The Emperor Has An Illness

Chapter 54: : The work of a lifetime

"Hui Xi Zhaorong, not yet." Fusheng answered truthfully.

Liao Qingqing nodded and said: "Okay, I see, you can go back."

"Yes."

Fusheng is gone.

Liao Qingqing ordered lotus to bring the Great Wei Dynasty Zhi and the map. She sat at the table and looked at it carefully. Dongliao County is located in the northeast of the Great Wei Dynasty and has a vast area.

Although the winter is severely cold, it has always given Jingli emperor peace of mind.

But this time is different. It is already spring and Dongliao County is still affected by the snow disaster.

It can be seen that Dongliao County will be affected for the next six months.

It is freezing to death right now, and it may be starved to death after a while.

Emperor Jingli had to allocate funds for disaster relief.

Liao Qingqing couldn't help but frown, and thought of various methods in Lisheng Pavilion. At night, Emperor Jingli came back tiredly.

"The emperor." Liao Qingqing stepped forward to greet.

When Emperor Jingli saw Liao Qingqing, his troubles were reduced by half.

Liao Qingqing took the initiative to take the hand of Emperor Jing Li.

Emperor Jing Li was much more relaxed physically and mentally, and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"No, the emperor hasn't eaten, right?"

"Ok."

"Let's eat together."

"it is good."

"Wait a minute." Liao Qingqing suddenly said again.

"What's wrong?" Emperor Jing Li asked.

"The emperor, you come with me."

Liao Qingqing took Emperor Jing Li's hand and walked to the small room of Lisheng Pavilion. As soon as he entered the room, he saw a few large boxes in the room. Once opened, they were either gold or silver, as well as some jewelry.

Emperor Jingli asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

Liao Qingqing said: "The emperor, leave these to you."

"What do you give me?"

"Going for disaster relief, isn't it about the Dongliao Snow Disaster?"

Liao Qingqing said it very sincerely. Emperor Jingli has been more and more touched. He has been emperor for several years and will encounter various natural and man-made disasters every year. Most of the harem concubines blindly please and comfort him. There has never been a person like Liao Qingqing. , Directly used all the household assets for disaster relief.

"They are all used for disaster relief, what do you spend?" Emperor Jingli asked.

"The concubine didn't spend much, so I won't give a reward in the future."

"Don't be afraid that the maids and eunuchs say you stingy?"

"Just talk, concubine would rather they say concubine stingy than there would be casualties in Dongliao." Liao Qingqing seemed to be iron-hearted.

Emperor Jingli's heart was warm, and he stretched out his hand to take Liao Qingqing into his arms and said, "Qingqing's heart, I and the people of Eastern Liao, don't worry about the snow disaster. I have already ordered people to open a warehouse for disaster relief. I believe it will be a few days later. You will receive good information."

"Why is the emperor frowning?" Liao Qingqing's slender fingers reached between Emperor Jing Li's brows and gently stroked.

The movements are gentle and warm.

Emperor Jingli stretched his eyebrows slightly and said, "I am worried about the hungry and cold people." He looked at the lives of the people and said, "I don't know other places. This year is good."

"Since the emperor has opened a store for disaster relief, they will soon be able to receive the emperor's gift. God, seeing the emperor's heart, will also treat the people of Wei Dynasty kindly."

After hearing these words, Emperor Jing Li pressed his head down and kissed Liao Qingqing's forehead, feeling more comfortable.

But I remember Dongliao County.

After all, life is at stake.

Emperor Jingli didn't use much at dinner.

After that, he sat in front of the case and criticized the paper.

Liao Qingqing stayed with him for a while, so exhausted, he went to sleep on his own.

Early the next morning, the weather was fine and sunny,

Good news came from Dongliao County. It was said that the snow had stopped. Some local officials, wealthy gentry, laid porridge to help the people, and Dongliao County also opened warehouses for disaster relief, alleviating the urgent need.

After hearing this, Emperor Jing Li was a little more relaxed.

But in the afternoon I received another memorial, saying that there was another flood in the south.

Just as the spring began, there was a flood. Not to mention Emperor Jingli’s worries, the ministers also worried, urgently discussing matters, Yuansuke rushed around, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households each issued policies, hurry up and send more people. In addition to disaster relief, the treatment of floods also prevents thieves from taking the opportunity to cause chaos.

For a while, courtiers were extremely busy.

Emperor Jing Li was even more busy day and night.

He did not expect that there will be so many things at the beginning of this year. Before he became the throne, he had studied many historical past and summarized some laws. For example, snow disasters, droughts, and fishing disasters do not come alone. They are often accompanied by various diseases, the most common Cough and fever are the only ones, and the plague is terrible.

Emperor Jingli was afraid of the plague.

He successively issued several imperial edicts to remind officials to pay attention to the protection of various diseases.

He even allocated a lot of money in medicine.

Perhaps it was Emperor Jingli's attention that moved God.

The sun was shining everywhere in the next few days.

Sunshine is a good sign.

Everything is going in a good direction.

Emperor Jing Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Liao Qingqing followed to relax.

At this time, the little **** from the Department of Agriculture came to look for Liao Qingqing again.

Liao Qingqing asked: "What's the matter?"

The little **** happily said: "The director sent a minion to tell Xi Zhaorong that the potatoes will be harvested tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Liao Qingqing has been paying attention to the disasters in various places these days, and has forgotten about the harvest of 1,000 acres of potatoes in the prefectures, so he said: "Have your director smoked potatoes?"

"I have seen it."

"How's it going?"

"The director said, it's better than being in the Department of Agriculture."

Liao Qingqing smiled and said: "Okay, I wanted to go with you to collect potatoes, but I am inconvenient lately, so you can talk to the director."

"Yes."

"By the way, does the emperor know?"

"The director handed the papers up. The emperor has been busy recently, so I don't know if I have looked at it or not," said the little eunuch.

"Okay, I see, you can go back."

"Yes."

After the little **** was gone, Liao Qingqing called to the mother of Lisheng Pavilion. Last year, she told Emperor Jingli more than once that she loved to grow vegetables, and she did meritorious service many times.

Emperor Jingli not only rewarded her for her silver, but also a hundred acres of land.

When planting potatoes in Zhuzhou County last year, she also sent people to plant 100 acres of potatoes. Now it’s time to harvest, so she ordered her mother to go out of the palace to find someone to harvest potatoes. She estimated this year’s potatoes in Lisheng Pavilion. Harvest.

She herself spent more than half a year cultivating umbrella flowers into potatoes.

I also spent more than half a year with the Minister of Household Affairs and the Director of the Department of Agriculture to continue experimenting and cultivating potatoes. All the potatoes produced and a large number of umbrella flowers purchased from the northwest were all sparsely planted into the land.

The total area is more than 1,100 mu.

Calculated on the basis of one thousand catties per mu last time, this time the potato harvest is about 1.1 million catties.

1.1 million catties? !

Five hundred and fifty tons? !

Is this too much?

A few days later, the Hubu Shangshu was in the palace of Qinzheng, and he reported the harvest of potatoes to Emperor Mingjing.

Emperor Jing Li was shocked.

The courtiers didn't believe it at all.

Hubu Shangshu's impassioned words explained the growth process of potatoes, reaping advantages, and explained in detail the credit of Xi Zhaorong and Liao Qingqing.

The potatoes planted on 1,000 acres of land in Zhuzhou, except for the potato flowers transported from the northwest not far away, are more potato stems cultivated by Xi Zhaorong. The courtiers present have all eaten potatoes.

I have eaten it before, and it's quite delicious.

But the total output of a thousand mu of land is more than one million catties. This is impossible. If you know that one thousand acres of wheat, rice, and millet can yield 300,000 catties, it is a big harvest.

Obviously Hubu Shangshu is exaggerating the facts.

Why exaggerate?

Naturally for Xi Zhaorong.

Hubu Shangshu is the famous Xi Zhaorong party, who firmly supports Xi Zhaorong as the queen of the dynasty.

In order to become a queen, Xi Zhaorong really did not scrutinize any means, and he dared to reach the foundation of the country.

Some courtiers couldn't read the Hubu Shangshu. Above the court, they began to show examples of planting from ancient times to the present, stating firmly that there could not be such a high yield of potatoes, otherwise, there would be no famine in the future.

At the same time, he vigorously criticized Hubu Shangshu and said Xi Zhaorong insinuatingly.

It's okay to criticize Hubu Shangshu, but not to mirror Xi Zhaorong, and Emperor Jingli immediately fell into trouble.

There was dead silence in the hall.

Hubu Shangshu risked death and said: "The emperor, what the minister said is true. If you don't believe it, you can go to the prefectures to have a look. The potatoes there have not yet been shipped out. If the minister has a lie, the minister is willing to die. !"

"Go to Zhuzhou!" Jing Li said in a loud voice.

The other courtiers wanted to stop Emperor Jingli, but seeing Emperor Jingli's face full of anger, they didn't dare to speak, so they immediately assembled the guards, prepared carts and horses, and went to the prefectures mightily.

However, due to the rush of going out of the palace, the number of carriages was not enough, and the courtiers squeezed a carriage four, five, six, seven, and they did not dare to say more.

Silently squeezed.

Who makes their Sacred Heart unpredictable?

Emperor Jingli was sitting in a carriage alone, and he was a little excited. He believed what the Hubu Shangshu said, because he believed in his youthfulness.

Zhuzhou County is close to the capital, all the way to the official road, but in just one hour it was the location of the 1,000-mu experimental field in Zhuzhou County.

Emperor Jingli got out of the carriage first.

The courtiers got out of the carriage one by one, and they were stunned by the sight not far away before they could hold the black hat on their heads.

On the endless fields, one after another, or bending over to work, or carrying a basket, or carrying a cloth bag, everyone’s face has a smile of joy, and the source of the smile is piles of mountains. Potatoes.

The carriage could not enter the test field, so they got on and off the carriage on the official road, and followed Emperor Jingli to the test field step by step. They couldn't believe their eyes as they walked.

This, this, the mountains are full of potatoes.

They are all potatoes they like to eat.

I looked up and saw that the Director of the Department of Agriculture was organizing everyone to collect potatoes. The Director of the Department of Agriculture also saw Emperor Jingli at the same time. He was taken aback and hurriedly saluted Emperor Jingli: "See the emperor, long live the emperor! "

The people who are harvesting potatoes have already paid attention to Emperor Jingli. Although they are close to the imperial city, they have never seen the emperor. This time the emperor and Xi Zhaorong brought out potatoes. They are delicious and resistant to hunger. He worshiped Emperor Jingli and Xi Zhaorong as gods.

At this moment, listening to the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Resources said that he was the emperor, one by one quickly dropped the work in his hands, lying on the ground neatly and bowing: "See the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

The untrained shout, the voice is not neat, but the emperor Jingli is very excited. He treats the people to pay attention, and naturally hopes that the people will pay attention. Hearing such a sincere voice, he is extremely happy, and he can't help but think of his Qingqing, these are all given by his Qingqing.

However, it is not the time to think about Qingqing. He asked the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Farming and asked: "Why are you here?"

"Going back to the emperor, the minister was ordered by Xi Zhaorong to come over to supervise."

"Xi Zhaorong?" Regarding Liao Qingqing, Emperor Jing Li was always particularly interested.

"Yes, Xi Zhaorong said that this is the first time that the people in the prefectures are harvesting potatoes. For fear that they might not understand something, he ordered the ministers to come to supervise and observe whether there is any surprise in the growth of potatoes on 1,000 acres of potatoes." According to the facts, the director of the department told.

After hearing this, Emperor Jingli nodded and asked, "How much is the yield per mu?"

"Above a thousand catties." The Director of the Department of Agriculture said confidently.

An hour ago, the Gongjing courtier above the court heard "above a thousand catties", and there was no disdain or disbelief, but a complete shock.

Shocked!

They have lived for half their lives, and for the first time they have seen a crop with a yield of more than one thousand catties per mu. How many people have been saved by this, this kind of discovery.

This is simply, simply the work of all ages!

They were shocked and marveled at the same time. The master of this eternal work was Xi Zhaorong. They didn't want Xi Zhaorong to be the queen, but Xi Zhaorong was the queen now.

Their eyes moved from the potato to Emperor Jing Li.

Emperor Jingli smiled at the corner of his mouth, said three good times, and then said loudly: "Reward, there are rewards, Zhu Huairen, a book from the Ministry of Households, is worth a thousand liang of gold, and a nine silver cup. Liu Zhongyi, the director of the agricultural and animal husbandry department Long, thousands of silver, rewarding thousands of households in Zhuzhou counties with a hundred catties of potatoes per household, rewarding Xi Zhaorong Liao family—"

Regarding the rewards of others, Emperor Jingli came right away, and when he arrived at Liao Qingqing, Emperor Jingli suddenly stopped, his eyes swept across the courtiers, like a child who had succeeded in doing bad things, and his eyes were full of pride.

Then his complexion condensed, and he said cautiously: "Xi Zhaorong Liao, born in a family of scholars, Wen Xian, kind, good in virtue, caring for the people, creating the work of ten thousand times between Tianlong, and working together with me for the people, This is the trip of the mother of the country, Li, Liao is the queen, and soon to announce to the world, the ambassador of Xian will hear about it."

Xi Zhaorong has become a queen?

Hubu Shangshu and the director of the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry first reacted and knelt down sincerely: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and the queen, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

The potato incident has made Xi Zhaorong’s reputation among the people not lost to Emperor Jingli. It’s good that Xi Zhaorong has been discussed privately as a queen. Now Xi Zhaorong has been promoted to a queen, and everyone seems to be willing to realize it. , Followed by kneeling and shouting.

Some courtiers who opposed making Liao Qingqing the queen were unable to get tough in front of two million catties of potatoes, and could not find a reason to refute, so they all knelt down and accepted.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Jingli smiled triumphantly, and turned his head to look in the direction of the imperial palace. At this time, Liao Qingqing was sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun, with lotus fragrance sitting next to him.

Hexiang is bowing his head to make small shoes.

One has already been made.

Liao Qingqing took it and said, "This is too small, it's not as big as my hands."

He Xiang said: "This is how children are, their feet are very small."

"Really?" Liao Qingqing rarely touches children.

"Yes, the maidservant asked the maid, and she can't be wrong."

"Okay, then you can continue to do it."

"Well, the slave and maid made small shoes, and also made clothes and socks for the little prince."

"Little prince, what if it's a princess?"

"The servants do all."

"Row."

Hexiang lowered his head to do it.