Ji Tang

Chapter 658 Give me ten or eight years of leave
"Where is Ji Song?"

Li Shimin looked around, but because Ji Song was standing among the ministers, he didn't notice it for a while.

Ji Song was stunned for a moment, but he did not dare to be negligent and said, "Your Majesty, Ji Song is here!"

Li Shimin was also stunned when he saw Ji Song, because the change was too big.

Ji Song, who only had a beard when he left, now has a beautiful beard.If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that he was the young marquis back then?
He is stable, and just standing there gives people a feeling of trust.

But there is also silence. This is not silence in words, but the precipitation after experiencing the world. It is silence after being cautious in words and deeds.

After retracting his thoughts, Li Shimin took a deep look at Ji Song and said: "When you were five years old, you governed Xuanzhou, enriched the people, strengthened the people, satisfied the people, increased taxes, enriched the place, built academies to cultivate talents; restrained the powerful, rested with the people, and expanded acres of land, new seeds are cultivated, and the people are prosperous.

Later, steel was smelted, iron cities were built, and iron mines were opened, so that the Tang Dynasty no longer lacked iron;
Make rice paper, plant mulberry and hemp trees, and establish culture and education. "

"Your hard work has yielded great results. I am very pleased!"

As Li Shimin personally told what Ji Song had done, one by one, no matter how harsh everyone was, they no longer had any disrespect towards Ji Song.

This was a minister who really worked for the people. Although they didn't like Ji Song, they didn't stop them from appreciating him.

Ji Song looked a little dazed. Has he already done so much?
Since there has been no news about the fleet in the past two years, he has been numbing himself with busy government affairs.Even if he has some free time, he still teaches his second son Ji Ze at home.

Never dare to let yourself have some free time.

Because once I am free, I will think of Ji Qing, Wang Xuance, Liu Xiancheng, Xue Li, and the hundreds of students.

It has been more than four years. According to the agreement, he should have come back last year, but now there is still no news, as if he has completely disappeared.

Only by keeping yourself busy can you stop thinking wildly, otherwise you will go crazy.

Most of the affairs in Xuanzhou were started by oneself, and they rarely took care of them after that.But things are often like this. As long as the leader gives a direction, the people below will naturally improve it.

Even better than I imagined.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! The affairs of Xuanzhou were accomplished with the joint efforts of all the officials, and the people's trust in the ministers. It took only five years for Xuanzhou to achieve great governance."

"My merits are insignificant and not worthy of such praise from Your Majesty. Yuchi Baolin, the magistrate of Dangtu County, opened iron mines, built iron cities, governed the powerful, and appeased the people. He has made great contributions."

"Cheng Chusi wiped out the bandits and water bandits in Jing'an area, so that the people of Xuanzhou, even women and children, dared to go on the road alone without any danger."

"County magistrates from all over the country strictly abide by their duties, keep the people in peace, clear up prisons, open up fields, and build water conservancy. They go to the countryside on foot, and most of them spend most of the year between the fields and ridges."

"Work hard and sleep day and night, and lead by example. The petty officials dare not bully their subordinates, the common people dare not bully their superiors, and the powerful do not dare to assume authority. After five years of governance, I dare not say that I will not pick up things on the road, and I will not close my house at night, but the people's hearts are at peace, and I think of the people of the Tang Dynasty Like the ministers who cross the river, they are countless."

Ji Song bowed down and said: "At best, I can sit in the government office and regulate things from the middle. I am not as good at governing the people as Baolin, and my hard work is not as good as that of officials from various places."

"Therefore, I dare not take credit!"

Ji Song bows down and won’t be able to stand up for a long time!
At this time, the entire hall was silent, and you could hear a pin drop.

Li Shimin looked at Ji Song with complex eyes. This young man who he had watched grow up was now a husband, a father, and now a pillar of the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking about everything in the past, now that I think about it, I really owe him a lot!

"You don't have to be modest. I remember the contributions of Bao Lin and the eldest son of the Cheng family. They are all the pillars of our Tang Dynasty. I will reward other officials one by one."

"Now let's talk about your reward!"

Everyone looked at Ji Song with great envy, the credit was too great.Not only did it solve the problem of the imperial court's constant shortage of ironware, it also improved the iron-making process, making the ironware that could be refined far beyond the past, and it could be widely used in large quantities.

Finally, a way to govern local areas was explored. As long as it is promoted, even if it is not as dazzling as Xuanzhou, it will be much better than in the past.

With all these factors, who dares to say that his contribution is not great?

If there really is such a blind person, just look at the bunch of generals over there.

Everyone was patrolling the hall with eager eyes, just to see the one who wanted to stand up.

There are nearly [-] counties in Xuanzhou, and nine out of ten of them are the sons of distinguished officials.

Now that people have finally made great achievements, if they touch the bad luck of these old commanders at this time, I am afraid that it will not end well even for His Majesty!
Now that there is no war, it is probably impossible for the noble children to make contributions and get promoted like their fathers.

The only thing you can do is to go through the qualifications step by step, take time, and get promoted slowly.

This group of Qiu Bazhong finally has a group of talents who can govern the local area.If you go to apply eye drops to someone now, then you are really a long-lived person who has eaten arsenic and is tired of living.

Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Qin Qiong, Li Jing and others all joined forces with you.

Cheng Chusi of the Cheng family, Yuchi Baolin of the Yuchi family, Qin Huaiyu of the Qin Qiong family, Li Desai of the Li Jing family, and others, this time they can be considered to have gained face.

Aren’t you civil servants shouting about warriors, reckless men, and Qiu Ba all day long?It is believed that they are illiterate and can only work hard on the battlefield and do not know how to govern the people at all.

But what about now?
Xuanzhou, such a local prefecture and county, under the governance of these noble sons and daughters, is about to catch up with the eastern capital Luoyang.

After a few years of settling down, it will be comparable to Mingzhou and Dengzhou.It has become the most prosperous place south of the Yangtze River.

Li Shimin looked a little amused at the arrogance of these bastards, but he did not stop them.

That's fine, let's show these arrogant aristocratic families, wouldn't it be possible for me to govern the Tang Dynasty without you?

After a few more years of experience, as long as these people are released, they will be qualified governors and can govern a state.

In this way, it can be regarded as solving the problem of Xun Gui's tail being too big to fall off.During the whole day of the province, the young people were stuffed into the army.

Otherwise, sooner or later, he will become a Longxi military noble again.

As for liquidating the founding heroes?Haha, I'm not that cruel.

Most of the entire Tang Dynasty was conquered by me, the emperor, so who deserves more credit?
Besides, I am still young and in my prime.

And these old handsome men really may not be able to survive themselves. As long as they are still alive, who dares to be presumptuous?

This is the emperor's confidence immediately. One person controls a country, and it's not just talk!

"Tell me, what reward do you want? As long as I can do it, I will never refuse!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said proudly.
Ji Song secretly rolled his eyes, what do you want? Will you give me the seat I want?

Just mess around with these nonsense, if you can afford it, give me more money, I never have too much of that stuff.

Ji Song sighed secretly, this time the reward was probably going to be wasted again.

Forget it, the matter has come to this, and I have nothing to ask for.

So he stepped forward and said: "I beg your majesty to give me ten to eight years of leave. There is nothing else I can ask for!"

(End of this chapter)