In the Kaiyuan era, a minister who was released was recalled by the Son of Heaven without completing the established work, this kind of thing not only happened many times, but also the reasons for the recall were also different and could not be generalized.

Some of them were because things were done so badly that Brother Ji couldn't stand it at all, so he was recalled in advance to play the board.

But there are also individual cases, such as Pei Yaoqing's reform of Caoyun, that is, Brother Ji felt that the effect was okay, and he didn't need Pei Yaoqing to continue to spend money and toss, so he stopped.

So this time Zheng Shuqing was also very nervous when he returned to Chang'an, he was directly recalled by the eunuchs in the palace, and he did not go through the procedures of the foreign court, which is very unusual!

After returning to Chang'an from Luoyang, Zheng Shuqing didn't have time to go home to bathe and change clothes, and he didn't have the opportunity to go to Li Linfu's house in Pingkangfang to inquire about the news, and then he was taken directly to the diligent government building of Xingqing Palace!

From the time he received Li Longji's edict to the time he met Li Longji, it took less than three days! The devil knows how he got over for the past three days, even at night!

The axles of the carriage were almost smoking, and the road was jolting like a ship in a storm.

However, when Zheng Shuqing appeared outside the diligent government affairs building, a woman's moaning sound came from inside. Colliers blocked the door expressionlessly, shook his head lightly at him, and didn't say a word.

Lao Tzu came back from Luoyang non-stop after hard work, and you are actually engaging in women when you step on a horse!

Zheng Shuqing was furious...... That's weird!

Li Longji is the emperor, he can do whatever he wants, how can a foreign courtier evaluate it at will?

If you have anger in your heart, you can just send it when no one is around, but don't be seen!

Zheng Shuqing didn't have any complaints in his heart, he just begged Li Longji not to play any moths, and after finishing the matter, he went back to Luoyang to continue his business and it was over.

An hour later, Gao Lishi brought Zheng Shuqing into the study of the diligent government affairs building.

Lao Zheng saw that Li Longji had an abnormal flush on his face, and he was wiping his forehead with a sweat towel, looking tired.

In the "fierce battle" just now, this saint used all his strength, right?

Zheng Shuqing lowered his head and didn't look at Li Longji, thinking about dirty and trivial things in his heart, similar to the strange pictures of those dry palms brushing on the fair and smooth skin, giving people a strong impact of nausea and excitement.

He tried to keep his face serious, solemn and square, and outsiders couldn't see anything anyway.

Zheng Shuqing didn't dare to comment on the emperor's private life, but he did secretly sigh in his heart: Sure enough, his daughter-in-law is more moist, an ordinary concubine, and he really can't let this saint enter the state of "overclocking".

"I arrived in Chang'an in less than three days, which is quite fast."

Li Longji said with an embarrassed smile, and then restored the majesty of the emperor, looked at Zheng Shuqing intently, and said nothing.

"Please show the saint, Weichen will definitely be full of liver and brain, and he will not give up."

Zheng Shuqing said excitedly and loyally.

"Well, you don't have to."

Li Longji nodded slightly and continued: "Aiqing went to Hanjiacang, and the momentum of the collapse of its grain stocks was immediately stopped. ”

"Weichen doesn't dare to take credit, these are all reasonable arrangements between the saint and the right minister, not one person can do it."

Zheng Shuqing hurriedly said humbly, as if he felt that familiar breath again.

The leader scolded you, most likely just because he was angry in his heart, in order to vent his anger.

What is scary is not that the leader scolds you, but that the leader praises you!

Emperor Chrysostom said that it would be too long to say more, if there is nothing to praise a minister, it is a frightening thing!

"That's right, Niu Cyclamen went to Liuzhou Zahu to appease him, and he may not be able to return smoothly in the past two years. But the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court can't wait for him to come back all the time. Therefore, I believe that there needs to be a person who is capable and able to do things to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

What does Aiqing think? ”

Li Longji almost didn't name him directly, and the person who "has the ability to do things" is Zheng Shuqing.

Its intention to win over and promote is very obvious.

If it was other courtiers, it is estimated that they would have knelt down directly at this time to thank him. But Lao Zheng is a person who was given experience points by Li Longji, how can he not know the truth of "nothing to do and be diligent, either traitor or thief".

Li Longji's words are to be listened to in reverse.

If you want to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, then naturally you have the work of the Ministry of Industry to do, and the official position cannot be given to you in vain!

"What do you need to do with Wechen, please show it to the sage, and Wechen will definitely do it."

Zheng Shuqing stepped forward and saluted with his hands and said loyally.

"Good! I just like you to be cheerful. ”

Li Longji laughed, then walked up to Zheng Shuqing, lowered his voice and said, "I want to repair the Huaqing Palace, I don't know if Aiqing has a way." ”

Xiuhua Qing Palace?

Zheng Shuqing was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile:

"The saint really thinks too highly of the micro-minister. Things like repairing palaces need to be done by special people. Such as the former dynasty of Yu Wenkai and other talents.

Even if Weichen has the heart to be loyal to the saint, but he has a specialization in the art industry, and he can only mess up the saint's affairs by acting indiscriminately, and there is really no way for Weichen to do this, even if he punishes the nine clans of Weichen, Weichen can only say that he is not enough. ”

Zheng Shuqing hurriedly refused, and his attitude was extremely resolute.

In fact, asking him to supervise the construction and expansion of the Huaqing Palace is not very far from directly punishing the nine clans.

In those days, the construction of palaces, including expansions, reconstructions, reconstructions, etc., was very professional. The person who oversaw it was responsible for anything that happened to the palace complex!

Even poplars planted in the palace had to be torn down and rebuilt, not to mention others.

These people must not only be proficient in architecture, but also be extremely familiar with subjects such as Feng Shui, astronomy, and mathematics.

The slightest mistake can have serious consequences that are out of control.

Not to mention that Zheng Shuqing is a layman at all, and he has no experience in supervising the construction of palaces. Even if he was proficient in this way, he would not have been able to take on this errand.

"Maybe I didn't make it clear."

Li Longji laughed, waved his hand and said, "How can the matter of supervising the construction of the Huaqing Palace be handed over to you, a layman." I'm not a faint king, don't you know that there is a reason to specialize in the art industry? ”

"The saint said ......"

Zheng Shuqing was confused by Li Longji.

"My inner treasury is relatively tight, and the amount of money I can provide is limited.

The state treasury has to be approved by foreign courts, and it is not easy to use.

I also know that you are a financial saint, and the matter of Luoyang Hanjiacang was solved so quickly, which shows that Aiqing has outstanding ability and is very accessible.

I want to ask you, is there a way to get some money to enrich the inner treasury and use it to expand the Huaqing Palace. ”

Li Longji said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

Isn't that big enough?

Zheng Shuqing was fortunate enough to go to Huaqing Palace once, and then he was shocked by the luxurious palace over there. I didn't think that Brother Ji still felt that it was not big enough, and he had to expand it again!

"Sage, Huaqing Palace...... It's not easy to expand, and the houses over there have been a lot of repairs. ”

Uncle Zheng admonished.

"If it's in the way, you can tear it down and build a bigger one. From now on, by the time we start repairing, we will be able to put it back into use this winter, and I think it's a good idea. ”

Li Longji said forcefully that he was not discussing this matter with Zheng Shuqing at all.

The current Huaqing Palace, there is not even a hot spring bath for professional mandarin duck baths, how can this have fun with Huanhuan!

Brother Ji thinks that it doesn't matter if the world is cool or not, the important thing is whether he is happy or not!

If he is unhappy, then everything in the world becomes unhappy!

So what's the use of this prosperous world?

"However, the Ministry of Industry is still the book, and it does not have the ability to gather wealth. Even if Weichen became the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he couldn't get the money to build the palace. ”

Zheng Shuqing spread his hands slightly and said with an embarrassed expression.

"Well, that's a mistake. The Ministry of Industry is only an official position, and I will also give you a hukou envoy to allocate manpower and conscription, and give you an interview with a deposed envoy to supervise the promotion of officials in various parts of Gyeonggi, so that they will not get in the way.

If you still need any position, you just have to bring it up, and I should do it. ”

Li Longji said to Zheng Shuqing that it was basically equivalent to giving what right to want.

However, there is one thing that needs to be done, that is, Huaqing Palace must be repaired well, quickly, and magnificently, and Li Longji's face must not be lost.

The emperor gave so much power, if Zheng Shuqing could not provide a strong financial guarantee for the construction of the palace.

Then there will be great twists and turns in his career, and he will even disappear from the officialdom and never be seen again.

This errand, whether to pick it up or not to pick it up, is a big trouble.

Zheng Shuqing's heart was extremely entangled and struggling.

After that, the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry was put in place in one step, and there were several positions with real power, such as the household registration color envoy, the interview with the deposed envoy, and so on.

With this power, he is only one step away from worshipping the prime minister, and he can even form his own faction, and he doesn't have to look at Li Linfu's face anymore!

However, the thought only went around in the back of the mind and was replaced by endless fear. One of the most unreasonable parts of Li Longji's request is: Why didn't Li Longji hand over such a big thing to Li Linfu to do?

There is only one answer, that is, even Li Linfu feels that this big pit really can't be jumped. Once you jump in, you're bound to have endless trouble!

Besides, he took this errand privately, but did not pass through Li Linfu's channel, wouldn't this right-hand minister of the Tang Dynasty be hindered from it? Will he watch his former henchmen get out of control?

After only hesitating for a few seconds, Zheng Shuqing immediately knelt on the ground and pleaded, made a five-body bow, and wailed regardless of the image:

"Wechen really wants to contribute to the saint. But making money outside the court system is not what Wechen is good at.

It doesn't matter if Weichen is not the secretary of the Ministry of Works, but if he delays the major events of the saint, then it will be difficult to escape the blame. Please also ask the saint to ask for another master, there must be someone in the court who is more suitable than Weichen. ”

Seeing that Zheng Shuqing looked like he didn't eat oil and salt, Li Longji held back the nausea in his heart, helped him up with a smile, tidied up his clothes for the other party and said:

"Aiqing is loyal to the country, and he is an example for hundreds of officials. Since Aiqing is unwilling, then let's stop this matter.

The things over there in Hanjiacang are already running normally, and there is no need for Aiqing to worry about it. I will send someone to deal with this matter, Aiqing doesn't have to work hard to run back to Luoyang, just go to Chang'an City on business, and go to the household department every day. ”

Li Longji waved his hand indifferently and said.

On the surface, this is to understand Zheng Shuqing, but in fact, it is ruthless to the extreme.

The matter of "flying money" to transport grain was proposed by Zheng Shuqing, and according to common sense, the follow-up handling of the political results should also be handled by Zheng Shuqing. As a result, now that Zheng Shuqing has planted the tree, when it was his turn to enjoy the cool under the tree, Li Longji ordered him to be transferred back to Chang'an.

It is equivalent to the previous things done in vain, and by the way, the errand of the transfer envoy is gone.

Now he has become a "official but not a job" household servant, and he has to go to work in the household department every day to read copywriting and mix time, and he doesn't know when he will be demoted.

This is the price of rejecting Li Longji!

The conditions that the sage gave to his courtiers were naturally innumerable in accepting them; But if the courtiers refuse, it will definitely not be good.

It would be naïve to expect nothing to happen. Li Longji's denigration not only came, but also came on the spot, and there was no need to wait for Zheng Shuqing to walk out of the study of the diligent government affairs building!

"Thank you for the grace of the saints."

Zheng Shuqing bowed deeply to Li Longji.

"Well, step aside."

After Zheng Shuqing left, Li Longji sat on the barstool, squinting his eyes and pondering, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

Baiting Sea, although there is no reality of the sea, but there is the shape of the sea.

The water is clear and the sand is white, and the blue sky is white and white. Standing in the Baiting Fort in the middle of the Baiting Sea, Fang Chongyong only felt relaxed and happy, as if he had come to the beach.

If you can get a deck chair, a parasol, sunglasses, and a glass of freshly brewed wine, it is really equivalent to a vacation in Hexi.

At this moment, as the deputy envoy of the Baiting Army, he stood on the narrow tower of Baiting Fort, looking at the endless aquatic plants and white sand on the north bank, and couldn't help but want to moan happily.

Baitinghai Resort really lives up to its name. Not to mention anything else, let's just say that last night's meal based on river fresh dishes made him feel that he was in a quiet town by the lake and the river.

Instead of being a strategic place bordered by the Turks in the north and Tibet in the south, it may face boundless war at any time.

"Listening to what the Xin military envoy said, the Baiting army is short of horses, right?"

Fang Chongyong suddenly opened his mouth and asked Xin Yunjing beside him.

This matter is obvious, Xin Yunjing said with a wry smile: "The Chishui Army has a number of thirteen thousand horses, half of which needs to be provided by the pastures on the side of Baitinghai, and the other part is provided by the side of Chiwu Town. Although the Bai Pavilion Army is to take care of Bai Tinghai's pasture, they have no right to use the horses here. ”

The Chishui Army's war horse establishment is 13,000, which does not mean that it only needs so many horses. In addition to war horses, there are also horses used to transport supplies, and the rivers west of the river cannot be transported by water, whether it is cavalry or infantry, strategic mobility depends on horses, so the demand for horses in this area must not be underestimated.

"The Baiting army raises private horses in the hope of gaining something in the war, not as a garrison guarding the fortress, right?"

Fang Chongyong continued to ask, his tone calm.

Xin Yunjing nodded slightly and said:

"The general died in a hundred battles, and the soldier returned in ten years. We are all licking blood from the knife edge, and who wants to waste our time. Don't plan for the present, but for the future.

But without horses, nothing can be done.

Hexi war horses are not expensive, they are also thirty times, and they can be lower if they buy more. This time, Bai Tingjun suffered a big loss, and his financial route was cut off, and he would have a hard time in the future. ”

Xin Yunjing let out a long sigh.

"The financial route for robbery is indeed broken."

Fang Chongyong looked indifferent and continued:

"But the channels for making money have not been cut off at all. It just depends on how to fish, how much to fish, and how to use it.

If you need horses, I will find a way to make tens of thousands of dollars, and it is not difficult to get some private horses. ”

Fang Chongyong said thoughtfully.

Tens of thousands of dollars in his mouth are as easy as a few pennies.

"Can you really get money?"

Xin Yunjing asked excitedly.

"It's okay, I'll go to the vicinity of Baitinghai first and see if there is any chance, it shouldn't be too difficult."

In Fang Chongyong's view, Liangzhou is analogous to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in the previous life. Wealth was everywhere, and even some unknown corners were hiding gold and silver coins that had been hidden by looted caravans to hide from bandits.

If he came to the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty but couldn't get money, Fang Chongyong was embarrassed to tell people that he was a traverser.

(End of chapter)