Ying Tianfu.

Entrance to the Royal Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma saw the ministers and the people paying homage to them, but they were not in a hurry to enter. "Girl, why don't we take a break at this door?" Zhu Yuanzhang said to Queen Ma, "We used to be farmers, so it's nothing to pick two baskets of potatoes down the mountain. Sister, you come from a big family, and you haven't done such heavy work, so your shoulders will definitely not be able to bear it. ”

"Your Majesty just said that the concubine is carrying the abundant food and clothing of the people of the Ming Dynasty on her back, so even if her shoulder hurts again, the concubine has to endure it." Queen Ma smiled, "Besides, although the concubine was born into a big family, when she followed you to the country, she didn't suffer anything?" ”

"But fortunately, we are now at our doorstep, and the people can live in abundance."

The ministers looked at each other when they heard the conversation between the two, and they didn't understand what they were talking about.

I can't help but wonder: Is the thing in the basket really so godly?

"The emperor has walked so far to come back from such a heavy burden, but we, who are courtiers, have empty hands, which is really a dereliction of duty for the ministers!" Li Shanchang, who was kneeling on the ground, said, "The minister can't share the emperor's worries, the minister is guilty." ”

"There is also the queen mother, who is the honor of the mother in the world, but she has to carry her back down the mountain. It is also the sin of the subordinates to not be able to share their worries. Liu Bowen said.

"The ministers are guilty!"

When the rest of the ministers heard this, they also said tremblingly.

The emperor and empress were all working, but they were doing nothing, which was obviously not in line with the etiquette of dignity and humility.

However, they didn't dare to say that they wanted to come forward to do it for them, because Emperor Zhu just said that he was carrying the Jiangshan Sheji in his burden. And the burden of Jiangshan Sheji can only be borne by the emperor.

If anyone dares to say that they want to help at this time, it is clear that they want to rebel.

It is the same thing that the queen carries the abundant food and clothing of the people on her back.

They can't help with the back, they are not qualified.

And the people were also confused when they heard this: why is the emperor's burden the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji?

How is it that the queen's back basket is the people's abundant food and clothing?

However, when the people saw the emperor and empress dressed as a peasant and peasant woman, not only did they not feel the majesty of the current emperor and empress, but they felt that they were cordial and close to the people.

Emperor Zhu was originally a peasant, which is a well-known thing.

In ancient China, it was an agriculture-based country, and the peasants became emperors to make everyone feel more in line with the way of heaven.

Could it be that the emperor and empress are playing tricks by saying this? The people thought to themselves.

"Berwyn, do you know why the Emperor and Empress said that?" Li Shanchang secretly glanced at the 'lumps' in the basket and the back basket, which looked like He Shouwu but was not, and asked Liu Bowen in a low voice.

"I don't know." Liu Bowen said, "I don't know what the emperor and queen brought back. ”

"Even the famous Liu Bowen doesn't know it, so we ordinary people and ordinary people don't know it even more." Li Shanchang sighed.

"But I'm sure that this thing must be the auspicious rui of the Ming Dynasty!" Liu Bowen said.

"Why?" Li Shanchang asked.

"Brother Li, did you remember the allusion of King Wen of Zhou pulling Jiang Ziya back then?" Liu Bowen said, "King Wen pulled the car for 800 steps, the Zhou Dynasty was under heaven for 800 years, and King Wen pulled the car for one step to represent the Zhou Dynasty for one more year." ”

"Now the emperor is carrying the Ming Dynasty in his burden, and the queen is carrying the people's abundant food and clothing, which is the same reason. Therefore, I am sure that these lumps must be related to whether the Ming Dynasty is strong or not, and whether the people are rich. ”

"Makes sense." Li Shanchang nodded and said, "It's just that we don't know the baby with the naked eye." ”

"The emperor and empress came back with a peasant's clothes and something on her back this time, is it the same miraculous thing as King Wen pulling a cart?" When the rest of the ministers and the people around them heard this, they thought to themselves.

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"This matter has nothing to do with you, and if you are not guilty, you do not need to plead guilty." Seeing that the ministers were all asking for guilt, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already in a good mood, waved his hand and said, "This kind of heavy work that is conducive to the livelihood of the people of Daming, we and my sister are willing to do it even if they are tired and tired, and we don't need to wait for you." Settle down, you courtiers and people. ”

"Thank you, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

"Queen Xie, Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose."

When the ministers and the people heard this, they stood up, and all of them looked curiously into the basket and the basket. And whispering, talking, speculating about what the hell that thing was.

Some people even speculated that it was a lump of soil, a sacred object, which could grow a panacea, and after eating it, it would not be sick.

Otherwise, the emperor would not have said it was so important.

Because he was too tired from walking just now, Zhu Yuanzhang sat directly on the basket and pulled up the coarse cloth placket to fan himself.

It's no different from when a farmer is tired from working and resting.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma were both dressed as peasants at this time, with baskets and baskets next to them, and Zhu Yuanzhang also looked like an authentic peasant. If it weren't for the stars and moons surrounded by the ministers and the people, people who don't know would really think that they are ordinary peasants.

It didn't take long for Erhu to bring back the rest of the potatoes and pay the edict to the emperor.

More than 1,000 catties of potatoes were piled up at the entrance of the palace, like a hill.

"Your Majesty, what the hell is this?" At this time, Li Shanchang stepped forward and asked, "The ministers are short-sighted, they really don't recognize it, and they still hope that the emperor will teach them." ”

"Also, why did the emperor just say that this thing can represent the Ming Dynasty's rivers and mountains, and the people's abundant food and clothing?" Liu Bowen said.

The two adults are old courtiers who follow Zhu Yuanzhang, and they know when to speak.

It's like a qualified heel, otherwise the emperor will not be able to play.

"If we don't tell you, I forgive you for wanting to dig through the ancient and modern classics, and you won't be able to recognize them." Zhu Yuanzhang rested enough, then stood up and said, "This thing is called a potato, and it is a crop. ”

"A crop?"

"I haven't seen it."

"I haven't heard of it, even Fanbang and the Western Regions don't have this kind of crop."

When the ministers and the people heard this, they shook their heads and said that they had not seen it.

"Your Majesty, could it be that this thing is a panacea, and eating it can make people sick?" Liu Bowen asked. I thought that only if I ate it could I avoid all diseases, could I be worthy of the evaluation of Jiangshan Sheji.

"Definitely." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The reason why we just said that it is the Jiangshan Society of the Ming Dynasty and the abundant food and clothing of the people. It is because of its high yield and extremely easy to grow, basically all places in Daming can be planted. ”

"Do you know how high the yield of potatoes is?"

"Its yield is 5,000 catties per mu!"