The harvest scene in front of them is extremely shocking to people from other states who come to learn planting.
To be honest, before coming to Shizhou Prefecture, including when the rice was yet to be filled, they had doubts about the fact that the rice yield per mu was 140 to 50 kilograms more than before. I always feel that there may be an increase in grain, but it will never reach such a large amount.
However, facts speak louder than words. After all the grains from the first acre of rice were removed, they participated in the weighing, but the final weight of 453 pounds made everyone present feel out of breath.
The officials who were worried that they had weighed the wrong things hurriedly weighed them again, and the results were no more, no less, still the same weight.
Therefore, the farmers who really couldn't contain their joy couldn't help but have red eyes. From now on, they can finally have enough to eat.
After harvesting, every household took the time to dig the ground and scatter the radish seeds.
When the rice is dried, it's time to pay the field tax. Lin Yuanqiu specially staggered the tax payment days for villagers in each village, so that they would not have to crowd together and wait for more time.
Not surprisingly, this year's land tax revenue in the entire Shizhou City was more than double that of previous years.
Knowing that the Holy One was waiting for the results of the grain harvest here, Lin Yuanqiu immediately reported to the capital after counting the total number of grain harvests and the exact number of taxes paid by farmers in Shizhou Prefecture.
Emperor Jingkang was delighted when he saw the bumper harvest reported in the memorial, and immediately made plans to popularize the new planting method next year.
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After busying with the grain in the fields, Lin Yuanqiu finally had a lot of free time.
Lin Moyi was so happy that his father could always be with him at home. When he sees his father drawing, the little guy will follow him with a brush and doodle.
Although nothing he painted looked like anything, Lin Yuanqiu had it all up to him. The child was still young, and developing hobbies was the most important thing now. As for painting, if you practice more, you will naturally get better at painting in the future.
Zhong Yurou was still the same as when she gave birth to her eldest son. She felt that it was better to feed the child by herself, so she did not hire a wet nurse to feed the second child.
Lin Yuanqiu naturally had no objection to his wife's actions. In other words, no matter what decision his wife made, Lin Yuanqiu supported it with both hands.
What's more, Lin Yuanqiu also had the same idea as Zhong Yurou. Only if such a young child sleeps with them, can he feel more at ease only if he takes it with him.
Lin Moyi, on the other hand, was a little jealous when he saw his mother sleeping with her brother in her arms. But when he heard that he slept with his father in the same bed later, he immediately covered his mouth and started snickering.
Haha, now I can let my dad tell stories every night.
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Time flies into the twelfth lunar month, and the winter in Saibei is extremely cold. The cold wind blows on my face like an ice knife.
In the late twelfth lunar month, the workshops in Yongning City and Dinghu County had a holiday, and Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu took their wives and children back to Shizhou Mansion to prepare for the New Year.
The first thing they did after arriving home was naturally to see the long-awaited family photo.
After several months of careful drawing, Lin Yuanqiu has completed a family portrait of thirty people.
Due to the realistic painting method of sketching, each person in the picture is almost 10% like himself, which made Lin Dazhu and others praise Yuan Qiu as a good painter.
Lao Lintou and Wu looked at it over and over again, especially Wu. When she saw the phoenix crown and harem she was wearing in the painting, she felt indescribable the joy in her heart.
Thinking of the embroidery workshop run by her, her third daughter-in-law, and her youngest granddaughter-in-law, Wu felt that her life now was more fulfilling than ever before.
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I originally thought that this year's New Year's Eve would be joyful again, but on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Yuanqiu suddenly received a letter from the teacher.
Intuitively, he felt that this letter must have something important to say, otherwise he had only received the teacher's letter at the end of October. Normally, he would not have written another letter so soon.
When Lin Yuanqiu opened the letter, he saw that it contained a lot of academic content, which was even more unusual because the teacher had never written to discuss this with him since he was released.
Finally, Lin Yuanqiu saw a few words on the letterhead that seemed to be written larger than the others. He quickly read them, and then his heart skipped a beat, because these words formed a sentence: "After winter comes." Holy disease."
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Chapter 229 The New Emperor
In the days that followed, Lin Yuanqiu's thoughts were all in the capital, and he kept hoping that the Lord's health would improve.
To be honest, Lin Yuanqiu was really not ready to welcome the new round of emperors.
But thinking of His Majesty's age, he knew in his heart that all he could do was hope.
In this world, there is no choice but to live, grow old, sick, or die. If an older person really wants to leave, you can't keep them just because you want to.
The clearer this became, the more uncomfortable Lin Yuanqiu felt.
The Holy One was kind to him, and Lin Yuanqiu could be sure that many of his political achievements were inseparable from the Holy One's encouragement in addition to his own efforts.
Just like when he was sent to Yongning City, he was both the governor of the state and the parent officer of Dinghu County. The reason for this arrangement was also because of the trust of the Holy Emperor in him.
Although this approach made it difficult for Lin Yuanqiu to govern, it was precisely because of this that he had a platform to flex his muscles, and it also gave him the opportunity to make political achievements that annihilated the Shanrong people and boosted the economy of one party.
Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu was always grateful to Emperor Jingkang.
The happy thing was that in March he received another letter from the teacher, saying that the saint's health had improved.
This made Lin Yuanqiu a lot happy, but in his reply to the teacher, Lin Yuanqiu still told him to pay more attention to safety.
It's not that he is being alarmist. Even if the Holy Emperor's illness has recovered now, given his age, the next court will definitely not be peaceful.
Regardless of whether the content of the history books is falsified or not, one thing is certain. Since ancient times, there will be all kinds of instability when the imperial power changes. At this time, those officials who are close to the princes will definitely follow for them. The master is making his final struggle, and this is the time when Chi Yu is most vulnerable to disaster.
So you definitely can’t go wrong with being extra careful.
Lin Yuanqiu would still consider the words in the letter to the teacher, but when writing to his two brothers-in-law, Lin Yuanqiu was not polite and directly asked the two of them to stay at home after their shift, and to go out as little as possible on holidays unless necessary.
In the hearts of Zhou Zixu and Wang Wenchang, their uncle is not an ordinary existence. Especially after annihilating so many Shanrong thieves, the two of them admire Lin Yuanqiu from the bottom of their hearts.
Therefore, Zhou Zixu and Wang Wenchang must listen to what their uncle said.
After the imperial examination, Wang Wenchang was not assigned to a local magistrate like Liu Qing'an and Zhang Yuan, but became a seventh-grade eunuch in the Imperial College.
The Imperial College was affiliated to the Ministry of Rites, and Lin Yuanqiu knew that Wang Wenchang was able to get this position with the help of his teacher.
Jian Cheng was in charge of the administration and academic affairs of the Imperial College. According to Wang Wenchang's peaceful and obedient temperament, Lin Yuanqiu felt that this job was quite suitable for him.
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As the spring moon departs, the fiery midsummer comes again, and the ears of grain in the ground begin to become fuller. This is what grouting looks like. In more than a month, it will be the harvest season of food.
Originally, this should be a happy thing, but these days, Lin Yuanqiu's heart was not at peace.
Just last month, the teacher wrote to him again. As before, it was still because of the illness of the Holy One, and this time it was more serious than the one before.
According to the teacher, due to the illness of the Holy Master, the morning meeting that was originally held every day has now been changed to once every three days.
From this point alone, Lin Yuanqiu can be sure that the situation of the Holy Emperor this time is indeed not optimistic. Otherwise, based on Emperor Jing Kang's hard work, if his body can still hold on, he will never be allowed to slack off.
Lin Yuanqiu still remembered the time when the Holy Master wrestled. At that time, he only rested for a few days before he was busy with government affairs again.
Thinking about it, almost two months have passed since Teacher Li wrote the letter, and I don’t know how the Holy Master is doing now.
Until Gusui bent down heavily, there was no news in the capital that the Holy Emperor was critically ill. This made Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They all said that no news is good news. I guess the Holy Spirit's health has improved.
Perhaps it is due to the difference in climate. Compared with northern Saibei, the rice in the south matures earlier in the morning. Therefore, when the rice harvest begins here, the second crop of rice in the south has been planted for a month.
After collecting the grain, the next step is to report it to the court.
This year, all state capitals have adopted new planting methods, and the grain output must be much higher than before. Therefore, when writing the memorial, the officials were excited and impatient at the same time.
Lin Yuanqiu also made a report. After counting the rice harvest of the entire Shizhou Prefecture, he wrote a memorial to the court.
After about one planting experience, the total rice output in Shizhou Prefecture this year is better than last year. Lin Yuanqiu thought to himself that the Holy Emperor would definitely be in a happy mood after seeing the data he reported.
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However, Lin Yuanqiu, who was far away in the north of the Great Wall at this time, did not know that the situation of Emperor Jingkang in the past few days was not optimistic.
The reason is still because of the usurpation of power caused by the eldest prince.
These days, officials in the capital can simply be described as panicked. Including Emperor Jingkang, no one expected that Commander Lu of the camp on the outskirts of Beijing was actually a member of the eldest prince.
Therefore, after knowing that the eldest prince and Commander Lu suddenly rushed into the palace, preparing to kidnap the emperor so that he could write the edict on the Zen throne, everyone could be described as stunned.
It turned out that the eldest prince became a little anxious after seeing his father asking his third brother to go into the imperial study to help him review the memorial. He felt that his father would allow his third brother to participate in government affairs at this time, and he definitely had plans to make his third brother the prince and hand over the country to his third brother.
This is not possible. The eldest prince has been preparing for the throne in Jinluan Palace for a long time. How could it fall into the hands of others.
So at this critical moment, the eldest prince no longer hid, and finally used his long-awaited chess pieces, and soon rushed into the palace with Commander Lu leading the military guards, hoping to force his way to the throne.
The eldest prince's approach was also very simple. He planned to ask Emperor Jing Kang to write a Zen edict and then put the person under house arrest.
From the eldest prince's point of view, what he did was not wrong. His father had already reached his old age, and he just wanted his father to take good care of himself.
As for whether the courtiers believed in his superiority, the eldest prince no longer cared so much. Besides, when he was in power, it was not entirely up to him to decide what to do.
Emperor Jingkang was not a defenseless person. His son knew it, so since he fell ill, Emperor Jingkang mobilized his imperial troops to take turns guarding the palace.
But how could the strength of the Royal Forest Army be compared with that of the large camp on the outskirts of Beijing? No, within a few rounds, the eldest prince and Commander Lu took control of the entire field.
Emperor Jingkang, who was lying on the couch and had lost a lot of weight, didn't believe his eyes for a moment when he saw the eldest prince and Commander Lu walking in. Although he heard the ping-pong-pong fighting outside and knew something was going on, Emperor Jing Kang never expected that Commander Lu would be involved.
As expected, the achievement of winning the championship is attractive.
Seeing the Zen edict handed over by the eldest prince, Emperor Jingkang immediately understood that his eldest son was preparing to take his place.
Although Emperor Jingkang no longer had the strength to turn the tide at this time, it was not in line with his temperament to just allow himself to be manipulated like this.
"Is this how I teach you to be so rebellious?"
Emperor Jingkang, who was not looking well, was still full of energy. Not only did his scolding echo throughout the Yangxin Hall, but even the soldiers guarding outside heard it clearly.
A roar like thunder made the unsuspecting eldest prince's heart suddenly surge, and he was afraid to say anything for a moment.
Seeing this, Emperor Jingkang shook his head inwardly. With such courage, if he really wanted to hand over the country to him, his foundation would definitely be difficult to stabilize in the future.
Compared to the eldest prince's hesitation, Commander Lu was much more decisive. He had staked his fortune and life on Conglong's merit. It would be a good thing if he succeeded this time, otherwise he and his family would be met with disaster.
Therefore, Commander Lu will never allow himself to take a step back.
He just heard him say, "I have offended the Holy One," and then he raised his sword without any explanation, ready to hit me hard.
Before Commander Lu could reach his sword to Emperor Jing Kang's neck, an arrow quickly shot through his chest from behind.
Perhaps it was because his speed was too fast. After being hit by the arrow, Commander Lu staggered forward uncontrollably for several steps before stopping. He turned around in pain and saw the man he had ordered to stay outside and not be allowed to approach the Yangxin Hall. Lieutenant Zhong, who was half a step away, was standing at the door with a bow in his hand.
Commander Lu spent his last breath thinking, the arrow stuck in his heart must be the one shot by Colonel Zhong, right?
Zhong Rong was not a fool. As soon as Commander Lu led them out of the barracks and then met the eldest prince, he noticed something was wrong and began to doubt Commander Lu's theory of escorting them.
When he arrived at the entrance of the palace and heard Commander Lu suddenly ordering a confrontation with the Royal Forest Army, Zhong Rong basically confirmed what he was thinking. This is not to escort him, he is obviously going for the Holy Spirit, okay?
