Chapter 290 Good! Very good
"Uh, Guanyinbi, I also find it weird! That Su family sounds familiar, could it be a Lingnan family?" Tian Khan looked at his wife and expressed his doubts.
"Why not invite Lords Fang and Du to ask them?" Empress Changsun instinctively felt that it was not the case.
If it was a Lingnan family, Fu Zhong would not remind himself in such an obscure way.
"Alas! Another locust plague is hitting five states! Drought is reported in many parts of Guanzhong!"
After lunch, Fang Xuanling bent over the desk to review official documents. There was a pile of reports, which made him sigh. They were all about bad news, and there was not a single happy event.
Last year, a locust plague in Guanzhong seriously affected the harvest. In the autumn, frost disasters hit Hebei and Henan provinces. In a panic, the emperor used the treasury and sent people to Lingnan and Jiangnan provinces to trade and exchange a large amount of old rice to stabilize the two provinces.
At the beginning of this spring, the disaster in Guanzhong continued and it was still suffering from drought. Fortunately, it was close to the capital, and grain from other places was mobilized to barely stabilize the disaster situation.
"Keming, now you are the Shangshu You Pushe, and finally there is someone to share my burden!" Fang Xuanling sighed to the sky and looked at his partner Du Ruhui with gloating.
After the beginning of spring, Du Ruhui took on another position, Shangshu You Pushe, and became the left and right prime ministers with Fang Xuanling, and the burden on his shoulders became heavier.
The thin Du Ruhui looked at his partner helplessly. He had the leisure to joke around, so it seemed that the matter was not too serious.
"Keming, you look pale. Go and have a rest!" Fang Xuanling said with concern after joking.
Lao Du is the kind of person who works very hard and thinks deeply, and he spends a lot of time and energy. Now he has an important position and spends almost the whole day in the yamen.
Fang Xuanling watched with fear, fearing that he would collapse one day.
"It's okay! Let's deal with these documents first." Du Ruhui said lightly.
Others don’t know that Du Ruhui is very clear about his own body and that his physical strength and energy are not as good as before.
Your Majesty trusts me, and these are difficult times. I cannot collapse and must hold on for Your Majesty.
"Master Du, Master Fang!" the eunuch came in.
"What's the matter?" Fang Xuanling remained calm. The eunuch coming at this time must be a summons from the Heavenly Khan.
"His Majesty summons the two adults!" the eunuch bowed.
The two partners put down their pens and inks, stood up silently, and followed the eunuch into the palace.
"Your Majesty, Her Majesty the Queen, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The two adults were surprised to arrive at the Lizheng Hall. They were nervous in their hearts, but they did not show it on their faces.
"My two dear ministers, please don't be polite. Please take a seat!" Tian Kehe signaled the eunuch to bring a stool.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two humerus sat sideways. "I wonder what Your Majesty wants us to do?"
"My two dear ministers, please take a look at this first!" Tian Khan handed the secret memorial to Fang Xuanling, and they shared the joy together.
A eunuch brought in a plate of winter melon candy.
After reading the secret report, Fang Xuanling was filled with joy and handed it to Du Ruhui, "Your Majesty!"
"My dear, try it!" Tian Khan pointed at the winter melon candy.
Fang Xuanling picked up one, put it in his mouth, and chewed it gently. The sweet sugar juice overflowed, and the feeling was pleasant. "Keming, try it!"
Seeing Du Ruhui's secret report, he looked up and picked up one to taste.
Sweets make people happy, and the two important ministers who were eating winter melon candies felt less depressed.
The winter melon candy is so sweet that it's greasy, but when you pick up the teacup and take a sip of hot tea, the sweetness disappears immediately.
"My two dear ministers, how does it taste?" Tian Khan said with a pleasant face.
"Very good! I will make it at home someday!" Du Ruhui said with a smile, having just seen the recipe for making winter melon candy.
"Come, take a look at the colorful silk fabrics!" Tian Khan invited the two to look at the brocade.
"Hiss!" The usually steady and self-possessed minister couldn't help but exclaim, "Your Majesty!"
Silkworms have always been the area of expertise of women, but the quality of the fabrics can still be identified.
Apart from anything else, the gradient color alone is enough to shock people. This brocade is priceless!
Then he picked up the colorful cocoons and looked at them. "How are they cultivated in Lingnan? The cocoons are so plump, large, and brightly colored!"
"Haha, this is a secret recipe that we've kept secret!" Tian Khan boasted. "We'll raise them in Wu County and Tong County, and from now on, only those will produce natural colored silk fabrics."
"Your Majesty, Bai Diezi..." Du Ruhui looked at Tian Khan happily.
"Well, the white floccoli in the palace will be sent for trial planting. If it succeeds, people all over the world will no longer have to worry about having nothing to keep warm in the cold winter!" Tian Khan said with a sense of heroism rising in his chest.
The people live a good life under his rule, living and working in peace and contentment, with enough food and clothing, proving that he is a wise and benevolent ruler.
"Oh, by the way, give a secret order to Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of the Dingxiang Road Army, to open up the Western Regions as soon as possible, capture Gaochang, and incorporate it into the territory of the Tang Dynasty!
"There's a lot of white diezi there! I want Gaochang to produce a steady supply of it for the Tang Dynasty!" The Heavenly Khan declared with great vigor and ambition.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" the two important ministers said happily.
"I summoned you two here to ask you two questions. Do you know the origins of the Su family in Wu County, Lingnan? It seems that there has never been such a family among the aristocratic families in Lingnan?" After the joy, Tian Khan got to the point.
"Huh!" The two partners looked at each other and they also felt that it sounded familiar.
I am very busy and can't remember the name Su Bucheng for the moment. The name is very familiar to me, as if it is about to come to my mind, but I just can't remember it.
"Your Majesty! We are so stupid that we can't remember anything. How about summoning Wei Shutong, the Imperial Guardsman, and Li Zhongyan, the Imperial Guardsman, to question them?"
Fang Xuanling thought of a solution in a hurry and remembered the two special envoys who inspected Lingnan Road last year.
"Good!" Tian Khan then remembered that he had forgotten about these two people and hurried to call them.
Wei Shutong, who was busy in the government office, was puzzled. Why did the Khan summon him on such a strange day?
He met Li Zhongyan on the way, and both of them vaguely guessed that it was related to Lingnan.
He arrived at the Lizheng Hall in a state of trepidation, and seeing the left and right prime ministers also there, his heart began to pound like a drum.
"Your Majesty!" The two of them saluted.
"Mr. Wei, Mr. Li, do you remember that when you were inspecting Lingnan, you visited Huanggou Village in Wu County?" Tian Khan recalled the previous secret report.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" The two men's hearts were pounding, and sweat broke out on their foreheads. What was supposed to come had finally arrived.
"Can anyone tell me where the Su family came from? Why do all the new things come from them?" Tian Khan saw the strange expressions on the faces of the two men and felt something was wrong.
The two looked at each other silently, their faces ashen.
How should we put it? The Jiangdong plow, vermicelli noodles, tea oil, beekeeping, and the pedal thresher behind it, as well as the wheat grown using the composting and fertilizing method, all benefit the country and the people. The Su family should be credited with great achievements!
But because of the locust extermination issue, I dare not mention it! That would be a slap in the face of Your Majesty!
"Wei Qing, Li Qing, can't you tell? Or is someone cheating?" Tian Khan's face darkened.
From last year till now, every piece of good news coming from Lingnan Road has been related to the Su family in Huanggou Village. Could it be that they are deifying the Su family for the sake of political achievements?
Thinking of this, Tian Khan was filled with anger! How could the small Lingnan Dao be so bold as to fool him from top to bottom!
And that Fu Zhong, who thought he was loyal, but didn't want to be fooled and deceived! Good! Very good!
Empress Changsun looked solemn, and was certain that there was something serious behind this. The two special envoys were sweating profusely, thinking that they had concealed something since the first report last year.
Wei Shutong glanced at Du Ruhui vaguely, his eyes seemed to contain a thousand words.
Fang Xuanling seemed to be lost in thought. Du Ruhui glanced at him doubtfully, then his eyes flashed and he lowered them.
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