I am a corrupt official, but they say I am a loyal minister

I appreciate your attitude the most!Even in the prison cell, deal with it calmly, don't feel sad for yourself or happy with things! "

"These... are all the qualities that a Mingjun should have!"

Lin Beifan said with a smile: "No wonder in Daxia, your position was as stable as Mount Tai, and no one can shake it! Even if you are detained by my Dawu now, I still use the power of the whole country to rescue you, because you are worth it!"

Xia Tianqiong was overjoyed: "Then are you willing to follow me?"

Lin Beifan replied: "I am a corrupt official, and you are a wise king. If we have different ways, we will not conspire with each other!"

Xia Tianqiong said unwillingly: "I will not give up on you!"

Lin Beifan shook his head: "Whether you let it go or not, I am already a minister of great martial arts! As the saying goes, a loyal minister does not serve two masters, and I can't change the court! Moreover, the empress treats me well, and I can't even betray her." !"

"Although loyal ministers don't care about two masters, good birds choose trees to live in!"

Xia Qiong smiled while pouring wine: "` "To be honest, Mr. Lin, although you climbed higher, you are getting more and more dangerous!"

Lin Beifan asked, "Why do you see it?"

"Because, the master of high power!"

Xia Tianqiong said word by word: "Your ability is too strong, your contribution is too great, the empress is incompetent, and can't control you at all! Emperors are jealous, and women are also jealous. When these two are combined, you Sooner or later, you will become the empress' thorn in the flesh! You are still safe and sound, but what about the future? Will you be able to live in peace in the future?"

"Besides, you offended civil and military officials again!" Xia Qiong asked anxiously while pouring wine, "I heard that you ransacked their homes again? Confiscated a lot of silver?"

Lin Beifan replied indifferently: "That's right, just ransacked their house, found more than 4000 million taels of gold, silver and jewelry, and sent them all to my house!"

Xia Tianqiong shook the hand holding the wine glass.

This guy did a great job!

4000 million taels of gold, silver and jewelry can be copied out, offending all civil and military officials to death!

There is no room left!

Xia Tianqiong said speechlessly: "So, with such deep hatred, they can't protect you when something happens to you! It can be said that you are alone and helpless in the court!"

"Because of the name of a corrupt official, although you have done a lot of good things, the people will not tolerate you! If something happens to you, maybe they will applaud you!"

"So, your life depends entirely on the Empress's emotions! She can pamper and reward you, because she needs you!"

"But now, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are basically under her control. The three anti-kings are all imprisoned. The great Wu is unified and the power is shocking the world. She doesn't need you very much. What do you think she will do? She will allow Does a person with high merits hang around in front of her all day long?"

"Maybe one day he made a mistake, and in order to appease the public anger, he directly pushed you out to kill you as the culprit! Such things happen a lot!"

Seeing Lin Beifan's silence, Xia Qiong thought that Lin Beifan had heard it, and was overjoyed, and continued, "So, why not leave a way for yourself, I welcome you here anytime!"

"His Royal Highness, what you said is very reasonable. I am indeed more and more dangerous now! But that is also a matter of the future! What will happen in the future, we will talk about it later! Perhaps, by the time she wants to chop off my head, I will have already run away Already!"

Lin Beifan stood up and said, "Thank you very much, Your Highness the Crown Prince for treating me well! But it's getting late, I have to go back to deal with official business, and I will come to chat with Your Highness the Crown Prince some other day!"

Xia Tianqiong also stood up, and said with a smile: "Come and sit down often, I will treat you with fine wine in this palace!"

"Thank you Your Highness, farewell!"

Lin Beifan left the prison.

While walking, he whispered to himself: "What an interesting prince, he still wants to recruit me! But you never know how many back roads I have left behind! I'm fine if your great summer is gone!".

Chapter 339 Autumn Harvest, Hybrid Rice Comes Out!

A few days later, the triumphant return of the Northern Army meant that Dawu ended the situation of the separatist rule of the vassal kings and returned to one body.

The empress Longyan was very happy, and all the civil and military officials were very happy, and the three days of Daqing were celebrated.

Mo Rushuang and Guo Shaoshuai also came back from Hebei.

On the second day after King Jibei was captured, they hurried back to visit Shimen.

Firstly, he wanted to see Shimen who had been away for a long time, secondly, he wanted to expose the crimes of King Beibei to Shimen and the martial arts in northern Hebei, and thirdly, he wanted to protect Shimen from being liquidated by the court.

With Lin Beifan's guarantee, Tiejianmen was safe and sound in this liquidation.

However, when they returned, they still looked sad.

"My son, the life of the elders in my hometown is really miserable! Along the way, there are ten rooms and nine empty houses, very few people, and many fertile fields are barren! It has only been a year, and it has become like this!"

Guo Shaoshuai gritted his teeth: "It's all the damned King of North Hebei. For his own ambition, he didn't care about the lives of the people and ruined my hometown like this. I really want to rush into the prison and kill him!"

Mo Rushuang grabbed Lin Beifan's arm and said expectantly, "My lord, can you find a way to save my hometown?"

"My lord, you are the only one who can do it now!" Guo Shaoshuai said urgently.

Lin Beifan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm ready. I'll show the imperial court tomorrow morning, amnesty the world, and revive Dawu! Jibei, I will never forget it!"

The two were overjoyed: "Thank you son!"

Day 2, early morning.

The female emperor sat high in the Dragon Court, and said majesticly: "Now Jiangnan, Wuxi, and Northern Hebei have been recovered, and the imperial court has been reorganized, and the power has shocked the Quartet! However, these three places have been ravaged by the three anti-kings, and the economy is in decline. , the people are in dire straits, and a hundred wastes are waiting for prosperity! Dear dear friends, what is your best strategy?"

As the 460th Prime Minister, Lin Beifan did his part: "My Majesty, there must be a great order after the great chaos, so that the world can be peaceful! This is the law of governance drafted by the humble minister, the law of peace of the people, please take a look at it!"

The empress said anxiously: "Submit it quickly!"

The Empress opened it to take a look, and it was densely written with words.

The main policies are as follows.

One is light corvee and thin tax.

As long as you go to Jiangnan, Wuxi, and North Hebei to open up wasteland and farmland, you will be exempted from tax in the first year, halved in the second year, and only 1/2 of the tax in the third year, reducing the burden on the common people.

The second is returning labor to agriculture.

It turned out that the three anti-kings recruited a lot of young laborers in order to usurp the throne.Now that the civil war is over, according to their choice, they will be sent back to their hometowns to farm.At the same time, people who have been displaced from other places are encouraged to return to their hometowns to farm.

The third is to encourage childbearing.

The more children you have, the more you will be exempted from hard labor.

……

In fact, this is the way to recuperate.

It was Lin Beifan who combined the experience of previous dynasties and dynasties, and then based on Dawu's situation, to write a comprehensive method.

After reading it, the empress was very satisfied: "Aiqing's method is good, very perfect, and very specific! All Aiqings, please take a look, and if there is no problem, then implement it according to this method!"

After being circulated by all officials, Qian Yuanshen, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stood up and said, "The prime minister's method is indeed very perfect, and I don't have any opinions! It's just that the prime minister proposed in the article that it is necessary to revive the Great Wu within three years. Fantastic?"

"The land in the south of the Yangtze River still has a foundation. After encouraging farming and production, as long as the weather is not bad, there will be a good harvest in the coming year! Within three years, it should be able to recover [-]% to [-]%!"

"However, Wuxi and Hebei are very difficult!"

"First of all, one of the two places is dry and rainless, and the other is freezing. Farming is not easy at all! Now, being plagued by two anti-kings year after year, the population loss is serious, the fields are barren, and the crops are in short supply!"

"Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to restore the two places to their original state within three years! Even if you give him 10 years, it may not be possible!"

Lin Beifan smiled and said, "Master Qian's words are very true! But this method proposed by Wei Chen must have been verified and demonstrated!"

Qian Yuanshen humbly asked for advice: "My lord prime minister, please give me some advice!"

"First of all, Mr. Qian, all your judgments are based on past experience! But today is different, our Dawu is no longer the Dawu of the past!"

Lin Beifan said confidently: "First, we have magic cement, which can quickly build new water conservancy facilities, protect the fields and farmers, and increase grain production and income!"

Qian Yuanshen nodded: "What the Prime Minister said is very true, this artifact can shorten the time by two years!"

Lin Beifan said again: "Now that Dawu is unified, the river system in the territory is completely connected and extends in all directions! We have a powerful water hovercraft, which can be quickly transported within various places, and can promote commercial development, as well as the flow of people and materials!"

Qian Yuanshen nodded again: "This artifact can shorten the time by another two years!"

Lin Beifan went on to say: "Since the beginning of this year, the weather in our capital has been smooth, and the grain harvest has been bumper! Coupled with the supplies obtained from the Great Moon and Great Summer, our imperial court has sufficient food and supplies!"

"With the food from our imperial court, we can temporarily feed the poor peasants in the three places and let them grow food! In this way, the population damage will be reduced, and there will be more people growing food, and the food production will definitely increase!"

Qian Yuanshen nodded again: "This move can shorten the time by another year, but there are still 5 years left!"

"There is one last point, which is also very important!"

Lin Beifan cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the autumn harvest has already begun, and the hybrid rice planted by my minister has also had a bumper harvest! This hybrid rice is resistant to drought and cold, and can adapt to more complex environments! As long as this rice is used to grow grain, the national grain production will definitely increase by 4 ~5%! The food problems in Wuxi and Hebei will also be resolved!"

"Hybrid rice!!!"

The empress is not calm anymore, and the officials are not calm anymore!

Since last year, Lin Beifan has been talking about planting hybrid rice.

He also promised that as long as the country promotes hybrid rice, grain production will increase by 4% to 5%, solving the problem of feeding tens of millions!

Originally, everyone didn't pay much attention to it!

After all, this kind of thing is too miraculous, miraculous and unimaginable!

Unexpectedly, in less than two years, he really made it!

The empress was short of breath: "Aiqing, have you really created a hybrid rice that increases production and income?"

Lin Beifan cupped his hands and said, "How dare you lie to Your Majesty about this kind of thing?"

The empress became even more anxious: "Where is the hybrid rice, let me see it!"

"Your Majesty and all the officials, please move to the field!"

Half an hour later, Lin Beifan took the empress and all the officials out of the city and came to his own land.

This is the fertile land bestowed upon him by the empress, and now it has thousands of acres, all connected together, very vast.

Lin Beifan can also be regarded as the landlord class now.

It is autumn now, the grain is ripe, and everyone is busy harvesting it.

However, Lin Beifan's food was not harvested.

"Look, Your Majesty, this area is full of hybrid rice!" Lin Beifan said proudly, pointing to his fertile field.

The empress and all the officials were shocked: "This..."

Qian Yuanshen, Minister of the Household Department, frowned: "Prime Minister, please forgive me for my stupidity. Is this really a hybrid rice? It does look lush, but it is not much different from other rice!"

The empress also frowned: "Is this really hybrid rice? The yield is not much different..."

Everyone else nodded.

Lin Beifan laughed and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know, this is indeed a hybrid rice! This is a hybrid mother plant, no different from other rice! However, as long as his rice is planted, the production and income will definitely increase in the coming year!"

"If you don't believe me, I'll take you to another place to have a look, and then you'll understand!"

Lin Beifan led the crowd to another place.

There is also rice planted there, less than two or three acres of land, but the rice planted is much higher than the surrounding rice, almost as tall as an adult.

Moreover, the ears of rice growing from above are bigger, bigger, and fuller, like a small broom.

The empress and all the officials were shocked: "This rice..."

Lin Beifan said very excitedly: "This is the real hybrid rice! Last year, Weichen planted a batch of hybrid rice in Guozijian, just like what I saw before! Last year's autumn harvest was saved, and this year's spring was planted here. Now it is finally It is forming, and a good harvest is in sight! Please look, Your Majesty, is this rice big?"

The empress said excitedly: "Big!"

Lin Bofan asked, "Is this rice stalk high?"

The Empress excitedly said again: "High!"

Lin Beifan asked again: "Is this ear of rice beautiful?"

The Empress was still excited: "Beautiful!"

Lin Beifan asked again: "Will this rice be promoted nationwide, can it solve the food problem?"

The empress nodded affirmatively: "Yes! I can!"

Lin Beifan smiled and said, "My lords, what do you think?"

All the officials were excited.

"Good rice! Really good rice!"

"I have never seen such a good rice in my life. It grows so tall, so strong, and so beautiful!"

"Once it is promoted nationwide, it will definitely solve the problem of feeding tens of millions of people!"

"The problems of Wuxi and Hebei are also solved!"