Seeing that Li Xiaogong was still sitting and posing with such a calm appearance, there was a feeling that he was still a scholar of the Ministry of Rites two years ago.

Zhang Yang looked at everyone again, "You all know about the affairs of the Western Regions, Adalan still has the right to lead the troops, and the Ministry of Rites selects two or three scribes to help them improve their reputation. ”

Seeing that everyone listened carefully, Zhang Yang said again: "You go and get pen and ink and write down the things, I have a lot of instructions." ”

"Whoa."

Hearing this, everyone quickly brought pen and ink, picked up the pen and wrote down the arrangement just now, and then waited for the next words.

"In addition to opening a school in Gaochang, we must also improve their lives and make them live as well as possible, as for the soldiers and horses sent over do not need too many, a general with a hundred horses is enough, and at that time, Ashinadur's manpower will also arrive in Gaochang, this army can be used to take the four towns of Anxi, and by the way, write a letter to Adalan, see if you want to take his family over, or continue to settle in Chang'an City."

Xu Jingzong recorded while recording.

"The officials sent out may have to live in Gaochang for three and a half years, and they must specifically understand the specialties of the Western Regions, as well as the customs and people, their living habits, climate and environment, all of which must be recorded."

Zhang Daxiang nodded while writing, "The understanding of the Western Regions in the DPRK is still in the period of Emperor Wen of the former Sui and Sui, and it is indeed time to reorganize the records." ”

"If the officials stationed in the Western Regions need to come back suddenly, after reporting to the Ministry of Rites, they can send people to rotate, or they can take their families to the Western Regions together, and rotate every year to three years, mainly to deal with the handover between our Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, and the will of the Heavenly Khan can be effectively conveyed."

The doors of the Ministry of Rites were closed, and the original clerks of the Ministry of Rites were standing outside waiting to reopen.

When the officials of the various ministries passed by, they inquired about it, and only then did they know that the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites was talking to a few waiters.

These conversations are not heard by outsiders and appear mysterious.

In the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Yang opened a huge map, "This part of the Western Regions will be handed over to Xu Jingzong to be responsible, and the dispatch of officials and the mobilization of troops and horses will be handed over to you." ”

After Gao Chang handed it over, Xu Jingzong's whole person was different, he stood up and replied: "The lower official must do it." ”

Zhang Yang looked at the map and pointed to Goguryeo, an island country that is already behind the East China Sea, "Goguryeo has not come to pay tribute for a long time, and I don't know what the specific situation is. ”

Zhang Daxiang nodded, "Will look for suitable people." ”

"There is a team of Japanese people who have passed the Tong Pass, I don't know if they will pass the customs next, whether the road to Chang'an City will be smooth, the Ministry of Rites will arrange for someone to manually review a document, and then send officials to watch it in person."

Zhang Daxiang nodded and said, "I'll arrange it today." ”

"I also have to sort out the situation of Nanzhao, that area should be quite chaotic, and now the envoy of Nanzhao from Chaohe this year is still in Chang'an City, let our people contact to understand the situation of other edicts over there."

Zhang Yang said as he said, ordering everything one by one, the Ministry of Rites has been quite idle since last year, and now there are finally a lot of things to do.

"Each of you squires leads a team of clerks, that is, you act as a team."

Zhang Daxiang pondered, "In this case, there may not be enough manpower." ”

"The old man went to the ministry and asked them for manpower." Li Xiaogong, who had been sitting silently on the side, finally spoke.

Zhang Yang sat cross-legged, held his hands and said, "It's not appropriate for you to come to the Ministry of Rites as a Zongzheng Siqing, or do you want to take a trip to the Baiyao brothers." ”

Li Xiaogong said in a deep voice: "It's all for the sake of the community, and the old man should make a contribution." ”

Zhang Yang sighed slightly, "Then there will be labor." ”

Since Li Xiaogong is so enthusiastic, it is difficult to refuse him, so let Li Baiyao also go for a trip, so that it can be safer.

Arrange these matters, as for how to operate and schedule, they are all handed over to Xu Jingzong and Zhang Daxiang to arrange, and they are still not very familiar with being an official in the court, and they still have to hand over the specific matters to them, after all, they are more professional.

After the door of the Ministry of Rites was reopened, they each took their own people to run errands.

With a long sigh, Zhang Yang walked out of the Ministry of Rites and saw Li Xiaogong and Li Baiyao walking together to the Ministry of Officials, and it was time for lunch when he saw the hour.

The weather was fine, and the court in the early Tang Dynasty was also clear, and this time was also the time when the national strength grew the fastest.

Li Shimin made a bold move to reopen the imperial examination, and all the officials of the DPRK and the central government worked hard to develop in a better direction.

This young dynasty is full of vitality.

The scribes of the Ministry of Rites also began to get busy, collecting ancient records from various countries.

The people here also realized that Zhang Yang was different from the Shangshu of the other ministries and would not sit here all the time, and he left after giving instructions.

And the same is true for Zhang Daxiang, Zhang Daxiang, and Xu Jingzong, who were brought out single-handedly, they won't stay here for a long time, and they can't do too much just by sitting here.

They each left the Imperial City with their own teams and teams, walked into Chang'an City and began to arrange their own affairs.

On the contrary, there are not too many shackles in the Ministry of Rites, everyone is relatively free, and a few waiters can do their own things.

Li Baiyao also took people to the Ministry of Officials, wanting to send more people to the Ministry of Rites.

The original Qiuzi envoy Nari learned that the current Qiuci had fallen into the hands of the Gaochang people, and turned back halfway and rushed to Chang'an City.

He was dressed in a mess, and he came all the way to the Suzaku Gate, and after explaining the situation to the officers and soldiers here, this kind of thing could only be received by the Ministry of Rites first.

When the people from the Ministry of Rites came, they saw the messenger in front of them and said helplessly: "This messenger, didn't you go back to yourself?" ”

Nali grimaced, "Qiuzi has fallen into the hands of the Gaochang thugs. ”

"Right now, the Shangshu and the waiter from our Ministry of Rites are not here, why don't we wait for them to come back and then inform the envoy about it, and then hurry up early tomorrow?"

When Nali heard this, he had no choice but to reply: "The foreign minister will wait here." ”

The clerk of the Ministry of Rites went back again.

This poor Qiuzi envoy still doesn't know that Gao Chang destroyed Qiuzi, and Gao Chang's master is Zhang Yang who he saw at the beginning.

Whether anyone will see him or not will say both.

The youngest scholar of the Ministry of Rites since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this young man has no background and no family background, he was just an ordinary child, and he was a fugitive refugee back then, but such a person became a secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Li Chengqian came to the Hongwen Pavilion today, originally wanted to come to read the file about Yan Shigu, but when the prince came to the Hongwen Pavilion, some people naturally asked, the original young master of the East Palace has now become the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he is still a young man in his early twenties.

The crown prince explained to the people here how Zhang Yang had become a young master of the East Palace step by step from a member of the East Palace.

The story of a commoner who became the youngest scholar of the dynasty is also told.

At the beginning, for the sake of Sheji, he helped the Tang soldiers to take the Hexi Corridor without blood, and then the ups and downs of the official all the way.

There are many rumors in the market, and Zhang Yang has become a typical example of young people today.

While Li Chengqian was talking, he also talked about his father, the emperor, and the reputation of Tian Khan who valued ability rather than background and background.

Zhang Yang is a poor boy.

Some people also heard that Zhang Yang used to be in Chang'an City, and he was also a hard-working person.

When everyone in Chang'an City was talking about the same person, many things that the whole person had done before were also dug up.

Chang'an City said that it was very big, but the news circulated quickly, and it was not difficult to inquire about Zhang Yang.

Including which workshops he went to and worked as a coolie.

The story of Liang Zhu was also brought out again.

At this moment, Zhang Yang took his daughter-in-law, Xiao Wu and two aunts to his grandmother's grave.

Li Yue hugged Zhang Yang's arm, stood in front of the grave and said in a low voice: "Grandma, now that my husband is promising, he is already a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, Yue'er has grown up, and she is now seventeen years old." ”

The two aunts swept the grave.

By the way, take a look at the spring, take a picnic, and the scenery on the banks of the Weishui River has always been very good.

In the evening, the couple returned home.

It's just that at this time, there are a lot of congratulatory gifts at the door of the house.

Aunt Yang picked out a few gifts from more familiar people, and other congratulatory gifts continued to be stacked at the door, and the gifts from Chinese New Year's Eve were still stacked at the door of the house, and they were never brought into the house.

In the evening, while eating dinner, the couple looked at a map in front of them, a map of Lishan Mountain drawn on the map.

With Lishan as the center, a 700-acre piece of land south of Lishan and south of Weishui is its own.

A lot of the land was transferred from Lantian County.

While eating, the couple discussed the plan for the future of Lishan.

In Lishan Village, Shangguan Yi looked at the official uniform in front of him, and was frowning with the samurai Tong.

"You are a county magistrate, and the old man is a county lieutenant, so Lishan has also become a place for the court to take care of, and you and I are both officials of the court."

Hearing Wu Shitong say this, Shangguan Yi looked a little worried, "The development of Lishan has always been planned by itself, will the DPRK and China interfere?" ”

The warrior nodded solemnly, "The old man is also worried about this, but at the moment, it seems that something should have been reached between Zhang Yang and His Majesty." ”

In the past, the village that was in charge of such a small piece of land of more than 100 acres was able to cope with it, but now that the land has been divided into 700 acres, Shangguan Yi looked at the land title deed in front of him, including the entire Lishan.

What a family property.

Shangguan Yi asked himself if he had never been in charge of such a large fiefdom.

Samurai Tong took a sip of his drink, "You and I encourage each other." ”

The envoy of the turtle was in front of the Suzaku Gate, and waited for a day without seeing the official of the Ministry of Rites who could speak to see him, and did not leave until the curfew, and walked weakly on the Suzaku Street, like a wisp of wandering spirit.

After leaving the court the next day, Zhang Yang listened to Li Baiyao's reply, and the Ministry of Officials finally sent more than a dozen scribes to help the Ministry of Rites.

Xu Jingzong came in a hurry, "The envoy of Qiuzi Nali is back again, he waited for a day at the Suzaku Gate yesterday and didn't see anyone, and now Lu Dongzan is here again with him." ”

"What are you going to do?" Zhang Yang is also facing a big problem at the moment, that is, the Ministry of Rites needs money to inquire about the news, and I don't know if Li Shimin will allocate some money to the Ministry of Rites.

Forget it a little, recruiting spies from the private sector to find out the news of various countries, which all require money to operate.

In the past, it was still able to deal with it, with only sporadic spies, mainly targeting the Tibetans and Turks, but now there are more spies and more money.

If this continues, Xu Jingzong, the intelligence leader, is also a clever woman, and it will be difficult to cook without rice.

Let Li Baiyao write a recital to ask Li Shimin for money and send it, glanced at Xu Jingzong Zhang Yang and replied: "There are still many things to be busy, so I don't need to take it in, I just want to go out, let's talk on the way." ”

"Whoa."

Xu Jingzong accompanied him all the way to the Suzaku Gate.

First saw the envoy of Qiuzi, and then saw Lu Dongzan's blue nose and swollen face, Zhang Yang couldn't help but smile, "Brother Xiang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Lu Dongzan said in a deep voice: "I was walking on the street two days ago and was beaten by a group of thugs. ”

Zhang Yang gasped and looked at the black bruises at the corners of Lu Dongzan's eyes and mouth, "Who hit this, so ruthless?" ”

"At that time, they covered their faces with sacks, and they couldn't see who did it, and they asked the Ministry of Rites to be the master?"

Zhang Yang said wistfully: "The Ministry of Rites really can't ignore your envoys, but you haven't seen the perpetrators, which makes it difficult for us to do it." ”

Lu Dongzan glared when he heard this, "Do you sit idly by?" ”

Zhang Yang smiled embarrassedly, "We will let Dali Temple investigate, in the next sentence, there is no evidence, and we don't know who the perpetrator is, we are really not good at taking people, and I also ask the elder brother to recall and recall, is it usually too arrogant, who is hateful?" ”

"Hold a grudge?"

"Yes." Zhang Yang nodded, "You have also seen that our Datang people are simple and simple, and they will not easily beat people." ”

Lu Dongzan grimaced, "You mean I'm to blame?" ”

Zhang Yang smiled: "I definitely didn't mean that, I just said an inference." ”

Lu Dongzan snorted coldly, "I was about to congratulate you on your promotion to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, if someone else checks it, forget it, you are the most worried." ”

"Brother Xiang's words are not right, I have also had a friendship with you for two or three years, if you want to say that there is anyone in the entire court who has such a good relationship with Brother Daxiang as I do?"

Lu Dongzan saluted slightly, "I regard you as an opponent, now you are already the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty, as Zampu expected, you will be in a higher and higher position in the court, and at the same time you will also be the opponent of Tubo, since you have been in power today, you have always been our opponent of Tubo." ”

Zhang Yang grinned, "It's really an honor to be here." ”

Lu Dongzan said: "I hope that one day we can meet on the battlefield." ”

"Hehehe......" Zhang Yang smiled dryly, "Brother Xiang, I laughed, I am a civilian official, not a military general, we can't see each other on the battlefield, I am a scholar, it's not good to fight and kill this kind of thing, this is not elegant, um." ”

Just as he was about to continue walking, Zhang Yang glanced at the Qiuzi envoy Nali again, "This envoy, what's the matter with you?" Why are you dressed in such rags, isn't it halfway to be robbed? ”

"The foreign minister was not robbed, and the turtle is gone! Please also invite the Ministry of Rites, the Tang Dynasty, and the Heavenly Khan to be the master of the thousands of people in Qiuzi. ”

As he spoke, he fell to his knees.