Chapter 682 The bright moon sacrifices to the sky, and the stars gather!
Ma Hong looked calm and asked, "This last type of person must be the Xiguan family?"
"Mr. Master of the Ministry!" Chu Huan bowed: "Although the Xiguan family is now in a down-and-out situation, countless pairs of eyes in the world are also staring at the northwest. We must be cautious when dealing with them!"
"What should Lord Chu do if he thinks it should be done?"
"The Northwest Heroes have put forward their own ideas. The premise for them to enter Xiguan is that the Xiguandao family cannot take out grains." Chu Huan said slowly: "If the Xiguandao family has the ability to take out grains, the Northwest Heroes will not enter Xiguan easily."
"Absurd!" Ma Hong couldn't help saying: "The rich people of Xiguandao themselves cannot protect themselves. Not to mention the grains that have been restored, they are afraid that they can't even save their own food."
"What the master of the tribe said is, but this situation is not a bad thing." Chu Huan smiled and said, "The court will naturally issue this order. Regardless of whether the rich families in Xiguan Road have food or not, the court has given them a chance, and it will give them some explanation to the people of the world. If they really can't produce grain, the court can also issue an order. If the rich families in the northwest choose the rich families in Xiguan Road to cultivate the land, they will also provide appropriate compensation every year. For example, providing some food for life will not have to be too large. However, people in the world will always feel that the court is also kind to the rich families in Xiguan Road!"
Lang Wuxu nodded and said, "Mr. Chu has a good idea. I gave some compensation to the Xiguan family, so I sealed my mouth and saved people from saying that the land deeds in the hands of the Xiguan family were all useless documents."
Ma Hong stared at Chu Huan and smiled and said, "It seems that Lord Chu is confident in everything, and he has planned it long ago."
"This is also a random thought for the officials. I didn't dare to talk nonsense. But today, the master of the Ministry of Justice asked us to speak freely and express our thoughts. Chu Huan took the initiative to say that if there is anything wrong, I hope the master of the Ministry of Justice will forgive me!" Chu Huan bowed and smiled.
"What's wrong?" Ma Hong said: "I think it's very appropriate. Lord Chu, what you said just now, it's better to write a memorial and turn around and hand it over with Lord Lang's memorial."
Chu Huan said, "Sir, obey the order!"
Ma Hong then stood up, stretched his waist, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "By the way, Lord Chu, you just said you wanted to give the Xiguan nobles a chance. How long do you want to raise food for them?"
Chu Huan laughed and said, "Actually, Xiaguan feels that even if he gives them three or five years, they may not be able to raise food. However, since they are for the people of the world, they still have to give them some time."
Ma Hong said: "In two months, winter will begin. After the cold winter, it will start to farm. This time is very urgent. If the Northwest Heroes enter Xiguan, there will be a big stall in between. The department and the court will still send people to regulate the number of nuclear grain. When the Northwest Heroes enter Xiguan, they will also look at the geodesics, and also prepare ploughing tools. Every stall is time-consuming. Whether it is the grain of the Northwest Heroes or the grain of Xiguan Heroes, they cannot delay the spring planting next year." After a pause, he said: "I can see that I can give the Xiguan Heroes a month. If they have the ability, they will let them raise grain. If they are not able to do so, it is no wonder the court!"
Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I have estimated that there should be about five months before spring seedlings. Even if the northwest wealthy tribes are geodesic and prepare tiller tools for spring seedlings, as long as there is no big problem, it will be enough at most two months. In other words, even if the Xiguan wealthy tribes cannot raise grain within three months, after three months, the northwest wealthy tribes still have enough time to prepare spring seedlings."
"Three months?" Ma Hong smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, you are joking. According to your opinion, the northwest and the upper and lower classes will not do anything in the next three months, and just wait for the Xiguan family to raise grain and plant crops. Then after three months, the Xiguan family will not be able to take out anything. Only then will the northwest and the upper and lower classes start preparing spring crops?"
"Of course there will be no things to do." Chu Huan said: "There are many people in the northwest. When the wealthy families in the northwest should take out some of the grain, open a porridge factory, and help the victims. As for geodetics, whether it is the grain of the wealthy families in the northwest or the grain of the wealthy families in the west, they can start to do geodetics immediately. The officials heard that many wealthy families in the northwest concealed the real estate and stolen taxes. Although our Ministry of Revenue has a farmland area in the northwest, the actual farmland area in the northwest is much higher than the ones in the archives. This time, it was just a good opportunity to take a good calculation of the farmland in the northwest, so that the court could know it."
Ma Hong opened his mouth and looked at Chu Huan with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He slowly sat down and said, "I will discuss this for the northwest matter today. I will deal with it after I meet with the emperor and report it."
Chu Huan and Lang Wuxu both got up and said goodbye to go out.
After leaving the door, Lang Wuxu approached Chu Huan and sighed, "Mr. Chu, I'm going to say that you have been promoted to the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue less than a year after entering the capital. Don't say that there is no precedent in this dynasty, I'm afraid that the previous dynasty was rare. In fact, I still feel that Lord Chu's promotion is too fast and has the merits of His Highness the King of Qi. Today, it seems that Lord Chu can have the status today, but this is because Master Chu has outstanding talents and a wise eye to recognize people!"
Chu Huan laughed and said, "Mr. Lang is over-reputable."
In addition to the tribe courtyard, the sky was already dark. Lang Wuxu smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, you just came back today. Why not visit the humble house? I'll welcome you!"
Chu Huan shook his head and smiled, "You are polite, Lord Lang. It is precisely because I just returned to Beijing today and the mansion has not been cleaned up yet. I really can't bother you tonight, I can only have another day."
"Can you still need Lord Chu in the mansion to clean up?" Lang Wuxu said in surprise, and then said, "I also heard that Lord Chu lives a frugal life, and there are no servants waiting for him. If Lord Chu does not dislike him, there will be many clever and well-behaved maids and servants in my mansion. I will let them go to serve Lord Chu tonight."
"How dare you?" Chu Huan waved his hand quickly, but he was thinking in his heart that whoever came from your mansion would become your eyes and ears would appear grateful, "I will go back and buy some maids and servants, how dare I take away the beauty of others."
Lang Wuxu laughed and said, "Mr. Chu is so polite. Do you still need to be polite between you and me?" After thinking for a while, he said, "Mr. Chu, I know that there is a market in the capital, which often has some good things. I will accompany you to take a look now and buy a few good maids and servants who are satisfied and go back to listen."
Chu Huan refused: "How can this be so troublesome..."
"Brother Chu, are you really not giving your brother a little face?" Lang Wuxu sighed: "Although my brother's old face is not worth a lot of money, I still hope that Brother Chu can give me some thin face. The market is not far away. We took the car to pick up the servants, which is also considered as the old brother doing his best for you." He pulled Chu Huan's arm and said, "Let's go now."
Chu Huan knew that Lang Wuxu was seizing every opportunity and was close to him. His purpose was nothing more than to add an ally in the Ministry of Revenue. After a major change in the Ministry of Revenue, although not all officials were wiped out, Hu Bufan's party was cleared out at the beginning. Lang Wuxu was in the Ministry of Revenue, and he was alone in the Ministry of Revenue.
Of course he wanted to capture Chu Huan, an ally.
Chu Huan was of course very disgusted with Lang Wuxu's character, but he knew very well that Lang Wuxu was still very useful to him now. At least he was close to such a person, which was much more beneficial than becoming an enemy with him. In the Ministry of Revenue, Ma Hong has already installed many confidants in the Ministry of Revenue. Although Ma Hong has not been in charge of the Ministry of Revenue for a long time, he has formed a force in the Ministry of Revenue.
Chu Huan knew very well that in Ma Hong's eyes, Lang Wuxu was still a member of Duke An Guo, while Chu Huan himself was a member of King Qi. Whether it was Duke An Guo or King Qi, Ma Hong would not offend him on the surface. With Ma Hong's current status and strength in the Ministry of Revenue, if he dealt with Chu Huan or Lang Wuxu alone, he would have the upper hand and control the Ministry of Revenue. On the contrary, if Chu Huan joined forces with Lang Wuxu, Ma Hong had to weigh the weight.
Lang Wuxu understood this, and Chu Huan also understood this. Today, the three of them discussed the matter. At first, Ma Hong was targeting Lang Wuxu, but later, his position was different, so Lang Wuxu was quite consciously approaching Chu Huan.
Chu Huan really didn't want to be clearly distinguished from Lang Wuxu at this time. Lang Wuxu was in a passionate manner, and Chu Huan was not willing to refuse at the moment.
Logically speaking, Lang Wuxu and Chu Huan were the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. They were already a very high-ranking person in the empire. If you buy some maids, you can't use these two people to go into battle. Lang Wuxu was so enthusiastic that he was just taking this opportunity to deepen the relationship between the two.
Of course, Chu Huan would not go to buy a servant with Lang Wuxu in his official robe. The two changed into casual clothes and took the same carriage to the market that Lang Wuxu mentioned. After a short moment, Lang Wuxu lifted the window and looked away. Seeing that it was far away from the yamen, he was just now approaching Chu Huan and said in a low voice: "Brother Chu, you saw it today. Our master of the ministry has contributed a lot to the wealthy families in the northwest!"
Chu Huan laughed silently and said, "Master Takashi may really be knowledgeable and considers state affairs."
Lang Wuxu shook his head and said, "I have heard from people secretly mention that some representatives of the Northwest tyrants have come to the capital city secretly and bribed many important officials in the capital. The second tyrants of the North Mountain Tianshan Mountain were determined to enter Xiguan." He sighed softly: "The people in the Northwest are rebellious and arrogant, and they are full of wildness. If those tyrants flocked to Xiguan, the strength of many tyrants must have increased greatly. If the strength of this tyrant is too strong, it will be of no benefit to the empire!"
Chu Huan nodded slightly, and Lang Wuxu said again: "I really hope that the wealthy families in Xiguan Road can raise food, but... hehe, that's just a whim!"
Chu Huan smiled and asked, "Mr. Lang, I heard that the ceremony of the Heaven Sacrifice of Tongtian Palace will be held soon. It seems that all officials from the three provinces and six ministries will be present?"
"Yes." Lang Wuxu nodded and said, "Tongtian Palace has been completed. This is the Taoist temple for the priest to practice Taoism. I heard that sacrifice to heaven is to borrow more spiritual energy from heaven, so that the priest can become the body of the great saint as soon as possible. The priest attaches great importance to this ceremony of sacrifice to heaven. When the Xue tribe of the Ministry of Rites was unable to return, the priest ordered Duke An to be responsible for preparing the ceremony of offering sacrifice to heaven in the Tongtian Palace, and even issued an order to order officials of the three provinces and six ministries to participate in the ceremony of offering sacrifice to heaven in the Tongtian Palace for twenty-two this month." He lowered his voice, "I heard that this is the proposal of Xuanzhen Dao Sect. Xuanzhen Dao Sect said that the priest is a bright moon, and the officials of the three provinces and six ministries are all the stars that assist the bright moon. The bright moon sacrifices the sky, and the stars gather. If there is no one, it is a lack of celestial phenomena, which is unlucky!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "In this way, we have all become stars in the sky!"
Chapter completed!