Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 328
The grain Qin Lang's family grows this autumn is mainly soybeans, which are a good source of feed for the farm, and can also be used to extract oil. With the popularity of cooking, the demand for vegetable oil has also increased greatly.

The early frost had little effect on the Qin family's autumn grain, and soybeans were much better than wheat millet.

But Qin Lang couldn't just stare at his family's one-acre three-point land.

He hurried back to Chang'an on purpose, first went to meet Ma Zhou, borrowed some data from the Transshipment Department from him, then went to the Zhenfu Department, sent some fresh fish to Zhang Liang, and asked him about the Turkic Grassland and the northern border. weather conditions.

When he returned to Duke Yi's mansion in Pingkangfang, Qin Lang already had a serious expression.

It took three days for Qin Lang to write a secret document, explaining what was happening in the north, and reminding the emperor to pay attention to it.

This secret folding system was originally used by Qin Lang in his own home. The family business of the Duke of Yi was expanding, the family was big, the business was big, there were many people, there were many industries, and there were many people. It was not so easy to manage and control it well, especially The Qin family lacks background, and it must be inferior to the five surnames and seven families in terms of management.

Although Qin Lang has arranged management personnel in each property, in order to avoid the situation of management corruption that is prone to occur in many upstart families, Qin Lang, in addition to the normal personnel management arrangement on the surface, also from Qin Lang. In and out of the house, in the manor workshop, etc., more than a hundred people were carefully selected, and these people were asked to report to him secretly.

Some of these people are in charge, some are shopkeepers, but some are just dealers or family generals, not all of them are top leaders.These people are equivalent to the secret supervisors placed by Qin Lang. While doing their own work well, they also have to report to Qin Lang on matters that they manage or do not manage. As long as they are some important things, they can report to Qin Lang.

This report does not need to go through the stewardship office headed by the chief steward in Duke Yi's mansion.

The secret report was submitted directly to Qin Lang's case without going through the eight stewards, and Qin Lang personally read or even replied. The concealment of the stewards of the manor and workshop below.

For this secret report, Qin Lang only needs two requirements, one is confidentiality, the content of the secret report cannot be revealed, even the identity of the secret report is kept secret, and the other is truthfulness.Regardless of whether the report is a matter within the duty or outside the duty, it must be true.Of course, sometimes some important information is also allowed to be reported by hearsay.

This method of secret reporting is actually Qin Lang's reference to the secret folding system of Emperor Kangxi and Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty.

You must know that from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Song and Ming Dynasties, officials at all levels had a set of detailed rules and regulations, such as Yintai in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the General Administration Department in the Ming Dynasty.So in fact, the emperor had seen the memorial, but the imperial court had already known about it.

When he arrived in Kangxi, he came up with a secret document system, selected more than 100 internal and external officials at all levels, so that they could directly report to the imperial court, without anyone's hand, and the emperor read the reply himself, which made it impossible for the subordinates to read the reply. Conceal the emperor, especially the prime ministers and ministers in the court.

When it came to Emperor Yongzheng, he was the most diligent emperor, and he used the secret folding system to the extreme. There were more than 1000 courtiers who were qualified for secret memorials. have to.

Qin Lang felt that this method was actually a good idea.

After all, as a leader, what you need most is to grasp the first-hand truth, and what you fear most is being deceived.

For an upstart family like the Duke of Yi's, the expansion is rapid, and the management and manpower are also complicated. In this regard, the management level is more considered.

The secret report system cited by Qin Lang worked well, but after Cheng Qian saw it, he told Empress Changsun, and Changsun told Li Shimin, so Li Shimin also thought this method was very good.

Li Shimin chatted with Qin Lang very brazenly, and then he also started the secret book system.

As soon as the emperor came up, he granted many ministers the qualifications of secret folding. , All of a sudden, more than 300 people were given this qualification.

Originally, Li Shimin even wanted to give all the governors of the state a secret certificate, but later he considered that he might not be able to handle it, so he temporarily gave up.

After adopting this secret book system, Li Shimin likes it very much, and feels that his control over the world has been strengthened a lot.

Cooperating with the supervision of the Zhenfu Division Baiqi Division Dianqian Division, the supervision of Yushitai, and the provincial admonishers, Li Shimin felt that he knew everything, and no one could deceive him.

Qin Lang's secret booklet was presented at the Yintai Gate, and immediately the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs rushed this booklet with a special label to the emperor's case.

"Qin Lang's book? Are you still using the red book?"

Li Shimin got serious, red represents urgency, and Qin Lang can often be summoned by the emperor, so using red secret paper must be an urgent report.

Open it up and read it now.

After a long time, Li Shimin frowned and thought about it.

It was not about reporting treason, but about impeaching important officials, but it was about the early frost disaster in the north, which surprised the emperor, but after reading it, he was surprised by Qin Lang's conclusion with numbers in the secret booklet.

Previously, Li Shimin also received reports from Qin Qiong, Li Ji, Zhang Liang and many other officials, talking about the status quo of the Turks in the north. Li also had conflicts with Xieli, and Mobei Tiele had conflicts with the Turkic nobles, but this has always been the case on the grasslands, and these are nothing new.

As long as the Turkic people don't gather tribes and come south, the court will be happy to watch them fight in the nest. Li Shimin had a feeling of gloating before, and he often saw these memorials, and he was always in a good mood.

But now Qin Lang said that he was too happy?
He also said that a major crisis is already brewing and is likely to erupt.

If someone told him this, Li Shimin would probably not believe it, but it was Qin Lang who said this, so Li Shimin had to be a little more careful, because Qin Lang seldom targeted without reason, and his words were always accompanied by detailed data evidence of.

What worries Li Shimin even more is that Qin Lang deduces that the early frost that originated in the grassland is coming to the south, which will endanger this year's autumn harvest. The grain production in the north may decrease this year, and this winter may be colder and there will be heavy snowstorms.

Why is my world always so full of disasters?

Just experienced a bumper harvest in summer, how can there be another disaster in autumn?
There will be drought and frost in autumn, and heavy snow in winter.

This made Li Shimin, who thought he had come out of the chaotic predicament of Wu Denian, worried.

Turkic people are afraid of snow disasters, in fact, the Central Plains are also afraid of snow disasters.

He, Li Shimin, is not a charcoal burner. He is worried about the cheapness of the charcoal and wishes that the weather will be cold. He is a charcoal seller. Many people suffer from the cold.A heavy snow may take hundreds of thousands of people's lives.

Those simple thatched huts can withstand the snowstorm.

"The lakeside hall by the South Sea pool is holding a court meeting."

Linhu Hall.

On the fourth day of June last year, Li Shimin was in command here, and You Li Yuan killed and built it.

Because it was a court meeting, there were not so many courtesy of the court meeting, and the emperor was kind to the ministers, everyone had a few seats, tea and snacks, it was like a tea party.

However, Qin Lang sat there on his knees, and he still preferred the furniture he designed in imitation of the Ming Dynasty and let the carpenters make it. Wouldn't it be nice to sit on the round armchair with the armrests attached to the back?At least the feet are very relaxed!

It’s just that Tang people like to sit upright, that is, sitting on the ground, kneeling on their feet, sitting with their feet hanging down like Qin Lang usually does at home. This is called Hu Si by Tang people. Never allowed to appear.

Qin Lang is usually casual at home, and when he has guests, he usually has to sit on the floor or use a couch.

On the tables made of rosewood, there are exquisite white porcelain tea sets, the best round tea, and a cake is worth two taels of gold. In the small porcelain plates next to it, there are green salt, rock sugar, green onion, ginger, jujube, orange peel and dogwood. Cinnamon and more.

"Your Majesty, I think that I can take advantage of the internal conflicts in Turkic to use a strategy of alienation. The imperial court can send envoys to confer Yushe as a small khan and Tuli as a great khan, so that they can share the power of Xieli. Khan number, bestow flags and drums, and even choose the palace to give the princess number to promise marriage!"

Minister of War Hou Junji spoke very positively.

Qin Lang sat there pouring tea into the small charcoal stove, very attentive.

Li Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, was more proactive.

"Your Majesty, please lead the army out of Yanmen Pass, march into Dingxiang, and recover Yunzhong! Your Majesty, if you can take advantage of this opportunity and make a surprise attack, you can completely retake the outer Great Wall pass, and Dingxiang and Mayi between the inner and outer Great Walls in Hedong can be recovered. Taiyuan is also stable because of this.”

"I only need [-] elite soldiers!"

Li Jing is very confident. This self-confidence is due to the fact that he used to be the magistrate in Mayi and guarded Mayi for a long time at the end of the Sui Dynasty, so he is quite familiar with the land of Daibei.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Mayi County outside the Yanmen Pass fell under the control of the Turks. After Liu Wuzhou was defeated by the Tang Army, his confidant Yuan Junzhang and others went north to the Turks, so the land of Daibei was nominally assigned to the Queen of the Sui Dynasty. Yang Zhengdao is actually controlled by the Turks.

After Li Jing returned to the court, he first served as the General of the Left Guard, and now he is also the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment.

It's a pity that as soon as Li Jing finished speaking, Secretary Supervisor Wei Zheng mercilessly began to criticize Li Jing and Hou Junji for being militaristic, and the saliva was directly sprayed into Li Jing's teacup.

"Xuan Ling, what do you think?"

The emperor ignored Wei Zheng and asked Fang Xuanling directly.

"Shuofang and Liang Shi are still alive, and there are also Yuan Junzhang and Yang Zhengdao in Daibei. If Duke Yi's speculation is true that there will be a disaster this winter, then it is not suitable to start a war with the Turks."

As Zuo Servant, the head of all officials, Fang Xuanling had to consider the overall situation of course.

(End of this chapter)