In May of the first year of Jingyao of the Shu Han Dynasty, the general of the town army and Shangshu ordered Chen Yuan to be unruly. Emperor Liu Chan was grief-stricken. Later, the imperial decree came out: Chen Yuan was made a loyal marquis, Chen Yuan's eldest son Chen Can was named the Marquis of Guannei, and he was worshiped as the magistrate of Fuling County. The second son of Chen Yuan is the waiter of the Yellow Gate. When the news came out, the government and the opposition were in an uproar.

Chen Yuan's uncle is Xu Jing, and this master is the brother of the famous Xu Zijiang. The "Yuedan Commentary" initiated by the two brothers was extremely famous in the late Han Dynasty. Later, Xu Jing ran to Yizhou to escape the war and went out to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang gave Xu Jing a very high treatment - a famous man in the world.

When Liu Bei attacked Yizhou, the troops came to the city of CD. Xu Jing actually sneaked out of the city to surrender to Liu Bei, but he didn't run away and was caught. But at that time, Liu Zhang was already planning to surrender, so he didn't kill him.

After Liu Bei became the master of the CD, he looked down on Xu Jing's character and didn't want to use him. As a result, Fa Zheng said: There are many scum in this world who have a false name and are morally corrupt. But we can't go door-to-door to explain to everyone that Xu Jing is a scumbag. And this guy has a great reputation, if you don't use him, people will say that we don't respect talents. Therefore, you have to hang him up, so that the Central Plains taxi knows that we respect talents. So Liu Bei gave Xu Jing a very high false title, and when Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor, he worshiped Xu Jing as Situ. This is the only three dukes in the more than 30 years since the founding of Shu Han.

Chen Yuan's parents died in his early years, and he had to live in Xu Jing's house. Chen Yuan's mother's father is Xu Jing's elder brother, you said that after such a big circle, you can imagine what Chen Yuan's status in Xu Jing's mansion is. And Xu Jing is the target of ridicule of the entire Shu Han regime, so there is no doubt that it is not easy for Chen Yuan to come to this point.

Chen Yuan was from a low background - his ancestors had no title to inherit, and he had no military merits - he could not create a title by himself. So for the rest of his life, he was just a marquis of Guannai - enjoying the treatment of a marquis, but he had no fief and could not be hereditary. As a result, after his death, Liu Chan directly named his eldest son a Guan Nei Hou - hereditary in disguise, and directly promoted his second son to the Huangmen Shilang - the close attendant of the Son of Heaven.

That's all there is to it, the key is the nickname: loyalty! This is really the highest honor for a minister in feudal society! Even Zhuge Liang's nickname is two words: loyalty. Chen Yuan's nickname actually surpassed Zhuge Liang, what a glory!

It's not that there are no objections, in fact, several servants of Shangshutai don't approve of it, but Liu Chan still insists on doing it. For Liu Chan, who is 51 years old and has very mature political experience, it is a rare exposure of willfulness and sincere feelings.

For Liu Chan, Chen Yuan has a friendship in addition to the relationship between monarchs and ministers.

ascended the throne at the age of seventeen, and for twelve years after that, he was managed by Zhuge Liang to death, and he never even went out of the CD Palace. There's nothing you can do. There is no power at all.

Finally, Zhuge Liang hung up, but he left a legacy before he died: Jiang Wanke after I died, Jiang Wanke died Fei Yike. So I waited another sixteen years.

It wasn't until Fei Yi was assassinated that Liu Chan finally got the power that the emperor should have. At this time, Liu Chan was forty-five years old and had been working as a rubber stamp for twenty-eight years.

At this time, Chen Yuan came. He has a strong ability to govern and can take care of the affairs of Shu and Han in an orderly manner. He has a strong ability to coordinate and can fully reconcile the contradictions between the main battle faction and the main peace faction. While appeasing the people of Zhuyizhou, he supported Jiang Wei to continue the Northern Expedition. He also dared to take responsibility, and took the initiative to take the blame for the emperor when something went wrong. The most important point is that he respects the emperor very much, does not take power at all, and Shang Shutai loyally carries out all the emperor's wills, both bright and dark. It can be said that in the past six years of Chen Yuan's reign, Liu Chan finally knew what the emperor was like.

Therefore, Liu Chan's feelings for Chen Yuan are sincere.

Of course, some people are gone, and the rest have to go on with their lives. Liu Chan thought about it again and again, and still appointed Dong Ju as Shang Shuling - it is indeed a pity that this guy did not have the consciousness to take the blame for the emperor, but compared with Zhuge Zhan, he does not have a stinky temper. Relatively acceptable.

In order to appease Zhuge Zhan, who regarded himself as Shang Shuling some time ago, Liu Chan rewarded him with his father's official position in his early years: Shang Shu's servant shoots his own position, and a military general has been added - little friend, I am still very optimistic about you. Your father used to start as a military general, so if you endure it for a few more years, I will let you be a scholar.

Later, Liu Chan appointed Huang Hao as the lieutenant and the lieutenant of the car. As soon as this news came out, the government and the opposition were in an uproar again.

Eldest brother! Isn't your family known as the inheritance of the orthodoxy of the Han family? Then don't you know that it was the Ten Standing Servants who brought down the Han back then? Now you're here again? Do we, the big man, also follow the old path of the previous big man?

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"The above is the situation in the court at the beginning of this month, and in general, our side won a big victory. The only price is that your third uncle and I have no spare job. ”

"Well, it's hard work for the third uncle."

"It's just that this Shang Shuling died, but Huang Hao was promoted. Hey, my big man's future is worrying. ”

"Hehehe, third uncle, I don't think so. This is the best choice for His Majesty in desperation. ”

"Oh?"

"Well, third uncle, you have to look at it this way. Chen Zhonghou has been in power for six years, although he has a bad reputation, but Chen Zhonghou doesn't make money himself, right? Most of my general chores are still doing well. ”

"That's true, although Chen Fengzong has a bad reputation, he really doesn't make money."

"So, Chen Zhonghou is sharing the responsibility for His Majesty and making his reputation stink."

"This ...... It's Your Majesty......"

"Yes, once you do things in this world, you can make mistakes, and there are only two situations of eternal sainthood, one is not doing things - this is the case when the prime minister is here. One is that someone is taking the blame for him - Chen Zhonghou is like that. ”

"So Your Majesty released Huang Hao......"

"Yes, Huang Hao will bear all the notoriety for His Majesty in the future. It's a pity that although Huang Hao has this awareness, he doesn't have Chen Zhonghou's integrity, so Shangshutai has to be controlled by Zhuge Siyuan. But Zhuge Siyuan didn't have specific general affairs ability, so he had to let Dong Gong attack the Shangshu order. Therefore, it makes sense for His Majesty to praise Chen Zhonghou: in the past, one Chen Yuan had done all the work of these three people. Now I have to get three people to set up the stage, if this stage is not good. My big man's center will become more and more weak. ”

"How do you grow this head? Say you're smart, you don't understand the basic etiquette of connecting people and things. Call you stupid, but you can see through the things in the court thousands of miles away......"

Hehe, because I'm a traverser.

"Well, let's not talk about these things. The third uncle ran back and forth and worked hard. The nephew invites you to drink wine and eat potatoes. ”

"Potatoes? What is that? ”

"Hehe, I'll know in a while. Xiao Qi, go and call Xiao Ji and Big Tou. ”

After the five surnamed Guan gathered, they ran to a hut in the back mountain, and Guan Yi opened an urn of wine jar: "Third uncle, taste it, this is the mulberry wine that has just been brewed." ”

Looking at the clear and transparent lilac mulberry wine in the bowl, I smelled the sweet fragrance that came to my nose. Guan Suo couldn't help but be moved, quickly picked up the bowl, raised his head and drank it all.

"Whew~~~ Good wine! Although it is not very energetic, it is better than the mellow taste, and in my opinion, this wine will be liked not only by men, but also by women. ”

"Hehehe, the third uncle thinks it's good. This wine, the little nephew was originally going to target women and rich boys. Guan Yi talked to Guan Suo with a smile while constantly pulling in the charcoal fire.

"Okay, third uncle, please try this. Well, Xiao Qi, all three of you should come a little bit too. Especially you, big head, have worked hard to take care of this thing every day for more than a year. ”

The four of them followed Guan Yi's example, and moved away the black potatoes with burned skin with both hands. The golden inner flesh and the faint sweet fragrance all make people appetize.

"Finally, finally, it's been almost two years, and I finally dare to eat potatoes." Seeing this huge and fragrant glutinous potato, Guan Yi couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Well, it's delicious, it's delicious! What is this? How come you've never eaten it before? ”

"This can be called a potato or a yam egg. It's a variant of yam. My nephew also stumbled upon such a one, and after more than two years of repeated planting, it finally reached 60,000 or 70,000. That's the best excuse to cover up

When Guan Yi said this, his face tightened: "Big head, do you know how much this thing yields per mu?" ”

Guan Datou replied tremblingly: "Family master, this thing is really amazing. According to your orders, the slave and maid have calculated it alone, and the yield per mu is more than 50 stones! ”

"What!"

Hearing such a number, Guan Suo jumped up suddenly, his face full of shock: "This...... This, big head, you're not mistaken, right? Ten times higher than the yield per mu of rice?! ”

"Third master, the slave didn't believe it the first time I calculated it. I counted it three times, and it was more than 50 stones! ”

"Hehehe, third uncle, not only that, this thing is not as delicate as rice and wheat, and the thin soil layer in the mountains can also grow very well. Strange rocks can be planted on palm-sized land, and one or two litters can be planted. With this thing, I have the confidence to multiply the cultivated fields in Fuling County tenfold! ”

"Hiss~~~" Guan Suo's face was already flushed, and he couldn't help himself with excitement: "Good! Great goodness! My great man will never suffer from lack of food again! ”

On the historical level, the population carrying capacity of China's Han nationality is generally only about 100 million. If you have more, you will have to change the dynasty and self-harm. But the last dynasty, the Manchus, fed a population of 400 million. It relies on the high-yielding crops of the Americas, represented by potatoes. Specific to the territory controlled by Shu Han, before potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other American crops entered China, China's southwest mountainous areas were limited to geographical conditions, and their cultivated area was very limited, but after potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, the cultivated land area in the southwest mountainous areas increased by more than a hundred times.

However, the role of potatoes should not be overstated: the water content of this product is as high as 75% (the same weight of rice is usually only 15%). For the same weight, potatoes contain only one-quarter of the carbohydrates and less than one-fifth of the protein, which means that potatoes can satisfy the stomach and provide life-sustaining calories. However, the amount of protein needed for human growth and development and brain thinking is very small. After all, this thing is just an alternative in case of food shortages or a dish when food is abundant. As a staple? It's still a little worse.

In fact, the significance of potatoes to China is mainly to allow China's large number of mountains and hills to produce grain, thus expanding the cultivated area.

"Hehehe, third uncle, this thing is good. But the little nephew is not ready to fully promote it for the time being. ”

Why is that? Zifeng, although this thing can bring great profits to my Guan family. But this is food, not wine, wax, or anything. ”

"Hey, where did the third uncle go. The nephew will not disregard the people of the world for the benefit of the family and the surname. The main reason for this is that my Han has not yet ruled the world. Third uncle, think about it, if this thing is transmitted to the puppet Wei and Eastern Wu, with their land and manpower, how many things will be produced? When the time comes, won't the gap between my Han and the other two countries get bigger and bigger? ”

"You have a point. So what are you going to do? ”

"Whole potatoes must never leave the hills I have chosen. But we can sell potato flour and sun-dried potato chips at a very low price. ”

"Hmm...... That's okay too. ”

"So the third uncle, I didn't even say anything about this matter. Because it's just too big. For the time being, only the five of us will know. After that, Uncle San, your task is to take charge of everything in this potato production! ”

"Taishou, please rest assured, the last general will not disgrace his life!"