"Yuan Gong? What's wrong with setting up assessment and training for sacrificial wine?? Now that there are more and more official schools in various places, shouldn't we pay attention to the quality of sacrificial wine??" Zhuge Ke's face was red and angry. Yuan Xi asked, sitting in front of him, turning a blind eye to his rude behavior, he smiled gently, and then said: "Yuan Xun, it's not bad, it's very good."
"Then why is it not allowed to pass?"
"Because you are thinking a little too hastily. Nowadays, many official schools do not even have a complete list of sacrificial wines. How can we impose restrictions on sacrificial wines... Official schools across the country..." Yuan Xi said, looking at the paperwork on the side He started searching inside and found a bunch of documents. He slowly opened it and Zhuge Ke said displeasedly: "No need to read it. There are 13,000 official schools in the country." Yuan Xi still looked at the documents in his hand and then said. :
"No, it's twelve thousand seven hundred and thirty-one... You see, in today's official schools, there are very few people who are willing to serve as sacrificial wine. On average, one sacrificial wine has to teach four hundred people. Student, how can this be possible... My idea is to not set up restrictions on the ritual wine for now, and wait ten or twenty years before doing what you said? By the way, you The method of cultivating sacrificial wine mentioned is quite good, and it may be implemented in the short term..."
Yuan Xi said seriously.
Zhuge Ke gritted his teeth and could hardly hold back the anger in his heart. What an old man! He asked again: "What about the government medical clinics that I reported earlier, using medical students as doctors and freeing fees for poor people? What about the policy? This doesn’t work either??”
Yuan Xi smiled bitterly, shook his head helplessly, and said: "Yuan Xun, your idea is very good, but treatment requires a lot of herbs. The price of these herbs is not low. If the temple spends money to buy them, it will collapse the national treasury. ..."
"We can grow our own..."
"What about the people who make a living by growing herbal medicines... This matter cannot be rushed. If there is a way to lower the price of enemy herbal medicines without hurting the growers, then it can be implemented. I heard..." , while Yuan Xi was talking, Zhuge Ke turned around and left angrily. Yuan Xi watched him leave with some confusion, but didn't say much. Logically speaking, whether in terms of age or status, Zhuge Ke No one should be so rude to him.
However, Yuan Xi is also used to it.
Since he became the minister, he has hardly been able to spend his time in peace. He was very afraid that he would mess up the things left by Zhuge Linggong. This is why he did not dare to innovate wantonly. Know your own talents and clearly understand the gap between yourself and Zhuge Linggong. If you do something rashly, you are likely to make some mistakes.
Therefore, he was very careful, very careful, and he would have to think about a policy for at least several months before he could come to a conclusion, govern with peace of mind, and govern patiently. He hoped that even if the temple could not fly forward as before, as long as it As long as you can keep your pace and don't retreat, that's all. In these years, Yuan Xi has almost never taken a break. He has been busy in the Chancellery all day long.
The time he spent at the Chancellery every day even exceeded that of Zhuge Linggong in the past.
He also did not marry and have children, even though this behavior made many people confused.
Yuan Xi sighed and looked around. There was no one in the Chancery. These ministers still missed the days when Zhuge Linggong was around. At that time, no matter what documents they submitted, Zhuge Linggong could implement them. And he would do it perfectly. In fact, why didn't Yuan Xi miss those days? At that time, he only needed to look at the disasters in various places, and did not have to worry and live anxiously all the time.
It is now the eighth year of Tianji, and Yuan Xi has served as Shangshu Ling for more than two years. These two years are definitely the two most difficult years for him.
On the other side, Zhuge Ke sat alone in his study, drinking strong wine, his face full of pain and...anger. It had been two years since Zhuge Linggong passed away, but what had he done in the past two years? ?What has the temple accomplished? Yuan Xina, due to his own lack of ability, always makes a lot of mistakes in any policy but refuses to implement it. Do he have to waste his time like this?
Could it be that the prosperous age created by my uncle has to stop like this?
During these days, he tried every means but could not dislodge Yuan Xi. Neither Cao Pi, the newly appointed minister, nor Zhuge Zhan, Yuan Yao and others could help, or even , Cao Pi's servant respected Yuan Xi very much, saying that Yuan Xi was stable, which was a blessing to the temple. Haha, wasn't it just because he was recommended by the Yuan family that he became the Shizhongling?
Zhuge Ke drank wine one cup at a time, his eyes were blood red.
Yuan Xi didn't have such time to drink. He was dealing with various memorials in the study. Suddenly, a huge shadow blocked the sun. Yuan Xi subconsciously squinted his eyes and raised his head. Liu Yi didn't know why. At that time, he stood in front of him, frowning and looking a little solemn. Yuan Xi smiled. In these days, there was only one Liu Yi, who could be considered to be taking good care of him.
The rest of the people, even the emperor, looked down on themselves in their hearts.
"Liu Linggong?" Yuan Xi stood up and bowed to him.
"Okay, there's no one around, so don't put on airs. I'm here to ask you about the progress... How's the sacrifice ceremony going?" Liu Yi said, sitting next to him comfortably, Yuan Xi He quickly took out several documents from the bottom of the case, opened them one by one, and then said: "It's almost ready. If it weren't for His Majesty's urging, we could have done better this time, but it's a pity..."
"It's not like you don't know His Majesty's temperament. His Majesty thinks of something to do. Who can stop him? He is so anxious."
"However, there is indeed something wrong with this matter. If you want to pay homage..." Yuan Xi said with some embarrassment, Liu Yi snorted coldly and said: "Just get it done, there is no need to say more about the rest. .", he said, looked at the ceremony drawn up by Yuan Xi, and nodded. He didn't stay here for too long. After reading this, he left. Watching him leave, Yuan Xi sighed again.
He is worthy of being the heir of Emperor Xiaokang, with the same temperament as the Emperor.
The emperor is always obsessed with various grand ceremonies. This time, he thought of bringing hundreds of officials to worship the martyrs. This was originally a normal thing. However, the emperor said that he would only worship those from the Tianji year to the Jianning year. Ministers and the late emperor, this is not in line with the etiquette. If you want to worship the martyrs, you should start from Taizu, go to Liuhou, Fouhou and others. No matter how bad it is, you can start from Xiaoguangwu, why don't you only go to Emperor Xiaokang? Woolen cloth?
However, what could Yuan Xi do if the emperor gave such an order? He could only agree.
Yuan Xi handed over all these matters to Yuan Yao, because the grand ceremony was also within the scope of Yuan Yao's responsibility and did not require Yuan Xi to do it himself. However, he was still a little worried. After finishing what he was doing, he decided We need to go to the place where the grand ceremony is held. In fact, the grand ceremony is held in the Zhonglie Hall, so there is no need to do anything more. We only need to formulate rules, etiquette and so on.
When Yuan Xi arrived, Yuan Yao was leading people to arrange their positions. Seeing Yuan Xi coming, Yuan Yao put down what he was doing and hurriedly walked forward. He smiled and bowed, "Meet my cousin." !!" Yuan Xi felt warm in his heart, and then hurriedly ordered: "Don't speak like that, I am your cousin only in the mansion, you know? Don't speak like that outside!"
Yuan Yao naturally knew in his heart why Yuan Xi spoke like this, because Yuan Xi had always felt that Yuan Yao was the minister in the future, so he did not want to be too close to him. It was inevitable that some people would talk nonsense and talk about brother succeeding to brother. For fear that it would affect Yuan Yao's future, Yuan Yao still didn't care. He grinned and said, "Brother, why are you doing this? In the past, weren't my grandfather and uncle both Sikong?"
"Hey! Don't talk nonsense!" Yuan Xi glared at him, and then Yuan Xi stopped talking.
"How's the ceremony going?"
"They are all ready. According to your wishes, brother, let them practice a few more times to avoid something happening..."
Yuan Xi looked at the busy people in the hall seriously and couldn't help but nodded.
"It's always right to be careful."
"Teach me!" Yuan Yao bowed to him, and Yuan Xi's eyes became gentler when he looked at him. Yuan Yao and him were brothers, but the age gap between them was a bit big, because Yuan Yao was Yuan Shu's father. When he got a son at an old age, Yuan Xi was a full twenty-eight years older than him. At this age, like his father, Yuan Xi was about to be sixty years old. Yuan Yaoruo was not considered young outside the temple, but Yuan Xi still treated him Treat it like a child, treat it like your own child.
"Yuan Pushe..." Yuan Xi said, "This matter must be done carefully. If there is any mistake, I will not think about the personal relationship."
"Thank you!" Yuan Yao bowed and said: "Brother, there is one more thing..." He lowered his voice, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Zhuge Ke's matter..." After hearing Zhuge Ke's Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I know he hates me, but he is too young, and you must be younger. There are not many things he can think of, so you don't need to care too much. ..When he grows up, he will understand.”
"In the future, you will be the minister, and he will be the minister. I heard that Pang Linggong has accepted a good disciple, and he will be the minister...The Han Dynasty will become more and more prosperous..." Yuan Xi also thought of it. What? His face was full of smiles and he was a little lost in thought.
"Speaking of which, there is another person who needs to be invited by my uncle. I went to invite him before, but he refused to come and almost beat me up. He is older than me and it is difficult for me to do anything. So I better go to my uncle. Just invite him here..."
"Oh? Is there anyone else who dares not to come? Who is it?"
"...."
By June of the eighth year of Tianji, it was no longer a secret that the emperor was going to hold a martyrs ceremony. However, those who were qualified to come were all important officials of the temple. People could also come on their own initiative, but they were not allowed to enter the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs. Well, even so, many people still came and were willing to worship these martyrs outside the main hall. The whole Luo County was extremely lively.