The emperor had already vaguely heard a little deep meaning, and Chu Kuan was the same. These two are the rulers of the world, but they are very studious...... In other words, curiosity always maintains vigorous energy and the awareness of looking at the world; And the other is because he often has to deal with the best of the best in the world, coupled with a subtle and embarrassing identity, so he is constantly trying to enrich himself.

Therefore, Chu Kuan involuntarily muttered to himself: "These people who have spare money will buy meat and eggs that they are reluctant to buy, so the price of meat, eggs and poultry on the market may rise...... And people who raise pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks find that these are valuable, so they will naturally raise more ......"

He rubbed his temples vigorously, and continued: "And if there are more of these things, maybe the price will fall, but it is also possible that they will make more money, so for these people who raise pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, they can probably buy white rice and white noodles, all kinds of beautiful clothes, and even more expensive jewelry that they couldn't afford to eat before!" ”

The emperor immediately stroked his palms and praised: "Yes, similar to this truth, and also, if you eat more meat and vegetables, you will eat less rice and noodles, as long as there are more and more people who have more money, then, even if the output of rice and wheat noodles decreases, it can actually make the people of the world make a living!" ”

Zhang Shou nodded with a smile and said, "The emperor and Gonggong Chu really think far-reaching. However, this is only an ideal situation, and the increase in the production of a single thing may not be able to pull all aspects such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and may even make its price as cheap as grass because the market is full of cotton cloth and even clothing. But at least, there is nothing wrong with this path. ”

"I once said in the Guozi Prison that the present is better than the ancient, why? Today's farm tools are better than the Qin and Han dynasties, better than the Tang and Song dynasties, and of course better than the three emperors and five emperors, the prosperous era of Yao Shun, and the Western Zhou Dynasty where Zhou rites prevailed in countless literati.

And with good agricultural tools, the production of the fields is naturally far better than in the past. Therefore, just like the improvement of spinning machines and looms, if we continue to improve the farming tools, improve the farming technology, and cultivate high-quality and high-yield seeds, will the yield per mu not be even higher? ”

The last trace of the emperor's carelessness was also gone, replaced by an incomparable solemnity. He still remembers the records when he first read the records of Taizu, Taizu did a lot of things, many things that many people couldn't understand at that time, but there were also many things that were widely praised, including personal farming, and even in the northern city of the former outer imperial city, there were many rice fields.

Nowadays, some people think that Emperor Taizu is to show that he is a heavy farmer, but he knows from the stories passed down by the master of ceremonies that Emperor Taizu is to cultivate fine rice seeds. But because after the founding of the country, there was a lot of waste to be rebuilt, and later Taizu tried his best to cultivate Taizong, and finally because he avoided seizing the heir and the suspicion of father and son, he sailed to the sea, but the rice field failed to cultivate excellent seeds, and finally disappeared in history.

He nodded lightly and said approvingly: "You are worthy of working tirelessly in the fields at a young age, persuading the villagers to plant rice and raise silkworms instead, and you have seen these things of male farmers and women weaving so far-reaching. ”

"The minister just thinks that the life of the villagers is too hard."

When he said this, Zhang Shou was completely sincere: "The minister once saw that when there was a shortage of grain in spring, the villagers mixed a large number of wild vegetables with flour, and were reluctant to put oil and salt, and then baked a black color, dry and bitter wild vegetable cakes in the pot, so as to satisfy the stomach. Chen also once saw young children struggling in bed with fever and no money to see a doctor, but parents could only pray to God. ”

"The minister has seen that the hard-working peasants only eat two meals a day, but they dare not rest for a moment when they sweat and fall into the soil. The minister has seen children who raise chickens and ducks salivating at the eggs laid by chickens and ducks, and if they steal one, they will be beaten to death by their parents, just because the eggs have to be sold for money. Although my family, or Zhao Guogong's mansion, collects very low rents, and my mother has helped them, it is difficult to quench the thirst of the people after all. ”

Therefore, the minister heard that the capital needs a large amount of grain to go north through transportation and sea transportation every year, and rice is expensive and cheap, so he tried to let the villagers change the wheat land into rice fields, buy silkworm seeds, and stock silkworms on a large scale, and encourage women to weave silk. Therefore, when Zhu Gongquan, who followed Yingying to the village, talked about despicable farmers in the field, what the minister thought of was those poems. ”

"On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops into the soil, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work."

"I entered the city yesterday and came back with tears in my eyes. Those who are all over the silk are not silkworm breeders. ”

"To make the cultivator full and the weaver free from cold, this is the most important thing for the officials. The minister, a white body who has never been famous, but thanks to the emperor's favor and the official residence of Dr. Guozi, he only hopes to be able to educate a group of talents, and then do what he can for the cultivators. Moreover, the minister also wanted to collect cotton seeds from all over the world, as well as other kinds of overseas seeds. ”

Zhang Shou paused and said word by word: "You must know that the cotton used for weaving today was not originally produced in the Central Plains, but came from the west. And the watermelons and grapes we eat today are also not produced in the Central Plains. The minister felt that outside the territory of my Ming Dynasty, these seeds that could feed people were more precious than spices, gems and jade, and other goods. ”

"Good, good, very good! Zhang Qing, I really didn't misunderstand you! ”

The emperor did not hesitate to express his appreciation for Zhang Shou, and used three good words in a row. Chu Kuan on the side woke up like a dream, and when he looked at Zhang Shou again, his eyes were also full of incredulity.

As far as Zhang Chenkeng's second prince is concerned, if he changes someone, he will definitely not die and shed his skin, but Zhang Shou not only jumped over this moat lightly and skillfully, but also won the emperor's admiration with such a reason!

Although he couldn't breathe a sigh of relief, the emperor had completely thrown the second prince into the clouds at this time. He beckoned Zhang Shou to come forward, and after asking Zhang Shou a few more words, he gradually relaxed after listening to Zhang Shou finish his arrangements for Zhang Chen.

"If those guys who are holding back their strength and Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu are carrying it hard, knowing that you have laid such a trap and waiting for them, I don't know how aggrieved they will be?"

Zhang Shou smiled slightly, and said casually: "Be kind and charitable, and the family will have more than enough to celebrate." For the rich and unkind, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed! ”

The emperor immediately listened to Yile, pointed at Zhang Shou with his finger and scolded with a smile: "People all say that if people are not for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, but when you come here, you will become rich and unkind, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed?" If you spread this, I don't know how many rich families will gnash their teeth at you! Even those mountain kings who claim to rob the rich and help the poor and do the right thing for heaven can't do anything like you! ”

"Everyone has selfish intentions, and so are ministers. If you can eat and drink at the same time, so that more people can also have enough food and clothing, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

Zhang Shou paused as he spoke, and then said casually: "In addition, the minister just asked the emperor for permission to collect seeds within the four seas, not to let the imperial court issue an edict. Because a decree is conveyed, when it passes through the government at all levels, it will often be constantly distorted, and in the end it will reach the ears of the people. ”

The emperor snorted lightly, and then said approvingly: "This is not bad. In all dynasties, when all kinds of good decrees were conveyed to the people, they were no longer the same, and this matter must be the same. In that case, how are you going to solicit it? In your name? ”

With a smile, Zhang Shou said unhurriedly: "The world is so big, there are no surprises." Some people love thin waists, some people love plumpness, some people are good at writing, and some people love martial arts. In this case, it is normal for someone to have a whim, a good farmer is tireless. For example, the minister's future second uncle and brother are not successful, and they find another way to think of a good farmer's invitation, which should be normal, right? ”

Zhang Shou actually beat Zhu Er's idea!

Chu Kuan, who woke up to this, secretly took a breath and couldn't help but mourn for Zhu Er, but then he only heard the emperor laugh: "Zhu Erlang jumped up and down while his father and brother were not there, and when his eldest brother came back, he had already been beaten, and now that Zhu Jing is back, he is afraid that he will be beaten again!" ”

"Don't say that you make him a good farmer now, if you let him go to the field himself, he will be willing!"

Zhang Shou was having an in-depth conversation with the emperor in the Qianqing Palace, and then the emperor also asked Chu Kuan to go to the imperial dining room to pass on the snacks, and when you continued, you didn't have enough time to stay and have dinner with me, but the Zhao Guogong Mansion was a lot of chickens and dogs because of the return of Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing. Among them, the most desperate is undoubtedly Zhu Er.

Although he had been calculating his father's return date, he never expected that his eldest brother would suddenly come back, and his father, who was obviously still with hundreds of personal soldiers, would also suddenly come back! Even if his father passed through the house and didn't enter, and went directly to the palace to face the saint, he didn't even have time to move the rescuers - and when he thought of begging Zhang Shou, he learned a bad news.

Zhang Shou was also dragged into the palace by Zhu Ying!

And what made him thunder the most was that when Zhu Jing and Zhu Ying returned home, he learned that Zhang Shou had something important to say to the emperor, so he stayed in the Qianqing Palace, and his father and sister came back first. Realizing that the last savior couldn't help at all, Zhu Er, who was disheartened, simply didn't go to Qing'an Hall, and stayed in his Purple Smoke Pavilion like a trapped beast waiting for the final verdict.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to hear Mother Li's familiar voice coming from outside the door: "Second Young Master, the master is at Mrs. Qing'an Tang's place, calling you over." ”

"Oh."

Originally, when the father came back, the son should be the first to pass, but Zhu Er was really afraid of his father's thunderous anger, so he only thought about delaying for a moment. At this time, he said yes listlessly and opened the door, seeing Li's mother standing outside the door, he was going to ask how his father was feeling, but after thinking about it, he dispelled this thought.

No matter how good my father is, it will definitely not be good to see him!

Gao Yi came to the outside of Qing'an Hall with one foot and one foot low, and Zhu Er saw a list of servants in front of the hall, but they were silent. When he passed through the hall and came to the courtyard in front of the main hall, he heard Zhu Ying's crisp laughter in the room, and occasionally the voice of his eldest brother Zhu Tingfang talking. Thinking that his eldest brother is excellent and his younger sister is beautiful, only he is incompetent in the middle of the ranking, and he is more and more depressed.

When he came to the door, he heard Mother Li say, "Mrs., master, madam, the second young master is here." ”

"I thought he didn't have me as a father in his eyes, and he wouldn't know to come to see me if he didn't send someone to invite him!"

Zhu Erden chuckled in his heart. When Mother Li, who was next to her, reached out and lifted the door curtain, he stepped across the threshold with her stiff legs, but before the other foot followed, he heard the voice that he hadn't heard for a long time, as if it was becoming more and more majestic to make people's scalps tingle.

"Why, don't you dare come in to see me? It turns out that in your heart, Zhu Tingjie, do you still know a word that you are afraid of? ”

Zhu Er, whose knees were scared, dared to argue, so he knelt on the ground, crying and saying with a sad face: "Dad, I know that I am wrong." ”

"Wrongdoing? You made such a big fuss, and almost lost the face of my Zhu family, and now you actually burst out with such a wrong word? When he first heard about this lot of things at home, Zhu Jing was already so angry that he wanted to fly back to the capital with his wings and cut this rebel with a knife.

"Your eldest brother didn't care about his life, so he took out the firearms battalion that the Northern Captives regarded as his life. Your father and I don't want to be famous for half a lifetime, and we must clean up the mess in Datong so that we can see it. Your grandmother is a lot older, but she still has to support the family in the midst of ups and downs. Your mother can also put down that little thing and go home to help, even your sister is more sensible than you! ”

Hearing his father talk about the benefits of other people, Zhu Er didn't even dare to raise his head. It was not the first time that he felt as if he was not born to his father and mother, as if he was not a child of the Zhu family—not only because of his status in the family, but also because he felt that he had not inherited any of the advantages of his parents or grandmother.

Even Zhu Ying ...... That's not as brainless as he thought before, she fell in love at first sight, and she was able to pick a wishful man like Zhang Shou who was both talented and good-looking!

Seeing that Zhu Jing was already trembling with anger, Zhu Ying looked at the hair on her father's head, which was already half white, and unconsciously softened. She just wanted her father to give her second brother a few words of oral lesson-after all, her grandmother beat her second brother with family law, and her eldest brother came back and beat her second brother again, if her father was angry at this time, she really suspected that her second brother would be killed!

Therefore, Zhu Ying hurriedly hugged Zhu Jing's arm and said coquettishly: "Dad, what do you mean that even I am more sensible than my second brother, as if I was ignorant before!" Grandmother and eldest brother have beaten and scolded, and the second brother has now known that he has changed, so you can forgive him this time! ”

Zhu Jing suddenly looked at his daughter in amazement, but at this time, he heard a familiar but unfamiliar voice in his ears: "If you don't raise it, your father's fault, if you want to blame Erlang, you should also reflect on yourself." It's me, derelict in my mother's duties, but not without responsibility. The past is in the past, Erlang knows that he can change his mistakes, and it is good to be able to improve. ”