Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

Standing stiffly in place, staring blankly at the scene where Liu Shijin was being dragged away by the guards, Bai Lu was still in shock and didn't come back to her senses for a long while.

An evil force that had been oppressing her head for many years was easily wiped out like this... At this moment, she was still immersed in an unrealistic sense of illusion, she turned her head in a trance, and looked at Mingtan in disbelief.

The latter didn't notice her gaze, and was smiling, with a cheerful tone, talking to the equally stunning woman beside him, "...Huangzhuang should bring up a new manager as soon as possible. This The next time you can get a good student selection, you must be a clean and honest person, and you must not embarrass the tenants again."

"Okay," Lin Shurong nodded, "Let me arrange this matter."

"Well, just pick someone, I'll talk to my father."

Ming Tan went on to explain: "After the new steward takes office, he will change the rules of Huangzhuang, so that the tenants don't have to grow wheat anymore, and they will all grow tea instead, so as not to waste my big money in vain. field."

"But, but—"

Lin Shurong hadn't answered yet, but Bai Lu at the side finally couldn't help it, and interjected timidly: "The cultivation of five grains in Huangzhuang is an ancestral system..."

Hearing her voice, Ming Tan paused, turned his head and glanced at Bai Lu, a confident smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his lips.

"This is the Zhuangzi given to me by my father, so naturally I have the final say." The girl said lightly, "Isn't the ancestral system also made by people? The order I issue now has become the new system in this Huangzhuang." , why not?"

Hearing what the other party said so arrogantly and freely, Bai Lu's breathing was slightly stagnant, a drop of cold sweat dripped from the corner of her forehead, and she hurriedly said: "The daughter of the people did not intend to offend the princess..."

"Well, it's okay, you don't have to be so nervous."

Ming Tan slowed down his tone, smiled, and turned his head to look around the jute and tea leaves all over the field. His eyes shifted, and finally fell on the stone table behind the small courtyard gate.

"Those improved sketches of farm tools were all drawn by you, right?"

"Yes." Bai Lu lowered her head and sighed, "Minnv grew up in Huangzhuang. She has no other skills. She can only grow tea and make paper and sell it on the street, or repair and modify agricultural tools for people in neighboring towns. Only by giving some money and food can I treat my father..."

She is not very old, but her life is hard.Ming Tan frowned, "What's wrong with your father, can Miss Bai tell you?"

"There's nothing you can't say," Bai Lu replied with a wry smile, "my father is very old, and he often said that he was dizzy a few months ago, but he refused to listen to the advice of the girl and insisted on working in the fields... In this way, until early spring, after he suddenly fainted in the field, he was paralyzed on the bed from then on, and it was difficult to get up again."

Ming Tan pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Lin Shurong with questioning eyes.

Lin Shurong has read all kinds of books, and has a little knowledge of medicine. After thinking for a while, he replied: "Dizziness, heavy head, numbness in one side of the body, it occurs in elderly people... It sounds like a disease caused by wind evil entering the body." shape."

"Yes, it's a stroke!" Bai Lu's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "The doctor who the girl invited to see her also diagnosed it like this!"

"Is your father in a crooked manner? Is your mind still clear?" Lin Shurong asked again.

Bai Lu hesitated for a moment, then shook her head, "My father is still sane, and he doesn't have the symptoms you mentioned."

Lin Shurong understood this, and said to Mingtan, "It's not too serious, it can be cured."

"Okay," Ming Tan nodded readily after receiving the expected answer, "Tomorrow I will send an imperial doctor to treat your father. Don't worry, Miss Bai."

"... Imperial Physician?!"

Bai Lu was so frightened that she stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, and was stunned for a while, then immediately fell to her knees on the ground when she regained her senses, with tears in her eyes, she bowed deeply, "Minister, thank you lady, thank you princess for saving my life!"

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me." Ming Tan waved his hand and smiled at her, "Your ability to grow crops and improve farm tools is rare in the world—so, I intend to propose you as the chief agricultural officer, let me You and the new steward will take care of the Huangzhuang and be responsible for arranging tea planting matters... I wonder what Miss Bai wants?"

Farmer?

Isn't this an official about the same age as Liu Papi!

Happy events came one after another, and Bai Lu was stunned by this great mission from heaven, until she met Shang Mingtan's smiling eyes, she reacted abruptly, and said with surprise and firmness: "Princess, don't worry! Do your best to manage Huangzhuang for your well-being, and let the tea grown here be famous in Chunzhou!"

"Okay, ambitious!"

Ming Tan nodded in satisfaction, lightly bumped the people around him with his shoulder, and flaunted: "Look, I just said I found the treasure, right?"

Lin Shurong raised her head, and glanced at Bai Lu who was looking respectful and admiring from the corner of her eye.

She endured it for a while, but she couldn't hold it back after all. She lowered her voice and said in a strange way: "Heh. She's smart and beautiful, isn't she the treasure of His Highness?"

"..."

Ming Tan raised his eyebrows, keenly aware of the sour smell permeating between the lines.She licked her upper teeth with the tip of her tongue, couldn't help but giggle, leaned into his ear and asked, "Why, are you jealous?"

The warm breath passed through the pinnae, and sprayed all over the neck. Lin Shurong was a little ticklish, and turned her head subconsciously, but it seemed that something soft happened to brush her cheek, and she was taken aback for a moment.

However, before she could react, Ming Tan took half a step back, narrowed his eyes, lightly brushed his lips with his fingertips, and gave Lin Shurong a meaningful smile.

"Okay, okay, don't be sour," the little princess blinked and comforted, "Even the father, the queen, and the queen know—you, Lin Shurong! You are the only baby of this princess!"

Although Bai Lu is young, she is a very active woman. The day after Ming Tan sent someone to take care of her father, she led a group of tenant farmers to start a tea planting business in full swing.

After solving the problem of his own Huangzhuang, Ming Tan was completely at ease, took Lin Shurong to play like crazy for a few days, enjoyed all the famous scenery in the palace, and changed the dining room all day long, Make some local dishes of Chunzhou and deliver them, life is not to mention how carefree it is.

However, such a beautiful life did not last for a few days, and was interrupted by an urgent report from the palace.

——The place where the incident happened is Yuanzhou.

Just like the news she had heard in the tea shed before, there was a famine and civil uprising there.

The last disaster relief and follow-up matters of the severe drought in Yuanzhou were handled by Zhu Zhishen, the former minister of household affairs.This person has many henchmen, all of whom are greedy rats-after changing hands several times, in the process of deceiving from top to bottom, they confiscated all the money and food for relief and the materials used for post-disaster restoration.

And the previous drought, which was rare in a century, caused a devastating blow to the land in Yuanzhou: there was a hidden trend of desertification in all the fields, the water storage capacity plummeted, and the crops planted were not as good as each year...

Coupled with the lack of sufficient resources for intensive fertilization, in recent days, there has been no harvest.

No wonder there will be such tragic consequences as famine.

The prefect of Yuanzhou was afraid of taking responsibility, and even tried to conceal the disaster!If Shangshu Zhong He hadn't found something wrong in Yuanzhou when he was checking the tax of the household department, so he sent people to investigate it--I'm afraid the court would not know it now, but the local civil uprising had already begun!

The emperor was furious in the Jiuxiao Palace, and immediately dismissed the prefect of Yuanzhou and imprisoned him, and decided to leave for the palace the next day, not even having time to stay for a day.

And on the night when she left the palace, Ming Tan who was packing her things was interrupted by Sheng An, who led her to the Jiuxiao Palace.

"Dragon scale, come here."

At this time, the moon was in the sky, but the emperor was still sitting behind the desk in his clothes, approving the memorial.Hearing the sound of Ming Tan coming in, he didn't even lift his head, he just patted the seat that had been prepared beside him, and said, "I have something to ask you."

Ming Tan was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward quickly, and sat upright on the seat arranged for her by the emperor.

"Father wants to ask Long Lin what?"

She looked at the mountains of notebooks on her desk, and sighed in her heart, but she didn't say anything to let the emperor go to rest.

Family and country affairs cannot be ignored.Rather than talking about these useless reassurances, it is better to tell Eunuch Sheng An later and tell him to carefully send some ginseng soup to the father.

The emperor put down his pen and noticed the look in her eyes.Seeing that her daughter was very clear about the importance of carrying things, and didn't persuade herself to show her filial piety, she couldn't help feeling relieved.

He didn't answer immediately, but instead took out a memorial and handed it to Ming Tan.

Ming Tan froze for a moment, holding the bright yellow paper, hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and began to look through it.

"...The civil uprising in Yuanzhou is imminent. I implore His Majesty to send people to the place immediately to relieve the disaster and control the unrest..."

This is Lin Xiang's excerpt.

Ming Tan has ten lines at a glance, and he can finish reading quickly.

She thought for a moment, raised her eyes to look at the emperor who was staring at her, frowned and guessed: "Could it be that the father wants Longlin...to recommend someone to go to Yuanzhou?"

"Well, that's exactly it."

The emperor nodded slightly, and Su Rong asked her: "According to Longlin's opinion, if two officials are sent to the court, who should be chosen?"

Ming Tan is also a person who has gone to court in a serious manner, so he is naturally very familiar with those courtiers who deserve to be named.

She pursed her lips, and after careful consideration of her official position, style, and character, she said, "Longlin will select Mr. Zhong He, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, and Mr. Qiu Guangguang, Minister of Sanzhi."

"Oh?" The emperor couldn't tell whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me your reason?"

"Lord Zhong and Lord Qiu are extremely capable, with one piece of paper and one military force, and they can just be in charge of disaster relief and peacekeeping." Ming Tan replied, "And, as far as Longlin knows, these two adults are well-known upright officials in the court, honest and upright , caring about the common people. If they are sent to rescue the disaster, the situation like Zhu Zhishen's will never happen again..."

She talked eloquently and eloquently, and analyzed the advantages of the two candidates from many aspects.

The emperor also nodded repeatedly during Ming Tan's narration. After the person finished speaking, he showed a smile and patted his daughter's shoulder, "Very well said, Longlin is a man of his own mind."

Ming Tan blinked and was about to smile when the emperor changed the subject and said again: "However... the emperor wants to tell you: the two people you recommended are not the best candidates to be sent to Yuanzhou ah."

"...?"

Ming Tan was stunned for a moment, and looked at the emperor puzzled, "Longlin is stupid, I don't know who can be more suitable than these two..."

"Dragon scales are not stupid." The emperor's tone was quite meaningful, "I will give you a hint—"

"Clear ripples hide turbidity at the bottom, and light hangs above the black shadows."

"..."

Ming Tan paused, a flash of inspiration seemed to flash in his mind - but after only a moment, this point of happiness disappeared without a trace, and it was hard to think of anything.

After waiting for a while, seeing that she still had no idea, the emperor didn't continue to force him, but just smiled and said, "Okay, I'm not in a hurry at this moment. After you have a good time to think about it, and you have a new answer, come and give it to your father." How about recommending two people again?"

Ming Tan frowned in confusion, although he still didn't understand what was wrong with him, he still nodded, "Yes, Longlin remembered."

"Okay," the emperor touched the top of her hair, and said gently, "It's so late, I'll let Sheng An take you back."

Ming Tan got up obediently, and was just about to turn around to leave, but suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly turned back, "Father, Longlin has one more thing, I haven't had time to tell you!"

"What's the matter?"

"Longlin met Concubine Wen a few days ago, and during the conversation, he discovered that Kunzhou, the hometown of the empress, is growing a crop called 'sweet sweet potato'."

Ming Tan said solemnly: "As far as I know, this kind of crop is resistant to drought and barrenness, and has deep roots, which is very suitable for growing on sandy soil; moreover, its roots are soft and sweet, so they can be thrown into the fire to roast It can be eaten, and can easily fill the stomach, which is very in line with Yuanzhou's current requirements for food crops!"

"Drought and barren resistance?"

The emperor's eyes lit up, and he even stood up from behind the case, excitedly saying: "Is what Long Lin said true?"

"It's absolutely true!" Ming Tan nodded affirmatively, "Kunzhou's jade veins are heavily mined, and many lands are not even as good as Yuanzhou, which suffered a severe drought, but they can still grow sweet potatoes, and the output is also amazing. The second choice!"

The situation in Yuanzhou is urgent, but when analyzing the core problem, there are actually only two key points.

One is emergency relief, and the other is to find a new way out for local farmers.

Thanks to Zhu Zhishen's downfall, many of his men's homes were ransacked; in addition, the emperor has been diligent in administration in recent years, and the treasury is quite rich, so it is no problem to allocate food to solve this urgent need.

As for the civil uprising, although it looks serious, as long as the people can survive, who is willing to drag their hungry and tired bodies to create violence.chaos?

Therefore, as long as everyone is fed enough to see the hope of the future, the turmoil in Yuanzhou will naturally break down without force...

Matters concerning people's livelihood should be neglected rather than blocked.

And what worried the emperor the most before was precisely how to plan for the future of Yuanzhou.

Rice, millet, wheat bean, and five grains cannot survive in Yuanzhou, so what should the common people grow?what to eat

Fortunately, God Ming Tan made a fortune and proposed a new choice of "Red Sweet Potato" - which just happened to find a solution to the problem that plagued the entire court!

"well!"

The emperor Longyan was very happy, and clapped his hands again and again, "In this case, I will send you to supervise it yourself. You must send someone to learn the sweet potato plant and the planting method completely, and introduce it to Yuanzhou——Can Longlin handle this job well?"

Ming Tan blinked, pondered for a while, and then couldn't help but smiled with confidence in his hands.

"Father, don't worry," she said to herself, "Longlin will not disgrace his life!"