Two days later, Li Yuanying welcomed Su Dalang who was in charge of tea affairs in the south.
These days the news spread slowly, and the news that tea was sold in the north did not reach the south, only some merchants from the north went south to buy tea one after another. Su Dalang seized the opportunity, and according to Li Yuanying's wishes, he took down all the tea mountains in the east and west of the south of the Yangtze River that could produce good tea.
The harvest of spring tea this year has been great. In order to facilitate transportation, in addition to being made into tea balls and tea powder for storage. Some people under Su Dalang figured out the method of frying tea, frying some inferior tea leaves.
This method of frying tea is much more convenient than the original method, and it consumes less and is easier to preserve. What's even better is that the tea brewed from this tea is still clear and beautiful, and it tastes special. It is quite different from the current method of making tea, and it can be said that each has its own advantages.
Su Dalang wrote to Li Yuanying about this matter two months ago, and Li Yuanying wrote to him asking him to reward the person who came up with the method of frying tea, and hurriedly made a batch of tea to promote it while the spring tea harvest was abundant. By the end of May, this year's "Thousand Gold Tea" will be sent to Luoyang and Chang'an one after another.
Meiniang was mainly in charge of Chang'an. The deployment of caravan personnel and the invitation of monks along the way were all discussed earlier. Meiniang methodically deployed personnel from all parties and took tea to Tubo and Tuyuhun along the established route.
On the Luoyang side, Li Yuanying solemnly met with Su Dalang, and explained the importance of tea trade to Su Dalang.
Over the past year or so, Su Dalang has been going smoothly, and he can straighten his back when he goes out, which is completely different from the hard days of running around selling tea in the first place.
Hearing Li Yuanying personally explain the benefits and disadvantages of tea trading to himself, and describe the prospect of selling tea to various tribes in Tubo and Turks, Su Dalang was very excited: "I would like to work for Your Highness! There are too many small people who can't do it, so take good care of these tea mountain small people." It's still possible."
Li Yuanying entrusted the matter of tea to Su Dalang, so naturally he would not treat him badly: "If you have sons or nephews, you can send them to Chang'an. I will find a job for them first, so that their children can also participate in the imperial examination in the future."
Su Dalang was overjoyed. There was a distinction between good and bad in the laws of the Tang Dynasty. The sons of craftsmen and merchants were not allowed to take the imperial examination, and even the good and bad were not allowed to marry each other. Li Yuanying allowed his sons and daughters to leave their business registrations, which undoubtedly gave the Su family a way to get rid of their business registrations and enter official careers.
Throughout the ages, almost all people hope that their children and grandchildren can shine in the lintel, with few exceptions.
Li Yuanying said: "The tea business may be difficult in the future, so don't be impatient. After a year or two, you will know how great the benefits of tea are."
Su Dalang nodded. He paused, then made a request hesitantly: "Xiaomin's adoptive sister has always had a heart problem, that is, Qiniang is getting older, if she stays in Wancui Tower for a long time, she will inevitably repeat her mistakes and be trapped in the trap forever. That place of fireworks. Your Highness, you have seen Qiniang before. With her appearance and intelligence, if she was born in an ordinary family, she should have made a good marriage by now. The righteous sister used to worry that Qiniang, a weak woman, would have nowhere to go. Go, now that I want to send my children to Beijing, I can recognize her as a foster daughter and buy a house for her to live with my children, I wonder if His Highness can help Qiniang get rid of her citizenship?"
Li Yuanying readily agreed: "There's nothing difficult, I'll get someone to do it for you quietly, and send him to the house you bought in advance."
Su Dalang thanked happily.
Li Yuanying explained everything about the tea, and then asked Dai Ting to write down the matter of Su Qiniang, and immediately helped Su Qiniang get out of the country after returning to Beijing.
Back in the palace, Li Yuanying heard from Li Zhi that His Majesty Li Er was blocked again. Today Wei Zheng and Chu Suiliang took turns admonishing His Majesty Li Er not to go to Mount Tai next year. His Majesty Li Er became sullen and didn't eat much for lunch.
Although when we talked about it two days ago, everyone more or less had a premonition that this matter might be pulled out and repeatedly complained, but His Majesty Li Er should be angry or angry: since he succeeded to the throne, he has been diligent in handling government affairs, almost all year round No rest, just relax while escaping the heat. As a result, every time Feng Chan was mentioned, Wei Zheng and the others chased and opposed him. Could it be that in their eyes, he was such a poor emperor that he was not worthy of Feng Taishan at all? Does everyone think that this divine punishment is really aimed at him
His Majesty Li Er didn't care much at first, but after being repeatedly persuaded by Wei Zheng and Chu Suiliang, he became more and more angry, so angry that he couldn't eat.
Li Yuanying heard this, and ran excitedly to see how his brother was angry. He gloated too much, and His Majesty Li Er threw an inkstone at him, causing him to slip away quickly. After returning, Li Yuanying and Li Zhi confirmed their observations: "You are right, your father is indeed very angry."
Li Zhi said: "You still go if you know!"
Li Yuanying said: "People have seven emotions and six desires, it is normal for the emperor to be angry, there is no need to make a fuss."
Li Zhi said dejectedly: "Didn't you say that the father should take good care of his body and not be angry all the time?" The last time the father fell ill, he was frightened.
Li Yuanying said: "It seems that you and the teacher learned the "Book of Filial Piety" for nothing, and you are quite filial." His Majesty Li Er once asked Xiao Deyan to explain the "Book of Filial Piety" to Li Zhi, and the results were remarkable, but at that time Li Yuanying only cared about it. , I have never met Xiao Deyan at all, and I have no chance to listen to the class. Li Yuanying pondered for a while, and then gave Li Zhi an idea, "Since you want to solve problems for Brother Huang, I can give you an idea."
Li Zhi hurriedly asked: "What idea?"
Li Yuanying said: "As far as I know, the theory of disasters and abnormalities was not popular before the Han Dynasty. Didn't these natural disasters not exist before the Han Dynasty?"
Li Zhi chewed on Li Yuanying's words, and put forward his own thoughts: "You mean to overthrow the theory of catastrophe?"
Li Yuanying had an expression of "children can be taught": "Before the Han Dynasty, these disasters were rarely associated with kings and courts, and there were still wise rulers such as Yao and Shun who could make the people live and work in peace and happiness. Since the Han Dynasty , Many people often use the warning from the sky to talk about things, but they have never seen them keep their country forever, have they been changed? Of course, if you want to say that it is because they did not obey the warning from the sky, then there is nothing to say." He and Li Zhi Express your own opinion, "If you want me to say, these are all made up by people, and they are just based on the warnings from the sky. Think about it, if there is a severe drought in the north and a bumper harvest in the south, is the sky satisfied or not? If we The grain harvested in the south was transported to the north, and the impact of the severe drought was quelled, so it was evened out?"
Li Zhi felt that Li Yuanying's ideas were too deviant, completely overturning his previous cognition.
Li Zhi said: "Although what you said is reasonable, others will not agree with what you said."
Li Yuanying said: "They don't agree, so let's convince them with reason. Didn't Xiao Li say that? He has checked all the records about Xingbo, you just need to ask him to have a look, and then look up the relevant classics, see See if the king of that year did anything, and if any major events happened that year, can you tell if this Xingbo is the so-called "scourge"? Even if it's useless, you can sort it out and write an article to submit Go up, your royal father will be happy too!"
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