The emperor was very melancholy and helpless, with ambitions in his heart, and wanted to show his ambitions to open up the community, but he had no money in his hands.

When the powerful clansmen in Chang'an City were still wasting their time, Li Shimin made another will to be diligent and thrifty, and whoever dared to be extravagant and wasteful would just wait to clean it up.

Wei Zheng, who has always been diligent and thrifty and dedicated to the public, almost gave Li Shimin a thumbs up.

The interior of Chang'an is as prosperous as ever, and this negotiation between Tubo and Datang does not affect the vitality here.

In the past few years of pacification, more and more people have moved into Chang'an City, and now the population of Chang'an City has reached 500,000.

These days, Xu Jingzong travels back and forth between the Foreign Affairs Yuan and the envoys of various countries.

"Prince of Persia, the lower officials have said it several times, we are discussing the matter of Persia's request for help, and if there is a result, we will definitely inform you."

The Persian prince Belus handed over another piece of gold, "There is a squire." ”

In the past six months in Chang'an City, the Persian prince also learned Guanzhong dialect, which is the only skill he learned in Datang in the past six months.

Quietly accepting this piece of gold, Xu Jingzong nodded and said: "Don't worry, the Persian prince can rest assured, it's just that the first battle of Tubo has just had a result, and he will give the Persian prince an explanation after he is busy with these things." ”

"I'm tired."

Belus still kept saluting, his Guan Zhong was very rusty, but he thought that saluting must be useful.

Xu Jingzong walked back to the Diplomatic Yuan with a heavy heart, and the Foreign Affairs Institute was about to turn the sky upside down.

Zhang Daxiang made tea with dried chrysanthemums and added some mint and dandelions, "Xu Shilang, do you want to drink two sips?" ”

Xu Jingzong looked at the tea bowl and said curiously, "What is this?"

Zhang Daxiang explained: "This is chrysanthemum tea, it is a health tea developed by Dr. Sun Shen of Lishan Medical Center, which has the effect of dispersing wind and heat, calming the liver and brightening the eyes. ”

Picking up the tea bowl, Xu Jingzong took a big sip and put down a piece of gold casually, "I'm really tired these days, I get up early and get down from the morning to the court, and I have to sort out the eucalyptus rolls after a while." ”

After drinking another sip of chrysanthemum tea, Xu Jingzong smashed his mouth, "Is there a prescription for this tea?" ”

Zhang Daxiang picked up a package, and after opening it, it was filled with materials in small cloth bags, "A bag and a bowl can be brewed repeatedly, or the mother at home prepared it, knowing that our brothers are tired, she went to Lishan Medical Center to buy some, but it is not expensive to buy five bags." ”

After taking three or two bags and accepting them, Xu Jingzong nodded and said: "Change the world's officials to buy some, and the words have not been good in the past two days, most of them are on fire." ”

Zhang Daxiang saw a piece of gold on the table, "What is this gold?" ”

"It was given by the prince of Persia." Xu Jingzong said melancholy: "How good the silver cake is, this gold can't be spent." ”

If it is a silver cake, it will be forgotten, gold is rare, and people will not only refuse to accept it and be known by the government, but also be interrogated.

"Just put it in the Foreign Affairs Academy, and let Zhang Shangshu fold it into a silver cake another day."

"It's fine."

Xu Jingzong nodded, sank his heart, and continued to sort out the eucalyptus scrolls.

Since the negotiations, everyone in the Foreign Affairs Yuan has been busy and crazy, and everyone is like a chicken blood in dealing with various matters, and Zhang Dasu took his own people to Tibet again.

Now there are only two squires in the Foreign Service.

Xu Jingzong even lived here with more than a dozen scribes and a cook.

Get busy when you wake up, and go to sleep as soon as you close your eyes.

It is a luxury to be able to sleep three hours a day, and everyone sleeps for two hours and then begins to deal with the situation in various places overnight, and also to sort out and classify them.

Proficiency in the various Chinese languages is now a necessary ability for everyone in the Foreign Affairs Academy, and in addition to the necessary matters, they also have to learn the Tubo dialect of the Western Regions, and even the Turkic language.

Every night, the city of Chang'an is quiet, only the Foreign Affairs Yuan is lit up.

Zhang Daxiang kept writing with a pen in one hand, "This month, we must finalize all the matters in Tubo, and after half a year, we will continue to be busy with the affairs of the Western Regions Protectorate." ”

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As soon as the words fell, there were people in the Foreign Affairs Courtyard who wailed.

There are only a few days left in June, and there are still mountains of files in front of me, and I have to go to various ministries in the DPRK and Central Committee to get all kinds of official documents.

He also distributed the chrysanthemum tea to everyone, and Zhang Daxiang said: "Tired and angry, make a bubble of tea to nourish the liver and eyes." ”

Xu Jingzong followed the light of the oil lamp and stared at the words on the bamboo slips, rubbed his sour eyes vigorously, and poured a large sip of chrysanthemum tea.

Everyone was busy, and Li Shimin's will came again.

The guard who passed the decree read, "Your Majesty has a decree to order the Foreign Affairs Yuan to sort out the dossier of the land of Hexi, and to demarcate the herdsmen outside the customs where the land of Jiayu Mountain is located, and compile it into a book and hand it over to Zhongshu Province. ”

After reading the decree, the guards left, and another wail came from the Foreign Office.

If it weren't for the fact that the Foreign Affairs Yuan gave more monthly money than the Chinese officials of the DPRK, there would really be people who didn't want to do it.

Not only is the Foreign Affairs Yuan very busy, because now His Majesty has an idea for the construction of the Hexi Corridor, the imperial examination is to be held, and the affairs of official learning are personally supervised by the crown prince.

The court and the central government were also very busy, and many officials took the files home to write, and there were not a few people who were drowsy in the early court.

Today, it is rare for Zhang Yang to come to the early dynasty.

Xu Jingzong wiped his tears.

"What are you crying about?" Zhang Yang stood in the Taiji Hall in his official uniform and comforted.

Xu Jingzong said in a low voice: "When Xia Guan saw Zhang Shangshu, it was like seeing a relative, these days have been too difficult, he has been busy in the Foreign Affairs Yuan all day, and he has not returned home for half a month, and his wife at home thinks that he has raised an outer room." ”

"Really? Are there not enough people? ”

Zhang Daxiang replied: "There are really not enough people, and I have told the officials several times that I have never given people hands." ”

The three of them looked at Master Yang together.

Yang Shidao held the wat board in his hand and said loudly: "All departments need manpower, your Ministry of Rites is busy, who is not busy in the central and central departments?" ”

Zhang Yang looked at Li Baiyao again, "Brother Baiyao, you also took someone to the Foreign Affairs Yuan to help these days." ”

Li Baiyao saluted and said: "In two days, the imperial examination will be held, and the lower officials are really lacking in skills." ”

I listened to Xu Jingzong's explanation again, not to mention the various ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee these days, even the Menxia Province is under the pressure of the prince's personal supervision, and is preparing for official school matters.

With the current manpower of the DPRK and China, this situation will not end until the imperial examination is over, and until the officials are replenished.

"Lao Xu, I'll expand our Diplomatic Institute and buy two more pieces of land around."

"Zhang Shangshu, what do you mean by this?"

"We have to break down our manpower, and I will give you the specific details later, and you can let people buy the land first."

"Zhang Shangshu doesn't know that the price of our house in Chang'an City has skyrocketed recently, and the price of a few pieces of land around our Foreign Affairs Institute is also expensive."

"We are not short of money, let His Royal Highness King Wei come forward to do it, I see who dares to raise the price with us."

Zhang Daxiang and Xu Jingzong were speechless and had no choice but to let it go.

With the arrival of Li Shimin, the early dynasty began.

In fact, the reason why I came to the court today was because I made an appointment with Wei Zheng's family, and I wanted to take their family to Lishan today.

Li Shimin was a little surprised when he saw Zhang Yang, and then he lowered his face and listened to the reports of various ministries.

Within a year, he said that he would build the four towns of Anxi, and half a year has passed, and it seems that the progress of the Ministry of Rites is not big at the moment, but it is necessary to see how Zhang Yang will be responsible for his original outrageous words.

The early dynasty went smoothly and ended quickly.

After the next dynasty, Zhang Yang and Wei Zheng walked together.

One is the current servant of Wei Xiang, whose status is alongside Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji and others, and is also in charge of the Yushitai.

And Zhang Yang is a new county marquis.

Both of them were lonely ministers in the court, and they had no friends in the court.

The eyes of the people around him, the old and the young didn't care.

Walking out of Chengtianmen and walking all the way to Vermilion Bird Street, Zhang Yang first went home, taking his daughter-in-law, Xiao Wu and Xiao Xiong.

The family prepared in front of Chang'an City first.

As soon as the carriage was packed, Wei Zheng's family also came with their two sons.

Li Yue saluted first, "I've seen Gong Zheng, I've seen Mrs. Wei." ”

Mrs. Wei stepped forward and said cordially: "Her Royal Highness the princess is pregnant now, how can a woman accept this gift. ”

Li Yue smiled: "Since you are an elder, of course you have to salute." ”

The daughter-in-law and Mrs. Wei sat in a carriage, and Zhang Yang helped Wei Zheng to get into the carriage, "Gong Zheng, I have also prepared a carriage, and the two sons can ride together." ”

Wei Zheng glanced at his son, "Just let them run." ”

Knowing that Wei Zheng's family is poor and has his own way of teaching his children, Zhang Yang naturally doesn't want to say much.

The two families headed towards Lishan.

The carriage swayed on the official road, "You are also a county marquis now, and you have such a status at a young age." ”

Listening to Wei Zheng's words, Zhang Yang sat on the wheel and replied: "Actually, the elders I met when I came to Chang'an were very good, with the king of Hejian County and the teacher, and the support of the elders was indispensable along the way. ”

Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "It's still because of your ability and your heart, I heard that you taught you to grow up with a hermit old man in Qinling." ”

Zhang Yang grinned, "My teacher has really taught me a lot, and it has also allowed me to understand the world well. ”

"Cherish your skills, these skills are not easy to come by, it is not easy for people to meet a good teacher in this life, and it is also a teacher who teaches you so many skills."

"That's what Gong Zheng said."

No more words were spoken along the way, and the carriage staggered to Lishan.

Wei Zheng's two sons were to guard the entrance of the village.

Zhang Yang walked into the village with Zheng Gong.

Li Yue took Mrs. Wei's people by the hand and introduced the situation in the village to her.

When you enter this village, you will see neat houses and neat and smooth roads.

The pavement was so clean that there was no dust, and it was still poured.

Wei Zheng looked at the room, "These are all your hard work in the past few years?" ”

"I can't say it's my own hard work, I just hope that the whole village can get rid of poverty and become rich together."

"Poverty alleviation?" Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "There are still many people in the Central Plains who can't eat, if the villages in the Central Plains are as rich as here, the old man will be blind to death." ”

Zhang Yang explained with a smile, "This is the medical hall in our village, look at this place, it's very big." ”

Mrs. Wei nodded, "I've never seen such a big medical hall." ”

Zhang Yang explained: "This area was originally used as a commercial street for trading, and I plan to demolish all of this area and include this entire road in the medical center, with houses one by one that can accommodate more patients." ”

Wei Zheng listened and nodded, "The old man has heard that your doctor in Lishan is not only skilled in medicine, but also has Doctor Sun in charge, and the medicine is also very cheap, hmm!" Healing the sick and saving people is a matter of benefiting the world, and you are also a person who has the world in mind. ”

After the expansion of the medical hall is completed, it will become a behemoth, according to the assumption that it can be an existence of nearly a thousand people.

took Wei Zheng and Mrs. Wei to the other side of the village, where a group of children were reading, and the sound of reading aloud was very moving.

Wei Zheng glanced out the window and saw dozens of children around the age of ten studying.

Don't disturb the children's reading, Wei Zheng asked after he walked away, "This is the place where you set up an official school?" ”

Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Don't look at the current study hall is very small, it will become a big school in the future, and we will teach many, many subjects." ”

Wei Zheng listened and nodded.

Zhang Yang said again: "If Gong Zheng wants to retire in the future, you can come to our Lishan for the elderly, our Lishan mountains and rivers are good, Zou Guogong and the Emperor Taishang are here to support the elderly, and they are very supportive." ”

"When the old man heard about it, he said that Zhang Gongjin would not live for two years, but your Lishan would live for the third year."

"Also, we will be led by Doctor Sun in Lishan every morning, and we will organize people to play Tai Chi together in Lishan, and the children and the elderly will fight together, that scene is interesting."

Wei Zheng still nodded, "The old man also heard about this matter, when Sun Simiao wanted to sit with you and talk about it, you coaxed and deceived Sun Simiao into Lishan on the grounds of medical skills." ”

Zhang Yang cleared his throat vigorously, "How can this be coaxing?" ”

Wei Zheng said again: "Speaking of which, if you really don't have real talent and learning, and you don't have the insight of medical skills, Doctor Sun will not stay." ”

After walking a little further, Wei Zheng stopped at a vegetable patch.

Mrs. Wei was also curious, she looked carefully, "What kind of dish is this?" ”

Li Yue explained: "This is cabbage, which was bought from the Persians, and it grows very well, and it is easy to raise the ground. ”

Zhang Yang pulled out two and packed them in a cloth bag, "Zheng Gong will bring them when he goes back." ”

Seeing that Wei Zheng was a little hesitant, Zhang Yang said again: "No, just two dishes are also something valuable." ”

Taking the cloth bag, Wei Zheng nodded slightly, "Encourage farming, open government schools, and build medical centers, it can be seen that you have the intention of benefiting one party along the way." ”

"Zheng Gong said with a smile, I just took what I learned and used it."

Continuing to walk along the way, Wei Zheng stroked his beard and continued: "If your teacher from Qinling is still alive, the old man really wants to see him. ”

"Well, don't hide it from Gong Zheng, the teacher who taught me to grow up is a very wise person who taught me a lot of knowledge, from astronomy to geography, I am a stupid person who is not good at learning arts, but I can also know a thing or two."

"It can be seen that you are not good at learning arts, and you know a little bit about everything, and often these two points are also very useful to the community, but it's a pity."

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that this ability fell on you, and if you were someone else, you might have already become famous in the world and become a capable minister."

What happened to me that fell on me?