Don't be a prince

At the same time, Ci'en Temple began a large-scale expansion, and the main hall was directly demolished. At least before winter, a new Buddha statue could be successfully built.

Like Buddhism, Daomen is also busy, and Daomen has invested a huge amount of money to acquire a large piece of land in Dunyifang, planning to build another Laojun Temple here.

Dunyifang and Jinchangfang are far away from each other on the center line of Chang'an City. Even the most stupid people can appreciate something in the location of the Taoist gate.

For the various applications from Taoism and Buddhism, to the surprise of outsiders, the imperial court agreed very happily, but only Yuan Tiangang, Huiming Huijue and others knew how much they had paid.

After the two giants in the religious world took action, Nestorianism and others were also ready to move.It's just different from Taoism and Buddhism, they can't even visit the Ministry of Rites, let alone face Tianyan.So, having no choice but to think of another way...

When Li Jian hurried to the East Palace, Li Chengqian was changing his son's diaper.

Children are like this, they need the care of their parents. They are still innocent at this time, and they don't know what troubles some of their actions will bring to their parents.Irritability is irritability, but I still have to bear this irritability. Every time I get angry, I have to suppress it and turn it into joy by the way.This is not something that can be affected by hormones, but the responsibility of being a parent.

Seeing that the prince's side concubine and nurse were on the side, and the prince was changing the diaper for the child, Li Jian was obviously frightened.

Although the emperor spared the prince's errands and allowed him to concentrate on controlling the overall situation, he wouldn't be so free as to change the child's diaper.

After the diaper was changed, the next job was handed over to Xiuxiu. Li Chengqian walked towards Li Jian and said, "I saw you running over in a panic, but because of the matter about the Taoist teaching them to build temples?"

Although Li Jian was surprised, he didn't show it. He took out the memorial and said, "This is the memorial from the county magistrate of Wannian County. Your Majesty wants this servant to show it to you and leave it to you to make a decision."

Picking up the memorial and looking at it, he found that there was no discrepancy with the secret guard's information, so Li Chengqian smiled and said: "These guys are really bold, why, I don't think I'm a big religion, so I don't need to be like a Buddhist sect. Get the qualifications, and then build a temple? What's the point!"

Li Jian said: "These religious elders are barbarians. Maybe they think that the laws of the Tang Dynasty can't be applied to them."

After closing the memorial, Li Chengqian said with a sneer: "If it was before, maybe there is some meaning to it. However, regarding the revision of the New Tang Law, Gu and Wei Zheng still discussed this issue. These barbarians did not pay attention to the New Tang Law. The amendment is definitely a mistake."

Holding the memorial and walking to the table beside him, Li Chengqian picked up his pen and began to give Wannian county magistrate his approval.

To Li Jian's surprise, the crown prince's seal was not stamped on the memorial. Instead, he found a blank piece of paper and stamped the seal on it.

Put the white paper in the memorial, and handed it to Li Jian, Li Chengqian said: "Go to the Shangshu Province of the province under the door, and tell Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui that this memorial is alone, and they don't need to review it. Then, send this letter, Send it to the magistrate of Wannian County as soon as possible."

Li Jian took the lead, turned around and ran away quickly.

-Wannian County Government

Zhou Jizhi had been the magistrate of Wannian County for 12 years. After He Shou was promoted to Danzhou Governor, he was the magistrate of Wannian County.Having worked as a county magistrate for more than ten years but failed to get promoted, Zhou Jizhi has never complained.

With the development of Chang'an in recent years, not only Chang'an City has become richer, but also neighboring counties such as Wannian County and Lantian County have also become richer.Especially in Wannian County, some businessmen who are reluctant to buy real estate in Chang'an will settle in Wannian County.Thanks to this, Wannian County, which used to be half of the houses on Huangtu Street, is now as prosperous as the outer city of Chang'an City.

If sects such as the Jacko Sect wanted to establish a temple in Wannian County, if they had known in advance, he would definitely not allow it.However, what is infuriating is that these believers used the name of Hu merchants to acquire a piece of land at a high price, and the rent was 200 years.

200 years of rent!Wannian County has not contributed so much to tax revenue over the years!Driven by profit, he agreed by accident.However, after the contract was signed and the land was allocated, it was discovered that these barbarians were believers, and the land they bought was for building temples.He went to the door to argue, but was shunned by the other party on the grounds that "we are barbarians, and our buildings are not under the management of Datang".

After thinking about it, he still decided to report to the court, desperately trying not to wear the black hat on his head, and he also wanted to stop these barbarians.

The memorial submitted in the morning did not expect to get a reply in the evening.

After sending the angel away with gratitude, I returned to the bedroom, opened the memorial, read it once, twice, and then a third time.

After reading it for the third time, Zhou Jizhi burst into tears and lay down on the table, unable to calm down for a long time.

Zhou Jizhi's wife, Zhou Wang, and even women are not allowed to meddle in political affairs. However, the husband wept so bitterly, it was the time when a close friend died of illness. Thinking about the Hu people, she suspected that it might be that the husband's official position was about to be lost.

Hastily walked out from behind the screen, sat beside Zhou Jizhi, and patted his back while helping, Zhou Wang said: "Husband, you and I came from humble beginnings. You have been an official for many years and love the people like a son. Your ancestors and relatives are already honorable enough." .Even if the horse stumbles this time, it's just returning to the farmer, why are you crying so hard?"

Zhou Jizhi managed to catch his breath, picked up the white paper between the memorial and Li Chengqian, threw it into the brazier, and lit it.

Looking at the beating flames, Zhou Jizhi took a deep breath and said, "I'm not crying because I lost my black gauze cap, but because someone saw my hard work for more than ten years. You go to the back house and tell the children to clean up. Starting tomorrow, we will move to brother Youzhong’s house to live in. They managed to get into the school, and the husband said that they can be admitted to the academy. We can’t delay our children when we leave Chang’an.”

Hearing this, Zhou Wang couldn't help but burst into tears. It seemed that the husband's official position could not be kept.

Watching his wife leave and watching the dancing flames in the brazier, Zhou Jizhi laughed instead.Different from Li Chengqian's order, after his comments, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui still stubbornly wrote comments on the memorial, and added the seals of Menxia Province and Shangshu Province on the white paper.Although the fuze from the Ministry of Officials is missing, Zhou Jizhi feels that these three seals and comments are enough.

The county magistrate of Wannian County, if you don't do it, you won't do it!

Seeing that the memorial and the white paper carrying the three seals had been burned to ashes, Zhou Jizhi walked out of the study.

In the county government office, the policemen have been impatiently waiting for a long time.Not only them, but even the people of Wannian County felt that the opening of the Hu people's temple in Wannian County was something that would embarrass their ancestors and must be stopped.

Seeing the magistrate coming out, the police officers all grabbed the wooden sticks in their hands and waited quietly for the order.

Looking at the impatient arresters, Zhou Jizhi said with a smile: "The court does not recognize Huzi's temple! Then, they won't be able to open it! However, if it's just that they can't open it, I will be deceived." I hate you! This county magistrate, I am no longer an official! Go back and call the young men in your family, take sticks, and let's smash those temples!"

"Broken?"

"what?"

...

The doubt only lasted for a moment, and the next moment, the arresters bowed their hands and said:

"You can't be the county magistrate, we're still here, you can't lose your official position!"

"You are gone, where can we find a parent officer like you?"

"No, you can't give this order!"

While the arresters were chattering, Zhang Jianzhi, the county magistrate, came over, looked at Zhou Jizhi and said seriously: "Let me do it, I graduated from the academy, and to tell you the truth, even if I don't work as the magistrate , you can also go to the academy to teach. If you can be promoted to the academy, you can still continue to be an official."

Seeing the sincerity of the new county magistrate, Zhou Jizhi reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You are still young, I'm going to fuck off, the higher-ups will probably let you inherit the post of county magistrate. Judging from your performance during this time, Come and see, you'll make a good officer. Don't argue."

Watching the county yamen servants arresting the police, all of them looked at him with tears in their eyes, Zhou Jizhi felt for the first time that he was so successful as a county magistrate.

However, thinking of the prince's warning, he could only conceal the truth.

Clearing his throat, Zhou Jizhi yelled, "Hurry up!"

Seeing that the yamen servants and arresters had all left, Zhou Jizhi breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw the young magistrate in front of him, he suddenly felt a headache again.

This child is a stubborn ass at all, and it seems that he will not compromise easily.

Zhou Jizhi was about to say something more, but Zhang Jianzhi said: "Magistrate Zhou, although I have not been with you for a long time, I know you quite well. To be honest, with your temperament, you will not You were deceived by the barbarians, so you turned over the table. Therefore, after you played the performance, the reply you received was definitely not simply prohibiting the barbarians from building temples!

What's more, what you have done makes me feel familiar.Those old antiques in the court will not play this trick.Therefore, the lower official deduced that most of your memorials were replied by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and that he was going to demote you for false crimes, but in fact, it should be transferred! "

Hearing Zhang Jianzhi reveal his old background in a flat tone, Zhou Jizhi was terrified.

This kid is so smart?

Seeing that Zhou Jizhi nodded, Zhang Jianzhi smiled immediately: "Don't worry, the county official, the official did not reveal your thoughts, or in other words, we have to accomplish the goal that His Royal Highness wants to achieve. However, the official just now Stepping into the officialdom, I have received a lot of teachings from you. If you are transferred to another place, you must always tell the subordinate officials, so as not to know where to send the letter when the subordinate officials commemorate it."

Zhou Jizhi stretched out his hand to pat Zhang Jianzhi's body, and said helplessly, "It's hard to imagine why such a smart person like you is just a county magistrate in Wannian County. Anyway, His Royal Highness is going to send me to Wenzhou to be promoted to Governor of Wenzhou Don't worry, I'm only in my thirties this year, and I might be able to return to Chang'an in my lifetime, haha."

Chapter 465 Harvest

Zhang Jianzhi also smiled when he heard the words, and said that the students of the same class, except for those who entered the three provinces and six departments, had to start from a low level, as long as they entered the official career, many of them got mixed up at the county magistrate level.He doesn't think he is stupid. Although the county magistrate is also an official, big or small, he is not as good as the magistrate of Wannian County.

Hearing the shouts of the people of Wannian County from outside, Zhou Jizhi and Zhang Jianzhi looked at each other, put away their smiles, and walked out with a heavy expression.

...

The next day, people in Wannian County rioted and smashed the temple of the Hu people, which spread to Chang'an.As the magistrate of Wannian County, Zhou Jizhi bravely stood up and was willing to bear the responsibility for the common people.According to the joint judgment of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, he was only removed from his official position and exiled for five hundred miles.

The elder of the Jacko Sect was dissatisfied and wanted to appeal, but the magistrate of Chang'an County directly kicked him out and threw him a copy of "New Tang Law".

"New Tang Law", foreign-related rules, the first article: All non-Datang household registration holders are regarded as outsiders, and do not enjoy the power and treatment of Datang people.If anyone commits adultery and violates the law, the punishment shall be doubled....

The elder of the jacket sect who knew he was wrong, although he resented him, could only run away.

Also receiving such treatment are the Sacred Fire Cult and Nestorianism.Although there is no shortage of their believers in Chang'an City, they dare not refute when the public opinion of the people is overwhelming. Some believers even quit the religion for fear of causing misunderstandings.

Small sects of sects are being suppressed, so Buddhism and Taoism naturally cannot sit idly by.Therefore, Ci'en Temple held a Dharma meeting, claiming to pray for the Supreme Emperor, without paying a penny of the royal family's money and food, and fully borne it by itself.Although the foundation of Laojunguan has not yet been laid, it still held a groundbreaking ceremony to pray for the people in the past and send amulets for free.

For a while, Taoism and Buddhism gained a large number of believers.

-Study in the Lizheng Hall of the East Palace

Although Di Renjie didn't find any clues, and even the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs couldn't find out what was abnormal in Taiyuan, but since the direction has been locked, it can't really be ignored.Therefore, Baiqisi still did not give up on the investigation of the Taiyuan area, and even Jinyang.

When Wei Zheng asked to meet, Li Chengqian had just finished writing an order and hurriedly hid it before inviting him in.

Wei Zheng, who is 60 years old this year, is much older than the 60-year-old old man in later generations.Half of the long beard has turned white, and the hair is also gray.

After Wei Zheng bowed to salute, Li Chengqian said: "Wei Xiang, as long as you are not in public, you don't need to salute alone. You are 60 years old, you have to pay attention to your body!"

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "I have been saluting for decades, and my waist has long been used to it. Thank you, His Royal Highness, for worrying. The old minister is not old enough, and he can still dedicate a few years to the Tang Dynasty."

After speaking, he found a seat and sat down.

Li Chengqian also left his desk, sat beside Wei Zheng with a teapot, and invited him to drink tea.

After a cup of tea, Wei Zheng didn't make indirect remarks, and directly explained the purpose of his visit: "His Royal Highness encouraged the magistrate of Wannian County to attack the Hu people's religion, but never thought that he would be retaliated against?"

"I thought about it, so now I personally lead a full 200 guards by his side until he is escorted to Wenzhou. Besides, as the Hu people began to pay attention to the content of the new Tang law, they probably knew that they should be honest. gone."

Taking another sip of tea, Wei Zheng said, "His Royal Highness, did you think that there will be such a day, that you will send a letter to the old minister, and forcefully add this foreign law?"

Li Chengqian smiled: "Not exactly. It is absolutely necessary to establish foreign laws. Now that we have opened a chapter in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty must be the fusion of all races. With the development of foreign trade, With the improvement of our Datang international status, there are bound to be many Hu merchants who choose to settle in Datang, and even want to join the household registration of Datang.

However, for these people, there is no need for us to greet them with smiles.People who are not of our race must have a different heart. Countless facts tell us that only by staying strong can we communicate with our backs straight.And once our Datang is weak, even the most ordinary Hu merchant can act recklessly in our Datang.

As long as it is trade, there will be benefits.The interests of these Hu merchants are destined not to affect our Datang.Regardless of the fact that they lived and ate in Datang, in fact, they were the first to run away when Datang was exhausted.Since they have no loyalty to Datang, don't talk about wanting power. "

Wei Zheng nodded with deep sympathy and said, "That's true. To the outside world, you must show prestige in exchange for respect. To be honest, when you asked the old minister to add these clauses to the new Tang law, the old minister applauded it." , but, it would be nice if it could be more severe."

Li Chengqian picked up the teapot, refilled Wei Zheng's cup, and said with a wry smile: "Thinking about it like this, the sentencing and treatment of barbarian people is [-]% higher than that of the common people in the Tang Dynasty. Bad neighbor?"

Although it was clear that Wei Zheng hated the barbarians, Li Chengqian felt that this old guy's thinking was a bit too intense, and sometimes it was better to limit it.

After drinking another cup of tea, Li Chengqian asked: "I'm afraid you're here today not just to talk about this matter."

Wei Zheng nodded, and then said: "It's late autumn now, and last year His Royal Highness introduced several crops to the Tang Dynasty, so they should be harvested. A few days ago, the old minister went to the experimental area of ​​the College of Agriculture, and it turned out that the farmland He was thrown out without even getting close. To be honest, the old minister is really curious about those new crops. No, I heard that you have been quite leisurely recently, and I want His Royal Highness to take the old minister to have a look."

Seeing Wei Zheng's helpless look, Li Chengqian smiled immediately.Thinking that he is also a dignified servant, he can't even see the new crops, so it's no wonder he is so helpless.However, there is no way to do this. Leaving aside potatoes and so on, corn can now be directly promoted and planted after breeding.It's about the stomachs of the people all over the world, so naturally we can't slack off.Among other things, there are more than 5000 soldiers guarding the experimental field alone, and they are all equipped with gunpowder weapons.The agricultural college belongs to, board and lodging is near the experimental field, and all kinds of standards are completely in accordance with the standards of the Gunpowder Department, with a little weakening.

After counting the days, Li Chengqian also felt that the time was almost up, so he said to Wei Zheng: "Since you are going, I will take you there, not just you, anyway, these days, the court is relatively free, so why don't you let the emperor take us all together?" All the courtiers, let's go to the autumn harvest."

Hearing this, Wei Zheng was overjoyed and said: "That's exactly what it should be. Then, Your Highness, the old minister will go to see His Majesty and ask for an order."

After finishing speaking, the 60-year-old Wei Zheng, just like a child, rubbed his hands while walking, and walked out on his own.

Of course, Wei Zheng is not the only one interested in New Crop, it's just that everyone tacitly doesn't want to mention it.

Thousands of catties of grain per mu!Who would dare to believe it before it was confirmed?

Besides, the imperial court had already blown the bull out, and it was the kind of announcement to the world, once it messed up...

With all kinds of guesses, early the next morning, the emperor's car drove out of Chang'an City in a long queue.

In previous years, it was the autumn harvest ceremony at this time, and the emperors and ministers of the court had to go to the fields they cultivated to harvest in person.But this year, before the corn is harvested, the emperor does not plan to harvest it.

The experimental field of the Agricultural College is not far from Chang'an, close to Lantian County, and all of them are good fields of the "Tian" brand.

The emperor came over in person, and Yu Yue, the leader of the Agricultural College, still had to come out to greet him.

This old man resigned from the official position of Sinong Temple without hesitation, and stayed at the Agricultural College to concentrate on his own breeding experiments.The success of Champa Rice was enough credit for him to be promoted to noble, but he did not accept it. Instead, he directly asked the Ministry of Accounts for money at the Dachao Meeting, and he had to be justified.

Seeing the emperor getting out of the carriage, Yu Yue took a few quick steps and stepped forward to salute.

Li Shimin personally helped Yu Yue up, and said with a smile: "Yu Qing's family is exempt from courtesy, Qing resigned from the official position of Sinong Temple, and concentrated on breeding in this field, I must thank you!"

Yu Yue said with a smile: "What I have done is only for the sake of fame after death, and it is not worthy of your majesty's gratitude."

After finishing speaking, seeing Li Chengqian approaching, Yu Yue immediately shook off the emperor without saluting, and asked directly, "His Royal Highness, the corn plants are completely withered and yellow, is it time to harvest?"

"It's almost there. When the plants are still green, even in late autumn, they can still increase the yield. Now that they are all withered and yellow, it's time to harvest. Let's go and have a look in the field."

Yu Yue laughed loudly, took Li Chengqian's hand and walked to the experimental field.

Although he was left out in the cold, Li Shimin didn't care at all. He followed Yu Yue and walked towards the field.

The corn that Li Qian and the others brought back could cover an acre of land. Looking at it at this time, they could only see a piece of withered yellow, which was obviously a dead color, but no matter how you look at it at this time, it is pleasing to the eye.

Li Shimin walked up to a corn stalk on his own, thinking that it looked like sorghum, but the top of the corn didn't look edible.After all, I have seen the real corn. Just looking at an ear inserted obliquely on the plant, I know it is corn.

Waving to Li Chengqian, Li Shimin asked, "How do you harvest this thing?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Just peel off the outer skin."

After speaking, he demonstrated it himself.

The fields of Tianzihao, together with the meticulous care of everyone in the Agricultural College who wished to kneel down to it, made the yield of corn exceptionally high. Just this ear of corn on the field was as thick as an adult's forearm, more than half the length of the forearm.The corn kernels on the top are slightly dried, but they look better than the round ones.

He snatched the ear of corn and weighed it. Li Shimin said in surprise: "So, let alone more than a thousand catties per mu, it is possible to have two thousand catties!"

Li Chengqian said with a wry smile: "You forgot that the cobs inside the corn are not edible? Right now, it's just like cutting off the wheat and threshing it later."

Li Chengqian was still talking here, while Wei Zheng, who was watching clearly how to harvest, couldn't wait to do it.He found that there was a smaller plant at the bottom of the plant that the crown prince had harvested, so he picked it up immediately.

After a few strokes, another small corn was taken by Wei Zheng.

Perhaps this small corn is particularly shivering compared with the big one, but the rice grains on it are just as plump.