Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 138 Good News
Imperial Capital Chang'an——

The sage Li Yuan hugged the young and beautiful Concubine Yin De, dreaming soundly, his personal servant stepped forward lightly, and played a report outside the curtain: "I tell the sage, Xiao Gong and Pei Gong have come together, and there is great news Report to the saint."

After a while of silence in the curtain, I heard Li Yuan ask: "Since the two of them came together, it must be an important matter, let's announce it."

"Here."

"saint."

The young and charming female voice is still a little confused.Li Yuan said: "It's still early, my concubine should continue to sleep, I'll be leaving first."

"The saint is not here, how can the slave family sleep? Let the slave serve the saint to dress."

Concubine Yin De endured her doze and got up to wait for Li Yuan to get dressed.

After Li Yuan finished dressing, he left the harem and went directly to the Tai Chi Hall, where Xiao Yu and Pei Ji were already waiting there, and when they saw Li Yuan coming, they saluted together: "Congratulations to the saint, congratulations to the saint."

Li Yuan asked, "Where does joy come from?"

Xiao Yu took out a melody from his sleeve and presented it: "This is the melody sent by Princess Pingyang, the general stationed at Weizeguan, in eight hundred miles. Please have a look!"

Is it from Pingyang?
Li Yuan held back the joy in his heart, took the Shuzuo and looked quickly, the handwriting should be written by Pingyang himself!Li Yuan looked at it quickly, and couldn't help laughing: "My son in Pingyang, isn't it great auspiciousness to send such good news!"

The two ministers were also full of joy: "It is indeed a great auspicious auspiciousness! The saint should issue an edict to the world, so as to strengthen the popularity of our people in the Tang Dynasty and deter rebels!"

"Yes! Come on, ring the bell, I want to hold a court meeting!"

"Here!"

The servant rushed away, and after a while, the bell announcing the convening of the Grand Court resounded throughout the city.Today is not the day of the Great Court Conference, and it is conceivable that the Grand Court Conference will be held temporarily, and all the officials in Beijing will be in a hurry.

When it was time for the court meeting to be held, Li Yuan took Xiao Yu and Pei Ji over directly, and after some ceremony with the monarchs and ministers, Li Yuan knelt down on the throne and said, "The temporary meeting of the court today is a happy event to be shared with all the ministers! Xiao Qing!"

"Here!"

Xiao Yu stepped out, took out the recital from the armband, and began to read in court——

"hiss"

The voice of taking a breath was really neat and loud, and when Xiao Yu finished reading the whole book, all the ministers looked at each other and knelt down together: "Congratulations to the saint, congratulations to the saint, this is a great auspiciousness, and it is me. The sages of the Tang Dynasty were ordered by the heavens, and it is a sign of the country's continuous development!"

At the court meeting, everyone from the sage to the ministers was excited. This is not the auspiciousness that pretends to be a ghost, but the real auspiciousness. New crops with an output of more than [-] stones have been produced throughout the ages. Is there any more real auspiciousness than this?It seems insignificant for Liu Heitai to make trouble again!

Naturally, Xue Lang was unaware of the excitement at the court meeting. He was sitting opposite Her Highness the Princess at this time, discussing the promotion of the method of making sweet potato vermicelli.

Princess Pingyang said: "The production of sweet potatoes is huge, and the matter is of great importance. The sage will definitely send envoys to check it out. The ones who come are either honest ministers like Li Gang, or members of the Li clan."

Xue Lang said: "No matter who comes, we didn't cheat anyway, and the output is real, so we're not afraid, it's better to be an upright minister."

Princess Pingyang smiled and nodded.Xue Lang said: "I have two plans for promoting the production method of sweet potato vermicelli. Please refer to one or two, Your Highness."

Princess Pingyang said: "Yes! Youyang can come here as much as you like."

Xue Lang then spoke out his method.To promote a new thing, there are two most convenient ways.One is for the country to come forward and promote it in the form of official promotion. Because of the authority of the country, this kind of promotion is the easiest, but it costs a lot of money.

Another kind of promotion is the business model, which uses the profit-seeking nature of businessmen to promote.In this era when food production is generally not high and most people can’t eat enough, it is naturally welcome to have a high-yield, easy-to-plant crop that can fill the stomach.However, the farmers in my dynasty generally have a strong sense of small farmers, are timid and law-abiding, and do not dare to try new crops for fear of starvation.

Xue Lang concluded: "The two promotion methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. In fact, I tend to ask the imperial court to promote them. The appearance of sweet potatoes is auspicious. It is advisable to thoroughly carry out auspiciousness and invest heavily in promotion. This is also a virtuous policy. Later generations will evaluate it. , it must be better."

Princess Pingyang didn't speak, but looked at Xue Lang with a smile that was not a smile, and Xue Lang was puzzled: "Why does Your Highness look at me like this?"

Princess Pingyang said: "Listening to Youyang's remarks, it seems that you don't value or respect being famous in history. If you don't know Youyang well, you would think that Youyang is a person who puts interests first, regardless of morality."

Xue Lang was in pain, and said: "Aren't you analyzing now? Naturally, the analysis should be rational and objective, taking into account both good and bad."

This is the habit of modern people. When considering things and making decisions, all interests must be considered. Naturally, the greater the benefits obtained, the better.

Princess Pingyang said: "You Yang can speak freely in front of me, but in the future, if You Yang enters the capital as an official, you have to be careful about what you say. If such remarks are made in the court, I am afraid that the evaluation of You Yang in future history books will be different. Low."

Xue Lang sincerely thanked: "Xue Lang has been taught, thank you Your Highness for your guidance."

It was for his own good to advise him like this.Thinking about future generations, all kinds of things that reverse the verdict of historical figures abound. Let alone ancient historical figures, there are also modern historical figures, and some people with ulterior motives are making trouble, which is called historical nihilism.Xue Lang agrees with rational and well-founded academic research, but does not agree that judgments are often made based on a few words.

However, there is a question that needs to be addressed, Xue Lang said: "It is too early to enter the capital as an official or something. The subordinates are doing well in the Princess Mansion, and I don't want to change places yet."

Princess Pingyang said: "Thank you Youyang for your heart, but, if the sage issues an edict..."

Xue Lang said directly: "Could it be impossible to force someone to become an official? Your Highness is my savior. Now is the time when His Highness needs me. Could it be that Xue Lang is the kind of ungrateful person who only cares about himself? Or, in His Highness In your eyes, am I that kind of person?"

Princess Pingyang waved her hand: "I know Youyang well, but the changes in the world are always unsatisfactory."

This is a bit of a vicissitudes of life.Xue Lang said firmly: "I know it well, Your Highness, don't worry about it."

Princess Pingyang persuaded: "No matter what, Youyang should make preparations first."

Xue Lang said decisively: "Your Highness don't care about this matter, just leave it to your subordinates to deal with it. By the way, when will the envoy sent by the imperial court arrive?"

Princess Pingyang said: "Xiangrui confirms that the imperial court has a set of detailed rules. According to the rules, plus the time spent on the road, it may take more than half a month."

Xue Lang silently estimated, and said, "Then the potatoes should be ready to be dug by then, should we follow the trend and report the potatoes?"

(End of this chapter)