Zhang Juzheng, Ning Jue, and Zhu Zaili were stuffed into the filial piety tomb by Lu Bing.

The reason why it is in Xiaoling is because Xiaolingwei is a clear stream among the many guards in the Ming Dynasty, not because of how strong Xiaolingwei is, but because of Xiaolingwei's loyalty.

Xiaolingwei is almost the most loyal army among all the guards of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, when Zhu Di crossed the river, Xiaolingwei was the vanguard of the Southern Army, and then it was restored to the Yongle Dynasty.

When the Qing army crossed the river, Jinling surrendered the city, and Duxiaoling did not surrender, and he was martyred in battle.

As the carriage traveled all the way, Zhong Shan gradually appeared in the eyes of everyone.

As soon as the prisoner cart arrived at the dismount workshop, two armor soldiers stopped in front of the carriage and shouted: "The military attache is here to dismount, and the civil official is here!" ”

Jin Yiwei, who was driving, was stunned and said, "Do you also get off the prisoner car?" ”

The two armorers were obviously confused by Jinyiwei's words.

"Prisoner...... Did the decree say it? ”

"I didn't say it."

"If you don't say it, you have to do it!"

"The crown prince walked in!"

Jin Yiwei glanced at the two people in the car helplessly.

"You two, let's get out of the car."

Zhang Juzheng happily jumped out of the carriage and said suddenly: "In the autumn of the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing, the criminal minister Zhang Juzheng told me the filial piety tomb of Emperor Taizu Gao, and the criminal minister ......."

"Stop talking, hurry up and go inside, you won't be able to eat later."

Before Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, Ning Jue jumped out of the carriage and strode towards the Divine Dao.

The sergeant who escorted the two couldn't help but smile and said, "This Ning Lixian is open-minded, and it is the first time he has seen such an active person in prison." ”

Ning Jue looked at the treasure top of the filial piety tomb in the distance and said casually:

"I've only been squatting for a few days, and I've been squatting here for more than a hundred ......."

Without waiting for Ning Jue to finish speaking, Zhang Juzheng covered Ning Jue's mouth.

Along the way, Zhang Juzheng was respectful, and everywhere he went, he bowed down.

The two were placed in the palace prison in Xiaoling by Lu Bing, and when Ning Jue and Zhang Juzheng came to the palace prison, Zhu Zaili had already ordered someone to prepare wine and food.

For Zhu Zaili, who was like a dog skin plaster, Ning Jue, who rolled out of the mud and drove so far, couldn't take much care of it, and sat down and ate with the dishes and chopsticks.

Zhu Zaili had a blue left eye, and Zhang Juzheng had a blue right eye, just watching Ning Jue sitting in the small kitchen of the palace eunuch and feasting.

"I haven't seen Master Ning for more than half a year, but when I first met, I gave a lonely punch."

Obviously, Zhu Zaili was obviously very dissatisfied with Ning Jue's fat beating.

Ning Jue chewed on the food and said: "You go to Xishan Village to take a look, what happened to the tenants, the officials suffer the people at every turn, and they are very aggrieved if they bear a name." ”

"Why don't they want to suffer themselves and let the people bear the burden of infamy?"

Seeing that Ning Jue's anger was rising again, Zhang Juzheng hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "If Emperor Taizu Gao is here, there should be a way to save the people from fire and water." ”

Without waiting for Zhu Zaili to speak, Ning Jue pulled the dishes and chopsticks and said disdainfully: "Forget it, if Emperor Taizu Gao can come out, will he still have the kung fu to take care of the people?" It must have been digging a grave first. ”

The two were stunned and said, "Whose grave is Taizu digging?" ”

"Yingzong's Yuling and Xiaozong's Tailing can't run."

"Maybe you'll have to bury your dad in advance."

There was silence in the prison for a long time.

After a long time, Zhu Zaili, who came back to his senses, spoke: "Two gentlemen, this stall can't be abandoned halfway like this, we have to continue to find a way!" ”

Zhang Juzheng pondered for a long time.

"Unless the grain can yield ten stones per mu, or find a farm tool that does more work and less cost."

Hearing Zhang Juzheng's words, Ning Jue almost sprayed a mouthful of rice on Zhang Juzheng's face.

Because of the farm tool that Zhang Juzheng said, Ning Jue felt a little familiar.

"Looking for it or secondly, finding this kind of grain, how can you make the people believe that it can really produce so much grain, and abandon their ancestral rice seeds for such food, even if there is a central dispatch by the imperial court, it will take time, ten years, five years? The world has changed dramatically. ”

"What about farm tools?"

"Uncle, what you said about farm tools is too subtle, you do a lot of work, and you have less money, don't you just say that you will catch people to work?"

Zhang Juzheng lowered his head a little ashamedly, this thought had indeed flashed in Zhang Juzheng's mind.

It's just that it was soon given up by Zhang Juzheng.

Of course, there is a Huayi argument, but the biggest difference between the East and the West is that the East has believed that all people are human beings from the beginning, but the degree of civilization is different.

As long as it is human, it will rebel.

Even if you don't define him as a human, you're so hungry that you can still mingle with you with a hoe.

"Ning Shi can mention that he can spread the land into the mu, he should be able to have some countermeasures, right?"

Zhu Zaili put all his last hope on Ning Jue.

Ning Jue looked at the two in front of him in amazement: "What do you think I'm doing?" If I can have a way, can the Xishan pilot become the last one? ”

"I can only tell you, I have used everything I can do, no problem."

Zhu Zaili and Zhang Juzheng's eyes immediately dimmed.

Only Ning Jue didn't panic at all.

If you spread it into the acre, there is a chance that you will not be able to get it out.

Xishan made such a big move and the pilot failed, Jiajing couldn't hide it even if he wanted to, no one really has the ability to turn black into white and white into black, this wave will definitely die.

After such a toss, Zhang Juzheng and Zhu Zaili should pay special attention to the new crops that have recently been introduced to the Central Plains.

After all, the crops in the Americas are too against the sky, and it is not necessary to wait until the whole Ming Dynasty is planted with potatoes and corn before it can be spread into acres.

In the Qing Dynasty, the yield of potatoes per mu was about ten times that of rice.

In other words, even if only one-twentieth of the land is planted with potatoes, it is equivalent to half of the current grain in the country.

Really gnawed potatoes every day, who can stand it.

Daming's trip can also be regarded as a complete merit.

——

In the garrison hall, there were only three people, Zou Wang, Mai Fu, and Lu Bing.

"Zou Yuanwai, the previous incident in Xishan was discovered by Ning Yanxian in time, you almost ruined the emperor's major affairs, do you know?"

Zou Wang fell to his knees with a "poof".

"Damn it! The little one has already sent someone to buy cotton yarn, and no matter who is here now, there is no clue. ”

After Ning Jue saw the problem, Zou Wang sent someone out to buy cotton yarn without the slightest hesitation.

This thing can't be broken, it can be used whenever you want, and the Zou family itself has a weaving field, so it's a big deal to digest it slowly afterwards.

"The output side has to be pretending to be like that, too!"

"Yes, I have already agreed with the owner of the Wang ship, it just so happens that my Zou family is going to send out a batch of goods, and I will go out with it, even if my Zou family runs a few more empty ships, I will definitely set up this stage for Your Majesty."

McFuy then motioned to the little chamberlain on the side to pick Zou Wang up.

"Lu Dudu, it's not a way to drag it out like this, how long are we going to drag it out?"

Lu Bing sat on the official hat chair and closed his eyes and said: "Wait for Your Majesty's edict, I can't say anything about these, but I estimate that it should not exceed Ming Xia at the latest." ”

McFuy pondered for a moment, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there are enough royal villages in the south of the Yangtze River, and the villages have heard each other in these years, and the people do not interact with each other until they are old and dead, unless there is a major event like Xishan, and there is no contact with the outside world, and these tens of thousands of people should be able to hide for half a year.

It's hard to say how long it is.

"In this case, our family will issue an edict to the Weaving Bureau, and say to the outside world that there are many things to weave this year, and these villages will be closed to visit relatives and friends every year."

Lu Bing bowed slightly, and Mai Fu looked at Zou Wang and said with a smile: "Zou Yuanwai, Your Majesty has issued an edict to you to enter Beijing with Hua Haiyue and Ruan Liangchen for the New Year." ”

Zou Wang's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Is my father-in-law serious?"

Although he had heard about this for a long time, when Zou Wang really saw the edict in front of him, he still couldn't help but be excited.

Zou Wang, these merchants, even if they were killed, did not expect that they would be able to see Jiajing in their lives.

Sensei said that Zou Wang, since the year of Renyin, many Jinshi have never seen Jiajing himself once in their lives until they were released.

"Our family dares to be overbearing, and the affairs of the family are ordered, don't make trouble, just go to Beijing as soon as possible."

"This is the edict of the Son of Heaven! Father-in-law Mai rest assured, after the little one went home, he framed this handwritten message, which is worthy of the handwriting of the Son of Heaven, the breath of the emperor, and the small ones who are thousands of miles away are sniffing. ”

Mai Fu said handsomely: "Monarch Father Xiuxuan, this is not the emperor's qi, it is the immortal qi. ”

Zou Wang nodded again and again.

"It's a fairy, a small mortal, I don't recognize a lot."

Thousands of miles away, in the celebrant prison, when Zou Wang touted Jiajing's "hand edict", Huang Jin, who was standing in front of the bookcase and drafted the edict for Jiajing, couldn't help but sneeze.

After Zou Wang left, Mai Fu looked at Lu Bing and said: "Lu Dudu, I went out to take a look before, and I have seen the price of grain rise at the end of the year, but I have never seen such a fierce rise. ”

"When the time comes, shall we open this warehouse or not?"

"It should be opened, and it should be pretended to be like it, so that the people in the city can eat some cheap food...... It's a pity that the sons of next year's spring will suffer. ”

"If you can't eat enough, won't it be more lively next year?"

Lu Bing and McFuy looked at each other and smiled.

There are more and more scholars on the streets of Jingshi.

Many of them don't know how many imperial examinations they have taken.

It's just that this year's spring is not destined to be peaceful.

Chang'an rice is expensive, and it is not easy to live in a big place.

The price of food in Jingshi is expensive on weekdays, let alone this time of year.

On the night of the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, when Jiajing sent an envoy to worship the Seven Tombs, outside the Zhengyang Gate, five thin scholars fell into the snow.

A middle-aged man wearing a big hat and a cyan round-necked robe, dressed as a person, witnessed this scene.

Subconsciously, he took out a cake from his arms and ran towards the five people.

"What's going on with the brothers? Before entering Beijing, didn't the old parents already have enough entanglement? ”

An official dialect with a Qiongzhou accent came to my face.

The man who fell to the ground with hungry eyes and stars twisted his head to the side.

"Jingshi rice is expensive, I, I want to eat cheap rice......"

Hearing this, Qiongzhou carefully put away the cake in his hand, and glanced at the five people lying on the ground with disdain.

"It turned out to be hungry."

(End of chapter)