Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

Chapter 418 The Shortcut to Zhongnan
"Chairman Fan Zheng sees Your Highness, sees King Chen."

The king of the county is a title. In informal occasions, the province is usually called "king", which is the same as the "deputy director" of the province in later generations called "director".

Xun Cangwu and Tang Yidian then greeted each other, their self-proclaimed prefixes were added with the titles.

As for other officials, firstly, their rank is too low, so there is no need to join in the fun, and secondly, they have to supervise the work of official slaves and aboriginal households.

Let the prince see that the officials of the director of Jingyuan are lazy, and there must be no good fruit to eat.

"Excuse me. Director Jingyuan has planted all the wheat in this area? How is the harvest compared to previous years?"

Li Zhi asked casually.

Fan Zheng pointed to Tang Yidian: "Last year's farming was all under the supervision of Jian Cheng Tang Yidian, let him report in more detail."

Li Zhi was slightly surprised.

No matter what year, there are not many officials who are not greedy for the credit of their subordinates.

Tang Yidian's complexion was flushed, and he reported everything in detail, even accidentally revealing his shortcomings of not being very proficient in farming.

Li Yifu chuckled: "Fan Shaoqing, this subordinate, is too honest."

Fan Zheng nodded calmly.

However, who knows if Tang Yidian was too excited, or did it on purpose?

Neither matter.

As long as Tang Yidian doesn't deviate from the facts, even slightly exaggerated words can be tolerated by Fan Zheng.

After all, who doesn't want to have a go at it?
Tang Yidian said that he was not good at farming, and he was showing his merits. As a person who is not very familiar with farming, it is not easy to be able to do this!
Be careful, he still has it, and he is not annoying.

"Very good. Zhong'er, what do you think?"

Li Zhi showed a rare kindness, and leaned over to ask Li Zhong.

Li Zhong pouted: "It stinks too much."

Tongyan Wuji, bah bah.

Tang Yidian secretly hated himself, why bother to go crazy?

If the body is clean, can it climb the dragon and the phoenix, and reach the sky in one step?

There is nothing wrong with Tang Yidian's thoughts, who wouldn't expect to be on the rise?
Li Zhi doesn't know much about farming, but he can roughly judge the appearance of the director of Jingyuan by looking at whether the official slaves and foreign households are working in an orderly manner.

It is not known how the specific work is done, but judging from the orderly appearance, it must not be bad.

"what?"

Li Zhi's eyes shifted slightly, and he saw the stubborn figure of Dou Huaizhen.

"The son of Dou Dexuan, the prime minister in the palace, actually came to work in agriculture? Fan Qing, isn't this too inappropriate?"

Fan Zheng didn't agree: "I don't understand why the son of the state must have him to suffer so much when offering wine."

After all, farming and agricultural officials are hard work and not entertained. Most literati vaguely reject agricultural officials.

All in all, agricultural officials are thankless.

This is the way of the world. People who really do things often have no status, but flatterers steal high positions.

"The sons of the Dou family, this son is the most virtuous."

Li Zhi came to a conclusion.

Probably, Li Zhi hasn't learned the term "conclusive conclusion". He doesn't know that people's hearts are fickle. Sometimes the beliefs they hold on to collapse, and a gentleman will become more bottomless than a villain.

The sensuality of the Dou family's sons seems to be not thinking about making progress, but after thinking about it carefully, I know that if they make more progress with the power of the Dou family, what will be the result?

Aristocratic families, powerful families, and clan relatives, if they are content with pleasure, can make room for the common people to rise up, so that they will not have nowhere to advance.

It is really the turn of the common people to have room for advancement... Well, at least it is difficult for feudal dynasties.

Dou Huaizhen's virtuous virtue, God knows whether it is a blessing or a curse.

"Aye, what are they doing?"

Li Zhong jumped off the goat cart, holding Li Zhi's big hand with his small hand.

Li Zhi replied gently: "Zhong'er, they are growing wheat. When the wheat is harvested, use a mill to grind it into powder, and then they can make Hubing, Tangbing, Steamed Cake, and Shiao Cake."

Li Zhong nodded: "Oh, then they should have more varieties, Zhong'er is very good at eating."

Li Zhi smiled brightly.

After a round of inspections, Li Zhi returned to the East Palace.

Tang Yidian muttered, "It's strange, how could the crown prince inspect the farmland?"

Fan Zheng smiled lightly. Li Zhi's behavior was normal. This meant that the handover of power between the emperor and the crown prince had been carried out in an orderly manner. The director of Jingyuan should report to Li Zhi about the normal affairs in the future.

Of course, even if Li Zhi regained power, with Li Shimin's prestige, it would only be a one-word decision to abolish him.

"At that moment just now, I saw you showing frustration. Why, do you want to climb into the East Palace with King Chen?"

When everyone dispersed, Fan Zheng made fun of Tang Yidian.

If outsiders hear it, it will eventually hurt Tang Yidian's face.

Tang Yidian laughed awkwardly, he is a vulgar person, if he can climb up, of course he has to climb up, didn't he come to the position of supervisor now?
Fan Zheng looked around: "I don't mind if you change the family, but you have to be sure about your thigh."

"Although King Chen Jun is the eldest son of the crown prince, he is the eldest son of a concubine."

Needless to say.

According to the current inheritance principle of "establishing a heir and establishing an elder", Li Zhong has little hope.

If his bastard can inherit, why can't the other bastards?

Tang Yidian thought for a while, and his face suddenly turned pale.

If he climbed up, and Li Zhong failed to fight for an heir in the future, what would happen to him?
Where are the former Taoist priests Qin Ying, Zhao Jie, Du He, etc. now?
"Shangguan's words awakened the dreamer! From now on, Tang Yidian will only obey the Shangguan's order, and will never dare to disagree again."

Tang Yidian quickly figured it out. He honestly went to Sinong Temple and was promoted step by step with Shangguan. Although it was not a shortcut, it was safe!

The term Zhongnan shortcut was born in the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Su wrote "New Words of the Tang Dynasty", saying that Lu Zangyong during Zhongzong's period had a little talent and could not be reused, so he went to Zhongnan Mountain in the south of Chang'an and claimed to live in seclusion in Tanxuan, but he used this to spread his reputation and was eventually appointed as Zuo Shishu.

Although this term is derogatory, it is frequently seen in officialdom.

If you get promoted and get rich, so what if it’s a mere derogatory term, and a few words of ridicule are nothing but when the breeze blows on your face, let’s "spit your face and do it yourself" to understand.
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"Why does Your Highness only wander around the land of Director Jingyuan?"

Cheng Chuxia asked rashly.

When it comes to the director of Jingyuan, let's not talk about checking over and over again, at least let them have a taste of the majesty of the East Palace, right?
To be honest, the word "Xia" that Cheng Yaojin gave him is really correct. Cheng Jun is a bit capricious and a chivalrous man, not a prefect.

Although the word is usually taken at the time of the crown ceremony, this rule is also very flexible like the age of marriage.

Li Zhi was a little displeased, but patiently explained: "Gu's purpose is just to visit the director of Jingyuan and let them know that Gu has started to take power, and that's enough."

"If Gu is still pretending to plan two hoes, it will be called laughing and generous, and it is not at the Tianzi's homeland."

"If you want to find out what's wrong, it's Yushitai's work, and you can't do it alone."

If it weren't for the need to win over Cheng Yaojin, I hope he will escort him when the time comes, Cheng Chuxia, Li Zhi really wants to throw Yushitai and let him go to the prison for interrogation.

Where do so many "why" come from?
Among Cheng Yaojin's three concubine sons, Cheng Jun had the highest starting point, but he was unknown. This bad temper was also a reason.

The prince does things, do I need to explain to you?

(End of this chapter)