Chapter 687 Important Departments
Jiang Lang felt a lot about the words of the third prince. Falling leaves return to their roots. In the original society, many people were displaced because of their wandering conditions. In the end, they tried every means to come back. Even if they died, they would die at the place where they were born. This is the so-called fallen leaves return to their roots. In fact, they also think that it is not here. Moreover, in this society, fallen leaves return to their roots, is it that simple?
That night, Jiang Lang and the third prince talked all night in the study, talking about the country to family, and talking about overseas, until the east turned white, the two realized that it was already dawn before they knew it.
At this time, the sound of knocking on the door was remembered, and Zhu Yuqi's voice came: "Father, my husband, it's time to go out for breakfast!"
Then, the door was pushed open, and the two maids walked in with basins and other things for washing clothes. Zhu Yuqi followed behind. Seeing the two, she smiled and said, "Your father-in-law and son-in-law have a lot of words. Why didn't I know before?"
At this time, the third prince took the wet towel handed over by his maid and smiled and said, "There is a saying that when you drink, you can talk about a thousand cups of wine and say less. My beloved son-in-law can be regarded as my confidant. If he is not my son-in-law, I think we can all become such friends who have forgotten their ages!"
Jiang Lang also smiled at this time: "As an official, my father can be regarded as my teacher. Now we are going to the ocean, so of course we have to ask for some advice."
Seeing the two of them praise each other, Zhu Yuqi, as her daughter, was the happiest. She smiled gently and said, "Look at you two, you have praised each other. No matter how praise you praise you, you still have to eat this meal. I have someone ready, so you come together. I said this all night and I guess I was tired, so my father went to rest well!"
"Why don't you want me to rest?"
Jiang Lang couldn't help but say strangely.
"Do you have time?"
Zhu Yuqi asked back, then handed over a thick stack of invitations and said, "I know you are leaving tomorrow. The ministers of the court sent someone to send invitations early this morning to give you a farewell ceremony. I counted and found that there were more than a dozen important officials from the court, and some of them had not come yet."
Jiang Lang did not answer for the time being, but after washing his face, he felt much more refreshed. He put down the towel and took the invitations. As expected, they were all invitations to invite him to the banquet, but he was only alone, so of course it was impossible for him to visit them all. After pondering for a moment, he said: "It is impossible for me to attend the banquet for these people. In this way, let me treat them to each other and invite these people separately!"
After saying that, he picked out a few of them and said, "Mr. Xu, Lord. Wu, Lord Xue, and Murong Fu, if you three are free, then go too. Call Murong Yan up at that time, so you can have a chat!"
The people Jiang Lang invited were one in charge of the taxation of the court, one in charge of the court's business, and the other in agriculture. As for Murong Fu, he is still the president of the Chamber of Commerce. In the past two years, relying on the Chamber of Commerce, the court has made a lot of money from overseas countries. Of course, these merchants have also filled the pots and pots.
"What about the rest of the adults?"
Zhu Yuqi asked at this time.
"Send someone to refuse!"
Jiang Lang said lightly, "This is also impossible. I have not divided the surgery. Some can participate, and some of them naturally cannot participate. This offend will offend. Anyway, I offend many people!"
"Give me the invitation!"
The third prince said at this time.
Jiang Lang immediately handed the invitation on it. After the third prince took it, he looked carefully and said, "You don't have time, but these people are also inconvenient to offend them. In this way, I will come forward to invite them. I believe they will give me face!"
Jiang Lang thought about it and said that this was also a good idea. He immediately wrote: "Then it will be a blessing for my father!"
The third prince laughed and waved his hand and said, "What's the point of thanking me? Okay, I'm hungry. I've asked about the fragrance of millet porridge. Why don't you go out and have a meal first!"
After breakfast, the third prince asked his servants to take Jiang Lang's invitations one by one to find the adults who sent the invitations. The first was to tell them that Jiang Lang's affairs could not come to the banquet, and the second was to invite them to the banquet. As the third prince said, he still had a great face, not to mention that he was Jiang Lang's father-in-law, so although these adults were a little unhappy, they still went to the banquet one by one.
Jiang Lang had time to take a little rest. After all, his body was not iron-clad, and he was a little sleepy when he stayed up late.
The house is still busy during the day, but Zhu Yuqi and Zi Yu's rooms have been cleaned up, so there is no problem with sleeping.
It was not until dusk that Jiang Lang was woken up, and then went to Uncle Long's restaurant. Zhu Yuqi and the other two went, and there were three little monkeys who were lively and could not be idle for the time being.
The status of women in ancient times was very low. Generally speaking, women who were not allowed to go to such drinking parties, but Jiang Lang didn't care about this. Of course, he brought his three wives with him. In the invitation, Jiang Lang also wrote clearly that the adults and their wives, as for the wife you brought, that's your business, but the meal was not on the same table. After all, Jiang Lang and others might have to talk about some things in the court, and it would be somewhat inconvenient to have them.
When Jiang Lang and others arrived, the rest of the people had already arrived at this time. When they learned that Jiang Lang was coming, they all stood in the corridor. When they saw Jiang Lang coming, they bowed together and said, "Mr. Wang!"
There is only one exception, that is, Murong Yan. She always called Jiang Lang and Brother Wang. Jiang Lang didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but instead felt more friendly.
After politely speaking, Zhu Yuqi and others went to the room next to them, where a banquet was also prepared.
Jiang Lang has a very high status. These people were somewhat flattered when invited. They sat upright. When they first entered, the atmosphere was somewhat restrained.
Jiang Lang smiled faintly and said, "I will invite a few adults tonight. That's to thank everyone, so everyone doesn't have to be too reserved. We just treat it as good friends, gather together, have dinner, and chat!"
Jiang Lang said this, and these adults were a little excited. Then the master said, "Mr. Wang, you are so kind. You see, you are leaving tomorrow. It should be our banquet for you, but now...!"
Jiang Lang waved his hand and smiled and said, "We are all officials in the same court and colleagues. There is no problem of whoever invites whom. And because I am leaving tomorrow, some things in the court are somewhat unwilling to let go, and the positions of several people are related to the rise and fall of the court, so I invited everyone with shamelessness. Well, it can be said that this drunkard is not in the bar!"
"Mr. Wang, please be polite!"
Lord Wu immediately said, "Mr. Wang worked hard for the court and the people. How could you not know? He also felt deeply loyal to you. I don't know what you ordered. You must do your best!"
Jiang Lang laughed and said, "Of course I dare not give the orders. I just wanted to explain some words to the adults before leaving. But now we won't say them. If we eat and drink, it's not too late for us to say them."
After saying that, he raised his cup first and said, "Come on, have a drink first!"
The rest of the people raised their glasses together.
For a moment, the guests and hosts were happy.
After three rounds of wine, I felt that everyone had almost drunk and had almost eaten. Then Lord Wu said, "I said there was something wrong before, so I would like to ask you for advice. Please listen carefully!"
Jiang Lang nodded slightly, turned his head to look at Lord Xu, and then said, "Then I will talk about it step by step. Let me talk about Lord Xu first. Lord Xu controls the food production across the country. This is related to the stability of the court. If there are no hungry people in the world, there will be no opposition people in the world, and the world will be stable. So Lord Xu, the burden on your shoulders is the heaviest."
Lord Xu immediately said: "For the court and the people, even if you devote your whole life, you will be fine until you die!"
Jiang Lang smiled slightly and said, "Sir Xu, now you have to leave your life and cannot die. Although the people of our Ming Dynasty have already had enough food in the past few years, we still have to see that the people in some places are still very poor. They are also people of the court, and we cannot ignore them. So I hope you can send people to collect this information across the country as soon as possible, and then send people to help them. In a few years, we will no longer have the situation of frozen bones on the road in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, our food now has room for improvement, and it is very large, such as planting methods and seed improvement.
It greatly increases the output, so I hope you will find another way to select talents in all parts of the country and major regions. Whether they are ordinary people or anything else, as long as they can increase grain production, we can use it. Even if it is a death row prisoner, we can make him commit crimes and make meritorious service. If there are any good methods in other regions, we must promote them more. If these involve investment in funds, don’t be stingy. If you should spend money, then spend what you should spend. But one thing is to be selective and avoid blindness. Of course, you can encourage the general public to innovate themselves. If they invent any good methods, the court can verify them correctly, and you can give rewards!"
Speaking of this, Jiang Lang sighed: "Agriculture is the foundation of the country, so Lord Xu, you have a lot of burden!"
Lord Xu immediately bowed and said, "As Lord Wang said, there will be no hungry people in the world, and there will be no opposition people in the world. I have already remembered this sentence firmly, please rest assured Lord Wang!"
Jiang Lang nodded and said, "From the situation in recent years, I am of course very relieved to Lord Xu, so I have entrusted such an important matter to you!"
Chapter completed!