"Liu Qing's family, as soon as I entered the palace before, Qing said that there was something to play, what is the matter that you and I want to talk about?"

Faced with Emperor Hongzhi's sudden inquiry, Liu Jian was not easy to reply.

When he entered the palace first, he had indeed made up his mind to resign, and in the cabinet room, he even told Li Dongyang and Xie Qian that he had made up his mind and that he would definitely resign.

But now this determination is gone, just like a few years ago, when he decided to resign from his post at the age of 60 and return to his hometown to spend his old age, Xu Pu took the first step to say goodbye to old age, and the position of the first assistant of the cabinet fell to him, and there were variables.

Now there are also variables, the imperial court wants to promote sweet potatoes, a benefit to the world, benefit the eternal merit is in front of you, the merit of the monarchs and ministers here will be recorded in the annals of history.

If he quits the court now, then this kind of merit will have nothing to do with him.

Not to mention that he is also the first assistant of the cabinet, who has the greatest credit for such things, naturally it is the emperor, and it is recorded in the history books that it was Emperor Hongzhi who proposed to promote this thing, so that there will be things that will benefit the people's livelihood in the future.

Then there will be Xia Yuan, who planted this thing and offered this thing, and according to the rules of officialdom, the third is the first assistant of the cabinet.

It will be recorded in the history books that in the promotion process, he, the first assistant of the cabinet, also played a vital role.

In short, this credit is so great that almost all the high-ranking officials and ministers in the court can share it.

Not resigning means that you have to continue to resist this pressure, but now it is time to promote this sweet potato.

After weighing it in his heart for a long time, Liu Jian sighed in his heart, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty: What the old minister wants to say is what the court has been arguing about these days, about whether gathering people to resist the law is a rebellion. ”

The old minister thought that it was not only a national policy, but also a matter advocated by the imperial court, and now he wanted to promote the planting of sweet potatoes in the process of changing the law. The minister thought that those who dared to disobey should be punished for the crime of rebellion, although it was more ruthless and severe, but in the long run, there was nothing wrong with it. ”

After saying this, the rest of the ministers suddenly looked at him, as if they didn't expect that after so many days, Liu Jian actually compromised the matter on such an occasion, but after thinking about it, it was reasonable to compromise at this time.

And Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be a little surprised, and couldn't help but glance at Xia Yuan, then withdrew his gaze, and glanced around at everyone present, "Liu Qing's family is very good, what do you think?" ”

This is a great good, on the other hand, if you say something against it at this time, it is a big fallacy, and you are doing it against the emperor.

However, I've been doing it for a few days, and it's not bad this time.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were the first to speak: "The minister seconded what Liu Gong said, and this matter should follow the example of Changping. ”

With the two of them opening their mouths, plus the previous Liu Jian, this matter has become a small half.

Seeing that the three ministers were like this, the rest of the ministers also turned the wind direction and bowed together, "The ministers also seconded this matter." ”

These people are all high-ranking officials and ministers in the court, they are all well-off, they are not bad for these fields, and they are not very opposed to this matter, but they are just afraid of annoying the officials in the world, and they don't want to show their attitude, so as not to provoke the hatred of the rest of the officials.

After all, once you stand up and support the emperor clearly, it is equivalent to helping the emperor take over the pressure and transfer the contradictions to himself.

But now it's different, at least after weighing it, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

With the consent of these people in the six ministries of the cabinet, this matter has become the majority, and the kings and ministers have been making trouble for these days, and finally there is a result, and Emperor Hongzhi looked at these ministers with a look of relief, "Since all the ministers agree, then when the court meeting tomorrow, the secretaries will put forward this matter together with the promotion of sweet potatoes."

After a moment of silence, the ministers bowed down and said, "The ministers obey the order." ”

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi's gaze seemed to be completely soothed, "In this way, if there is nothing else, Zhuqing will leave the palace." ”

The ministers were just about to respond, but a voice rang out, "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to say." ”

Seeing that the person who spoke was Xia Yuan, Emperor Hongzhi was surprised, and after carefully thinking about it in his heart, it was clear that everything had been decided, so he asked puzzledly: "Is there anything else that Xia Qing's family hasn't said?" ”

As a fresh and tender Changdehou, Xia Yuan is still quite puzzled, so he is puzzled, it has been a long time, why haven't I seen anyone ask where this sweet potato came from?

Could it be that the emperor, and these ministers really think that this thing was given by God? Did it fall from the sky?

Can't you?

According to his observations, the IQ of these people is still relatively normal.

And if these people don't ask, some things can't be mentioned logically at all.

Seeing this, there was no way out, he could only bring it up by himself.

After beating the draft, Xia Yuan spoke: "Your Majesty, in fact, there is still a big disadvantage of this sweet potato, and the minister did not say it. ”

Hearing a major shortcoming, Emperor Hongzhi's brows immediately frowned, and the rest of the ministers also looked over, "What is the shortcoming?" ”

"The minister actually doesn't know much about this sweet potato, and I haven't eaten it before, after all, I don't have such crops in Daming, and the minister also listened to others, saying that eating too much sweet potato is not only a fart, but also causes excessive gastric acid secretion, causing stomach distension and stomach pain."

Although these gentlemen and ministers do not understand the secretion of gastric acid, they still understand stomach distension and stomach pain, but although this is a shortcoming, it is completely acceptable.

And after hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to remember, "I don't have such crops in the Ming Dynasty, where did Qing get them?" ”

Here it comes

Xia Yuan said secretly, and his body straightened up a little, "The minister is guilty, but the minister does not dare to deceive Your Majesty, in order to make more money, the minister once sent a merchant ship to Fanbang to sell sugar, which was brought back from Luzon when the minister sent a merchant ship to Fanbang to trade." ”

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, now that the sea is forbidden, sending a ship to the sea to another country without permission will be punished.

However, none of the people present at this time stood up to accuse, not to mention that according to very reliable gossip, this sugar was a partnership between Xia Yuan and the palace. Not to mention, if there is no trade at sea this time, where would this sweet potato come from?

Emperor Hongzhi didn't even mention the words of punishing crimes, but said: "They actually came from Luzon, and there were also Luzon envoys who came to the court a few years ago, but I have never heard of such a divine object in their territory." ”

Liu Jian said loudly: "Your Majesty, this matter is actually not difficult to understand, such a divine object must have been carefully hidden by them and not let other countries know. ”

As soon as these words came out, they were immediately echoed by the rest of the people, yes, good things must be hidden, not let other countries know, so as not to attract coveters, this is common sense.

Emperor Hongzhi even said: "Then presumably, when I brought this thing back from Luzon, those people also paid a great price, and these people must be rewarded and encouraged." ”

"The minister thanked His Majesty Long En for them first." After saying this, Xia Yuan said the following words, "Your Majesty, although this thing was brought back from Luzon, it is not a product of Luzon, and there was no such thing as sweet potatoes in Luzon a few years ago. ”

It was brought back by Luzon, but it was not produced in Luzon.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned, and Han Wen couldn't help but say: "According to what Xia Zhan said, could it be that this sweet potato really fell from the sky and fell to the border of Luzon a few years ago?" ”

"Why does God favor a small country like Luzon, but not my brilliant Ming?"

“.”

Seeing that the more he said, the more outrageous it became, Xia Yuan hurriedly interrupted: "Your Majesty, my lords, Luzon is also obtained from other countries, and it is said that there are other crops in that country that are thousands of times stronger than sweet potatoes. ”

(End of chapter)