Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 550 Inadvertently planting willows and willows

The newspaper is a new thing, and it is difficult to form a concrete impression of Princess Pingyang just by talking about it, so we have to wait for the real thing to be made. Anyway, there are still technical problems that need to be overcome.At that time, as long as Her Royal Highness has seen the real thing, with her wisdom, Xue Lang only needs to give a little hint, and she will be able to understand the benefits and tricks.

On the second day, the craftsmen were called to inform them of the characteristics and technical requirements of the ink and stencil, and the craftsmen would study them. After that, Xue Lang devoted himself to the work of preventing locust plagues in the coming year.

Xue Lang was responsible for the general direction and the formulation of detailed measures. The specific implementation was carried out by the two generals Fang Xuanling, Cheng Zhijie, and Yu Chigong. He spends all his time in the mansion, and when Fang Xuanling has any questions, he will send someone to come to ask for advice.

The court and the central government are secretly busy. The various houses and prefectures in the central capital seem to be calm, but in fact, the Zhuangzi in charge of the various prefectures have been frequently called into the central capital recently.The locust plague is related to food, food is related to food and clothing, and human life is at stake. Everyone can't help but pay no attention to it. However, everyone knows the priorities and the panic that may be caused if things are leaked, so they all issued strict orders.Those who knew were secretive, and those who didn't knew were ignorant. They just felt that there were fewer people walking around in Beijing, and there were a lot fewer invitations to banquets with various names in the past.

After more than a month of busy work like this, Du Yan's melody directly pushed Xue Lang to the forefront.This thing has to start with the drought!
After Xue Lang reported the possibility of a locust plague in the coming year, he also said that there must be locusts after a long drought.Li Er used Du Yan as the inspector censor to inspect the Guanzhong and Central Plains to check the drought situation. By the way, he secretly led people to dig soil blocks to see the number of insect eggs contained in the soil as long as there was drought. , to predict whether locust plagues will occur in the coming year.

After going out for more than a month, Du Yan still hasn't come back, but the urgent rehearsal at [-] li sent him to Beijing.According to the Shuzuo, the drought affected a wide range, including the whole of Guanzhong, some areas of Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, and Shandong, and the area of ​​northern Jiangsu.However, if it is serious, Guanzhong is the most important.Du Yan said in the memorandum that, except for the case of prostitution in Guanzhong, the people in other areas are stable and the situation is relatively stable.

The root cause is that Xue Lang made contributions in offering sweet potatoes.In Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, and Shandong, where there are droughts, there are few paddy fields and many dry lands. The imperial court vigorously advocated the promotion of sweet potatoes and potatoes in the past few years.Especially in these places, after years of military disasters, the population has been declining and the labor force is insufficient. It is extremely easy to promote sweet potatoes and potatoes, which are high-yield crops, in these places. Sweet potatoes and potatoes are also enough to fill a family.

Moreover, these places are adjacent to Weize Pass, and Yiren plows were popularized from Weize Pass. In these neighboring places, Yiren plows are very popular, which greatly reduces labor costs. Surprisingly, there was no case of vending children and selling girls, nor did people die of starvation.

In northern Jiangsu, because of the promotion of Champa rice and the cultivation of sweet potatoes and potatoes, there is still surplus food after the drought.Therefore, although there was a drought, it did not cause a disaster, and the common people's life went on without the tragedy of a drought.

On the contrary, in Guanzhong, in areas with high grain production over the years, few sweet potatoes and potatoes are planted, and the fields have gone to grow more grain. In the years of drought, life is very difficult.

In the Lizheng Hall, Li Er watched the shuzuo and remained silent. The ministers in the political affairs hall had seen Du Yan's shuzuo before, and when they saw that the sage Li was silent, they were all silent, watching their noses and their hearts.

Li Er stared at Shuzuo for a while, and then said: "Xuan Xuelang enters the palace."

"Here."

The servant rushed away.Li Er asked: "I remember that in the past few years, the imperial court has been vigorously advocating the promotion of sweet potatoes and potatoes. Why has it been implemented elsewhere, but Guanzhong has not done so?"

Fang Xuanling came out and said: "Your Majesty, the promotion of sweet potatoes and potatoes was originally in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Sino-Nong Division. Minister Pei of the Ministry of Civil Affairs died of illness, and the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was taken over by Wang Xian, the left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"Pass him to court."

"Here."

Xue Lang came from outside the palace, Wang Xian entered the palace from the inner city, naturally arrived earlier than Xue Lang.When Wang Xian entered the palace, Li Er showed Du Yan's melody to him as soon as he finished his salute. Did Guanzhong fail to do a good job?"

Wang Xian's thoughts changed, and he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the promotion of sweet potatoes and potatoes was ordered by the Supreme Emperor at that time. Xue Lang, who was the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs at the time, was in charge of it, and the ministers did not intervene. I don't know."

Li Er looked at him and said nothing.Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui and others looked at him vaguely, but didn't say anything.Li Er said again: "Since you have taken over the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, do you know nothing about the affairs before you took over? Xue Lang resigned, and the person who handled it at the time, what about the documents left over at that time?"

Wang Xian looked embarrassed, and muttered: "The document... the minister has just taken over, and I haven't had time to read it yet. As for the person who handles it..."

Wang Xian was at a loss for words, how dare he tell the saint that all the people Xue Lang used at the time were all left idle or berated by him under various names, and no one was in charge.How dare you tell the sage that since the death of the original Shangshu Pei Ju, after he temporarily took over, the most devoted thing he has done is to fight against dissidents!
Li Er sank into water, stared at Wang Xian, and said reproachfully: "You have taken over the position of Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for several months, why do you know nothing about the affairs of the yamen? I remember when Youyang was appointed by his father as the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. In less than a month, you have a complete grasp of the affairs of the yamen, and you can know all kinds of situations! Youyang's former official was Pingyang's sister, and she was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. She didn't know anything about the Ministry of Civil Affairs before. And you, You have been working in the Ministry of Civil Affairs for a long time, after several years, why is it not as good as Youyang in January? It is not as good as January in several years, it shows that you have not put your heart into it!"

"Your Majesty calm down, I will immediately make up for my homework when I go back!"

Wang Xian was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and immediately knelt down to plead guilty.Li Er was about to continue to scold him, when the palace servant came to report: "Your Majesty, Prince Xue has arrived!"

Wang Xian naturally heard it too, and his body froze immediately.Li Er glanced at him coldly and said, "Xuan come in."

Xue Lang came in and saluted first: "Minister Xue Lang pays homage to His Majesty, Your Majesty is safe."

Li Erdao: "Youyang is exempt from courtesy, and he is flat."

Xue Lang straightened up, seeing Wang Xian kneeling, he couldn't help being startled——

He also attended Pei Ju's funeral.Pei Ju treated him very well, Pei Yunzhao had some friendship with him, and when Mr. Pei passed away, he should have gone there.

As a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wang Xian is naturally there.At that time, Wang Xian was the acting minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and a candidate for the minister with suitable qualifications and voice in the yamen. When he met Xue Lang, he almost looked at him with his nostrils. As the captain's son-in-law, he still knows the etiquette, so I'm afraid he must be ridiculed.

Seeing Wang Xian kneeling now, to be honest, Xue Lang was a little bit happy secretly.Anyway, it is impossible for the two of you to be friends anymore. If you are not happy when your enemy is in trouble, then what else is there to be happy about in life!

Xue Lang was happy, so naturally Wang Xian couldn't be happy, but this was in front of Saint Xiao Li and his officials, Wang Xian couldn't do anything, he could only grit his teeth secretly, hoping that Saint Xiao Li would let him go.

(End of this chapter)