Li Xiao told Wan Niang that she planned to buy two or three thousand acres of land in Baekje and build a large manor there. However, she did not get the support of Wan Niang. She thought it was similar to Lao Qian and she thought it was too risky to go overseas to buy land.

"Madam, this is what my husband thinks. The court wants to issue bonds. I plan to subscribe. The court uses Baekje land as collateral. I will borrow this land first."

The money was only about 3,000 yuan, and Li Xiaodi didn't want to buy less. He even wanted to earn some interest on the court bonds. He subscribed to the bonds, and then took the bonds to the court to mortgage them, and went to Baekje to redirect them to return.

"Husband, why bother with this? The interest rate for the court's bonds is definitely not high. Instead of subscribing to the court's bonds, it is better to use the money to lend to the people, and the interest rate is even higher." Nowadays, any wealthy landlord in wealthy families has not been engaged in lending.

The annual income is at least 100%. Who is unwilling to do such a transaction? There is no need to worry that the people have borrowed money and have no money to repay the land. If the land is gone, they can still sell their children and daughters as slaves these days. In short, this is a business that is sure to make a profit.

"The interest rate on the court bonds will definitely not be too high, but the account is not calculated in this way. Although the interest rate is high, the reputation is not good. If everyone can't afford it, it will be ineffective to force people to sell land and sell their wives. Besides, although Baekje is far away, the land is the most cost-effective now."

But no matter what Li Xiao said, Wanniang felt that spending millions to buy land in Baekje, where she was still fighting, was really a bit brain-wrenching.

Who can guarantee that the court will definitely conquer Baekje? Even if it can conquer, how much time will it take? How can it manage the profits in such a distance?

"It's better to buy cows." Wan Niang told Li Xiao that the 10,000 cows I bought before the New Year were kept free of charge in the people's homes, so they were well raised. After summer, the cows had already become fat, and some cows had already had cow cubs. "Now there are more than 100 cow cubs. After a year, these cattle will become big cows."

Liangyi Hall.

After often attending the morning court, the emperor summoned more than a dozen ministers summoned here.

In the hall, Li Zhi proposed to issue one million guan bonds to raise money for disaster relief and east conquest. He proposed the solution to discuss with Li Xiao, and proposed to grant Li Xiao the Wailang the branch of the Ministry of Revenue, responsible for the matter.

The result was unexpected, and several ministers expressed opposition.

They not only opposed the issuance of bonds, but also opposed Li Xiao and Du's subordinate Wailang.

Although there are only a dozen people in the palace, they are all important officials of the third and fourth ranks of the empire. The emperor has to pay attention to the opinions of these people.

Several people said that Li Xiao was too young, and as he spoke, he even vaguely made Li Xiao, a young man who had no political experience before, and continued to take charge of such an important yamen as the Corn Supervision.

The Minister of Revenue even directly proposed that the corn prison should be abolished.

Li Ji sat there silently, which was his usual style. He rarely spoke until he was necessary, even in the Political Affairs Hall.

Picking peaches is here, and Li Ji feels like a mirror in his heart.

When Li Xiaochu presented corn, although he said it was amazing, few people really believed it, but he just gave it a try.

Who would have thought that this corn really succeeded?

Everyone knows how great corn is, and the comprehensive implementation of corn can become a dazzling achievement.

The Sinong Temple naturally wanted to keep the corn supervision, but the Ministry of Revenue was shameless and wanted to divide the corn into their place to take care of it.

The other ministers, ministers and others also wanted to install their own people to take charge of the corn.

As for issuing bonds, no one pays attention to it.

Li Zhi was disappointed. He did not expect this situation and couldn't help but cough a few times.

"Tao Fu?"

At the critical moment, Li Zhi had to turn his attention to Li Ji, who was very prestigious after all. Although there is no prime minister in charge of the government affairs hall now, the system of preaching the pen and prime ministers is now in charge of the prime minister, and the prime ministers are in charge of the Central Secretariat, who is the most powerful among the three provinces of the court.

Li Ji cleared his throat.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that there is no need to do anything for two. Corn is offered by Li Xiao. He is most familiar with corn. Since he presided over the corn prison, the trial planting of corn is excellent. Next is a larger area of ​​trial planting of seeds, so that there will be enough seeds to fully implement the planting of corn next year. No one is more suitable to preside over this matter than Li Xiao."

Li Zhi nodded.

"That's about bonds?"

"The old minister thinks that issuing bonds is not undesirable, but it is of great importance. We should choose a steady official to be responsible for this matter. Li Xiao is young and secondly, he is also responsible for the corn supervision. Therefore, I think it is not suitable for him to preside over the presidency."

"But I have talked with Li Xiao about bond issuance, and his plan is very good." Li Zhi was a little unwilling to give up.

Unfortunately, Li Ji didn't support it.

"Although Li Xiao has made great contributions to the court, His Majesty cannot be appointed by him. Otherwise, if he suddenly becomes promoted, it is probably not good for Li Xiao."

If you are only twenty-one years old, you have to be a Yuanwailang. This is not an ordinary official. The doctor of the 24th Division of the Sixth Ministry of the Shangshu Province, the Yuanwailang, are all extremely important positions. Whoever is in his rank, isn't they all in their 40s and 50s? If you make a young man in his early twenties become a Yuanwailang, you have to take charge of such an important matter, what do you think of?

Isn’t this going to make Li Xiao the target of public criticism?

Then how can Li Xiao, a person who breaks the rules, stay in the court?

Everyone’s attitude just now was actually very obvious, and Li Ji was also for Li Xiao’s good.

The trees are fascinated by the forest, and the wind will destroy them.

Li Zhi felt very sorry for Li Xiao, so he would be promoted to Li Xiao as the Minister of the Duzhi. But now he can't force his superiors to these ministers, even Li Ji opposed it, so he had to think carefully.

But you can't speak without trust.

Li Zhi made a little embarrassed proposal to be appointed as the counselor of Li Xiao.

As a result, more people opposed it.

The Admiral is a fifth-rank official, especially the Admiral’s weight. I think Wei Zheng held this position and criticized the emperor at that time. It was because of the Admiral’s position that the Admiral’s position that the Admiral’s position, the Admiral’s position, and the attendants praised the ministers, and they could reject obviously unreasonable edicts.

The counselors were not only able to accompany the emperor, but also able to advise on gains and losses, and even reject unreasonable edicts. It is known that this is a very powerful official position, roughly similar to the Hanlin Bachelor of the Middle and Late Tang Dynasty, or the six subjects of the Ming Dynasty were won.

The sixth ranks of the Ming Dynasty were even lower in the middle and ranks of the seventh and eighth ranks, but they had extremely strong responsibilities and could compete with the Grand Secretary. Once these ranks of the ranks were transferred to other officials, if they were in Beijing, they would be the fourth rank, and if they were released, they would be the third rank. They could be promoted to the sixth and seventh level at once, but they were still unwilling to do so.

Because even if you are transferred to the local area to serve as a third rank, the power of affairs is far inferior to that of the power of affairs. As an official, the most important thing is not the rank, but the power of affairs.

Just as the ministers before refused to let Li Xiao join the Ministry of Revenue to serve as a Yuanwailang, Yuanwailang's power is not comparable to a small corn supervisor. The corn supervisor manages about a hundred people and a few test fields. And the Ministry of Revenue's branch assistant was to assist the doctor in managing the entire world.

Although the counselor is a fifth-ranked official, he can follow the emperor, contact the emperor at all times, and can directly talk to the emperor, let alone the power to refute unreasonable edicts.

To put it bluntly, the counselor is called the Prime Minister and the Internal Minister.

What kind of virtue is Li Xiao? Can he hold such an important and noble position?

"Your Majesty has given Li Xiaozhen a title to the county, which is enough to reward him for his contribution to corn." Li Yifu said sourly. He was the prime minister, but he only granted a title to Guangping County man, and he was still a false title. He is the emperor's secret residence Yuan Cong, and he had just helped the emperor drive away the elders such as Changsun Wuji. Li Xiao was just fortunate to enter, and a farmer in the field was really a title to be granted the county. What else would you do to let him down?

It is impossible for a subordinate to be a foreigner, and it is even more impossible for a counselor to advise the doctor!

"Then why should Li Xiao be the young minister of the Sinong Temple?"

Shaoqing is a fourth-rank official. Although the Nine Temples are not as good as the Sixth Division, why should Li Xiao be the Shaoqing? What qualifications are there? There are more people who oppose it?

In the end, Li Zhi could only sigh helplessly, "Okay, please discuss the issue of bonds."

Corn prison.

The corn has been collected and has been dried and removed.

As a supervisor, Li Xiao was granted official position and promoted to a title, so naturally he could not forget his subordinates.

Open the handful of hand-made noodles, put them into boiling water in the pot, put the bean sprouts in and add salt. When the water in the pot boils again, remove the noodles and bean sprouts.

Pass the cool water, drain the water and add it to a large bowl.

"Put the bowl." Li Xiao directed several Kunlun slaves to fight.

He put chopped green onions, sesame seeds, chili noodles and salt on the noodles.

After a long row of noodles in a large bowl were put into seasonings, he put the pot again and poured the cabbage moss oil. The cabbage moss is rapeseed. These purely pressed cabbage oil smelled very good.

Heat the oil in the pot and smoke slightly. Pick up the tablespoon, pour the hot oil into the noodle bowl, and pour it on top of the seasoning particles.

Hot oil into the bowl, and with a squeak, the fragrance dissipates.

"Come on, I will compensate the oil-splashed noodles made by our supervisor. This is the most authentic oil-splashed noodles in the Tang Dynasty."

As a supervisor, he personally made noodles for his subordinates, which was extremely rare. Even those dark Kunlun slaves had their share.

The best handmade noodles are as narrow as thin as straw after cooking. The red pepper noodles are sprinkled with hot oil, and mixed with the aroma of onion and sesame, which is so tempting.

One big bowl per person, and a big bowl can be filled with at least three kilograms of noodles.

Everyone in the Corn Supervisor, whether officials, officials, or Kunlun slaves, squatted in the yard with bowls and ate very enthusiastically.

"Everyone eat whatever you want, and after eating it, thank you for your hard work during this period. There will be rewards after eating noodles later!"

Everyone had long seen the tall copper coin boxes and silk piles piled up in the yard. The money was sold by Li Xiao after he was in charge of the corn prison and after growing watermelons and peppers in the Shayuan. Now Li Xiao wants to share them all with everyone.
Chapter completed!