The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 200

People are greedy but snakes swallow elephants when they are not greedy. In fact, Hou Qi's life now is quite prosperous. He has six dollars a month as salary. He works beside Liu Xiatian. He doesn't have to do any hard work, just running errands and sorting out documents.

To be honest, there is nothing more relaxing than these. In the past, Hou Qi had to get up early to go to Chang'an City to pull lard, but now he doesn't have to. As long as Lijiacun is here, then Hou Qi can always be so carefree.

In the future, I will find a woman, get married and have children, and this will be a good life.

But unfortunately, Hou Qi didn't want such a day. When the merit list came out, Hou Qi was already itching in his heart. He was from Chang'an City, so of course he had the desire to be knighted in his heart. He wanted to be better than others. Hou Qi wanted the life of a master, the kind of life where he had no worries about food and clothing, but he wanted the life of a master even more.

So Hou Qi brought some money to find his friend in the evening of that day, and then asked his friend to introduce him to Sinong Temple. Hou Qi would not have thought that the moment he presented the loot, he Life is destined to come to an end.

The minister of Sinong Temple is called Wang Congde. He is from the Wang family in Taiyuan, and he is a direct descendant. However, Wang Congde is not very friendly with the Wang family in Taiyuan. Why? Because Wang Congde has been fond of farming since he was a child, and he likes to be with those in his family. Tenants farming together.

Such behavior caused dissatisfaction with the Taiyuan Wang family. You must know that the Taiyuan Wang family has five surnames and seven looks. They are high-ranking nobles. If you, a noble, are with a group of subordinates and untouchables, it will be a price drop and a shame.

Because of this, the Taiyuan Wang family did not think highly of Wang Congde, but Wang Congde went his own way. In addition to being interested in farming, he was also very good at poetry and prose. During the Sui Dynasty, he had already passed the imperial examination and was awarded the title of general. Shilang, Linhai County Cheng.

At that time, there was a local tycoon in Linhai who wanted to occupy the poor people's land.When the poor refused, the local tyrants used tricks to send the poor to prison.When Wang Congde learned of this incident, he took the initiative to defend the justice of the poor, which became a good story in the local area.

After serving as county magistrate in Linhai for several years, Wang Congde was transferred to the envoy to welcome ships, and was later promoted to Shaoqing of Dali Temple.Wang Congde was an upright man, enforced the law impartially, and spoke out when he gave advice. Therefore, he offended many dignitaries in the court.

So eight months after taking office, he voluntarily resigned and returned to Shishui Lane, Hangzhou to live in seclusion.

However, while living in seclusion, Wang Congde began to study farming again. The people around him loved this Wang family very much. After Li Shimin learned about it, he went to Hangzhou in person in the fifth year of Zhenguan to invite Wang Congde to Chang'an and became the chief minister of the Tang Dynasty. Temple Minister, if there were other official positions, Wang Congde might not hold it anymore, because Wang Congde is not young anymore, almost 70 years old.

It is said that seventy years of life are rare, and he didn't want to bother anymore, but when he heard that he would be appointed as the minister of Sinong Temple, Wang Congde still agreed because he felt that he should contribute to the people's farming.

"Grandpa, it's time to take medicine."

In Sinong Temple, a cute little girl, about 14 years old, walked in with a cup of medicine. Seeing his little granddaughter Wang Yu, Wang Congde showed a pitiful expression: "Yu'er, I have already drank it. I really need medicine, and I’m fine now, so can I stop drinking it?”

"Of course not." Wang Yu showed a dissatisfied face and curled his lips and said: "You have to drink. If you don't drink, I will be angry and won't talk to you for three days."

"No, don't want me to drink it, I'll drink it!" Wang Congde was afraid that his little granddaughter would be angry and not talk to him, so he could only raise his hands in surrender, and drank the bowl of extremely bitter soup in one breath, and then listened Wang Congde complained sadly: "Yu'er, why don't those doctors make all the medicine into small pills, and then just take it with water? There is no need to drink this bitter soup." "How do I know it's ready? Just take a rock candy." ." Wang Yu handed his grandfather a piece of rock candy with a smile, and then Wang Congde ate it in one bite. The fresh and sweet rock candy made Wang Congde smile.

Then Wang Yu left, and following Wang Congde, he saw his master came in from the outside with a smile: "Wang Siqing, a happy event is coming."

Looking at his chief secretary Zhou Shaoqing, Wang Congde smiled excitedly and asked: "Master Zhou, what's the big happy event? Could it be that His Majesty promised to allocate 20 yuan to us?"

Wang Congde also participated in the matter of asking for money. However, because of his poor health, Wei Yiwei, a young minister from Sinong Temple, was the one who went into battle. Unfortunately, Wei Yiwei's combat effectiveness was too low, and he was squeezed out and could not say anything. He could only come back in despair. After he came back, he was scolded by Wang Congde.

Wei Yiwei was very aggrieved. There were really a group of big shots in the Tai Chi Hall that day, all asking for money. He, a guy who had just been transferred from outside, could argue with those big shots. Don't do it. just kidding.

Wang Congde saw that Wei Yiwei lowered his head and said nothing in aggrieved manner, so he did not continue to scold him. Instead, he ordered Wei Yiwei to go to the wheat fields around Chang'an to check the situation. Wei Yiwei left happily. He said, "You would rather be more tired." , and did not dare to ask the emperor for money.

"How can there be an allocation of 20 yuan? The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Personnel all want money, and His Majesty has not relented. That means that Your Majesty does not want to give it at all. Your Majesty wants to keep the money and will not allocate it to any of them. !" Zhou Shaoqing was a bystander. He knew very well that Li Shimin would not take out the money. After finally getting so much money, Li Shimin would definitely keep it for himself.

"You're right, then where did the great joy come from our Sinong Temple?" Wang Congde said speechlessly, "It's all a matter of worry, and I'm almost dying of worry."

"Haha!" Mr. Zhou chuckled and came to Wang Congde's side: "Wang Siqing, the most worrying thing has been solved. Your Majesty just asked the Ministry of Works to send the latest wheat cutting tool called Lazi.

Oh, Your Majesty has personally tested it, and it can increase the speed of labor by five to ten times. With this tool, all the wheat in the Tang Dynasty can be put into the barn before the heavy rain. "

"Really!" Wang Conde was overjoyed: "This is really a good thing. I have been having a headache about this matter. Where is Luozi? Let me take a look."

Mr. Zhou chuckled and said, "Outside!"

Wang Congde stood up and followed Zhou Shaoqing out. But at this moment, a clerk from outside suddenly walked into Wang Congde's back office and bowed and said: "Sister of the Temple, someone revealed the merit list and said that this matter can be solved. .”

"Oh!" Wang Congde was also surprised. He quickly asked: "Who is it? Bring the person over quickly and let me see how the other party can solve such a matter."

With that said, Wang Congde said happily to Zhou Shaoqing on the side: "It's really a double happiness. Maybe the other party will come up with a better solution than Luo Zi. God bless me, Datang."

Zhou Shaoqing also nodded repeatedly. Regarding farming matters, the more methods, the better. One more method is better than one less method, so Zhou Shaoqing also immediately came to Wang Congde's side, wanting to see what the person who came here could do. What kind of method can you come up with to overcome the troubles that once had no solution!
(End of this chapter)