Seeing Li Xiaogong still sitting and acting so calm and honest, it felt like he was going back to two years ago when he was the Minister of Rites.
Zhang Yang looked at everyone again, "You all know what happened in the Western Regions. Adalan still has the right to lead troops. The Ministry of Rites selects two or three civil servants to help them improve their reputation."
Seeing that everyone was listening seriously, Zhang Yang said again: "You go get pens and ink and write down things. I have a lot of instructions."
"Here."
After hearing this, everyone quickly brought pen and ink, picked up the pen and wrote down the arrangements just now, and then waited for the next words.
"In addition to opening a school in Gaochang, we also need to improve their lives and make them live as better as possible. As for the number of soldiers and horses sent over, it does not need to be too many. A general with a hundred horses is enough. By then Ashenadur's The manpower has also arrived in Gaochang, and these troops and horses can be used to capture the four towns of Anxi. By the way, I will write a letter to Adalan to see if his family should be taken over, or if they should continue to be resettled in Chang'an City."
Xu Jingzong recorded while doing so.
"The officials sent out may have to live in Gaochang for three and a half years. Specifically, they need to understand the specialties of the Western Regions, as well as the customs, people's living habits, and the climate and environment. These must be recorded."
Zhang Elephant nodded as he wrote, "The imperial court's understanding of the Western Regions is still in the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. It is indeed time to reorganize the records."
"If the officials stationed in the Western Regions need to come back unexpectedly, they will report to the Ministry of Rites and send personnel to rotate. They can also take their families with them to the Western Regions. The rotation will occur every one to three years. They will mainly handle the handover between our Datang and the Western Regions. And the will of the Khan of Heaven can be communicated effectively.”
The door of the Ministry of Rites was closed, and the original officials of the Ministry of Rites were standing outside waiting to be reopened.
When officials from various ministries passed by, they inquired about it and found out that the newly appointed Minister of Rites was talking to several ministers.
These conversations were not allowed to be heard by outsiders and seemed very mysterious.
In the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Yang opened a huge map and said, "I will leave the Western Region to Xu Jingzong, and I will leave it to you to dispatch officials and mobilize troops."
After Gao Chang was handed over, Xu Jingzong's whole spirit changed. He stood up and replied: "I will definitely handle it well."
Zhang Yang looked at the map and pointed at Goguryeo, an island country behind the East China Sea. "Goguryeo has not paid tribute for a long time, and I don't know the specific situation. Brother Elephant arranged for people to pay attention to it and inquire about some information, especially the Goguryeo royal family." , arrange for someone to go to Liaodong and pay attention to the news about Japan."
Zhang Elephant nodded, "We will look for suitable people."
"A group of Japanese people have already passed Tongguan. I don't know if they will pass the pass next and whether their journey to Chang'an City will go smoothly. The Ministry of Rites will arrange for people to review a document, and then send officials to keep an eye on it in person."
Zhang Elephant nodded and said, "Let's make arrangements today."
"We still need to sort out the situation in Nanzhao. That area should be quite chaotic. The Nanzhao envoys who are congratulating us this year are still in Chang'an City. Let our people contact and understand the situation of other imperial edicts there."
As Zhang Yang spoke, he gave orders one by one. The Ministry of Etiquette had been quite idle since last year, but now it finally had a lot of things to do.
"You ministers each lead a team of civil servants, which means they work as a team."
Zhang Elephant thought, "This may not be enough manpower."
"I'll go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and ask them for help." Li Xiaogong, who had been sitting silently, finally spoke.
Zhang Yang sat cross-legged, clasped his hands and said, "Isn't it appropriate for you, a minister from Zongzheng Temple, to take charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Etiquette? I'd better ask Brother Baiyao to go there."
Li Xiaogong said in a deep voice: "It's all for the sake of the country, I should do my part."
Zhang Yang sighed a little, "That'll be hard work."
Since Li Xiaogong was so warm-hearted, it was difficult to refuse him, so it would be safer to ask Li Baiyao to go there too.
Arranging these matters, how to operate and schedule them was left to Xu Jingzong and Zhang Xiangxiang. They were still not familiar with being officials in the court, so they had to leave the specific arrangements to them. After all, they were more professional.
After the door of the etiquette department reopened, they each took their people to do their work.
With a long sigh, Zhang Yang walked out of the Rites Department and saw Li Xiaogong and Li Baiyao walking to the Staff Department together. It was time to have lunch.
The weather was fine, and the court in the early Tang Dynasty was also clear. This was also the time when national power was growing fastest.
Li Shimin made a bold move to reopen the imperial examination, and all officials in the DPRK worked hard to develop in a better direction.
This young dynasty is full of vitality.
Literary officials in the Ministry of Rites also began to get busy, collecting ancient records from various countries.
People here also realized that Zhang Yang was different from the ministers of other ministries and would not sit here all the time. He left after giving instructions.
The same goes for Zhang Elephant, Zhang Elephant, and Xu Jingzong who were brought out by one hand. They will not stay here for a long time. They cannot accomplish much by just sitting here.
They each left the imperial city with their own teams and teams, walked into Chang'an City and began to arrange their own affairs.
On the contrary, there are not too many shackles when working in the Ministry of Etiquette. Everyone is relatively free. The several ministers can each handle their own affairs.
Li Baiyao also went to the Ministry of Personnel with his people, hoping to send more manpower to the Ministry of Rites.
Nali, the original envoy from Qiuci, learned that Qiuci was now in the hands of the Gaochang people, so he turned back halfway and rushed to Chang'an City.
Wearing shabby clothes, he came all the way to the Suzaku Gate and explained the situation to the officers and soldiers here. This kind of thing could only be received by the Ministry of Rites first.
When the people from the Ministry of Rites arrived, when they saw the envoy in front of them, Nali said helplessly: "Envoy, didn't you go back to your own Kucha?"
Nali grimaced, "Qiuci has fallen into the hands of Gaochang thugs."
"Right now, the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Etiquette are not here. Why don't we wait until they come back to inform us about the envoy's affairs? Or should we hurry up tomorrow?"
After hearing this, Nali had no choice but to reply: "The foreign minister will wait here."
The clerk from the Ministry of Rites went back again.
The poor Kucha envoy still doesn't know that Gaochang destroyed Kucha, and the owner of Gaochang is Zhang Yang whom he met before.
It’s hard to tell whether anyone would see him.
The youngest Minister of Rites since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. This young man had no background or family background. He was just an ordinary child. He was a refugee at the time, but such a person became the Minister of Rites.
Li Chengqian came to the Hongwen Hall today. He wanted to read the files about Yan Shigu. When the prince came to the Hongwen Hall, people naturally asked him. The former Young Master Donggong has now become the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he is still a young man in his early twenties. people.
The prince explained to the people here Zhang Yang's step-by-step process from a master of the East Palace to a young master of the East Palace.
The story of a commoner who became the youngest minister of the dynasty is also told.
For the sake of Sheji, he started as a small official in the Ministry of Rites and helped the Tang Dynasty win the Hexi Corridor without bloodshed. Then there were ups and downs along the way as an official.
There are many rumors that Zhang Yang has become a typical example for today's young people.
While Li Chengqian was narrating, he also talked about his father, the Emperor Tian Khan, who valued talents rather than reputation and family background when selecting talents.
Zhang Yang is a poor boy.
Some people also heard that Zhang Yang lived in Chang'an City before and was also a hard-working man.
When everyone in Chang'an City was talking about the same person, many of the things he had done before were also dug up.
Chang'an City is said to be very big, but news circulates very quickly, so it is not difficult to find out about Zhang Yang.
Including which workshops he went to and worked as a coolie.
The story of Butterfly Lovers has also been brought out again.
At this moment, Zhang Yang took his wife, Xiao Wu and two aunts to his grandma's grave.
Li Yue held Zhang Yang's arm, stood in front of the grave and whispered: "Grandma, now my husband is promising and is already the Minister of Rites. Yue'er has grown up and is now seventeen years old."
Two aunts were cleaning the grave.
By the way, take a look at spring and go on an outing. The scenery along the Weishui River is always very good.
In the evening, the couple returned home.
It's just that at this time, there were a lot of congratulatory gifts piled at the door of the house.
Aunt Yang picked out a few gifts from people she knew well, and other gifts continued to be piled at the door of the house. The gifts from New Year's Eve were still piled at the door of the house and had never been taken into the house.
In the evening, while eating dinner, the couple looked at a map in front of them. The map of Lishan was drawn on the map.
With Lishan as the center, a piece of 700 acres of land south of Lishan and south of the Weishui River belongs to the family.
A lot of the land was transferred from Lantian County.
While eating, the couple discussed their future plans for Lishan.
In Lishan Village, Shangguan Yi looked at the official uniforms in front of him and frowned together with the warrior Yu.
"You are the county magistrate, and I am the county captain. In this way, Lishan has become a place under the supervision of the imperial court. You and I are both officials of the imperial court."
After hearing what the warrior Yu said, Shangguan Yi looked a little worried, "The development of Lishan has always been planned by myself. Will the DPRK interfere?"
Warrior Xun nodded solemnly, "I am also worried about this, but now it seems that something has been reached between Zhang Yang and His Majesty."
In the past, the village in charge of such a small piece of land of about a hundred acres was able to cope with it, but now another 700 acres of land were allocated. Shangguan Yi looked at the land title deeds in front of him, including the entire Lishan Mountain.
What a huge fortune this is.
Shangguan Yi asked himself that he had never been in charge of such a large fiefdom.
Warrior Xun took a sip of wine and said, "You and I can encourage each other."
Nali, the envoy of Qiuci, waited in front of Zhuque Gate for a whole day but did not see an official from the Ministry of Rites who could talk to him. He did not leave until the curfew, walking feebly on Zhuque Street, like a wandering ghost. .
After going to court the next day, Zhang Yang listened to Li Baiyao's reply, and the Ministry of Personnel finally sent a dozen civil servants to help the Ministry of Rites.
Xu Jingzong came in a hurry, "Qiuci envoy Nali is back again. He waited at Zhuque Gate for a whole day yesterday without seeing anyone, and now Lu Dongzan is here again with him."
"What are you here for?" Zhang Yang was also faced with a big problem at this moment, that is, the Ministry of Rites needed money to inquire about information, and he didn't know whether Li Shimin would allocate some money to the Ministry of Rites.
Forget it for a moment, recruiting spies from the private sector to inquire about information from various countries requires money to operate.
In the past, it was still manageable, with only sporadic spies, mainly targeting Tibet and Turks. Now there are more spies, and more money is required.
If this continues, Xu Jingzong, the intelligence chief, will find it hard to make a fool of himself.
He asked Li Baiyao to write a memorial asking for money from Li Shimin and sent it. He glanced at Xu Jingzong and Zhang Yang replied: "There are still many things to do, so there is no need to come in. I happened to be going out. Let's talk on the way. .”
"Here."
Xu Jingzong accompanied him all the way to Zhuque Gate.
First he saw the envoy from Qiuci, and then he saw Lu Dongzan with a bruised nose and swollen face. Zhang Yang suppressed a smile and said, "Brother Xiang, what's wrong with you?"
Lu Dongzan said solemnly: "I was walking on the street two days ago and was beaten by a group of thugs."
Zhang Yang took a breath and looked at the black bruises at the corners of Lu Dongzan's eyes and mouth, "Who hit this so hard?"
"At that time, they covered their faces with sacks and couldn't see clearly who did it. Why did they ask the Minister of Rites to make the decision?"
Zhang Yang said melancholy: "It is true that the Ministry of Rites cannot ignore your envoys, but you didn't see the perpetrator, which makes it difficult for us to handle."
Lu Dongzan stared at this, "Are you just sitting back and doing nothing?"
Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly, "We will ask Dali Temple to investigate. I will continue to say the same thing. There is no evidence and we don't know who the perpetrator is. It's really difficult for us to arrest him. Please remember the memory carefully. , are you usually too arrogant and have someone held a grudge against you?"
"Hold a grudge?"
"Yes." Zhang Yang nodded, "You have also seen that our people in the Tang Dynasty are simple and honest, and we will not hit people easily."
Lu Dongzan said with a straight face, "You mean I brought it upon myself?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "I definitely didn't mean this. I was just making an inference."
Lu Dongzan snorted coldly, "I was about to congratulate you on your promotion to the Minister of Etiquette. It would be fine if someone else checked. You are the one who is most worried."
"Brother Xiangxiang, what you said is wrong. I have been friends with you for two or three years. Looking at the whole court, who else has such a good relationship with Xiangxiong like me?"
Lu Dongzan bowed slightly and said, "I regard you as my opponent. Now you are already the Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty. As expected by Zanpu, your position in the court will become higher and higher, and at the same time, you will also become the Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty. The opponents of Tubo have always been our opponents of Tubo since you took power today."
Zhang Yang grinned, "I'm really honored."
Ludong nodded and said, "I hope we can meet on the battlefield one day."
"Hehehe..." Zhang Yang smiled dryly, "Brother Xiang is joking, I am a civil servant, not a military general. We will not see you on the battlefield. I am a scholar and I am not good at fighting and killing. It is not elegant. Um."
Just as he was about to continue walking, Zhang Yang glanced at the Kucha envoy Nali again, "Envoy, what's going on with you? Why are you dressed in such rags? Could it be that you were robbed on the way?"
"The foreign ministers were not robbed, and Kucha is gone! Please ask the Ministry of Rites, the Tang Dynasty, and the Khan of Heaven to make decisions for thousands of people in Kucha."
As he spoke, he knelt on the ground with a plop.
