Chapter Eighty-Six: The Promise

"At a young age, you have the first chance of winning the case, and your talent is rare!" Emperor Tai'an praised with a smile. %し

"Don't dare! This is precisely because the first emperor and the emperor had the mind to embrace all rivers, so that the daughter of the people, a small peasant daughter, had the opportunity to ascend to the Tianzi Hall. Zheng Qingluan had a childish face, and the sycophants snapped.

"Hehe-" Emperor Tai'an raised his hand and nodded at Zheng Qingluan, "The words are good words! Although there is a suspicion of sycophancy, but listening to comfort!" He walked out from behind the bookcase, sat on the couch, leaned on the pillow casually, and pointed to the chair on one side, "Sit down! Do it all! Let's talk well!"

Zheng Qingluan followed Xiao Yunfeng and sat down, then sat down respectfully, bowed his head slightly, did not dare to face Tianyan's cautious appearance, and did not have the slightest arrogance.

Emperor Tai'an nodded with satisfaction, the rules looked good, and he asked, "Tell me about the situation in the northwest, don't have any worries, what do you say?"

Zheng Qingluan pondered for a moment before he said, "The little girl grew up in a peasant family, and what she knows is only some things about crops, and her knowledge is limited, so I am afraid that she will be one-sided!"

"Then I'll listen to your one-sided words!" Emperor Tai'an's expression was still kind, but his tone was categorical, so that there was no room for rebuttal!

"The country is people-oriented, and the people take food as the sky! Where does food come from, it naturally comes from the agricultural affairs of the crops! Therefore, the matter of the crops is a major matter of the country!" As soon as Zheng Qingluan opened his mouth, he first named the importance of what he said.

Emperor Tai'an was just a pleasant listener, and he really didn't go to his heart, but the first sentence, 'the country is people-oriented, and the people are food-oriented', which made him correct his mentality, which is in line with Mencius's "the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light" sounds in the same vein, but the words are full of pragmatic flavor, which makes people can't help but think of the pipe's 'Cang Liao is solid and knows etiquette, and food and clothing are enough to know honor and disgrace'.

Guan Zhong is the first minister to assist Qi Huan Gong to become the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, and what he pays most attention to is how to make the people 'cangliao' and 'have enough food and clothing', and he is a well-deserved doer. In stark contrast to him is another master in the Spring and Autumn Period - Confucius. He admired 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith', but throughout his life, he traveled around the world in search of opportunities to enter the ranks, but could not. Although later generations admired it for thousands of years, at that time, his political ideas were not adopted. Even in the afterlife, it is just a tablet that is placed on the altar for worship, nothing more!

Emperor Tai'an nodded solemnly, "Do you have any good suggestions?"

Zheng Qingluan smiled bitterly and glanced at Xiao Yunfeng, there were some things that she really couldn't tell whether she should say or not.

Emperor Tai'an pressed Xiao Yunfeng before he said to Zheng Qingluan, "Don't scruple, but it's okay to say it! You are already a showman, and you have received the Lu rice of the imperial court, so you should do your best for the imperial court." ”

Zheng Qingluan muttered slightly, "First, improve the seeds and increase the yield of crops. For example, if the kernels at the bottom of the corn are fuller than the upper end, should we choose the best when selecting the seeds? For example, in a wheat field, some wheat is particularly tall and some is low, so you have to observe that the one is more resistant to lodging. When it is time to harvest, care must be taken to harvest these plants separately so that they can be retained. If there is a special person to study this, every year, every year, every year, after a few years, it should not be difficult to harvest three or two more buckets per mu. ”

"Second, pay attention to animal husbandry and improve the physical fitness of the people. Tartars mostly feed on meat and dairy products, so they are more robust. And we, if we can make every child eat one more egg a day, we can strengthen a nation. ”

"Third, the introduction of alien species. One is to enrich the diet of the people, and the other is to find out if there are high-yield crops that we don't know yet. ”

"Fourth, set up a special yamen to specialize in its own affairs! Nowadays, rice is grown in the south, but in fact, it is also possible in the north!"

"What?" Emperor Tai'an sat up from the couch and stood up, "You said that rice can be grown in the north?"

"Yes!" Zheng Qingluan replied affirmatively. Wasn't the rice of the Northeast produced in the north in later generations? And the 'Jingxi Rice', which began to be experimented in the Kangxi period, was not also successfully planted later?

"The capital can also be?" Emperor Tai'an asked repeatedly. If this is successful, it will also be a rare achievement, no worse than opening up the territory and expanding the territory.

"Although not anywhere in the north can be done, the capital and Liaodong should be doable. Zheng Qingluan replied cautiously.

I heard that Emperor Tai'an's breathing was obviously a little short, and there was also the sound of a teacup falling to the ground behind the screen, followed by Prince Rui coming out of it, "In front of the emperor, don't speak!"

"How dare you deceive the emperor!" Zheng Qingluan naturally had a spectrum in her heart, because when she first wore it last year, it was almost winter, and she was seriously ill again, and then she often ran to the Taoist temple in the village, and under the backyard wall of the Taoist temple, there were several rice plants that had withered and fallen to the ground. It should be made from the shelled rice grains left by the little Taoist, and no one has an idea. She took this matter to heart at that time, and even inquired about the rice seeds clearly. That's why I dare to boast about Haikou.

Xiao Yunfeng was a little worried, but when he saw Zheng Qingluan's left thumb gently cocked, he knew that she had a score in her heart, so she stopped talking.

Emperor Tai'an paced back and forth a few steps and asked, "Your father will see the Autumn Festival this year, right?

This is what has been promised, Zheng Sanshui's autumn and spring will pass. Zheng Qingluan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, saying so much, isn't it just for this! Although his father's knowledge is good, who can say the right thing about the imperial examination? Now it can be regarded as an exchange of interests with the emperor.

Seeing that Zheng Qingluan didn't come down immediately, he said, "Whether it's five years or ten years, I can afford to wait! Don't worry, this kind of thing is not something that happens overnight, and I still understand this truth." ”

The time is indeed broad, and Zheng Qingluan responded, "Three to five years, there will be results!"

Emperor Tai'an nodded, with this little girl's prudence, she can report three to five years, but she may not be able to use it for three years. He rewarded a bunch of things, "It's hot today, don't toss to say hello to the queen, go back first, I will let the queen say something." I'll go with me to escape the summer in the future!"

The two thanked them and hurried out of the palace.

At the gate of the palace, Zheng Qingluan saw the eldest prince from a distance again, obviously people didn't look at them, but she just felt that this person was waiting for them, it was really a hell!

"What are you looking at?" Xiao Yunfeng glanced at a distance of dozens of meters, there was only a simple carriage without any signs, what was attractive.

"Whose carriage is that?" Although Zheng Qingluan glanced at the window of the car and felt that the eldest prince should be in the car, he was not sure.

Xiao Yunfeng shook his head, he really didn't care about this. "This is the gate of the palace!" Zheng Qingluan reminded.

Yes, this is the gate of the palace. People of low status do not dare to stay here. People of high status will not sit in such a carriage when they enter the palace. He's not too far away from him, and that's not right!

"Master!" Xiao Da asked the two of them to get into the carriage and said, "That's the carriage of the Great Prince! Every time you enter the palace, His Royal Highness's carriage is there." ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Xiao Yunfeng was startled, one encounter was a coincidence, and the next encounter could not be a tacit understanding!

"He never tried to get close to us, and I don't know if His Highness was in the carriage. Xiao Da replied. So I'm not sure.

Xiao Yunfeng didn't reprimand, he helped Zheng Qingluan into the carriage, "Then pay attention, you don't know." After waiting for the carriage, he said, "Thanks to your reminder, otherwise I really didn't know that His Highness's hand was stretched so long!"

This means that he knows his whereabouts inside out!

Zheng Qingluan nodded, "The eldest son of the emperor can survive safely in the palace and leave the palace smoothly, and let everyone almost ignore his existence, how can such a person be a person who does nothing?"

"You're right!" Xiao Yunfeng nodded, "You can't underestimate anyone!" The style of painting changed, "Especially women!"

That doesn't taste right!

Zheng Qingluan realized that this was an explanation owed to others. She leaned over with a shy face, "The matter of planting rice was originally intended for you to show to the emperor, but that would be deliberate, and now I am in a hurry, the opportunity is rare, didn't I have time to discuss it with you?"

"What do you mean by that?" Xiao Yunfeng wasn't really angry, but he just wanted to tease her, but now that the little girl explained, it made him taste a different taste.

"First, in exchange for my father's smooth passage of autumn and spring. It's just in exchange for fame. After all, the imperial examination is uncertain!" Zheng Qingluan explained in a low voice that the two of them could hear, "In fact, the emperor also thinks that I am changing my reputation." A two-rank jinshi, changing to plant rice in the north, the emperor must think it is worth it. If anyone has this ability, they should change their titles. Xiao Yunfeng nodded, this is true, if it can really succeed, it can be regarded as a reward in advance.

"Second, no matter whether my father can be famous or not, my family will be left in the capital by the emperor in the name of grace. If you want to lead the troops, how can you do it without hostages? Staying in Beijing means trouble, and the forces of all sides are intertwined, and it is long time impossible to distinguish who is a human and who is a ghost! It is better to lead the work of farming. She explained, "If you send real power to my father, the emperor is not at ease, and thinks that it is adding weight to you." If you don't give real power, you will become a clear stream, and the emperor is afraid that he will have to worry about the Zheng family to attract scholars for you. That's why I said, it's better to farm, and it's quiet and not taboo. Zheng Qingluan's tone had a faint mockery in it, mixed with a hint of bitterness. Xiao Yunfeng didn't feel good when he heard it. It turns out that the little girl sees the predicament she will face in the future so clearly.

"Thirdly, once this thing is successful, the Zheng family will make a great contribution. We really have an accident in the future, and this credit is a life amulet!" Zheng Qingluan's tone had a faint certainty, "The Zheng family is a farmer who has nothing, as long as there is a life and two acres of farmland, they can survive." This can be regarded as my selfishness to protect the Zheng family!"

Xiao Yunfeng tightly exposed the little girl in his arms and was speechless for a long time