Zhang Yang changed his clothes, and the family sorted out before going out.

In a pavilion in Chang'an City, Xu Jingzong stood on the second floor and looked down at the lively Suzaku Street.

Behind him is the lively chatter of diners, shouting and scolding, and if you listen closely, you can hear the scolding.

Li Yifu walked up to the second floor in the black and gray official uniform of the provincial clerk under the door, and walked all the way behind Xu Jingzong, "Thank you Xu Shilang for arranging." ”

"It's a gesture."

Li Yifu took another step forward, "Xu Shilang went to see Gong Zheng first, and then went to see Zhang Shangshu for the sake of Liaodong?" ”

Xu Jingzong nodded, "Although you and I have known each other for a short time, I see that you are quite angry, so I naturally appreciate you a little more." ”

Li Yifu sighed: "This Chang'an City is mostly from such a bitter background as Xiaguan, who has no family background to rely on, and no powerful people to help, if you want to go all the way, you must show the perseverance that others do not have, and you must also be decisive when you decide." ”

Now Li Yifu is still a scribe in the province, and his background is simple, and no one appreciates it.

This made Xu Jingzong think of how he was not like this back then.

People came and went on Suzaku Street, and Li Yifu said in a low voice: "Xiaguan heard that Zhang Shangshu and Her Royal Highness the Princess are quite accomplished in mathematics?" ”

Xu Jingzong nodded, "What?" Do you know math too? ”

"The lower officials don't understand, but I just heard a lot of scholars talk about it, there is a math question in the imperial examination, which is very annoying when thinking, and there are very few people who can make this question, let alone understand the meaning of the question."

"See? The one pulling the car was Zhang Shangshu. ”

Li Yifu looked down and saw a person of his age, wearing a coarse cloth short coat pulling a car.

"This is Zhang Shangshu?"

Xu Jingzong smiled: "It looks ordinary, right?" ”

Li Yifu hurriedly saluted respectfully, "Zhang Shangshu's footsteps are firm, and there is a bit of pride in the world between his eyebrows. ”

Listening to his words, Xu Jingzong smiled and once again firmly believed in his judgment, if a person like Li Yifu was thrown into Liaodong, even if the king of Goguryeo died, he would be able to come back alive.

It would be fitting for him to go and make an internal account for the Foreign Affairs Academy.

Xu Jingzong said: "Today, Your Majesty asked Shangshu to read more sage books, Zhang Shangshu often told us to be a correct person, to do good things, to do the right thing, so that we can have a clear conscience, the original design of Tuyuhun, let Tuyuhun corpses all over the field, Tuyuhun royal family fled to Chang'an City, Zhang Shangshu took them into the dungeon with a piece of music, and was executed after the autumn. ”

Li Yifu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and there was more awe in his eyes.

Xu Jingzong said: "Two years ago, the prince of Gaochang entered Chang'an City, Zhang Shang wrote a strategy and handed it to Gaochang, in order to govern Gaochang also sent people to help, but after a year of Gaochang rebellion, Gaochang Wang and his son asked for help from the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Shangshu beat it back to Gaochang, and Gaochang Wang and his son were hanged alive in front of Gaochang City. ”

Li Yifu was silent.

"Then Gaochang began to conquer the Western Turks, and the entire Gaochang army was ordered by Zhang Shangshu, and the Qiuci envoy verbally provoked the Ministry of Rites, and denounced Gaochang and Zhang Shangshu for the Western Turks, and Qiuci died the following year."

Listening to these words, Li Yifu picked up the kettle on the side and poured some wine into his mouth.

Xu Jingzong held his hands, "You must have heard about the affairs of Tubo, I won't talk about it, now everyone in the Ministry of Rites is rectifying the Western Regions, Zhang Shangshu let the descendants of the Western Turk Khan of that year be able to regain the position of Khan, and give him help, now the Western Turks are in dire straits, the people are struggling to make a living, and the water of the Yinli River often carries human blood, and it has not stopped killing until now." ”

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With another sigh, Xu Jingzong said: "If we continue to fight like this, the people of the Western Turks will die, and the vision of our Foreign Affairs Yuan is that the world is peaceful, and all countries in the world can live in peace, and we have been working hard for this goal." ”

"Li Yifu, what do you think?"

Hearing the question, Li Yifu was still a little dazed, and he came back to his senses, "Xu Shilang means ......"

Xu Jingzong lowered his voice, "There will always be murderers who destroy the country, even if Zhang Shangshu often admonishes to be a good person, such a young leader is an example we should look up to, is this right?" ”

Li Yifu straightened his clothes and said: "A man is a husband, and he should be ambitious, Zhang Shangshu is a role model for my generation, and it is the goal that the lower officials have to strive for all their lives." ”

Listening to these words, Xu Jingzong felt more and more that this Li Yifu was a talent.

It is rare for someone to be able to speak such nonsense so justifiably.

Single-mindedly looking for opportunities to get ahead, but not relying on it, such people have goals in their hearts and are eager to make meritorious contributions, and such people can be used by the Foreign Affairs Academy and Zhang Shangshu.

Just give him a goal, promise a future, and he can get out of the way.

Xu Jingzong said again: "If you go to Goguryeo, the Foreign Affairs Yuan will give you the manpower to escort you, but this matter has not been approved by the court, if this matter is discussed in the court, the court will definitely choose another candidate for safety, and this opportunity will not fall on you." ”

"Xia Guan understands." Li Yifu bowed his head.

"You can't find a day when you can't get out in Menxia Province for several years, the Foreign Affairs Yuan can give you this opportunity, you prepare for these two days, and when you can leave for Goguryeo, you come to the Foreign Affairs Yuan, and I will tell you what you have to do when you go to Goguryeo."

Li Yifu bowed down and thanked him, "Thank you for the arrangement." ”

Xu Jingzong nodded and stopped talking.

In Chang'an City, it is the summer season, everyone walking on the street has sweat on their faces, and the sunshine brings vitality to this season at the same time, it also makes people hot and uneasy.

The people in Guanzhong are hard-working, and many coolies in Chang'an who have done hard work all morning are hiding in the corners of the wall to avoid the sun and rest.

At noon, when people are hungry, they buy a braised pork on the street corner and pour the soup over the millet rice to eat.

Meat and salt are their sources of replenishment.

You can eat a full meal for five pennies, and there is nothing more cost-effective than this.

Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the price of these braised pork is not increased.

Lishan, daughter-in-law, aunt and Xiao Wu are packing up their residences, and they are all planning to escape the summer in the village these days.

Zhang Yang followed Li Tai to the entrance of the village, where Li Ji was waiting.

"General." Zhang Yang smiled and saluted.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that you have a lot of war horses in Lishan, and Your Majesty asked the old man to come and take a look."

Li Tai stepped forward and saluted with a smile, "General, please." ”

Noticing Li Ji's gaze, Zhang Yang still had a smile on his face, thinking that now the army is condemning him, and it is normal for the general to not have a good face.

Coming to the other side of Lishan, there is a horse circle here, and dozens of war horses are here.

Li Ji carefully selected.

Zhang Yang stood in the shade of the tree with his hands in his hands, "Things are going well in Luoyang, how many people have taken the bait?" ”

Li Tai replied: "There are not many people who take the bait. ”

Zhang Yang nodded, "Give them a little sweetness again." ”

While talking about the sugar plan, Li Tai still looked at Li Ji from afar with a smile on his face, and whispered, "Brother-in-law, will the risk of doing this be too great, if they get the sweetness and stop it, we won't have nothing to lose." ”

Leaning his back against the tree, Zhang Yang frowned and said: "Since they are willing to participate in this game, their psychology has changed to some extent, and it is difficult to get out of some things once they get involved, especially these children of wealthy families, their bodies, minds and wills have long been worn out by the extravagant life, on the contrary, only the most simple farmers are the most determined people." ”

"How so?"

"I've been reading a lot of books lately, and when I read the books that these people like to read, I also need to understand the way of thinking of these people."

"Brother-in-law has been working on this lately?"

"Zhou Yi has a saying, Tianxingjian, a gentleman should strive for self-improvement, these children rarely look at Zhou Yi, they like to eat and never get tired of eating, they don't get tired of being fine, and they also like to choose those who are good and follow them, and change those who are not good, this is my understanding in the past two months."

Zhang Yang continued: "It is one thing to know and be studious, and it is another thing to be self-improving, if there is a lack of self-improvement, then they are easily eroded by extravagance, and thus become rich slaves, look at these villagers, even if the days are hard and tired, they can enjoy a moment of happiness, can they do it?" ”

"It's just an attempt by me, and it's also to verify my understanding of the children of these families, whether my expectations are too high, or whether they have fallen beyond cure."

As he spoke, Zhang Yang took out another thing, "This is an identity I designed." ”

The paper made by Lishan himself is a little rough, but fortunately it is tough and cheap, Li Tai took this paper and opened it to look at the contents, "This is ......"

"I don't know if this identity will be suitable."

"What is my brother-in-law doing this for?"

Zhang Yang smiled, "You arrange a person, this person has to be trained, he has to have the conversation of the children of the clan, and he also has the power to do things, and this person is also hoarding sugar, three or two people are fooled is a fluke, and the game must be done clearly, of course this person is fake, everything about them is fake, but in the eyes of those children of the family, what we have to do is more real than the real thing, this person knows that there is white sugar in Luoyang, and rushed from Chang'an City to Luoyang to collect white sugar The children of the Chang'an clan." ”

Li Taisi said: "It is difficult to pretend to be a child of the clan, I am preparing for a few days, there is a princess left by the former Sui, and now she has entered the temple as a nun, but she has a younger brother, who also overheard the conversation between the father and the queen mother, and few people mentioned it, that is, the former Sui clan, whether it is talking and doing style, is still there, but it is a suitable candidate." ”

"Which princess?"

"Princess Yongfeng, the granddaughter of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui and Queen Dugu Jialuo, the eldest daughter of Yang Jian's heir Yang Jun of Qin Xiaowang, since the fall of the former Sui, the imperial grandfather entered Chang'an and did not kill it all, at that time she wanted to cut her hair for the imperial grandfather to fulfill her, this was twenty years ago."

It is naturally difficult to ask too much about the secrets of the former Sui clan and the Tang Dynasty, and that period was very chaotic.

"Since His Royal Highness the King of Wei has a suitable candidate, you might as well try it, and you have to train well before sending it to Luoyang, if His Royal Highness the King of Wei doesn't know how to train, you can ask Xu Jingzong to help, he is more experienced."

Li Tai nodded slightly, "Understood." ”

There are risks involved in buying and selling sugar, and the risks are not small.

My brother-in-law now has money, so he can take out the money to make a game first.

Not only did these children of the family check carefully, but then made the bureau so real that it couldn't be more real.

These children of the family could not have imagined that in order to study their minds, in order to understand them, to find out their details, and to understand what books they read.

checked the children of the family from temperament to family background.

and then send people to cooperate to make the whole game real.

And also give them real sweetness.

Li Tai had a feeling in his heart that his brother-in-law would definitely succeed, and it was during the Taiping period that the children of young families who were born in Wude Nian and are now about twenty years old have fallen faster than expected.

The extravagant life and the days of wealth have long worn them into the most fragile people, not to mention Tianxingjian, self-improvement.

Just let them indulge in this kind of business, and they will sink very quickly.

This kind of calculating method is intimidating.

Li Tai asked in a low voice, "Brother-in-law, is there any way not to be fooled?" ”

"Yes, as long as His Royal Highness King Wei has a heroic and righteous spirit, he can distinguish those scheming ghosts."

"How do you cultivate Haoran Righteousness?"

"Do you know why I've been living a life of luxury, drunkenness?"

Li Tai blinked cutely, "Why?" ”

Zhang Yang raised his head and looked at the sky, "If you don't want to, you are strong." ”

Li Tai nodded, "It's a good sentence to be rigid if you don't want to." ”

Li Ji, who confirmed the horses, came over again, "These horses are not bad, the old man will go back to Chang'an City and let people take the war horses away and send them to the Hexi Corridor." ”

Zhang Yang arched his hand and said, "Did Your Majesty say about the price?" ”

Li Ji said with a smile: "One hundred and sixty yuan for a war horse." ”

"Well, that's fair." Zhang Yang said clearly: "There are a total of eighty-seven war horses here, dare to ask whether it is cash or silver cake?" ”

"Your Majesty didn't say it."

"Is that to pay the money first or to the war horse first? Or do you pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and settle it on the spot? ”

Li Ji said again: "Your Majesty didn't say anything, but don't worry, since the court wants to buy these war horses, it won't owe you any debt." ”

After speaking, Li Ji strode away.

Li Tai nodded and said, "It seems that the general is very satisfied with these war horses." ”

Zhang Yang looked at Li Ji's back with his hands, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, when the time comes to deliver the war horse, you must make the price clear to the other party, and you must draw a pledge from the military department." ”

"Understood."

"Leave evidence and evidence, if the court wants to repay the debt, we can still ask for it, compared to your father's criminal record, he has not relied on the debt once or twice."

Zhang Yang has always been a calculating person, and the sugar business is often tens of thousands of dollars, and he doesn't blink an eyelid when he takes out the money.

It's just that you have to bargain with others for a long time on the purchase and sale of one or two dollars.

When the mountain breeze blows, you can feel a little cool.

Zhang Yang returned to his residence, and Li Yue and his aunts had already cleaned up the house.

"Xiao Wu went to visit her father, this girl has been homesick for a long time."