The next day, Xiao Rui didn't need to go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to be on duty, so he slept until three poles in the morning, and then went to Zhan Shifu to go around.

Emperor Xia is also rarely idle, just when the Duke of Yasukuni entered the palace, he happened to play a game with him. The two played chess and chatted at the same time.

"Your Majesty, Lu Pheasant, the daughter of Ming Yibo, found Weichen and asked Weichen one thing, hoping to get His Majesty's consent. Wei Chen thought about it and agreed. Yasukuni said.

Xia Huang Luozi's hand paused in mid-air, and then said with a smile: "I see! I've long been curious, why do you have time to run here today to play chess with me, it turns out that there is something! Uncle Ming Yibo is kind to me, and he is my sworn brother, if there is anything to say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely agree. It can be regarded as worthy of Ming Yibo's spirit in the sky. ”

Yasukuni Gong said with a smile: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to love and righteousness, heaven and earth can learn from it, and Mingyi Bo will be able to smile at Jiuquan!" ”

"What is the daughter of Ming Yibo asking for?" Emperor Xia asked.

Yasukuni asked: "Your Majesty, did you marry Ming Yibo back then and promise to marry your family?" ”

Emperor Xia was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "When I just returned to Beijing to restore my status as a prince, I did promise this matter to Uncle Mingyi. Threatened that if I ascended to the throne, I would marry the daughter of Ming Yibo as the crown princess when the crown prince was established, and there were many jokes at that time, I did not expect to inherit the unification, but I did not expect that I would really become the emperor later. ”

Yasukuni is fair: "Before Ming Yibo was alive, he inadvertently told his daughter Lu Pheasant about it, and now His Majesty has set up a prince, and His Royal Highness the prince is about to get married, and the princess also has other candidates." Therefore, Lu Pheasant, the daughter of Ming Yibo, has self-knowledge and thinks that she is not worthy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince without talent and virtue, so she wants Weichen to come to His Majesty and make the next will to abolish this oral marriage contract. ”

"This..."Emperor Xia understood the reason and immediately hesitated.

This matter is indeed ill-conceived by him, it stands to reason that as the emperor, since he promised an oral marriage contract, he should agree, and Ming Yibo has also passed away, and now the marriage contract is abolished, so that Ming Yibo will not be blind to death! Just now he bragged that he could laugh at Jiuquan, but now he has to cheat the corpse.

The Duke of Jingguo saw Emperor Xia's hesitation, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince, and it is also a big responsibility to spread the branches and leaves, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to get married, but after all, there are only two princesses and side concubines. Your Majesty has made a promise, since you have agreed to the marriage, why not push the boat down the river and fulfill this matter? Canonizing Lu Pheasant as a side concubine will not wronged her, and she can also be worthy of Ming Yibo's spirit in the sky! ”

Emperor Xia nodded and said with a smile: "That makes sense!" When the prince returns, I will tell him about it! ”

Who knows, Yasukuni Gong said again: "Your Majesty, this is just Weichen's suggestion, but the daughter of Ming Yibo is also a strong character, she came to Weichen, she only wanted to abolish the will of the marriage contract, and did not agree to the marriage!" ”

"She doesn't agree?" Xia Huang was happy and said: "Sure enough, he has the same stubborn temper as Ming Yibo, it seems that he feels wronged, after all, it is I who lost my words first." ”

Yasukuni said with a smile: "Your Majesty is busy with official business, and Uncle Ming Yibo lives in Xuanzhou, and this is still an old thing, so it is understandable that I can't remember it." Your Majesty, Weichen has an idea here, maybe it can solve this trouble! ”

"Oh? Tell me about it! Emperor Xia asked.

Yasukuni said: "Lu Pheasant is the daughter of Ming Yibo, according to the rules, she can enter the palace as a maid official, why not let her enter the palace and take care of His Royal Highness the Prince!" The two are familiar and attracted to each other, this marriage will come naturally, and it will be a good story in the future, which can show that His Majesty is prescient! ”

Emperor Xia summed it up, this plan was very good, but he still asked: "Uncle Mingyi's daughter is strong, will she agree?" ”

Jingguo Gong continued: "Lu Pheasant is a filial person, under the pretense of Ming Yibo's meaning, she will naturally not object!" ”

"Good! Then I will let the Inner Court Division handle it, and this matter is still carefully considered by the Yasukuni Gong! Xia Huang said with emotion.

.......

At this time, Xiao Rui had just walked out of Zhan Shifu.

Chen Qingzhi and Han Xin sent information from Xiangzhou that Han Ming had led an army of 90,000 to Xiangzhou and joined Chen Qingzhi to form an army of 150,000.

Zhao's 300,000-strong army also reached Tongshan, and the confrontation between the two sides had begun.

Outside the Blue Pass, the armies of Xia and Zhao have fought many times, 400,000 against 500,000, and there will be no obvious victory or defeat for a while, once the Zhao army is defeated, Ming Jin immediately withdrew his troops and withdrew to the Blue Pass, and Chang Shenghou has no intention of attacking the Blue Pass, not that he can't attack it, but that the losses are too much, and there is no need, because he is waiting for the timing that His Majesty said!

Xia Guo's side is waiting for the opportunity, and Zhao Guo's side is also shouting loudly, but there is no preparation for death, so what is Zhao Guo waiting for? Could it be that he is also waiting for his time?

Xiao Rui noticed that he was tired, could it be that this was what his father was worried about? What is the timing that Zhao Guo is waiting for?

It's a pity that Xiao Rui can't see through it, so he can only give up.

Last time, Xiu Mu was assassinated, and this time, for the sake of safety, Xiao Rui was disguised when he left the palace, and he didn't even take a carriage. Since becoming the crown prince, Xiao Rui feels that in addition to playing the chapter, it is a political matter, and he is also doing things under the nose of His Majesty, and he does not dare to be careless in the slightest.

It is now the middle of February, and the beginning of spring has been many days, but the weather is still cold, still several degrees below zero. In the early days of the past few days, His Majesty Yin Zhiyu of Tianfu Mansion, there are hundreds of refugees who have frozen to death this winter, and Kyoto is the most prosperous place in the entire Xia Kingdom, and hundreds of people have frozen to death here, let alone other places?

To the north of Kyoto, after Huaibei Province, it is said that the rivers there are frozen so that shipping is suspended, and the damage to crops is also very great, and the people sigh for fear that the yield will be reduced, or even the grain will not be harvested.

But in general, the impact of this year's cold winter has not yet affected the survival of most people.

Xiao Rui walked a few streets, and before he knew it, he came to the Zhaoxian Hall.

That's right, it's the Recruiting Hall.

The last time he went to Xuanzhou to invite Zhang Liang, Xiao Rui made a proposal to His Majesty to set up a recruitment hall to recruit talents, and after His Majesty agreed, Xiao Rui asked Jia Xu to keep promoting it in the Daxia Daily, and this recruitment hall was also quickly listed. During this time, many people did come to defect, but after screening, the real genius did not appear.

Although Xiao Rui has a system and has recruited fierce generals and strategists for him, he can't rely on the system, if the system burps one day, won't he be blind? Therefore, it is very necessary to set up a recruitment hall to recruit talents.

There is no need to recruit many wise men, if you can recruit a strategist like Zhang Liang, one will prove the role and value of the recruitment hall.

At this time, in front of the Zhaoxian Pavilion, there were more than a dozen people who recommended themselves and were registering their identities in front of the door, Xiao Rui walked in and walked around, Wei Guang and Peony were in charge here, and the two saw Xiao Rui in person, and hurriedly invited him to enter the main hall to rest.

Entering the hall, Xiao Rui asked, "How many experts in farming have you recruited?" ”

Shen Wansan returned from sailing and brought back the three treasures of potatoes, corn and peppers, and now it is spring, just in time for the sowing season, Xiao Rui has spent a huge amount of money to buy hundreds of acres of land near the Tiger Pavilion, and then he can sow seeds!

You can plant two crops a year, and Xiao Rui plans to use two years to plant potatoes and corn in the fields of Gyeonggi in addition to conventional rice and wheat, and produce potato seeds and corn seeds that meet the needs of planting in the whole territory of Great Xia!

So Xiao Rui needs the help of an expert in farming.

It doesn't mean that you can farm, you must be an expert, people all over the world can farm, but there are very few who study it carefully.

The right temperature, soil, when to water, how to control pests, how to raise seedlings, what kind of planting density, etc...

Farming is a science.

Xiao Rui is not looking for farmers, but agronomists.

Wei Guang said respectfully: "Your Highness, you have recruited twenty-two farming masters, their ancestors are all farmers among the hundreds of families, and your subordinates have introduced them to the value of corn and potatoes according to Your Highness's instructions, they are all very excited, and they are eager to try!" And they are in contact with their friends, and it is expected that it will not be a problem to recruit more than 50 people. ”

Peony on the side couldn't help but interject: "Your Highness, are the potatoes and corn really so magical?" ”

Xiao Rui smiled and nodded.

In fact, potatoes and corn are not magical, they are just a kind of food. But they can change the planting structure of Great Xia, so that the people can rely on wheat and rice for food, and other new foods to survive the cold winter.

Potatoes are better, especially corn, with strong drought tolerance, cold tolerance, barrenness tolerance and excellent environmental adaptability, the Xiaoice period is coming, the weather is getting worse and worse, it is likely to cause a large reduction in wheat and rice production, then you can rely on corn to provoke the banner!

Xiao Rui remembers listening to his parents talk about their childhood in his previous life, when he had the opportunity to eat white noodles, they were all cornmeal and sweet potato noodles, so that when his life was better, his parents never touched cornmeal again, and they had eaten enough.

Cornmeal is naturally not as delicate as wheat flour, it belongs to coarse grains, but can it save your life, do you still need to consider the taste?

"Continue to recruit people, and how is the arable land outside the Tiger Pavilion organized? Are the ridges all ready? Xiao Rui asked.

Wei Guang said with a smile: "Your Highness, rest assured, seven or eight out of ten have been completed, and the next work will be completed in these few days, and it will definitely not be too late to plant potatoes and corn." ”

Xiao Rui nodded and said: "This is a major event that will benefit the world and benefit the future generations, and it will be famous in the annals of history in the future, and there will also be the merits of the two of you." ”

Wei Guang and Peony were happy with smiles between their eyebrows.

It is a luxury that many people dream of to be famous in history, how can they have this opportunity!

Subsequently, Xiao Rui left the Zhaoxian Pavilion and returned to the palace.

Back in his East Palace, when Xiao Rui was lying comfortably in the soft collapse, at this time, a female official came over and said, "Your Highness, please use tea!" ”

Xiao Rui snorted, and just wanted to get up to drink tea, but suddenly felt that the voice of the palace maid sounded so familiar, he suddenly turned his head sideways, and saw Lu Pheasant, who was dressed in a female official costume, standing beside him, looking at him quietly.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Rui sat up straight and asked in surprise.

No wonder Xiao Rui was shocked, he just went out, how could Lu Pheasant become a female official, and stay in his own East Palace?

What the hell!