The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 608 One Letter, Two Things
"This is His Majesty's regard for you. Jing'er, you should pay more attention to this matter." Wang said.

Now that the Chunwei exam is about to start soon, it has become the most attention-grabbing event in Chang'an. Whether it is a private or official, it will be discussed after dinner. In the past few days, Mrs. Wang will occasionally meet with Mrs. Sitting together for a while, the most talked about topic is Chunwei.

In particular, Xuan Shijing got His Majesty's will to be responsible for patrolling the inner field of Chunwei. How many people are envious of this job.

Although the children of the big families in Chang'an City can get official positions easily as long as they find a network and get someone to recommend them, but the current situation is not as good as before. If there is a vacancy, the candidate for this person must be based on the will of His Majesty Li Er, that is to say, the person who can be favored by His Majesty Li Er through Chunwei, as long as he is in Chang'an or the place for a few years, he will have Seniority, once you return to Chang'an and enter the power center of Datang, it will no longer be an unattainable thing.

To put it bluntly, now that the imperial court employs people, family background is no longer as important as usual, what is important is talent and seniority.

Take Xuan Shijing as an example, birth is one aspect, but Xuan Shijing’s previous background, His Majesty Li Er just gave a not very serious title of Marquis, that’s all. Xuan Shijing returned to Chang’an from Longxi. Cheng Chumo only showed Xuan Shijing's ability when he dealt with Tubo's [-] army together, and only then did he get rid of that unserious title, and became the Marquis of Dongshan in a serious manner.

This is the so-called birth is one thing, ability is another, not only in the court of the Tang Dynasty, but even now Li Chengqian's officials in the East Palace, if they only have a good background and have no political ability, In the East Palace, they were also not reused, such as Wang Jingzhi before.

Xuan Shijing sat opposite Wang Shi, listened to Wang Shi's words, and nodded.

"Mother, don't worry, this year the venue of Chunwei is in the Guozijian, nothing can go wrong, not to mention that there is His Royal Highness Wu leading five hundred Xuanjia troops stationed outside the Guozijian, and the Jinyiwei is in the field, it's just a formality. If not, His Majesty will not release everyone from the Shenhou Mansion to hold a wedding for Gao Jun on the last day of Chunwei."

"Although that is the case, don't be careless. The situation in Chang'an City has always been complicated. Since you accepted His Majesty's order, more people have come to visit our residence these days. Fortunately, you don't live in the residence. Come on, otherwise, whether you see it or not, it will be a dilemma, and you will offend people for no reason, so you hide in the Shenhou Mansion or Xuanwu Tower, it might be a solution." Wang said with a sigh.

"Mother, people who want to go this way are not stupid. Even if no one can be found, the son still has to deal with these things when a letter is sent. The son has already replied to them a few days ago, and the letter also contains He mentioned some things, if these people are smart enough to figure out His Majesty's thoughts, they will just give up on this road, if they are stubborn, I'm afraid they won't need their son to take action, and His Majesty will not just sit idly by." Xuan Shijing explained.

The Jinshi elected by Chunwei this time will go to the temple to accept the palace examination of His Majesty Li Er. This is also a move that created a precedent for the imperial examination system. His Majesty Li Er naturally attaches great importance to it. His will be His Majesty Li Er's extremely sharp dragon claws.

"Forget it, Jing'er seems to have her own ideas, so I won't say much, Jing'er has grown up now, whether it is a disadvantage or a blessing, you have to experience it in your life. In the future, mother can only stand behind you and support you, as for the future, you still need Jing'er to go forward by yourself." Wang Shiyu said earnestly.

"Yes, my son knows, mother, you are his strongest backing."

Xuan Shijing's mother and son were sitting in the room chatting, Xiao Ji outside took a letter in his hand, walked outside the room door, and said to the inside of the room.

"Master Hou, ma'am, the treasurer Qian of Xuanwu Tower sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that he wants to deliver it to Lord Hou himself."

"A letter from Qiandui?" A trace of doubt flashed in Wang's eyes, and then he said to Xuan Shijing, "Since Qiandui has something to do with Jing'er, Jing'er should hurry up and deal with the business."

"Well, mother, the son will leave first." Xuan Shijing got up and said.

Having just returned to the Hou Mansion and was about to leave after such a short time, Xuan Shijing felt a little uncomfortable. She was busy outside all day, and finally went home, but the outside things still found her home Come, but have to deal with it.

Seeing Xuan Shijing coming out, Xiaoji handed the letter in Xuan Shijing's hand to Xuan Shijing,

After Xuan Shijing took the letter, he opened the envelope and took out the letter paper, and began to browse carefully.

This is Qiandui's personal letter. In the letter, Gao Yuan has arrived in Chang'an and is now in the Xuanwu Building. Secondly, he found the coal mine that Xuan Shijing mentioned earlier in a place hundreds of miles away from Chang'an. Negotiations with the local government have begun to take over the place where the mine is located. As for how to deal with it later, Qiandui means to let Xuan Shijing arrange it.

The coal mine matter is very important to Xuan Shijing, so it is natural not to be sloppy. The cement kiln at the foot of the Qinling Mountains is still waiting for the coal mine to be transported there. Without cement, the money invested in the entire Daozhengfang will be in vain. It was a big blow to the government, at least for Chang'an's side, they couldn't turn over money in a short period of time, because in the beginning of spring, when Xuan Shijing arranged for Qiandui to start dealing with Daozhengfang early, the money in his hands All the remaining money was invested in Daozhengfang.

As for money, Xuan Shijing doesn't think it's very important. The idea in his head is that he can earn money at any time when he has no money. , there must be a large investment.

The more you invest in the early stage, the bigger and sweeter the fruit of victory will be when you harvest it, and the more money you have, the easier it will be to do other things.

In Chang'an, every inch of land is expensive, and more and more foreigners are flocking to Chang'an. Xuan Shijing knows that Chang'an at this time can be said to be the political and cultural center of the entire Asia.

Doing a real estate project in such a city, as long as the brain is not sick, will make a lot of money. If this government office hadn't been started a few years ago, even half of the government office in the Hou Mansion would be worthless now. Can't eat.

Now Daozhengfang can say that everything is ready, only the cement is owed.

(End of this chapter)