Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1325 Planning is not as fast as change

Li Xiaogong waved his hands with a smile, sat down straight away, and asked with a smile: "This is a brave man, do you think Erlang will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing? Then Lu Dongzan was already terrified of being threatened and frightened by you, so he said goodbye in a hurry. Then return to Tubo, this matter is wonderful!"

He knew that Fang Jun might be dissatisfied with Lu Dongzan's acceptance of Lu Dongzan's favor and introduction, so he took the initiative to be open and honest, trying to eliminate this influence.After all, he is not only optimistic about Fang Jun's future, but both also have such hugely profitable deals as Jiangnan Shipyard.

It's just that he loves money, and he can't turn his eyes away when he sees the treasures enshrined by Lu Dong...

I also regretted it afterwards.

Fang Jun shook his head with a smile: "It's hard to be elegant, and the king of the county praised it."

Li Hui smiled from the side and said, "Why should Erlang belittle himself? Your compliment to Ludong has already spread in the court. It is said that if Erlang is the secretary of the Honghe Temple, all the officials of the Honghe Temple will want it." Please resign from Shangshu, hehe!"

Fang Jun smiled and waved his hands, but did not refuse again.

The maid served the tea, Li Xiaogong signaled Fang Jun to drink it, and took a sip from the teacup himself, raised his eyes and asked, "Erlang came here in the rain, what's the big deal?"

Fang Jun didn't drink tea, and his expression was a little dull: "It's not a big deal, but we were put together by that old guy Dou Jing."

Li Xiaogong raised his thick eyebrows: "Oh?"

Fang Jun then detailed the conclusions he guessed based on the words of the officials of Sinong Temple.

Li Xiaogong was furious immediately: "What a Dou Jing, this is insulting my old age, who can no longer hold a sword or kill people? It's just too deceitful!"

He is greedy for money, but he is definitely not a fool.

Although it is his nature to be greedy for money, he has infinitely expanded this nature into a means of "self-defilement" to eliminate His Majesty Li Er's suspicion, but he also knows that relying on this method alone may not be able to keep the county palace forever rich.

So he needs other amulets...

And compiling "Nongshu" is the best way he can think of to "raise hope"!
Food is the most important thing for the people, and there is no stability without agriculture. For the Tang Empire, nothing can stabilize the country more than the development of agriculture.What kind of prestige is it to compile a "Book of Agriculture" so that all the people in the world will work in accordance with the regulations of the "Book of Agriculture" in the future?
On the one hand, he is greedy for money to defile himself, and on the other hand, he has the prestige of "Nongshu", which seems contradictory, but in fact, the two deductions can make the county king's mansion an indestructible body!
Take a look, Your Majesty, I am greedy for money and have ruined my reputation, but I am still willing to spend huge sums of money to compile "Nongshu". Is there any loyal courtier who cares more about the country and the people than me?
If you want to attack me, you are ashamed...

But now, he was slapped by Dou Jing of Sinong Temple?
Lee Hyo-gong is furious!

I am busy at home all day long with "self-staining" reputation, and I honestly act as a "mascot" for His Majesty Li Er. How come you all forget the prestige of Lao Tzu's invincible victory over the three armies?

"The old thief is abominable!"

Li Xiaogong took the case angrily, and scolded: "Really, if he bears the surname of a descendant, he has become a great person? Erlang, you just sit on the sidelines, and I will take care of it myself! That Dou Jing really doesn't know how to advance or retreat. , he doesn’t want to give him face, then don’t blame me for being unruly!”

Fang Jun shook his head: "The king calm down, why bother to have the same knowledge as him? It's better to have a long-term plan on this matter."

Compiling the "Agricultural Book" is a huge project, involving countless manpower and material resources. It is a cumbersome task to simply gather officials who are proficient in farming from all over the world. Only the Sinong Temple can get twice the result with half the effort.

Dou Jing was certainly hateful, but if she followed Li Xiaogong's temper and hit the door, I'm afraid she would end the matter to death.Although Sinongqing's official position is not obvious, Dou Jing is also His Majesty Li Er's mother clan after all, and he is very favored by Li Er Majesty, so it is not good to be too stiff.

Li Xiaogong waved his hands with a serious face: "Erlang doesn't need to get involved in this matter, the king will care about it with Dou Jing. If you don't come up with some means, don't all the civil and military people in the court think that the king is a tiger that has lost its teeth, as good as a sick cat." Bullying? Damn! When the king led the army to fight, Dou Jing was in Taiyuan, and he had some friendship and cooperated happily with each other. Now he dares to discredit the king? It's just arrogant!"

Fang Jun was speechless.

For the nobles, the sky and the earth are big, and there is no face.

It's okay for you to make me suffer, but you and I will admit it; but if you don't give me face in such a blatant way, then you can't bear it!

Come on, even if I want to persuade him, I can't persuade him, so I just let him go...

While talking to himself, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, the door was opened, and a gust of wind mixed with a cloud of rain poured in through the open door.

The person who came was the steward of the county prince's mansion, he first saluted Fang Jun, and then said to Li Xiaogong: "My lord, just now the Dou family sent an obituary, saying that Si Nongqing Dou Jing passed away due to illness..."

All three people in the room were stunned.

What a coincidence?

Just now I was still discussing how to deal with this Dou Jing, but in the blink of an eye, all the mourners came...

Really plans are not as fast as changes.

Fang Jun glanced at Li Xiaogong, got up and said: "My father has been ill recently, his health is very inconvenient, and my brother is away on a study trip and is not in Guanzhong. The younger generation will go back to the residence first, and I am afraid that I will go to Dou's house to express my condolences instead of my father."

Dou Jing served two generations of emperors and was an old minister in the court. Although Fang Xuanling and Fang Xuanling were not close, their contacts with each other had never been cut off.On the day Fang Jun got married, Dou Jing also went to Fangfu to congratulate her. Now that Dou Jing passed away, Fangfu must go to condolences.

Li Hui also got up, heard Li Xiaogong's furious look just now, and said to Li Xiaogong: "Why don't you let the child go to Dou's house to express condolences."

The Dou family is the mother family of His Majesty Li Er, and they are serious relatives with the Li family, how could the Hejian County Prince's Mansion not go to offer condolences?But just now Li Xiaogong was still scolding Dou Jing angrily, in Li Hui's view, he might not be in the mood to go to Dou's house right now...

Li Xiaogong glared at his son and scolded: "Fool! I am really angry with Dou Jing for her filthy behavior for my father, but the dead is a big one, how can I be so narrow-minded? I don't need you, go to mourn for my father! Erlang, you go first One step, the king will arrive soon."

"Here."

Fang Jun responded, said goodbye to Li Hui who was full of embarrassment, and turned to leave the flower hall.

The second child of Li Xiaogong's family is indeed a bit stupid...

Even if Li Xiaogong hates Dou Jing so much, now that Dou Jing is dead, how could he show such anger?The dead are the big ones, if you don't even have such a little heart, what will the outside world think?Furthermore, Dou Jing is also a child of His Majesty Li Er's mother's family, the Dou family, if you, Li Xiaogong, don't go to offer condolences in person, how will His Majesty Li Er see you?
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Coming out of the county prince's mansion, the carriage ran quickly on the empty long street, and the horseshoes trampled on the stagnant water and splashed everywhere.The original drizzle has become a pouring trend, and the rainwater gathers on the bluestone street, winding into a stream, flowing towards the low-lying places.

Fortunately, the drainage facilities had been re-laid and the sewers dredged in the long depressions in Chang'an City years ago. Although the rain was heavy, there was no waterlogging for a while.

Back at Fangfu, Fang Jun went straight to Fang Xuanling's study.

Fang Xuanling caught wind and cold in the past few days, his body was sore, his nose was runny and tears were pouring, so he complained of illness and stayed at home and did not go to court.Not long after the mourner from Dou’s family left, Fang Jun went inside to ask for instructions, but Fang Xuanling wanted to go to Dou’s family to express his condolences. After all, he had worked with Dou Jing for decades, and he still had a bond of affection. A consolation.

But how can Mrs. Lu agree to this heavy rain?

Regarding Lu's objection, Fang Xuanling never objected, and the objection was invalid...

The eldest son Fang Yizhi did not return after studying abroad, so naturally Fang Jun had to go instead of Fang Xuanling.Simply put, Fang Jun is now a dignified second-rank Jing Zhaoyin and the son-in-law of the emperor. Regardless of his status or official position, he is fully qualified to replace Fang Xuanling, and the Dou family will not feel slighted.

Fang Jun took the order and went back to the back house to look at the two baby boys.The two children were placed in the baby basket, the eldest was spitting bubbles obediently, and the second was trying to put his feet in his mouth... Seeing Fang Jun, the two babies started crying and wanting to be hugged .

Fang Jun was so happy that his heart was dripping with honey, but he just came back from the outside, his body was cold, how dare he hug his son?
I had to call the nurse to feed me...

Changing into plain navy blue clothes, Fang Jun left home in a hurry, took a carriage and went straight to Dou's house just across the street.

(End of this chapter)