Li Longji knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and he remembered that he had said that he would arrange an official position for Zhen Qian in Hebei, but he didn't expect it to be the commander of Macheng County, Pingzhou.

Li Longji still knows very well what kind of person his brother-in-law Yang Guozhong is, and he still has the ability, and he has helped him accumulate a lot of money, but he usually stretches his hands and feet too long, and he wants to get any benefits, so he doesn't care about this.

Raising a dog also has to use bones, only when the dog is fed, will he do his best to help himself do things, as for letting out and biting, isn't that what a dog should do?

However, thinking that Yang Guifei asked Zhen Qian to offer treasures again on his birthday this year, he couldn't help but have a headache, he couldn't use a knife to force Zhen Qian to take out good things to give to Yang Guifei, after all, it was good for the courtiers to be willing, and Yang Guozhong did a bit too much in this matter.

Li Longji glanced up at Gao Lishi and said, "Are you worried that Zhen Qian will resolutely resign?" ”

Does this need to be asked? Zhen Qian is not a person who wants to be an official, it is no secret that a scholar is an official and picks and picks, who doesn't want to be an official in a good place, and runs to a wild place to eat sand, unless his brain is kicked by a donkey.

But Gao Lishi didn't want to say bad things about Yang Guozhong behind his back, although Yang Guozhong was domineering in the court, when he saw himself, he was still a respectful appearance, and he didn't give less gifts every year, and there was a favored Yang Guifei in the middle, so he didn't want to get involved in this matter.

"Your Majesty decides the affairs of the world with one word, and the old slave does not dare to discuss the government in vain!"

"Say!" Li Longji frowned and said, "If you say it, just say it, can't you say this kind of thing?" ”

Gao Lishi often took Li Longji to review the chapters, and he could decide on his own small matters, and report to Li Longji afterwards, so Yang Guozhong did not dare to underestimate Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi immediately said in fear: "Your Majesty! In the old slave's view, since Zhen Qian and the Tang envoy were in Yangzhou, it means that the relationship between the two sides is good, although Abe Zhong Malu appointed to send the Tang Dynasty to welcome and send the envoy, but after all, Abe Zhong Malu is a Japanese and cannot show the heart of the Tang Dynasty, so it is better to appoint Zhen Qian as the deputy envoy to send Tang Ying, and seal Zhen Qian as the head of the Qing Officials Department of the Ministry of Rites from the official position of Liupin, and also the post of commander of Macheng County, Pingzhou, if Zhen Qian's envoy to the Japanese State is successful, he will naturally be transferred to the court as an official, and if the envoy is unfavorable, let him return to Macheng, Pingzhou to take up his post......".

Gao Lishi did not remove Zhen Qian's post of Pingzhou Macheng County Commander, this is of course a means of appointing officials, most of the new officials in the Tang Dynasty will be put in the local training for a period of time, the official position is generally not too big, two or three years after the assessment will be transferred to the central government to serve as a low-level official in the six departments, five supervisors and nine divisions, which is a process of accumulating career experience.

People like Zhen Qian, who had no experience as officials before, had no experience in being an official before, and it was difficult to be appointed as a county magistrate all at once, but in a place like Pingzhou, no one would fight for even if it was given to a state governor. But the Ministry of Rites is different, this is a noble yamen, many people sharpen their heads and drill into it, if they rashly appoint Zhen Qian as the head of the Ministry of Rites, it will definitely cause a lot of red eyes, so with a Pingzhou Macheng County Order, it will not be easy for others to find fault.

The Ministry of Rites consists of four divisions, the Department of Ceremonial and Cleaning Officials, which is in charge of the ceremony, military ceremony, and management of academic affairs and imperial examinations. The ancestral sacrifice is clear, and the affairs of auspicious rites and fierce rites are in charge. The host and guest officials are in charge of the guest ceremony and the reception of foreign guests. The fine food and cleaning officials are in charge of the affairs of the feast and the sacrifice.

There is another important reason, although Gao Lishi is ready to appoint Zhen Qian as the head of the Department of Rites, but the real errand is to send the Tang Dynasty to welcome and send the deputy envoy to the temporary official position.

This trick is very ruthless, the Tang people are not willing to risk their lives to a foreign country, and it is okay to put on an approachable and courteous appearance in the capital, but they don't want to go to any Japanese country. It is precisely because of this that it seems that it is not in line with etiquette to welcome and send off, Abe Zhongmaro can become the envoy of sending Tang to welcome and send off, which is also a matter of little way. Now, let Zhen Qian go to the Wa Kingdom, which can not only welcome the prince of the Wa Kingdom to study in Datang, but also conform to the etiquette regulations.

"Let Zhen Qian serve as the deputy envoy to send Tang to welcome and send off!"

Seeing that Li Longji was a little reluctant, after sending the Tang envoy to refuse the Taoist priest to preach to the Wa Kingdom, Li Longji greatly changed his opinion of the influence of the Tang envoys, thinking that these barbarians did not understand what it meant to be a king's land under the whole world and a king's minister within the four seas.

"Your Majesty! The old slave inquired that the reason why the Tang envoy wanted Zhen Qian to send an envoy to the Japanese country was that he wanted Zhen Qian to help the Japanese to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and implement reforms in the country, which was the "Theory of a Rich Country and a Strong Army" written by Zhen Qian to the Tang envoy of the Japanese State, and the old slave learned that after Zhen Qian divided the house from the Zhen family, he took away six or seven thousand dowry money left by his biological mother, and in just over a year, he amassed fifty or sixty thousand family wealth, and even Li Huang, the founding prince of Wen'an County, praised his talent and learning when he met Zhen Qian in Luquan County, and "The Burrow" was a work at that time. Now the Hui Dynasty is preparing to open a drunken immortal building with Zhen Qian in the West Market, and there are these gold and silver coins, please take a look! ”

Gao Lishi asked his subordinates to collect Zhen Qian's news, and in just one month, he found out Zhen Qian's old background clearly, as long as there was nothing deliberately hidden, Gao Lishi's desk was piled up with documents half a foot high, and he also combed the entire Luquan County casually, and found that Zhen Qian had done a lot of things over the years, and he paid more and more attention to Zhen Qian.

Li Longji did not take to heart the words of a scholar who had no experience in becoming an official, and the prisoners in the Guozi Prison also had the right to write books to discuss the government and politics, and the so-called good policies for governing the country were just rhetoric, and most of them were thrown aside and shelved.

Li Longji didn't prepare to read the "Theory of a Rich Country and a Strong Army", but when he saw a few gold and silver coins of different styles in front of him, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he reached out and picked up the coins on the imperial case to observe carefully, and couldn't help but sigh in surprise: "I have seen a lot of gold and silver coins from the Western Regions, but such gold and silver coins are rare to see, and this is also made by Zhen Qian?" ”

"Exactly!" Gao Lishi read the letter "On the Rich Country and Strong Soldiers", and was suddenly shocked by the content of it and didn't know what to say, if it can be implemented, it can increase the annual tax revenue of millions of yuan for the imperial court, which is simply a timely rain for the Tang Dynasty finance, which is already beyond its means, but it is written very generally, it should be Zhen Qian's whim, whether it can be implemented Gao Lishi does not dare to say nonsense, take advantage of this opportunity to show Li Longji.

"Zhen Qian has a money bank in his hand, and he is usually responsible for exchanging some copper coins, but Luquan County is located in the east-west thoroughfare, and there are many Hu merchants who come and go, and it is inconvenient to identify gold and silver in transactions, so he launched this extremely exquisite gold and silver coins to participate in the transaction, which also saves the inconvenience of identifying gold and silver in frequent transactions!"

(End of chapter)