"The queen mother, if the grain is planted well, every household can harvest two or three percent more per year, and in a disaster year, it will not be as ...... as before."

Zhao Fang has been in the palace for more than a year, and he has always been cautious in his words and deeds, and he rarely asks about court affairs and state affairs, it is rare for him to say such a thing, Empress Dowager Yang is really happy, and hurriedly replied seriously: "This is indeed the truth, but there are many things in the court, although there are also ministries and departments that have always been in charge, but I don't have the time to keep an eye on it." ”

Zhao Fang hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The queen mother is busy with court affairs, even if the sons can't do much, they don't want to just watch from the sidelines, why don't you go to Si Nong Temple to improve the five grains and grains?" ”

The son used to want to avoid suspicion, but it was rare to take the initiative to help share government affairs this time, no matter what, it couldn't hit him, where did the Empress Dowager Yang say half a word of refusal, and immediately nodded.

After this matter came to an end, after Zhao Fang returned to the palace, he first finished the homework left during the day, memorized the book, and when he saw that it was almost time, he called the yellow door commonly used in the palace and asked, "Is there any news about the things you went to inquire about that day?" ”

The little yellow door hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, I have already found out clearly, there are four brothers in Gu Yanzhang's Gu Guan's family......"

Zhao Fang asked, "Which one of them is serving in the court?" ”

The other party shook his head and said: "It's all gone, more than ten years ago, the Northern Barbarians entered the customs and slaughtered Yanzhou City, ten rooms and nine emptiness, more than 100,000 people died, and there was only one left in the Gu family." ”

Xiao Huangmen was finally sent by a messenger, and he had the opportunity to show his head in front of the little emperor, and hurriedly poured out everything before and after Gu Yanzhang went from Yanzhou to Jixian.

Zhao Fang was taken aback when he heard this.

He did a little calculation, and Gu Yanzhang was only ten years old when the Yanzhou City Change was launched.

He was the most favored son of the top wealthy merchant in the city, but he fell from the sky into the mud overnight, and he fled like this along the way, lacking food and clothing on the road, and walked thousands of miles on his legs. Later, he went to Deliang Mountain to study, and when he saw that he was about to come out, he was originally going back to Yanzhou to take the exam, but who wanted to meet his uncle who was like a hungry tiger and jackal, and designed him to go to Dingyao Mountain to serve, and he was bent on saving his life.

Such a desperate situation, I don't know how to get out of it.

Zhao Fang originally felt that his biological mother died early, his brother died early, he suffered a lot of cold torture in the Qin Wangfu when he was young, and he had to be on guard against being murdered by his stepmother from time to time, which was already the most miserable life in the world, but compared to Gu Yanzhang, it seemed to be nothing.

It's just that looking at the other party's personality now, where can I see the traces of the past suffering.

For a while, his thoughts fluctuated, and he couldn't say what it was like.

***

Empress Dowager Yang didn't say anything in front of her son, and turned her head and summoned Gu Yanzhang into the palace.

"After all, Your Majesty is in charge for the first time, and it is to improve such a thing as five grains, where is it easy, if he can't do anything, he is careful, wouldn't it make it uncomfortable?" She was worried, "Gu Qing, you asked Your Majesty to ask the Si Agricultural Temple to take charge of the Agricultural Temple this time, although you are dedicated to being the king, you are a little rash, I don't know what the follow-up plans are?" ”

Gu Yanzhang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty's request to manage the Agricultural Temple is not proposed by Weichen. ”

Empress Dowager Yang was stunned when she heard this.

Gu Yanzhang said again: "It's just that since Your Majesty proposed to take care of the Agricultural Temple by itself, the minister thinks that this move is very appropriate, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

"In all dynasties, agricultural furniture ranked first, and there were thousands of newly bred cereals. But since the beginning of history, there are only a few kinds of crops that can really increase the harvest, Your Majesty's ten thousand times, every move is related to hundreds of millions of people, you need to think twice before acting, and now go to the management of the agricultural temple, even if it is a few months, several years or even more than ten years of breeding, the results may not be able to fulfill your wishes, but you will know the suffering of the farmers, the difficulties of the people, and you will also understand that everything in the world may not be smooth. ”

Speaking of this, Gu Yanzhang's voice changed and he told the story.

"The minister heard that Huizong of the former dynasty boasted that he was proficient in the way of cropping, and he had bowed to the acres of land in the palace, and finally bred good seeds, which were more than two percent more than ordinary grain seeds, and he thought that he was proud, so he issued a new seed and forced Jiangnan West Road to try it, but it cost a lot of money but the results were mediocre."

"Not to mention the way of orange growing in the south and north of Huai, it is the same rice seed, planted in the palace, with its own special person to take care of it, planted in the people's fields, it is taken care of by the people, and the natural harvest is very different - but it is not a personal test, who knows the reason?"

His words were not subtle, and Empress Dowager Yang understood it at once.

Let the Son of Heaven take charge of the Agricultural Temple, not really expect him to manage it well, it is so difficult, and there will be no results left and right.

However, it can make him know how to manage, and after realizing that things are not managed, he will know how to deal with failure and mediocrity.

In addition to Si Nong Temple, it is difficult to find a more suitable place for the little emperor to experience, which is not only to really do practical things, but also will not cause unbearable consequences.

She naturally understands that the so-called Son of Heaven is no different from ordinary people in a sense.

Many years ago, when Zhao Rui was in power, he was also full of ambition, and he only felt that the mountains and rivers were allowed to be used, and the world was promising.

He imagined the future with her, believing that as long as he endured twenty or thirty years of hardship, even if the people could not live and work in peace and contentment, the barangli would accumulate valleys and become mountains, at least the world would be peaceful.

However, the dream was not finished, and the next year it encountered the invasion of Jiaozhi, followed by a flood on Jiangnan West Road, and the next year locusts swept all the way from west to east, directly into the capital.

The treasury could not make ends meet, and the people of Li were in difficulty, and the Chinese book was full of folds sent from all over the place asking for relief, and then it was sent to the vertical arch hall, and it was piled up with three major tables.

Empress Dowager Yang watched her husband change from full of ambition to becoming increasingly depressed, even though she stayed up all night to deal with state affairs, she still couldn't do it. Finally, there was one time, he grabbed the Beiban massacre in the middle of the night, and Yanzhou had countless casualties, and sat on the bed and wept silently.

Even after more than a decade, she still remembers that night vividly.

This time, she sat by the dragon chair by herself, doing what her husband had done, being pushed by civil and military officials, and squeezed by the ensuing government affairs. Her strokes, her words, determine the lives and future of the princes and ministers, down to the people of Limin, but there is no opportunity to try and make mistakes.

She slowly understood the Emperor's tears that night.

- I have tried my best, but everything still backfires.

Empress Dowager Yang was silent for a long time, and then replied: "What Gu Qing said is very true, but I am worried that Your Majesty will be frustrated for a long time, and it will be difficult to ......."

Before she finished her words, she suddenly shut up, looked at the fold in front of her, and quietly lost her mind.

As the Son of Heaven, if you can't even face this setback, how can you bear the world in the future?

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