Li Tai looked at the hesitation on Ma Zhou's face, understood Ma Zhou's concerns in his heart, and said,
"If the guest king likes to be free, then I will hire Lang Jun as a guest guest and arrange him with the salary of a sixth-grade official. I don't know what to do."
"This..." Ma Zhou couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard Li Tai's words.
Li Tai said earnestly: "Just now, Mr. Lang was keenly aware of what the people needed and helped me resolve the distrust between me and the people.
From this we can see that Lang Jun is extremely talented and is the most talented person in the world.
What Lang Jun lacks is not talent, but an opportunity to get ahead.
I, the Prince of Yue, are willing to use the fight against locusts to give you an opportunity so that you can prove your ability and become a god!"
Ma Zhou was even more moved when he heard this. He faced Li Tai and said, "Your Majesty, why is this necessary?"
"Since Langjun is a great talent, if he misses it, it will be a loss to the Tang Dynasty, and the loss to the Tang Dynasty is my loss!" Li Tai said.
Ma Zhou didn't say much. Looking at Li Tai, who was only eight years old, he was amazed.
Is this a member of the royal family?
At just such an age, he has the ability to win over people's hearts and absorb the aspirations of heaven and earth?
To be honest, if a child from an ordinary family was so mature, Ma Zhou felt like he would call himself a monster.
But since they are the legitimate sons of the Tian family, they enjoy the best education and the most complicated relationship, so they will probably mature so precociously.
"Thank you King Yue for your kindness and giving King Bin a place to live." Ma Zhou saluted Li Tai.
"Easy to say, easy to say!" Li Tai said to Ma Zhou, "Wait until I go back and say goodbye to Dou Sinong, and I will pick up the wind and wash away the dust for you."
Li Tai didn't say much and ran back to the Locust Temple in a hurry.
At this time, Kong Yingda and Li Gang had already left, and only the monotonous Dou Jing still sat there in a daze.
On the other side, Zhao Yuankai was so busy that he took out his pen and ink to record the names of each village's population one by one.
Li Tai said goodbye to Dou Jing, told Zhao Yuankai to place the recruited people in the duck farm, and immediately went to receive Ma Zhou.
This guy is the top priority in Li Tai's heart.
To be honest, Li Tai's attitude towards Ma Zhou is not that he is a celebrity collector and must let him be his subordinate.
If Ma Zhou is really willing to help him win the throne, then Li Tai will naturally be very happy.
But Ma Zhouruo is more willing to use his talent in the court now, and Li Tai doesn't care about being his first step.
After all, as long as Ma Zhou is recommended by himself, no matter what decision he makes in the future, at least all those who are interested in seizing Ma Zhou will think that Ma Zhou is a person of their own lineage.
After a long time, he didn't do the same.
In this era, there is a somewhat dependent relationship between the recommender and the recommender. No matter what others think, at least in Li Chengqian's mind, if he really fights with himself, he is afraid that he will not be able to tolerate a capable official like Ma Zhou.
Not long after Li Tai brought Ma Zhou back, Yu Zhining was already waiting at the door.
If Bai He is responsible for the affairs of the inner courtyard of Prince Yue's Mansion, then Yu Zhining is considered the official steward of Prince Yue's Mansion. When he saw Li Taigang getting out of the car, he immediately came up to greet him.
Yu Zhining said, "King Yue, the duck farm just sent someone to report that the duck eggs hatched successfully. Please go and check!"
"Oh?!" When Li Tai heard what Yu Zhining said, he couldn't help showing a bit of joy on his face.
"King Yue, this is a big event, can I come with you and have a look?" Ma Zhou, who came with him in the same carriage, said.
"This is..." Yu Zhining couldn't help but feel a little confused when he saw the young man Ma Zhou.
"This is King Ma Zhou and Ma Bin. From now on, he will be the guest of our palace and will live in the palace. Yu Changshi, go and arrange a room for King Bin to stay!" Li Tai looked at Yu Zhining and introduced Ma Zhou's identity generously.
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Yu Zhining nodded when he heard Li Tai's words and looked at Ma Zhou curiously. He didn't know what kind of ability this young man had that Li Tai took his fancy.
As the chief historian of the Yue Prince's Palace, Yu Zhining naturally knew that the Yue Prince seemed to be approachable, but in fact he was very conceited. Anyway, he did not fall in Li Tai's eyes.
"Then let's go to the duck farm. Originally, I wanted to entertain you well, but now it seems I can only treat you to roast duck!" Li Tailuo said to Ma Zhou with a bit of regret.
"In today's world, we can have roast duck, so what's the point of regretting it?" Ma Zhou replied calmly.
Li Tai asked Ma Zhou to get on the bullock cart and drove all the way to the duck farm. By the time he arrived, the sun had already set.
However, Li Tai couldn't care so much. It wasn't the first time he lived outside the mansion, so it didn't matter.
We immediately approached Qin Zhong, who was the general person in charge of these artificial incubation projects and a technical officer from the Animal Husbandry and Animal Husbandry Department. When Li Tai and Zhao Yuankai were away, he was the talker here.
Seeing Li Tai's arrival, Qin Zhong greeted him enthusiastically and said, "Reporting to the King of Yue, fortunately, the first batch of ducklings has been hatched. Five hundred duck eggs and one hundred and sixty-three dead eggs have been successfully hatched."
One hundred and thirty-one hatched.
Other duck eggs should hatch one after another in the next two days tomorrow."
"Very good!" Li Tai nodded and said, "You should work hard these days and adjust the fire pit to reduce the number of dead eggs as much as possible and increase the number of hatched eggs."
"No!" After hearing Li Tai's words, Qin Zhong strongly agreed.
Li Tai took Ma Zhou to see the ducks, but saw these little yellow-orange ducks lying on the straw and falling asleep.
"The plan for artificial egg hatching has been completed, and I have finally taken the most important step!" Li Tai said happily.
"But King Yue, you have become the target of public criticism!" Ma Zhou's expression changed and he reminded seriously.
"Huh?" Li Tai couldn't help but frowned when he heard Ma Zhou's words, not knowing what Ma Zhou meant.
"King Yue, is this achievement important to you?" Ma Zhou asked Li Tai.
"What I need is not meritorious service, but proof of my abilities!" Li Tai didn't understand what Ma Zhou said, but he still said.
Li Tai really didn't lie about this. What Li Tai needs is to prove his ability to do things, not meritorious deeds.
Because he is already a first-class prince, no matter how many meritorious services he has made, Li Shimin will still grant him the title.
"If this is the case, King Yue, please be prepared!" Ma Zhou said solemnly.
"What preparations?" Li Tai said to Ma Zhou with some confusion.
"Be prepared to be peaches picked!" Ma Zhou said,
“The most difficult step on the road to controlling locusts with ducks, the artificial egg hatching technology, has been conquered, and the rest is just manual labor.
In other words, everyone can do the same thing, so why should I leave it to you?"
"I am the King of Yue, and I, Aye, am the Emperor. Who dares to pick my peaches?!" Li Tai was simply unbelievable when he heard Ma Zhou's words.
Ma Zhou said seriously: "You are the King of Yue, but you are only the King of Yue.
They may be afraid of the prince, but they will not feel any burden towards you even if they offend you.
Many people may even be happy because the only person who can inherit the Tang Dynasty is the prince!"
Li Tai was stunned when he heard Ma Zhou's words and took a deep breath. He had never thought of this angle.
Yes, he is the king of Yue.
Therefore, he can chop off the head of the Locust God without restraint, but at the same time, he is only the king of Yue.
At least in the eyes of the officials, the more capable he is, the more he must be suppressed.
Because the prince is the true successor of the Tang Dynasty, by suppressing himself, he can gain more recognition from the prince and the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
For the vast majority of officials who want to gain their positions, now they have become the best target.
"What's the reason?" Li Tai frowned when he heard Ma Zhou's words. It was hard to imagine what Ma Zhou had said.
Ma Zhou continued: "Dou Sinong's Locust Temple invited the locust demon to punish him, but Dou Sinong cannot take the position of Sinong. With Zhao Shaoqing's current character in Sinong Temple, do you think he can take it?"
Can he secure his position as a farmer?
Therefore, regardless of whether Sinong Temple is willing or not, before the new Sinong arrives, people are afraid that people will be distracted and will no longer be able to fight against locusts!
The fight against locusts is urgent, and the way to fight locusts with ducks has been pointed out, so Taipu Temple can fully take over this matter.
In addition, most of the craftsmen involved in artificial egg hatching projects should come from the Department of Animal Husbandry, which is also suitable for Taipu Temple.
I remember that the king was determined to be a farmer, and he probably participated in the fight against locusts under the name of Sinong Temple.
If other temples are in charge of the task of fighting locusts, then the king will take charge of it or not, and whether he will do it or not if something happens!
The most important thing is whether other temples are willing to be managed by the King, and whether they want to be involved by the King are all up to you, King Yue!"
"..." Li Tai couldn't help but frown after listening to Ma Zhou's words. To be honest, Li Tai had never considered these issues.
After all, Li Tai was just an ordinary college student in his previous life, so if he was asked to give advice, Li Tai would be too good at it.
But when he enters the game, he must do things in a flawless manner so that no one can take advantage of him or be plotted against him. This is not what Li Tai is good at.
The existence of Ma Zhou happened to remind Li Tai of this possibility that he had never thought of.
"Please also ask Mr. Lang to teach me!"
Li Tai thought for a while and found that it was very likely that the situation would develop as Ma Zhou predicted.
The biggest reason, strictly speaking, should come from Li Shimin.
Because Li Shimin absolutely did not want to become the unstoppable leader like him, Li Shimin hoped to hand over his power to Li Chengqian safely.
Precisely because they cannot do it themselves, parents hope that their sons can do what they want.
And Li Chengqian is not in the rebellious stage after a few years, he is quite obedient now.
Just like this, even if it was just to maintain Li Chengqian's status and suppress himself a little, Li Tai felt that there were many people in the entire court who were willing to do it, and even Li Shimin was happy to see this scene.
"So we need to protect Dou Jing!" Ma Zhou said seriously,
"Dou Jing will not fall, Sinong Temple will not be in chaos, and no matter what others do, there will naturally be tall people who can support them.
What the King of Yue needs is not the meritorious service in fighting locusts, but the need to show the world that you have the talent to manage agriculture.
Dou Jing's invitation to the Locust God failed this time, so she needed merit most to protect her own status.
It looks like the two of you are fighting against each other to fight the locusts, but in fact, you are in love with each other, and your lips are dead but your teeth are cold!"
"I understand!" Li Tai was shocked when he heard Ma Zhou's words and said, "I will go back to the imperial city right away."
"If we go back at this time, I'm afraid it's already the curfew!" Ma Yiyi said blankly, "Will we be allowed in through the city gate?"
"I have a token given by Aye, which allows me to pass during the curfew!" Li Tai said seriously,
"If someone really wants to pick the fruit, then tomorrow's court meeting will definitely be the best opportunity to attack Dou Jing.
Judging from the look on Dou Jing's face, it's obvious that he is ready to lose everything, so I must rush back before the meeting tomorrow!"
"Now that the King of Yue has made a decision, Ma Zhou wishes the King of Yue success!" Ma Zhou blessed Li Tai.
"I'll treat you to roast duck next time!" Li Tai said to Ma Zhou.
"I remember!"
Soon, as the sun set little by little from the horizon, Lu Anshou drove the bullock cart back to Chang'an City.
The wheels were rolling, and Dou Jing, dressed in official uniform, sat quietly in the courtyard and looked at the crescent moon in the sky.
"I wonder if I will be able to see the full moon in Chang'an next time!" Dou Jing couldn't help but sigh.
Inviting God became inviting locusts. As the locust plague reappeared, the court just needed someone to take the blame.
Everyone in the court knew that the locust plague had nothing to do with the ritual of praying to gods, but now this responsibility happened to be shouldered by themselves!
"I just hope that the method of using ducks to control locusts devised by the King of Yue will be effective.
If the locust plague can be solved, the King of Yue can really be regarded as a wise king!"
Dou Jing sighed slightly, thinking that she should wear this official uniform more often, maybe she won't be able to wear it after tomorrow.
The court meeting was held as scheduled the next day. As Li Shimin dealt with each matter humbly, the censor soon stood up and said,
"Sinong Dou Jingde did not practice cultivation. He invited the locust demon during the ceremony to invite the gods, causing the people to be plagued by locusts again. He also invited a saint to punish him!"
After hearing this, the officials started talking a lot, but Dou Jing stood up and knelt in front of Li Shimin, preparing to accept punishment.
But Li Tai had already stepped forward and said,
"The locust demon that Dou Sinong summoned has been killed by me. This matter is to win the hearts of the people and to fight against the locusts.
If the people don’t kill the locust monster in their hearts, how can they kill the locusts flying all over the sky!
If you are guilty of focusing on controlling locusts, please punish Li Tai first. This crime is unpardonable!"
"King Yue!" Dou Jing looked at Li Tai with some surprise.
He came to the court meeting in a daze, not noticing that Li Tai, who normally would not participate in the court meeting, actually came today, and more importantly, he actually spoke for him.
As Li Tai came out, the officials who originally wanted to add insult to injury hesitated for a moment, but did not come forward again.
Because they also knew very well that Li Tai was willing to take over Dou Jing's responsibility, so with Dou Jing's hard work and merit, at least it would be impossible for Dou Jing's position in Sinong Temple to be shaken in a short period of time.
As Dou Jing's position remains unchanged, he is still the main person in charge of the fight against locusts, and there is no point in continuing to offend him.
After all, censors can criticize anything they encounter without any scruples. This is their job.
But if other departments want to deal with another department, they must have corresponding interests and the possibility of success.
Normal people will not bite like crazy dogs. After all, it is not a party struggle now, but Zhenguan, where politics is relatively clear. Who is the most economical person standing in the court now?
It doesn't matter if you add insult to injury and others push you down, but if you let yourself take the lead in the charge, there is no need to talk about it.
Therefore, the punishment regarding Dou Jing was settled, and Dou Jing was still allowed to continue working.