The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 766

(Calvin, Chapter 2 will be more anti-theft first, maybe it will be corrected tomorrow, everyone rest early!)
On July 25, the weather was fine.

Thirty miles east of the capital, the people here are harvesting autumn, and there is a bustling scene on nearly a thousand acres of land.

In fact, after half a month of busy work, the autumn harvest has come to an end.

The recent food problem can basically be alleviated, but it is not enough to be completely self-sufficient.

This is because there are too many people in the several counties of the Central Plains, but there is relatively little land to resume production.

In the previous two or three years, the imperial court had collected food from the south, plugging the food gap for the soldiers and civilians in the north.

After more than a month of autumn harvest, Zhao Yanxun did not start a war. In addition to reassuring the Central Plains for the autumn harvest, it also gave the South enough time for the autumn harvest.

Destroying production and letting food rot in the ground, God knows how many people will starve to death. For Zhao Yanxun, this should be avoided as much as possible.

Of course, at the end of the autumn harvest, it means that the war will start again.

In a certain field at this time, Zhao Yanxun was busy with the cabinet and six officials with a sickle in his hand.

To be able to sweat here, if the level is not enough, there is no chance.

Zhao Yanxun brought these high-ranking officials here to let them personally experience the people's conditions, and they will eat at the farmers' homes later.

These senior officials, usually pampered and pampered, are more and more embarrassed when they enter the field today.

After a busy morning, a group of people collected almost half an acre of land, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were exhausted to death.

Putting down his cuffs, Zhao Yanxun led a group of officials out of the field they hated.

Normally speaking, when accompanying Zhao Yanxun, these officials paid great attention to performance, and all kinds of beautiful flattery words were absolutely indispensable.

But at this moment, they were so tired that they didn't even want to talk.

When I came to a nearby farm house, it had been cleared out, and the not-so-spacious yard was filled with seats.

Zhao Yanxun walked towards the main seat on his own, and after he took his seat, he glanced at the crowd and said, "Each find a seat and sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for giving me a seat!"

At this time, these officials have not forgotten etiquette.

After everyone was seated, Zhao Yanxun said: "Who knows that every piece of Chinese food is hard work!"

"You were born into a wealthy family, and this is probably the first time in your life that you have worked in the fields and experienced the hardships of the common people!"

"How can you empathize with the pain and tiredness if you don't participate in it yourself?"

Cheng Wenguang, who had already joined the cabinet on duty, responded at this moment: "What Your Highness said is very true. Although today's journey is hard and tiring, I have gained a lot!"

"The people are the foundation of the country, and the country is strong because of its solid foundation. Your Highness loves the people, and I am deeply moved!"

With Cheng Wenguang taking the lead, no one else was idle, and the flattery was repeated one after another.

After gesturing for everyone to be quiet, Zhao Yanxun continued, "I'll have lunch here today. Each person will have rice porridge and a plate of pickles..."

"You don't think this king is stingy, do you?"

At this time, Wang Tinghe, the oldest chief assistant, stood up and said very respectfully: "How many people in the world work hard for this bowl of rice porridge, but there are some who can't get it!"

"The ministers and others get something for nothing, is An Gan not angry?"

"His Royal Highness gave this bowl of porridge today to tell the ministers that the people's food and clothing are the most important thing for the country, and the ministers should savor it carefully!"

It has to be said that these veteran ministers who had a long history of official career saw the problem directly to the root, and spoke their minds for Zhao Yanxun.

In fact, Wang Tinghe was not the only one who saw Zhao Yanxun's intentions.

So after Wang Tinghe's voice fell, everyone else followed suit to express their views, and the scene was like a situation where a wise king and a virtuous minister met in a situation.

"It's not enough to just say these truths in your mouth, you have to keep them in your mind at all times, and always show them to spur yourself!"

At this time, the white rice porridge had been served, and a bowl was placed in front of each official. This was an extremely simple meal.

While eating, Zhao Yanxun said at the same time: "The edict sent by the imperial court to the southwest and south has not received a response until now, everyone... the world is not peaceful!"

"Someone is dissatisfied with the court, and this king will never ignore it. After the autumn harvest, he will launch an army to attack. At that time, it will be inevitable to raise money and food, and recruit people's strength!"

"These matters of raising money and food are left to you, so you have to pay attention to your sense of proportion. This is why I brought you here today!"

"Only by coming down from a high place, you court officials, can you know the hardships of the people's livelihood!"

Zhao Yanxun's words made everyone look taught.

But there are also some people who don't take it seriously. After all, Zhao Yanxun sang a high-sounding scene, and they should be villains by then.

People's livelihood is so poor, it stands to reason that they should rest and recuperate, rather than continue to start the war.

Of course, the officials present all had an account in mind, knowing that if the country was not unified as soon as possible, the food shortage would drag down the court.

In other words, under this structural contradiction, officials like them must be villains.

Thinking of this level, while lamenting Zhao Yanxun's brilliant methods, everyone also felt admiration for his "shameless".

Compared with the two dead emperors, Tai'an and Jingping, this one in front of him is much stronger. It's no wonder that such a foundation was laid at such a young age.

After finishing a bowl of white rice porridge, Zhao Yanxun chatted with everyone about other matters, which was equivalent to a court meeting between the mountains and the wild.

Time passed quickly, and after a discussion was over, Zhao Yanxun left with everyone.

From the field ridge to the official road, there are two or three miles in between, and they all walk.

When they pass by, they can see that in the fields in the distance, ordinary people are either working or eating, or doing both.

Because they were traveling in micro-clothes, none of them wore official robes, so the common people didn't know their real identities, they only knew that they were nobles from the capital.

Next, these civil servants will return to the capital, and Zhao Yanxun will rush to the newly upgraded army battalion to check on their training.

The newly-upgraded [-] troops are extremely powerful, and Zhao Yanxun intends to use them to counter the rebellion.

After they all left, the soldiers who were in charge of martial law began to evacuate.

When they left one after another, they finally had the courage to step forward and ask who was the nobleman who came today.

"It's His Royal Highness King Yong, leading all the officials to observe the people's sentiments!"

"The prince cares about the common people, and he is afraid that these officials will use power to deceive others, so I show them how hard life is for the common people, so that they can have a little conscience!"

Hearing this explanation, the people present were greatly moved, and the high-ranking king brought all the officials to see these lowly mud legs.

"My lord is a good man!"

"yes……"

Hearing what everyone was talking about, Qianhu who had just answered said again: "It won't be long before the prince will be the emperor, and good times will come then!"

Regarding the matter of King Yong's rebellion, the common people can't tell who is right and who is wrong.

For them, whoever rules and makes their lives easier is right and just.

"I only hope that the prince will become emperor soon!"

"Yeah yeah……"

Qianhu nodded and said, "Not only you are looking forward to it, but we are all looking forward to it too!"

(End of this chapter)