Early the next morning, Lin Ruan was still sleeping, and a maid came to wake her up: "Wake up, girl, just now the prince passed the word, saying that the emperor's decree and the queen mother's reward will arrive at any time this morning, you have to get up quickly and pack up, and prepare to receive the decree and thank you." ”

Lin Ruan opened her eyes and sat up from the bed, letting the maids clean up for her.

Receiving the holy decree is very particular, Lin Ruan has to bathe first, then burn incense, and wear clothes that match his identity.

Fortunately, Lin Ruan is just a small village girl, as long as her clothes are not out of order.

In addition to these, she also needs to prepare some silver rewards to reward the great eunuch. After surviving, it was already bright outside.

After a hurried breakfast, Lin Ruan was invited to wait outside in the hall facing the main gate.

Towards the end of the day, the man who made the decree in the palace finally came.

The big eunuch said in a sharp voice: "The people's daughter Lin Ruan took the order." ”

Lin Ruan hurriedly knelt down.

The great eunuch read out the emperor's holy decree: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor summoned and said: The people's daughter Lin Aruan, repeatedly offered rare treasures, won the sacred heart, and found a sweet potato, which is expected to solve the hardships of the people of my Great Zhou. All agricultural officials under the jurisdiction of Huaiyang Prefecture are fully involved in assisting in this matter, and must not be slack, and those who violate the order will be dismissed from their posts and investigated. Chin this. Yulin Township, please accept the order. ”

Lin Ruan was extremely surprised, she thought that the emperor had sent someone to send her to give the reward promised yesterday, but she never expected that this holy decree would make her the township king!

Although she currently doesn't know how many rank officials this townsman is, she knows that this title is definitely not easy to come by.

After all, she is just a peasant girl, and yesterday in the imperial study, the emperor did not say that he would give her a title, only said that he would let her promote sweet potatoes, and only after seeing the results, he would reward her for her meritorious deeds.

And now that nothing has been done, the reward has come down, what has happened in between?

Lin Ruan didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly kowtowed and thanked him.

After receiving this holy decree, it was a reward from the emperor and the queen mother.

After Lin Ruan received the reward, he was held up by Yahuan.

The big eunuch said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to the countryman, congratulations to the countryman." ”

Lin Ruan replied with a smile: "Thank you father-in-law, I don't know what my father-in-law is called, this hot day is really tired for my father-in-law, and I ask my father-in-law to stay and drink a cup of tea to cool off." ”

As he spoke, Lin Ruan stuffed the silver ticket he had prepared in advance.

The great eunuch took the silver ticket very skillfully and stuffed it into his sleeve, and at first glance he looked like he had done this thing, and then smiled a little more sincerely.

Because Lin Ruan deliberately folded the face of the silver ticket when he gave it away, the words "Wu Bai" were clearly dangling, and the big eunuch could not be happy.

As soon as the mood was good, the attitude of the big eunuch became even more cordial: "Thank you for the kindness of the countryman, but the miscellaneous family still has to go back to pay the errand, so I won't drink this tea." Because no one has been awarded the title of Xiangjun before our Great Zhou Dynasty, the Xiangjun's court clothes are still in the process of being prepared, and when the Internal Affairs Office is done, it will be sent to the Xiangjun. ”

Lin Ruan hurriedly said: "Thank you for informing your father-in-law." ”

The big eunuch shook off the dust in his hand and said, "Xiangjun, the miscellaneous family is still in a hurry to return to the official, so I won't talk to you much and say goodbye." ”

Lin Ruan politely blessed him: "Father-in-law go slowly." ”

After the people who issued the decree left, Xiao Bo stepped forward and smiled at Lin Ruan: "I've seen the countryman." Congratulations to the countryman, congratulations to the countryman. ”

The other maids also saluted.

Lin Ruan was a little embarrassed and helped Xiao Bo up: "Uncle Xiao, don't make fun of me. ”

Xiao Bo smiled and shook his head: "This is not a joke. The townsman knows that since the beginning of our Great Zhou Dynasty, there has never been a precedent for a folk woman, and you are the first person. This glory is truly supreme. ”

Lin Ruan was also very excited in her heart, what was she doing so much, wasn't she a title from the imperial court? With this title, no one will dare to bully her at will in the future.

It's just that happiness came so suddenly, she felt like she was in a dream.

What's going on here?

Rewind time to two hours ago.

At the Jinluan Palace, the emperor announced Lin Ruanjin's offering of sweet potatoes, and decided to let the agricultural officials under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry in Huaiyang Prefecture fully cooperate with the promotion of sweet potato planting.

As soon as this news came out, it shocked the entire court.

Just as the ministers were congratulating the emperor and discussing the sweet potato, a minister stood up.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the promotion of sweet potato planting is a matter of great importance, and the Lin family is a small peasant girl, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to take on the important task."

As soon as these words came out, the noisy court suddenly quieted down, and the ministers looked at the person who spoke—Lord Yao Bingzhang, a scholar of Hanlin.

Xiao Jingchen glanced at Master Yao, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes.

The emperor looked at Yao Bingzhang coldly and said, "According to Aiqing's opinion, what should this matter be?" ”

Yao Bingzhang hated Lin Ruan to the bone, because of Lin Ruan, his uncompetitive nephew almost died, and in order to save Yao San, he and his brothers were not less implicated. So just when he heard that the sweet potato was actually from Lin Ruan, and the emperor wanted Lin Ruan to be responsible for promoting the planting, Yao Bingzhang immediately gritted his teeth with hatred.

How great is this promotion, if it is successful, then Lin Ruan is afraid that he will have to rise from now on.

When the time comes, maybe the femme fatale will come back to their troubles.

So no matter what, he's going to mess it up.

Therefore, he said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter can be handed over to the agricultural officials of Huaiyang Mansion to be fully responsible." The peasant officials know the local agricultural affairs best, let them help a rural woman, I am afraid that not only can not convince those peasant officials, but even the people may not be able to believe in the magic of sweet potatoes, and the promotion will definitely be hindered, and the loss will be immeasurable, so please think twice and use the Lin woman carefully. ”

When some courtiers heard this, they immediately echoed it, and then recommended others to take advantage of the situation.

These people think more, and they know better than anyone what the promotion work represents, so who doesn't want to take advantage of it.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and looked at the people below, looking at the righteous words on the surface, and his heart was annoyed.

He knew too well what these people really thought, but they were all about the drill camp, if the promotion of this sweet potato was a huge risk, would these people still be so anxious to compete for this errand?

However, he didn't show anything, just watched the people below argue with a cold eye.

After a while, he raised his hand to signal that there was silence below, and then turned his head to look at Xiao Jingchen: "Chen'er, you found out about this sweet potato and brought the woman of the Lin family to offer it, what do you think?" ”