Chapter 21: Li Shimin's Hope
"The prince is sympathetic to the people of the world, and the kid admires it, how can he not be willing? The kid still has hundreds of catties of rice and cereals in his hands, if the prince trusts him, he is not afraid that the boy will open the river, but he can take them back to Chang'an and find a place with sufficient water system to plant. After a few months of harvest, it will be promoted throughout the country, and I believe that in a few years, Datang will no longer be hungry. Du Chengfeng said awe-inspiringly.
He doesn't care about hundreds of catties of grain planting, what he cares about is that after the rice is popularized throughout the country, everyone is grateful to him Du Chengfeng, a person who contributed to the grain planting, and then it will inevitably be a large wave of prestige, which is called maximizing benefits.
Du Chengfeng was playing Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, and he didn't know that Li Xiaogong next to him was already so happy that he was in tears. A trip to Dujia Village on a whim can also bring back hundreds of catties of rice and grains to plant back, this is simply an unexpected harvest, happiness comes too suddenly.
Li Xiaogong finally went back with high-yield rice seeds satisfied, and in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he also specially transferred hundreds of elite soldiers to send the grain seeds back to Chang'an, and the degree of attention made Du Chengfeng scoff.
It's just a few hundred catties of broken grain, and it's like a war, as for it. But thinking about it, he was relieved, he estimated that Li Shimin would be even crazier after he knew.
Li Shimin killed his brother and ascended to the throne, and this incident has always made the people complain about him, thinking that he relied on improper means to ascend to the throne, so that it became his heart disease.
Such a thing that benefits the people of the world has a decisive role in calming the people's hearts and calming the world. Soon after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the land was barren and the people were ruined, and what was most lacking was grain, and if the grain was abundant, the people would be satisfied.
Giving the people enough food and clothing is the primary task of Li Shimin's accession to the throne. When the people have enough food and clothing, the people's hearts will naturally be stable, and his rule will be stable. As you can imagine, the importance of this rice to him is understandable.
In the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin was anxiously pacing around the hall with his hands behind his back, excited and anxious. Li Xiaogong sent someone to send back an urgent secret letter saying that he had found a kind of high-yield rice that could yield more than ten stones per mu, and was now escorting hundreds of catties of grain seeds back to Chang'an.
Li Shimin almost jumped up from the dragon chair after learning about it, and hastily ended the early dynasty, so he sent a hundred cavalry divisions to find out where the escort team was.
"Wang Yu, how long will it take for the escort team to arrive in the capital!" Li Shimin pulled the shoulders of the Hundred Cavalry Division Commander next to him and asked anxiously.
"Back to the emperor, there is still half an hour to arrive in the capital." Wang Yu replied tirelessly. In this hour, the emperor asked seven or eight times, and he didn't know what the king of Hejian was escorting, which made the emperor so anxious.
"Your Majesty, you've asked this more than ten times." Empress Eldest Sun said comfortingly on the side.
"Guanyin, I'm in a hurry!" Li Shimin looked more and more agitated.
"Okay, okay, isn't it just half an hour, for the sake of the world, why not endure for another half an hour!" Empress Eldest Sun said understandingly.
"Guanyin, you're right, I'm the Son of Heaven, I have to be calm." After listening to the persuasion of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin slowly calmed down.
Sure enough, in less than half an hour, the sound of the Praetorian Guard's announcement was heard outside the hall.
"Report, Your Majesty, Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian County, is asking to see you outside the palace."
As soon as the words fell, Li Shimin rushed out excitedly. Outside the Ganlu Palace, Li Xiaogong was waiting for the emperor to summon him, and when he looked up, he saw the emperor rushing out in a hurry, holding his hand tightly, and said, "Brother Huang, you are finally back, hurry, take me to see those seeds." ”
Li Xiaogong was speechless, and said secretly: The emperor's urgent appearance is even more out of shape than when he saw Du Chengfeng.
"Your Majesty, Gu Chong Weichen has already brought, just outside the palace." Li Xiaogong said with his hand, and waved his hand behind him after speaking.
Seeing this, the soldiers behind him hurriedly carried the grain seeds brought back from Du Chengfeng to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin anxiously untied the bag, picked up a handful of grain seeds in his hand and looked at it carefully. Said thoughtfully. "Brother Huang, you see that these rice seeds are full and narrow, which is very different from those in the south!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, if you can really produce more than a dozen stones per mu, then it is really God bless the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xiaogong sighed again.
"Well, by the way, what does the boy who offered the grain seed want?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, this is exactly what Weichen wants to report." Hearing Li Shimin ask about Du Chengfeng, Li Xiaogong immediately got up, met Li Shimin's gaze, and said: "Your Majesty, this Du Chengfeng is twenty-eight years old and an orphan. But according to Weichen, he is the dragon among people, a rare genius. Not only is he well written, his writing is outstanding, but it is also rare to be virtuous, when he sees the minister, he does not kneel or worship, he is not humble or arrogant, he is plain and casual, and he is detached, he is arrogant, but he is not proud of himself, and he does not invite credit for offering grain seeds, which is very rare, and Weichen feels that this is definitely not something that an ordinary person can do. ”
"Also, the immortal wine that swept Chang'an was also made by him, and the rice planting technology was also personally guided by this young man, and it was much more clever than the planting technology used in the south." Li Xiaogong mentioned it again.
Li Xiaogong's introduction shocked Li Shimin to the point that there was such a unique teenager in the world, and Li Shimin really wanted to see this strange genius boy.
However, meritorious service must be rewarded, Du Chengfeng dedicated high-yield rice seeds, Li Shimin has the heart to seal Du Chengfeng the title of a county man, if nothing else, just with this high-yield rice should receive this honor.
Just thinking of those old stubborns in the court, Li Shimin felt a headache again, the yield of rice per mu with a yield of more than ten stones is almost fantastical, how to convince them.
Let's wait until the rice is ripe, and then the facts will be in front of us, and there will be no room for those old stubborn beaks.
Li Shimin put down the grain seed in his hand, turned around and returned to the Ganlu Palace, and Li Xiaogong hurriedly followed.
Returning to the hall and sitting down, Li Shimin regained his majesty, shook his robe, and said, "Come on, pass the decree!" ”
The eunuch who was waiting next to him hurriedly bowed down and waited.
Thinking of the importance of rice, Li Shimin said cautiously: "Immediately send someone to open up a rice field in the royal manor and arrange rice planting immediately." Within a hundred steps of the rice fields, the Praetorian Guards are stationed day and night, and those who intend to sabotage will be killed! After speaking, he looked at Li Xiaogong, who was still standing below, and said, "Brother Huang, this matter will be left to you to be fully responsible." ”
Li Xiaogong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Obey the order, the emperor can rest assured, Weichen will do his best." ”
"Stand down, and when the rice is ripe, I will reward you for your deeds. In addition, all the persons involved in the matter were ordered to keep it strictly confidential. ”
"Wechen obeys."