Shen Langgui

Chu Yegong submitted Shen Yue's proposal of "changing rice to mulberry" in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas to the imperial court, and was approved by the imperial court, but when it was implemented, it was strongly resisted by the villagers. When Chu Yegong wavered, the imperial court appointed a new prime minister and a new official He took office three times and was eager to make achievements that surpassed that of the prime minister, so he took the reform of Jiangsu and Zhejiang as a breakthrough and ordered the implementation of changing rice into mulberry. Chu Yegong had no choice but to bite the bullet.

When repeated persuasion was ineffective and villagers organized personnel to protest, Lieutenant General Li under Chu Yegong decided to use violence to control violence, and sent troops to trample and destroy the original cultivated land, causing public dissatisfaction.

After half a month of stalemate, Chu Yegong and Shen Yue mentioned this matter and asked for a good strategy when they exchanged letters.Sensing that he was in good health, Shen Yue rode his horse to Yongkang and Xinxiu counties, where the reform was piloted.

In the countryside and fields, there are broken and crooked seedlings all over the place. On the ruins, a group of well-dressed soldiers with scales and armor are confronting the villagers in sackcloth and ragged clothes. I didn't notice that there were two new people beside them.

Shen Yue sighed.

Chu Yegong was helpless, and said with a smile: "Don't sigh! This scene is considered beautiful, thanks to the death order I issued the day before, ordering officers and soldiers to only resist and not attack."

As soon as Chu Yegong spoke, he attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers, and the villagers also looked at the two of them. One of the villagers was bold and shouted at Chu Yegong: "General Chu, you have to decide for us!"

After hearing the words, other villagers echoed one after another, asking Chu Yegong to uphold justice.

Shen Yue asked: "Seeing that these people still believe in you, what have you done?"

Chu Yegong frowned early: "No, I told you just now that the officers and soldiers should not harm the villagers. Somehow it got out."

Shen Yue nodded, and asked the strong man who took the lead in shouting out just now: "Changing rice into mulberry, the imperial court made this bad move to improve people's livelihood, why is it unwilling to cooperate?"

The man said loudly: "My name is Zhang Dazhuang. I am the leader of this operation. Just punish me, sir. Don't embarrass others."

Shen Yue comforted: "Da Zhuang, now we're not talking about punishment, but why you don't cooperate?"

Hearing this, the villagers were no longer filled with righteous indignation, Zhang Dazhuang pushed aside a long halberd that was intercepted in front of him, and went forward to confess: "My lord does not know that the villagers in Yongkang County have been farming for generations, and suddenly we are asked to pull out the rice seedlings. It's like killing us! Besides, who can predict whether the mulberry seedlings will survive and how much they will produce next year? Although the harvest is poor this year, the grains can satisfy our hunger anyway, but we have to plant mulberry seedlings instead. Fill your hunger with mulberry leaves!"

"Yup!"

"The imperial court should think about us too!"

"exactly!"

……

After getting a general understanding of the situation, Shen Yue asked Chu Yegong in a low voice: "Is there no subsidy from above?"

Chu Yegong pursed his lips: "Don't think about it. The national treasury has been squandered, and the new emperor has taken over a mess, and there is a lot of waste waiting to be done. How can we allocate spare money to us?"

Shen Yue frowned, and after some consideration, he said: "If the imperial court doesn't give subsidies, then we can do some good policies, such as exempting the land tax and household tax for the three-year trial of changing rice to mulberry. In addition, Emperor Cheng intends to cultivate his life and rest. The border should be relatively stable. Apply for the exemption of corvee in Yongkang and Xinxiu counties, so that the people can farm with peace of mind. Besides, the big man who takes the lead, what he is worried about is that he is afraid that the harvest will not be good next year and he will not even have food. Ye Gong , Changing rice to mulberry must be really popularized. You are the first-class hero, and you don’t want your children to be trapped by wolves. Take out some private houses, and the people’s bottom pockets will be settled, and their hearts will be at ease. Naturally, they will follow you.”

Chu Yegong pushed Shen Yue away: "It's obvious that there is no silver 300 taels here! How much I take out is the same as telling the world how much I have swallowed. I won't do it!"

It was rare for Shen Yue to take the initiative, so he leaned forward again: "Stupid! Just find a few businessmen as a cover."

"Yes. However, I don't have much contact with merchants..."

"Hey, what's so difficult about this, my family will tell you something, and a businessman will come to you the next day."

"Hey! I thought you were thinking for me, but in the end you were trying to gain reputation for Boss Qiu! Shen Yue, you were not a person who was determined to be dead-hearted in the past. To be honest, did Boss Qiu play tricks on you!"

"Nothing. I will definitely arrange for businessmen to unify the caliber. When the court asked, they said that they were instructed by General Chu to donate money to charity. Don't worry."

"That's right! Just take the opportunity to flatter me!"

Seeing that General Chu and a man in common clothes were pushing and shoving each other very intimately, the villagers couldn't help being curious: "Is this also an official?"

Shen Yue waved his hand: "No. Like everyone else, I am a commoner who has to work in the fields and go in and out of the kitchen. You General Chu is a good official who speaks out and thinks about the people. You specially asked me to discuss countermeasures. Next, General Chu will follow up with you. Let's talk about the solution."

Perhaps it was Shen Yue who affirmed the approval of the villagers. When Chu Yegong spoke, the people applauded one after another.On the same day, the villagers packed away the large and small agricultural tools used as weapons, and dispersed separately, waiting for the court to approve new preferential policies.

The approval document went smoothly, and on the day the mulberry seedlings were planted, Chu Yegong specially called Shen Yue to witness.Unexpectedly, Shen Yue became addicted to farming at home, and his hands itched when he saw seedlings, so he took the lead in carrying a basket and planting them in the ground.Chu Yegong took the opportunity to announce Shen Yue's identity, and the villagers were extremely shocked: All the former generals of a country have gone to work in the fields, so why not work hard? !

Then the villagers were excited and worked hard immediately.

Yongkang and Xinxiu counties are adjacent to each other, with vast farmland, and it takes time to plant new seedlings. Shen Yue thought that Xunhe was also busy with the weaving bureau these days, so he had no time to spare, so he simply wrote a letter from home to explain the situation, and then he Stay in the farmland and work together with the people.

After four full days of busy work, the mulberry seedlings were basically planted. After several days of exposure to the sun, Shen Yue directly shed a layer of skin.When the work was over, the villagers were very enthusiastic and invited them back home.

Zhang Dazhuang took the lead in volunteering: "General Shen, my buffalo fell to his death yesterday. My mother-in-law was going to take the whole buffalo to the market to sell, but I stopped her and left the most chewy and delicious meat under the ribs as a reward for General Shen!"

"My wife has newly cured Hehua fish, and the rice wine is also newly brewed in Kaifeng this year. General Shen, why don't you come to my house for a meal!"

……

Shen Yue waved his hands again and again: "No, no, I haven't been home for several days, and my family will miss it."

Chu Yegong poked Shen Yue with his elbow, and asked in a low voice, "Why, Boss Qiu set a time limit?"

Shen Yue patted Chu Yegong's paw away: "It's nothing."

"Oh!" Chu Yegong said loudly immediately, "General Shen just told me that he doesn't want everyone's meals, but he just asks the folks who have big girls in their families to introduce him, otherwise General Shen is alone and very lonely. Oops! You hit me!" Seeing Shen Yue's cold and black face in a blink of an eye, Chu Yegong didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, "It's okay, it's just a joke, so serious."

But the common people don’t think so. The third sister Huang from the east family who knows how to store shoes, the sister Zheng Xiaomei who is good at cooking from the west family, and Zhao Daniu who knows how to tailor clothes from the south family come from the mouths of the folks...

"Enough is enough!" Shen Yue shouted, "General Chu was joking with you, I...I already have a family..."

An old man said quickly: "Is it important to have a family? Who is not a big man who has three wives and four concubines? Let's talk about my family, Mrs. Zhao. I told her the story of Kong Rong giving pears to her since she was a child. She knows how to be humble. She took it into the house." , promise not to cause trouble to Lord Shen."

"exactly!"

……

Shen Yue struggled to get out of the crowd: "It's impossible! Nothing is impossible."

Another commoner asked, "Why?" Then someone booed, "Could it be that Mrs. Shen is very powerful? Don't be afraid, General Shen, you are the number one person in heaven and earth, and you can win the farmland on the battlefield. What is your wife! She has an opinion. Copy the guy to teach her!"

Shen Yue finally had no choice but to stop and explain: "I appreciate the kindness of all the folks. My husband...my wife is not only not fierce, but is the most gentle person in the world, and no one would be willing to hurt her."

A young man purposely ran up to Shen Yue: "To be able to hold Big Brother Shen so firmly, gentleness should come second, and the most important thing is to be pretty!"

Shen Yue was really impatient, and dealt with it: "Yes, yes, yes, there is nothing in the sky and nothing on the earth, the most beautiful woman in the world!"

"I want to see Mrs. Shen!"

"I want, too!"

A row of villagers shouted and followed, and the peasant woman in the field saw her husband chasing after her, so she followed behind without knowing it and shouted: "Mrs. Shen is the most beautiful!"

……

Finally, he rushed back to Jiangning before dark. After entering the city gate, Shen Yue suddenly remembered something, so he turned his horse and ran towards the suburbs.The horses ran for a quarter of an hour, the sky was full of sunset, and a row of bungalows stretched continuously. Shen Yue made a little identification and turned into a village road.

The morning glory circling the fence has been closed, and there is a table in the yard surrounded by the fence, and people are eating on the table.

"Uncle Sun!"

An old man sitting at the east end put down his rice bowl, looked at it for a while, and asked, "Are you Qiu Langzhong's follower?"

"Yes, it's me." Shen Yue picked up a chicken that he just bought, and said loudly, "I happened to be passing by, so I just wanted to come and see the uncle."

"Oh, just visit! What are you doing with chickens! Daughter-in-law, hurry up and add a pair of bowls and chopsticks to the official!" Uncle Sun stood up as he spoke, watching his eldest son lead Shen Yue into the room.

The eldest son refused to take the hen brought by Shen Yue, so Shen Yue had to put it on the ground and sit side by side with Uncle Sun.

"Hey, the officials have been busy these few days, and their faces have turned dark. Come, have a bowl of mung bean soup made by your aunt to cool off the heat!"

The kindness is hard to turn down, Shen Yue thanked him, took it, and drank it down.Fearing that the delay would be too long, Shen Yue went straight to the point: "Does Uncle Sun eat the rice grown by himself?"

Uncle Sun shook his head: "This year's harvest is not good. The magistrate of Jiangning transferred this grain from a neighboring county. The magistrate Mr. Jiang understands the suffering of our people and sells it to us at a discounted price."

Shen Yue nodded: "Uncle Sun, do you know which county this rice comes from?"

Uncle Sun shook his head: "Why did the officials ask this? Could it be..."

Shen Yue waved his hand: "The old man filtered it. There is no problem with this rice. It's just that after tasting it last time, my master thought it was delicious, and I still remember it so far."

"Oh, Boss Qiu must be tired of eating delicacies from mountains and seas, so he will fall in love with me. Old lady," the aunt responded, and Uncle Sun continued to order, "Pack a bag of rice for the official!"

Unexpectedly, the aunt brought out a large package, Shen Yue was shocked when she saw it and said: "The aunt has spent so much money, I don't need so much, I will take it back and give it to the master to taste, if the taste is right, I will go to the neighboring city to buy it."

Uncle Sun took a puff of dry smoke and said clearly: "So that's it, okay, then wrap it up for the sake of the officials."

When Shen Yue returned to Xianmiandu, the sky was already full of stars, and the aroma of food wafted from the deep forest of Lanxiu.As soon as they met, Yinzhang clapped his hands and said: "Haha, Cao Cao will be here soon! The man who peeled the crabs for you is here!"

Sure enough, seeing a plate of crabs in the middle of the table, Shen Yue smiled at Xun He: "I've been eating crabs before August, so greedy? Have you learned to eat crabs by yourself all these years?"

Yinzhang said quickly: "Young master has never eaten crabs since we separated from Master Shen!"

Xun He blushed, smiled lightly, and his already plain face became more pure: "The dishes are ordered by the introduction, I didn't know there would be crabs."

After cleaning his hands, Shen Yue sat down, picked a crab and cut it open. His voice was unprecedentedly gentle: "The days are still long, and there will be many days in the future. I will peel you and eat."

Everyone else in the room looked like they were "I can't hear, I can't see", and they were buried in their jobs. Only Peng Yu looked at the two people who were deeply in love for no reason. .

Shen Yue suddenly remembered something important, took out the package from his bosom, handed it to the maid standing beside him, and ordered: "Steam a bowl of rice."

Xun He was surprised: "What?"

"You'll find out later."

After the girl brought a small bowl of rice, Shen Yue explained: "Last time, you said that you missed the rice from Uncle Sun's house in the Weaving Bureau. On the way back, I went around and asked for a package of rice. Try it and see if it tastes that way."

Xun He couldn't help but blushed, and he became hesitant to speak: "Why bother..."

Shen Yue urged in a warm voice: "Try it."

Xun He put a pinch of rice grains into his mouth, his eyes lit up instantly: "Yes, this is the taste, it's more fragrant than other rice."

The others couldn't help looking at Xun He eagerly, Xun He gave up the bowl and said, "Do you want to try it too?"

Everyone bowed their heads immediately and picked up the rice in the bowl.

Yan Ru sat beside Xun He, and Xun He heard him whisper: "If you eat it, you will be hacked to death by Lord Shen."

"It's okay, you have a taste." Sure enough, curiosity outweighed fear, Yan Ru picked it up and chewed it, and when he swallowed it, he looked dazed, "There is no difference! How can it be more fragrant!"

"If you want to taste it, then it's not you." Shen Yue said with a smile: "This rice was transferred from Shan County next door. In the past two days, I sent someone to buy some. Everyone can eat it."

Shen Yue was careful, cut the crab legs according to the joints, picked out the crab meat with a silver skewer, Xun He picked it up and sucked it, and the meat slipped into his mouth.After eating for a while, Yinzhang clapped his hands suddenly: "That's right! Master Shen is the only one who doesn't know!"

Shen Yue raised his head: "What?"

"I once said that our young master is sending the son Guanyin, right? Hee hee, I asked the young master to cast some spells last time. No, Huayin will have a baby."

Shen Yue looked at Cheng Yin Huayin and his wife: "Really? How many months?"

Hua Yin shyly said: "Going back to Lord Shen, it's been almost two months."

"Good thing, good thing!" Shen Yue glanced back at Xun He, and said with a smile, "There is a reward!"

It's night, a table full of fun.