"On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head, and the son of heaven cultivated the plough and drove the cattle. The mother of the main palace came to deliver the meal, and the minister of the court threw away the seeds. Spring ploughing and summer cultivation rate the world, and the five grains are abundant in the peaceful autumn. This is a folk ballad that describes the scene of the Son of Heaven's revital.

China has been a big agricultural country since ancient times, and the history of the rise and fall of emperors also shows that if an emperor attaches importance to agricultural development, cares about the suffering of the people, and makes the people have enough food and clothing, the dynasty in which the emperor lives will generally be peaceful and peaceful.

Therefore, since Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, there has been a system of the Son of Heaven ploughing, but with the passage of time, this system has actually existed in name only. Even if a few emperors are interested in it from time to time, because this crop work is not as simple as imagined, most of them are just going through the motions.

In fact, Li Guanqi himself is not very interested in this kind of relatively grandiose thing, but because he was kidnapped, rumors about him were rampant in the government and the opposition, so it is a good thing to sensationalize at this time, and it can immediately smash those rumors. At the same time, Li Guanqi also has a deeper consideration, he does not plan to just use this pro-ploughing ceremony to sensationalize, he also wants to take the opportunity to complete more important things.

On the 20th of February, the spring flowers bloomed and the wind and sun were beautiful. Early in the morning, the ministers of the court came to the edge of the field left for the emperor to plow. Because the emperor wanted to plough the land, the people of Shili and Eight Villages were also organized to come to watch the ceremony.

When Li Guanqi's chariot came to the edge of the field, the officials and people who had been standing there for a long time suddenly thundered with joy, knelt on the ground, and shouted long live.

As soon as the car stopped, Li Guanqi got out of the chariot, and everyone was taken aback when they looked at it. Today's emperor is completely dressed as a peasant. He wore a square scarf on his head, a short shirt, coarse cloth trousers, and a pair of flat-toed bast shoes.

He waved his hand at the people who were kneeling on the ground. Li Guanqi didn't talk nonsense, but went straight to the field, where two oxen pulled a pair of plough sticks, and there was a red silk hanging on the ox's head, and a pre-arranged old farmer was waiting there with the ox's head. Li Guanqi quickly took off his bast shoes, came to the field barefoot, held the plough stick, and prepared to plow.

As the celebrant shouted: "The emperor ploughs - open the plow!" Li Guanqi skillfully waved his whip. The plough was ploughed with a plough stick.

Although it was said that the emperor personally ploughed, according to the rules, in fact, Li Guanqi only needed to plow the land three times, while the princes needed to follow the plough five times, and the officials above the six Shangshu also had to follow a plough seven times.

Although Li Guanqi had never used this tool to plough the land in his previous life, he was also from a rural area, and he was young and strong, so these three ploughs were successfully completed. But the princes and ministers who are usually pampered are different. Where did they usually do these jobs, and because most of them were older. After a few ploughs, he was so tired that he was panting and looked very embarrassed.

And at this time, the weather is still very cold, and there is even ice ballast in the ground, and the taste is definitely unpleasant when stepping on the mud with bare feet. Many people's feet were cut and bloodied. But seeing that Li Guanqi's feet were also bloody, no one dared to say anything.

In this way, Li Guanqi wanted to make these ministers understand the importance of agriculture and how the food they usually ate was not easy to obtain.

After the pro-ploughing ceremony was completed, facing the civil and military ministers and the people on the third floor and the outer three layers of the enclosure, Li Guanqi, who was dressed as a crop man, spoke. "Who knows that Chinese food is hard work. After a few laps just now, everyone must know the hard work. But if a man doesn't work hard to plough the land, the whole family will starve, and if a woman doesn't work hard to weave, the whole family will freeze.

Family business, family business, having a family and industry is the foundation of the country, agriculture is the root of the community, and there is nothing more important in the world than food. Only when there is more food can we feed the people, feed the soldiers, attack it, and defend it......"

Li Guanqi was barefoot and generously there, and the other ministers, no one was embarrassed to put on the cotton shoes first, so they had to silently slander in their stomachs: This emperor was not sent by God to play with us, right? It's so toss-up.

In the resentful eyes of the ministers, Li Guanqi finally ended his speech, turned around and looked at the ministers who were "moved" by him, and said with a slight smile: "After tossing for so long, I know that everyone must be tired and hungry." So, I prepared food for everyone, and after eating, I will talk about other things. ”

He Ziming and the others had already prepared, and when they saw Li Guanqi ordering the meal, they waved their hands, and immediately a team of eunuchs walked out with dinner plates. From Li Guanqi and below, in front of each person, there is a bowl of brown rice, a dish of salt-free and oil-free Chinese cabbage, and a large bowl of water.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what the emperor was doing, and stared at Li Guanqi one by one, hoping that he could explain.

Who knows, Li Guanqi didn't speak at all, but picked up the brown rice and ate it in a big gulp. After eating two bites of rice, he picked up the cabbage and soaked it in the bowl of water, put it in his mouth again, and chewed it crunching. It turned out to be a bowl of salted water, and the tasteless cabbage was slightly salty when it was dipped like this.

Li Guanqi finished eating by himself, but when he looked at everyone, only a few people such as Qin Minzhong, Zhao Pu, and Lin Bai had eaten them all. The others, including Yang Bozheng, either moved slightly, or didn't touch it at all.

Li Guanqi's face sank, and he said in a cold voice: "Is the meal I prepared not to your taste?" ”

"The ministers dare not ......," the ministers defended one after another.

"If you don't dare, why don't you eat it?" Li Guanqi asked with a sneer.

Yang Bozheng endured it for a long time, and finally didn't hold back, and went out of class to play: "Back to the emperor, this meal is really a bit difficult to swallow." The minister doesn't know what the emperor's intention is! ”

"What do you mean?" Li Guanqi sneered and said, "Your Excellency has always been accustomed to fine clothes and jade food. Do you know that what is now in front of you is what the people in the suburbs of Beijing eat on a daily basis? ”

"What?" The ministers present were already wide-eyed, and their eyes widened. What this dog doesn't eat turns out to be what the people in the suburbs of Beijing eat on weekdays? The emperor is too good at, right?

Yang Bozheng frowned even more, blew his beard and said, "I don't know who slandered the emperor?" My Great Qianchao is a country and the people are safe, the suburbs of Beijing, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, can the people live with such inferior food? ”

Li Guanqi sneered and said, "It seems that you all don't believe it?"

Yang Bozheng shook his head and said, "The minister definitely doesn't believe it!" (To be continued......)