The young eunuch walked out of the palace gate and hurried all the way to the palace of Shunde County.

It's just that after hearing that the king of Shunde County went to General Mountain early in the morning, his face was suddenly full of anxiety.

"Why did this Highness go to General Mountain again!"

He can't help but be in a hurry, the general mountain is at least half an hour's road away from the Beijing division.

The first few times, His Majesty summoned His Royal Highness the King of Shunde County, but he was not too anxious, he could go back and report it.

And today, he has to find His Royal Highness the King of Shunde no matter what.

If you run to General Mountain with only two feet......

Thinking about it, the eunuch hurriedly looked at the housekeeper Guo Ang.

"Manager Guo, I wonder how much His Royal Highness the King of the County will be able to come back?"

"I don't know!"

Guo Ang replied honestly.

The eunuch's face was anxious, and he said again: "Your Majesty is a little anxious this time, I don't know if Chief Guo can send a few guards and give me a horse to find His Highness!" ”

"Horses?"

Guo Ang's expression froze, and he shouted to the left and right, "Quickly bring a horse to this internal official, and then send a team of men to follow, and go to the General Mountain to find His Highness!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

……

And this will.

Guo An took Xu Yong and walked on General Mountain, but he saw more than a dozen old men in front of him, who were actually plowing the fields, and couldn't help but be a little curious, and sat directly on a ridge.

"Senior, why did you get to this point and you just started farming?"

"Your Highness?"

After seeing Guo An's appearance clearly, the old men were suddenly startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to kowtow and salute.

Guo An hurriedly waved his hand and refused: "No, no, you just hurry up and farm, I'm just looking at the situation in General Mountain!" ”

However, a group of old men still hurriedly came over and saluted Guo An respectfully, and then slowly went back to continue plowing and farming.

While planting, he explained to Guo An.

"Your Highness doesn't know, I went to the large field on the other side to plant before I waited.

After planting those, we came back and planted our own fields! ”

Guo An frowned, "Why did you go to plant those 20,000 acres of fertile land?" ”

"Your Highness, that's service!"

An old man said happily, "Your Highness, we have planted the fields, not only can we resist the labor, but also receive some food and money, which is very good!" ”

"Then these fields are ...... now"

Several old men subconsciously turned their heads, glanced at Guo An, and then laughed and said, "Your Highness, those sons and daughters-in-law in our family all go to work in the workshops below, or go to the docks to work, and the money they earn every year is enough for our family to eat."

As for our grandchildren, they can all go to social studies to learn literacy.

The rest of us old men who can't go to the workshop, there is nothing to do, and it just so happens that there are still these acres at home that can be planted, although it is not much, but the grain harvested is enough for our family to eat for a year. ”

Guo An smiled slightly, and then said again: "You are so old, and you still have to work hard, anyway, you don't have to do labor, the money earned by the sons and daughters-in-law in the family is enough to support you, rest at home all day, how good it is......"

An old man replied, "Your Highness, we haven't read a book, and we don't know any big truths.

However, there is a saying among us farmers that people live to work, just like this plow, if it is left in the firewood room and never used, after a few years, the plow will break.

It's the same with people, we eat the food we grow by ourselves, and we have confidence in our hearts.

I still have some use, and my son and daughter-in-law at home don't dislike it......

Even, we old guys can live a little longer!

If you are lazy at home all day, I don't know how long you will be lazy, you will die! ”

Guo An was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "You will definitely live to be eighty or ninety years old!" ”

"Hahaha, His Royal Highness has made a good statement, I will wait for these old guys to live to be more than sixty, and I will be satisfied when I see those little cubs in our family and give birth to great-grandchildren for us!"

Speaking of this, all the old men laughed, although they were already sweating profusely, but they were all full of happiness, and the more they talked, the happier they became.

Only then did Guo An realize that these old men with old faces, hunched over, and muddy bodies were only forty or fifty years old now.

The oldest, none of them were over sixty years old.

"As long as you eat and drink well every day, and go to see a doctor when you are sick, you will definitely live past seventy, and maybe your great-grandchildren can see it!"

"Okay, thank you, Your Highness!"

"Your Highness, we are very satisfied to have such a life in our lifetime!"

"Yes, we never dared to think that we could make money by serving in labor, and the annual tax payment was only so ......"

"Your Highness......"

"Your Highness...... Your Highness is here! ”

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Suddenly, there was a shout of surprise in the distance.

Xu Yong looked up and hurriedly reported to Guo Anyu: "Your Highness, it seems to be the guard of our mansion...... There is also a minister in the palace! ”

"Huh?"

Guo An was stunned for a moment, got up and patted the dust and weeds on his body.

And the minister jumped off the horse directly and ran over with a happy face.

"Oh, my Highness Ai, the villain has finally found you!"

"What are you looking for me?"

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has summoned you to the palace!"

"Your Majesty summoned me? You still came so far to find me in General Mountain? ”

Guo An's expression was tense, and he hurriedly asked, "But what happened?" ”

"The villain doesn't know!"

The eunuch hurriedly shook his head, "It's just that Yi Daban ordered that you must be invited into the palace no matter what." ”

Guo An didn't ask much, and said directly: "Then go back with you!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The eunuch hurriedly answered, then looked left and right, didn't see the carriage, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, it has taken more than an hour since I left the palace, I am afraid that Your Majesty will wait too long, I wonder if Your Highness can ride out of the mountain?" ”

"You can!"

Guo An nodded slightly, he doesn't like to ride horses on weekdays, but it's not that he doesn't know how to ride.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The eunuch was overjoyed.

Soon, a guard led the horses, Guo An said hello to the old farmers in the field, and then took Xu Yong and others and ran to Jingshi.

It was another half an hour before Guo An came to the gate of the palace.

Then, with the eunuch, he hurried to the Wenlou.

"Weichen Guo An, see Your Majesty!"

After the salute, Guo An explained apologetically, "Wechen sent the kid from his family to the military academy early in the morning, and then went around the General Mountain, making His Majesty wait for a long time, and asking Your Majesty to forgive me!" ”

"It's okay!"

Zhu Di waved his hand, and all the eunuchs in the hall quickly retreated.

Guo An's eyes shrank!

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly directly, his eyes full of indignation.

"When Wang Zhen was investigating those corrupt officials and evil gentry in Shandong, he found out some things about the southern gentry!"

"The gentry of the South?"

Guo An looked puzzled.

"In the past two years, those gentry in the south seem to have a close relationship with the second child, and even seem to be plotting something!"

"Conspiracy?"

Guo Anxin felt more and more uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, it is better to let Wang Zhen investigate those southern gentry well, find the charges, and arrest them all and interrogate them well!"

"Catch them all?"

Zhu Di sneered and looked at Guo An.

"You guessed that, too?"

Guo An hurriedly said: "Weichen is frightened, I don't know what Your Majesty means!" ”

"You don't know?"

Zhu Di didn't continue to go around with Guo An, and said directly: "Wang Zhen found out that those southern gentry have been secretly cooperating with Yan Wangfu in the past two years.

Even, the caravan at the Zhangjiawan wharf, these southern gentry can also intervene.

Perhaps, the hands of those southern gentry have also reached out to the Yan Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom of Goryeo......"

"After the second child became the king of Yan, he became more and more bold!"

"It shouldn't be!"

Guo An shook his head slightly.

"Shouldn't it?"

Zhu Di stared at Guo An tightly.

"Exactly!"

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, the richest of Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom are only those silver mines or gold mines, and at most the skins of the northernmost Jurchens......

However, the profits have long been taken away by the Beiping Chamber of Commerce and His Majesty.

The remaining profits, for these southern gentry, were not worth the cost of transporting them from the south to the north.

Not to mention, if these southern gentry use these expenses and goods to go to sea, the money they earn back will be even more than many times......"

"What does Guo Qing mean, these southern gentry want to get more benefits from the second child than these?"

Zhu Di said quietly, "But Yanwang Mansion, what are the interests that these southern gentry can covet?"

The secret of the academy? The academy is no secret to the gentry in the south!

Which workshops?

Do those gentry dare to fight the secret recipes of those workshops?

Or ......"

As he spoke, Zhu Di couldn't help but smile coldly.

"The rest, then there is only the second one! However, he is a king of Yan, why is he worthy of such a stutter from these southern gentry?

These gentry are not as good as the prince, at least the prince can ascend the throne in the future......"

“……”

Below, Guo An smiled wryly.

Zhu Di smiled lightly: "It seems that Guo Qing also guessed!" ”

Guo An was still frowning, very puzzled.

"Your Majesty, my Daming has set up a prince, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is of good character and quite talented, and the King of the Ming Dynasty and many powerful people are convinced of His Royal Highness the Prince.

As for His Royal Highness King Yan, there is only one place in Beiping Mansion, even if he has different intentions, he can't succeed.

Not to mention, according to Wei Chen's observations, His Royal Highness King Yan doesn't seem to be that kind of person! ”

Zhu Di said angrily: "You are very familiar with the second child? ”

"This ......"

Guo An was stunned and quickly shook his head.

"When I was in King Yan's Mansion before, Wei Chen could often meet His Royal Highness King Yan a few times, but since Wei Chen came to Jingshi, he couldn't see His Royal Highness King Yan!"

"People's hearts change!"

Zhu Di's face sank, "We are the crown prince who was promoted from King Yan, and the second child is now King Yan, so I won't have this kind of thought!" ”

“……”

This kind of thing, Guo An didn't dare to continue to speak indiscriminately.

Zhu Di didn't expect Guo An to dare to say anything, but continued: "Let's decide, let Wang Zhen investigate those southern gentry well, and then send Wang Zhen to find those officials in Beiping to ask, what does Guo Qing think?" ”

"Ask the officials of Beiping Prefecture?"

Guo An was startled and frowned.

Zhu Di asked, "Guo Qing thinks it's inappropriate?" ”

Guo An hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

Zhu Di made a straight face and asked directly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry!"

Guo An said with a straight face, "Your Majesty, Weichen feels that Your Majesty is now in the prime of life, no matter how unwise His Royal Highness King Yan is, he will not have such thoughts."

And, according to His Majesty's favor for the grandson......"

Hearing this, Zhu Di's expression eased slightly.

Guo An continued: "Those southern gentry went up to the pole to slap His Royal Highness King Yan, but it doesn't mean that His Royal Highness King Yan had that kind of idea.

Moreover, no matter how much something happens between the Father and the Son, there can be no suspicion.

His Royal Highness King Yan is the son of His Majesty, and those gentry are suspected of conspiring with King Yan, which is the fault of His Royal Highness King Yan.

Therefore, Wei Chen dared to suggest that His Majesty could let Wang Zhen interrogate those southern gentry.

If there is any unexpected news during the interrogation, directly send someone to summon His Royal Highness King Yan into Beijing and ask His Royal Highness King Yan in person. ”

Zhu Di was directly surprised, "Ask the second child about this matter?" ”

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

“……”

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Di nodded directly, "It's feasible!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An flattered.

This matter is so determined.

Zhu Di began to change the topic, "Guo Qing, in a few days, you will substitute Guo Shen's kid into the palace and let the queen take a look!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Guo An nodded directly.

Zhu Di asked again: "How is your fiefdom of General Mountain now?" ”

Guo An replied again: "Back to Your Majesty, the people of Jiangjun Mountain are still as simple and industrious as before.

They don't have to worry about eating and drinking now, and those little cubs are all going to social studies.

When those little cubs grow up, the fiefdom of General Mountain can be completely changed! ”

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded with great satisfaction, "We hope that we can see that day!" ”

"You can!"

"Guo Qing, if sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes are planted on a large scale in my Ming Dynasty, how prosperous will my Ming Dynasty be?"

"Weichen only knows that the population of my Ming Dynasty will skyrocket......"

"Hahaha......"

……

"Your Majesty wants His Highness to bring Shen'er into the palace?"

Liu Baiwei confirmed with a happy face.

"Naturally, it can't be me!"

Guo An smiled slightly, "This time I entered the palace, although it was said that the queen wanted to see Shen'er, but since I was seeing the queen, I definitely needed my sister to go."

Moreover, this time, I am afraid that not only the queen mother wants to take a look at Shen'er, I am afraid that the princess Xianning, or those princesses, will also be there.

Even, several eldest princesses in Jingshi may go! ”

"So much?"

Liu Baiwei was taken aback.

"Rest assured, girl!"

For this matter, Guo An is very relieved.

"Since Your Majesty has agreed, as long as Shen'er doesn't make any big mistakes, the matter has already been decided."

Liu Baiwei nodded slightly.

"This matter, when Shen'er comes back, I will definitely explain it to Shen'er!"

"In this matter, you can also ask Shen'er to ask his teacher!"

"Tyrant?"

"Hmm!"

Guo An smiled lightly, "Since Shen'er worshipped the tyrant as his teacher, in this matter, the tyrant should also come up with ideas for Shen'er." ”

"In addition, when you enter the palace the day after tomorrow, the sister can also bring Han'er into the palace, so that Han'er can have a good conversation with the princess of Xianning and be close to each other!"

"Your Highness really has a lot of methods!"

…… (End of chapter)