Red House Shoufu

Chapter 303 The Prelude to Spring Seeds Begins
Daiyu is 13 years old this year and [-] years old.In other homes, it would be extremely normal to see each other for marriage, but in Lin Shu's eyes, she is still a child and should be pampered at home for a few years.

Even if you really want to get married, you have to carefully examine the other party clearly.Blind marriage is not an option, even if there is a concubine at home, don't even think about it. If you dare to bully Daiyu, break the dog's legs first.

Alas, time flies so fast, the younger sister who is dependent on him has reached the age where she needs to see each other for marriage!
"Ugh!"

"Ugh!"

The monarch and his ministers seemed to have a tacit understanding, and the two sighs sounded almost simultaneously.

Prince Gao Wancheng suddenly felt that he was redundant in the Palace of Qinzheng.He came to Qinzheng Hall early today to learn how to govern, but he listened to his father's complaint all morning.

He knew that at the Shangyuan family banquet yesterday, those clans had the idea of ​​Rongjia county head.A few days ago, the officials in the capital almost flooded Liao's house with spittle, and the good reputation of Rongjia County Lord was shown to the world for the first time.

A good reputation often brings unexpected benefits to a family, besides the political resources left by Lin Ruhai, the prestige of the Lin family among the elites, and the emperor's special treatment, apart from the shortcoming of her parents' early death, Dai Yu is simply the best candidate.

"Lin Qing, don't worry, I didn't promise to give you a marriage. It's just that the imperial concubine has someone to deliver the message, and the matchmakers have all gone to Fengzao Palace."

The emperor said with some distress: "The most troublesome thing is that my two uncles both ran to my father yesterday to ask for a marriage. Fortunately, the old nine happened to be there, making jokes, which kind of messed up the matter. Rong Jia How old are you, I really don't know what the two Uncle Wangs are thinking. Those boys from the two families are more muddy than the other, how can they be worthy of Rong Jia?"

Speaking of this, the emperor narrowed his eyes and warned Lin Shu: "Lin Qing, you can't make an appointment for Rong Jia without my consent, do you hear me?"

"Didn't Your Majesty tell the minister last year that Yu'er's marriage is up to you?"

Lin Shu wished that Daiyu would stay at home for a few more years, so he was naturally willing to let the emperor stand in front of him.In these years, a family of good girls asks for hundreds of families, and many times I just want to refuse the marriage proposal, but it is difficult to handle.That's great, if you meet someone who you can't refuse, just bring out the emperor.

It seems that the emperor has taken over the role of the old father. For more than a year, Daiyu must send a letter or letter to the palace every three to five days.Although they didn't meet each other very often, the emperor more or less pinned his paternal love for Princess Chun'an on Daiyu due to Nanny Zhang's report and his correspondence with Daiyu.

After unifying with Lin Shu, the head of the Lin family, the emperor's mood improved a lot.After a few gossips from the monarchs and ministers, the emperor's mind jumped and he mentioned the matter of this year's spring planting.

He handed a draft imperial decree to Lin Shu: "To promote potato planting, the central government needs to send supervisors to inspect the area and strive for perfection."

When Lin Shu returned to the cabinet with a pile of memorials, he immediately went to the main hall of the cabinet to look for Wei Qinghe.

"Elder Ge, Your Majesty said that the spring planting in Shuntian Prefecture, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan is of great importance, and the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate need to send personnel to inspect the places."

Lin Shu handed over to Wei Qinghe a just-drafted decree. This year's spring planting in these places is the first time to promote the planting of potatoes on a large scale. The emperor attaches great importance to this.

However, the emperor was not at ease with the conduct of local officials, so he thought about arranging governors and inspectors to go to the localities to supervise the planting of potatoes.Lin Shu could already predict that the matter of spring planting would inevitably lead to a lot of official hats being knocked off, and if not done well, many people would be killed.

In the last ten years of the Supreme Emperor's reign, he was too tolerant of officials, which led to serious corruption in the entire officialdom. It was not until the emperor gradually took control of power in the sixth year of Zhide that he took great pains to rectify the administration of officials.

However, it is hard to return, and the Gyeonggi area is okay, but there are still a lot of moths left in places a little farther away.Or those muddle-headed officials, it is estimated that the imperial decree will be passed around, a notice will be posted at the gate of the yamen, a few seedlings will be planted in the official field, and it will be over.

As for the common people, for these corrupt and ineffective officials, as long as they don't starve to death!
Lin Shu could think of this, so of course Wei Qinghe could too.But now that the Northwest is suppressing the rebellion, the Nine Frontiers have to deal with the threat from the grasslands, and there are still Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River, it is better for the government to seek stability.

After reading the imperial decree drafted by the emperor himself, he frowned and revised a few places: "Oh, your majesty is still too anxious. This issue of official administration should be delayed rather than urgent. In this way, let the various divisions of the Ministry of Households each recruit a foreigner, and add a The Metropolitan Procuratorate supervised the censors in Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan provinces, and dispatched 1000 people from the three guards of Longjin, Zuowei, and Youwu to guard and inspect the spring planting affairs in the three provinces."

"Ge Lao, there are a few guards. If someone wants to hinder the promotion of potatoes, they may do something unspeakable. If you want to come to the rich farmers in various places, you don't want to promote the cultivation of high-yield products such as potatoes. After all, Rare things are more expensive, and the food production is high, and the products produced by their fields are worthless."

Not to mention other places, Lin Shu's perception of local power plummeted during his trip to Henan last year.In the Daming Mansion, which he knew best, half of the land fell into the hands of local nobles.

If it weren't for the White Lotus Sect's rebellion to clean up some of the traitors, he would have no place to settle those refugees.

After hearing Lin Shu's worry, Wei Qinghe thought about it carefully, and added a few more strokes to the imperial decree.He handed the drafted imperial decree to Lin Shu, and ordered: "Send it to the Hall of Qinzheng for a seal, and send it out as soon as possible."

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Before noon, the imperial decree was sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Mansion of the Governor of the Five Armies, and the Embroidery Guards.Officials and soldiers began to be deployed everywhere to form a large team of spring planting supervisors and imperial envoys.

Jia Lian took the order again, and will take a thousand dragon guards to escort the imperial envoy who supervises Shandong Chunzhong to go out to Beijing to inspect the place.

The Chunzhong court, which has ruled virtue for nine years, paid so much attention to it, causing many people to discuss it.The previous rumors about the cultivation of auspicious seeds in Huangzhuang were confirmed when the imperial decree was issued to the world.

After the emperor's reputation was completely disclosed, the auspicious fine-bred potatoes went straight to the founding emperor Taizu.People in Gyeonggi went to the county government to inquire about the situation, regardless of whether they could grow potatoes immediately.

Knowing that Huangzhuang Guantian will start trial planting and promotion, the remaining seedlings will be distributed to the people who are willing to try planting.While regretting, they also had a hint of joy.

Food is no better than anything else, if the potatoes are unbearable to grow and eat, wouldn't the whole family be hungry?

When Lin Shu returned home in the evening, several stewards of Zhuangzi outside the city had been waiting in the mansion for a long time.The spring planting is about to start, because potatoes were planted on Zhuangzi last year, and they are a little uncertain about the spring planting this year.

"Patriarch, although potatoes are a good thing, we can't plant them every year. After all, the taste of this thing is not as good as rice..."

"Yes, Patriarch, we planted a lot last year, and there are still many in the cellar. Why don't we plant something else this year."

The views of several stewards are basically the same. The Zhuangzi of the Lin family are relatively well-off, and their enthusiasm for potatoes is not very high.

Lin Shu smiled and waved his hands to stop their persuasion, and turned his attention to Lin Xian who came from Hot Spring Zhuangzi: "Uncle Xian, are the corn seeds we harvested last year enough for spring planting in Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing?"

(End of this chapter)