It's approaching evening, Yunshan Villa.
Li Zexuan looked at the piece of golden silk in his hand and smiled helplessly, only to hear him murmur to himself:
"Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng, it's not me who wants to feel sorry for you this time, it's your majesty and the people!"
After that, he picked up the pen and paper on the table, scribbled a few lines, put it in an envelope, got up and left the study, called Pang Feiji, and said: "Feiji, go and deliver this letter quickly." Go to the workshop and give it to Ma Zhou!"
Today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and production has long been resumed in the workshop. Correspondingly, the editorial department of "Datang Daily" started working normally two days ago, so some Chang'an people who work out of town all year round, Taking advantage of these two days, I have enjoyed twice the so-called "freshly baked" "Datang Daily" that still exudes the fragrance of ink.
"Yes! Mr. Hou~!"
Pang Feiji bowed and accepted the order.
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"Mr. Ma, the Marquis asked Pang to give this to you!"
Xingongfang, the editorial department of "Datang Daily", after being notified by Song Xiaosi, Pang Feiji met Ma Zhou and handed over the letter from Li Zexuan.
Ma Zhou is currently writing application materials for professor evaluation. This year, after the Lantern Festival, the academy’s gentlemen will start school early. The first thing in the new semester will be the evaluation meeting for teachers’ professional titles. Li Zexuan told Ma Zhou a few days ago Start preparing.
At this time, he took the letter, opened it, and was shocked. If it weren't for the fact that the handwriting on the letter was exactly the same as Li Zexuan's, he would have suspected that Pang Feiji was pretending to pass down Li Zexuan's handwriting!
"...Okay! Please tell Mr. Marquis that there is no problem with Ma!"
After putting away the letter, Ma Zhou looked strange for a while, and then said to Pang Feiji in a low voice.
"Okay! Then Pang takes his leave!"
Pang Feiji was a little confused when he saw this, but he knew that some things could be asked and some things could not be asked, so he just nodded and left.
"Oh! I really don't understand what Master Hou is going to do~"
After Pang Feiji left, Ma Zhou sighed to himself with a smile on his face.
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The second day.
The headline news of "Datang Daily" made Chang'an City, which had just celebrated the New Year and been bustling for several days, once again become excited.
"Your Majesty, Li Zexuan, heard that your Majesty wanted to grant me the land of Lantian County. I was very frightened. As a prince, receiving the land of a county is really against the rules and will also arouse criticism from my colleagues! But as your Majesty's minister, I am willing to share your Majesty's worries and make the following commitments:
If I cannot make everyone in Lantian County afford clothes, meat, and books within three years, I will voluntarily hand over all my fiefdoms and welcome all the people and officials of the Tang Dynasty to do what I said above. supervision.
——Li Zexuan, the eighth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Zhenguan! "
This short notice is somewhat similar to a modern inaugural address, but it was the first time for ancient people to see this form of notice, and they couldn't help but find it quite novel. But what is even more interesting is the content inside the notice. See the meaning. Second, they want to award the entire Lantian County to Li Zexuan? This is big news!
"I...did I hear it correctly? The Holy One wants to give Lan Tian to Marquis Yong'an as a fief?"
The people who saw the newspaper exclaimed in surprise, especially those who lived in Lantian County or had relatives living in Lantian County. They were so excited that they almost jumped up.
"This... is great! Your Majesty is wise! From now on, I am also a commoner in the Marquis's fiefdom! Haha! From now on, my children can go to school even if they are not sure, and even get admitted to Yanhuang Academy!"
"Haha! This is really good news. I have to go back and tell my mother that I have to celebrate at noon!"
"Hey! Old Zhong, you are really lucky this time! I used to say that you were far away from the Marquis' territory and could not become the Marquis's fiefdom, but now you finally got your wish! Haha! I'll have to go to your house for a drink later. drink!"
"That's not what I said! Lao Yangtou, you can have a drink whenever you go! As the farmer of the Marquis, we can't be stingy!"
"Uncle Zhong, there seems to be something wrong with this headline!"
Yu Dejing, the scholar who was the "vanguard" in the "Destroy Cui Movement" and was rescued by Li Zexuan, happened to go to the city to buy books today because he heard that Qiqi Culture had recently launched some "discounts and promotions" During the event, buying books was much cheaper than usual. He heard people talking about the headlines in the newspapers on the way, so he simply bought a newspaper and read the contents of the newspaper to the villagers who went to the city with him. The villagers couldn't help but beam with joy when they heard what was in the newspaper, but he couldn't help but frown.
"What's wrong? Xiaojing? Isn't this a good thing? Is there anything wrong?"
Li Zheng of Yujiazhuang, also known as Uncle Zhong in Yu Dejing's mouth, said with a puzzled look on his face.
"That's right! Yu Xiucai, you read a lot. Can you analyze it for us? What's wrong?"
People in the same village all turned their attention to Yu Dejing and talked about it.
It can be seen that this scholar is very respected in his village.
"Uncle Zhong, think about it, if the Holy One really assigned Lantian County to Marquis Yong'an, why has no edict been issued until now for such a big matter? And Marquis Yong'an has no need to put these words in the newspaper. I I think there must be a deep meaning behind this!”
Yu Xiucai frowned and said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Uncle Zhong fell into deep thought. After a moment, he nodded and said:
"...Hmm~! Xiaojing, what you said makes sense! There is something abnormal here! But no matter what, our Zhuangzi will soon be merged into the Marquis's fiefdom. This is a great joy!"
Yu Dejing shook his head and said: "Uncle Zhong, I'm afraid things are not that simple! You see, the Marquis said in the newspaper that it is against the norm to obtain a county fief as a prince, and it is also It will arouse criticism from all my colleagues! So I guess there are courtiers who are objecting to His Majesty’s decision to assign Lantian County to Marquis Yong’an as a fiefdom!”
"What? Someone objects? Who dares to object? Isn't this killing us? We finally have the opportunity to become the owner of the Marquis. If we are wiped out by them, then when will we, the people of Yujiazhuang, be able to afford it? Meat, can you afford to wear clothes?”
When Uncle Zhong heard this, his eyes widened and his voice involuntarily increased an octave, attracting passers-by to look at him.
"Uncle Zhong is right! Yu Xiucai, who is against it? This is a great event for our Zhuangzi, and we can't let others mess with it!"
All the bankers were filled with indignation. Faced with the happiness that was about to arrive in the bowl, no one wanted to miss it.
Yu Dejing thought for a while and said: "Who wants to stop His Majesty from allocating Lantian County to Yongan Marquis? Let's go and find out separately!"
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First update!
Thanks to the leader of the alliance for the 10,000 rewards! Long time no see, old friend!
(End of chapter)
