The Palace of Peach and Plum

Chapter 49:

Since the emperor came to the Huhu, Ling Wei has been like a fish in the Huhu. No one left him in the cold anymore. Even Xie Rong was kind to him and often asked him to chat with him.

Ling Wei didn’t care about the predecessors. He didn’t have any different attitude towards those who left him in the cold, and he still had the same attitude towards those who pleased him.

After going back and forth, those people also knew that although Ling Wei was young, he was not small-minded and not small, so he was honest, and stopped thinking about things.

It’s just that Xie Rong changed his usual attitude and was very close to Ling Wei. He greeted Ling Wei every day with “Jin Tang Jin Tang”. From time to time, he would pull Ling Wei to open a small stove and teach some common sense in the officialdom, or when he needed to work in the household department. Experience used.

Ling Wei was extremely calm on the surface, and when he turned around, he asked Li Yin in fear, what kind of medicine Xie Rong sold in this gourd.

Although Li Ying is young and looks cold and unkind, he knows the people in official circles quite well. He listened to Ling Wei’s doubts and said: “Xie Rong previously misassessed your talent and the degree of appreciation by the emperor. Now that I understand, he will naturally not offend you. Besides, he thinks you are the prince… well, confidant, if He is close to you, maybe the prince will jealous of you.”

Li Ying said this very straightforwardly. Xie Rong’s approach is also regarded as an arrogant move. The first is not to sin, even if Ling Wei doesn’t feel close to him, his previous discomfort will be erased; second. His household minister intends to treat Ling Wei well, and Ling Wei has to accept it happily on the surface, regardless of whether he is willing or not. It is hard to say whether the prince would have any opinions on the supporters of Ling Wei and Xie Rong, the **** prince.

Ling Wei was speechless after listening. How this person thinks so much, it’s terrifying, he really still holds the emperor’s thigh honestly, and then just be a leisure minister outside the officialdom.

As for whether it would arouse the prince’s suspicion… Ling Wei thought about the bear kid who would not be allowed to hug him because he had grown into a half-year-old, but would still hang his neck and climb on his back. Well, Xie Rong thinks of the bear child too deeply. At present, the bear child is still in a state of silly white sweetness. What is the party and suspiciousness? It doesn’t match the silly white sweet boy.

But this is good for the prince, and the emperor is happy when he looks at it. Han Wang just thought too much, he didn’t know it when he got himself involved.

After Ling Wei knew Xie Rong’s intentions, he was relieved to study with the Master Shangshu.

Not to mention, although Xie Rong used Yangmou, he still taught some real materials, and Ling Wei also benefited a lot from hearing it.

Apart from personnel management, the work of this household department is probably somewhat similar to modern accounting. However, although Ling Wei is fascinated by his eyes and knows some accounting knowledge, after all, he is not studying this major, nor is he engaged in this job. In fact, he is a layman. Xie Rong has been immersed in this area for many years and naturally has a unique experience.

After studying seriously, Ling Wei combined some advanced accounting and economic awareness in modern society to sum up his own set of methods.

But at present, he has no chance to implement it. When you get to Ganzhou, you can give it a try.

Ling Wei took his own method to Xie Rong for discussion. Xie Rong is not a stubborn and conservative person in practice. After discussing with Ling Wei, he felt that Ling Wei’s set of methods was feasible, so he first tried to use it in the household department. In the end, although there were some minor problems, after continuous improvement, good results were achieved.

And Ling Wei’s thoughts on increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, as well as the use of some convenient gadgets, gave Xie Rong a lot of inspiration.

The Ministry of Households, as the name suggests, is to die for money and stingy. Xie Rong, who is in charge of the money bag, is particularly interested in how to make money, but he is particularly upset about other departments asking for money every day.

In fact, the treasury is not his personal pocketbook. It stands to reason that he should not be so entangled. But he is very sensitive to figures, even if it is the figures of the national treasury, if he cannot make ends meet, he will not eat well and sleep well every day.

It is really a waste of such a person not to serve in the Ministry of Households. So even though Li Li was dissatisfied with the Xie family, Xie Rong still took the position of Shangshu in the Household Department.

Regardless of what he thought secretly, Ling Wei admired Xie Rong as he got along. Whether it is the ability to do things or the acceptance of new ideas, it is very easy for Xie Rong to become a generation of famous ministers.

And even in terms of official style and character, in this officialdom, it’s not bad. Officials seldom have little greed and favoritism, and Xie Rong is no exception. But his dealings are within certain limits, and he is a very sober person.

Ling Wei is particularly difficult to understand, how can such a person be stubbornly stubborn in the matter of seizing his concubine? Could it be said that from the dragon’s power is really so good

charm?

Forgive him, this modern man who doesn’t have much admiration for imperial power can’t understand it.

Anyway, the emperor didn’t have any suspicions, and the prince didn’t care, so Ling Wei studied seriously and only regarded Xie Rong as his boss as a colleague, and even as a half-teacher.

After figuring it out, Ling Wei treated Xie Rong more naturally. He also gave away his own tea and rock candy during the holidays, which shocked Xie Rong when he received the gift.

For this reason, Prince Edward has some snack vinegar. Because the rock candy and fruit candy made by Ling Wei are the prince’s favorite snacks, every time he finds an excuse to go to Ling Wei’s mansion to “learn”, they always eat and take away Ling Wei’s polysaccharides.

One day the prince came to Ling Wei’s mansion happily, flipped the candy jar, and it was gone!

After inquiring, Ling Wei actually gave sugar and tea as a rare item to Xie Rong’s mansion as a rare gift for the festival (Xie’s mansion sent it first, and Ling Wei had to return the gift, and could not pretend to be an ostrich).

The prince was so angry that Ling Wei was so stingy. In order to save so little money, he actually used his snacks as a gift. It was unbearable! (Ling Wei: This is obviously from my house…) So the prince was angry with Ling Wei for five or six days. After Ling Wei’s next batch of fruit candy was made, he forgave Ling Wei.

When Xie Rong learned of this incident, he thought that his plan had succeeded, and drank two small cups of rice wine happily. Although the prince quickly reconciled with Ling Wei, he believed that as long as the quarrel occurred, the crack would have appeared. Even if they reconcile, they cannot be restored.

Next, it depends on whether Han Wang can draw Ling Wei over.

Well, Xie Rong was right. As long as the quarrel occurs, the crack has already appeared. Therefore, the prince said that in order to appease his injured liver, let Ling Wei make more sugar for him, and he would share it with his younger brothers and sisters.

Ling Wei said that this kind of squeeze was too much, so he handed over the house to His Majesty the Emperor so that the imperial village could also make candies. As for whether His Royal Highness will have a toothache from eating sweets, Ling Wei said that this is something Xiong’s parents should be concerned about.

Really, he is a ten-year-old boy who loves sweets so much, it is naive. Ling Wei defamation, after defamation is finished, he still uses the new one

The cake has coaxed the young boy who started from the bear to arrogantly.

When it comes to petting children, Ling Weizhen and the empress do not need to give too much.

In this regard, Li Ying said he was even more unhappy. Every time the prince brought his younger siblings to play, Ling Wei’s attention was taken away by a group of children. He also served as a setting board next to him, occasionally helping Ling Wei to take care of these energetic children.

Li Yin was puzzled. When he was a child, neither he nor the children he had ever met had jumped up and down like this, one by one was very precocious and stable. Is it because the emperor did not enjoy his childhood, so he let his children enjoy it? It’s not right. Except for the prince and Jinque who are walking sideways in the palace, the other princes and princesses are still very precocious and stable. How come they are like monkeys when they get to Ling Wei?

Li Ying looked at Ling Wei with a bunch of children hanging on him, like the Christmas tree that Ling Wei had said about overseas, and he was even more unhappy.

Fortunately, they will be far away from the capital and pass the two-person world.

Thinking of this, Li Ying felt a little better. But every time the bear children left, Li Ying would ask Ling Wei for comfort in the name of being upset and heartbroken that night.

Feeling and hugging, even licking Ling Wei all over like a big dog. Every time Ling Wei comforted Li Yin, the comforted legs were soft. And every time he weakened his legs, Li Yin would be dragged to the training ground to train on horseback and archery under the pretext that he was not good enough.

The horse was riding together, and the archery was held in his arms. In the end, Ling Wei enjoyed it. People all said that they had been blinded by the flash and began to want to find someone.

Others said that they were also people who had served other masters. They had never seen such a sticky couple. It was so affectionate that people couldn’t stand it anymore.

Hey, you said this is not a husband and wife?

Well, okay, the husband is also a success…Anyway, it doesn’t matter if you have seen it for a long time. I don’t care about them anyway, except that my eyes are blind and my heart is rippling.

All seasons of the year are spring…

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Ling Wei’s life was very comfortable, but Xie Rong’s life was not at all comfortable.

Not knowing what was going on, Han Wang was determined to think that Ling Wei was a clown, not worthy of being wooed or fearful, so he refused to accept Xie Rong’s proposal.

Unless Ling Wei surrendered to him, he only slightly thought about how to show a welcome gesture. It is absolutely impossible for him to put down his body and make friends.

And Han Wang said that Xie Lin’an, his chosen minister of the humerus, was very good. Talented and good, but also a motherly person.

Xie Rong said that there was nothing to say. He can’t say that his family is not good, right? Although it seems that for so long, Xie Rong knows that Xie Lin’an is far behind Ling Wei, but he can’t say that in front of King Han, right? It is good for Hanwang to value his family.

But why does Xie Rong feel so uncomfortable in his heart?

He threw a rock candy into his mouth. Oh, it’s sweet in your mouth, why is it so bitter in your heart?

But this candy is so delicious, how did it make it? I heard that Ling Wei has returned from overseas. Has this overseas sugar production technology reached this point? Sugar production can also increase revenue for the country. You have to talk to the emperor that if you promote sugar production methods, you can increase the tax on sugar sales. Good thing!

But is it not good to tell the emperor to ask for Ling Wei’s exclusive prescription so hastily? Do you want to communicate with Ling Wei first? Let Ling Wei do it himself? But if Ling Wei is more favored, and Han Wang is unwilling to win over Ling Wei, will it be worse for Han Wang?

Xie Rong said that he had a headache, but he didn’t know that His Majesty the Emperor had already obtained the sugar-making method. He had secretly tried it out in the imperial village. After he was ready to train a group of skilled craftsmen, he sent them to promote it everywhere.

And Xie Rong himself didn’t realize that although he had a red heart toward King Han (plus His Majesty the Emperor), he had gradually become dissatisfied with King Han because of Ling Wei’s affairs.

He obviously wanted to use Yangmou to provoke the relationship between Ling Wei and the prince, but instead he made himself dissatisfied with King Han, which is really ironic.

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Time flies, Ling Wei is wandering in the palace, and it’s time to set off for Ganzhou.

“Shangshu Yugong” says: the domain of Yongzhou. From the Six Kingdoms to the Qin Dynasty, Rong, Di and Yueshi lived in Yan. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it was the right of the Xiongnu. In the sixth year of Emperor Wu’s Yuanding, the general Zhao Ponu was sent out of Lingju. It was divided into Wuwei and Jiuquan to set up Zhangye and Dunhuang prefectures. The right arm of the Xiongnu was broken. At first it belonged to Zhang Gui, and the late Houliang industry also tried to use this place. Houye was killed by Juqu Mengxun in Beiliang. After the Wei Taiwu Emperor Pingliang, he thought that Zhangye Army, the second year of the abolition of the army to change the army to Ganzhou, named after the Junshan Mountain in East Gansu. Or more licorice, hence the name. Sui Daye banned the prefecture in three years and became Zhangye County.

The current historical development is different from that before Ling Wei’s crossing, but the place has not changed.

Although Ganzhou has a continental climate with little rainfall throughout the year, there are four larger rivers and 26 seasonal rivers in the territory. Therefore, there are many springs in Ganzhou city, and the spring water is clear and sweet, so it is named “Ganzhou”. The geographical location of Ganzhou is very important. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. Naturally, Yan Chao also established the state capital here.

Because of its abundant water resources, Ganzhou is also considered a major grain-producing state in the Hexi Corridor. The grain produced can be used for food and payment for the troops stationed in the north. But also because the river is plentiful, no matter whether it is a grassroots bandit or a northern ethnic group robbing houses, they all like to run to this place. This place is a place where various ethnic groups live together, especially during wars, and it is even more scrambled. As a result, although the land is fertile and water is sufficient, the people do not live well, and it is not as good as the surrounding relatively barren places.

But now that the Yan Dynasty is established and the country is stable, this place should also develop.

Putting down the bandits is the first step, and how to manage this place well is the most important thing.

Li Ying was directly appointed as the admiral of Ganzhou, and Ling Wei went down as an official of the central government without setting up local positions.

The governor of Ganzhou is a native of Ganzhou, who happens to be an acquaintance of Ling Wei, Qian Qiong’s cousin, Qian Jie.

Ling Wei was taken aback when he learned about it. He didn’t expect that Qian Qiong would not show up or leak, and the power behind it was not small. He and the auxiliary minister Qian Hu have joined the clan, and his cousin is still a member of the province. He usually doesn’t say anything. Apart from talking about his travels and hometown, he doesn’t seem to be such a brilliant person at home.

However, Ling Wei remembered that Qian Qiong was still under forty years old. When he was admitted to the Jinshi, he was only in the second class. If he was an ordinary person with no background, he would probably be released, but he was the head of the household. In the eyes of ordinary people, central officials are always more noble than local officials. So this is also a capable performance in the family?

Qian Qiong and Ling Wei knew each other well. After learning that Ling Wei was going to Ganzhou, he asked Ling Wei to bring something to his cousin.

“Xiaguan lost his father and mother when he was young, and was brought up by his uncle, so he and his cousin are like brothers.” Qian Qiong said with a sigh of relief, “It’s a pity that we will meet next time, I don’t know when.”

This chief official in Xinjiang was not so good at returning to Beijing, and he was not so good at foreign transfers, and he happened to be transferred back to his hometown.

Ling Wei took the things and letters from Qian Qiong, and was happy for a while.

This money family must be a prominent family in the local area. He was worried about collecting taxes to help develop the economy, and he didn’t know where to start. This is really sleepy, and someone will bring pillows. With the introduction of Qian Qiong’s letter, I think Mr. Shi will be more talkative, right?

“What’s so hard to talk about.” Li Yin frowned, “Who dares to offend you?”

Ling Wei looked at Li Ying’s attitude that you said whoever offended you, I would roll up my sleeves and lead someone to beat someone, and I couldn’t laugh. Ouch, my Qin | Lord, how come you feel more and more cute?

And Ling Wei’s happy attitude disappeared after he set off.

Of course, this ancient long-distance travel is really torture. Whether it is riding a horse or riding a car, the sense of fatigue is not what modern people can imagine.

After riding for a long time, my thighs hurt and my buttocks hurt. After sitting in the carriage for a long time, my whole body was about to fall apart.

It’s not that the carriage is bad, but the way…tsk, let’s not talk about it. In the ancient roads, those paved with bluestone slabs were in the city. The so-called official roads were flattened and paved with gravel at best. Some are not even paved with gravel, just dirt roads.

This kind of road is sour and refreshing, one can imagine.

If it rains on the road, it makes people feel so comfortable that they want to go to heaven.

Ling Wei sat in the carriage for a while and rode the horse for a while, taking turns, so as not to torture himself too much.

And His Royal Highness has already expressed that it is great.

Yes, you read that right. His Royal Highness is also with you.

Ling Wei: “…I said too…Chang Geng, how did your majesty release you?”

The prince raised his head weakly: “What does it mean to let it go, Gu… Am I a dog?”

Ling Wei: “Your imagination is so rich, I didn’t say anything.”

The prince got down and continued to play dead.

Ling Wei helpless: “Would you like to rest before leaving?”

The prince sighed: “I can’t drag your schedule. Father…Father said, I’m here to be a clerk for you. If I slow down the schedule because of me, wouldn’t it be revealing?”

Ling Wei couldn’t laugh or cry: “Why did your Majesty release you out of the palace?”

Li Ying lifted the curtain and walked in: “Brother Emperor believes that as a successor to the throne, only staying in the palace to study can not understand the people’s livelihood. Brother Huang not only led soldiers in wars, but also governed a piece of land. Qi Chen is only in the palace, and he only learns about the affairs outside the palace from books. There is no way to appreciate the hardships of the people’s livelihood.”

“Then you can also go to the suburbs of Beijing.” Ling Wei fed the prince a glass of water. I usually watched the prince’s body well, but it turned out to be stunned. It was simply too sad.

“But Uncle Wang and Jintang are not in the suburbs of Beijing.” After the prince drank some water, his spirits improved, “I follow other people, how can I learn things.”

Although the prince was right, Ling Wei still felt that the emperor’s decision was too hasty and too messy. The queen didn’t stop her majesty, could it be that her majesty cut first and then played? (This word is wrong.)

Ling Wei read from the history books that the prince also went to various places to experience, but they were all fair and honest, and they also held no small official positions.

How can someone like your majesty let the prince sneak out of Beijing and hide his name as his assistant. If others, dare to use this assistant?

According to your majesty’s method, only Li Yin and him can really handle it.

“I thought it would be fun to go out of the palace.” The prince mumbled, “I didn’t expect it to be so hard. I don’t think I need to go to a place to experience the difficulties of people’s livelihood. Just this way, I know how hard the people are. Jintang Is there no better way to repair roads overseas?”

Ling Wei thought for a while, it seemed that there was indeed. He seems to have a formula for cement in his mind.

Well, it was taught in junior high school chemistry class. Thank him for not forgetting, and this knowledge can still be searched out in his mind.

Of course, if he didn’t deliberately think about it, he couldn’t remember it. Just like computer search.

“If you use bluestone slabs to pave the road, the price is too expensive.” The prince propped his chin, pondering, “This road construction is also the people’s livelihood, right?”

Of course, Ling Wei knew that the prince was talking nonsense because of the hard way. He smiled and said: “Hua Guo said,’To get rich, we must first build a road.’ This road is indeed related to people’s livelihood.”

“What’s the answer to this?” the prince asked curiously. He was really nonsense just now.

“Chang Gung still remember what I said about the relationship between agriculture, industry, commerce and the country?”

“Remember.” The prince nodded. The prince remembered what Ling Wei explained, which was completely different from that of others. He didn’t know if it was a form of rebellion.

“In short, if the road is repaired, the people’s things can be sold and the country can receive tax.” Ling Wei said, “Agriculture is the foundation of the country, so in many overseas countries, agriculture no longer collects taxes, but will Support. And the country’s tax revenue comes from industry and commerce. Of course, this requires the country to prosper to a certain level. It’s impossible now.”

What Li Yin is most concerned about is military matters, so he has not discussed overseas economic matters with Ling Wei. This was the first time he heard of such remarks.

After all, the mainstream opinion now is that agriculture and business are suppressed. Even some Confucian people think that business will disrupt the country and even businessmen look down upon it.

Although Yan Chao did not have a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, nor did he discriminate against businessmen, the prevailing trend in society is like this. Although the inability of officials to do business only limits the collusion between officials and businessmen (in fact, this policy is of no use), but it is also regarded by some as a symbol of the low status of businessmen.

But from Ling Wei’s point of view, what is the importance of commerce overseas?