Chapter 20: The Emperor's Investigation
The hundred officials were extremely frightened at the moment, and they hadn't seen the emperor so angry for a long time.
Below, Qin Ming continued: "These days, I have been cultivating seeds every day in order to understand the problem of eating for the victims in the future, and I finally made such a major breakthrough.
Seeing that he was about to produce tens of thousands of catties of seeds, he was coincidentally run to the house by the sons of the three ministers and pulled out a few seeds. If I don't stop it, these seeds are all pulled out, what will happen to the victims?
I stopped, they were going to beat me, couldn't I fight back? I can only defend these seeds to the death. But I didn't expect that I protected the seed, but now I am being questioned by the ministers in the court, Your Majesty, I am too difficult! ”
The emperor was already furious and said, "Qin Ming, what you said is true? ”
"It's true, otherwise why did the three of them suddenly run to my house?" Qin Ming deliberately added a sentence later.
The emperor immediately thought about it, yes, what do the three gentlemen know? They ran to Qin Ming's Mansion for Mao?
The wise emperor's eyes narrowed, knowing that this matter was not simple.
At this time, Qin Ming guided and said, "These three guys, if you see that I am not happy, just forget it." But why do we have to pull out the seeds? That's the seed that saved 200,000 victims.
Once the seeds are gone, the food for the imperial court disaster relief is gone, and these victims are hungry, what should they do? Isn't this a problem for Your Majesty? In other words, this is aimed at Your Majesty, not to let the people have enough to eat. ”
When the emperor heard this, his eyes were already about to kill, although Qin Ming did not say it explicitly, but these words had already made the emperor understand. In order to target Qin Ming, some people did not hesitate to ignore the 200,000 victims!
In the court, the emperor will never allow this kind of thing to shake the foundation of the country.
Because once hundreds of thousands of victims do not have enough to eat, it is easy to have turmoil, and even these victims revolt.
This kind of thing is about the foundation of a country.
So this time, the emperor was really angry.
Qin Ming couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he saw that his words had an effect.
The emperor glanced at the kneeling officials below, and finally set his eyes on the eldest princess and the second princess who bowed their heads.
"Damn, shit!"
The emperor shouted angrily twice and said: "This matter, investigate it thoroughly, whether it is intentional or not, as long as it is related to the destruction of the Qin Ming family's seeds, all of them will be found out and my head will be cut off!" ”
The faces of the three ministers and some other ministers turned pale instantly, and the eldest princess was also shocked, she didn't expect Qin Ming to make things so serious with a few words.
The ministers of the three Shangshu were already trembling with fright, because their sons had indeed plucked the seeds of the Qin Ming family, wouldn't they be certain to die?
However, they didn't dare to say anything at this time, the emperor was angry, and he was angry, so he immediately dragged it out and beheaded him.
At this time, Qin Ming spoke: "Your Majesty, so I beat them, that's right!" ”
The emperor took a deep breath and said, "That's right, you killed them at that time, that's right, I will reward you!" ”
Qin Ming pretended to be relieved and said, "Then I'll be relieved, I thought that if I beat them, I would be finished." ”
This thing is still deliberately pretending to be innocent, which makes many people's hearts itch with hatred.
The eldest princess's eyes were cold, and then she adjusted her expression and said:
"Father, if this Qin Ming really cultivated the kind of seed he said, the minister felt that it was very important. But what if the seed he says is false? ”
Suddenly, the three ministers showed a look of hope.
The emperor also frowned and said, "Also, whether the seeds are real or false has to be considered!" ”
This eldest princess has come to this point, and she thought that Qin Ming was bragging.
So Qin Ming said: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing." Dare to boy, please move your majesty to the mansion, you will know at a glance! ”
Lord Zhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, immediately said again: "Your Majesty, how can you go to your mansion?" ”
Qin Ming glared at the Ministry of Rites, thinking to himself, you are an old thing, your son is dying, are you still so crazy?
When the emperor heard this, he said, "I must see with my own eyes and drive!" ”
So, the emperor drove and took hundreds of civil and military officials to Qin Ming's house directly.
The Hou Mansion of Qin Ming's family is also large, and it can accommodate hundreds of people.
When they arrived at the Hou Mansion, the emperor's battle frightened several maids and the old housekeeper of the Hou Mansion.
Where would they have thought that the Heavenly Emperor would come to the Hou Mansion?
After the emperor came to the Hou Mansion, he saw that the Hou Mansion was destitute, and he also sighed in his heart.
I've long heard that the Hou Mansion is lonely, so it's not so miserable, right? Except for a house, there is nothing.
"Your Majesty, these in this yard are sweet potatoes and potatoes." Qin Ming pointed to sweet potato leaves and potato seedlings and said.
At the same time, take a few sweet potato plants that were pulled out by the three gentlemen yesterday to the emperor.
The emperor looked at the sweet potatoes and potatoes that had grown from the roots of several seedlings, and said in amazement:
"Such a seedling, but bear so many and such big fruits? Didn't you eat this? ”
Qin Ming broke open a sweet potato, took a bite and said, "It's okay to eat it raw, it tastes sweet, and it tastes better when cooked." ”
Seeing this, the emperor also broke open a sweet potato and took a bite: "Well, the taste is sweet and delicious, very crisp, not bad." ”
"So, this potato?" The emperor looked at potatoes that were not as big as sweet potatoes.
Qin Ming said: "Potatoes don't taste good when eaten raw, but they are also delicious when cooked. It can also be used for stir-frying, stewing soup, and the taste is very fragrant. ”
The emperor nodded again and again, he had tasted the sweet potato, so Qin Ming's words, he basically didn't doubt it.
At this time, although many ministers did not believe it at first, but now that they have seen it, they have to believe it.
Among them, the eldest princess's face was very unsightly, and although the second princess had nothing to do with this matter, she was also unhappy when she saw Qin Ming in the limelight.
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"You have planted so many seeds in this Hou Mansion, if it grows for another month, I am afraid it will be more than 10,000 catties." The emperor was still shocked.
You must know that today, there is no food with such a high yield as the sweet potatoes and potatoes that Qin Ming planted.
Once these seeds are brought to the arid areas, the imperial court will no longer have to provide grain for disaster relief in a year's time.
"Yes, that's good." Emperor Longyan Dayue, said:
"Commander of the Praetorian Guard, send a hundred Janissaries to guard these seeds in this mansion, but anyone who dares to destroy them, no matter who they are, will be killed!
A middle-aged man in armor clenched his fists: "Obey the order!" ”
"Hahaha, with these two crops, why worry about famine? Why the drought? ”
The emperor laughed, then looked at Qin Ming and said:
"You have made great contributions, and I will give you a thousand taels of silver first. When the time comes, these seeds can be planted in the arid land, and I will reward you again! ”
Qin Ming bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”
Hearing that Qin Ming had a reward, many people had unnatural expressions.
Then, the emperor looked at the three Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and said, "Come on, tie up the sons of the three Shangshu to me!" ”