This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 152
The Yuan family's giant rice around Hangzhou City was harvested within three days.

Almost all the paddy fields planted with giant rice yield about 11 to 13 shi per mu.

The whole of Hangzhou is almost in a state of madness. Many people have already carved the longevity tablets of 'Yuan Sheng' or 'Yuan Nong' and began to worship in a fair and honest manner.

Even with Lu Sen's longevity tablets, there are a lot more.

And those 'tourists' who came to Hangzhou to watch the excitement were even more excited. They left some manpower in Hangzhou City, so that someone would report back when Daoist Lu would 'distribute' the immortal rice seeds next time.

The Yuan family's giant rice output exceeded [-] jin, and the news spread faster than Lu Sen imagined.

On the sixth day after Lu Huiqing presided over the harvest ceremony, the news had already spread back to Bianjing City.

Because the imperial court has been paying attention to this. After all, food is the most important thing for a country's stability, and any official with some common sense will understand.

Ever since, there was another discussion about the 'Xiandao' in the court.

Zhao Zhen is sitting on the dragon chair. Although he recently ate a fruit, his health has improved a lot, but this can't stop his high blood pressure caused by obesity. As long as he doesn't lose weight for a day, his high blood pressure will recur, even if he eats The fruit produced by the system cannot be cured.

After all fruit doesn't cure obesity.

Gently rubbing his forehead, Zhao Zhen said: "Now the three messengers at the post station have returned to the capital quickly. Yuan's Immortal Rice can indeed achieve more than eleven shi per mu, and even more than thirteen shi. And the rice seedlings, as the name suggests, are nearly one foot high, and the rice stalks after the ear removal are cut down and dried in the sun are also very useful for burning fires, and the plant ash can also be used to fertilize the fields, which is a rare thing."

When he was young, he also farmed in the fields of his own family. Although he was an emperor, Zhao Zhen knew about farming.

All the officials in the court were discussing and making a lot of noise.

Soon Bao Zheng stood up, and when he held up the jade plaque in his hand, everyone fell silent.

"Officials, Lu Zhenren's move is very kind, and there are many Zemin people. It's just a pity that I heard that the high yield of this rice seed can only last for one season, and the rice seeds after that will be mortal seeds." Bao Zheng cupped his hands and said: "Today Underneath, only Master Lu can enlighten rice seeds, so I suggested that the officials should order Master Lu to come to Beijing again to supply large quantities of rice seeds full-time, so as to share the worries of all people in the world."

Many officials nodded vigorously when they heard this.

It's good that Immortal Lu is back, let's not say that the fairy fruit can be supplied again, and no one will dislike the fairy rice seed.

Those who are officials, whose family does not have some fertile land.

Zhao Zhen nodded lightly at first, then shook his head, and said, "Renren Lu's whereabouts are unknown now, and he can't even find him, how can he announce the edict."

"Then let the world tell that it's not that Master Lu didn't come out, but that he hid it too well." Bao Zheng continued with a sullen face, "I believe that as long as the officials are sincere and announce an edict once a month, Master Lu will definitely be killed." I was moved by the sincerity of the officials."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "It is feasible to announce the edict once a month. But I am still afraid that Master Lu is unwilling to go to Beijing in response to the edict. After all, more than a year ago, he left really simply and peacefully." Absolutely."

Bao Zheng also sighed, cupped his hands slightly and said, "No matter what, it's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen. Let's do things first, and then consider success or failure and gains and losses."

"That's the only way to go." Zhao Zhen sighed.

Bao Zheng retreated to the group of officials, at this time Ouyang Xiu stood up again: "Officials, it has been widely rumored recently that Master Lu has returned to the capital, and it seems to be involved with Grand Master Pang's family. Why not start with Grand Master Pang and track down Master Lu's whereabouts?" whereabouts?"

"I've also heard about this." Zhao Zhen pondered for a while, looked around, and said, "It seems that Grand Master Pang didn't come to the morning court again. Hasn't his body recovered?"

All the officials shook their heads, they had indeed heard that Grand Master Pang was in good health, but they still couldn't figure out why he still said he was ill and could not go to court.

"Could it be that you are bothering about the little lady of the Pang family?" A young man stood up from the crowd, and he looked like a hero. He smiled and said, "The minister, Anshi, has something to say."

Wang Anshi is still so proud. Normally speaking, when making a suggestion, he would first call it "Yusuu" and wait for the official's approval before continuing to speak.

Exceptions include Bao Zheng, Pang Taishi, Ouyang Xiu and other important officials.

But Wang Anshi is no longer a normal thing at this time, and he is going to be released to other places to make up for his 'criminal' fault, and his rank is very low.

But he still dared to speak directly like those important ministers.

But Zhao Zhen has a gentle personality and has no special resistance to this. He nodded and said, "Continue."

"When I was on the Yongxing Army Road, I spent a period of time with Master Lu, and I felt the arrogance of his heart, which I have never seen before." Wang Anshi slightly lowered his head, and said: "I feel that I am already proud, but Master Lu is calm and gentle on the surface. However, his heart is like Mount Tai on the flat ground, with a lonely peak standing there. The inferior officials feel ashamed and far inferior."

All the officials were curious as to why Wang Anshi had such an evaluation.

After all, Lu Sen also stayed in the capital for two years, and he often went to court, and all the officials had nodding acquaintances with him, and occasionally chatted with him on weekdays.

In their impression, Lu Zhenren is very gentle, even soft enough to bully him quickly, which feels similar to the character of an official.

Such a person is more proud of you than Wang Anshi?

Just kidding.

You, Wang Anshi, look up to the sky every day, except for a few important court officials and officials, who do you put your eyes on.

Zhao Zhen also knew about Wang Anshi's rumors, so he wondered immediately: "Realist Lu doesn't seem like a proud person."

Everyone looked at Wang Anshi with curious eyes.

He said calmly: "I once said that the world regards all things as straw dogs, and the sage regards the people as straw dogs. But Master Lu seems to have this taste."

All the civil and military officials raised their eyebrows, and Zhao Zhen hissed softly: "How can I see that? If this is the case, Master Lu will not find a way to let the sea merchants get the spices, nor will he release the immortal rice seeds."

"In the eyes of a sage, there are differences among ordinary people, Confucian scholars, and officials. But in the eyes of Master Lu, everyone in the world is no longer rich or poor." Wang Anshi took a deep breath, and then continued: "Really Lu sees my eyes, It is no different from looking at a beggar or a passer-by. During the two months since I returned to the capital from Xingqing Mansion, I have been collecting the ins and outs of Lu Zhenren, his words and deeds, and finally came to this conclusion: in the eyes of Lu Zhenren, all living beings are equal. "

Everyone was baffled at first, and soon they all came to their senses, and the sound of breathing came and went one after another.

Zhao Zhen is very smart, but he has a soft personality. Hearing this, he also took a breath: "Is that true?"

"Absolutely." Wang Anshi said with certainty: "A great practitioner must have great courage, which may be beyond the reach of others. I once heard the masters of Longhu Mountain say that if you want to practice, you must have great faith and a big pattern." , can only touch the realm that ordinary people can't see and hear. But in this world, how many people are there who have great courage and grand structure? The master said that he couldn't do it, and the subordinate once thought he could do it. After Lu Zhenren saw it, he felt that he could not do it."

Now, the courtiers all started talking.

Only Bao Zheng remained silent, and even seemed to be sighing.

In fact, he has already seen Lu Sen's ideas. This kind of thinking is not to say outrageous, but at least it is very unsocial. If too many people know about it, they will definitely be excluded and become ill.

After all, all officials think that they are superior to the common people, even Bao Zheng himself has this kind of meaning.

So in order to protect Lu Sen, he never mentioned it.

Unexpectedly, it was exposed by Wang Anshi.

Zhao Zhen pondered deeply, and then smiled wryly: "So this is the reason why Master Lu is not willing to offer me fruits and jade bee jelly? Only when my youngest son is seriously ill, he will offer things. Isn't that trying to please me? , but simply, don’t want to see the child die?”

"If that's the case, then how do you explain the fact that Master Lu sent fruit to all of us when he was in the capital?" A spokesperson stood up and sneered, "If he hadn't looked at us high, wouldn't he have sent the fruit over? "

Many officials nodded in response, thinking that the speaker was right.

But Wang Anshi said calmly: "The person who gave the fruit is Lu Yang's, not Lu Zhenren."

All of the officials' discussions suddenly fell silent, as if controlled by a master switch.

Especially the speaker, his expression was shocked at first, and then turned pale.

Wang Anshi continued: "So when Master Lu felt that we were cowards, he immediately pulled away and left without any room for redemption. Because he didn't regard us as important figures. In his eyes, we and the people, and Beggars, there is no difference."

"Only in the eyes of Mrs. Lu Yang, are we considered officials?" The official felt that his three views seemed to be collapsing: "That is to say, it doesn't matter whether those fruits are given to others or not, so he Is it that generous?"

Wang Anshi nodded slightly.

That's what he meant.

This time, the discussion sounded again.

After a while, Zhao Zhen asked the father-in-law next to him to ring the small gong, and after a bang, the whole court fell silent again.

Zhao Zhen looked at Bao Zheng: "Bao Aiqing, if Wang Aiqing's guess is true, then no matter how many edicts I send out, Master Lu will not accept them."

Bao Zheng sighed and did not speak.

Seeing that Bao Zheng didn't want to talk anymore, Zhao Zhen habitually wanted to ask Grand Master Pang for his opinion.

As a result, he looked over, but couldn't find anyone, and then remembered that Grand Master Pang said he was sick.

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "Grand Master Pang is indispensable in the court now, but he just didn't come..."

While saying this, he heard the faint sound of beating gongs and drums outside the palace, as well as the sound of firecrackers, and it was even lively.

The imperial palace in the Northern Song Dynasty is actually a bit small, and the imperial wall is not too high, because the movement outside is louder, and the sound can be transmitted in.

Even in the late Northern Song Dynasty, during the era of Song Huizong, those vendors ran to set up stalls under the imperial city, and formed a commercial street, which was noisy, making it difficult for the ministers in the palace to discuss matters.

Zhao Zhen gave a wink, and the father-in-law next to him ran out immediately, and came back after a while.

The father-in-law exclaimed in surprise: "Officials and officials, something big happened outside. It is Lu Zhenren's concubine in Napang Mansion, and the painted red eight-carriage sedan chair has already carried him to the bottom of the dwarf mountain."

"what!"

Zhao Zhen almost jumped up from the dragon chair.

And the other civil and military officials had almost the same reaction, screaming again and again.They have been looking for Lu Sen, but they did not expect that Lu Sen is actually in the short mountain?
The time was adjusted back to half an hour ago.

In Pang's mansion, Grand Master Pang looked at his granddaughter in a red dress and a big red hijab on her head, with tears in her eyes.

"Mei'er is going to get married in the blink of an eye, especially remember when you were a meat dumpling, time flies so fast."

Pang Meier gave the Wanfu salute lightly, and said with a choked voice, "Granddaughter...granddaughter doesn't know how...to say...."

She was a little sad, but she was very happy to be able to marry Lu Sen. The sadness and joy were intertwined, and her emotions were so ups and downs that she couldn't speak out of excitement.

At this time, Grand Master Pang forced a smile again: "That's fine, marrying the person you like is better than marrying someone you don't like and complaining about yourself every day. You have a strong character. After marrying into Lu Zhenren's family, you must Rein in your temper a little, Master Lu has a gentle personality and is very kind to his own people, so he will definitely not treat you badly."

"Mel knows."

"Okay, go talk to your parents."

As he spoke, Grand Master Pang rubbed his eyes and walked aside.

Then Runan County King came over, teasingly said: "I didn't expect that one day I would be able to see the side of Grand Master Pang's temperament, it is really a miracle."

"It's like this when people get old." Grand Master Pang didn't quibble, he looked around and asked, "Has the dowry been arranged?"

"Okay." Runan Jun Wang clasped his fists and smiled: "From now on, we are also half relatives. Let's help each other a lot."

"It should be so." Grand Master Pang also laughed.

After all, it was Grand Master Pang's residence, because Grand Master Pang's accompanying dowry was quite generous.Because there are some things that cannot be exchanged for money, especially contracted spirit beasts, the Pang Mansion once again greatly increased the value of the dowry.

The Pang Mansion did have money, but if it were to be realized, they would not be able to produce so many good things at once, so they entrusted the King of Runan County to help.

Boxes, truckloads of precious medicinal materials, rare fine wines, etc., were all brought over.

On Lu Sen's side, only three things were reported.

Pang Meier and her father were talking about their parting, when they heard shouts from outside: "Realist Lu's betrothal gift: one contracted spirit beast, ten bottles of jade bee jelly, and one hundred catties of Yuan's giant rice seeds."

Wow!
Such exclamations came from outside the wall.

This time the Pang Mansion made things very lively, and Zhe Saburo put all his heart into it, decorating the wedding ceremony with lights and festoons, and laying a red carpet on the floor.

After walking two steps, the matchmaker scattered a handful of red envelopes of copper paper, so when the big sedan chair stopped in front of Pang's mansion, a large number of people had already gathered around.

Because the Pang family did a good job of keeping secrets, they didn't know who was going to marry the lady of the Pang family this time.

After all, the Pang family also has several daughters waiting to be married.

Besides, no one thought about Pang Meier, because according to the rumors, she was already the woman of Lu Zhenren.

So when the word Lu Zhenren came out, everyone was shocked.

They didn't expect that it was Lu Zhenren who was taking concubines.

When they heard Lu Sen's betrothal gift again, they exclaimed even louder.

Whether it is a contracted spirit beast, jade bee jelly, or the immortal rice seed that 'appeared' in the capital for the first time, they are all super heavyweight items.

What's more, it is a "three" sample.

(End of this chapter)