imperial psychologist

Chapter 425

Jiang Chongwen's eyes were burning, his throat moved slightly, and he stared at Emperor Shengming on the Golden Temple.

The boy stared at him with the same gaze.

"Your Majesty—" Jiang Chongwen's voice trembled a little, he was full of passion and affection, and even more generous in defending the old system, "I——"

"Okay," Chen Yicong gently closed Jiang Chongwen's memorial, "I know you're getting old, and you haven't been able to sleep well lately. Back then when your father died of illness in your hometown, you should have returned to Ding You, but the Ministry of Rites was in short supply at that time. Manpower, Grandpa Huang Duoqing left you... Now that I think about it, Master Jiang must have regrets."

Jiang Chongwen was taken aback for a moment.

"Although your letter of resignation is not in compliance with the regulations - I don't care about your hard work over the years." Chen Yicong looked at Sun Beiji on the left, "After retiring from the court today, go to the official department to hand over .”

After finishing speaking, Chen Yicong frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "Master Jiang, why don't you thank me?"

Jiang Chongwen never thought that the deadly remonstrance he had prepared with painstaking efforts would end before it even started.

Of course he didn't thank you, but he was really shocked - the emperor didn't even give him a chance to argue. This is not the emperor's usual attitude towards his subjects - after all, Emperor Shengming was always respectful to a farmer from a remote mountain Nobility, let alone courtiers!
Jiang Chongwen quickly came to his senses, no matter what, his full of advice could not just be drowned out like this.He frowned, and took a step forward. Since the emperor approved his resignation according to his plans, he would also follow his plans and speak out the reasons for his resignation in front of the palace now.

However, almost at the same time, the smile on Chen Yicong's face turned cold, and he threw Jiang Chongwen's memorial directly from the desk.

"How many people have brought their dictionaries today, and they all stand up now!" Chen Yicong's eyes lit up with anger, "I will never hold you back, I will approve everything!"

Sun Beiji couldn't stand anymore, "Your Majesty..."

"Don't come out and make love with me," Chen Yicong snapped, "I have only been on the throne for three years, and there are always people who bully me when I am young and act recklessly. Every time I think of you as veterans of three or even four dynasties, I don't care about you... The results of it?

"The result is today, how dare you use your resignation to force the palace!"

As soon as the word forced the palace was uttered, all the officials present knelt down, and Shan Hu's "The emperor calm down" echoed in the sky above the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Chen Yicong looked coldly at the dark heads in front of him, including Jiang Chongwen's, and a slight sneer could not help but appear in his eyes.

"Jiang Chongwen, look at me!"

Jiang Chongwen slowly raised his head, today's Longyan's fury really caught him off guard.

...It shouldn't be like this.

"Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. I ask you, is your resignation today because you are dissatisfied with my establishment of a special imperial examination department and the Second Agricultural and Industrial Institute, so you want to rely on your own choice to threaten me to stop. ?”

"Chen... why would you think so——"

"Then what do you think?"

"I just feel that farming and fortifications have always been under the Ministry of Industry—"

"Do you want to talk to me about farming and fortification? That's good!" Chen Yicong immediately interrupted Jiang Chongwen's answer, "I ask you, how many seedlings can be planted in an acre of rice field? How much grain can be produced? How much money can I get in exchange? How much arable land do I need in Dazhou, and how much food do I need to produce every year, to supply the frontline soldiers for a year of combat? You answer me!"

"This..." Sweat dripped from Jiang Chongwen's face, his cheeks flushed, and he muttered in a low voice, "Chen... I have always stayed in the official department, and I don't care much about these busy farming...not much learn……"

"I don't understand, do you?" Chen Yicong sneered, "Then I'll tell you! One mu of land can plant [-] rice seedlings, and so many rice seedlings can eventually produce rice for only five or six stones, and they can be sold for a tael in the market." silver--

"A family of five needs at least ten acres of paddy fields just to support themselves, and that's not counting the taxes they have to pay!"

Chen Yicong stood up from the dragon chair.

"In the 27th year of Jiahe, the arable land in Dazhou was 310 hectares. In the fourth year of Tianqi, due to the invasion of gold thieves, the arable land fell to 260 hectares. At one time, it increased to more than [-] hectares!
"However, three years ago, the city of Zhuozhou was destroyed... Thousands of miles of fertile land in Guanzhong were all scorched. The gold thieves invaded our territory year after year, the people in the north were displaced, and many people moved to the south-there were landless people in the north, and there were many mountains and forests in the south. So many more mouths to eat...

"To appease the common people, the imperial court must pay lightly and pay lightly, but the gold thieves are staring at the gates of the house, and they can't collect food. Tell me——this battle, how will I fight!"

Chen Yicong's voice was almost deafening, beating the entire hall into silence.

Yu Yin spun around on the beam, he turned around and held onto the edge of the table behind him.

"Why do you need to set up an agricultural research institute and an industrial research institute... It is also south of Anjiang. In some places, one mu of land can produce seven shi of grain, while others can only produce three shi of grain. What is the difference? It is also pests , Why can some state capitals be avoided, and some state capitals have to make great efforts to resist every year?
"Is there any way for us to reclaim more farmland? Is there any way to increase the output of each acre of farmland?

"These questions——Jiang Chongwen, you embrace your ancestors to become a law, answer me!"

Jiang Chongwen couldn't say a word anymore, he just lay on the ground tightly, not daring to breathe.

At this moment, Chen Yicong breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the courtiers and lowered his voice slightly.

"In the Jiahe period, there were 640 million households in Dazhou, with a population of more than 250 people. During the Tianqi period, there were no counts. By the fifth year of Jianxi, the number of households had reached 960 million, with nearly 6000 million... 6000 million people!"

The corners of Chen Yicong's mouth sank slightly, his eyes almost shot arrows.

"What do you think these figures are? Is it a tool for your six films to whitewash Taiping and promote political achievements? They are mouths waiting to be fed, and they are real people!
"I don't care what ancestral family law you bring up, and I don't care how much you have pretended to be small, but today, I put this sentence here——

"Anyone who hasn't turned his head around now, thinking that as long as he hides in the city of Pingjing, the sword of the golden man will not be able to cut you, or disturb the court for his own useless reputation, I will never take it lightly." Forgive me!"

Amidst the reverberating scolding, the ministers bent down and kowtowed again.

In the silence of the crowd, Emperor Shengming walked away from the court hall for the first time, leaving all the officials in the hall in panic.

……

On this day, Chen Yicong did not stay to participate in the cabinet's discussions—that is, today, he officially handed over the matter of the imperial examination to the cabinet. The cabinet needs to come up with a set of feasible preliminary proposals within half a month. .

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...slow down, watch your step!" Lu Dou hurriedly chased after Chen Yicong.

Chen Yicong had been immersed in the previous thoughts, and only then came back to his senses and realized that he was walking fast.

"Where is Your Majesty going now?"

"...Go to Tai Hospital to check in."

Lu Dou nodded quickly—the emperor said that he was going to be on duty at the Imperial Hospital, and he usually meant that he would go to the nearby unnamed courtyard to see Bai Ling, and he already knew this, "Then servants will go to announce the decree for them to wait— "

"No need," Chen Yicong said softly, "I can go by myself."

(End of this chapter)