Chapter Seventy-Two: The Prince of Anxi is close to each other

In the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace in Chang'an City, Li Jiancheng looked at the Ministry of Rites and said: "The Ministry of Rites, Li Jing returned to Beijing, and the suburbs welcomed the ceremony, how are you prepared?" ”

The Ministry of Rites came out of the book, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, everything is ready."

Li Jiancheng nodded, turned to look at Wei Zheng and said, "Wei Zheng, the battle is over, does the political hall have a strategy for the aftermath?" ”

Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, the political hall already has a preliminary charter. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "Tell me." ”

Wei Zheng thought for a while and said: "First of all, the compensation for the fallen soldiers and their families and descendants will be exempted from lifelong rent and taxes; The second is to reward meritorious soldiers, which can only be determined when Chen Ying and Li Jing submit the form of meritorious soldiers, and the minister estimates that these two expenses should not be less than 500,000 yuan. The state treasury is probably not enough for this amount, and the minister thinks that the military attache above the captain level can be rewarded, and those who have meritorious service below the captain level will be rewarded with Kaiyuan Tongbao, and I hope His Majesty will allow it. ”

Li Jiancheng said loudly: "The families of the fallen soldiers will all be regarded as the families of the original soldiers in Taiyuan!" ”

The ministers praised in unison: "Your Majesty is Shengming." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, is there anything else to start?" ”

Fang Xuanling came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a matter, please ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

Li Jiancheng said: "Fang Xiangguo, but it's okay to talk about it." ”

Fang Xuanling said lightly: "The army swept away the Turks, Your Majesty gave amnesty to the world, and the people were all grateful for Your Majesty's kindness. ”

Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "Fang Xiangguo, should you let me pardon their capital crimes, right?" ”

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "Of course not, please ask Your Majesty to be kind and allow these death row prisoners to go home for a while to reunite, and then return to the prison before the autumn queen asks for beheading." ”

Li Jiancheng looked around, laughed and said: "Fang Xiangguo, you are really joking, those death row inmates are all evil and vicious, release these death row inmates from prison, which one will come back?" ”

The ministers immediately burst into laughter.

Fang Xuanling said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, since Your Majesty took charge of Dabao, even though my Datang has experienced a rare natural disaster in a hundred years, and is almost affected by the Turkic military disaster, Your Majesty has profound benevolence, and the army and the people up and down are all salty, not only surviving the famine safely, but also eliminating the Turks who have been suffering from the Central Plains for hundreds of years in one fell swoop. Your Majesty's achievements are comparable to those of three generations of Holy Monarchs......"

Li Jiancheng coughed very usefully, and said embarrassedly: "It's ......."

Fang Xuanling said: "Although it is unheard of in the history books to let the death row prisoners go home for reunion, the minister believes that those death row prisoners will never abandon the benevolence that His Majesty has rewarded them." ”

Li Jiancheng couldn't stop laughing and said: "Fang Xiangguo, your mouth is really bright." I ask you, what should happen if these death row inmates fail to return? ”

Fang Xuanling replied categorically: "Minister, I am willing to take the post of the right servant of Shangshu as a hostage, if there is a prisoner who does not return within the time limit, the minister is willing to resign from the post of the right servant of Shangshu Province and the post of governor of Menxia Province......"

Li Jiancheng was immediately moved and said, "Fang Xuanling, why bother? ”

Dai Xuan couldn't help but go out of class and said: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" Those death row prisoners violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and they were all unforgivable criminals, if they were rashly indulged to go home, wouldn't the laws of the Tang Dynasty be useless. ”

Fang Xuanling said: "The minister's words are out, and the horses are difficult to chase, and I ask Your Majesty to show mercy." ”

Dai Xuan turned to Fang Xuanling and said, "It's ridiculous, if you get rid of the prisoner, won't Your Majesty become a laughing stock for the ages?" ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head noncommittally and said: "Fang Xiangguo is right, it is not unreasonable, my Datang was able to tide over the unprecedented difficulties, and also wiped out the Turks in one fell swoop, I must have been protected by God, such a great source of blessing, if I can't let every person in the Tang Dynasty bathe, of course I regret it." Since Fang Xiangguo dares to press the title of Shangshu's right servant, why am I afraid of leaving a laughing stock for the ages? Quasi-playing, hit the book province to draft. ”

Fang Xuanling knelt down and bowed: "To be so protected by Your Majesty is a blessing for tens of millions of people in my Tang Dynasty!" ”

The ministers fell to their knees and praised.

Li Jiancheng smiled with satisfaction.

Dai Xuan looked unwilling.

The ministers retreated.

Wang Qi caught up with Yang Gongren and said, "Why did Your Majesty suddenly agree to Fang Xiangguo's request on a whim?" ”

Yang Gongren smiled and said: "It's just a whim, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, all look at Your Majesty with blank eyes, at this time, it is not good to lose Fang Xiangguo's face, besides, Fang Xiangguo's play is also good." You didn't look at Your Majesty, the way you smiled. ”

Wang Qi said: "What's the use of being happy now? The province under the door does not countersign, this edict is just on the lips, and it can't get out of the Taiji Palace. ”

Yang Gongren said with an expression of watching the play: "Then it depends on Wei Xuancheng, whether he is willing to raise his noble hand." ”

Wang Jue pouted: "Xuancheng Xuancheng, I look at Xuan, nine times out of ten, Your Majesty wants to rejoice." ”

……

Li Jiancheng carried a bag of things, strode into the hall, and said with a clear laugh: "Guanyin" A group of maids and eunuchs saluted one after another, Li Jiancheng waved his hand and walked straight to Zheng Guanyin.

Zheng Guanyin was about to get up, but was immediately stopped by Li Jiancheng reaching out.

Zheng Guanyin looked up at Li Jiancheng with a smile on his face and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why are you so happy today?" ”

Li Jiancheng teased Li Zhi, who was hugged by the maid, and couldn't hold back his laughter.

Xiao Li Zhi stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Jiancheng's beard, and Li Jiancheng grinned in pain.

Xiao Li Zhi smiled very straightly.

Li Jiancheng teased Xiao Li Zhi and said to Zheng Guanyin: "Yesterday, when Wei Zheng didn't go to court, I deliberately messed around and found something to do for him." ”

Zheng Guanyin raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Your Majesty, what did you do?" ”

Li Jiancheng smiled even more presumptuously and said, "I have released all the death row prisoners in the prison. ”

Zheng Guanyin Luo's eyes widened in astonishment.

Li Jiancheng admired Zheng Guanyin's surprised expression, sat down beside her, and while brushing the wide robe and big sleeves on the table, he also held her hand, and then, his brows furrowed deeply and said, "Why are your hands so cold?" ”

Zheng Guanyin subconsciously withdrew his hand, glared at him and said, "Talking about your own business, you are the emperor, isn't this nonsense?" ”

Li Jiancheng obviously lost his interest, and said vaguely: "This is proposed by Fang Xuanling, and I can't refute his face." ”

Zheng Guanyin shook his head and said, "Then this is too unusual." ”

Li Jiancheng said disapprenously: "It's okay, anyway, there is a pass in the province." Dai Zhou is also known for his temper, and when Wei Zheng enters the duty, Dai Zhou will definitely go to Wei Zheng to talk about it. ”

Zheng Guanyin couldn't cry or laugh for a while.

Li Jiancheng rubbed Zheng Guanyin's hands with deep self-reproach, his brows furrowed.

Zheng Guanyin said angrily: "No wonder you came to me so leisurely in broad daylight, the ministers worked so hard, and you were still messing around." ”

Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "Don't worry about me, with Wei Zheng and them watching, nothing can go wrong, but you are yourself, bothering the harem and the children......"

Li Jiancheng sighed inexorably.

Zheng Guanyin looked at Li Jiancheng, who did not hide his worries and distress in front of him, and smiled with satisfaction and happiness.

Zheng Guanyin's eyes fell on the package brought by Li Jiancheng, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, hey, what did you bring?" ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, hurriedly let go of Zheng Guanyin's hands, and excitedly opened the package he brought, and a few sweet potatoes rolled out of it.

Zheng Guanyin's eyes lit up and said, "What is it?" ”

Li Jiancheng excitedly picked up a sweet potato, took out a knife casually, quickly peeled it, and then broke it in half.

Li Jiancheng said: "This is transferred from the Fusang Continent, so I specially brought some here, you can taste it." ”

Zheng Guanyin's face turned pale, and he said in a solemn tone: "Your Majesty! ”

Li Jiancheng held half of the sweet potato in front of Zheng Guanyin, nodded helplessly: "I know, I know, I guarantee that there is no labor and money, this is stored by the third sister in the cellar of Furong Garden." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Guanyin felt better.

After all, Li Xiuning and Chen Ying are the real rich and rival countries.

Zheng Guanyin smiled shallowly, took Li Jiancheng's hand, and ate the sweet potato, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows unconsciously stretched.

Li Jiancheng also smiled with satisfaction: "It's delicious, right?" ”

Zheng Guanyin smiled: "It's delicious!" Something ...... sweet."

Li Jiancheng said: "This thing is called sweet potato, the yield is extremely high, the origin of Fusang, Chen Yingren transplanted from the Fusang mainland, hard cultivation for three years, and finally has results." ”

Many people think that with sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, the food crisis can be solved.

In fact, this is a misconception. Sweet potatoes were introduced to China in the 21st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and were brought into Fujian by Fujian maritime merchant Chen Zhenlong and his son Chen Zhenglun, despite the blockade of the Spanish colonial army, hidden in a cable and brought into Fujian for planting. However, sweet potatoes did not spread quickly throughout China. It is said that such a high-yield crop can definitely avoid the great famine at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, the problem of widespread grain hunger was not fundamentally solved until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

More than 300 years have passed.

The main reason is that any species, migrating from its place of origin, has a suitable process and, of course, most importantly, needs to breed good seeds.

For example, cotton. Ancient India is one of the origins of cotton in the world, however, India's cotton quality is not good and the yield is low, but long-staple cotton is widely cultivated in the world, mainly as a result of cultivation.

When Chen Ying first tried to plant sweet potatoes, the yield per mu was not as amazing as that in later generations, only five or six stones per mu, less than 1,000 catties.

Of course, this is still wet weight, if the sweet potatoes are made into dried sweet potatoes, and then ground into flour, at most 300 catties of appearance, such as peppers, corn, potatoes, including tomatoes, are facing a very serious problem.

The yield is extremely low.

Fortunately, Chen Ying has a certain foundation, and uses the technicians of the Agricultural College of Datang University of Technology to conduct repeated research and experiments, and finally cultivates sweet potatoes with a yield of more than 15 stones per mu.

Li Jiancheng explained to Zheng Guanyin the origin and role of sweet potatoes.

At the same time, he also asked people to bring a red clay stove, and on this red clay stove, Li Jiancheng put the sweet potatoes on the fire and baked them.

Li Jiancheng explained: "Sweet potatoes can not only be eaten raw, but also roasted and boiled......

After a while, the sweet smell of sweet potatoes stimulated Zheng Guanyin's taste buds.

Zheng Guanyin sniffed the smell of roasted sweet potatoes and said, "It smells good......

Li Jiancheng said: "After three years of application, the cultivated sweet potatoes have finally reached a yield of fifteen stones per mu!" ”

"What? Fifteen stones? Zheng Guanyin asked in disbelief: "Will it be so high?" ”

Li Jiancheng nodded.

Zheng Guanyin looked at Li Jiancheng, who was seriously roasting sweet potatoes, and a faint smile poured out from the corner of his eyes, his lips were slightly raised, and his smile was shallow but surprisingly beautiful.

Zheng Guanyin stretched out his hands, hugged Li Jiancheng's arm, and leaned on his body steadily.

The husband and wife leaned together, beautiful like a priceless picture!

Zheng Guanyin said softly: "Chen Ying is a talent, he can fight, he can make money, and even farming is ten thousand times stronger than ordinary people......

Li Jiancheng frowned and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

Zheng Guanyin pointed to Xiao Li Zhi beside him and said: "Xiao Qi and Sanniang's eldest daughter are almost the same, it's better to kiss and kiss ......."

Li Jiancheng's eyebrows fluttered and said, "Let Zhi'er marry Ruoxi as his wife?" ”

Zheng Guanyin said: "More than that? Li Siye is a concubine, otherwise I would like to recruit him as Wanshun's concubine...... However, Chen Qian can't, he wants to inherit the title of Duke of Liangguo......"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said: "It's not the Duke of Liangguo, I have already discussed with Daddy, and when Chen Ying's class teacher returns to the dynasty, he and Li Jingjin will be crowned the king of the county, Li Jing will be the king of Jingbian, and Chen Yingfeng will be the king of Anxi...... Chen Qian is the prince of Anxi......"

Li Jiancheng's heart moved.

Although it is said that Chen Ying and Li Jiancheng have a good relationship, it is not impossible to kiss each other.

Of course, in this era, it is normal for aunts and cousins like Chen Qian and Princess Wan'an to get married.

……

At the gate of the provincial gate, Dai Xuan stood at the door of the political hall with a displeased face.

Wei Zheng came over from afar.

Dai Xuan stepped forward to stop Wei Zheng and said, "Xuan Chenggong, you must stop this matter no matter what." ”

Wei Zheng said with a blank face: "What's the matter?" ”

Dai Xuan said: "This morning, Fang Xuanling asked His Majesty to send the death row prisoners in the prison home for reunion, saying that the emperor's grace is vast, and the death row prisoners will definitely come back when they are beheaded in the autumn." ”

Wei Zheng let out an "oh" and continued to walk.

Dai Xuan took two steps and stopped Wei Zheng again: "Xuan Chenggong, how can such a ridiculous thing happen!" ”

Wei Zheng let out another "oh" and continued to move forward.

Dai Xuan couldn't help but stop Wei Zheng again and said, "Xuan Chenggong, aren't you angry when you hear this?" ”

Wei Zheng scratched his hair and said: "I got sick, missed a few days, and didn't act for official business, so I guess there is a backlog of chapters and documents in Menxia Province......"

Wei Zheng said, bypassed Dai Xuan and walked into the province.

Dai Xuan was a little confused.

Dai Xuan said to himself: "This Wei Xuancheng, isn't he sick yet?" ”

Wei Zheng walked over to the desk and sat down.

On the desk, it is already full of chapters and documents.

Wei Zheng spread out the chapter and began to review.

The two Shuling Shi stood next to Wei Zheng, looking at each other, and neither of them dared to step forward.

Wei Zheng looked up and saw the two of them and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Zhongshu Province...... The province of Zhongshu has just sent an edict, and I also ask the minister to draw it. ”

Wei Zheng raised his hand and said, "Take it and take a look." ”

The book made Shi tremble and handed Wei Zheng the box containing the edict.

Wei Zheng took out the edict and read it carefully.

The two scholars exchanged helpless glances with each other.

Wei Zheng slowly picked up the brush, wrote a character under the edict, and then stamped the seal.

The two Shuling Shi looked at Wei Zheng with incredulous eyes.

Wei Zheng handed the box to Shu Lingshi, who was still in a daze.

Wei Zheng said: "What? Dissatisfied? ”

Shu Lingshi hurriedly took the box, pulled his companion, and quickly left the door of the province.