The son crosses every night

It was hot in July, and it turned cold in August.

Tanghua still has lingering fears when he thinks about the snow disaster last year, so when he wrote to his brother, he specifically reminded him to pay attention to stockpiling grain and fodder.

This year's grain harvest is not bad. According to the information from the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are no major disasters such as floods and droughts in the whole country. There should be no shortage of grain in winter.

Tang Hua is now very familiar with the affairs of the household department, and gets along well with his colleagues.

Among the officials of such a large household department, he is the only one who is under [-] years old and has not passed the scientific examination to enter the household department. However, he has the highest title and can be called the celebrity in front of His Majesty. No one dares to underestimate him. Look at him.

Among colleagues, they would drink wine about once a month, and Tang Hua would happily go there every time, drinking, reciting poems, fishing, and gathering. Among literati, Tang Hua was already extremely proficient.

Be it Ruan Shijie, Chen Sui, or his colleagues and superiors who are beside Tanghua, they are all much older than him. After being with them a lot, he has matured unknowingly, and is much deeper than his peers.

He himself didn't feel the change, but the people around him could see it clearly. Even Gu Tanghan didn't bother him anymore. First, he was on duty in the household department and had a title, so it might not be cheap to ask him for trouble. The second is that he has matured a lot. When Gu Tanghan met him, he often felt like his elder brother and father, and he was instinctively scared.

Concubine Gu didn't care much about his affairs after hitting a few snags with Tanghua here. Tanghua was happy and quiet, so naturally she wouldn't provoke trouble. The two sides have been getting along until now, and they have been quite confrontational, and they are peaceful.

Tanghua's letters can be sent to the frontier through a special channel, and it only takes six or seven days to go back and forth.

Last time he talked with his elder brother about the partnership business, and proposed to donate [-]% of the profits to His Majesty, and explained the reason.

The same letter, he also sent a letter to his father.

Neither of them objected. Gu Tangyu said that he would write a letter to greet the relevant people, and his father asked him to transfer the guards of the palace if he had something to do. Both Gu Ende and Jing Xun were trustworthy.

With such two big backers, there is basically no need to worry about Tanghua's business. Even if their business is booming and there are many jealous people, no one dares to stretch out their hands to stroke the tiger's beard.

After the business was settled, Tang Hua sent a post into the palace, saying that he wanted to see His Majesty.

The emperor didn't keep him waiting, and let him enter the palace the next day.

"Uncle Emperor." Before Tanghua finished his salute, the emperor asked him to get up and gave him a seat by the way, "There is no need to be too polite."

Tang Hua handed over the box in his hand to the eunuch before he sat down.

The emperor raised his head and smiled, "Huh? What is this?"

"Uncle Huihuang, this is the profit of the shop last month. Chente divided the profit into 360%. We sold a total of 200 bolts of cloth last month, each for 43 taels. The total income was 2000 taels. After the cost of 13 taels, the profit is roughly 30 taels, and I gave you 6 taels."

The emperor saw him say it out loud, and touched his mouth up and down, as if spitting out pearls, and the smile in his eyes was even wider. Although he didn't want the junior's money, but the junior could think about it, and he was very happy.

When Tang Hua saw him like this, he thought he was thinking about taxes, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Huang, don't worry, we have already paid the commercial tax this time, and here are all profits."

The emperor sighed, "Your business is easy to do."

Tang Hua didn't even think about it, and flattered him neatly, "Thanks to Guotai Min'an, the people have silver taels in their hands."

The emperor didn't expect him to be so quick-spoken today, so he couldn't help laughing, "You have a quick talk. Come on, you managed to do some business, how can I ask you for the money of a junior? Just keep it yourself, you I have received it."

Tang Hua sincerely said, "Your faithful and caring minister knows that this piece of silver is my sincere filial piety. If you, the Empress Dowager, and the Queen Mother hadn't worn the clothes made of Xiangyun yarn, I wouldn't be able to sell this Xiangyun yarn so well."

The emperor sat and drank tea with him, and said kindly: "Last time the cloth was sold and it was thanks to my blessings. This time your cloth sold so well, it was mainly because of the mirror you gave me. It doesn't have to go to me. body."

Tang Hua was really touched at this time, he blinked his eyes, "Uncle Huang, this silver is not for the courtiers to honor the emperor, but for the juniors to honor the elders, please accept it."

The emperor saw that he insisted, so he didn't say much anymore, and only sighed in his heart, "It's quick to make money in business."

"It's not always possible to make this profit every time. The fact that I can start the business is still thanks to your credit, and new technology also plays a large part. Ordinary people can't do this business with me. If you change business, I can't do this. Scale." Tanghua was a little too relaxed today, and said what he thought: "Without agriculture, there is no stability, and without business, there is no wealth. Businessmen can revitalize the market, promote exchanges between countries, and promote the development of new technologies."

Hearing his crisp voice, the emperor smiled: "You have learned a lot. Entrance examination is due next month, how is your study going?"

"I've been working on this too recently." Tang Hua quickly straightened his expression, "I can't guarantee Enkao, but I usually write articles to show to my colleagues, and my colleagues also know that the minister is not far behind."

"Then I'll just wait for your good news." The emperor asked, "Where do you want to work after Enkao? I see that you are good at business. Why don't you go to the Weaving Bureau?"

The emperor fell in love with Tang Hua's ability to make money. Not everyone has the ability to earn 70 million taels in half a year.

It's a pity that such talents are not placed in the Weaving Bureau.

Tanghua didn't expect that the emperor wanted to transfer him, and he was a little unhappy. Based on his original plan, he still wanted to slowly seek to set up a new department.

He quickly weighed it in his mind, stood up and replied carefully: "Go back to Uncle Huang, I don't want to go to the weaving bureau."

"Oh?" The emperor didn't expect him to refuse such a lucrative department. His eyes showed a bit of surprise, but he didn't get angry. He said gently, "Since you don't want to go to the weaving bureau, what do you want?"

Tang Hua saluted and said honestly: "I don't really want to go anywhere. If possible, I hope you can set up an agricultural research institute. I want to study farming."

"farm work?"

Hearing the unfamiliar words, the emperor quickly understood what he meant, and his face became serious, "I don't know what the agricultural research institute you are thinking of is for?"

Tanghua had already had a plan in his mind, and when he asked, he said seriously: "I lived in Biezhuang for half a year before, and the tenant farmers in the village are very hardworking. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset. The tragedy of starvation happened. I want to study farming, see what is suitable for planting, how to increase food production, and how to prevent the people from starving to death."

The emperor frowned slightly, "This is an ambitious wish, but such a thing, one year, two years, three years, five years, I'm afraid nothing will come out."

"Even if it doesn't work in one or two years, three or five years, eight or ten years, or thirty or fifty years, there will always be something to gain. The more I gain, the less people will starve to death." Tang Hua raised his head, his eyes were very clear , "I am not a smooth-faced person, I don't know how to be an official, and I don't have the ability to make both ends meet. I only hope that in this life, I can do some practical things for the country and the people."

The emperor stared at him with sharp eyes, but Tang Hua was not afraid at all, and his voice was still calm, "I have read so many books, and it is easier for me to accumulate experience in farming than farmers who don't know a single word. Even if you don't have much achievement in this life, you can Lay some foundations for our children and grandchildren.”

"Learning is like sailing against the current, and national strength is like sailing against the current. The surrounding countries are staring at each other. If we don't advance, we will retreat! I think that my ability is not in being an official. If I can study and implement a good set of farming techniques, it can be regarded as a country. contributed."

The emperor's eyes were bright, "If you don't advance, you will retreat!"

Tang Hua sincerely said, "I'm still young, I don't know what will happen in the future, and I don't know if I can really achieve something, so I ask Uncle Huang to give me a chance."

"You have a heart." The emperor patted him on the shoulder and said decisively: "Go back and write a memorial, write down what you think clearly, and hand it over to me. If you can convince me, I will get you an agricultural research institute." Place!"

Tang Hua complied solemnly.

When the emperor looked at him again, his eyes were much kinder, "It's almost noon, stay and have dinner with me."

"Yes." Tang Hua responded, saluted again, and said embarrassingly: "I still have something to ask Uncle Huang."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Tang Hua faltered, his ears were red: "I am seventeen years old this year, not young..."

He was a little ashamed to let a young man take the initiative to bring up the marriage.

The emperor was very interested, and he took the conversation and asked: "Could it be that there is a lady you like and want to ask me to marry you?"

Tang Hua waved his hands again and again, so anxious that he was about to sweat, "No, on the contrary, I want to ask the emperor's uncle to help me stand in the way. The elder brother of the minister is not married yet, and the minister is currently thinking about other things and does not want to get married. .”

"Nonsense, after marriage, there will be a wife to help you manage the house, so why should you bother?"

Tang Hua hurriedly said: "If you get married and have children, how can I ignore the children? Why don't you worry about not having a wife? If you are stumbled by family trivial matters at this time, I'm afraid I won't have the heart to do other things. I also ask the emperor's uncle to help me stop it." First block, at least wait until Chen 25."

"You said this, does your father know?"

"Know a little bit." Tang Hua didn't dare to tell the whole truth, he wrote to his father and king, only said that he wanted to get married later, but never said that it would be later than the 25th.

The emperor looked at him with hatred for iron, "Your elder brother didn't get married because the world is injustice, and you said that you don't want to be tied down by the family. When will your father and king be able to embrace his grandson?"

Tanghua still wants to settle the matter of not getting married, and after he turns [-] next year, he will wholeheartedly pursue his husband. Hearing this, he sells his younger brother without any guilt, "My brother, Zhanhan, is only one year younger than Chen. The emperor's uncle gave him a marriage. He will get married after Ruochen's two sisters get married, and soon his father will be able to embrace his grandson next year."

The emperor was almost laughed at by him and teased him, "You don't want to get married, so your brother does?"

Seeing that the emperor was not angry, Tang Hua said earnestly: "Since ancient times, people with great talents have been extraordinary, and ordinary talents have followed the usual path of first getting married and then establishing a career. The elder brother of the minister is considered a talented person, and the minister dare not Audacity is listed here, but he is not a mediocre person, so he doesn't need to take an ordinary path."

There are many ways for people to make contributions, and Tanghua feels that the way Gu Tanghan contributes to this family is probably by getting married and having children.

Seeing that he spoke seriously, the emperor was so amused that he even used up a lot of lunch that day.

Tang Hua accompanied him to finish the meal, and was told to write the memorial as soon as possible, and then he left and went back.

He settled a big matter on his mind, and felt relaxed, planning to have a good chat with his husband at night.

He and his husband are separated by time and space. Even if there is someone on his side, his husband may not be able to detect it. The son of a high school, he has a wife at home, but he still has sex|intimate love|people outside.

In the evening, the emperor accompanied the empress dowager for dinner, and when talking about today's events, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Tianhua is really a pure minister, and the emperor's family is all good."

The Empress Dowager also laughed and said comfortingly, "It's rare for him to be so honest at such a young age."

The emperor said happily: "Yes, Queen Mother, you can help him and mention it to Princess Jingning. He doesn't want to get married so early, so just delay it for him."

The Queen Mother agreed with a smile, "The Ai family will tell her tomorrow."

After the emperor finished speaking, he felt sorry for his cousin, and said: "Mother, please help Jingning's youngest son to take a look, his two elder brothers are not married, so he must settle down on his life's major events earlier, so that Jingning can be called sooner." Some hold grandchildren."

The queen mother patted the emperor's arm lightly, "I will trouble your mother."

The emperor smiled: "If I don't bother you, who else can I bother?"

The Queen Mother was amused by his words and laughed out loud, which was very useful in her heart.