After listening to the words, Li Xiaogong held his forehead and sat down slowly, "Slow down, don't talk yet, let the old man take it slowly." ”

The matter of abusing power for personal gain was reported to Wei Zheng by Zhang Yang's teacher Zhang Gongjin, but Xu Jingzong sent news to Zhang Daxiang in advance, so he burned the files of the Ministry of Rites in advance.

There are many arrangements made outside the customs since Zhang Yang and Xu Jingzong joined the Ministry of Rites since they joined the company.

This is the hard work of the Ministry of Rites these days, as well as the study of the Turks and Tibet, which have now been burned.

Li Xiaogong was puzzled: "So it was the reason for Zou Guogong's arrangement?" ”

"It's the old man." Zhang Gongjin stroked his beard and said, "It is the right thing for a teacher to correct the student's mistakes, and Wei Zheng is naturally willing to help the old man." ”

Several people sat together, and Li Tai scratched his head in pain.

As a teacher, it is naturally normal for Gong Jin to correct students' actions, in Wei Zheng's eyes, Zhang Yang is still young, and young people will naturally make mistakes.

Zhang Gongjin said with a smile, "Retreat is the way to protect the Ministry of Rites." ”

Li Xiaogong sighed, "You underestimate Your Majesty, before the will came down, the old man chatted with Your Majesty for a long time, Your Majesty means that the current Ministry of Rites is still maintained, and the heavy taxes on the Turks must also be maintained, and Gao Shilian means that Gao Cheng will preside over the current work of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Li Shimin very unceremoniously picked the fruit of the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites in the future will be held in the hands of his own emperor, and all the previous achievements will be retained, but these achievements have nothing to do with the people in the Ministry of Rites.

Zhang Yang smiled self-deprecatingly, the emperor is the emperor after all, and his selfishness is always the greatest, even if it is his son-in-law.

Li Xiaogong said curiously, "This matter was also asked by your kid to Zou Guogong?" ”

"The old man did it himself, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Yang."

Zhang Gongjin still has a deep smile.

Li Xiaogong said in a loud voice, "I'll inform the old man." ”

"If the old man informs you, will you still burn the Ministry of Rites to vent your dissatisfaction?"

Li Xiaogong snorted coldly, "The old man doesn't like you strategists, people who study people's hearts and calculations to the bones. ”

"The Ministry of Rites is too out of line to get to this day, since Xu Jingzong and the old man's disciples have already finished the matter, it is better to retire first, in order to see the after-effects, Your Majesty is thinking that the old man is his teacher, and naturally he will be treated leniently, and the worst result is nothing more than imprisonment."

Zhang Gongjin continued, "Your Majesty just stripped off the official body of the old man's disciple, and sooner or later he will wear it back again, so what are you afraid of, there is a saying in the I Ching system: The big husband can bend and stretch." ”

When the Ministry of Rites became a game between big shots, Zhang Yang felt completely unable to intervene, no matter how many bigwigs in Li Shimin's court had any thoughts about the Ministry of Rites, this time Zhang Gongjin let everyone get out.

Leave the whirlpool of the Ministry of Rites.

It's like a storm and storm, the big ship is very unstable in the waves, and there is a possibility of capsizing at any time, it is better to let everyone get off the ship at this time to see if the ship will sink in the wind and rain.

Even if the ship sank, everyone would be safe and sound, and all that was lost was the treasure on board.

These treasures, in Zhang Gongjin's opinion, can be earned back sooner or later, there is no pity.

Zhang Yang grinned, "I don't think it's likely that Your Majesty will use me again." ”

Zhang Gongjin took a sip of tea, "How do you know if the people in the court can continue your achievements, humility is a good thing, and you can't be vain." ”

Li Xiaogong looked at the master and apprentice in front of him strangely.

"Now you can jump out of the cage of the Ministry of Rites, let Your Majesty and the court forget you as much as possible, take advantage of these days to take a good look at the current court, look at the world, and when you add your official uniform again and re-enter the court, you will see another scene, can the old man's only disciple only be a waiter of the Ministry of Rites?"

"The teacher thinks highly of me." Zhang Yang arched his hand.

"The old man doesn't look down on you, I have seen countless people in my life, you can go to a very high position, as long as you have great righteousness in your heart and the society of the world in your heart, what are these people of the eldest grandson Wuji?"

Zhang Gongjin finished his words with a smile, and turned to leave with a bowl of tea.

Li Tai, Shangguanyi, Zhang Yang, Li Xiaogong, and Xu Jingzong sat in a row, and they all fell silent at the moment.

Li Tai suddenly slapped his thigh, "Brother-in-law! The king asks for money. ”

Zhang Yang came back to his senses from Zhang Gongjin's words, "What kind of money do you want?" ”

"This king has decided to go back to the palace now to admit his mistake and buy back the share in the hands of the queen mother and uncle."

"I will give you a maximum of 5,000 yuan, and it will be my money, and the shares I bought back are mine, and our accounts are clear."

Li Tai nodded, "That's natural, if it weren't for the Wei Wangfu running out of money, this king really wanted to buy it himself." ”

gave Niu Chuang a look and asked him to take King Wei to get the money.

It's not too much of a loss to buy back these shares with 5,000 yuan, and you will be able to earn more in the future.

Li Xiaogong's eyes looked at Xu Jingzong.

Xu Jingzong was puzzled, "Why does the King of Hejian County look at Xia Guan like this. ”

Li Xiaogong touched the stubble on his chin, "Your Majesty stripped Zhang Yang of his official clothes, but you and Zhang Daxiang did not dispose of it, and it seems that you continue to stay in the Ministry of Rites." ”

Xu Jingzong looked up at the sky, "The affairs of the Ministry of Rites will be inherited by the next Ministry of Rites, and Your Majesty will naturally not punish the lower officials, but the lower officials will be bullied very badly by the new Ministry of Rites Shangshu, and the lower officials may fall seriously ill because of fright tomorrow." ”

Li Xiaogong nodded slightly.

Li Shimin took all the achievements of the Ministry of Rites, and replaced Gao Cheng to preside over the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, Gao Shilian was virtuous and did not avoid relatives, and Li Shimin also acquiesced in handing over such a good fruit to Gao Shilian.

Because of the matter of sealing the prime minister, Li Shimin did not want to have too much estrangement between him and Gao Shilian.

The well-established Ministry of Rites has become a bargaining chip for Li Shimin to grasp power.

This bargaining chip allowed Li Shimin to retain Gao Shilian.

It also gave Gao Shilian a taste of sweetness.

Zhang Yang slowly stood up and took a deep breath, and could even smell the fragrance of food.

The grain harvesters in the fields are all women, and even girls who are still dressed sloppily, and the boys all have to do manual work, and the things like harvesting grain are left to the girls to do, and the girls of six or seven years old are already very sensible, and they obediently pick up the wheat and put it in the bamboo basket, and do the same thing over and over again.

The squeaky operation of the water-wheeled cart, the grinding disc for picking grain increased from three to six, and several female dolls under the age of ten struggled to carry a large bag of millet and pour it into the millstone, which was all the grain grown in the village after half a year's hard work.

If two or three grains fall on the ground, they will pick them up carefully.

It's just that their clothes are not very good, the clothes are all old clothes that the boys have changed from before, and they are the cutest young, and everything for the girls must be given to the boys first, and the new clothes made of hemp must be worn by the boys first.

Zhang Yang thought about it, and the life in the village would get better in the future, and these troubles would not be troubles.

Li Yue and his wife are still cooking together, and the daughter-in-law can't cook well, they are talking and laughing with some pork, and they don't know what dark dishes they will make.

Xu Jingzong also left.

Shangguan Yi also began to teach the boys in the village to teach.

Zhang Yang looked at the nearest girl in the field, her little face was a little dirty, she was only eleven or twelve years old, her hair was very messy, and there was a lot of grass in her hair.

"Brother Niu, boil a big pot of water and let the children wash after they are busy."

Niu Chuang nodded to arrange.

Li Tai took five thousand guan from the village, which was a huge expense.

And his husband was dismissed.

caused the daughter-in-law to be in a very bad mood.

When she got home, Zhang Yang made her a bowl of wine-stuffed balls, and her mood improved a lot.

"Actually, the money is not important, we can earn it back."

"Well, but the husband's official position is gone."

"It's okay, the teacher said that my official position will come back sooner or later, the Ministry of Rites has done too much these days, too out of line, and now it is inevitable that I will encounter a bigger turmoil if I continue to stay in the DPRK, so it is better to wait for the opportunity first."

Li Yue asked in a low voice, "Now this kind of thing is just to get out of the turmoil?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded, "It can be said that when I return to the DPRK next time to reappoint, my official position should be higher." ”

"People make mistakes, and the husband is still young, only twenty years old, and the days should be very long, so don't be discouraged."

Li Yue's eyes were firm.

Zhang Yang wanted to say that he wished that Li Shimin had forgotten himself.

Spreading out a drawing in front of them, the couple took off their shoes and sat on the ground to draw together.

Li Yue sketched a load-bearing rod, "This thing is so complicated?" ”

"You can make full use of your knowledge of mechanics, and it is best to use a waterwheel to drive it."

"Yes, we don't have that much manpower in our village."

The combined population of a small village of 30 families is only more than 100.

The purchase of Gaochang is in progress, and even Li Xiaogong does not know the arrangement of this matter.

Adalan is now following Prince Gaochang and should be out of the customs now.

Zhang Yang whispered, "The matter of movable type printing should be kept secret, it will be a huge fortune." ”

"Hmm!"

Li Tai came to the Lizheng Hall with a few palm-sized pieces of brown sugar, and he bowed his head in the face of his father and mother, "Father, mother, son and son know that they are wrong." ”

Li Shimin looked at the brown sugar and had a piece in his mouth, "This thing was also made by Zhang Yang?" ”

Li Tai knelt and nodded.

Li Shimin said with a smile, "The taste is really good, Guanyin also tastes it?" ”

When Empress Changsun heard this, she also picked up a piece of brown sugar and put it in her mouth and tasted it carefully, "Compared to caramel sugar, it has more flavor." ”

Li Tai, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at his father and mother talking and laughing, and his heart became more and more worried.

Li Shimin said again, "How much do you earn in business with Zhang Yang?" ”

Li Tai lowered his head, "There is not much left, and it is worth a lot to earn and spend, because the business with the Turks has cost thousands of yuan, and the court has also collected three percent of the tax." ”

Empress Eldest Sun looked at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded.

Li Taiyou said, "Erchen discussed with Zhang Yang to buy the queen mother's share with 3,000 yuan of silver, and from then on, the very business had nothing to do with the queen mother. ”

Zhang Yang used the power of the Ministry of Rites for personal gain, and it was not appropriate for the queen to hold this business in her hands.

Li Shimin also had the intention of letting the queen get rid of this business.

There is already a heavy tax this time, which can increase the tax revenue of the DPRK and China a lot.

Some of the shares in the queen's hands can have an income of about 100 yuan per month, and this transaction can add 3,000 yuan of silver to the treasury, and Li Shimin is naturally very happy.

"On weekdays, I hope you will study more and get less involved in business matters, and your prince is my son."

"Sons remember the teachings of their father."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Since the matter has come to this, then this matter will be over." ”

"Whoa."

Let people send a cart of silver money into the palace, Li Tai stood in the sunset, he didn't feel before, he used to think that his father was the flaunt of his life.

After this time, Li Tai deeply experienced the sinister nature of the human heart.

Li Tai also didn't want to intercede for Zhang Yang, and pleading at this time would only be counterproductive.

All the fruits became the father's, and the father also shared the results equally with Gao Shilian, and the father also received a heavy tax and the entire Ministry of Rites.

There was a lot of loss in his heart, and Li Tai also felt that he couldn't stand Zhang Yang.

In front of Zhao Guofu, he knew that it was King Wei who came, and hurriedly welcomed people into the door.

Seeing the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Tai first saluted, "Uncle." ”

Wuji, the eldest grandson of the provincial servant of Renzhongshu, has always been in the court, and did not follow his father to the palace to escape the summer.

"This time I came here to discuss with my uncle to take back the previous businessman."

The eldest grandson Wuji sighed discouragedly, "Young people will always make mistakes, and Zhang Yang, this kid, is still too jumpy." ”

"My nephew is willing to buy back his previous share for a thousand silver dollars, because Zhang Yang uses the power of the Ministry of Rites to make profits, and it is not a good thing for my uncle to have this business in his hands."

The eldest grandson Wuji helped up Li Tai, who bowed and saluted, "King Wei doesn't need to be polite, but why didn't Zhang Yang talk about buying back the part?" ”

Li Tai sniffed aggrievedly, "Zhang Yang has now been dismissed, and he has made such a big mistake, so he naturally has no face to face his uncle." ”

"The Ministry of Rites will become what it is now, and it is also the fault of the old man, the old man should have told him a lot to prevent him from doing such a wrong thing."

Li Tai took out a contract, "I also ask my uncle to draw a charge." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji wrote his name on the contract, and used the seal of the Zhao Guogong Mansion to draw a pledge, and two large carts of silver coins were sent into the mansion, and the copper coins looked a little unrelenting, where had the people in the mansion seen so much silver.

This is not unusual for Li Tai, he is used to it.

And the payment is all copper coins, not silver cakes.

Before leaving, the eldest grandson Wuji instructed again, "The old man still wants to see Zhang Yang again." ”

Li Tai collected the second contract, "After that, my nephew took my uncle to see Zhang Yang." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded with satisfaction.

Because of this incident in the Ministry of Rites, Li Xiaogong was grounded, and the people who guarded the grounding found the village without seeing Li Xiaogong in Chang'an City.

In the face of these people, Li Xiaogong shouted, "The old man is grounded in Chang'an, isn't it also grounded here?!" ”

There was already resentment in his heart, and Li Xiaogong punched and kicked these little officials.

Many people in the village watched this scene and looked at them sympathetically.

Sun Simiao had some joy in his eyes, hoping that Li Xiaogong would start more heavily, just to verify that gold sores have different effects on different human constitutions, just like Zhang Yang said allergies and side effects?

(End of chapter)