The emperor received the auspicious food of immortality, which could relieve the suffering of all the people from hunger, and he announced it to the people of the world. For a time, the gates of Daxia were filled with people who came to kowtow to the holy king.
In just half a day, more than 100,000 people knelt down and kowtowed outside Daxia Gate like an endless stream of water, shouting long live.
Some people even came holding the memorial tablets of their ancestors. Some people asked why this was so. The man said that if the prosperous age had come decades earlier, his uncles and grandfathers would not have died of hunger.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is already arranging the cultivation of potato seedlings. It plans to raise seedlings this autumn and start promoting them in Gyeonggi Province next spring.
We strive to promote it to all parts of the country within two years and completely solve the food shortage that has plagued the Central Plains dynasty for thousands of years.
Of course, haste makes waste. After Wen Tongxuan worked with the two ministers on his left and right to study, he asked the emperor for the right to use 50% of the imperial village in Gyeonggi Province, and borrowed from the Jia family all the farmers in the village who had cultivated potatoes. The second season of potato seedling planting has officially started.
How could the emperor not attach great importance to the important matter of feeding the tens of thousands of people in Daxia? He personally asked the British Duke Zhang Yue to mobilize tens of thousands of imperial troops and stationed them in batches at the imperial estates to closely guard the growth of potato seedlings.
Probably Tudou would not have thought that one day it would thrive under the protection of tens of thousands of troops.
Jia Cong couldn't help but read the latest imperial newspaper, picked up the hoe and went to dig in the ground.
The Ministry of Revenue left a field of potatoes for Jia's family. Yesterday, he hurried back to the capital to buy Xie En's zhezi, and then left the city and returned to Zhuangzi at the foot of Shijing Mountain.
The old lady and the girls did not return to the capital. In the old lady's words, the Jia family is now a real fire, and the emperor is using potatoes to unite the people. It is better for the people of Ning and Rong to stay outside the city.
Look, as long as it's not about Brother Bao, the old lady is really a shrewd person.
The farmers consciously sent all kinds of game to other courtyards. With Shijing Mountain as their back, these fighting men who came down from the battlefield were still good men who could gallop on horseback and run through the trees at a hundred steps, even though they were old.
The old lady has received more than a dozen furs of various kinds in the past few days, all of which were gifts from farmers to Princess He Jun.
Since the emperor is gathering people's hearts in the capital, the Jia family can enjoy themselves behind closed doors in Zhuangzi.
The stage is set up, the running mats are placed, and the gate of the courtyard is opened. As long as the little kid in the village kowtows to the old lady and says auspicious words, he will be given a silver lock.
Mrs. Xing didn't know who reminded her, and she went to see Jia Cong before going to bed last night and talked about relocating the grave of Jia Cong's biological mother Zheng.
In fact, Jia Cong had no memory of his biological mother at all. He only knew that this poor woman was in bad health due to dystocia and passed away within a few days.
Nowadays, the mother is more valuable than the son. This woman who was born as a maid received a posthumous gift after her death and became the imperial wife of Yongfeng County. Naturally, she could no longer be buried on an inconspicuous hill outside a certain village in the Jia family.
The old lady took this into consideration and personally sent someone to ask the Feng Shui master to choose a good day to open the tomb. She also wrote to the elders of the Jinling ancestral land, asking the clan to choose a good Feng Shui place in the ancestral tomb, as the wife of Yongfeng County. A place to sleep.
As for her identity, the old lady smiled bitterly.
This was the first time since the founding of the Xia Dynasty that a concubine was granted the imperial title of a county lady.
Forget it, let’s leave this matter to the people in the Ministry of Etiquette.
Jia Cong brought the sacrifices and went to the hill alone. He was neither sad nor happy. He only told his biological mother Zheng about his growth process over the years.
I think this poor woman and her real child have already crossed the six paths of reincarnation and returned to a new society of equality and harmony.
The activities of worshiping the Holy Emperor in the capital have not stopped for several days. Not only the people in the capital have almost all gone to Daxiamen, but also many people from Gyeonggi Prefecture have specially come to the capital to kowtow to the emperor and pray for him. Give them the seeds of fairy food early so that they can truly live a good life.
Prince Liu Hong has already left Beijing for Shaanxi with a few specially selected potatoes, preparing to dedicate the potatoes to Xuanyuan Huangdi, the ancestor of humanity.
The newly minted Yongfeng Uncle has been staying outside the city and has not returned to Beijing. Even the Jia family, except for the eldest master who has returned to the city to take charge of the two mansions, all the masters of the two mansions are staying in the village and living a pastoral life.
Daiyu held Xichun in her arms and wiped her face with a soaked handkerchief. The little girl had just eaten a baked potato. She looked like a little cat, and she didn't look like a lady at all.
"This potato is soft and delicious. It is indeed a good thing."
The old lady spoke highly of potatoes, probably because she was older and the softness of these potatoes was more to her liking.
Jia Cong selected some for the people of the two mansions to eat. He directed the cook to cook several dishes, such as vinegar-stewed shredded potatoes, stewed goose with potatoes, stewed mutton with potatoes, etc.
These fresh and delicious dishes whetted the appetites of the old ladies and girls, who ate one more bowl of rice than usual.
Zhuangzi's opera was sung for three days, and the flowing water table was also set up for three days. Other villagers nearby came to Jiajiazhuang to eat and watch the excitement. In addition to envying the good fortune of Jiajiazhuang farmers, they also became curious about potatoes.
But the place where potatoes are grown is closely guarded by the farmers. Even though there are opera performances and flowing water banquets these days, the farmers have spontaneously organized manpower to closely guard the potato fields.
The weather in June changes at any time, and it rained heavily on the tenth day of the lunar month.
Jia Cong studied in the morning and originally planned to lie down in the room and sleep in the dark in the afternoon, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he heard a rapid knock on the door.
"Mistress, something happened..."
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As the war in the southwest changed, the DPRK and China formally punished Shui Rong, Shi Nai, Shi Ding and others who led to the early defeat.
Today, in the great dynasty, three divisions went to the emperor to ask for the princely title of Beijing County in Shuirong, the marquise of Shinai Baoling, and the marquise of Shiding Zhongjing.
At the same time, Shui Rong, Shi Nai, Shi Ding and others were sentenced to exile ranging from three thousand miles to six thousand miles.
In fact, these punishments were considered to be merciful to the officials of the Third Division. Defeating the battle was not terrible, and the court would not punish the frontline generals just because of a defeat.
Whether it is soluble in water or made of stone and stone, it is not only the crime of improper command, but also the grave crime of deceiving the emperor, concealing military information, and abandoning the city to escape.
The emperor announced that Shui Rong and Shi Jia brothers would be dismissed from office, but the emperor's treatment of the Shui family was very interesting. He specially selected a nursing baby from the Shui family's concubine branch to inherit the title of Beijing County Prince.
"Shui Rong is still a prisoner in South Vietnam. Now he has an eldest son?"
The old lady was not interested in the affairs of the Shui family at all, because the Shi family was no better than the Prince of Beijing County, and their titles were still inherited. However, because Shi Nai abandoned the army and fled before the battle, the Emperor was furious. Shi Nai, the Marquis of Ling, seized his title and ransacked his house, and Shi Ding, the Marquis of Zhongjing, seized his title and was exiled.
The inheritance of the two houses was cut off, which even affected the future of several children of the Shi family, and they became the sons of guilty ministers.
The old lady wiped away her tears and said to Jia Cong: "I really have fulfilled that sentence. It's not that the time has not come yet. The sins the two brothers committed earlier are now finally fulfilled. But Xianglan and the others are innocent. , can you think of a way to avoid punishment? I'm afraid they will die in the smoke miasma before they get there."
Jia Cong did not argue with the old lady about whether she was innocent or not. He only said to go and inquire about the situation first.
Because this matter was the emperor's personal order, Jia Cong thought about it and returned to the capital early the next morning.
Prince Liu Hong was not here, so Jia Cong had to wait outside the Qinzheng Palace to be summoned.
Xia Shouzhong personally came out and invited Jia Cong in. As soon as he entered the palace, he found that the emperor seemed to be in a good mood and was actually teaching the little princess Chun'er to write.
"Third brother~"
The emperor was a little confused. When did his daughter have a third brother?
When the girl on his lap wanted to hug Jia Cong, her face darkened and she was about to get angry.
But the daughter identified this "third brother". After jumping off her father's lap, she threw herself into Jia Cong's arms and asked, "Third brother, is Sister Xichun here?"
Uh~
Jia Cong was also confused. He wanted to greet the emperor first, but the little princess was too enthusiastic and grabbed his clothes and refused to let go.
"Fourth sister is still in the village in the suburbs and won't be back in the next few days."
"Ah, can the third brother and I go and play with sister Xichun?"
The emperor couldn't stand it anymore, so he came over and "robbed" his daughter back.
After he glared at Jia Cong, before he could get angry, he saw his daughter's big, watery eyes flashing, looking at him pleadingly.
Feeling soft-hearted, the emperor glared at Jia Cong again: "Take Chun'er with you when you go back, play with her for a few days and then bring her back to me."
Now the little princess became excited, rubbed the emperor's head, and happily followed the female officer to the harem to pack things.
The little princess was happy, but the emperor was unhappy.
"If you don't stay outside the city and study hard, what are you doing here in the palace?"
Jia Cong smiled bitterly, bowed and replied: "I am here to intercede for the Shi family. Your Majesty, you also know that my grandmother's surname is Shi."
"Hmph! The fact that Shi Nai and Shi Ding are alive is because of my respect for your old lady."
The emperor returned to his throne, sat down, and threw a memorial to Jia Cong: "See for yourself what Shi Nai and Shi Ding have done in these years."
Jia Cong took the memorial, opened it and almost fainted.
The emperor didn't kill these two idiots with a single blow, which really gave the old lady face. Just what these two guys did was enough to walk to the market entrance several times.
When Shi Nai and Shi Ding stayed in the capital, they lived cautiously and did not commit any serious crimes.
However, during the more than a year since they took office in Beijing, these two men bought and sold positions, took bribes, smuggled prohibited items, embezzled military pay, privately forged ordnance, and formed cliques for private gain...
There were no less than twenty crimes that were worthy of beheading, and Jia Cong didn't know how to plead for mercy.
"Bang!"
The emperor got more and more angry as he thought about it. He slapped Long An and said angrily: "I will tell you why the soldiers and horses of the Shu Guard are so vulnerable. Of the 30,000 soldiers and horses Shi Nai brought to Guangxi, there are actually less than two soldiers capable of fighting. Wan. Look, this is what the military princes of the country can do?"
waste!
Jia Cong cursed secretly in his heart, bowed and said, "Your Majesty is saying that I don't know what to do."
"Okay, I also know the temperament of your old lady. If I give you Uncle Yongfeng some face, the female relatives of the Shi family will be exempted from the crime of exile. You can have someone pick her up from prison."
The emperor gave Xia Shouzhong a look, and the eunuch immediately went out to arrange for someone to deliver the order.
Jia Cong bowed and bowed again, shouting that the emperor was merciful. As for the historian's cousins, I'm sorry, but Jia Cong doesn't have the heart of a holy mother.
The monarch and his ministers put these nonsense aside with a tacit understanding and talked about potato promotion. Knowing that the cultivated corn was about to be harvested, the Sacred Heart was overjoyed and gave Jia Cong another favor, handing over the family temple sacrifice of Baolinghou Mansion to the old lady.
"With potatoes and corn, in five years at most, the people of Daxia will have endless food, and the cavalry of Daxia will also have enough food and grass, and there will be no constraints on expanding the territory."
Jia Cong looked at the emperor who was looking around, bowed and shouted long live.
The emperor was in a good mood and took Jia Cong to scold Fang Qiu on the map. Especially in the newly added Cochin Chief Envoy's Office in the south, the emperor's old man mentioned one thing in particular.
"Your father has been asking me for people recently, saying that it is a new settlement in Jiaozhi. Although the people there also admire the Celestial Empire, they are not very relieved after all, and want the imperial court to move some of the people there. What do you think about this matter?"
this……
In fact, Jia Cong really wanted to say that people who are not from my race must have different thoughts, but the people of Jiaozhi are now considered the people of the Celestial Empire, so it is not appropriate to say this.
"Your Majesty, it is still necessary to move the people from the Central Plains. The people of Jiaozhi are newly attached, and the people's hearts are unstable. If the imperial court moves a group of people there, it can integrate with the local people, and it can also be regarded as one of the means of guarding southern Xinjiang. .”
Jia Cong thought of the policy of the great ancestor Taizu in his previous life towards returning to Xinjiang, and bowed: "It is best to be a retired military household among the generals, who will be given money and honor to guard the herdsmen of your majesty."
The emperor immediately became interested and motioned for him to sit down: "Tell me carefully."
"I call these relocated military households the Jiaozhi Construction Corps. It is best to place them in military camps. They will serve as soldiers in wartime and as people in leisure time..."
Military settlements have existed since ancient times, but Jia Cong added many advantages of his previous return to Xinjiang policy and supplemented them.
The more the emperor listened, the more interesting it became. The monarch and his ministers continued to discuss in the Qinzheng Hall until noon. They felt hungry and had to stop temporarily and gave them food and drinks.
When the sun shines after the rain, the sun has already hung in the western sky.
Jia Cong led a bunch of rewards and escorted an exquisite carriage out of the capital slowly.
The emperor was very interested in Jia Cong's construction corps. He felt that this method could be used not only in Jiaozhi, but also in the Western Regions, Uszang and even the grasslands outside the Great Wall.
"By the way, buddy, where is the booklet Wang Chenghai sent the day before yesterday? Look for it."
Xia Shouzhong found a memorial in the pile of memorials. The emperor took it and opened it, read it, and drew a circle on the map.
"Since Japan admires Heaven's grace and gave me an overseas enclave, let's form another Japanese construction corps."
"Your Majesty, Shengming, I think this name is very good!"
The emperor laughed heartily, pointed at several newly drawn circles on the map, and said with great enthusiasm: "It is said that the British Duke and Cabinet have joined the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households in the palace. This matter cannot be delayed. That enclave of Japan can be They are all treasures!”
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