The system forced me to be emperor

Farming is a science.

What Xiao Rui is looking for is not a farmer, but an agronomist.

Wei Guang said respectfully: "Your Highness, we have already recruited 22 master farmers. Their ancestors are farmers from all over the world. According to Your Highness's instructions, I introduced the value of corn and potatoes to them. They were all very excited. And they are eager to try! And they are contacting their friends, and it is estimated that attracting more than [-] people will not be a problem."

Shao Yao on the side couldn't help interjecting: "Your Highness, are potatoes and corn really so magical?"

Xiao Rui smiled and nodded.

In fact, potatoes and corn are not magical, they are a kind of food.But they can change the planting structure of Daxia, so that in addition to relying on wheat and rice to satisfy their hunger, the common people have other new foods to survive the cold winter months.

Potatoes are better, especially corn, which has strong drought tolerance, cold resistance, barrenness tolerance and excellent environmental adaptability. The arrival of the Little Ice Age and the worsening weather are likely to cause large-scale losses of wheat and rice. Reduce production, and then we can rely on corn to raise the banner!

Xiao Rui remembered that when he heard his parents talk about them in his previous life, when he was a child, he never had the opportunity to eat white noodles, but only cornmeal and sweet potato noodles to satisfy his hunger, so that when life got better, his parents never touched cornmeal anymore, and they had enough.

Corn flour is naturally not as delicate as wheat flour. It is a coarse grain, but do you still need to consider the taste when it can save lives?

"Continue to recruit people, and how is the arable land outside the Huben Pavilion? Are the ridges in order?" Xiao Rui asked.

Wei Guang smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, seven or eight out of ten have been completed. The next work will be completed in the next few days. The planting of potatoes and corn will definitely not be late."

Xiao Rui nodded, and said: "This is a major event that will benefit the world and benefit the future. In the future, it will be recorded in the annals of history, and it will also be due to the achievements of the two of you."

Wei Guang and Shao Yao were so happy that there were smiles on their brows and eyes.

How many people dream of being famous in history, what virtue and ability do they have, they also have this opportunity!

Afterwards, Xiao Rui left the recruiting hall and returned to the palace.

Back in his East Palace, when Xiao Rui was lying down comfortably, a female official came slowly and said, "Your Highness, please have some tea!"

Xiao Rui hummed, and just wanted to get up to drink tea, but suddenly felt that the maid's voice sounded so familiar, he suddenly turned his head, and saw Lu Zhi standing beside him in a lady's attire, looking at him quietly.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Rui suddenly sat up straight and asked in surprise.

No wonder Xiao Rui was shocked, he just went out for a trip, how did Lu Zhi become a female official, and still stay in his own East Palace?

what the hell!

Chapter 435: It's Cool Today, Don't Take a Bath!

Xiao Rui stared at Lu Zhi with wide eyes, obviously shocked.

Everything was normal when I left the East Palace in the morning, now that there is one more living person, will the living person change drastically?

Lu Zhi bowed and saluted, and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, His Majesty ordered me to enter the palace as a female official to serve in the East Palace. I hope His Highness will forgive me if I do not do well as a servant in the future."

Xiao Rui was shocked and said: "My royal father let you enter the palace as a female official, and you also come to serve in the East Palace?"

Lu Zhi looked at Xiao Rui quietly, she didn't want to repeat it.

Xiao Rui was puzzled, what does His Majesty mean?

Internal or external?

"Your Highness, please use tea!" Lu Zhi handed over the teacup.

Xiao Rui took a sip of tea from the teacup, with a strange expression on his face. After swallowing, he said, "Miss Lu, it's best to use hot water to make tea in the future, as cold water hurts the stomach."

Lu Zhi apologized: "This is the first time this servant makes tea, and this servant realizes that I made a mistake, so I will go to exchange tea now."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, and the fragrance surged in the swaying.

Xiao Rui looked at the back of Lu Zhi's leaving, and the inexplicable feeling came to his heart again, which made him feel that something was wrong.

Not long after, Lu Zhi made another cup of tea.

Just as Xiao Rui took the tea and was about to taste it, he saw steam coming out of the tea. Xiao Rui asked helplessly, "Is this hot water just boiled?"

Lu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, I made tea according to His Highness's request, hot water!"

Xiao Rui: ...

A cup of hot tea was left for a long time before Xiao Rui drank it. If he sipped his mouth carelessly just now, it would be scalding hot.

After drinking tea, Xiao Rui was reading in the study, and Lu Zhi knocked on the door again and came in.

"Your Highness, this servant will grind for you!" Lu Zhi said.

Xiao Rui flatly refused: "No need, I want to be quiet, so you can step back."

"But Your Majesty said, let the servants serve you, Your Highness, don't worry, the servants will not disturb you." Lu Zhi said calmly.

Xiao Rui looked at Lu Zhi's pretty face, her expressionless seriousness made Xiao Rui unable to refuse, so he could only nod.

Lu Pheasant walked over step by step, grinding for Xiao Rui himself, Xiao Rui was reading a book while thinking about things, when he thought of something wonderful, he would write down a few words on the paper, while Lu Pheasant stood quietly , just like the air, did not bother Xiao Rui.

At this time, a few words were written on the paper.

"Scholars", "Civilian Group", "Military Generals", "Common People"...

During this period of time, Xiao Rui studied with His Majesty. Although he spent more time reading the memorials every day, Xiao Rui learned a lot from watching, coupled with His Majesty's teachings.

When he went to Xuanzhou to invite Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang introduced the advantages and disadvantages of each country's system. The Great Xia Kingdom adopted the cabinet system, which naturally has advantages and disadvantages.The advantage is that it ensures that the power is in the hands of His Majesty, but the disadvantage is how to contain it once the cabinet becomes too powerful.

The cabinet must have the right to act flexibly in order to share the emperor's worries and problems. If the cabinet is only a proposed function, then all government affairs will still be concentrated on the emperor, and he will not be exhausted.Therefore, it is necessary to contain the power of the cabinet, not suppress it.

Throughout the previous life, the emperor liked to use eunuchs to restrain him, so there was a supervisor of ceremonies to approve the redemption, but what if the two institutions collude and deceive the emperor together?

It's not like this kind of thing hasn't happened in the Ming Dynasty!

In addition, the contradiction between the civil official group and the military general Xungui is also deepening day by day. How to coordinate the two forces so that the situation in the late Ming Dynasty does not occur is also a headache.

Second...the people.

Although the sage said: "The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least", but is this really the case?There are classes in any era, and equality can never be achieved.When people of a class gather together, they become the party of the aristocratic family.

Now the Great Xia Kingdom uses the imperial examination system to select officials, but looking at the candidates on the list each time, how many poor families are there?Your Majesty does not want to emphasize literature over martial arts, and Xiao Rui does not suggest this, because the Song Dynasty in the previous life is a clear example.

If you want to break the stage and break the aristocratic family, the fastest way is to reform the way of selecting officials. When officials are no longer exclusive to the aristocrats and aristocratic families, the situation will be greatly improved.

The imperial examination system cannot be abolished, but the subjects of the imperial examination should be changed. It should not be limited to the Confucianism of the Four Books and Five Classics. Since it is for the selection of officials for the imperial court, the content of the examination should be more comprehensive.

Secondly, with the promotion of bamboo paper and movable clay printing, the price of white paper in Gyeonggi has dropped to one-third of the original price, and the corresponding book prices have also dropped.

Common people can afford books, but many of them can't buy them because they don't know how to read.

Thinking of this, Xiao Rui picked up his pen again and wrote a few words: