Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 8 Reminder of Ma Zhou

Li Tai looked at the hesitation on Ma Zhou's face, and understood Ma Zhou's concerns in his heart.

Besides, this is the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there are still aristocratic families, and there is still the character of a light prince. Even a wealthy businessman can become Li Yuan's guest, so it is normal for Ma Zhou to reject him.

Li Tai said:
"If King Bin likes to be free, then I will hire Mr. Lang as a guest, and arrange him with the salary of a sixth-rank official. I don't know what to do."

"This..." Ma Zhou couldn't help being moved when he heard Li Tai's words.

Li Tai said earnestly: "Just now, Mr. Lang is keenly aware of what the people need, and helped me resolve the distrust between me and the people.

From this, it can be seen that Mr. Lang is very talented, and he is a talent in the world.

What Langjun lacks is not talent, but an opportunity to get ahead.

My Yue Palace is willing to use the matter of fighting locusts as an opportunity to let my husband prove his ability. "

Ma Zhou was even more moved when he heard this, and facing Li Tai said, "My lord, why is this so!"

Li Tai solemnly replied:

"Since Lang Jun is a great talent, if he misses it, it will be Datang's loss, and Datang's loss is my loss!"

Ma Zhou looked at Li Tai, who was only eight years old, in amazement.

Is this the son of the royal family?

Is it only at such an age that he has such an ability to win over people's hearts and swallow the ambition of heaven and earth?
To be honest, if the children of ordinary people were so mature, Ma Zhou felt that he would call out evildoers.

But since they are the legitimate sons of the Tian family, they enjoy the best education and the most complicated relationship...

Probably will be so precocious.

"Thank you King Yue for your kindness, for giving King Bin a place to rest." Ma Zhou saluted Li Tai.

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Li Tai said to Ma Zhou,
"And when I go back and bid farewell to Dou Si Nong, I'll cleanse you up."

Li Tai didn't say much, and ran back to the Locust Temple in a hurry.

At this time, Kong Yingda and Li Gang had already left, only the monotonous Dou Jing was still sitting there in a trance.

On the other side, Zhao Yuankai was so busy that he took out his pen and ink to record the names of the population of each village.

Li Tai said goodbye to Dou Jing, and asked Zhao Yuankai to arrange the recruited people in the duck farm, and went to receive Ma Zhou immediately.

This guy is the top priority in Li Tai's heart.

To be honest, Li Tai didn't treat Ma Zhou with the attitude of collecting celebrities and insisting that he be his subordinate.

If Ma Zhou is really willing to assist him in winning the heir apparent, then Li Tai will naturally be very happy.

But Ma Zhouruo prefers to display his talents in the court now, and Li Tai doesn't care about being his stepping stone.

After all, as long as Ma Zhou is recommended by himself, no matter what decision he makes in the future, at least all those who are interested in seizing the throne will look at Ma Zhou and think that Ma Zhou is from his lineage.

It's been a long time, and he is not.

In this day and age, there is somewhat of a relationship of dependence between the recommender and the recommender. No matter what others think, at least in Li Chengqian's mind, if he really fights with himself, he may not be able to tolerate Ma Zhou, a capable official.

Not long after Li Tai brought Ma Zhou back, Yu Zhining was already waiting at the door.

If Baihe was in charge of the affairs of the inner courtyard of the Yue Palace, then Yu Zhining was the official housekeeper of the Yue Palace, and when he saw Li Tai just get off the car, he immediately came up to greet him.

Yu Zhining said:

"King Yue, just now the duck farm sent someone to report that the duck eggs have successfully hatched, please go and check!"

"Oh?!" Li Tai was surprised when he heard Yu Zhining's words.

"King Yue, this is a major event, can I go and see!" Ma Zhou, who came with him in the same car, said.

"This is..." Yu Zhining couldn't help being a little puzzled when he saw the young man Ma Zhou.

"This is King Ma Zhou and Ma Bin. From now on, we will be the guest of our royal residence. You, Yu Changshi, arrange a room for King Bin to live in!"

Li Tai generously introduced Ma Zhou's identity to Zhi Ning.

Yu Zhining nodded when he heard Li Tai's words, and looked at Ma Zhou curiously, wondering what kind of abilities this young man had, and Li Tai actually took a fancy to him.

As the long history of Yue Wangfu, Yu Zhining naturally knows that Yue Wang seems to be approachable, but in fact his eyes are higher than the top, anyway, he is not in Li Tai's eyes.

"Then let's go to the duck farm. I wanted to treat you well, but now it seems that I can only treat you to roast duck!" Li Tailue said to Ma with a bit of regret.

"Nowadays, there is no regret in having roast duck in this world!" Ma Zhou replied calmly.

Li Tai asked Ma Zhou to get in the bullock cart, and drove all the way to the duck farm. When he arrived, the sun had already set.

However, Li Tai can't control so much, and it's not the first time he lives outside the mansion, so it's nothing.

Qin Zhong was approached immediately. He is the general manager of this batch of artificial incubation projects and a technical officer from the Codex and Animal Husbandry Department. When Li Tai and Zhao Yuankai were away, he was the talker here.

Seeing Li Tai's arrival, Qin Zhong warmly greeted him, and said, "Reporting to King Yue, luckily, the first batch of ducklings has hatched, 160 duck eggs, 130 three dead eggs, and now [-] ducklings have successfully hatched.

The other duck eggs should hatch one after another in the next two days. "

"Very good!" Li Tai nodded, "You have to work hard these few days, adjust the fire pit, reduce the number of dead eggs as much as possible, and increase the number of hatching eggs."

"No!" Hearing Li Tai's words, Qin Zhong firmly agreed.

Li Tai took Ma Zhou to see the ducks, but saw that the little yellow ducks were lying on the straw and fell asleep.

"The artificial hatching plan has been completed, and I have finally taken the most important step!" Li Tai said happily.

"But you, King Yue, have also become the target of public criticism!" Ma Zhou's expression changed, and he reminded seriously.

"Huh?" Li Tai frowned when he heard Ma Zhou's words, not knowing what Ma Zhou meant.

"King Yue, is this achievement important to you?" Ma Zhou asked Li Tai back.

"What I need is not merit, but to prove my ability!"

Li Tai didn't understand what Ma Zhou said, but he said it anyway.

Li Tai really didn't lie about this, what Li Tai needs is to prove his ability to do things, not meritorious deeds.

Because he is already a first-rank prince, no matter how many meritorious deeds he has done, would Li Shimin still give him a title?

"If that's the case, please get ready, King Yue!" Ma Zhou said solemnly.

"What preparation?" Li Tai said to Ma Zhou with some incomprehension.

"Get ready to be picked peaches!" Ma Zhou said,

"The most difficult step on the road of using ducks to control locusts has been the artificial egg incubation technology, and the rest is just some manual work.

In other words, it's the same for everyone, so why should you do it! "

"I am the king of Yue, and I, Aye, the emperor, who dares to pick my peaches?!" Li Tai was incredulous when he heard Ma Zhou's words.

Ma Zhou said seriously: "You are the king of Yue, but you are only the king of Yue.

They may be afraid of the prince, but for you, even if they offend you, they will not have any burden.

Even many people are afraid that they are happy, because the only one who can inherit the Great Tang will be the crown prince! "

Li Tai was stunned when he heard Ma Zhou's words, and took a deep breath. He had never thought of this angle.

Yes, I am the king of Yue.

So I was able to cut off the locust god's head without restraint, but at the same time, I was just the king of Yue.

At least in the eyes of the officials, the more capable he is, the more he must be suppressed.

Because the prince is the real successor of the Tang Dynasty, by suppressing himself, he can gain more recognition from the prince and the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

For the vast majority of officials who want to gain positions, they themselves become the best target.

"The reason!" Li Tai frowned when he heard Ma Zhou's words, it was hard to imagine Ma Zhou's words.

Ma Zhou continued: "Dou Si Nong Locust Temple has invited locust monsters to punish him, but Dou Si Nong's position as a Si Nong is no longer available. With Zhao Shaoqing's character in Si Nong Temple now, you think he can sit firmly Is it the position of Sinon?
Therefore, regardless of whether the Si Nong Temple is willing or not, before the new Si Nong arrives, I am afraid that people will be distracted and will not be able to fight locusts anymore!

The matter of fighting locusts is urgent, and the way to fight locusts with ducks has been pointed out, so Taipu Temple is completely able to take over this matter.

In addition, most of the craftsmen in the project of artificial egg incubation should come from the Department of Animal Husbandry, which is also suitable for Taipu Temple.

I remember your majesty's determination to be in agriculture, presumably it was to participate in the fight against locusts under the name of Si Nong Temple.

If other temples are in charge of the anti-locust mission, then whether the king will take care of it or not, and do or not do it when encountering things!
The most important thing is whether other temples are willing to let His Majesty take care of them, and whether they want His Majesty to participate.

These are all up to you, the king of Yue! "

"..." Li Tai couldn't help frowning when he heard Ma Zhou's words. To be honest, Li Tai didn't think about these issues.

After all, Li Tai was just an ordinary college student in his previous life, so Li Tai is very good at asking him to give advice.

However, it is not Li Tai who is good at doing things in the game to be leak-free, neither to let people take advantage of it, nor to be calculated by others.

But the existence of Ma Zhou happened to remind Li Tai of this possibility that he had never thought of.

"Also ask my lord to teach me!"

Li Tai thought for a while, and found that it was really possible to develop as Ma Zhou predicted.

The biggest reason, strictly speaking, should come from Li Shimin.

Because Li Shimin absolutely doesn't want himself to be like him, to become an unstoppable trend, Li Shimin hopes to hand over the rights to Li Chengqian safely.

Just because they can't do it, parents hope that their son can do what they want to do.

And Li Chengqian is not in the rebellious period after a few years, he is quite obedient now.

Just like this, even if it was just to maintain Li Chengqian's status and take advantage of the situation to suppress himself a little, Li Tai felt that there were many people in the court who were willing to do it, and even Li Shimin was happy to see this scene.

"So we need to protect Dou Jing!" Ma Zhou said seriously,
"Dou Jing won't fall, Sinong Temple won't be chaotic, no matter what happens to the others, there will naturally be a tall man to support them.

What you need, King Yue, is not the feat of resisting locusts, but to show the world that you have the ability to manage agriculture.

Dou Jing's invitation to the Locust God failed this time, and she most needed credit to protect her own status.

It looks like the two of you are fighting against locusts, but in fact you are attached to each other with lips and teeth, and your lips are dead and your teeth are cold! "

"I understand!" Li Tai was shocked when he heard Ma Zhou's words, and said, "I'll go back to the imperial city immediately."

"Going back at this time, I'm afraid there is already a curfew!" Ma Yiyi said in a daze, "Let us enter the city gate?"

"I have the token given by Aye, and I can pass during the curfew!" Li Tai said seriously,

"If someone really wants to pick the fruit, then tomorrow's court meeting is definitely the best opportunity to attack Dou Jing.

Judging by Dou Jing's appearance, it is obvious that he is ready to lose everything, so I must hurry back before tomorrow's court meeting! "

"Since King Yue has made a decision, Ma Zhou wishes King Yue success!" Ma Zhou blessed Li Tai.

"I'll treat you to roast duck next time!" Li Tai said to Ma Zhou.

"I remember!"

Soon, as the sun set a little bit from the horizon, Lu Anshou drove back to Chang'an City in a bullock cart.

The wheels were rolling, and Dou Jing was dressed in an official uniform, sitting quietly in the courtyard and looking at the crooked moon in the sky.

"I don't know if I can see the full moon in Chang'an next time!" Dou Jing couldn't help but sigh.

Inviting God has become inviting locusts, and with the reappearance of the locust plague, the imperial court just needs a person who can take the blame.

Everyone in the court knew that the plague of locusts had nothing to do with the ceremony of inviting the gods, but now this responsibility happened to be borne by me!
"I just hope that the method that King Yue came up with to control locusts with ducks will be effective.

If the plague of locusts can be solved, King Yue can really be regarded as a wise king! "

Dou Jing sighed slightly, seeing that she should wear more of her official uniform, maybe she won't be able to wear it after tomorrow.

The next day, the court meeting was held as scheduled, and when Li Shimin was dealing with one matter, soon a censor came forward to say,
"Sinong Doujing didn't cultivate his virtues. He invited locust monsters in the ceremony of inviting the gods, causing the people to suffer from locusts again. He also asked the saints to punish him!"

Hearing this, the officials talked a lot, but Dou Jing stood up and knelt in front of Li Shimin, ready to accept punishment.

But Li Tai had already stepped forward, saying,
"Dou Si Nong recruited the locust monster and was beheaded. This matter is to calm the hearts of the people and to resolutely resist the locust.

If the people don't kill the locust demon in their hearts, how can they kill the locusts flying all over the sky!

If it is a crime to focus on controlling locusts, please punish Li Tai first, this crime is unforgivable! "

"King Yue!" Dou Jing looked at Li Tai in surprise.

He came to the court meeting in a daze, not noticing that Li Tai, who normally wouldn't participate in the court meeting at all, actually came today, and more importantly, he actually spoke for himself.

After Li Tai came out, the official who originally wanted to make trouble, hesitated for a while, but didn't stand up again.

Because they are also very clear that Li Tai is willing to take over Dou Jing's pot, so with Dou Jing's hard work, at least in a short period of time, it is impossible for Dou Jing's position in Sinong Temple to be shaken.

But Dou Jing's position is not shaken, so he is still the main person in charge of the anti-locust, and it is meaningless to continue to offend him.

After all, it is their job for the censors to slander without any scruples when they encounter anything.

But if other departments want to deal with another department, they must have corresponding interests and the possibility of success.

Normal people would not bite like a mad dog. After all, it is not a party struggle now, but Zhenguan, whose politics is relatively clear. Now who is standing in the court, who is a fuel-efficient lamp!

To add insult to injury, it doesn't matter if the wall falls and everyone pushes you to do it, but let yourself take the lead in the charge, of course it is out of the question.

So the punishment for Dou Jing was nothing, and Dou Jing was still allowed to continue working.

(End of this chapter)