What Li Yan said was what Emperor Mingzong was most worried about.

Compared with the officials who have been officials in the court and have been immersed in the court for many years, scholars like Li Yan and Zhang Xu, who are often among the people and have dealings with the three religions and nine streams, can most deeply understand the poison of "greed" and "corruption" on the society and the people.

Otherwise, those students who have studied hard for ten years in order to be able to enter the government once and for ten years will not have the lofty ambition of "if I am an official one day, I will definitely have a clean breeze on my sleeves and ask for my life for the people".

It's a pity that the imperial court is a big dye vat, with power, status, and wealth...... There are too many temptations, and the once noble ambitions have been clouded with dust, so that most people have gradually become the people they were ashamed of back then.

As a result, corrupt officials and corrupt officials are like inexhaustible weeds, and at the slightest spring wind and rain, they will seize every opportunity to grow wildly, and they will never be killed and punished.

But in the same way, Emperor Mingzong, who is well versed in the art of imperial power, understands the truth that "when the water is clear, there are no fish".

Before Lin Ruo and Li Yan were still alive, the crown prince personally took Zhang Xu to the imperial study and explained to Emperor Mingzong about the management of the Shangyu flood and the resettlement of the victims.

Shangyu is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with a mild climate and abundant rainfall, and rice can be harvested twice a year. Because of the dam burst, all the seedlings planted in March were destroyed.

Although the dam burst, fortunately, it did not cause seawater to backflow, and after the river water in the fields was diverted, most of the fertile land did not become saline-alkali land that was difficult to grow rice again.

Under the leadership and guidance of Zhang Xu and a group of students, a group of farmers listened to the persuasion and advanced the planting of the second crop of rice, which was originally planted in early August, to the end of June. After the harvest in October, he tried to plant some hardy winter wheat, and before planting the fields in the spring of this year, he had a bumper harvest, and finally recovered from the natural disaster and the lack of grain—of course, these grains were all brought forward by Zhang Xu and the students of the academy, promising to arrive with the harvest after the autumn, and begging the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan to help.

The first place to devote himself is naturally the Jinling royal family. Xu because the prince came forward in person, and Xu because he was friendly with the Lin family, Wang Xi behaved extremely generously and gave the prince and Zhang Xu most of the grain they asked for free of charge. The rest, pieced together by the rest of the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan and the local government, was finally put together.

The grain harvested in the autumn cannot be compared with the harvest year, but after all, it is only one or two percent less than the usual year, which can make the farmers who follow Zhang Xu barely survive; Coupled with the harvest supply of winter wheat, the grain money owed was finally repaid, including the grain provided by the Wang family free of charge, and the farmers were grateful and repaid most of it, such a result is really unexpected!

From this point of view, Zhang Xu's contribution is not insignificant!

The prince's turnaround battle is really beautiful!

However, what Emperor Mingzong did not expect was that when the prince came to invite merit this time, although he praised Zhang Xu's effective implementation of the "Green Seedling Law", he also did not propose to let the imperial court vigorously implement it, but pointed out the disadvantages of the "Green Seedling Law" if the imperial court came forward and implemented it throughout the country.

The prince is no longer happy about his achievements, but can look at the overall situation and distinguish the pros and cons, which is really gratifying to him!

In contrast, King Ye, who had been waiting to pull the prince's pigtails, fell into the inferior position - he was drawn into intrigues, and after all, the pattern was a little smaller.

Emperor Mingzong can be said to be very satisfied with the performance of the crown prince.

However, the country is easy to change, and the temperament is difficult to change, the prince still failed to calm down after all, and did not let the emperor take the initiative to think of the Lin family as discussed with Zhang Xu in advance, and then decided to let the Lin family be the largest creditor of the "Qingmiao Law".

Emperor Mingzong's relief and appreciation made the prince feel fluttering, blurted out, and recommended the Lin family.

Before the crown prince realized that he was getting carried away, Zhang Xu shouted "bad" in his heart, avoided Emperor Mingzong's gaze, and secretly tugged the corner of the crown prince's waist.

It's a pity that the words have been spoken, and it is too late to take them back.

An emperor is an emperor after all.

And the crown prince, although he is called the "prince", as long as he does not ascend to the throne for a day, he will always be a courtier.

In front of the emperor, blatantly cultivating his own power, which "king" can tolerate it?

This is the reason why Lin Ruo and Li Yan keenly felt that trace of vigilance when they arrived.

Emperor Mingzong's face was not shocked, and he couldn't see any emotion, but he pointed out the key to Li Yan, and as the emperor was silent for a long time, his heart was a little unsettled.

also has this feeling, as well as the prince and Zhang Xu.

The two people who knew didn't dare to come out, and Li Yan, who didn't know, was worried in his heart, only Lin Ruo, with a pair of clear eyes, walked between Emperor Mingzong and Li Yan, quite a little bit of the tiger spirit of a newborn calf.

"Your Majesty, corruption is indeed a disease that is difficult to eradicate, but ......" Lin Ruo tentatively spoke, his expression looked a little relaxed, but he was much more cautious in his wording, "If you can choose someone to do it, it will not be a good recipe for the benefit of the country and the people!" For example, like Lord Zhang, he has eliminated floods and settled the victims, but he has never heard rumors of impeachment and corruption! ”

"Pick someone to do it?" Emperor Mingzong repeated these four words meaningfully, chewing on the meaning, "Minhui, who do you think can take on this responsibility?" ”

"I think?"

Lin Ruo's eyes widened and her face was surprised, as if she didn't expect Emperor Mingzong to throw this question at her.

"Well, you think." Emperor Mingzong repeated a sentence firmly, confirming that he was not joking, "This is a business-related matter, and on weekdays, you are the most insightful." I'd like to hear what you think, but it doesn't hurt to say so. ”

Lin Ruo swallowed his saliva and said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, if you want to open a money bank to lend money, Minhui can pick out a shopkeeper from your uncle." But...... You are planning to choose an adult from the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty who can take on a big responsibility, devote himself to the public, and do not favor personal interests to preside over the implementation of the decree...... How do you give insight? I don't even recognize all the wives of these adults, let alone so many civil and military officials! ”

Although it did not directly prevaricate with the reason that "women are not allowed to engage in politics", this is essentially the same meaning.

"Really no insight?"

"It's really no ......" Lin Ruo pouted aggrievedly, with a rare hint of coquettishness in his tone, "Your Majesty, why are you always embarrassed by Minhui today!" ”

Bewilderment?

Emperor Mingzong snorted imperceptibly, looked at Lin Ruo, who was pouting, and said, "If there is no opinion, there will be no opinion." So I'll talk about my thoughts. ”

Lin Ruo nodded, looking at the emperor with a pair of black eyes, his expression was very focused. The crown prince, Zhang Xu, and Li Yan also pricked up their ears and cheered up 120,000 spirits, ready to listen to the decision of the Son of Heaven.

"Ah Ruo, I want to hand over this matter to the Lin family, what do you think?"