Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1243
Luoyang.

Xiao Xiao entered Beijing.

Luo Cheng was very polite to Xiao Mian, and specially held a grand banquet in the palace to entertain Xiao Mian, and invited Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Yi Nan and others to accompany him.

When Xiao Mi saw Li Mi, Wang Shichong and others, he was still in a daze for a long time.

"Is Wei Gong safe in Luoyang?"

Li Mi, who once dominated the Central Plains and was the leader of the Central Plains, is sitting next to his former rival Wang Shichong at this time. Well, the world is stable, and I am a wealthy and idle person in Luoyang. It is really good to be invited by saints to the palace for banquets."

Xiao Xian could hear the helplessness in Li Mi's words, and thought that in the future, he might be like Li Mi, his life might be safe, but he would have no freedom to speak of, and he would become the decoration of Qin Tianzi Luo Cheng in the future, with the feudal envoy Hu Bin around At that time, he called to drink and accompany him, saying that it was impossible to recite poems, compose poems, dance and sing to accompany him, and couldn't help but feel sad.

On the banquet.

Sure enough, the emperor asked Xiao Mian to recite poems.

Xiao Xian felt resentful in his heart, but in the end he had no choice but to get up and write a poem.

"Okay, a good poem." Luo Cheng slapped his hands and praised, "Since Qing has entered the court, he will stay here, and there is no need to return Jiangling."

Luo Cheng immediately announced that he would withdraw from the Yamen of the Jiedu envoy of Hunan Province, and at the same time change the title of Xiao Xian to be the Marquis of Shunming, together with Li Mi, the Marquis of Returning to Ming, Dou Jiande, Marquis of Disobedience, and Wang Shichong, Marquis of Yingming, all were marquises.

He was also specially given a Luoyang mansion with dozens of servants. Although it was not a real hereditary title, it was a good arrangement anyway.

Xiaoliang's little court was abolished, but his life was saved.

The officials of the small imperial courts of the Southern Liang who came to Beijing with Xiao Xian were assessed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs, and some of them were indeed talented and of good character, and they were all recruited according to their ability, awarded official positions, and arranged to serve in various places.And some people with mediocre talents or poor conduct will either be expelled from the ranks to become civilians, or they will be hired at a lower rank.

Although many people were dissatisfied with this, they didn't even have the right to bargain in front of the court.

As for the titles of dukes, dukes, marquises, etc. that were awarded by Xiao Xian in the past, they are all invalidated.
It's easy to get a noble, and you can earn it by your ability.

The weather is getting cooler.

Although most places in the Central Plains have no harvest in summer, and there is no water to cultivate in autumn, there are food relief from the imperial court, but there are no refugees.

All the people affected by the disaster still stayed at home and stopped farming, but the government organized work-for-work relief, busy repairing water conservancy facilities, digging ditches and building reservoirs, taking advantage of the drought to clear rivers, dig silt, build roads and build roads. Bridges build castles.

Everyone is working hard, and every day they work, although they are tired, they may receive food.

Even though most of the food was disaster relief food with a fishy smell, it would be nice to have such food in this disaster year.When I got home, I saw that there was a little more food in the grain tank at home, and I felt so at ease.

Almost all the locusts have been caught.

No matter how many locusts there are, they can’t be caught by the whole people. Various methods of killing locusts and catching locusts are emerging one after another. The government vigorously summarizes and promotes them. Locusts are gone.

Of course, there are places where there are no locust plagues, such as the northern part of Hebei, Liaodong, Liaoxi, Andong, and Lingnan outside the customs. In these places, there are no locust plagues, and even the drought is not serious. Many places have harvested in summer. .

For example, in the land of Lingnan, the promotion of Linyi rice seeds in three seasons has greatly increased the grain output. Although the taste of these grains is poor, the advantage lies in the high yield. The imperial court mobilized ships and continuously shipped them to Guangling Port, Qingdao, Penglai and other ports. , and then transported inland.

Mixed with dried locusts, these poor-tasting Linyi rice were pounded and ground together with the husks, and the final disaster relief food was shipped to various places.

"It's raining."

Henan, Yanshi.

The county magistrate Ma Zhou and the county magistrate Li Gang raised their heads to welcome the raindrops falling from the sky.

The bean-like rain particles fell, bringing with it the dryness in the air.

When it hit the face, it even hurt a little, the rain was so anxious.

But Ma Zhou and Li Gang did not avoid it, they raised their heads like fools and kept welcoming the rain.

"It's finally raining."

There are people shouting that it is raining everywhere.

After fighting against the disaster for several months, Li Gang became much darker and emaciated. He did not look like a Confucianist at all, but looked like a dark old farmer.

At this time, Li Gang smiled like a child.

"It's finally raining."

Ma Zhou teased at the side, "It seems that God has finally recognized His Majesty."

Li Gang smiled.

The rain was coming down hard.

It quickly became a storm.

"The county magistrate hastened to get into the house to take shelter. It's easy to get sick in the autumn rain." Ma Zhou pulled Li Gang into hiding in the porch.

"It's raining, and the disaster is over." Li Gang wiped the rain off his face and said.

"There is still a lot of food in several granaries in the county, and there is a lot of locust relief food in the disaster relief granary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it has finally survived."

Li Gangdao, "It's not too late now. When the rain is enough, we must hurry up and organize the people to sow seeds. See what comes and what to plant. Plant what you can plant. After autumn, you can always harvest some more. Even if you plant Some radishes are also good."

"Naturally." Ma Zhou nodded. Although the court prepared in time this time, it did consume a lot of stored food.

The credit is that so many locusts have been caught and mixed with miscellaneous grains to make relief food, otherwise, more food will be consumed due to the deficit.

Li Gang looked at Ma Zhou.

"I have been working with you for a while, and I feel that you are indeed a rare person. I didn't mention the aloofness of the champion. The most rare thing is your willingness to do practical things. What the court needs most is a young man like you. Talented, willing to endure hardships, willing to take responsibility and have the courage to see things."

Ma Yi crossed his hands, "Sir, it's even rarer."

"I just didn't come down earlier, hey." Li Gang sighed. "The old man believes that your performance will definitely be seen by the sage. Before long, the sage will definitely give you an important job. Within 20 years, you will be in the political affairs hall as the prime minister!"

"Borrowing your auspicious words, I hope that one day when Ma Zhou enters the Zhengshitang, Ma Zhou wants to be a prime minister, but not for the power and prestige of a prime minister. The higher he stands, the farther he can see, and he can do more practical things."

Li Gang patted Ma Zhou on the shoulder, "Young man, keep working hard. As long as you can maintain the mentality you have now, you will surely soar into the sky in the future. The most fearful thing is that after encountering a serious setback, you will forget your original intention. One day, I went astray."

The words just fell.

A group of people entered the county office.

The eunuch who was drenched like a drenched rat stepped forward to announce the decree.

The emperor issued a decree to grant Ma Zhou the position of the county magistrate of Hengshan County in Hunan Province, Hengshan County as the Xiajun, the county guard as the fourth rank, and the county magistrate as the fifth rank.

(End of this chapter)