Deng Jian was dumbfounded and looked at Xia Yuanji in front of him, who bowed to him.

This Xia Yuanji, even in front of Zhang Anshi, has never been so polite.

In Deng Jian's memory, only when Xia Yuanji saw the crown prince, he looked so scared.

Deng Jian was already at a loss.

After all, he has been away from the palace life for too long, and he has been serving people all his life, so if he sounds good, he is called a eunuch, and if he doesn't hear it, he is not even a person.

Natsuhara Ji was excited to see the ceremony.

Then Yang Rong and Hu Guang also rushed up and said, "I've seen Gonggong Deng." ”

Deng Jian hurriedly said: "Ah...... Need not...... It doesn't have to be like this, we have seen Yang Gong, Hu Gong, and Xia Gong. ”

Before he finished speaking, Xia Yuanji had already grabbed him, with an intimate look, and there was still a bit of flattery on his face.

"Father-in-law Deng, the old man has something to say and wants to ask."

"Don't dare, don't dare." Deng Jian's face turned red, I don't know whether he was excited or a little shy.

Xia Yuanji said very seriously: "These potatoes, can they be promoted?" ”

"Absolutely!" Deng Jian said: "We are preparing to breed good varieties from these potatoes, and we plan to open dozens of acres of land and continue to cultivate." But...... At the beginning, the potato varieties brought from overseas were limited, and it was inevitable that the good and the bad were uneven, but now with one acre of land, there is much surplus, and the selected potato varieties must be the best of the best. ”

Xia Yuanji was overjoyed, and he said in a hoarse voice: "This is what Gonggong Deng brought back from overseas?" ”

"Exactly."

Xia Yuanji cocked his thumb and did not hesitate to praise him: "I heard that the sailors and wrestlers brought by Grandpa Deng went to sea and died for more than two years......

When he said this, Deng Jian's eyes unconsciously turned a little red.

It was a painful memory buried deep in Deng Jian's heart.

But since he came back from the sea, he received some rewards, and he sent them here to farm, and those things in the past were like dust.

Almost all of them, no one remembers a group of people who stepped into the ocean with him, hoisted their sails, and headed towards the vast and uninhabited place.

No one remembers, and no one cares.

After all, even if someone mentions going to the West, most of the time what everyone thinks of is his godfather Zheng He.

But even his godfather has mixed reviews, at least in the court, people praise his godfather's courage at most, but they all think that this is useless, but it is just the product of great joy, and it is the result of His Majesty's patting on the head.

As for being as small as Deng Jian, no one wants to remember it for a long time.

For countless nights, Deng Jian even felt worthless for the people who followed him in the first place.

Those people...... Most of them were ordinary children, and they had to go to sea as a last resort, but because of him, how many people died in the belly of the fish, and how many people endured torture like Ling Chi.

More than two years, more than two years, even those who survived, most of them are no longer human.

Who would mention it except for a little reward?

But at this moment, the dignified household secretary Xia Yuanji personally mentioned it, and he was full of praise, and Deng Jian's tears couldn't be stopped.

He was busy wiping away his tears, although he was not a man, but at this time, he couldn't coax him, but his choked throat still betrayed him.

He said in a trembling voice, "At the beginning...... It is true that everyone has suffered a lot and suffered a lot of sins, and many of them, we can still dream of them when we dream now, but many people can only see them in dreams. There was a baby, only fourteen years old, he was a generation of military households, his father was sick, so he took his father's place to serve, halfway got sick, like hysteria, howling and shouting on the boat all night of his father, and then he couldn't stand it, while everyone was not paying attention, he threw himself and jumped into the sea and died. ”

Deng Jian's eyes were red and he sniffled.

Xia Yuanji couldn't help but be touched at this moment, and said with emotion: "Hey, it's not easy, it's not easy." ”

The value of people lies in this, people always judge heroes by results, if there is no result, even if they pay for their lives, people will disdain.

Can ...... now Listening to Deng Jian's words, Xia Yuanji and the three of them couldn't help but have slightly red eyes.

"It's a shame that I died at a young age."

Deng Jian shook his head and said: "No, he died well, at that time, we and the people who were still alive on the boat, seeing him jump, do you know what we and they are thinking?" Thinking about ...... It's good, at least we have suffered so many sins, we have many times, and we don't want to live anymore, but in the end, we can't bear it. ”

Xia Yuanji sighed with emotion: "Those people ......... The old man remembered that the imperial court had made a bereavement pension. ”

Deng Jian said: "There is a pension. ”

"Too little." Yang Rong frowned, and said on the side: "The edict, I know, I drafted it, and each family will give dozens of taels of silver...... But now it seems that there are too few. ”

Xia Yuanji said: "These things, let's play them later, Gonggong Deng...... This matter is very important, the old man asks again, can it really be generalized? ”

Deng Jian nodded very certainly: "How you planted it at the beginning, you can continue to plant it." ”

Xia Yuanji took a deep breath: "Do you know this cultivation method? ”

Deng Jian nodded again.

Xia Yuanji said: "Okay, without further ado, Duke Hu and Duke Yang, let's go back to the palace quickly and meet the Holy ......."

He looked around and saw that there were many guards here, and he was relieved.

Then he looked at Deng Jian and said kindly: "Father-in-law Deng will stay here for a while, and the three of us will come when we go...... Even if it's late, I'll definitely be back. The guards here ...... With Annanhou here, you should be able to rest assured, Gonggong Deng, you can rest first. ”

After saying that, he arched his hand again, and then without saying more, he left quickly with Yang Rong and Hu Guang.

Deng Jian looked at their distant backs blankly.

Zhang Anshi touched his belly, Zhang Anshi couldn't help but say: "Just now patronizing Yang Gong and them to eat potatoes, we ourselves are hungry, come here, prepare some wine and food for us, don't eat potatoes...... This potato ...... It is more precious, and it kills a lamb for us...... Kill another chicken, chicken and lamb are cheaper. ”

Saying that, Zhang Anshi greeted Deng Jian: "Father-in-law Deng, come and eat together later." ”

Deng Jian suddenly began to realize something, he glanced at Zhang Anshi deeply, but said: "Let's eat enough, let's eat, let's ...... We have to have someone store the potatoes quickly, after all, they have to be kept for seeding. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Then it's hard for you." ”

…………

Zhu Di was in the Wenlou at this time, and he met Zhao Kan, a bachelor at the Hanlin Academy.

Zhao Kan was regarded as a bachelor-in-waiting, and occasionally needed to accompany the emperor in case His Majesty could inquire about political affairs at any time.

Speaking of the disaster, Zhao Kan shed tears and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that there are now displaced people everywhere, people fleeing from the famine, and countless people are starving...... Really...... Hey......"

Zhu Di listened, no matter how hard-hearted he was, he couldn't help but sigh at this time, and sighed: "The Qing family doesn't have to be sad, the court will help the past." ”

Zhao Kan said faintly: "Hey, the people's livelihood has withered so far, and there are many rumors in the streets, Your Majesty...... I thought it was ...... It's time to waive. ”

Zhu Di heard the exemption with a hesitant look on his face.

Now the main grain of the imperial court comes from Jiangnan, and now, the treasury is empty, if the grain is reduced again, how will the imperial court maintain it in the future?

I saw Zhao Kan continue: "In the past few years, the imperial court has reduced food and clothing, and it is not impossible to maintain, but the people can't hold on. ”

Zhu Di said: "If it is exempt...... Isn't there even more way for the imperial court to give relief? ”

Zhao Kan said: "But the reason why the people have no surplus food is precisely because of the heavy taxes. ”

Zhu Di said: "When Emperor Taizu Gao, the taxes set were not high, although they were not as good as the thirty taxes of the Han Gaozu, but they would not bring too much burden to the people...... There are local officials, colluding with the local gentry, in the name of fire consumption and other losses, the result of deception and concealment. ”

"But fire consumption and wear and tear are ancient things!" Zhao Kan spoke earnestly.

Zhu Di frowned: "There are already ancient times? The ancient times you mentioned were from the time of the Yuan Dynasty. ”

"Exactly."

Zhu Di frowned and said: "But the Yuan Dynasty died because of this, and the Ming Dynasty continued his ancient law, did the Qing family say that my Ming Dynasty is the same as the Yuan Dynasty, only a hundred years of national ancestry?" ”

"This ......," Zhao Kan said, "Your Majesty...... The death of the Yuan Dynasty lies in tyranny, and is the result of the Yuan court's inconsiderate and rejoicing in the people's strength, not ......"

Zhu Di's brows furrowed even deeper, and he said, "Okay, okay, that's enough." ”

Zhao Kan saw Zhu Di's displeasure, and sighed in his heart, but he had to be silent.

It's just that I can't help but think in my heart, the Son of Heaven can't follow the good as the flow, and it is only a matter of time before such a disaster occurs in this country, the so-called natural disasters and man-made disasters, natural disasters come first, and man-made disasters come later.

But he didn't dare to say these words, after all, the current Yongle Emperor was a ruthless man, and he really dared to kill people.

Zhu Di showed a sad look and was depressed in his heart.

No matter how much taxes are confiscated, there are many places to give alms, the treasury is insufficient, and he has to deal with many things in the world, but everyone teaches him to be merciful and merciful, but the problem is that mercy cannot be turned into food.

How difficult it is to rule the world.

At this moment, a eunuch hurriedly came in and said, "Your Majesty...... Yang Gong, Hu Gong, and Xia Gong asked to see him. ”

Zhu Di was in a bad mood, he frowned and said, "Didn't I hear that they were begging for food?" ”

The word begging for food is very difficult to hear.

Minister, isn't this begging?

Of course, what disliked Zhu Di the most was that the grain ordered by the trading house at a high price, to put it mildly, was still lost.

Although at this time, it is understandable for the commercial bank to provide a little grain for relief, but it is still uncomfortable after all.

At the beginning, it was said that the treasury belonged to the treasury, and the internal treasury was the internal treasury.

If there is any shortage in the internal treasury, if you want the treasury to give a little, this household will scream, as if you are dead.

Well, now we have to use internal funds to go out on the expedition, and we have also provided a lot of internal funds for armaments, and we also need internal funds for relief.

The more Zhu Di thought about it, the more angry he became, so he said with a stiff face: "I don't see, they have delayed so much time, let's deal with the official business at hand." ”

Seeing Zhu Di's displeasure.

The eunuch didn't dare to say much, so he went obediently.

But after a while, the eunuch came back and said, "Your Majesty, they said...... Say...... There is something big to do, and you have to see it. ”

Zhu Di was furious, and said angrily: "Do they dare not obey the edict? Reversed them. ”

was already on fire, Zhu Di began to scold, greeting all kinds of women indiscriminately, after all, ...... He still said patiently: "Call in." ”

After a while, Zhu Di saw Xia Yuanji almost jumping in.

It's really jumping, it belongs to the kind of toe that is on tiptoe, like a toad, poking and jumping, like a spring, and as soon as the toes hit the ground, they were bounced up.

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows.

Xia Yuanji is becoming more and more unruly.

It stands to reason that the minister should enter the palace first, followed by Yang Rong, and then Xia Yuanji, and the minister should be courteous......

Into the fuck, now this kind of thing has to be taught?

"The minister has seen Your Majesty." Xia Yuanji's voice was hoarse and tired, but at the same time, he was full of energy.

Zhu Di endured the anger, and said with a faint expression: "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, this matter should start from going to the West......

After all, Zhu Di still couldn't help it, he suddenly became furious: "Fuck it, it's been a few years since you went to the West, as the head of the household department, you don't manage your own ministry affairs well, and you are idle all day long, the deficit of the treasury, can you clear the relationship?" ”

Such a harsh reprimand, as any minister, knows that he has offended Tianyan, and he should apologize immediately.

But Xia Yuanji continued very calmly: "Your Majesty...... After listening to the minister, there was a eunuch in the West, called Deng Jian, Deng Jian brought back different species from overseas, and since then, this Deng Jian has been farming in Qixia...... Your Majesty, guess what? ”

Zhu Di: "......"

Zhu Di felt that things were out of control.

Many times, with one look in his eyes, the ministers should be obediently bowed to their ears as if they were tamed, but this Xia Yuanji is ...... It's not like that.

Even Yang Rong and Hu Guang seemed to have no courtiers at this time, they all raised their heads and stared at him fixedly, where did they look like a courtier?

Zhu Di said angrily: "People plow and farm, it's your bird business?" ”

"This is not only related to the minister, but also to the Ming Dynasty, to Your Majesty, and to the people of the world!" Xia Yuanji said excitedly: "Your Majesty...... The alien species brought back has now been cultivated, and it is called potatoes...... This thing...... It's really godly, its taste is no less than wheat and rice, and it can fill the stomach, and that's not all...... Your Majesty...... Its yield per mu can be 1,300 catties...... 1,300 pounds......"

Xia Yuanji smiled and smiled, suddenly his eyes turned red, and he cried: "Ordinary people, one acre of dry land, can grow 300 catties of wheat, which is good, but this potato can grow 1,300 catties, four times as much as a wheat field, Your Majesty...... If in the past, one acre of land could support a man, then now...... One acre of land can feed four people...... This...... This...... It's really something I can't even think of...... Your Majesty......"

As he spoke, Xia Yuanji bowed down and kowtowed: "I am ...... With God's blessing, this thing called the potato, if it were not for the ancestors and ancestors, if it were not for His Majesty's virtue, how could it appear in the world...... Nature...... This is the eunuch Deng Jian, after going to the sea, he went through a lot of hardships to get it, if it wasn't for the original ...... Your Majesty is so happy...... No, it's not ......"

"If it weren't for the beginning, Your Majesty Shengming, who ordered the West, how could you get this treasure? With this thing, if it starts to be promoted, within ten years, I will be Ming, and within two hundred years, there will be no shortage of food, even if there is a great famine, it will be enough for the imperial court to deal with it calmly......"

Zhu Di heard Deng Jian first.

I just feel that this name is somewhat familiar.

It took a lot of effort to remember that this was the eunuch of the East Palace, and he had a lot to do with Zhang Anshi.

This man has come back from the sea, and he has seen this man and given him some rewards.

Zhang Anshi also made a bet with him.

Of course, the details of the bet, Zhu Di has long forgotten about Java.

But after hearing the yield of 1,300 catties per mu, Zhu Di directly opened his mouth and couldn't close it.

His eyes were glazed in their sockets, and he had a sleepwalking feeling.

Seeing that Zhu Di was silent for a long time, Xia Yuanji said uncertainly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......"

"Hmm." Zhu Di did not scold or get excited, but sat very calmly behind the imperial case.

At this time, he became extremely gentle.

"1,300 catties per mu?"

"It's 1,300 catties per mu." Natsuhara Ji made a loud noise.

Zhu Di said: "Is it Xiangrui? ”

"It's not Xiangrui." Xia Yuanji said very seriously: "It is the real mu yield, the minister has personally explored, and even harvested, cleaned, weighed, and converted, and the minister and Hu Gong and Yang Gong have all handled it, which can be described as true, it is really 1,300 catties." ”

Zhu Di stood up and stared at Xia Yuanji deadly: "How can there be such a thing in the world?" ”

"This ......" Xia Yuanji couldn't answer a little, and finally he said: "The Marquis of Annan seems to know a little bit about this, when he said the origin, but the minister was dizzy at the time, and he didn't understand some things." ”

Zhu Di said: "Zhang Anshi ......"

After thinking about it, Zhu Di suddenly said, "Are you sure this thing can be eaten?" ”

Xia Yuanji insisted on one bite: "Yes, the minister has eaten, the taste is quite good, he can have a full stomach, the minister eats this at noon today, and now there is no sense of hunger." Annanhou also said...... Some of the benefits of this stuff can be ...... Minister...... I can't remember. ”

Of course, I can't remember clearly, when I was eating, I felt that Zhang Anshi was bragging, and I didn't care about Zhang Anshi's words at that time!

Zhu Di took a deep breath before stabilizing his mind and said: "Fuck it, Zhang Anshi, why didn't you say it earlier, if I knew it earlier......"

Xia Yuanji said: "Your Majesty, the minister hopes to issue an order immediately, contact Yousi, and the minister will take the lead, and then go to Qixia, first, to protect the grain, it is best to arrange guards, and enclose the farm, there are no three or five thousand people, and the minister is a little worried." Moreover, it is to ask the father-in-law Deng to teach the method of farming, and let the household department organize people to ......"

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "Yousi?" What is there to do? It's Qixia there, do you want to dominate the crowd? But...... I still don't believe it...... It's really unimaginable, four times the ration, isn't this equivalent to four times the land for my Daming? ”

It's terrifying, and it means that even if you carry four times the population, you don't have to worry.

Zhu Di immediately said: "Out of the palace, out of the palace, I want to go and see it in person." ”

Zhao Kan on the side only felt that this monarch and minister were crazy, and they were incoherent, as for the 1,300 catties of grain, he couldn't believe it, but he didn't say anything.

Now that he heard that His Majesty was going to leave the palace, Zhao Kan took the opportunity to stand up and said: "The minister is only worried that someone is cheating......"

What he said is not unreasonable, one Zhang Anshi is a relative, and the other is Deng Jian, who is a eunuch, what do you think...... None of them are good birds.

Zhu Di said with a gloomy face: "Go, let's go........."

There was chaos in the palace for a while, mainly because it was too hasty, but soon, the Daming Gate opened, and Zhu Di and the ministers accompanying him, plus hundreds of guards, hurriedly flew out.

Zhu Di had a kind of ecstasy all the way, but he immediately ...... It seems that he was frightened by the people under him, and he felt that he was ...... Don't overjoy.

Although Zhang Anshi is credible, what if Zhang Anshi was also fooled by the eunuch named Deng Jian?

All kinds of thoughts came to me along the way.

That...... Pegasus almost rammed a passerby who didn't have time to dodge.

…………

Zhang Anshi had a few of them, and at this time he set up a table of wine and food in the Zhuangzi.

Today is a celebration.

Although the object of celebration was Deng Jian, and Deng Jian did not serve it because he had already eaten lunch. But it doesn't matter, it's the same with Qingzhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi drank a few glasses of wine and instructed Qiu Song not to drink more.

Qiu Song said unhappily: "I'm not young, big brother, at home, my father also let me drink a little." ”

Zhang Anshi said meaningfully: "If you want to drink it elsewhere, don't drink it in my Zhuangzi, you know." ”

Qiu Song: "......"

He doesn't understand.

The tender lamb meat was entered, and Zhang Anshi couldn't help but say: "This lamb is good, fresh but not fishy, let's live in the land of Xia and raise people." ”

Zhu Yong said: "Yes, in the future, when my sister-in-law is pregnant, I will teach her to come here to give birth in Qixia, and give birth to such a delicate nephew for my eldest brother in the coming year." ”

Zhang Wei said: "Nonsense, it's not good to be too delicate, it should be darker and rougher, this is like a man, otherwise, isn't it the same as those plays on the stage?" ”

Qiu Song said: "When the time comes, I will make a big firecracker and explode it here, and even the Forbidden City can hear the sound." ”

Zhang Anshi helped his forehead and said with emotion: "Hey...... Iniquity. ”

"Big brother, what have you done? It's okay, our father and brother, which one of us is not murderous? If you want to talk about evil, they should have given birth to babies a long time ago without assholes, but you see, aren't we all fine? It can be seen that these bullshit words are all lies. Zhu Yong said flatteringly: "Don't be afraid, big brother. ”

Zhang Anshi: "......"

He decided not to eat or sleep, or he would lose his appetite if he continued.

Deng Jian stretched his mouth and warmed another pot of wine.

Zhang Anshi said: "Gonggong Deng, you sit down and eat." ”

"I'm not used to it." Deng Jian said: "I like to serve my son." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "What's not used to? We are family. ”

These words poked the weakness of Deng Jian's heart, he was busy not looking over, and it took a long time to turn around and smile forcefully: "You guys eat." ”

I was talking in between.

There are fast horses arriving.

Someone stumbled in first and said, "Oh no, no, there are people in the palace, and many people have come......"

It was a captain of a thousand households, and he hurriedly came to report the news.

Zhang Anshi was furious, raised his hand and was about to beat someone: "There are people in the palace, why is it not good?" You bastard, can you speak? ”

This slap didn't go down, after all, the captain of the Inner Thousand Households Institute was his own person.

But the captain hasn't made amends.

Then another person came in in a hurry, shouting: "Annan Hou, Annan Hou, take the driver, go and pick up the driver." ”

But it was also lost, and rushed in first.

This time I came in too haste, so I didn't prepare anything, and I was worried that something would go wrong, so I came to report the news first, in fact, I was worried that the farm would not respond in time.

Where did Zhang Anshi dare to hesitate, and immediately got up.

Deng Jian also panicked and hurriedly stood in the corner.

Yisha's gaze wandered, and then fell on Deng Jian's body.

Then, Yizha showed an affectionate smile, stepped forward, grabbed Deng Jian's hand at once, and held Deng Jian's hand, as if the lost brothers for many years had been reunited, and said amicably: "Father-in-law Deng ......"

"Ah...... Grand Duke ......"

"Don't call the Grand Duke, you're too angry, we're all eunuchs, and people don't count. Therefore, we must treat each other as a family. ”

Yisha smiled very kindly.

If this was in the past, Deng Jian would have saluted Yizha, and Yezha might not have looked at Deng Jian more.

There are too many apprentices and grandchildren in the palace, and there are differences in intimacy and intimacy, Deng Jian was ...... Yisha also paid attention to him and thought he was clever, so he was dispatched to the East Palace.

It's a pity...... Later, he went to the sea and ploughed the fields, which made Yishiha realize that Deng Jian was only afraid that he would have no future.

But what can be done, the people in the palace...... That's it...... There are many people that you can't pay attention to, and you can't worry about everything.

Can ...... now Yisha was particularly affectionate: "Let's go, let's go see the driver first." ”

"Slave...... Slaves and maids go too? ”

"You should go."

Yishiha began to dust off Deng Jianjian's clothes, eager to treat his hand as a washboard, rubbed Deng Jian's clothes, smiled happily, and then glanced at Zhang Anshi, who had already posed on the side and was about to take over, and said in a low voice: "You creation...... Gee...... I really met a nobleman, up and down in this palace, who has your blessing? Later...... When you come to the Holy One, say whatever you want, and don't be afraid. ”

Deng Jian's heart was beating wildly, in fact, he was faintly aware of these early in the morning, but he still couldn't believe it, but now...... The Grand Duke had already understood what he said, and he nodded deeply and said, "The slave and maid know." ”

……

"Minister Zhang Anshi ......"

"Slave Deng Jian......"

"I've seen Your Majesty"

Zhu Di was already off the horse, and first saw Zhang Anshi and Deng Jian, with a solemn expression, and then ...... With a glance, he saw Qiu Song.

He nodded at Qiu Song first, didn't care about letting Zhang Anshi and Deng Jian level down, pointed at Qiu Song and said: "Fork this guy out first, fork as far as possible, pass the decree, Qiu Song dares to step into a radius of a thousand steps and break his legs...... No, break his and his dad's legs. ”

Qiu Song: "......"

The officers didn't say a word, they flew up directly, dragged Qiu Song and left.

Qiu Song shouted: "Big brother ......"

Zhang Anshi immediately buried his head lower, and he didn't dare to come out.

What else could he say?

Say a bird.

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The second chapter is delivered, ask for a monthly pass, the cold is much better, and it will return to normal updates tomorrow, thank you for your concern.

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