Section 19: Li Tai and Emperor Yang of Sui
The boiled green corn was naturally fragrant, and that day and evening happily brought a plate to grandma, aunts and aunts, and the maids were not allowed to touch their hands.
The dignified Marquis's Mansion can eat a corn to make a holiday feeling, high-end goods, Xin Yue held the corn cob and gnawed it sadly, there was no dregs left, that day and twilight ate her own in one go, and stared at Yun Ye's look, so she had to break it off and hand it over, the little girl counted the corn kernels on the corn cob and prepared to cut it with a knife, the number was not enough, and the little girls had to be half a person.
What the hell are you doing? Yun Ye was suddenly angry, the world's people don't eat or not, a broken corn, making his family rare like this, isn't there still more than a dozen acres of corn in the field? What if your family eats up an acre? Didn't you starve everyone to death when there was no corn in the past?
If you like to eat, you can eat enough today, relatives, friends and elders will send some, and you can't expect everyone in the world to eat it? Li Er has only spread potatoes in a small area so far, what is this for? The old men of the Yun family Zhuangzi are not uncommon to potatoes, and the people outside still don't know what potatoes are.
Even the crops should be divided into superior and inferior? Potatoes are only allowed to be grown in the homes of the rich and noble, but not in the homes of the people who need them the most to satisfy their hunger?
Although I know that this is Li Er's caution, since ancient times, agriculture has no trivial matter, persuading agriculture has always been the cornerstone of the feudal dynasty, no matter how careful it is, the rich and noble families can withstand the loss, even if there is suddenly no income from potatoes, they will not starve to death, the poor people are different, if there is no harvest after planting for a year, it is a major event to change the dynasty. Rice, wheat. Millet, millet and sorghum have been planted for tens of thousands of years before they become the main food of the people, and the time for potatoes to be born is too short and needs to be verified.
But that's it. Yun Ye still felt the hurt, he knew very well what was going on with the potatoes, not to mention the corn, and the small bowl of porridge in his hand was pinched. Seeing the pitiful appearance of the corn peeling and eating one by one, he completely broke out, and threw the small bowl in his hand on the table. turned his head and went out, making the family members at the dinner table look at each other, not knowing what kind of madness Yun Ye made.
He took his servants to the cornfield. I chose the best one and gave an order. The servants rushed into the cornfield and began to break the corn, Yun Ye didn't plan to leave this piece of corn for the benefit of the world, the most important thing is to benefit his family first, he never believed in those who didn't care about his wife and children, such people didn't know if they could still be counted into the category of people, regardless of their wives and children. But he is compassionate to work for the welfare of the suffering people all over the world, and behind the seemingly great often hides an ugly purpose that no one knows.
There are many such people in Datang. They are all local officials, there is no one in the capital, even people like Wei Zheng know to buy a good house for their stupid son, they are afraid that he will have no food and clothing in the future, and the feeling of licking the calf is comforting.
There is not much land per acre, and it was cleaned by the servants in half an hour, looking at more than a dozen baskets of corn cobs, Yun Ye dissipated the hatred in his heart.
Grandma patted Yun Ye's hand and didn't say anything, she went to the Buddhist hall with a smile, ready to make up for today's homework, Xin Yue was just about to speak, but was glared back by Yun Ye at a glance, that day was like a child, and asked Yun Ye to cook a lot for her, she planned to eat boiled corn in half a month.
After boiling a big pot again, the money housekeeper got an ear of corn, and when she saw her teeth and eyes, she quickly gnawed the little corn she had saved.
That's right, that day and twilight went to her room with a plate, knowing that she was going to take it to the eunuch to eat, Xiaoya, Xiaowu, a few little girls, one person divided two, and if she couldn't finish eating, she was left, and the whole family was not allowed to let go.
"What's wrong with you today? I usually regard corn as the same as my life, why do I cut so much now? Didn't you say that they all grow grain, and you also said that you starved your parents to death and didn't eat growing grain, and your temperament has changed today? ”
"If I really watched my parents starve to death and didn't eat the grain, would you still like me like this? If the Grand Duke is selfless, then it is not Yun Ye, what the world, what the people, that is not something I have to care about, I am also a member of the people, and I also need to be taken care of, I can't take care of the world, my whole family is half-dead to fight famine, conscience, that thing is something that only comes after eating a full meal. ”
Xin Yue kissed Yun Ye on the lips and said: "A husband like you is a good husband, a concubine doesn't know what virtues she has accumulated in her life to marry a good man like you, and it is the blessing of a concubine to give you children, and live a warm and lively life under your wings all your life, didn't Guan Zhong say that having enough food and clothing is to know etiquette, and the words of the sages are the same as your words." ”
Xin Yue likes to see a Gu family's Yun Ye the most, and when she sees that he has a tendency to develop in this direction, she hurriedly encourages him and finds a basis for her husband's words, so as to strengthen her husband's mind.
It was dark, Li Tai still didn't move, Yun Ye filled two ears of corn in the basket, ready to go down and have a look. Seeing that Yun Ye was delivering food to Li Tai, the commander gratefully let go of the cellar door and let him go.
Li Tai's firecrackers have been ready, but this diligent young man is still busy, holding a magnifying glass to carefully study those saltpeters and sulfur of different purities, and wants to make a record.
The book has been filled with some symbols, this is the English alphabet that Yun Ye specially taught him, purely for secrecy, Li Tai himself formulated a new meaning for each English letter, even if Yun Ye picked up his notes now, he couldn't understand what he had recorded.
A man who is obsessed with his work is charming, resolute, strong, indomitable, and in short, you will find in this moment the virtues that you have never found in him.
Touched a teapot and found that the tea inside was already cold, taking advantage of Li Tai's kung fu Yun Ye said: "Qingque, take a break, the gunpowder has been raised to a new height by me, you want to make new discoveries on this basis, it won't be too easy, there is something delicious for you."
Li Tai smiled at Yun Ye, sighed, made another waist stretching movement, lifted the lid of the basket, and exclaimed: "Corn, what's wrong today, how can you be willing to give me such a good thing, I asked you to taste it last year, and the dog who was scolded by you was bloody, could it be that seeing me was too hard, let me make up for it?" “
"Wash your hands first, your hands are full of medicinal powder, I don't know if you have to develop a good habit of washing your hands after you finish work, I don't know what you will study in the future, if you get involved in the category of biochemistry, if you don't wash your hands, it will kill you."
Li Tai is always very humble about the correct opinion, put down the lid, went to the side of the wooden basin to wash his hands, carefully washed twice, then wiped off the water stains, took out the corn from the basket, pulled off the corn whiskers, peeled off the outer skin, and chewed it in a big mouthful.
Looking at his actions, you can know that these bastards in the academy must have stolen a lot of corn, and they pity themselves until today before they can eat a bite.
Came to the side of Li Tai's case, looked at the firecrackers he made, very careful, from large to small, there were few ingredients left in the drawer, picked up the firecrackers and shook them, they were stuffed very tightly, and the small holes on the bamboo joints were also drilled very delicately, it was hard to imagine that these things were from the hands of a prince.
"Qingque, even I can't accept your toughness, you were born to do this business, diligence and talent, it's hard to think of results, I don't dare to imagine what kind of achievements you will achieve in the future, your brother and you are really not comparable, whether in talent or diligence, they are not as good as you."
Li Tai spit out a mouthful of dregs, rolled his eyes and said, "Then you didn't choose to help my eldest brother, you turned a blind eye to a fine breed like me, don't you think it's too late to say this now?" “
"You think too much, if you just say that you are an emperor, I still firmly support your eldest brother, you can't govern the country well, scientists are the head of a country, it is a disaster for that country, they are born with a crazy energy, you don't know how much pressure it will be to be an emperor, according to your temperament, it won't take long to completely release that crazy energy, you are very domineering, do you know, you are very similar to Yang Guang?"
Li Tai was silent, lowered his head and continued to gnaw corn, only raised his head after a while, and said helplessly to Yun Ye: "I want to refute you, but it turns out that it is really as you said, we are very similar, the same literary style, the same talent, even the fucking idea is almost the same, if the canal is not in a hurry, Yang Guang must be a famous emperor, if the expedition to Goryeo is not so urgent, it will not cause the Sui Dynasty to be torn apart." We are all very anxious, and we all want to finish the work of a hundred years in a few years, so we must not be too safe. “
"Xiaotai, this is the reason why I don't want you to be the emperor, the above two are important, but you don't understand the most important one, you look at what your father has been doing all these years, you understand, Yang Guang is not only impatient, but needs to quickly accumulate contacts, in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, the gate valve was rampant, of course, including your Guanlong Li family, the pressure on Yang Guang is too great, he needs to prove that he is a good emperor, so he chose to go east to conquer Goryeo, concentrate the power of the whole country there, and consume a lot of the power of the gate valve, If the Eastern Crusade succeeds, he will definitely take advantage of the victory and dispose of the domestic gate valves, which is why your grandfather was shocked three times in one night.
At home, he wanted to dig the Guò Canal to lay down his eternal achievements, but unfortunately, his crusade failed and was miserable. The Grand Canal was dug and the people were unknown, Uncle Ma's people were cannibalistic like beasts, and the domestic resentment was boiling, and he lost the trust of the nobles, and he also couldn't get the trust of the people, so it is not surprising that the eighteenth road is against the king and the seventy-second road is soot. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )
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