Huan's side and sighed: "Lord Chu, I won't tell you, less than a year after you entered Beijing, you were promoted to the right servant of the household department. In fact, I still think that Lord Chu's promotion is too fast, and he also has the merit of His Royal Highness King Qi, today's view, Lord Chu can have today's status, but this is Chu Da's outstanding talent, and he is also a saint with a discerning eye! ”

Chu Huan smiled and said, "Lord Lang is overrated. ”

In addition to the courtyard of the Ministry Hall, the sky had already darkened at this time, Lang Wu smiled and said: "Lord Chu, you just came back today, why don't you come to the cold house, I will come to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you!" ”

Chu Huan shook his head and smiled: "Lord Lang is polite, it is precisely because I just returned to Beijing today, and the mansion has not been cleaned up yet, so I really can't bother tonight, so I can only change the day." ”

"The house is cleaned up, do you still need Lord Chu?" Lang Wu was surprised, and then said: "I also heard that Lord Chu lives a frugal life, and there is no one in the mansion to be sent, if Lord Chu does not dislike it, there are many clever and well-behaved maids in my mansion, I will let them go over to serve Lord Chu tonight." ”

"How dare you." Chu Huan hurriedly waved his hand, but he was thinking in his heart, who knows if the people who came from your mansion will become your eyes and ears, but he showed gratitude and said: "I will go back and buy some maids, how dare I take away the beauty of people." ”

Lang Wuxu laughed and said: "Lord Chu is really too polite, between you and me, do you still need to be polite?" After thinking about it, he said: "Lord Chu, in this way, I know that there is a market in the capital, where there are often some good goods, I will accompany you over now to take a look, and buy a few good maids to go back and listen to it." ”

Chu Huan excused himself and said, "How can this be so tireless......!" ”

"Brother Chu Xian, are you really not giving your old brother a little face?" Lang Wuxuan sighed: "Although the old brother's old face is not valuable, I still hope that Brother Chu Xian can give you some thin noodles, the market is not far away, let's take advantage of the car to go over and pick up the domestic servant, it can be regarded as the old brother has done his best for you." Pulling Chu Huan's arm: "Let's go, let's go now." ”

Chu Huan knew that Lang Wuxuan was seizing every opportunity to get close to himself, the purpose was nothing more than to have one more ally in the household yamen, after a big change of blood in the household department, although not all the officials were swept away, but Hu Bufan's party was cleaned up at the beginning, and Lang Wuxuan was in the household yamen, which can be said to be alone.

Of course, he wanted to seize Chu Huan, an ally.

Of course, Chu Huan is very disgusted with Lang Wuxu's character, but he knows very well that now this Lang Wuxu is still very useful to himself, at least if he is separated from such a person, it is much more beneficial than becoming an enemy with him.

Chu Huan knows very well that in Ma Hong's eyes, Lang Wuxuan is still a person of An Guogong, and Chu Huan himself is a person of King Qi, whether it is An Guogong or King Qi, Ma Hong will not be offended on the surface, with Ma Hong's current status and strength in the household department, if he deals with either Chu Huan or Lang Wuxuan alone, he will have the upper hand and control the household department, but if Chu Huan joins forces with Lang Wuxu, Ma Hong will have to weigh the weight.

Lang Wuxu understands this, of course Chu Huan also understands this, today's discussion between the three of them, at first Ma Hong was still aimed at Lang Wuxu, but later, the position was different, Lang Wuxu was quite consciously approaching Chu Huan's side.

Chu Huan really didn't want to be clear with Lang Wuxu at this time, Lang Wuxuan had a warm attitude, and Chu Huan couldn't refuse at the moment.

It stands to reason that Lang Wuxu and Chu Huan, one is the left servant of the household, and the other is the right waiter of the household, who is already a person with a very high status in the empire, buy some maids, where to use these two people to go out into battle, Lang Wuxu is so enthusiastic, it is nothing more than taking this opportunity to deepen the relationship between the two.

Of course, Chu Huan would not wear official robes with Lang Wuxu to buy maids, the two changed into civilian clothes, took advantage of a carriage together, and went to the Fang Market that Lang Wuxu said, leaving the household yamen for a while, Lang Wuxu lifted the window probe, and saw that it was far away from the yamen, so he drove the curtain, approached Chu Huan, and said in a low voice: "Brother Chu Xian, you have seen it today, our minister, you have contributed a lot to the northwest wealthy family!" ”

Chu Huan smiled quietly: "The Lord of the Ministry may also really know how to think about state affairs. ”

Lang Wuxuan shook his head and said: "I have heard that someone from the Northwest Hao clan has secretly come to the capital on behalf of the wealthy clan and bribed many important officials in Beijing. Beishan Tianshan Erdao Hao family, that is an iron heart to enter Xiguan. He sighed softly: "The people of the Northwest are already rebellious and arrogant, full of wildness, those gang of wealthy clans poured into Xiguan, there must be a lot of wealthy clans whose strength has greatly increased, if the strength of this wealthy clan is too strong, it will really not be good for the empire!" ”

Chu Huan bowed slightly, and Lang Wuxuan said: "I really hope that the wealthy families in Xiguan Road can raise food, but it's just ...... Hehe, that's just whimsical! ”

Chu Huan smiled and asked, "Lord Lang, I heard that the Tongtian Palace's Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony will be held soon, and it seems that the officials of the three provinces and six ministries are all present?" ”

"Not bad." Lang Wuxu nodded and said: "The Tongtian Hall has been completed, this is the dojo of the Holy Cultivator, I heard that the purpose of sacrificing to the heavens is to borrow more spiritual energy from the sky, so that the Holy Lord can become a great saint as soon as possible." The Holy Lord attaches great importance to this Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony, and when the previous envoy of the Ministry of Rites Xue Butang failed to return, the Holy Emperor ordered An Guogong to be responsible for preparing for the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony of the Tongtian Temple, and even issued an order that the officials of the three provinces and six ministries should participate in the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony in the Tongtian Temple on the 22nd of this month. "Lower your voice," I heard that this is the proposal of the Xuanzhen Dao Sect, the Xuanzhen Dao Sect said that the Holy One is a bright moon, and the officials of the three provinces and six departments, that are all the stars that assist the bright moon, the bright moon sacrifices to the sky, and the stars gather, if there are fewer people, it is a lack of celestial phenomena, which is unlucky! ”

Chu Huan smiled and said, "In this way, we have all become stars in the sky!" ”