my grandfather was qin shi huang

Chapter 349 The Champa Rice Troubles

Looking at the good news in front of him, the first emperor couldn't help but narrow the corners of his eyes slightly, as if someone had suddenly opened a window and saw an unprecedented scenery.

After sending the captain who had reported victory down to rest and receive the reward, the First Emperor immediately summoned Shi Lu from the Shaofu, Ziqin from the Examination Office, and Tian Ji, a Mohist who had recently been obsessed with studying the art of grafting and hybridization.Now he has officially resigned from his position as the right minister of Jiangshan Shejisi, and led a group of Mohist apprentices, as well as Xu Xing's disciples and grandsons, to become a doctor of agriculture in Da Qin.

When Tian Qi came over, everyone was confused.

He didn't know why the First Emperor suddenly summoned him.

When he arrived at the palace and saw Shi Lu, the young master, and Ling Ziqin from the examination room, he even frowned subconsciously.Although he is now considered loyal to the Great Qin court, he still subconsciously resists Qin Mo's family who have been the lackeys of the Great Qin for a long time.

And Ling Ziqin of the Examination Office is now a representative figure in Qin Mozhong.

"Chen Tianji, I have seen His Majesty——"

Tian Chong stepped forward and bowed to salute.

"Tian Qing doesn't need to be polite..."

The First Emperor smiled and stretched out his hand to support him. He had always been kind, friendly and respectful towards such scholars who concentrated on their work.

"This is the good news that Zhenyuan General Liu Ji just sent back from the Western Regions. Please pass it on and have a look..."

After the First Emperor finished speaking, he motioned to the servants on the side to pass on the good news to several people.

Shaofu Shilu, Tian Jie, and Ziqin couldn't help but glance at each other subconsciously, all a little confused.When good news comes, shouldn't it be passed on to Xiangguo, Taiwei and others?

Why did you summon the three of you?
With doubts, he opened Shaofu Shilu and looked at the good news in his hand, but soon he couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat and he noticed the very familiar word that appeared in the good news.

gunpowder!

The gunpowder workshop in Sanshiliyu was built under his own watch.He suddenly understood why the First Emperor specially summoned himself and the other three people.

But this was not the case for Tian Ji and Ling Ziqin from the examination room. This was the first time they had heard of gunpowder.

At this time, seeing Liu Ji's description in the victory report, I couldn't help but be surprised.

"What is gunpowder? It is so powerful!"

Seeing the shocked expressions on Tian Jing and Zi Qin's faces, the First Emperor couldn't help but feel very happy and said with a genuine smile.

"My grandson, the emperor, came up with some gadgets some time ago. Unexpectedly, General Zhenyuan used them here..."

The emperor’s eldest grandson!
In order to demonstrate the power of gunpowder to Tian Jing and Ziqin more intuitively, the First Emperor specially asked people to demonstrate it in an empty courtyard in the palace.

Looking at the collapsed courtyard wall, Tian Zhi and Ziqin couldn't calm down for a long time.

"I called you here today because I want you to try and see if you can use these gunpowder to make weapons more suitable for combat..."

Looking at the collapsed courtyard walls and the bricks and stones everywhere, Tian Jing was silent for a long time before bowing.

"Your Majesty has now conquered the universe, unified the world, the world is at peace, and the people's minds are at peace, so why bother focusing on these things..."

When the First Emperor heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly and turned his eyes to Ziqin who was standing aside.

Ziqin immediately came out.

"I will go all out to fulfill my mission!"

Tian Jing raised his head angrily and looked at Ziqin, who was standing at the side with a bow.

"Now the world has not been established for a long time, and the world is exhausted. It is the time when all wastes are waiting to be revitalized and cultivated. As a disciple of the Mohist school, I do not think about using what I have learned to seek eternal happiness for the people of the world. I do not think about how to advise His Majesty, but just blindly You flatter your superiors and think about developing weapons for the battlefield. You are in vain to be a disciple of the Mohist family, and you are ashamed to be a minister of the emperor! If war breaks out again in the world and the people are displaced, it will all be your fault!"

Ziqin raised his head and looked at the angry Tian Jing.

"They both kill people, so what's the difference between gunpowder and arrows?"

Tian Jing couldn't help but be speechless.

"What's more, if His Majesty had such sharp weapons as gunpowder before, why would the war have been delayed for decades? The six countries of Shandong would have been defeated long ago! How could the world be so exhausted?"

Having said this, Ziqin couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

"Weapons are just means, such as the long bow at the waist and the long sword in the hand. If used for justice, the country can be protected above, the people can be safe below, and the surrounding countries can be frightened and wars avoided. Why not?"

The First Emperor couldn't help but praise.

"Good! Ling Ziyan from the examination room can be said to be a mature and powerful person!"

With the attitude of the First Emperor and the cooperation of the Examination Office Order, this matter was unstoppable. Seeing that the matter was irreversible, Tian Jie left angrily.

The First Emperor didn't feel dissatisfied either.

Since Tian Jing has no intention of participating, then this task will be fully handed over to Ziqin.Let him put down his errands to the Shaofu, select good craftsmen with clean financial standing in the examination room, enter the gunpowder workshop in Sansanli Valley, and concentrate on studying the use of gunpowder.

Tian Ji, who returned to his residence, was still angry at the First Emperor's decision.

"Jiuzi, if we have different ways of doing things, we don't agree with each other. Should we just leave here..."

Chai, the disciple who was accompanying him, couldn't help but make a suggestion when he saw this.Tian Jing looked out the window at the experimental field that he had been operating for a long time. He was silent for a long time and then sighed deeply.

"If this thing can be successful and spread throughout the world, the warehouses in the four seas will be full, and Guizhou may be able to use it to fill its stomach. Now I have just got a little clue. If I go away like this, I will not be willing to..."

Looking at Yuko with a relieved expression.

Chai Shen bowed.

"Jiuzi Gaoyi!"

Tian Jie smiled bitterly and shook his head. The First Emperor was militaristic and had a headstrong temper. There was nothing he could do about matters within the court. The only thing he could do was to implement the grain improvement plan proposed by the emperor's eldest grandson.

Fortunately, although he contradicted the First Emperor in person and betrayed the First Emperor's wishes, the First Emperor did not hold him accountable. Instead, he had people send him winter clothes and food and wine. He did not respond to any of his requests. No. No.

This made him slowly feel relieved, and he simply closed the door and thanked guests, focused on his own experimental field, and no longer paid attention to the messy and disturbing political affairs outside.

……

The county captain heard that the group of people finally saw his idol, and his eyes lit up with excitement.

"His Highness swept through Mobei, defeated four kingdoms in one day, and captured Hexi with three arrows. Although I am far away in Nanyang and have not been able to witness His Highness's heroic appearance with my own eyes, I am still excited and proud of you!"

Zhao Ying couldn't help but laugh. He stepped forward to help Jun Wei Chai and others with his own hands, and said with a smile.

"The general is overly praised, but it's just the soldiers who use their lives..." As he said this, he asked Jun Wei Chai and others to sit down, and ordered tea to be served.

Zhao Ying has a friendly attitude and a gentle smile.When he spoke, he was gentle and elegant, without any of the overbearing and domineering military atmosphere that he imagined, which made the county captain Chai wait like a breath of fresh air.

Although Zhao Ying declined the Nanyang County Governor's invitation to come into the city to rest and repeatedly emphasized that everything should be kept simple, at night, County Governor Qu Fu sent someone to bring the best wine and food from restaurants in the city.

He also sent dozens of sheep to reward the accompanying soldiers.

Zhao Ying didn't show any pretense and accepted it calmly.

After Qu left, he directly rewarded the food and wine to his soldiers.Although these wines and food were poured together into a big pot of rice and had no taste, they still boosted the morale of the exhausted soldiers.

According to Zhao Ying's original plan, he would wait for Nanyang County to send supplies of food and grass, and then set off to continue southward the next day.

But what he didn't expect was that he would have to stop temporarily the next day.

"Your Highness, the common people have been wronged. Your Highness, please make the decision..."

Qu Fu was very capable of doing things. Knowing that Zhao Ying was leaving overnight, he had people prepare the food and grass supplies that needed to be replenished that night. At dawn the next day, he personally brought people to deliver them.

"Your Highness, if you have any other needs, just ask. Although Nanyang is poor, we are still willing to do our best to ensure that your Highness and his party need it..."

"Prefect Qu has taken a lot of trouble..."

The two of them were watching the temporarily recruited farmers in Nanyang loading and unloading supplies when they saw a sudden commotion not far away.Qu Fu couldn't help but frown and turned to look, and Zhao Ying couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Because his facial features are now much sharper than ordinary people. Even though he is hundreds of steps away, he can still see distant scenes and hear distant sounds.

It was an old man with a dark face and a thin face, who was helping to load and unload food.When the steward next to him was not paying attention, he suddenly dropped the food in his hand and rushed towards him.

"箧, what are you going to do!"

The steward in charge immediately rushed forward, hugged the old man, and shouted harshly.

"You wanted to die and hit His Highness. Even if you had a hundred heads, it wouldn't be enough..."

However, the old man seemed determined and struggled there desperately.

"Old man, I should have died a long time ago. My son is dead and my wife is gone. What's the point of living for me! I want to see His Highness. I want to ask him why he would come up with such harmful policies. If not He, how could my son be killed? Let me go, otherwise, even if I die, old man, I won’t be able to close my eyes..."

"Shut up! Are you trying to kill us..."

Seeing this old man shouting without hesitation, the steward on the side was sweating from his forehead in the middle of winter.Listening to the wizened old man shouting at the top of his lungs, Zhao Ying's expression slowly faded.

"This servant did not do his job well and disturbed His Highness. It is my fault. I will go over and see what happened..."

When he saw that the commotion over there was getting louder and louder, Zhao Ying already had a hint of displeasure on his face and could not sit still.He stood up to accuse him and was about to go over. Seeing this, Zhao Ying suddenly smiled and stood up.

"It doesn't matter, I just have nothing to do, so I'll go over with the county guard to have a look..."

Seeing Qu Fu bringing His Royal Highness the Emperor's Grandson over in person, everyone immediately stopped what they were doing, and the old man's voice gradually became lower, and he gave up struggling, with a look of shrinking on his face.

"Who dares to make a loud noise in front of His Highness? Why don't you take him down quickly——"

Qu Fu looked at the steward who was holding the old man there in a daze. He couldn't help but frown and scolded.After hearing the county guard's order, the accompanying guards quickly stepped forward to drag the old man down.

But Zhao Ying stopped him with a voice.

"Wait a minute—"

Qu Fu's accompanying bodyguards immediately stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Qu Fu, who scolded him unhappily.

"Didn't you hear His Highness's instructions? Why don't you let go quickly..."

The old man was suddenly free, and he couldn't react. He stood there in a daze for a while, then slowly came to his senses. Looking at Zhao Ying, who had a gentle look on his face, he knelt down on the ground with a bang and kowtowed.

At this time, it was already mid-October, and the ground beneath our feet was slightly pale, cold and hard.But the old man didn't care at all and just kowtowed desperately. After just two times, his forehead was already bloody.

It was almost mixed with mud and flowed down from his forehead. The thin face looked a bit sad.

"Old man, there is no need to be like this. If you have anything to say, just stand up and say it..."

Zhao Ying stepped forward, squatted down, and helped the old man up with his own hands.The old man was still struggling, but somehow he got up as soon as his body became light.

"Old man, tell me what's going on..."

The old man looked at Zhao Ying's gentle face. He didn't know why, but he couldn't say anything he wanted to question. He was speechless for a while.

Zhao Ying didn't rush him either.

"I just heard the old man say that your family seems to have died because of my policies? I don't know, can you tell me more specifically?"

As soon as Zhao Ying said this, Qu Fu's expression suddenly changed. He was about to step forward to speak, but was stopped by Zhao Ying.

"It doesn't matter, no matter right or wrong, you have to let people speak, and let's listen to what the elderly say..."

Although he spoke softly and had a kind attitude, he was actually very puzzled in his heart. He carefully reviewed all the policies he had made since he participated in political affairs, and asked himself whether he had done anything harmful to the people. He wanted to know what went wrong.

Probably because he had understood his situation and believed that he could not escape death this time, the old man was no longer nervous.

He simply struggled to get up from the ground and said with red eyes.

"The old man's family of three originally had a few acres of paddy fields. Although they didn't have enough to eat and their life was a bit harder, the war has stopped in the past two years. The younger one is willing to work hard to live a life. He also rented several acres of paddy fields from Zhang Dagui in the city. Even if the imperial court imposes heavier taxes, we can still barely survive..."

Having said this, the old man couldn't help but point at Zhao Ying and said with tears.

"But who knew that you, the eldest grandson of the emperor who didn't know anything about it, would just promote some Champa rice and force the old man's family to plant new rice seeds? The poor kid had to patch things up here and there, and the crops he planted on an empty stomach had just grown. , you were forcibly dug away - you are committing evil..."

The old man couldn't help but beat his chest.

"You have done evil, God will not let you go! The crops that have just grown are being plowed up like this - the child just made a few excuses, and then he was beaten severely. The child was furious and insisted on going. Asking Guiren Zhang to argue, who knows, who knows..."

Speaking of this, I was already sobbing.

"It was fine when I went there, but when I came back, it was already a cold corpse..."

Zhao Ying's face was already gloomy, and Qu Fu on the side was sweating. He wished he could just step forward and block the old man's mouth, but when he saw the cold gaze of the emperor's grandson, he did not dare to act rashly.

(End of this chapter)