"Yes, I have daughters now, and it's not the same as before." Zhang Yang replied in a low voice.

It rained again late at night, and from the door of the main house, you could see that the lights had been blown out of the lights of the younger siblings' quarters.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui had their own rooms, and after another half an hour, their rooms also blew out the lights.

Only the oil lamp in the main house was still on, Zhang Yang sat in front of the house, and he couldn't see the distance clearly in the empty night, and could only hear the movement of the rain falling on the eaves and Huaqing Pond.

Li Yue hugged her daughter to sleep, Zhang Yang was still thinking about the farming matters in front of him, there is a way that everything cannot be separated from the masses, and it is necessary to go deep into the masses in order to understand the needs of the masses and understand the lives of the villagers now in order to make appropriate measures.

Even if we want to encourage the diversity of crops, we cannot do without the support of the masses.

Sure enough, it is very difficult to do everything without the masses, nothing can be done without the mass foundation, and it takes a step by step to encourage crop diversity, and the people's feelings in various counties are also different, so we need to take our time.

It is inseparable from the masses and the support of the townships and counties.

It is also necessary for the DPRK to give records of the water and soil conditions in various places, and after thinking about these, Zhang Yang went back to the house, and his daughter-in-law and daughter slept really soundly.

Closed the door lightly, slept on the bed on the ground, and looked forward to the safe birth of the child in his daughter-in-law's womb.

In Chang'an City, today's morning dynasty had just ended, and Li Shimin saw the music sent by Lishan, and he said in a low voice: "What has Zhang Yang been doing in the past two days?" ”

Wang Gonggong said in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty, I heard that yesterday the county marquis went out of Lishan to various townships and counties to see the situation of land cultivation, and also asked a few families to inquire. ”

"Hmm." Li Shimin nodded in response, and continued to read the music written by Zhang Yang, the right to crop scheduling, and the sumptuous dishes on the dinner table?

The emperor couldn't help but smile, "This kid is also very enthusiastic. ”

After a while, the guards in front of the hall reported: "Your Majesty, Xu Jingzong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, asks to see you." ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin put down the concerto, "Let him in." ”

"Whoa."

In the past few days after the opening of the court, the Ministry of Rites has arranged all the affairs of the court, thinking that he should come to report now.

Now that he came, seeing that people had not yet saluted when they entered the hall, Li Shimin picked up the piece in his hand and said, "No need to be polite." ”

Xu Jingzong bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has sent three envoys to Tubo, and brought ten officials and scholars to Tubo, according to Your Majesty's instructions, the Ministry of Rites also sent envoys to Liaodong, one to pass the will to appoint Zhang Da'an as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, continue to preside over Liaodong affairs, and the other to send His Majesty's letter to the King of Goguryeo, so that he can come to the court. ”

Li Shimin took a deep breath, "You have always been very effective in handling affairs in the Ministry of Rites, since the King of Hejian County left the Ministry of Rites and Zhang Yang established the Foreign Affairs Academy, you have been busy with many things in the Ministry of Rites, and you have worked hard these days." ”

Xu Jingzong bowed and saluted, "The minister is as concerned about the society as Zhang Shangshu, and he will not dare to slack off." ”

Looking at him, this was the first time that Li Shimin looked carefully at one of the eighteen scholars of the Qin Palace, "You are Zhang Yang's right-hand man, and with you, we have the current situation of the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers should do their duty, and the top and bottom of the Ministry of Rites are all for the sake of the community and share worries for Your Majesty." Xu Jingzong lowered his body, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty said so, minister...... The minister was terrified. ”

Li Shimin stood up and stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Zhang Yang doesn't care about the Ministry of Rites, I also let him concurrently serve as the secretary of the Taifu Temple, he is also a doppelganger, and now he has entered the Zhongshu Province, and he is the squire of Shangshu Province, so many things in the court, he can't let him do it alone." ”

Hearing this, Xu Jingzong lowered his body.

The palace people in the palace bowed their bodies, and the prince cleaned up the scattered pieces on the table.

His Majesty is still talking.

"The position of the Ministry of Rites cannot be vacant, and I can't look at you as a squire but I have been doing the things of the Ministry of Rites, and the position of the Ministry of Rites is yours."

"The minister will live up to His Majesty's expectations, and he will do his best in the future."

Li Shimin smiled and bowed his head, "I also know that the eldest grandson Wuji often told me that you had misbehaved in the Qin Palace, but I also valued ability, and I have also asked in the past two years, now that you have a family and a family, your conduct has improved a lot, and there was nothing wrong with it back then, and in the future, the important responsibility of the Ministry of Rites will still be handed over to you, as for the affairs of Liaodong, everything can be as usual." ”

Xu Jingzong lowered his head and didn't dare to say more, and said again when he heard the words: "The minister understands, and the minister retires first." ”

"Hmm." Li Shimin answered, and sat back to deal with the movement.

When he walked out of the Ganlu Palace, Xu Jingzong walked to a hall, stroked his chest and breathed smoothly, and when the Ganlu Hall was in front of His Majesty, he was overwhelmed.

Your Majesty is almost going to say directly, are you doing things for Zhang Yang, or are you doing things for me?

Xu Jingzong was about to take a new step, his steps unconsciously softened, and he walked a long way by holding on to the wall.

After seeing His Majesty, Xu Jingzong came to the Ministry of Rites to relax for a while, hurriedly asked people to prepare horses, and first instructed the Foreign Affairs Institute about the matter, and hurried to Lishan.

At present, Zhang Yang is still worried about the cultivation in the field, listening to a few old farmers discussing farming.

These old farmers have a lot of farming experience, listening to their stories, Zhang Yang recorded some details of farming, for example, when the canal was built, the terrain had to be leveled, there was a difference between growing grain and growing vegetables, vegetables would rob the fertility of the land, and whether it was planting fruit trees or vegetables, the fertility of the land was needed more than grain.

Therefore, the fields and vegetable fields should be separated, and while these were being recorded, I smelled the smell of tea eggs, and when I raised my eyes, I saw that this fat man was eating tea eggs, "Brother-in-law, Xu Jingzong is looking for you at the entrance of the village." ”

Zhang Yang took the tea eggs he handed over, put the booklet in his hand into his arms, peeled the eggshell all the way and asked, "What is he doing here?" ”

Li Tai chewed the egg in his mouth and distributed the remaining tea eggs to his guards.

"How many tea eggs does His Royal Highness King Wei eat a day now?"

"It's only one or two a day." Li Tai said leisurely: "This king usually cooks a pot, and the rest is distributed to his guards. ”

After a pause, he said, "Brother-in-law, there are too many eggs in our village, and we can't eat all the salted duck eggs." ”

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "You can take it to Chang'an City to sell." ”

Chicken and duck eggs are not sold well in Chang'an City, the secret recipe of salted duck eggs has been in Lishan, and you can find a way to marinate them into salted duck eggs and sell them, or you can boil tea eggs and sell them.

One can consume the stock of eggs in the village, and the other can be exchanged for some silver.

Lishan's eggs alone are a headache, not to mention improving people's livelihood, and the breeding industry is even more difficult.

If you want to say that you give a gift and give a basket of chickens, ducks and eggs, people may not accept it.

But if you give a basket of salted duck eggs, the other party will be happy.

The two walked to the entrance of the village eating eggs, and saw Xu Jingzong still pacing back and forth here in official uniforms, looking very sad.

"Lao Xu, do you have something on your mind?" Zhang Yang greeted with a smile.

"Xiaguan does have some trouble."

"Could it be that your wife knows about your outer room?"

Xu Jingzong hurriedly explained: "County marquis, don't make jokes, if you have a fierce wife at home, how dare you raise an outer room." ”

"Are you going to kill Monk Xuanzang?" Li Tai also asked.

"How can Monk Xuanzang say kill and kill, His Royal Highness King Wei laughed."

Xu Jingzong explained and sighed: "It was the lower official who went to see His Majesty after the early dynasty and said some words to the lower official, and I also want to inform the county marquis. ”

Li Tai sat down on the side, ready to listen.

His Majesty arranged for Tubo and Liaodong, and Xu Jingzong talked about educating the Tibetan tribes, which was handled by Zheng Gongkou and the Ministry of Rites, and also summoned the king of Goguryeo.

Of course, with the current situation in Goguryeo, the king of Goguryeo may not leave at this time, and whether the king of Goguryeo can continue to sit down is a question.

also talked about His Majesty's promise to let Xu Jingzong serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "In this way, Your Majesty asked you to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but there is no will, no formal appointment, and the Ministry of Officials has not been registered?" ”

Li Tai sat on the stone at the entrance of the village and said casually: "Since my father promised to let you be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you must be." ”

How would he think about this matter from the perspective of a teacher, if he was a teacher, he would definitely be able to think of more, Zhang Yang thought about it, and said after a while: "Your Majesty is waiting for your results, whether it is to educate the Tibetan people or pacify Goguryeo, as long as you do this, the position of the Ministry of Rites will be handed over to you." ”

"Xia Guan still thinks that the Ministry of Rites is inseparable from Zhang Shangshu."

Zhang Yang sighed: "Old Xu, what do you think Your Majesty wants?" ”

Xu Jingzong bowed down and said: "Sheji's meritorious work." ”

"Before the merit of the society is power, the diplomatic power of the Ministry of Rites must be handed over to an absolutely trustworthy person, Your Majesty can't trust me, and you may not be able to trust you, only when Your Majesty can trust you, will officially hand over the position of the Ministry of Rites to you."

Zhang Yang said again: "Since everything is business as usual in Liaodong, the relationship between Lishan and the Foreign Affairs Yuan is also the same. ”

"Even if the lower official is promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, everything in the Ministry of Rites is still the same as when Zhang Shangshu was there, everything will not change, and we will all listen to Zhang Shangshu's orders."

"Lao Xu, you still don't understand what Your Majesty means, after you go back, you can think about it again, since you have come to Lishan, how about having dinner together?"

"Okay, the lower officials have thanked His Royal Highness the King of Wei and Zhang Shangshu."

Li Tairen prepared a banquet, and after Xu Jingzong sat down, he raised his glass again and again, and the wine in Lishan was strong, and he kept pouring it.

It wasn't until he was drunk and unsteady on his feet that Li Tai asked the guards to send him back.

Xu Jingzong was sent home, sobered up slightly, and then came back to his senses from his drowsiness, where is this appointment, this is an exchange between Zhang Yang and His Majesty.

To put it simply, it is an exchange of interests.

His Majesty made a deal with Zhang Yang with the position of a secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Xu Jingzong smiled self-deprecatingly, he was like a messenger, maybe His Majesty had expected to go to Lishan to see Zhang Yang.

That's why Zhang Shangshu has been talking about him left and right.

His Majesty wants the fruits of the Ministry of Rites that have been built over the years, and now the tree of the Ministry of Rites still depends on Zhang Yang.

Diplomatic power is becoming more and more important every year, will Your Majesty turn a blind eye?

And so there was this exchange.

Your Majesty needs a trustworthy person to be in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and this person cannot be someone else, but there needs to be a trustworthy person in the Ministry of Rites.

Xu Jingzong figured out why His Majesty chose himself.

It's not that I, Xu Jingzong, first entered the Ministry of Rites, but I have participated in the Ministry of Rites to grow step by step until now, until now Zhang Yang has withdrawn from the court.

And His Majesty wants to empty Zhang Yang's power, so he will think of seeking to seize the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

This came and went, and there was this deal.

The Ministry of Rites handed over the powers of the Imperial Protectorate and let the court fight for it, and in order to maintain the situation in Liaodong, Zhang Yang will definitely hand over the authority of the Imperial Protectorate.

His Majesty asked the Ministry of Rites to abandon the car to protect the commander, and at the same time, in order to stabilize Zhang Yang, and at the same time continue to order the King of Goguryeo to come to Hetian Khan as a minister, he promoted me Xu Jingzong to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and let the current Ministry of Rites continue to do as usual.

His Majesty got the power of the Imperial Protectorate, and Zhang Shangshu got the purpose of wanting to get out of the court.

At the same time, His Majesty obtained the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and retained Zhang Shangshu's plans in the Ministry of Rites for many years.

One after the other, the deal between Zhang Yang and His Majesty was reached.

Everything was going in an orderly manner, and before the first month of the eleventh year of Zhenguan had passed, Xu Jingzong felt that the entire ritual department had been shaken.

Overnight, a promise, a response was achieved.

Zhang Yang's deal with His Majesty is very obscure.

Xu Jingzong thought that he was not a fool, and after he woke up, he finally understood.

Under the struggle for power, Zhang Yang has supported the Ministry of Rites for so many years, and now he is finally going to withdraw, the general trend of the Ministry of Rites has been achieved, even if there is no Zhang Shangshu, everything can be carried out in an orderly manner.

And when those Gaochang soldiers and horses went to Persia, the Ministry of Rites also found out that they had cut off contact with these Gaochang people.

All this was premeditated, all this was arranged.

Xu Jingzong felt that his back was soaked with sweat, and the terrible struggle between the monarchs and ministers was going on quietly, and he was in this game, and he was proud of it before.

Zhang Daxiang and Dasu have been in the Ministry of Rites for some years, Zhang Daxiang is the eldest son of Zou Guogong, he wants to inherit the title of the family, and he will leave the Ministry of Rites sooner or later.

Da Su has been named a scholar in the middle school, and he also serves as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and he will also leave sooner or later.

And Di Zhixun, who is far away in the Hexi Corridor, this person has made meritorious contributions to the management of the Hexi Corridor, and after such people come back, they will be the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, but they will not always be in the position of the waiter in the future.

There are also Da'an and Pei Xingjian, one of them is far away in Persia, and the other is far away in Liaodong.

The talents of these two men are very high.

Looking at the entire Ministry of Rites, I unconsciously went from the dilapidated Ministry of Rites back then, and now it seems to be full of talents.

At this moment, on Lishan, Zhang Yang will go to his newly built workshop every day for one or two hours, and his younger brothers and sisters are very curious about the workshop, and they don't know what his brother-in-law is busy in all day.

When asked, my brother-in-law said that he was going to build something very remarkable.

Only Li Yue knew that it was not that the previous flintlock pistol was not well made and needed to be rebuilt.

Busy with his daughter, Zhang Yang will continue to specialize in cultivating the field, and plans to meet the chief secretary and the two supervisors who are now serving in Taifu Temple.

As Taifu Siqing, he is also the number one, and he can't even see his subordinates.

First of all, we should promote the planting of vegetables and free-range breeding programs in various counties in Weinan, and go deep into the masses to listen to their opinions, and then slowly improve them, Zhang Yang believes that as long as it is effective, it can be widely publicized, and the ability of the masses is the most powerful.