Gongsun Changming walked into Li Ze's general office with a volume of documents and sat directly opposite Li Ze. Li Ze looked up at him, and a smile appeared on his face.

Compared with the past, Gongsun Changming now looks much cleaner and tidy. His hair, which used to look messy, is now combed neatly, and his face is shaved cleanly. The sour smell that cannot be dissipated forever is now replaced by a faint fragrance of osmanthus. Although he is still so thin, his whole body looks much better.

"Mr. Gongsun, you are too much. You just got married so quickly. You didn't even invite anyone. If others don't say anything, I, you have to invite me to come in and have a drink?" Li Ze took the document from Gongsun Changming and joked: "Did you marry a woman too beautiful, and you are afraid that we will come in?"

Gongsun Changming said, "Look at what the Prime Minister said, the wife I married must have strictly checked the background. Even if you have not seen it personally, you must have seen it from the documents. You are just an ordinary farmer woman who can barely live up to her appearance, but she can still take on all the work at home."

"I can see it!" Li Ze said: "I heard from Tian Bo that Mr. Gongsun's house used to be a pig's nest, but now it finally looks like someone else. Look, you are not even a clean and refreshed city? It seems that life after marriage is quite satisfactory!"

"Don't be satisfied, not satisfied!" Gongsun Changming shook his head repeatedly: "It's too strict. I can tolerate anything else, but the medicine Yan Jiu prescribed for me is too bitter. I have to stare at me and drink it every day before I can stop. Oh, the old husband and young wife can only tolerate it."

Li Ze laughed: "Yan Jiu is for your own good. If you don't drink this medicine, how can you adjust your body? Look at your current complexion, this medicine is still very effective."

"It's not that the medicine is not good, but that little girl Yan Jiu clearly said on purpose. I'll go find Jin Yuan to re-prescription!" Gongsun Changming said angrily.

"A good medicine is good for the disease."

"I'm not sick!" Gongsun Changming hummed, "It's just that I'm a little weak."

"Okay, okay, it's up to you!" Li Ze picked up the document in front of him and turned a few pages, saying, "Zhang Jia, please build a city in Hetao. What do you think about this?"

"From a strategic perspective, it is good to build a city in Hetao." Gongsun Changming said: "We have not been able to do a smooth naturalization in the south and north of the desert. In the final analysis, there is still a decent central city that lacks a decent central city. The area is vast but the population is scattered, and the east and west surrender cities are too small. It is just a military market town. If we build a big city, in addition to increasing deterrence on the military, the penetration on the economy and culture will also be greatly accelerated."

Li Ze nodded.

"More importantly, Hetao is a treasure land. The Yellow River has many harms and only profits. It's just that it has left the Tang Dynasty's rule for too long, with many ethnic groups living in it, and the form is quite complex. The cohesion and naturalization ability of big cities are far from comparable to the east and west. Once built, with its core, the development of Hetao can greatly accelerate and make it a central area in the northwest. Together with Lingzhou, it can form greater suppression on Tubo, and, in addition, it can form strong support for the Western Regions and other places. Now our support for the Western Regions is too far away and the cost is too high."

"Anyway, are you supporting me?" Li Ze asked.

"The only problem I worry about is Zhang Jia's loyalty." Gongsun Changming smiled and said, "Now in the vast northwest area, except for Li Cunzhong from Lingzhou, Zhang Jia is the only senior official, and he can have an army of 40,000. Once this city is built, Zhang Jiake will have a foundation."

"You're thinking too much." Li Ze laughed: "There is indeed a 40,000 army under Zhang Jia's command, of which 60% of the officers are members of Yixing. The civil servant system there is 90% of them are members of Yixing. Not to mention Xu Ziyuan, who is responsible for transporting supplies to the northwest, is it. If Zhang Jia really wants to do something, I will keep him dead very quickly. He is not such a stupid person."

"I feel relieved, but there is a question, where does the money come from?" Gongsun Changming spread his hands and said, "This is not a small amount. Li Xiang, the founding of the city in Dezhou, has not yet fully competed for merit. Dezhou is in our hearts, and it is not expensive in terms of material transfer or personnel allocation. Moreover, after the founding of the city in Dezhou, he has a strong hematopoietic function, but if the construction of the city in Hetao, it will definitely not be possible to have such an effect in the early stage, so the cost is definitely quite large."

"There will definitely be difficulties in the economy, but from the overall perspective of the future, the benefits are many." Li Ze thought for a while and said, "You can write a brief description of this matter, and then find some time to gather everyone and discuss it together."

"How should Zhang Jia respond?"

"Let him do the preliminary work first." Li Ze said: "Only a few of his troops have the responsibility of sanctioning the party, the rest are idle. You can do some basic work first and let Guo Fengxiao, the Ministry of Works, send a team to the team. No matter what the final result is, these foundational work must be done well. Once the center makes up its mind, it can be spread out quickly."

After returning the document to Gongsun Changming, Li Ze leaned on the back of the chair, thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Xue Ping, you should be rendezvous with Yuan Chang and the others now?"

"It should be time. However, the Western Regions are far away and have not received accurate news yet." Gongsun Changming smiled and said, "Li Xiang doesn't have to worry about Xue Ping, this person has also been through strong winds and waves."

"Although this person has always been against me, I don't know why, I miss him quite a bit!" Li Ze said.

"In addition to being a little bit sensible, this person is still amazing in terms of character and ability to work." Gongsun Changming said: "Isn't Li Xiang driving him to the Western Regions also a care for him? I hope that he can see a longer-term vision in the process of fighting with foreign tribes."

"I hope."

Gongsun Changming stood up, took a few steps, but turned around: "Li Xiang, the way you talked about as an official with the students at Wuwei Academy a few days ago has been published in the newspaper. What a big article with flowers, this article will inevitably cause great shock to the officials in the world."

"I'm just talking about it in general, and the last person to write was Cao Zhang!" Li Ze said with a smile.

"The last signature is Li Xiang, you!" Gongsun Changming said: "Only in this way can there be a greater impact. I have heard that all departments and government agencies are discussing your article now! Wuyi is expensive at the time, and it has been printed three times in a row, and it is still hard to find a piece of paper. Not only are officials reading, students reading, but the people are reading, and now if you go to the teahouse on the street, what you hear is the correct discussion about how to be an official."

"Very good! This is the effect I need!" Li Ze smiled. "By the way, Mr. Gongsun, that night, Yang Kai and Cao Zhang talked about other things. I think the two of them should have a summary now. Go back and see if you want to come up with them, discuss with them, and see what else can be added."

"Where is what?" Gongsun Changming asked.

"You will know after reading it." Li Ze said: "Some immature ideas, but there is no complete idea yet, so I'll let the two of them discuss it first."

"It's not good for me to interfere in the matter of Yixing Society, right?" Gongsun Changming shook his head.

"Mr. Gongsun helped Zhang Zhongming resist the invasion of the Khitan tribe for more than ten years. I think that I will have my own unique ideas about my family and country. We need to brainstorm. After Mr. Zhang comes back, we must also think about how to integrate these with our long-standing culture. Where will vitality be stronger and the effect will be better in the future. This is to lay the foundation for the ages, and no matter how careful it is."

Hearing Li Ze say this, Gongsun Changming couldn't help but be moved, "Since that's the case, I'll go to find Yang Kai and Cao Zhang when I look back."

"You go busy!" Li Ze said: "Next, Xia He will bring a group of people from the Ministry of Revenue to meet me."

Zhang Xun walked in with a sample of the Tang Dynasty weekly newspaper in his hand, put the sample in front of Li Ze, and said, "Best Master, Doctor Yang and Cao Zhang both felt that a newspaper should be printed on the topic of how to become an official. This time, both of them wrote articles in person and invited a group of imperial officials to post articles to respond. This is a sample, and the officials have already reviewed it, so there is basically no problem."

Li Ze nodded, picked up the sample, read it, and said in surprise: "Hey, why are there any objection articles? Oh, it was written by Mr. Wang Duo, what does this mean?"

Zhang Xun smiled and said, "This is what Dr. Yang came to the door and invited him again and again. Only when Mr. Wang was willing to write it. Dr. Yang said that a one-sided voice alone is not enough. Only when there is debate and discussion can people be deeply impressed. Mr. Wang is highly respected, has a high status, and is sharp in writing. He is the best candidate."

"Old Wang is willing to write?"

"I heard that Dr. Yang promised to transfer Mr. Wang's eldest son to the Yixing Society headquarters to do business."

Li Ze laughed: "Yang Kai has invested a lot of money. He is not drinking, he is fishing! Mr. Wang opened his head and there will definitely be someone to contribute in the future. Let's take a look!"

Zhang Xun smiled but said nothing.

"Why do I think you look happy? Is there any happy event?"

"It's indeed a happy event." Zhang Xun said: "The Prime Minister gave me the mission of this newspaper, but he lost money every issue, selling one piece, losing one piece. The pens and inspections in the newspaper office, and the workers took less money than those working outside, and complained one by one, but this issue was a big profit. If there were such a good topic in each issue, that would be great."

"If you want to make money, there are many ways! Go back and ask Wang Mingyi and the others for advice on how to make money! Are you crying with a golden doll crying poor? How much can our newspaper sell in each issue now?"

"About ten thousand copies!"
Chapter completed!