In modern times, China's Arbor Day was initiated by forestry scientists Han An, Ling Daoyang and others, and was initially set to fall on April 5th, Qingming Festival. In 1928, to commemorate the third anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's death, Arbor Day was changed to March 12.
I don’t know what Li Er’s considerations were for setting Arbor Day on March 20th. Li Zexuan didn’t mind that much. Anyway, it’s better than nothing! Besides, March 20th is the time when spring flowers are blooming, so it’s not too late to plant trees!
"Chief, are you saying that His Majesty has agreed to establish Arbor Day~?"
At Yanhuang Academy, Li Zexuan has returned from Chang'an City. After he told Li Gang about Li Er's decision in the court, the old man said in surprise.
Li Ze Yiren Shanyu!"
When they were in court, Li Er did intend to let Li Zexuan serve as Shanyu. After all, it was Li Zexuan who proposed this matter. No one is more suitable for this position than him. However, Li Zexuan currently holds too many positions. If the duties were given to him, he would definitely be too busy, so Li Er thought over and over again and finally handed over the duties of Shan Yu to others!
"Ji Shou?"
A trace of surprise flashed in Li Gang's eyes, and then he stroked his beard and smiled: "Haha! Your Majesty is extremely wise. By assigning Ji Shou to the official position of Shan Yu, it can be regarded as making the best use of his talents!"
Li Zexuan was startled. When Li Er announced the appointment of Ji Shou as the first Shanyu of the Tang Dynasty in the court, he just subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't have time to wonder who Ji Shou was. Anyway, in his opinion, the Yellow River Protective Forest The basic plan of the team has been decided. It doesn’t matter who is the culprit, as long as they can follow the established plan to the letter!
But now Li Gang's reaction, it is obvious that Ji Shou is not an ordinary person!
"Mr. Wenji, who is this Ji Shou~? Why do you have such a big reaction~?"
Li Zexuan asked curiously.
Li Gang replied with a smile: "The mountain leader doesn't know something. This Ji Shou is the thirteenth generation grandson of Ji Han. Ji Han was also a famous scholar in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but he did not want to cling to the powerful and only loved to study exotic flowers and exotic flowers." Grass, giant trees and bamboos. He compiled a book "The Shape of Southern Grass and Trees" during his lifetime, which can be regarded as a strange book. It was later passed down to descendants of the Ji family from generation to generation. Although I have read thousands of books, I have never seen it with my own eyes. Read this book!
The current minister, Ji Shou Ji, had a lot of legacy from the ancestors of the Ji family, and he was very knowledgeable about the ways of vegetation! Therefore, I believe that by having Ji Shou take up the post of Shan Yu, he is completely utilizing his talents to the best of his ability! "
What Li Zexuan didn't know was that "Southern Plants and Trees" was the world's earliest flora, more than a thousand years earlier than Western botanical monographs. Therefore, it is well deserved to say that Ji Han is the first botanist in the world.
Although he didn't know the historical status of "Southern Plants and Trees", Li Zexuan was quite surprised when he heard that in ancient times there were people who liked to study exotic flowers and plants, giant trees and bamboos, "Oh~? So, this Ji Shou He is really suitable for the position of Shan Yu! In terms of employing people, His Majesty is probably far behind the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty Emperor!"
This compliment is indeed Li Zexuan’s heartfelt words. The reason why the Tang Dynasty is so efficient today is inseparable from Li Er’s efforts to make the best use of his talents and materials. From this point of view, Lao Li, the leader, is Very qualified.
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After winning the hard-won but meaningful Arbor Day from Lao Li, Li Zexuan was not idle. He asked Ma Zhou and all the editors of Datang Daily to call for the Yellow River Protective Forest Belt that day. Build momentum for the upcoming Arbor Day!
He wants to let everyone know the important value and practical significance of the protective forest belts on both sides of the Yellow River through "Datang Daily"!
Since he could convince Li Er, Changsun Wuji and other important officials of the empire, Li Zexuan believed that he could also convince the people of the Tang Dynasty!
He wrote a verbatim copy of his memorial and handed it over to the editorial department of Datang Daily. He also compiled the conversation between the emperor and his ministers in the court into text and handed it over to the editorial department. , of course, he deleted the prediction about the Luoyang flood in the eleventh year of Zhenguan! After all, if this matter were told in advance, wouldn't the world be in chaos?
As for the next thing, it all depends on the editors in the editorial department. After Ma Zhou's training over the past year, these editors in the editorial department have long since broken away from the ranks of corrupt scholars. Their ideological realm can be said to be that of the entire Tang Dynasty. The most advanced yet!
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The second day.
"The Holy Spirit re-established the duties of Shan Yu and Lin Heng, and established March 20th of each year as Arbor Day! 》
"Planting trees to end thousands of years of flooding in the Yellow River starts today!" 》
"The Holy One wants to personally plant trees on the bank of the Yellow River, thirty miles east of Chang'an City, on Arbor Day!" 》
"Afforestation, the contribution is in the present time, and the benefit will be in the future!" 》
"On the importance of afforestation!" 》
Without warning, today's "Datang Daily" news page was almost full of articles related to tree planting. The common people were a little confused at first glance!
"Shan Yu, Lin Heng? What kind of position is this?"
"How do I know this? Xu Xiucai, do you know?"
"Tsk~! You guys are really ignorant! Shan Yu and Lin Heng were officials in the Western Zhou Dynasty who were responsible for the management of mountains and forests. Now it seems that His Majesty wants to restore the old system!"
"Ah? Restoring the old system? What is the use of having these two officials? Ouch, there is also an Arbor Day? What kind of festival is this?"
"As the name suggests, Arbor Day means that everyone is expected to plant trees on that day!"
"Planting trees? Then why plant trees?"
"You! Huang Jinzhou, you can't read the newspaper by yourself? Do you need to ask everything?"
"Hey! Xu Xiucai, you have read a lot! Just read it to us illiterate people!"
"My enemy! Xu Xiucai, you are a literary star who has descended to the earth. If you don't come and recite it to everyone, who will recite it to you?"
"...What this newspaper said probably means that the reason why the water of the Yellow River has become turbid in recent years is because the soil on both sides of the Yellow River has loosened and merged into the Yellow River!
Marquis Yong'an believed that if soil erosion on both sides of the Yellow River was allowed, the riverbed in the lower reaches of the Yellow River would be raised several feet in the long run! At that time, there will be an above-ground hanging river in the counties and counties downstream of the Yellow River. Once there is a heavy rain, the Yellow River will easily burst its banks! At that time, everyone will be in ruins!
Therefore, the Marquis of Yong'an wrote to Your Majesty, proposing to build a protective forest with a length of three thousand miles on both sides of the Yellow River to solidify the sand and prevent the water of the Yellow River from continuing to be turbid..."
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