My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chang An smiled and said, "It's not really a suggestion, it's just my idea."

"Because the powerful children in Chang'an, including their fathers, may have entered the official career through imperial favor. Not many people want to study in the Imperial Academy and take the imperial examination. It's OK to move out, and some resources can be left to cultivate talents from outside."

"And the talents from outside, no matter how good they are, are much better than those children of power. Wouldn't it be wonderful to use the resources for training dude to train useful people?"

At this time, Gu Li seemed to realize that the topic of the two people had changed and that it was not appropriate for him to stay here, so he stood up and said, "Chang Lang, you can chat with Prime Minister Yuan. I will go back to the room."

"Okay." Chang An gently stroked Gu Li's face, then handed her the pastries sent by Yuan Qianyao, and watched her return to the house.

Yuan Qianyao seemed to be thinking about something, twisting his beard, and said, "What you said makes sense, but no one dares to do this."

"But Prime Minister Yuan has done it now." Chang An turned around, smiled at Yuan Qianyao and said.

Yuan Qianyao was stunned for a moment and said, "But..."

Before he could finish his words, Chang An raised his hand to interrupt him and said, "I wonder how far your majesty has adopted Prime Minister Yuan's memorial?"

"It's just that the ministers followed suit, and there were no other major moves."

"Then please ask Prime Minister Yuan to raise this matter in the court at the right time. And say that the purpose of your son's affairs is to build momentum to recruit talents from all over the world. In this way, the matter of recruiting talents will be justified. Then ask the current emperor to issue an edict to order the son who was sent abroad to serve as a local official to benefit the local people."

"In this way, the government will benefit, the local areas will be blessed, and our Tang Dynasty will prosper both inside and outside. Isn't this the best of both worlds?" Chang An said at this time.

Yuan Qianyao began to think about these words and calculated how feasible they were. In the end, he found that this matter was not only feasible, but also very feasible.

"I remember that the governance of evil money was also a plan proposed by Marquis Dingkang, right?" Yuan Qianyao suddenly asked.

"good."

"That's a really good trick. You are really a young man to be feared." Yuan Qianyao said, "I have to say, talking to you, Marquis Dingkang, is like an epiphany. You are really clear-headed."

He really didn't expect that he would be led by a young man to talk, which was not a big deal. What was more important was that when the two of them were discussing the topic, he was obviously the master of the topic, but he was guided by the young man in front of him.

"But there is still one concern. That is, where should we select the talents to enter Chang'an City?" Yuan Qianyao simply put aside his airs as prime minister and asked again.

Chang An said: "Now that the evil money issue has been resolved, most of the evil money has been found and severely punished. In order to prevent the evil money issue from making a comeback, His Majesty has also sent out a number of supervisory censors to eradicate it."

"As long as Prime Minister Yuan finds a time to bring up this matter, His Majesty will definitely issue an additional decree, asking the censors in various places who are investigating the illegal money to check if there are any talented people. If there are any, they should submit them together. There might even be a reward. Who wouldn't do it?"

Yuan Qianyao immediately understood and said, "This is truly a brilliant move. If I tell His Majesty about this, His Majesty will definitely reward you handsomely, Marquis Dingkang."

Upon hearing about the huge reward, Chang An broke out in a cold sweat and quickly said, "No, no, no, Prime Minister Yuan, please don't mention me."

Yuan Qianyao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why don't you mention it? This is your credit, Marquis Dingkang."

"Prime Minister Yuan, please don't mention it. This is just your achievement." Chang An was very flustered. This really surprised Yuan Qianyao.

This is the first time I see someone not asking for a reward.

Of course Chang An doesn't want it. What if our Emperor Xuanzong suddenly decides to appoint another Princess Yongmu or Princess Changfen to replace Gu Li? That would be a problem. Last time, many people begged for mercy. Good luck the first time doesn't mean good luck the second time. You want to live after slapping the royal family twice in a row?

Stop dreaming!

Yuan Qianyao looked somewhat relieved, and finally nodded, saying, "Then I won't mention Marquis Dingkang, but I feel bad for taking all the credit."

"Well, I promise you that if Zhang Jiazhen embarrasses Marquis Dingkang in the future, I will definitely protect you."

Such a deal is not bad, because Zhang Jiazhen’s “difficulties” may be in various aspects, and having another person of equal strength to help will make him safer.

So Chang An nodded and agreed: "Then it's settled."

Yuan Qianyao nodded and said, "I would like to make friends with you, Marquis Dingkang. If there are any unclear matters in the future, we can come here to discuss them."

Chang An of course understood what Yuan Qianyao meant, so he said, "My name is Chang An, my courtesy name is Yonghe, and my wife's surname is Gu. If Master Yuan doesn't mind, you can just call me Chang Yonghe."

This kind of address is not a polite address. If you can address someone like this, you are usually considered friends. Yuan Qianyao nodded and said, "That's great."

"Now that we've reached an agreement, I'll call my wife out." Chang An said. Yuan Qianyao nodded, then he turned around, opened the door, went into the house, and brought Gu Li out.

As soon as the two of them walked out, the doorman came in and said, "My Lord, Madam, Mr. Fang Yi is here."

"Please come in." Chang An felt a little helpless at this time, but still gave the order.

Then, he took Gu Li's hand and sat down, while Yuan Qianyao picked up Chang An's collection of poems and read it briefly.

When Fang Yi came in, he was holding a basket in his hand. When he saw Yuan Qianyao, who was wearing a purple official robe, he was obviously stunned for a moment. He shifted his gaze to Chang An and Gu Li, obviously wanting them to explain.

Chang An then extended his hand and explained: "This is one of the two prime ministers of the dynasty, Prime Minister Yuan."

Fang Yi quickly put the things on the table and said to Gu Li, "Li'er, this is the oatmeal I brought to you."

Then he bowed and greeted Yuan Qianyao: "I greet Prime Minister Yuan."

"Who are you and where do you work?" When Yuan Qianyao saw Fang Yi bringing something to give to Gu Li, he thought that he was an official from some family who wanted to curry favor with Chang An.

Fang Yi was stunned for a moment, and said: "I am not a master, just a businessman."

Yuan Qianyao said "Oh", and Gu Li quickly explained: "Prime Minister Yuan..."

"Hey, Madam Gu, you can just call me Master Yuan." Yuan Qianyao interrupted Gu Li.

Gu Li was stunned for a moment before organizing his words again and said, "Yuan... Elder Yuan, this person is actually my childhood friend. He just returned to Chang'an City to stay for a few days in the past two days."

"I see."

Yuan Qianyao understood the relationship between the three people, but now it was Fang Yi's turn not to understand - this was the Prime Minister, and yet he was so close to Gu Li.

"I'm sorry, my dear, I made a mistake with you." Yuan Qianyao said apologetically, "It's just that nowadays, many people want to get close to Mr. Chang through Madam Gu, so please don't be offended."

Chang An smiled and said, "Master Yuan is here for the first time today, why do you say that?"

"It's not anything else, it's just because I have also inquired about it. My dear Chang, the person you value most is Madam Gu." Yuan Qianyao explained.

"As the saying goes, give people what they like. Now that you are a marquis, naturally there are many people who want to get close to you. But instead of giving you gifts, they might as well choose to become familiar with Madam Gu and curry favor with her."

Fang Yi understood what Yuan Qianyao said at this time, and he also learned from what he had heard yesterday that Chang An was well-known in Chang'an City for doting on his wife. Now those who wanted to curry favor with him would not go directly to Chang An, but to Gu Li, which was enough to highlight how good Chang An was to Gu Li.

If Chang An had loved Gu Li a little more, this situation would not have happened.

"We're still having hotpot for lunch today. Why don't you stay for lunch with me, Mr. Yuan?"

Chang An originally didn't want to arrange hot pot for lunch, because eating too much might not be good for Xiaoguai, but there were guests coming, and this was the best treat he could think of at the moment.

"Hot pot?" Yuan Qianyao seemed to have heard of this word somewhere, and after a little thought he remembered it -

This morning, when I said I wanted to come to Pingchang'an after the morning court session, Li Ying mentioned this word and even praised me a few words.

"I heard from His Highness that it seems to be a delicacy."

Chang An and Gu Li were both stunned for a moment. It seemed not an exaggeration to call it a delicacy. Both the current emperor and King Qi wanted to eat it, and even came directly to ask for it. So Chang An thought about it for a while, then nodded and said:

"I guess... I guess so."

"Well, I'm sorry to bother you today." Yuan Qianyao immediately smiled happily.

After leaving Yuan Qianyao behind, Gu Li thought of Fang Yi who was still standing there, so he turned his head and looked at Fang Yi, saying, "Ayi, come and sit down, don't stand anymore."

"Okay." After Fang Yi sat in the pavilion, he heard Gu Li say:

"Why don't you stay for dinner today, Ayi? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare more dishes."

Gu Li felt that there might be some misunderstanding between her Chang Lang and Fang Yi, which led to the current strained relationship between the two, so she wanted to keep Fang Yi for dinner to see if the relationship could be eased.

"this......"

As expected, after hearing this, Fang Yi looked at Chang An. The other party also looked at him at this time, and the two looked at each other, and a touch of embarrassment suddenly surged in the air.

"Mr. Fang, since Madam Gu has spoken, we should at least give her some face, right?" Yuan Qianyao, who was confused as to what was going on, also added fuel to the fire.

"It's said that if you want Marquis Dingkang to be polite to you, you have to be polite to Madam Chang."