The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

Each person covered with a quilt, and Ji Heng slept outside, so that he could get up and serve the emperor conveniently.

After the emperor lay down, he turned outside and said to Ji Heng, "Junqing, it's great that you can stay today."

Ji Heng said, "It is a blessing for me to be able to accompany the emperor. However, I think that the emperor has something important to tell me."

His bright black eyes looked at the emperor, meaning, is it really just sleeping, nothing to do?

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and said, "You are not in good health, I don't want you to worry too much."

Ji Heng said, "I heard that the DPRK and China are discussing tax increases recently."

The emperor reached through the part between the two quilts, grabbed Ji Heng's hand into his palm, and said, "There is such a thing. But, I didn't allow it. I said that the treasury is empty now, so let them come up with a countermeasure." , These useless courtiers are talking about tax increases, which really annoys me."

Ji Heng said, "I have something to say, I want to tell the emperor, the emperor is willing to listen."

The emperor didn't stare at Ji Heng any longer, but lay his body flat and connected the quilt between the two, because he was still holding Ji Heng's hand, Ji Heng had no choice but to move towards the emperor some.

The emperor said, "I won't listen to anything you say."

Ji Heng said, "In the past one or two years, I have been looking at the customs and customs of various places, and I have also asked people to search for some miscellaneous notes and folk tales of ordinary people. From these books, I can see some folk weather. Now Today, the Jiangnan area, the Guangzhou area where the port was opened, and the Chengdu Plain are relatively rich, while other places are far worse."

The emperor said, "Even though I am inside the palace walls, I know this."

Ji Heng said again, "Although Jiangnan and Guangzhou are so rich, there is still no money in the national treasury, and ordinary people are getting poorer, and there is often no food to eat in famine years."

The emperor said, "That means all the money has gone to corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen."

At this point, he paused for a moment, because Ji Heng's uncle was a big businessman in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, Ji Heng didn't mind this. He just looked at the emperor and said, "This is indeed a reason. It has been nearly a hundred years since Dayong established itself as a country, and it is time for the development to pass the peak and go downhill."

When the emperor heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then said firmly, "I will create another prosperous world."

Ji Heng smiled and said, "I believe in your majesty's talent and ability. But, can you listen to what I have to say first?"

The emperor was taken aback for another moment, and then he laughed for some reason, probably because he thought it was funny to follow Ji Heng's sentence. He nodded with a smile, took Ji Heng's hand to his face, covered his eyes, and said , "I won't say anything."

Ji Heng realized that he had taught the emperor a lesson like a child, and he couldn't help being startled. Thinking that he was about to leave, he didn't feel too trembling, and continued, "You can know the ups and downs by taking history as a mirror. From the previous dynasties, we can see that a When a dynasty reaches a hundred years, it will often start to go downhill. This is just the ups and downs of history. There must be ups and downs. Unclear. However, with the lessons learned from the past, it can benefit future generations. Today, one of the problems of Dayong is that the court officials are too serious to form cliques, the work efficiency is poor, mutual rivalry is serious, and corruption is common If the administration of officials is not rectified, the situation of the imperial court will only get worse and worse; second, it is very profitable to do business with overseas countries, and many merchants start overseas business, which leads to two problems. Good fields are planted with crops for export instead of grain. The grain output decreases and the price of grain rises. In addition, when there is a famine, there is no grain. It will make people in other places poorer. The third is that land annexation is too serious, leaving many good people without land to grow. The last time the country’s land was counted was Taizu’s time, and it has been 70 to [-] years. Many fields have been reclaimed, or some fields have been changed, but they have not been registered again. These are all problems. Fourth, the Tatars in the north and the pirates in the south are all foreign invasions.”

The emperor felt that what Ji Heng said was right, so he fell silent and meditated.

Ji Heng also looked at the dragon pattern on the mosquito net and meditated. Nowadays, most of the officials in the imperial court are short-sighted, only remembering personal gains and losses, and have no regard for the interests of the country and the nation.

In the small area of ​​the capital city, fighting for power and profit, calculating and fighting each other, they didn't notice the precariousness of the empire at all.

When Master Ji mentioned this, he was heartbroken, but he just sighed in his study, and Mr. Zhang and Ji Heng heard the most.

Ji Heng sighed again, "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world."

He removed the hand that was covering his eyes by the emperor, and called him softly, "Your Majesty?"

Only then did the emperor come to his senses, looked at Ji Heng, and said, "I have a long way to go."

The emperor smiled, and said again, "I also know that the world is full of holes and many problems, but this is the first time I've heard people talk about it so clearly."

Ji Heng said, "Your Majesty, human energy is always limited, but it is not bad to make satisfactory results within this limited energy. Your Majesty, don't feel too difficult."

The emperor suddenly turned over with a smile, and approached Ji Heng all of a sudden, almost breathing and hearing Ji Heng, eye to eye, he said in a low voice, but ambitious, "Do you think I can't afford to carry the people in this world?" .”

Ji Heng raised his hand to comfort the child and touched his ear, "I trust the emperor."

The emperor's ears turned red and his eyes lit up even more after being touched by him, so he quickly calmed down and said, "Since you have mentioned these problems, Junqing, there is a solution."

Ji Heng said, "This is not a matter of few words. If we want to rectify the administration of officials, we must punish corruption for a long time. In this regard, I don't have many other officials who have better suggestions. The same is true for land and foreign invasion issues. But Regarding the issue of food shortage, I have something to say."

The emperor gave a "hmm" and seemed to be listening attentively.

Ji Heng said, "To solve the grain shortage, what the court is doing now is to store grain in large warehouses in good years, and to release grain in bad years. But this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. After reading some books, I learned that the Guangzhou area has been harvested from the outside. A lot of new grain varieties have been introduced, some of which can be planted on drier land, and some can also grow on barren land, and can be hybridized with existing varieties to gain more income. Solving the food shortage problem is the root cause.”

The emperor was born in the palace and grew up in the hands of the palace people. Although he had a good teacher since he was a child, he read a lot of books, and understood the way of governing the country, but he really didn't know much about the outside world. Ji Heng said so, he also I thought it was right, so I said, "If there is food, the people will not make trouble, and the country will be stable."

Ji Heng's mouth was dry when he said this, so he expressed his final meaning, saying, "After reading You Huanzhi's Guangdong Travel Notes, I deeply felt that reading ten thousand volumes of books is not as good as walking." Wanli Road. If the emperor trusts his ministers, he can let the humble ministers go to Jiangnan and Guangzhou to handle this matter."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, "Are you going to Jiangnan and Guangzhou?"

Ji Heng said, "Weichen is very interested in organizing this matter. Weichen will go to Jiangnan and Guangzhou to find some new crops to see if they can be introduced to other provinces for planting and increase the total grain output. If there is any harvest, then of course A great thing."

The emperor didn't want to listen to him anymore, so he said, "This matter can be done directly by the officials in Guangzhou, and you don't need to go."

Ji Heng said, "We believe that we can do better."

The emperor suddenly became angry without warning, and said, "Junqing, you actually just want to leave the capital and leave me, don't you?"

Ji Heng felt that the emperor's words were full of resentment, which made him inexplicably surprised. Looking at the emperor's eyes that were about to ignite, he said, "Your Majesty, why are you angry because of this?"

The emperor was taken aback by his question, and after looking at Ji Heng for a few seconds, he said, "I just don't want you to leave."

Ji Heng smiled wryly, "But the humble minister can't always serve the emperor with the reputation of a courtier."

The emperor gritted his teeth and said, "If anyone dares to say that about you again, I will send him into the army."

Ji Heng said helplessly, "Your Majesty, you are the Holy Lord of the Ming Dynasty, so you can't do this kind of thing. I'm really not in good health recently. What my mother means is that she and I will go back to the south of the Yangtze River for a few years. At this time, prepare well for the imperial examination, and when the humble minister is admitted to the Jinshi, and then returns to the emperor, naturally there will be no more gossip."

The emperor glared and said, "I don't want to let you go. You don't have to take the imperial examination, I just give you an official title."

Ji Heng frowned, "Your Majesty, please understand my humble minister's painstaking efforts. I don't want my minister to be written in the history books in the future. I can only be lucky enough to flatter my master and win an official by inviting favor. Such a humble minister's reputation is not good. It sounds good, but it won't damage your reputation, Your Majesty."

The emperor felt depressed and uncomfortable. Didn't he know what Ji Heng was thinking? What Ji Heng said before was probably just an introduction for him to leave Beijing later.

The emperor actually found out that Ji Heng tried to stay calm and dodge when facing him these days. The emperor frowned and said suddenly, "Junqing, you actually understand what I mean, don't you?"

Ji Heng's eyes widened a little, but he calmed down instantly, smiled, and said, "Your Majesty, I certainly understand how much you value me, I deeply miss your kindness, and I am willing to devote my life to you."

The emperor had already seen the flash of panic in Ji Heng's eyes, he lowered his face, quietly looked at Ji Heng and stopped talking.

Ji Heng felt bitter in his heart.

The emperor has always been a person who doesn't like to have skin-to-skin contact with others. Deep down, he even has a very stubborn and cold personality, but he has an inexplicable stickiness towards him, and he is really kind to him.

In the past, Ji Heng would never think about whether the emperor had affection for him, because in his heart, children's liking was an elusive thing and could not be taken seriously.

Just like Xu Qilang, he never seriously thought about the fact that Xu Qilang said he liked him. He thought it was just a child's unrecognizable love.

Ji Heng also thought the same about the emperor's feelings.

But the other party is the emperor after all, even if he thinks his feelings are too abrupt and absurd, he still can't take it lightly.

Ji Heng's idea was to pretend he didn't understand, then leave quickly, and return to Beijing after a few years, the emperor's affection for him might fade.

The emperor stared at Ji Heng, but Ji Heng forced himself to be calm and looked back at him, pretending to be stupid.

The emperor suddenly lifted the quilt and sat up, looked down at Ji Heng, and said, "Junqing, stop pretending to be stupid with me."

Ji Heng had no choice but to get up and knelt down on the bed, saying, "Your Majesty, my humble minister is in a state of panic."

The emperor said angrily, "You will not panic. Since you know that people say you are my lucky minister, how could you not know that I really like you. You deliberately pretended to be stupid and didn't know what I wanted, and now you still want to leave the capital leave me, right?"

The emperor was furious when he heard Ji Heng said that he was going to leave, so he lost his usual forbearance, or he felt that Ji Heng knew his love for him but kept pretending to be stupid, so he obviously didn't love himself Meaning, this made the emperor suddenly feel extremely wronged, and he could hardly control his temper.

Seeing the emperor approaching him repeatedly, Ji Heng quickly knelt and backed away. The emperor suddenly stretched out his hand to grab him. Ji Heng quickly backed away, and then exclaimed "Yeah", followed by two bangs, and he fell off the bed went.

The emperor was startled, and quickly jumped out of bed to help him.