Chapter 400: Reward
"Since it's such a treasure from your men, do you want anything?"
After solving the big trouble in his heart, the emperor's mood became much better, and he said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "What if I make him an official?" ”
"This thing was given to me by a lady I know." Old man Yao said: "That lady is a good hand at farming, and will also improve the white rice, so that the original ordinary white rice can also grow into the same appearance and taste as the royal tribute rice, and also found many strange edible plants, this sweet potato is also she got it from her family by chance, she knows these and knows how to plant, the moisturizing treasures should be taken out at this time at the latest to serve the court, so I asked me to send it to the emperor." ”
"Oh?" When the emperor heard his words, he raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I thought that the person who did this should be a man, but I didn't expect it to be a woman, and it was really a woman who didn't let her eyebrows!" ”
"The emperor praised it falsely, my friend didn't want to be in the limelight, did he think about him? It's good to think about it in private, and keep them in mind at night, that is their great blessing, and they don't have to be officials or anything, they still prefer honest farming. ”
Old man Yao knows the emperor's temperament best, and he followed the emperor's hair, and this time he said it without greed for fame and fortune, this remark was actually for Si Si to leave a good impression in front of the emperor.
Lu Yan is now checking those things, and Old Man Yao also understands, although he wants to keep him away from these rights and wrongs, but at the same time, he also knows that Lu Yan's temper is like that, and this sea of blood and hatred is there, Lu Yan's parents were also their juniors and had a good relationship with themselves, so there was nothing to persuade.
However, Lu Yan's current identity is not suitable for the surface, and it is easy to make too many enemies, first tell the emperor like this, create an appearance that the emperor does not admire fame and fortune, and when the truth of the matter is revealed, coupled with the case of his parents' unjust death, the emperor can recognize his mistake at the same time, and he can also look up to him for today's credit.
There are all these complicated twists and turns inside, and Old Man Yao can calculate it clearly, but his face is not revealed, and he still looks like a respectful and loyal minister.
"Good! Since there are such people who are not greedy for fame and fortune, then I must be rewarded well. The emperor laughed, and the dragon face was happy.
"In this case, I will give them a gold medal, seeing this gold medal is like seeing me, if they have something to ask for in the future, if they come to see me with the gold medal, I can still meet their request, Yang Aiqing, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, this ......" Old Man Yao played his calculations very loudly, but he didn't expect the emperor to be so generous, and actually gave a gold medal, this is the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, "This reward is too expensive, the emperor should change it for something else, gold and silver jewelry, jewelry and jade." ”
Although he said that, Old Man Yao was looking forward to that token in his heart.
With that token, it is equivalent to having a talisman, and Lu Yan will be able to live much better with this gold medal in the future.
"Hahaha, it needs to be so valuable to be able to show the love of the imperial court." The emperor seemed to have made up his mind, and said: "After all, this move not only helped the court solve the problem, but also saved thousands of people in the Ming Dynasty." ”
"Then thank you for the emperor's reward!" Old Man Yao lowered his eyes slightly, and saluted the emperor, covering up the surprise in his eyes very well.
"Without further ado, I immediately wrote a secret message, Yang Aiqing, how about you bring this wallpaper to the friend who gives it to you than those gold medals plus some other rewards?"
"Your Majesty." Love books
Old Man Yao had long wanted to go to see Lu Yan and them, but because of the tense situation in the court, they had been delayed, and now it was just a good reason to give him?
"It's just that you need to wait two days to go this time, and after you tell the civil and military officials about this matter when you go to court tomorrow, it's not too late for you to go."
"The minister understands, thank you to the emperor."
Old Man Yao happily received the secret decree, left the sweet potato in the imperial study, and went out of the palace to go home with joy on his face.
It's just that he didn't expect the emperor to have other calculations for this move.
When he went to the court, the old man Yao ignored the suspicious and jealous eyes of his colleagues, and stood at the front with a happy face, and sure enough, the emperor told the matter of sweet potatoes, and also appointed the old man Yao as the minister of the operation, leading the Ministry of Household and Industry, and uniting the county orders to distribute the sweet potatoes with a yield of 7,000 catties per mu to the hands of the people.
Although Old Man Yao is very happy that he has a bright reason to see Lu Yan, he has not seen Jixiang for a long time, and he doesn't know if he has grown taller and how he is studying.
But the thought of having a lot of things to do next, is another headache.
Sure enough, the emperor is more shrewd! Old Man Yao thought indignantly in his heart.
At that time, Lu Yan also received news that Old Man Yao was appointed by the emperor as the minister of the Imperial Mission and would come here to inspect the cultivation of sweet potatoes, and then bring some sweet potato seedlings back to distribute to the people everywhere.
"Probably like this, even if you want to keep a low profile, you can't keep a low profile." Lu Yan supported his forehead a little helplessly, but the joy in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows could not be ignored no matter what.
Old Man Yao came to find Lu Yan's family, he did it secretly in private, avoiding everyone's eyes and ears without anyone noticing, and after handing over the emperor's secret decree and the gold medal to Si Si, he went to Sweetwater Village to see his long-missed little grandson Jixiang.
"It's been a long time since I've seen us auspicious, we've grown a lot taller, and grandpa can't hold it." Old Man Yao touched his auspicious head very kindly and said, "Unknowingly, we are about to grow up, and grandpa is old!" ”
A group of people were in the courtyard of the village chief's house, and Si Si also specially brought some taro, breadfruit or something for the village chief, Aunt Zhao, and Jixiang to taste them.
Although I haven't seen Mr. Yao for a long time, Jixiang's interest is quite good, and he quickly recognized the grandfather he liked very much when he was young.
also took out the books he had recently studied, and asked Old Man Yao to test his grandfather and grandson, which was very harmonious.
"Brother Zhao, thank you for taking care of my uneasy nephew's family." Old Man Yao greeted the village chief very warmly.
Although the village chief and his wife didn't know who Old Man Yao was, they really loved auspiciousness when they saw it like this, so they didn't think much about it, and chatted happily.