Chapter 33 The Old Farmer Presents Rui
There were a few white clouds floating in the blue sky, and the sky was as clear as a piece of Smurf jade with a snowflake pattern, and Li Kuan's neck hurt when he saw it looking below.
Shaking his head, the people who came in and out around him either saluted respectfully or ignored them directly. Li Kuan suddenly felt that he was not too small, although this small body has much greater strength than ordinary adults, but if he wants to step forward to help him, he will always attract suspicion, which he has verified from his eldest grandson, Concubine Yang, and his eldest sister Princess Xiangcheng, and looked at his little arms and legs with suspicious eyes, which made Li Kuan hate his age a little.
The harem is now busy in a mess, countless palace maids and eunuchs are busy moving things, although they have already divided which things to move to, but the palace is so big, and these people live scattered, so that they are really busy, but the royal family is no trivial matter, these things can show the royal dignity, moving, the countless eunuchs and palace maids in the entire palace are busy for half a day before they appear high-end and atmospheric. If there were just a few people, wouldn't it be idle and shivering? So it must be like this, even if a small child can move the flower pot, it has to be carried by two people, this is the explanation of the eldest grandson, in this harem now she is the biggest, no one dares to disobey.
The busyness of the harem is not mentioned for the time being, in the Taiji Palace, the last court meeting held here, there is a very interesting activity going on, what activity? Do you know that auspiciousness falls from the sky? When Li Er had just ascended the throne, auspicious luck came down from heaven, doesn't this mean that Li Er is the real son of heaven? Those Xuanwu men who were circulating in Chang'an City killed brothers. The rumors of forcing his father in the Taiji Hall will be shattered.
Li Er didn't know about this yet, he only knew anything auspicious about it after listening to the report of the eldest grandson Wuji. It all started from before. After Li Er announced the reforms he was going to make, transferred the office location, and arranged the confidants to their respective departments, the eldest grandson Wuji came out and said that there was something to report, and Li Er asked him to talk about it carefully, and this scene appeared.
An old farmer dressed in coarse linen walked tremblingly into the gate of Taiji Palace. Looking at the big officials and masters in various official robes standing on both sides, their footsteps trembled even more, and they almost couldn't walk.
Holding a tray in his hand. It was covered with a red cloth, and I don't know what it was inside, but since it was brought by an old farmer, it must have been something from the land. It seems to be something unusual. I hope I don't make a fool of myself.
"Master Gao, what do you say this is? How dare you come to this hall! Xiao Yu leaned over to Gao Shilian and asked in a low voice.
"This, Lord Xiao is looking for the wrong person, I don't know, my nephew didn't reveal it at all!" Gao Shilian said embarrassedly. Although he is the uncle of the eldest grandson Wuji, this nephew is much more capable than him, and he no longer discusses anything with him since the two siblings moved out of his house. It's all the eldest grandson Wuji's own ideas, so Gao Shilian really doesn't know what's in this tray.
"Shouldn't it be a big joke like it was during the great cause of the previous dynasty?" Xiao Yu said worriedly. During the former Sui Dynasty, Jizhou officials reported that a unicorn appeared in Jizhou, and spent countless manpower and material resources to finally capture this 'unicorn' and transported it to Daxing City at that time, which is the predecessor of the current Chang'an City, but it was debunked, where is the unicorn, it is a pig, but it was pasted with gold leaf on its body, and two fake antlers were installed, which became the talk of the people of Daxing City after tea and dinner, and it was a joke for three months. The local officials who played Xiangrui were killed by Emperor Yang, who was embarrassed and angry, and the officials no longer dared to say anything about Xiangrui.
But now the eldest grandson Wuji actually brought up this taboo-like topic, and let an old peasant appear in the main hall of the council, it seems that he is really so sure, but I don't know if this auspicious rui will be exposed!
The old peasant's hair was gray, and the coarse linen clothes had two patches, but they were very clean, and it seemed that they had been specially pulped and washed. A pair of hands holding a tray were covered with calluses, tanned skin from the scorching sun, and some faint age spots. This old peasant is indeed very old, in the post-war era, such old people are still rare, except for those who are well-off, the old people from poor families either died in the war, or starved to death on the way to escape the war disaster in these years of war. Therefore, the fact that the eldest grandson Wuji was able to find such an old man shows that he is very attentive, which also makes Li Er's heart relax a little: "Since the auxiliary function can spend such a mind and find an elder who is over the age of sixties, it seems that this so-called auspicious rui will probably not be ashamed." ”
Under the gaze of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, the old man finally came to the center of the main hall and bowed down: "The grass people meet the saint!" ”
"The old man should hurry up, how can the people of the world afford it!" Li Er quickly stood up from the throne, stepped down the steps, and helped the old man who was kneeling on the ground up.
In this era, being old is also an advantage, and the "Martial Virtue Law" has clearly stipulated that if you are over the age of sixties, you will not kneel in the palace, and you will even drown in the Jinluan Palace after the age of seventy. In other words, no one will dare to punish you for and peeing in this council hall. That's the privilege of living a long time.
So the old farmer knelt down towards Li Er, but Li Er didn't dare to really accept it, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help. Li Er did this, and the old farmer was excited, this was personally helped by the emperor, and the emperor personally came to help him, a hillbilly. He couldn't believe it, his lips trembled and he couldn't speak, the tray was put on the ground by him, and it didn't matter what auspicious rui was, the emperor was the biggest auspicious rui. Later, when he returned to his Zhuangzi, he said that he had been helped up by the emperor himself, which was a face-saving man, and those guys who looked down on their old bones still married their daughters to their own two boys. Now the two boys in their own family are blessed, and they don't have to pay the bride price for the daughters of any family they want to marry.
It is unbelievable that this old farmer was thinking about these things at this time, instead of being sincerely frightened and his mind was blank. But not many people have seen the emperor in this era, and in the hearts of those rural farmers, the emperor probably used a gold hoe to farm the land! Because in their hearts, they only have one concept of the emperor. That is, the emperor is very remarkable.
Li Er helped the old farmer up, and the eldest grandson Wuji picked up the tray on the ground on the side: "This old gentleman, this is the auspicious rui you want to offer to the emperor?" ”
The old farmer was a tenant of the eldest grandson's family. Naturally, he knew his master, and when he saw the eldest grandson Wuji speak, he hurriedly said according to the previous master: "Exactly, this thing is the auspicious rui that the grass people want to offer!" ”
"Can you open the eyes of this Manchu Dynasty civil and military?" The eldest grandson Wuji once again continued the conversation.
Eldest Sun Wuji can be said to have overstepped this point, so Li Er should say it, but Li Er didn't say anything at this time. Because he only knows that his eldest brother is not a person who doesn't even have this bit of proportion, and the reason why he says this now is probably to guide the old peasant, since the emperor has not spoken. The civil and military officials will not offend this newly canonized Duke of Qi.
"Xiang Ruijin is dedicated to His Majesty, of course, to tell the world. That is, what is grown in his own field, I hope the emperor can see it! At this moment, the old farmer was brought into the state that had been rehearsed many times before by the eldest grandson Wuji, and he was not so excited and nervous when he spoke.
"Oh! So how is this auspicious for me? Li Er was also interested.
"Your Majesty. This auspicious. In fact, it has been planted for several years, but there has been no harvest before, but this year it has suddenly changed, this harvest is not more than wheat, and after harvesting a stubble, there will be another stubble, and it can be harvested twice a year, compared to wheat. Every year, one acre of land can produce nearly half more crops, which is simply the gospel of the people! The old farmer was very excited when he talked about it. The words that the eldest grandson Wuji taught him to praise Li Er before had long forgotten all about it, and he talked about the benefits of this kind of crop, and it was better to leave it to his own master to praise Li Er's merits.
"Really? Why has the production been low before, but this year there are so many more? Although Li Er has never really farmed, he also knows that the yield of a crop is about the same, and it is impossible to increase the output all at once, and there must be other reasons.
"Don't dare to deceive the emperor, this is called rice grain, is the main family two years ago to everyone to plant, but has always been empty shells, not much output, this spring, thought that the little boy came to teach everyone how to plant, everyone did not believe, but the grass people feel that people are noble sons, can not deceive us these bitter haha, so the grass people according to the method taught by the little boy, the original planted dense rice, pulled a lot, this not long ago when the autumn harvest, actually increased the yield, just two days ago the second crop was also harvested, The yield is higher than that of wheat, and there are at least two stones of grain per acre. The old farmer gushed.
Li Er knew what it was when he heard the word rice, and this thing was handed over to the eldest grandson Wuji by himself, it seems that these old farmers have not planted well over the years, no wonder there has been no news since then. It's just that this year, it has suddenly improved, and it seems that his son did it again.
"Old man, please show this auspicious rui to the ministers on the scene, is it really as you said!" Li Er inexplicably came to confidence, since his son made a move, then he must have received the help of his master, and this matter should be true.
"Okay!" The old peasant didn't say anything about obedience or anything like that, he didn't know anything about it yet. Directly took the tray from the hand of the eldest grandson Wuji, uncovered the red silk covering it, revealing a bundle of golden rice, full of grains, and the long ears of rice were full of rice.
The old farmer untied the red ribbon and handed an ear of rice to the ministers who had long been curious. One by one, the ministers of civil and military affairs took the rice and looked at it carefully in their hands to see how it differed from the wheat they were familiar with.
The grains are smaller than the wheat, but there are a lot more, so that the yield of an ear of rice and a wheat is about the same, if the planting density is not much different, the yield is about the same, but if this thing can really send out the second crop, then the yield will be much higher, which is a great joy for the Tang Dynasty, which is a great joy for the Tang Dynasty, and the annual grain output is half higher than that. This is undoubtedly a big propeller for the entire empire, and the development of the empire will become much more rapid, so that the world will be peaceful and the prosperity of the people will be just around the corner.
The ministers thought a lot, all of them were happy, this crop must be promoted, the entire Guanzhong, the entire Hebei Province, the entire Shandong land, all have to be planted, then the sequelae left by the war will soon be smoothed out, the pace of the prosperous era will be closer and closer, thinking of these, these ministers who are worried about the country and the people all day long have a smile on the corner of their mouths, and even one by one they are thinking about how much more grain they can harvest from their own acres of land.
"I think that this kind of food should be vigorously promoted!" Cui Xiang, as the most representative figure of the five surnames and seven wangs in the court, was the first to jump out for the interests of these families, if they can grow this kind of food, then their income will be greatly increased again, and the status of the family will be more stable.
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"The minister also seconded it!" One by one, the ministers belonging to the wealthy families came forward and demanded that this grain be popularized, because their families would also reap very large benefits from this auspicious event. That's why they support Cui Xiang like this, otherwise there are also filthy disputes between the big families, how can they all stand on the side of the Cui clan in Qinghe? (To be continued......)
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