The Red Mansions

Chapter 800 Emperor Chongping: Merit lies in the country, benefit lies in the future!
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Emperor Chongping still couldn't hide his joy, entered a side hall and sat down, with emotion on his cold and hard face, he took a sweet potato and put it on the wooden table, and said: "Zitong, with this thing, the people of the Han Dynasty will never see it again." In the face of famine, people have food, and their minds will naturally settle down."

Empress Song's graceful eyebrows and eyes were already curved into crescent moons, and she said with a smile: "Your Majesty, my concubine also thinks that this sweet potato is really a gift from God to His Majesty. Do you think there has ever been such a high-yielding crop in the past?"

King Wei stared at Emperor Chongping, his eyes moved slightly, and then he sighed quietly in his heart.

Finally he knew why his father valued Yongning Bo so much, but he still felt unstoppable jealousy.

However, from Xianning's point of view, Ziyu is his brother-in-law, and he is undoubtedly closer than the two kings of Qi and Chu.

Princess Wei Yan said that Liu Yu's face was as quiet as a lake, and her eyes were flickering. She could almost imagine that Yongningbo would become more and more difficult to control in the future. In the heart of the emperor, he was even more favored than his father.

Emperor Chongping said again: "Once the sweet potato is popularized and planted in the provinces of the Han Dynasty, as long as the descendants of later generations are not the cruel and violent kings of Jie and Zhou, there will be no more chaos among the refugees in the Han Dynasty, and the country and society will be as safe as a rock from then on!"

But in fact, Emperor Chongping was still too young, and Hong Yang in the late Qing Dynasty was twisted. At that time, there were also sweet potatoes... Some things can't be solved by eating enough.

However, in the eyes of Emperor Chongping, although it is not military merit, it has more gold content than military merit, because it can continue the country from the surface.

Empress Song smiled and said: "Your Majesty is joking. I have never acted like Jie and Zhou. From the Taizu to Your Majesty, I have always been a promising ruler who strives to govern, and a benevolent ruler who treats the people generously."

The king of Chu has a gloomy temperament, and the king of Qi is violent, but his temperament is pure and good, and he can become a benevolent king in the future.

Emperor Chongping nodded and said with a smile: "Ziyu found sweet potatoes to promote planting, which is more expensive than military merit.

No matter how high-yield the sweet potato is, if it is not recommended to him, he will not know about it, let alone promote it.

It's just that although this kind of credit has great contributions to the community, it is not easy to be knighted, otherwise, he will really be the prince of sweet potato, the king of sweet potato.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongping couldn't help but smile, but his heart was a little light.

This made Empress Song's heart flutter slightly, a little curiosity appeared on her crystal-clear powder face, and she asked, "Why are you laughing, Your Majesty?"

Concubine Duanrong also cast a pair of indifferent and suspicious eyes on Emperor Chongping, tasting the three words "Sweet Potato Bo", thinking about its meaning, suddenly her eyes flashed coldly, and she clearly understood the meaning with a beautiful mind.

"When I convened a group of ministers for a court meeting in the morning, some civil servants said that Zi Yu was promoting the planting of sweet potatoes in Henan and other places, regardless of the actual situation in Henan, and randomly intervened in farming, and was derogatoryly called "Sweet Potato Boss" by the officials there." Chong Chong Emperor Ping explained: "Looking at it now, it may be a good story that Uncle Potato made a mistake."

"Uncle Sweet Potato? Why do you have such a title?" Empress Song opened her mouth slightly, her beautiful eyes twinkled, not knowing why.

And Princess Wei Yan Yiliu originally pursed her pink lips lightly, taking the time to listen, and after hearing the words, she put down the teacup in her hand, and looked at Emperor Chongping with shining eyes.

Sweet Potato?When she returned home from Guining, she seemed to have heard her grandmother mention this title. It was a mocking name from Henan officials for Zhongjing Hou Shiding's obedience to Yongning Boyan.

King Wei thought for a while and said, "Father, is it because the local officials think it's hard work to promote sweet potatoes, so they ridiculed them?"

When Emperor Chongping heard the words, he turned his eyes to look at King Wei, nodded and said, "King Wei is right. Zi Yu made drastic moves in Henan earlier and offended many officials. Those officials took the opportunity to slander and slander."

Pang Shilang's previous criticisms were said to be towards the promotion of sweet potato planting, but in fact there was a hidden murderous intention, accusing Jia Heng of being in harmony with Zhongjinghou Shi Ding, and the central ministers who hold military power and the local border officials are enough to draw people's imagination.

Especially Emperor Chongping, who is lenient on the outside and jealous on the inside, how can he not be jealous?
But in the end, it was resolved by Emperor Chongping's sentence "I also listen to Ziyu".

King Wei was inexplicably excited when he received a compliment from Emperor Chongping, and said with a smile: "Father, Jia Ziyu has spoken with certainty before, and I think he is very sure about the yield of this sweet potato."

Seeing the joy on her husband's young face, Yan Yiliu secretly sighed.

Emperor Chongping once again said with emotion: "This time it is only in Henan, and it can be popularized and planted in the north that has suffered from drought. However, even in the land along the river beach and gully, there is still a lot of sweet potato production. It is a godsend."

It is no wonder that Emperor Chongping was inexplicably excited, because the yield of existing crops had been broken through, even dozens of times the current yield.

"Zitong, how do you reward Ziyu?" Emperor Chongping said, "This is a great achievement."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the palace who had been thinking inexplicably was moved in their hearts.

Empress Song smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to no longer be promoted to the title of Ziyu?"

I thought to myself, now I am a first-class uncle, and then I will be a marquis?

Emperor Chongping waved his hand, and said: "It's easy to be promoted to a noble, but it is the way of the ancestors to be conferred with military merit. It is estimated that Ziyu also wants to be conferred with military merit. Although sweet potato is a great contribution to the community...but it is always difficult to convince people."

Concubine Duanrong suddenly said softly: "Your Majesty promised Xianning to him. He was originally His Majesty's son-in-law. People often say that a son-in-law is half a son-in-law. He should share His Majesty's worries."

Until this time, this beauty was considered to have truly recognized Jia Heng as her son-in-law.

Emperor Chongping smiled and said: "One matter is another matter, the reward still needs to be rewarded, but what Concubine Rong said is not wrong, I will be Xianning and Chanyue... In short, remember the credit for this time first."

Not only was his daughter betrothed to him, but also a niece betrothed to him, and there was no need to distinguish between the family. By the time the two married Ziyu, sweet potatoes must have spread to the entire northern provinces of the Han Dynasty. The folks at that time must have regarded Ziyu, Xianning, and Chanyue as a good story.

As for the etiquette system in the court, other methods are needed.

When King Wei heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and his heart moved slightly.

Cousin Chanyue, she also wants to marry Ziyu?No wonder……

And under Yan Yiliu's slender eyebrows, there was inexplicable shock in his clear eyes. She had heard about the matter of Xianning from the prince, but Chanyue?

Xianning and Chanyue?
Could it be Qinghe Princess Li Chanyue?Except for the little princess, it seems that no one is called Chanyue anymore.

No, Yongning Bo has a first wife?

The young woman who had just entered the house not long ago had all sorts of speculations in her mind.

After lunch, King Wei and Yan Yiliu left the palace and boarded the carriage. The husband and wife sat on the carriage. The late autumn wind was still a bit cool in the afternoon, but the sun was shining brightly, shining through the curtains, shining on the On the husband and wife.

Seeing that King Wei was frowning, Yan Yiliu held King Wei's plain hand, his heroic eyebrows were full of concern, and said softly: "My lord, why didn't she mention the matter of going to Jinling just now?"

Wei Wang Chen Ran paused for a moment, and said: "The queen mother didn't tell the father about the matter of going south, so I can't take the initiative to ask."

Father Huang has been suspicious since he was a child, if he took the initiative to speak up, maybe he would think about him.

Fortunately, Xianning is just to the south, so Ziyu will never be able to help outsiders in the future.

Yan Yiliu pondered for a moment, then said: "What do you think of the outcome of the war in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Chen Ran smiled and said: "You don't know, Jia Ziyu has already won a big victory against the Jurchen before, although it sounds a bit short of troops this time, but the Jurchen and the Korean Navy have come from a long way after all, Jia Ziyu may not be unable to fight and win In other words, I still have confidence in Ziyu's general strategy."

Yan Yiliu leaned his head on Chen Ran's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "My father is a little worried, and I still want to go south to help the warlord, but seeing my father's appearance, I probably won't send my father south. "

Chen Ran said: "Father-in-law has just returned from Chabian in the northwest, and it's good to rest in Beijing, so I can leave the matter in the south to Ziyu."

At this moment, in another glazed carriage with hairpin tassels, the palace eunuchs and guards escorted Shen Shi and Song Yan into the carriage.

Song Yan was wearing a pink dress. The girl in the cardamom age was petite and exquisite, with a slap-sized face as white and greasy as snow, and her voice was naturally soft and waxy: "Mother, the girl in Henan said What did Uncle Potato say?"

Just now I heard what Emperor Chongping, Empress Song and others said were interesting, but the girl didn't understand what they meant, so she asked.

"You girl, why are you asking this?" Shen said angrily.

Song Yan took Shen's arm and said coquettishly: "Mother, tell me about it."

Mrs. Shen had no choice but to explain, and under the girl's crystal-clear eyes, said softly: "It's those Henan officials, isn't the Fourth Uncle Ni in Kaifeng Mansion, Henan, and he should have followed suit to promote that sweet potato. Didn't you say that in the last letter?" .”

Song Yan said softly: "The sweet potatoes taste delicious, no wonder Uncle Huang is so happy."

Shen said with a smile: "This food is delicious, but the key is that one mu yields a lot. As long as the common people plant one mu, they won't be hungry."

As she spoke, she put her arms around her daughter in her arms, and said: "Yan'er, I originally entered the palace today to ask your aunt to find you a good husband's family. I don't want to encounter such a thing, but it's hard to say."

Just now the Supreme has been talking about the sweet potato, and everyone was talking about it during the meeting, so she couldn't take the initiative to mention it.

"Mother." Hearing the mention of her own marriage, Song Yan's face, which resembled the Queen of Song's, with pink cheeks, leaned her head against Shen's arms, and said softly, "I'm still young. I want to serve you for two more years."

Shen shi sighed softly, and said softly: "I'm not in a hurry for my mother, I can find you a good son-in-law slowly."

When Yan'er was at the age of Xu Ren, the husband meant to promise to the King of Liang, but he still had some doubts about the queen's intentions, but for some reason.

Under Song Yan's willow eyebrows, her bright and moist eyes blinked, and she asked softly, "Uncle seems to trust Brother Chongheng?"

"You're going to call your cousin-in-law in the future." Mrs. Chen nodded her daughter's forehead and said with a smile.

"En." Song Yan said softly, thinking in her crystal clear eyes.

Shen said softly: "Your elder brother Heng is the pillar of the country, he has made a lot of contributions in succession, your uncle must trust him."

She is even more trustworthy than relatives like her Song family...

On the other hand, when the cabinet ministers and officials from the six ministries in Beijing received the news of the big sweet potato harvest, they were also inexplicably horrified.

If Dai Quan, the Prime Minister of the Daming Palace, hadn't said it himself, it would be almost unbelievable, and as time passed, the entire city of Shenjing gradually fell into surprise.

Dozens of stones are produced per mu, which is really a godsend for a man.

杨宅
In the flower hall in the backyard, Yang Guochang took off his official hat and was wearing a court uniform on the grand master's chair in front of the cabinet.

Sweet potatoes with tens of stones per mu...

With such high-yield crops, the big man no longer has to worry about the drought in the north, but why did the child Jia Heng discover this?
In fact, anyone with insight can see the impact of sweet potatoes with an yield of tens of stones per mu on the Dahan Sheji Guozuo.

Seeing his father's decrepit expression, Yang Sihong hesitated for a moment, and said, "Father, the angel in the palace heard that he returned a cart full of sweet potatoes to Pang Da."

I just saw the pale face of the huge man, but I still have lingering fears at this moment, the huge man seems to be frightened.

Hearing this, Yang Guochang's old body trembled slightly, he opened his closed eyes, and suddenly got up from the grand teacher's chair, and suddenly sighed: "The Holy Majesty wants to dismiss my father."

As soon as these words came out, Yang Sihong's face changed suddenly, and he said in a startled voice: "Father!"

What's going on here, it's just sweet potatoes, why is this?
Yang Guochang looked aggressively, and said: "There is nothing to be afraid of. Since Jia Heng's son became an official, the Holy Majesty has favored him more and more, so that he obeys his words and obeys everything. Now my son is using cruel officials in Lianghuai to blackmail merchants. The treasury is full, and the salt law has been rectified, and now we have this sweet potato, I am afraid it will be even more popular."

After all, after struggling in the court for a long time, he has already realized the disgust of Emperor Chongping, but he just feels unwilling.

When Yang Sihong heard the words, there was a stern look of unwillingness in his eyes, and he said in a low voice, "What should I do, father?"

Yang Guochang said: "Young and young leave home and the boss returns. It has been almost 30 years since I left Linyi for my father. It will be a matter of time before I return to my hometown as an official. Your Majesty's grace to know you."

Jia Heng's child is treacherous and loyal, like a reckless idiot, so he has to guard against it.

Hearing this, Yang Sihong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and he was worried that his father was thinking of resigning from office.

In the Han residence, in the backyard pavilion, Han Huang and Yan Hong were sitting opposite each other across a chess field. The teacup on the side was steaming, but there was an unspeakable silence for a while.

Yan Hong looked at the elegant middle-aged man opposite, and said, "Brother, that sweet potato..."

Han Huang looked shocked, and said softly: "Sweet potatoes, yielding more than [-] shi per mu, is really unimaginable."

Yan Hong paused, and said: "After this incident, I am afraid that the Holy One will rely more on Jia Ziyu, not only in military affairs, but also in political affairs. Jia Ziyu will also be entrusted with great power."

Han Huang nodded, and suddenly said with a gloomy expression: "The Qi Party will not last long."

However, the power of the Jia party is faintly showing signs in the court.

Yan Hong's complexion changed slightly, and he said in a startled voice, "What do you mean by brother?"

Han Huang's eyes flickered, and he said in a low voice: "The new system of the Lianghuai salt law has achieved great success. Yongningbo has shown his ability to manage money. Now the sweet potatoes are as they said, with tens of stones per mu, and the holy family is more generous. Those in charge are nothing more than money and food, above these two words, Old Yang Ge has lost all his halberds, and he will not be far away."

Yang Guochang is already a dead bone in the grave, nothing to worry about!He then needs to consider the next step of the Zhejiang Party's plan.

After Yang Guochang resigned, he had Zhao Bojian in the cabinet who thought he would echo him, and his power to speak in the government increased greatly, but with the temperament of the emperor, is he really happy to see this?

Hearing Han Huang's words, Yan Hong was inexplicably shocked, his eyes lit up, and he said: "What brother said is reasonable, as soon as the sweet potatoes came out, Peng Ye, the chief envoy of Henan Province of the Qi Party, connived at the prefecture and county to promote the name of the sweet potato uncle, which is self-defeating. Coupled with the popularization of the Lianghuai Salt Law, the fall of the Yang Party is close at hand."

Emperor Chongping relied heavily on the Qi Dang, because the Qi Dang was good at financial management. Well, in fact, it was to attack the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. However, the Qi Dang repeatedly attacked Jia Heng, which was obviously inconsistent with the country's established strategy. The change of the cabinet was a certainty.

Han Huang said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about the Ministry of Household Affairs. First, let's talk about Jia Ziyu. This person... is regarded as a relative. Seeing him governing in Henan, he is not on the same path as us."

It is also impossible for him to choose to cooperate with the Qi party again in order to suppress Jia Ziyu.

To get rid of the whole party, the top priority is the chief assistant.

As for setting things right and reorganizing the court, that will be a matter of the future.

Yan Hong said in a low voice: "Brother is right. Before Jia Ziyu became an official, except for being a worthless child of the Jia clan, he mainly followed the path of the Jinyang Princess's Mansion. Later, he made military exploits, and that's when he came to prominence."

As time passed, those who cared had already picked up the history of Jia Heng's fortune. The dilapidated status of martial arts children of the Jia family only guaranteed their loyal and reliable backgrounds, but such martial arts children were caught in Shenjing. Bundle.

In the final analysis, it is still the eldest princess of Jinyang. If it were not for the eldest princess of Jinyang, Jia Heng would not have walked in front of the emperor.

Han Huang nodded, and said: "So Jia Ziyu also reciprocated, and gave the House of Internal Affairs to the eldest princess's house."

Yan Hong smiled lightly, and suddenly said: "Brother, I heard there is a saying in Beijing?"

"What do you say?" Han Huang frowned, and looked at Yan Hong suspiciously.

Yan Hong lowered his voice and said: "Now there are rumors in the market that Princess Jinyang wants to betroth her daughter Princess Qinghe to Jia Ziyu, so she takes care of her many times."

With the dissemination of someone with a heart (Jin Yang), this kind of statement has been circulated privately among the high-ranking noble circles in Shenjing City.

Because Jia Heng often went to the Princess Jinyang's mansion in the capital, when the meritorious service was not obvious at the beginning, it did not attract the attention of others, but after the chaos in Henan was put down, Princess Jinyang thought of this method to confuse the public.

Han Huang frowned when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice, "Absurd! Uncle Yongning already has a regular wife. How could he violate the etiquette and make the world ridicule?"

"Then where did the rumor about Princess Xianning come from?" Yan Hong asked.

Even though Empress Song had tried her best to block the news, there were not concubines in the palace who were dissatisfied with the Song sisters and spread the news about Princess Xianning.

Han Huang pondered and said: "No matter what the sage thinks, this method violates the etiquette system, and it is difficult to block the mouths of the world."

At that time, he would also go up to oppose it. Looking at the history, only the last years of the dynasty had such chaos. Is it time for Chen Han to perish?Where does the princess abandon the royal dignity when she marries a married man?How to set an example for the subjects of the world?
As he said that, he looked at Yan Hong and said, "I don't want to say much about the palace curtain now, let's wait until that day."

Yan Hong nodded when he heard the words, but he couldn't say anything else, and asked seriously: "How is Xiang Yang?"

"Just wait now." Han Huang said in a low voice with a cold look in his eyes.

"Wait?" Yan Hong asked in surprise.

Han Huang said: "If Bo Yongning wins a big victory in the south of the Yangtze River, Yang will be hit with one blow!"

Yan Hong's heart was shocked when he heard this, and he stared at Han Huang.

Han Huang said in a low voice: "At that time, Jia Ziyu had the same momentum, and he returned to Beijing to prepare for captives. At that time, it would not be appropriate for the cabinet to have a chief assistant who hindered him."

Not to mention how Beijing and China are undercurrents again due to the sweet potato incident, Jiangnan Province, thousands of miles away——

Jia Heng stayed in Weigang, Tongzhou for two days, and returned to Jinling City on the second day with a ship of a thousand-man navy.

Because the Hongyi Cannon arrived, Jia Heng planned to go to meet him in person and join the navy in Weigang, Tongzhou.

The Tiqi of Jinyi Mansion handed over the Hongyi cannon to the left-behind Jiangnan camp guards, and all the generals looked curiously at the accompanying Portuguese and the Hongyi cannon.

"Jie Shuai is here."

At this moment, a sergeant reported.

Qu Guang and the generals of the Henan Dusi went up to greet the young boy in python riding on the bay red horse.

Jia Heng said: "Get up first, generals. These firecrackers are used to deploy naval forces and defeat the enemy."

As he spoke, he said to Chen Xiao who was at the side: "You and Liu Jixian brought these firecrackers onto the ship with people."

Chen Ling responded, and then led a group of Jinyi mansion guards to carry it to the boat.

(End of this chapter)