After saying this, Xu Hui looked perfunctory, holding the book in her hand and frowning.
Zhang Yang could only say: "Taifu Temple has been researching crops recently. Tea can be cultivated by the Xu family. In this way, the local farmers work for the government, and the Xu family of Donghai is our liaison person at the Taifu Temple."
Chaozhong Taifu Temple wants to promote tea cultivation. As long as Chaozhong gives approval, the local government comes forward, and Donghai Xu family comes to contact them, Lishan will cooperate.
In this way, the Xu family could legitimately acquire mountainous land and also benefit the local government. A win-win situation for several parties was thus formed.
Xu Hui nodded, "This will be much more convenient."
"The Xu family in Donghai used to be a prominent family. If the tea business expands in the future, the children in the family will no longer be able to participate in the imperial examinations and official careers. This is a promise to the court. Of course, the Xu family is not only a businessman, but also a tea farmer.
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Xu Hui simply sat down, spread the paper on the desk, and wrote down these words.
She put down her pen and said, "Master, are these words a promise to the court?"
"That's natural. The imperial court naturally understands the huge benefits of tea. Your Majesty also understands that if you want to develop and have the support of Taifu Temple, you naturally need to promise that your children will no longer participate in official careers or participate in imperial examinations. This is a guarantee
, to ensure that the Xu family will not become a famous family after becoming a big tea family in the future."
Xu Hui is different from Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu has been adopted as an adopted daughter by Empress Changsun, so naturally she can no longer engage in business, but Xu Hui is different. In comparison, Xu Hui can make more free choices.
With Lishan helping her, Xu Hui's tea planting south of the East China Sea should go smoothly.
Zhang Yang walked into his study room, where Li Yue was cleaning up, "What are you looking for, husband?"
"Where's my old map? I remember that there are some areas that are particularly suitable for growing tea."
Li Yue glanced sideways at Xu Hui, who was still sitting in front of the room, and whispered: "Husband, are you planning to help Hui'er?"
After searching for a long time on my bookshelf, I finally found a map. This map was a map I drew. It was more detailed than the map currently used by the government. The map currently used by the Foreign Affairs Academy is of this type.
Zhang Yang replied: "Since her career is also part of our family's career, I naturally want to help."
Li Yue smiled and said, "Thank you, husband."
"It's nothing. It's something that Taifu Temple should do. Besides, tea planting is also one of the focuses of crop diversity. I can't just hope without taking action. Things that are good for the Central Plains will be left in Taifu."
The temple is also obligated to do so.”
Holding the map, Zhang Yang sat down again and drew a few circles on the map, "There are also several pieces of land in southern Jiangsu, Jiangnan East Road, and Lingnan along the coast. Those lands are suitable for planting various types of tea trees such as trees, small trees, and shrubs.
, the rainfall and soil are also very suitable. Although I can’t circle specific plots of land, but you can follow the map and roughly search for tea planting locations in these plots, which will get twice the result with half the effort.”
When Li Yue brought the tea, she stood aside with her hands on her waist and listened carefully.
Xu Hui asked curiously: "Are these also recorded in the archives of Taifu Temple?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment. These places are high-yield areas of high-quality tea. You can't say that he knew it in his previous life. He coughed and explained: "Yes, yes, these are the records of Taifu Temple."
Yes, in fact, Taifu Temple’s archives are very powerful, and the records of crops in the north and south of the Central Plains are very detailed.”
With Master's guidance, Xu Hui memorized a lot of words, and even wrote down several plots of land drawn by Master.
"Thank you, Master, for your guidance."
Zhang Yang waved his hand and said: "You're welcome. You are our disciple, so you are bound to have some guidance. You can roughly write down a plan and make preparations for related matters, and then discuss it carefully with your teacher."
Xu Hui nodded heavily.
The next matter was left to his daughter-in-law to discuss with Xu Hui. Zhang Yang hurriedly wrote a memorial. Duke Zheng said that he should write more memorials. His Majesty should open up his voice, communicate more with the emperor, and even challenge the emperor more.
Zhang Gongjin is his teacher, Li Xiaogong is his elder, and Zheng Gong is a senior in the court who deserves to learn from him.
It was indeed a good example of human conduct. Zhang Yang wrote a memorial and asked his aunt to arrange for it to be sent to Chang'an City.
After the memorial from Taifu Temple arrived at the Menxia Province, it was quickly sent to the Zhongshu Province. The imperial court did not discuss much about the cultivation of tea in Taifu Temple, and the memorial from Taifu Temple was also sent to His Majesty.
Li Shimin also hoped that he would have as much tea as possible. This year's new tea was sent by Lishan. Fortunately, Yue'er was sensible and would send enough tea for a year every year.
The emperor would also take advantage of people's short hands and short mouths to eat people. It was Taifu Temple's strategy to let the Xu family of Donghai cultivate tea.
This strategy was written by Zhang Yang.
Li Shimin was too embarrassed to refuse, so he had to write permission first, have someone send him back to Lishan, and summoned Xu Xiaode.
When Xu Xiaode heard the news, he was a little surprised. He had long heard that Hui'er had said that he wanted to plant tea. He didn't expect that this matter would be contacted by Taifu Temple and even come before His Majesty.
I thought it was just a trivial matter of growing some tea leaves. How could I ask Taifu Temple to write a memorial?
Xu Xiaode walked into the Ganlu Hall, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, my wife at home is arranging this matter, and I don't know much about it. I will ask for more information when I go back and apologize to Your Majesty."
Li Shimin nodded and said: "It's not a big deal to apologize. Taifu Temple needs to do a good job in crop cultivation. Zhang Yang has been doing this now. If your Donghai Xu family can help Taifu Temple, it can be regarded as a contribution to the country."
"For the sake of the country, it is my duty as a minister."
Li Shimin handed the memorial to him again, "The memorial said that this is the promise of your Donghai Xu family. I have thought that your Xu family is also a prominent family in Jiangnan East Road. I don't know if such a promise is what you think."
Taking the memorial with both hands, Xu Xiaode opened it with confusion and looked at the contents. Then he frowned and said hesitantly: "This is..."
Li Shimin nodded and said: "This is the memorial sent by Zhang Yang. I am thinking about such a big thing, and you should know about it."
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My daughter's ideas are getting bigger and bigger, and this is not a decision she would make.
Xu Xiaode quickly saluted, "Your Majesty, after I have discussed it with my relatives at home..."
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Don't worry, your family should discuss such a major matter carefully."
Not to mention what happened in the future, let's just say that the children in the family will never enter the official career. This kind of thing will almost cut off the future family status of the Xu family in Donghai. How can we say that we are a prominent family in Donghai.
Not to mention that in the future, the Xu family line has become lonely. At that time, Ciyuan Hou Xu Wenzheng worked hard to support the Xu family. In the hands of Xu Xiaode, he is just a censor. Now that there has been some improvement, naturally he does not want to end it.
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Xu Xiaode had all kinds of conjectures in his mind. He didn't know the reason, so he could only ask Lishan.
Since the memorial belongs to Taifu Temple and was written by Zhang Yang himself, we have to go to Lishan Mountain to ask.
In the quiet Lishan Mountain, there is an acre of field on the north side of the village entrance. Many fruits and vegetables are grown in this acre of field. The purpose is to let outsiders see the crops cultivated in Lishan Mountain. This is a good publicity.
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Taifu Temple should diversify crops and plant all kinds of fruits here. In this way, the achievements of Taifu Temple can be seen by more nearby villagers.
From the perspective of Taifu Temple, the food in the Central Plains has been plentiful in recent years, so it is necessary to expand the diversity of crops.
Some fruits and melons can be grown on dry land, and even in drought seasons, there are still crops that can be eaten.
The diversity of crops can not only ensure a rich and diverse ration and provide the nutrients that people need, but is also a necessary behavior for the security of food reserves. The more single the crop, the more dangerous it becomes.
Once a single crop fails to harvest in a disaster year, there will be many chain reactions and even lead to turbulence in the current situation.
This is the reason why Lishan advocates a variety of wheat during the few years when the climate is still good, while millet is rarely grown in Lishan.
The yield of wheat is also not low, and it is easier to preserve.
Shangguan Yi had just returned from outside. He went to several surrounding towns and counties to check the planting situation of crops. Three towns and counties responded well, and the others were quite coping.
There is no way around this, and every family has its own difficulties when it comes to asking.
Just as he arrived at the entrance of Lishan Village, Shangguanyi saw Xu Xiaode who was waiting here, "Xu Yushi, why do you have the leisure to come to Lishan today?"
Xu Xiaode wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I have something to ask the county marquis, and I have informed the guards here."
The guards in the village are all members of His Royal Highness the King of Wei. These guards have always behaved casually, and they don't know when it will take him to see the county prince.
Shangguan Yi said again: "Xu Yushi can just go into the village with me. There is no need to wait at the entrance of the village."
"That's fine." Xu Xiaode then walked into the village, "Actually, the guards here told me that Hui'er is a disciple of the County Marquis and Her Royal Highness the Princess, and can enter the village at any time, but I am not from Lishan after all."
Shangguan Yi shook his head helplessly, "Xu Yushi and I went into the village. If we sit for a while, we might be able to see the county marquis."
Xu Hui seemed to have been prepared to accept her father's questioning. When her father came to Lishan, she met her master together.
Arriving at a field in the village, Shangguan Yi was busy arranging the branches of the grapes. The grapes have not fully grown yet, and there may be a harvest this summer.
Now the grape saplings are growing well, and they have sprouted buds, which looks very pleasing to the eye.
Zhang Yang walked forward with Xu Hui. At this moment, Xu Hui was wearing light blue clothes. Her attire was very simple. Like Li Lizhi, she liked to wear a ponytail. Her hair was neat and tidy. She looked very clean and energetic.
After her haircut ceremony, she rarely wore a skirt anymore, just like Xiao Wu and Li Zhi. Now she often practices riding and shooting, and dresses more like a man.
First, he looked at his daughter standing next to Zhang Yang. Xu Xiaode took the memorial and whispered in a low voice: "County Marquis, what does this mean?"
Xu Hui quickly stepped forward and said, "Dad, please listen to my daughter's explanation."
Xu Xiaode didn't want to lose his temper in front of his daughter. This daughter was very good and capable, but even her father couldn't keep up with her daughter's thoughts, so she had to calm down and listen.
Xu Hui smiled and said: "Dad, since ancient times, famous families have taken it as their duty to obtain official positions and revitalize their family. But dad, don't forget that today's Khan advocates the imperial examination. Nowadays, officials in the court have always been selected through the imperial examination.
No matter how high your family status is in the future, you must pass the imperial examination before you can become an official."
Xu Xiaode said seriously: "Of course I understand."
Xu Hui nodded and said: "My daughter has thought that borrowing Lishan Mountain can give the family an additional industry, so that the children in the family will no longer have to worry about food and clothing. Taifu Temple also needs to cultivate tea. In this way, Jiangnan East Road cultivates tea and Taifu Temple."
The cultivation of crops in Fu Temple coincides with each other."
Xu Xiaode took out the memorial given to him by His Majesty, "You should discuss such a big matter with your family."
Hearing this, Xu Hui lowered her head and sighed solemnly, with a hint of sadness on her brows, "Dad, are we still going to follow the old path of the aristocratic family? We have always regarded revitalizing our family as our own responsibility, but how does your majesty deal with the aristocratic family now?"
To grasp the information of an era and grasp the most cutting-edge context of this era is to be ahead of many people.
Xu Hui knew very well that if the Khan put pressure on the family again and again today, the Xu family in Donghai would rise again in the future, and they would not be able to continue to hold official positions like those high-ranking wealthy families.
Only by giving up the official career can the emperor rest assured. No matter who the emperor is in the future, everyone will like a big tea grower with only money in hand. If this family can still help the government, it will be more respected by the emperor.
From a general perspective, this idea is correct.
Xu Hui added: "Dad has been on the move for more than ten years since he became an official in the court, and now he is stable. If our family continues to pursue an official career, we will still be controlled by the court in the future."
"Is our family going to be businessmen from now on? Our ancestor is the Marquis of Ciyuan, do we have to forget our ancestors?"
Xu Hui explained: "Dad, the laws of our ancestors are just constraints imposed by our descendants. I, the Xu family of Donghai, only grow tea and will not participate in business. I am just a tea farmer, not a tea merchant."
Xu Xiaode hesitated to speak. He wanted to refute, but felt tired in his heart. Just as his daughter said, he was born in Chen Xunjiu of the South, and later became the county magistrate of Tongzhou in the former Sui Dynasty. When he was a child, he lived under the fence of others and experienced all the warmth and coldness of the world.
Later, when the world was in chaos, Xu Xiaode took his family and lived temporarily in the Heshuo area. Life was very difficult at that time. He did not return to the court until the second year of Zhenguan. From a county magistrate to the prince's east palace, he worked with Zhang Yang.
Serve as an official in the East Palace.
Now that he has become the censor, Xu Xiaode let out a sigh of relief and recalled everything along the way. He stroked his beard and said nothing.
It has been difficult these past few years, it is really difficult.
Looking at Hui'er now, Xu Xiaode felt that he could no longer make the decision for this daughter. She had her own opinions and would be different from those women from prominent families who would only follow the arrangements of the family in the future.
Zhang Yang invited Xu Xiaode to sit down and said, "Xu Yushi, you and I were officials in the East Palace together. You are an upright minister. Let's leave this matter to Xiaohui's mother's family for the time being."
Glancing at Zhang Yang, Xu Xiaode nodded and said, "That's fine."
He couldn't hide the look of loneliness on his face. As a father, he had nothing left to teach his daughter.