Chapter 627: Merit is better than Bowang
Most of the houses in the West City are quiet, especially on this night, especially those that are in full view.
But in the chaos of Suiyuan at the moment, Xu Wei was chased all over the house by Sun Ling, Xian Yipeng, and Lu Yipeng, the youngest, and the most noisy.
"I really can't drink it...... It's all spirits from the kitchen...... Want to kill me?! β
"I have been hiding it for so long, and I should make amends for my reasoning." Chen Younian shouted loudly: "Wen Chang, I still remember the day Zhancai got married, a thousand cups were not drunk, but for two years, where is the pride?" β
Xu Wei stopped Sun Ling and Xian Yan with both hands, glared at Chen Younian and scolded secretly, that time it was all clear water, okay!
Qian Zheng was present tonight, but he only looked at this scene with a smile, and in the end, Xu Wei was flushed, his steps staggered, and his eyes were straight before he stopped.
In this era, scholars gather to drink, and this kind of thing rarely happens, and most of them are polite...... Ahem, they were all taken by Qian Yuan.
"Chief, let's talk about it." Wu Dui brought a cup of hangover tea, "This matter is very strange, under the siege of the group, Zhancai understated, obviously has been planning for a long time." β
"That's a long story." Xu Wei took the tea and drank it all, wiped his mouth and said, "Zhancai was already interested in Beijing back then...... No, he laid an ambush before the southeast entered Beijing, but at that time it should have been to exterminate the Japanese invaders. β
Xu Wei picked what he could say, and finally sighed: "If you don't secret, you will lose your minister, if you don't secret, you will lose your body, and if you don't keep things secret, you will be harmful, and you will ...... to show your talents."
Sun Yan shook his head and said, "This matter is a secret, and only Wen Chang can help." β
Everyone nodded one after another, Xu Wei often served the king's side, and saw favor with green words, faintly as a news channel between Qian Yuan and Emperor Jiajing, so that he could act at the opportunity.
"Although the sea has not yet been officially opened to ban trade, the cabinet has already issued an official document ordering the Ningbo government to import another 20,000 stone rice into Beijing and transfer it to the Xuanfu." Sun Ling, who served in the household department, said with a smile: "As soon as the official document is issued, the trade matter has been made public, and all the officials of the science and technology are silent, and no one has made a single statement. β
Lu Yipeng laughed and said, "That's nature? Such as the quartz Shao of the six branches? Huating protΓ©gΓ©, today is like a funeral! β
The corners of Qian Zheng's mouth twitched on the side? Hanging out with your nephew? The one who is close to the ink is black...... Such as mourning!
Xu Wei's eyes flickered, if he didn't guess wrong? That quartz shao is only afraid that he is Yan Shifan's shadow, and today all the officials are silent? There are also reasons why Yan Shifan stopped.
Xu Wei changed the topic? "It's really not easy to do this, from distributing Yulu first, to losing 50,000 silver and 25,000 stone rice into Jimen, and then aiding the famine in Liaodong? Step by step ......"
Although the words are not thorough? But all the people here are smart people, and they can understand it at all, in fact, the most important thing for trade is to get the permission of Emperor Jiajing.
Continuously import silver into the warehouse, and then import silver into the internal carrier warehouse? It is of great benefit to both public and private, and Emperor Jiajing, who has tasted the sweetness, will loosen his attitude? will cooperate with Qian Yuan to "act" this play, and the rebuilding of the three major halls with 300 giant trees will sweep away the objections of the DPRK and China.
Different from Yan Song? Xu Wei didn't realize Qian Yuan's intention to write the script in advance until this moment, if there was no prior communication? Suddenly throwing three hundred giant trees and sweet potatoes? Emperor Jiajing will certainly be happy? Qian Yuan can also achieve his goal, but it is difficult to say afterwards......
In the final analysis, in the Jiajing Dynasty, the key to the status of the courtiers still depends on the holy family.
The reason why Qian Yuan was able to be in the southeast was because he fought one battle after another, but the reason why he had a lot of weight in the court, and Huating and Fenyi did not dare to move lightly, it was because the saint was in his body.
Xu Wei was silent here, and there was still a lot of discussion over there, and Qian Zheng was explaining every step for them in detail...... After all, they have been in the government for two years, except for Xu Wei and Qian Yuan, the other scholars in Suiyuan have only entered the office, and they have not yet participated in the government at a deep level.
Xian Yan suddenly turned his head and asked, "Brother Wen, what about the sweet potato...... Is that true? β
"Who knows if it's true or not?" Xu Wei said lazily: "The yield per mu is more than 20 stones, drought tolerance and easy to live, and it can replace five grains, and no one knows whether these are true or false except for Zhancai...... But one thing is for sure! β
Looking around, Xu Wei's lips moved, "It tastes good!" β
Everyone was stunned, and Sun Ling was the first to react and shouted: "It's the sweet potato at the dinner party?!" β
"Oh, it's as sweet as honey, and it's soft and glutinous ......in the mouth."
"It tastes good!"
"There are such treasures overseas!"
"The yield is really twenty stones per mu...... Tsk, no wonder it is rumored that His Majesty wants to knight Wang Zhi! β
"Once it is promoted, it can live all the people, and this achievement is indeed comparable to Bo Wanghou!"
Historically, sweet potatoes were introduced into Fujian by maritime merchants during the Wanli period, and then Xu Guangqi vigorously promoted them, but unfortunately the world was already in chaos at that time, and sweet potatoes failed to save the Ming Dynasty.
Until the Qing Dynasty, sweet potatoes bloomed everywhere and became life-saving food, and the villagers lived in potatoes seven or eight out of ten, and by the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the population showed an explosive rise, so it can be said that sweet potatoes will be a milestone in agriculture for China.
It is not an exaggeration to compare the merits of Bo Wanghou.
Moreover, sweet potatoes are edible raw and cooked, easy to store, and can even make wine, which is the so-called "sweet potato roast" in later generations.
However, sweet potatoes, which have just entered China, are first discovered to be characterized by their delicious taste.
Among the people in the garden, when it comes to tasting food, Qian Yuan is the first to be recommended, followed by Chen Younian, he immediately smiled and said: "Twenty stones per mu, Chen can trust Zhancai, so let's ...... I'll bring some back to ...... later."
"I'll also bring some back, Wen Chang, your sister-in-law has a bad mouth recently, so she can only eat soft food."
"Brother Junze, is it my sister-in-law's bad teeth or your bad teeth?"
Xu Wei knocked on the table with a big head, "It's all provincial, it's less than a hundred catties in total, it's already been divided, and it will be sent to the upper part of the Tong'an Mansion, and the rest will be sent to Xiyuan tomorrow!" β
Now everyone has nothing to say, if you want to promote sweet potatoes, the household department is very important, not to mention the rest, three months later, go south to inspect, the household is going to be out.
Lu Yipeng coughed twice, "I bumped into that Lanzhou ...... in the Metropolitan Procuratorate before I released the Ya today." Behind his back, he said that the sweet potato might be poison, and the Japanese were poisonous......"
That Lanzhou's ...... Everyone knows that this is to say that Zou Yinglong, who was kicked by Qian Yuan twice, was not in a good position when he climbed Xu Jie, and was stuffed into the pedestrian division, and was not transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate until the beginning of this year.
Xu Wei sighed: "There is no precedent for opening the sea to ban trade, and everything is cautious...... In fact, there is another crop that can also yield dozens of stones per mu, but Zhancai is afraid of accidents, so he has not reported it so far. β
Xu Wei is talking about potatoes, which are also high-yield crops that can live thousands of people, but once they sprout, they cannot be eaten, and they may have diarrhea and even death.
Qian Yuanren planted a large number of people in Pengxi Town, Taizhou, and found that farmers took food, and once they found that it sprouted, they generally did not eat it, but there was no accident.
But Qian Yuan still didn't report the potatoes, in case something happened, it was likely to give people an excuse, and the newborn trade could not withstand too many tribulations.
Seeing that the curfew was about to fall, Qian Zheng was sent out, and everyone ignored Xu Wei's jumping feet, so that the servants even let the guards in Suiyuan each pack some sweet potatoes and take them away.
At the door, Sun Ling licked his lips and said in a low voice, "Big brother, I'll go south." β
"Got it figured?"
"I've figured it out." Sun Ling said angrily: "Zhancai has already paved the road, if you retreat, how can you stand in Suiyuan?" β
Sun Yan was silent for a moment before nodding and said, "I'll write to Nanjing tomorrow to see what my father thinks." β
Sun Ling knew that this sentence represented Sun Yan's permission, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Zhancai alone caused a lot of turmoil in the southeast, it is said that Zhenhai is like flying to a city, this time you can see it with your own eyes!" β
The Sun family is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and they can't be appointed as Ningbo Zhenhaizhi County as usual, but from the area of Sun Sheng, the Sun family is based in the capital, and Sun Yan and Sun Ling even participated in the Shuntianfu Township Examination.
The storm caused by Qian Yuan's crossing butterfly became bigger and bigger, and the scope became wider and wider, not only affecting the southeast anti-Japanese war, but also affecting Emperor Jiajing's attitude towards the opening of the sea and banning trade, and also affecting the life trajectory of many individuals.
In history, Sun Ling was born in Shujishi, took a typical route of the prime minister, and once served as the country's prince and the waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, but unfortunately he has not done anything and died of illness in his prime.
In this life, Sun Ling will have a different life trajectory.