Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 318 Potatoes with 50 Silver
During the government examination, Baoyu was able to get on the list with a policy theory that scolded the public officials, not because his diction was so gorgeous, or because he quoted the classics, but because his articles were full of emotions, which made Shuntian Mansion, who was born in a poor family, feel better. Yin struck a chord.

Daiyu is a person with delicate feelings, and she has personally experienced the disaster relief incident last winter. The article is full of emotions, from the disaster, the cause, the relief, the government to the final precautions, and completely describes the consequences of the man-made disaster. Natural disasters unfolded in front of everyone.

The tool man Baoyu was so nervous standing on the high platform, but the audience was so crowded that he even wanted to run away.

"It's all winter melons, it's all winter melons, it's all a bunch of winter melons..."

"Brother Cong is right, they are all a bunch of winter melons, and the ones in front of me are all winter melons!"

The winter melon tactic seemed to have some effect, and Baoyu began to endorse.

"In the bright sky, under the rule of Gyeonggi, the emperor is near, ordered officials to harm the people, and dug the embankment with manpower, causing hundreds of thousands of people to suffer."

"I saw crops flooded by water, houses washed away by rivers, hungry people fleeing famine, husbands running after their wives, beggars and mothers drowning, children being sold to live, children fleeing for their lives, people eating grass and trees, whole families hanged to death, scraping and eating human flesh, starving all over the road... "

"Thousands of miles of refugees, thousands of miles of starvation, natural disasters? Man-made disasters."

"In Gyeonggi, the rich are already connected with fields, and the poor have no place to stand. However, under the greed, there are still lawless people who collude with corrupt officials, man-made natural disasters, dig river embankments, and corrupt officials for food..."

"There is a saying in the "Book of Xia" that plundering the beautiful is evil, corrupting officials is a crime, and killing people is a thief. Today's people are not as good as the ancients. They amass the people's wealth, eat the people's ointment, and do the evil that harms the people."

"The disaster in Gyeonggi prefecture has become a chronic disease, and it cannot be done without a heavy code. Bian Que cures the disease, and the disease is in the interstitial muscles, which can be reached by hot water; in the skin, it can be reached by needles and stones; in the stomach, it can be reached by the fire. Also; in the bone marrow, where the command belongs, there is nothing to do. Governing the country is like treating a disease, you should diagnose the pulse and prescribe a prescription, so today we will practice the method of looking, asking, and diagnosing..."

"Ask a hundred schools of thought to discuss the Emperor's Way..."

Baoyu's endorsement process went very smoothly. The audience was noisy from the beginning, and finally became silent. The entire Imperial Academy could only hear the sound of Baoyu's endorsement.

It is said to be an endorsement, but in fact, when he talked about the tragedy of the refugees thousands of miles away, Baoyu bravely opened his eyes and looked at the clouds floating in the distant sky.

The shapeless clouds, like the picture in his mouth of flooding the crops and eating thousands of miles of starvation, made Baoyu burst out of his throat with unconcealable grief and indignation, raised his arms, and screamed.

"Thousands of miles of Heze, the sky and the earth are dark, and I take the road away from the village. I have no clothes, no food, sickness, sorrow, and suffering.

What does the old man look like, with his head ahead of his feet.The staff and arms in Wuqi's hands are like walking halfway.

How can you bear to look at the abandoned children, and carry the swaddle on your shoulders and cry.The parents pity the mother and are reluctant to stay, so they sell their eyebrows with a bid.

Let's see what all the burdens are, and the meerkat wheat bran is not enough.There is nothing to be done by the side of the road, and the grass roots and trees are full of dirt.

In the middle, Kuang Fuying locks the equipment, bears the tiles and exposes the wooden shop and sells them.Described as haggard buttocks with sores, and debts collected before the celebration.

Thousands of worries and hatreds are looking for things, and they will be exposed without waiting for words.Why did Yuanyou come to Sri Lanka, and the crimes of corrupt officials and evil gentry are hard to write down.

When the young people of the country were worried about who did this carelessness back then.Shu Zuo closed the door and refused to accept it, so Ma Di went to the Yintai Secretary.

Sparse words and general scriptures through the holy eye, what is the limit of such knowledge in the four directions.This estrangement from the world is getting newer, and it will make Zhongliang's liver and gallbladder hot.

Therefore, I sparsely compare the measurements, and the whole house is full of exaggerations.I would like to continue this without fuss, and reproduce the picture book of Chen Wuhuang. "

"How can we young men who read the words of the sages and do righteous things fear the wrath of the ministers and abandon the emperor's righteousness?"

"Today there is the son of Jia's family in Rongguo, he should use this to knock on the palace, present it to my emperor, and plead for the people, even if he dies, he will have no regrets!"

……

One person on the high platform raised his arms and shouted, while hundreds of officials chanted together.

Baoyu's last urgency and righteousness of the young man immediately made thousands of officials in the entire Guozijian school grounds excited, almost at the same time raising their arms and shouting to plead for the people.

For a moment, Li Shouzhong, who was offering wine to the Imperial College, was dumbfounded.

Isn't it just talking?How did it become a gathering of people to knock on the pavilion and jointly write a letter?
"Something has happened, go to the cabinet to invite all the elders!"

"Don't worry, don't worry..."

Jia Cong grabbed Li Shouzhong, who was sweating anxiously, and smiled.

"Uncle, don't worry, everything is under control. Your Majesty knows about this matter, and so does His Majesty."

Li Shouzhong followed Jia Cong's gaze to the shade of the trees outside the crowd, where there were several older middle-aged men, staring closely at the passionate officials in the school grounds.

"Dragon Guard?"

Jia Cong nodded, and Li Shou's heart suddenly ignited a strong anger.

He grabbed Jia Cong's skirt: "So, these are all your students who schemed against this old man?"

"How can it be a calculation? Isn't it our duty to wait for the disciples of saints to read the books of sages, do righteous things, and enforce justice in the world?"

Jia Cong's words stunned Li Shouzhong, who had read sage books all his life, then he let go of his hand and muttered to himself: "Yes, yes, establish a heart for the world, establish a life for the people, inherit the knowledge of the past, and serve the world forever." Open Taiping!"

Guozijian's discussion of Dao started from Baoyu, and many people came to the stage to discuss Dao, and constantly improved the memorials that were about to be sent to the palace.

These include not only newly-promoted Jinshi, candidates who have failed the rankings, children who have just entered school, and supervisors from the Imperial College, but also gray-haired great Confucian scholars in Beijing.

Jia Cong wrote his name on the signed roster, and turned his gaze to the noble ladies in Beijing on the high platform on the right.

Daiyu had already brought out another memorial, and was eagerly discussing it with those like-minded ladies in Beijing.

Of course, the joint memorial of these women was not for the emperor, but was intended to be sent to the harem and presented to Empress Cao Niangniang.

"Brother Liu's speech is too unreasonable,
Who said women enjoy leisure?
The men fought to the border,
Women weaving in their homes..."

Jia Cong hummed the tune and walked out of the Imperial Prison with his hands behind his back.

Daiyu wanted to join forces with noble girls in Beijing to organize a charity organization for women and children, which she had already imagined in Wang Pingkou.

Jia Cong helped him improve the organization's setup, and asked him to unite with noble women in Beijing to take this opportunity to elect the Empress Dowager Cao or the imperial concubine Yang as the head of the society, which can be regarded as echoing Baoyu's letter to expand its influence.

Everything was developing in the direction originally envisaged. Jia Cong stepped onto Dabao, the donkey, and patted the whipped head lightly: "Dabao, let's go, let's do our own business now!"

……

The time for the college examination in Gyeonggi Province has been announced, and half a month later, on April 27, the college exams for the various prefectures in Gyeonggi Province will naturally be held in Suncheon Prefecture, so more and more scholars from various prefectures are coming to Beijing.

Coupled with the failed candidates who have not yet left the capital, more and more people have joined the mighty army of applicants.

Baoyu has been dragged out of the mansion at dawn for several days, and Baoyu was vaguely the leader of the letter. Jia Cong continued to flicker Baoyu, who wanted to retreat from time to time, and arranged his soldiers to keep an eye on his situation to prevent anyone from noticing. If something goes wrong, the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry.

On April [-]th, the Dengwen Drum standing in front of Daxia Gate was struck.

A memorial with a length of tens of thousands of words was submitted to the palace, which completely opened the prelude to the massive discussion of the students, pleading for the people, and asking for political reform.

Baoyu and dozens of official representatives were personally summoned by the emperor and the prince. Although no specific measures were announced yet, the emperor issued an order at the second day's court meeting, ordering the chief ministers, the capital divisions, and the Xuanzheng Yuan to govern. According to the facts, the land ownership, field output and population of each place are reported.

At the same time, Xu Jin, the right deputy capital envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was appointed as the governor of the military and political affairs of the northern and southern Zhili.

He also ordered Crown Prince Liu Hong to inspect Huangzhuang, Gyeonggi, and formally implement the "Relief and Resettlement Guide for Refugees in Shuntian Prefecture" submitted by Jia Cong.

On April 27th, Jia Cong and Baoyu entered the Shuntianfu Examination Institute again, and went to the Gyeonggi-do Academy Examination in the sixth year of Yuanyou.

This time, the person who presided over the Gyeonggi-do Academy Examination was Dai Xingzhi, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites and an academic officer of Gyeonggi-do.

This man was originally an upright person with a clean personality, and he admired Baoyu's theory on the government's trial strategy that scolded the court ministers all over the place.

Coupled with the recent articles about Baoyu being passed on in the Imperial College school grounds everywhere in the capital, the favorability is full all of a sudden.

During the hospital examination, Baoyu came up with another fierce speech on government policy. Dai Xingzhi saw at a glance that this examination paper was probably Baoyu, and put it in the No. 11 position of the hospital examination.

As for the top ten, they are all good articles that have something to say, and no matter how much he likes the article with strong words and sharp edges, he has to say it fairly, this person can only be a censor, not a person close to the people official.

The results of the college examination were soon announced, and the case was still Jia Cong from Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture. Baoyu, No. 11, was recognized by the scholars in Beijing for the first time, without any jealousy.

Because Baoyu beat the Dengwen drum on behalf of all the people in the palace who signed the letter that day, and according to the system of the country, they would be punished.

Of course, the emperor, who had supported the letter behind his back, waved his hand away from the punishment, but this incident still made Baoyu in the hearts of these officials, a man of character like the political master who was not afraid of life and death to plead for the people.

Ningrong Jia's family suddenly produced two talented husband-in-laws, and Master Jing's previous seriousness has lost three points.

The old lady was even more overjoyed, and wanted to hold a feast for three days and invite the theater troupe to have a good time.

In the end, it was Mr. Zheng who persuaded the old lady after returning to the mansion, saying that today the capital is arguing for the lives of the people, and Baoyu is the leader, so it is best to keep a low profile.

Baoyu stared at the admiring and headache-ridden father's eyes in confusion, and shrank his neck: "It's not my son who wants to take the lead, it's Brother Cong... woo woo woo..."

Jia Cong covered Baoyu's mouth, grinned and dragged him out.

"Second Uncle talked to Grandma, and I took Second Brother Bao to play outside."

woo woo woo...

Baoyu was dragged into the courtyard by Jia Cong, and Jia Cong flickered for a while, finally let Baoyu rekindle his righteousness, and went to the party with those officials and friends he had met.

……

Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, it rained continuously for several days in Gyeonggi.

The enthusiasm for the massive pleading for the people to order officials to write letters slowly faded away, and the emperor's method of controlling public opinion was extremely clever.

After taking advantage of the young man's enthusiasm to restart Qingzhang Tianmu and Kaixing Reform, he decreed to reward the students who signed the letter this time.

After appeasing the group of scholars, the court seemed to have fallen into a calm state.

But these are only the calm on the surface, and the turbulent undercurrent inside makes Lin Ruhai, the left servant of the household department, startled.

On this day of rest, Jia Cong took Lin Ruhai and his daughter out of Beijing to Jia's Zhuangzi in the west of the city.

"The weather has been smooth this year, and the potatoes are growing very well. They will be harvested in another month."

Lin Ruhai looked at the gratifying vines growing in the ground, and wanted to dig a place to see the fruit buried in the ground in the son-in-law's mouth, but he was worried about hurting the seedlings.

If it is possible to produce thirty stones per mu, then...

The more he thought about it, the more he felt incredible, Lin Ruhai's hands were trembling slightly.

Just listen to Jia Cong's eloquent talk: "These potatoes are carefully cultivated and cared for by old farmers, and the yield per mu is at least [-] shi. If it is coarsely planted, Susukida can also have about [-] shi. If it is popularized, it will definitely make the people have no more The suffering of famine. Of course, the potatoes must not taste as good as the rice..."

"It's good to fill the stomach, it's good to fill the stomach."

Lin Ruhai carefully touched the emerald green potato vines, and after confirming the harvest time again and again, he left Jia Cong and Daiyu behind and hurried back to Beijing.

Daiyu came out from another greenhouse, where a kind of grain was also cultivated.

She looked left and right but couldn't find Lin Ruhai, and asked suspiciously, "Where's Daddy?"

Jia Cong responded with a smile, "Uncle is in a hurry to go back and ask the old Pixiu for money. Potatoes are considered auspicious. The Ministry of Household Affairs will never let others take the lead."

puff...

"Master Wen is probably going to die of heartache, but the Ministry of Finance and Accounting has to pay. Maybe he will run to the Qinzheng Palace and cry poorly in front of His Majesty once he bites his teeth."

Daiyu covered her mouth and laughed, because she knew that Jia Cong spent a lot of money and effort to cultivate potatoes and get rid of the toxins in potatoes.

If Wen Tongxuan wanted to obtain good seeds from Jia Cong, it would be useless to give him a plaque as in the past, saying that he is loyal to the country.

In order to make the court pay more attention to the research and development of agricultural technology and increase the enthusiasm of the people in the Central Plains to cultivate grain seeds, Jia Cong opened his mouth this time.

The Ministry of Household needs to use 50 silver to buy Jia's potato seeds, and then he will hand over all the cultivation, storage, and consumption of potatoes to the Ministry of Household.

……

As if to confirm Daiyu's conjecture, Wen Tongxuan was overjoyed after hearing Lin Ruhai say that there was a grain yield of [-] shi per mu.

Grandpa Tian, ​​if this is true, then wouldn't Wen Tongxuan want to create a prosperous world that has never been seen before or since.

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and get someone to make a plaque, ask for a reward, and let our people take over those lands!"

Lin Ruhai spread his hands, and said helplessly: "But Jia Cong said that he had people find this kind of grain from Western countries thousands of miles away. Dozens of people died at sea alone, and a lot of money was spent on it. Manpower and material resources to cultivate, without 80 taels of silver, forget it!"

What? 80 taels of silver?Why not grab it?
To take away so much money from the Ministry of Households, isn't this poaching the old man's flesh?
Wen Tongxuan blew his beard and stared, and walked around the room angrily, thinking about it for a while.

Suddenly he heard Lin Ruhai say quietly: "This is a blessing from the heavens, and my emperor has a good opportunity to benefit all people. As for this money, I think it would be better if the royal treasury paid for it."

Wen Tongxuan slapped his thigh and laughed at Lin Ruhai in surprise.

"Ruhai, you are indeed a born member of the household department, and you have already won the spiritual concept of my household department!"

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　I'm late home, and the update is a bit late, sorry.

　　Will continue to update tomorrow, good night.

　　
　
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