The affairs related to weaving in the Tang Dynasty government were administratively under the management of the "Shaofuqing", who was responsible for the management of a number of weaving and dyeing workshops directly under the royal family, and the scale was not small.

Not only in Chang'an City, there are textile workshops, but also in Luoyang, Yangzhou, Chengdu and other places, there are similar institutions, which provide a large number of high-quality silk satin to the royal family every year as tribute.

According to common sense, the matter of copying the new Sogdian brocade should be the sole responsibility of the young minister.

But this time, Shao Fuqing did not take this errand.

First, it is risky to imitate Sogdian brocade, and if it is not a suggestion made by Shaofuqing himself, he will not be able to go all out, it is better not to pick up the stubble, otherwise it will be thankless even if he does;

It was Zheng Shuqing who became the credit, and it was he, the Shaofuqing, who was dragging his feet when he was defeated.

On the other hand, the current Shaofu Secretary Zheng Yan is actually ...... Zheng Shuqing's family is from the Zheng family in Xingyang.

To put it simply, it is Zheng Shuqing's relative.

Therefore, even if Shaofuqing did not promise anything on the surface, he secretly continued to give Zheng Shuqing all kinds of effective support, and provided Zheng Shuqing with various manpower, material resources and administrative convenience for copying Sogdian brocade.

Zheng Yan is the son-in-law of the former prime minister Zhang Shuo, whose grandparents were Sogdians, and it is very likely that he was born with the surname Zhaowu Jiu, and merged with the Zheng family of Xingyang because of the avoidance of disaster (it can be understood that he changed his surname).

Therefore, this person is just a distant cousin with Zheng Shuqing in blood, but culturally they are a family that advances and retreats together.

The inclusiveness of the Tang Dynasty culture and the concept of taking me as the main family from all over the world are also reflected in the family's absorption of outstanding talents.

What's even more weird is that Zhang said that Zhang Jiuling was Zhang Jiuling's mentor, and he was once a leading figure among the Jinshi-born officials; And Zheng Yan is an official of the "Ruling Faction" with Western Regions blood, but Zheng Shuqing is now a person in Li Linfu's circle, but he has not become a core henchman.

This kind of situation where you have me and I have you makes the relationship network of officialdom extremely complicated.

I have to say that politics is definitely not the kind of black-and-white fighting and killing that outsiders think.

In a sense, it's more like human sophistication.

After hearing these news, Fang Chongyong seemed to understand a little why Lao Zheng was often fearless, and as a complete layman, he dared to take on the work of weaving.

It's not because Lao Zheng is stupid, but the dark card in his hand, Fang Chongyong didn't see it. Information asymmetry leads to completely different judgments on the same thing on both sides.

Lao Zheng is also a good card in his hand, although there is no king bomb, but the three with one or something is also a pile of pinching, but there is often a lack of hard cards in the hand, always passive to deal with it seems a little embarrassed.

This imitation of Sogdian brocade is the silk brocade workshop of the young government supervisor of Chang'an Miyagi City, which is responsible for the specific design, weaving, and rendering, and it is also the only one directly under the official textile workshop in Chang'an City.

There are 365 weavers in the silk brocade workshop, which means "weaving day by day".

On the way to Shaofujian, Zheng Shuqing told Fang Chongyong that the Ayajinfang, a workshop located in the palace city, had been abolished by Li Longji in the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty because the sage claimed to take the lead in frugality and hardship.

Although Li Longji is greedy for pleasure now, he has indeed worked hard.

However, the good times did not last long, and within a few years, Li Longji was slapped in the face by reality, because the silk fabrics enshrined in various states were completely insufficient for Li Longji, who was becoming more and more extravagant.

So Li Longji, who wanted to save face, had no choice but to quietly restore the silk brocade workshop, but he did not dare to expand the scale at will, but in the east of Chang'an City, in the lower reaches of many rivers (relative to Chang'an), a series of official textile workshops were established in the name of foreign dynasties, with thousands of weavers.

Nominally, the workshop is from the outside world, but the actual output is from the palace. This method of separating ownership and output rights, a management classic that Fang Chongyong was proud of in his previous life, was actually used by Li Longji to be superb.

"Zheng Shilang is talking about the saint behind his back, is it really good?"

Fang Chongyong looked at Zheng Shuqing with an inexplicable expression and asked, the two of them had already walked to the door of the young eunuch.

You step on a horse and say bad things about Li Longji, can you not say it in front of me, don't I know that he is a hypocritical, greedy and arrogant old coin?

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm just afraid that you'll forget, so add a lesson of 100,000 yuan. Our saint, it's useless for you to do well, you have to do it better than he expected, so have more snacks. ”

Zheng Shuqing patted Fang Chongyong's shoulder and said.

"After the deed is completed, I will send you a pair of twin slave girls, only nine years old, the same age as Ling, that is really slim and waiting to be released, tsk!

Do you know how hard it is for the twins to find? I also want to find triplets and quadruplets for you, but those people are either ugly or not the right age......"

Zheng Shuqing lowered his head and leaned over and said in a low voice in Fang Chongyong's ear.

"Let's go, I have fully felt Zheng Shilang's sincerity."

Fang Chongyong felt as if he had been PUA by Zheng Shuqing, but he didn't say whether this feeling was correct.

When the two walked into the warehouse of the Silk Brocade Workshop, they saw that on the bamboo shelves that had been built, there were one after another imitation Sogdian brocade that had been weaved.

Blue, bright red, orange, green, etc., all kinds of colors, all kinds of styles and patterns.

Fang Chongyong took a brocade to observe and caress it, this brocade is not only gentle and smooth to touch, but also has a thick feeling that ordinary silk silk does not have.

In addition to possessing the rugged majesty of Sogdian brocade, the pattern also uses a rounded pattern to cover up the inherent coarse and hideous pattern of Sogdian brocade.

In a word, this cloth combines almost all the advantages of conventional Shu brocade and Sogdian brocade to create a new brocade.

Zheng Shuqing came to Fang Chongyong to seek countermeasures, not precisely because he was not satisfied with these imitation Sogdian brocades, but because he was too satisfied and suffered from gains and losses, and was afraid that he would not be able to enter Li Longji's eyes.

It's like someone who just likes the casualness of early dining on the street and doesn't like the formality of food in a big restaurant.

Zheng Shuqing just has no preference for Li Longji.

"The envoy sent to the Tang Dynasty from Dongying, after learning the news of the imitation of the Sogdian Jinhou, knelt in front of the door of the Shaofu prison and prayed, and then went to ask the saint, and the official cut off a piece and rewarded this person.

It is said that the envoy was going to take it back to their chiefs to use as a banner. ”

Zheng Shuqing said proudly.

Book?

Then it's no wonder.

It seemed that vanity had been greatly satisfied, and Zheng Shuqing continued to say proudly:

"I, Datang, can crisscross the Western Regions, but not just by relying on the benefits of the military revolution.

If there is only force and arrogance, and there is no wealth to accompany you, it is difficult to convince people with virtue.

The biggest reason why Tubo and my Tang Dynasty have repeatedly suffered losses is not that Tubo can't fight, but that my Datang has silk, but Tubo doesn't.

The countries in the Western Regions on the Silk Road did not want Tibet to be strong, because Tibet could not give them the silk they needed. ”

Zheng Shuqing patted a brocade with his palm, as if this thing was a divine weapon in his hand.

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and said, "Don't brag about these things anymore, tell me something."

I've seen these imitation Sogdian brocades, so it's better to have a nice name, let's call them Tang brocade. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zheng Shuqing suddenly realized: "Wonderful! Tang Jin Tang Jin, I am the brocade of the Tang Dynasty, and the saint will definitely be happy. ”

Look at your point! The saint does not leave his mouth all day long!

Fang Chongyong sighed and continued: "The saint is well-informed, do you think that by changing his name, he can fool the past? I'm afraid there's going to have to be something else to match. ”

Sure enough, Zheng Shuqing fell into despair again, and lamented: "Yes, it's useless to just have a good name, after all, it still has to make trouble for the sage." ”

Even if Dong Shi changes her name to Xi Shi, others will be scared away when they see her, and this little trick of changing her name may be useful as an auxiliary means, but it is still a little naïve to use it as a life-saving straw.

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly, he felt that although Lao Zheng was Li Longji's loyal dogleg, his thinking mode was highly at the same frequency as Li Longji.

But this one may not think very highly of Li Longji in his heart, right?

Isn't there a saying that the closer you are to God, the less you believe in God.

This may be the case with Zheng Shuqing.

The more he is in the same frequency as Li Longji's thinking mode, the more he understands that this Tang Sage is not a wise and martial master.

Fang Chongyong pulled Zheng Shuqing aside, lowered his voice and asked, "I'm going to the pear orchard now, do you want to go?" ”

"What are you going to do in the pear orchard?"

Zheng Shuqing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but ask.

"You'll know when you go."

Fang Chongyong said triumphantly, too lazy to explain to Lao Zheng why.

The place of Liyuan is, to some extent, actually more heavily guarded than Miyagi.

Because Li Longji basically doesn't work in Miyagi now, let alone live here, but he often plays in the pear garden!

Leading troops to attack Liyuan and killing the monarch was countless times higher than the success rate and efficiency of attacking Chang'an Palace.

Therefore, the palace ban in Chang'an Palace City was not as strict as imagined after Li Longji stabilized the political situation in the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. There are only some local key departments, and there are posts in the city, so it is not easy to enter.

As long as the central officials "punch in" at the palace gate to make a record and explain the reason for entering the palace city, they can enter and exit smoothly, and the senior officers of the gate will not be alarmed, let alone special approval.

This is how Fang Chongyong and Zheng Shuqing came in.

"Of course it's to do your, otherwise why else? You just say whether to go or not, right? ”

Fang Chongyong said impatiently. Lao Zheng is bent on seeking stability, he is too hesitant at the critical moment, and he likes to break the jar when something happens.

"Can't I go?"

Zheng Shuqing complained, and the two of them left the Guanghua Gate in the north from Miyagi and headed for the pear orchard in the northwest corner of Chang'an.

The pear garden is one of the landscape garden areas of the Tang Chang'an Forbidden Garden, which is located in the north of the Guanghuamen Forbidden Garden.

There are pear garden pavilions and fields in the garden, which is the place where the emperor of the Tang Dynasty enjoys the scenery and holds tug-of-war, and the entertainment activities of beating the sword, it is the place where the children of the clan play, and it is also the place where the emperor feasts his ministers.

However, when I arrived at the duty office of the pear orchard, I found that this did not seem to be the pear orchard that Fang Chongyong was looking for!

"Uh, you're looking for an artist to play and sing in the pear orchard?"

The two Longwu soldiers on duty looked at Zheng Shuqing and Fang Chongyong and their party like fools.

"Yes, that's the case, let's find Wei Qing, a disciple of Liyuan, is he in Liyuan now?"

Fang Chongyong asked very politely, with a bad premonition in his heart.

"Hahahahaha!"

These two dragon warrior soldiers laughed, and they didn't seem to be taboo at all that Zheng Shuqing was a household servant.

"The two of you, please go back, the children of the pear garden are all in the Daming Palace, since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the saint has been in the pear orchard in the Daming Palace in Chang'an, near the Huichang Hall of the Daming Palace.

Of course, it is not much of a problem for the two nobles to want to enter the Forbidden Garden, but it is not very convenient to hold a banquet in two days. ”

This Longwu sergeant said very kindly, and there was no arrogance.

It looks like I've been slapped in the face!

Fang Chongyong pulled Zheng Shuqing aside and asked, "Is this really the case?" ”

"Or else? I thought it was strange why you came to the Royal Forbidden Garden in the northwest.

It is usually a place where people are stationed before a large banquet and are responsible for organizing and decorating the venue.

Since you're looking for Wei Qing, aren't you just two steps away? The young superintendent is near the Huichang Palace. ”

Zheng Shuqing looked at Fang Chongyong with a puzzled expression, waiting for the other party's answer.

"There are always times when people are stupid, I'll treat you another day to make amends, now let's go to Daming Palace first, alas!"

made a big fuss, and walked a long way to the wrong road, Fang Chongyong couldn't understand what he was tossing.

The two twin maids, one for Ah Duan and one for Fang Laique in the future, should be fine.

Thinking of this, Fang Chongyong's heart was balanced.

What twin invincible sister flower combination, he is not interested in it!

It is to break up a pair of kings and beat them.

……

"The palace is forbidden, and idlers are not allowed to enter!"

is also a soldier of Longwu, but his attitude can be different, and the one in front of him is limping to the sky, and the soldier outside the forbidden garden seems to be like two armies.

But it's natural to think about it, the soldiers who can watch the door in the pear orchard in the Daming Palace, can the family be ordinary people?

It's normal to have eyes above the top, but it's not normal to be polite to people!

Although it is also Long Wujun, it may be divided into three, six, nine and so on because of different family backgrounds. Different people have been assigned different errands, distant and close relatives are assigned differently, and ordinary things are just common.

"This official has something important to do with Wei Qing."

Zheng Shuqing put on an official posture, stared at the two people in front of him with a smile and said.

"Even if you have something. Without the oracle, no one can enter except the children of the pear garden. ”

Uncle Zheng pretended to be lonely, and these two people did not eat oil and salt, which surprised Fang Chongyong.

Supposedly, not so.

Zheng Shuqing stepped aside angrily, pulled Fang Chongyong's sleeve and whispered, "Something is wrong, let's go back first." ”

"Wait, look at me."

Fang Chongyong waved his hand, stepped forward to look at the two dragon martial soldiers, and said calmly: "Father Fang Youde!" ”

"Huh?"

The two of them were stunned for a moment, feeling inexplicable, and then felt as if something was wrong, and they couldn't quite say it.

"My father is virtuous, and I am the only son in the family."

Fang Chongyong emphasized again.

The two of them seemed to remember something, and their faces looked horrified. One of them came to Fang Chongyong's side and whispered in his ear, "What about the saint, it's really busy right now, so you can't bother."

I'll help you call Wei Qing out, don't make a noise, otherwise our heads will fall to the ground. The saint gave a death order, saying that outsiders should not be disturbed. ”

Busy?

What can you do in Pear Garden?

Li Longji has opened an art school here a long time ago, and he still can't get tired of playing for decades, so he needs to hide it like this?

Fang Chongyong couldn't figure out this, but Zheng Shuqing suddenly realized that he would pull him away.

In the back, Zheng Shuqing began to run.

"Zheng Shilang, what the hell are you doing!"

It was probably a few hundred meters away from the pear orchard of Daming Palace, Fang Chongyong asked with a pant.

"Sage, play with Princess Shou in the pear orchard, well, it is the former Princess Shou, and the future concubine and even the queen!"

Zheng Shuqing's face was frightened, and he said in Fang Chongyong's ear.

"Yang Yuhuan?"

Fang Chongyong suddenly realized.

"You know this, what are you pretending to be confused!"

Zheng Shuqing scolded angrily.

At this moment, the two saw Wei Qing trotting all the way over, and the brocade robes on his body were all messed up.

"You two, is there something you can't talk about tomorrow that you have to look for?"

Wei Qing was sweating profusely, and his face was red and white for a while.

Now the saint is playing a "hand-to-hand combat" dance in the pear orchard with the new princess Shou, and also letting the musicians play music.

Zheng Shuqing and Fang Chongyong, who don't have long eyes, are they too long-lived and want to drag everyone to die together?

"We do have something important to discuss with you, let's go to the Aya Brocade Workshop first."

Zheng Shuqing said to Wei Qing in a deep voice, it is better to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.