Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 625 Countermeasures
"You also know that I have a good memory and read a lot of books. Every time I go to a school, I will scan the books in the library. And I am particularly interested in farming. It is said in the classics that I can find it out. "Du Jinning said.

"..."

Well, Qi Bokun refused to accept it.

Although he is dozens of years old and claims to have read poetry and books, he is really inferior to Du Jinning, who is only 14 years old, in terms of reading a lot and covering a wide range of subjects.

In this regard, he is willing to bow down.

He put aside this question, told Du Jinning about the situation in the hall today, and said, "What are you going to do now?"

"As long as you refute the argument that 'cheap grain hurts farmers', it will be beneficial to the people. As for myself, I think, I just wrote a book of stories, and the emperor has a broad mind, so I won't be punished just because of this." Is it a crime?" Du Jinning laughed, and then repeated what she had said to Guan Lehe to Qi Bokun.

"You kid, that's why you're cunning." Qi Bokun pointed at Du Jinning and couldn't help laughing.

Du Jinning chose to write about the ratooning rice in the storybook, which is really a chicken thief.

What are the characteristics of the storybook?It lies in fiction.Based on his own imagination, the author creates a world in which the protagonist goes through his joys and sorrows.

If you take the story in the storybook seriously, then you will lose.

"Shan Hai Jing" is a storybook. After reading this book, you go out to sea to find fairy mountains, and you want to cultivate and become a fairy.Is this the author's responsibility?It can only be said that the readers are too naive to take the fictional story as truth.Others will not scold the author, they will only say that the reader is insane.

As long as Du Jinning doesn't say some reactionary remarks in the storybook to incite everyone to rebel, and she writes in the storybook that the male protagonist grows rattan rice, she has no responsibility at all.

Therefore, Mr. Chen wanted to light a fire to set Du Jinning on fire, so as to burn Guan Lehe together. The idea was very good, but it was impossible to realize.

But if Du Jinning wrote a treatise instead of a script, the meaning would be completely different.

This is why the people from the Ministry of Industry only asked politely, but did not resort to drastic means to force Zhuang Yue to reveal the author.The script is really not within the scope of their jurisdiction.

Du Jinning also told about Zhao Chang's coming to her to urge her to change, saying: "Princess Lu Guochang also knows about this matter. It turned out that they didn't reveal it in the court, and they didn't make a sound; now that it was revealed, I think they will also help me. Speaker."

Hearing this, Qi Bokun disapproved a little, and said: "Getting too close to Prince Jing is not good for you. Although he did not do anything in the battle for the heir apparent, this festival has just ended, and the emperor has just given up on you. The wariness of the brothers has not been dispelled. It is the most sensible choice for you to simply be your humble student."

Regarding this point, Du Jinning also has his own considerations: "I think, as long as the emperor wants to know about King Jing's whereabouts in Gui Province, then the original friendship between me and King Jing will be obvious to the emperor. If I show respect for Jing at this time The alienation of the king, not to mention what King Jing himself thinks, even the emperor thinks that I am too mercenary, taking advantage of the power, and I am suspected of crossing the river and tearing down the bridge. I just want to be a secretary of agriculture and don't want to get involved in party disputes. Does the emperor have doubts about my character? Why don't you be frank and frank, and do whatever you want."

She smiled and was very confident: "With the success of the regenerated rice and the proficiency in farming shown in the book after book for more than half a year, I think that as long as the emperor hopes that there will be no famine in the world and no hunger in the Song Dynasty, You won’t neglect me, or punish me for a little thing.”

Qi Bokun thought that he had a thorough understanding of Du Jinning's ability and mentality, but after hearing these words, he couldn't help being impressed again.

"It's true that the waves behind the Yangtze River are pushing the waves ahead. Not to mention when you were 14 years old, even if you live to this age, there are many officials in the court who are mentally inferior to you." He said with emotion.

"Ah, Grandpa Qi, don't say that. If someone hears it, will I still have a way out?" Du Jinning made a panicked expression.

The two foxes, one old and one young, looked at each other, and they all laughed "haha".

Qi Muyuan's eyes were bright, and there was starlight in Du Jinning's gaze.

……

As long as the emperor didn't intend to keep it secret, there would be no secrets in the palace.

The dispute about "regenerated rice" in the previous dynasty quickly reached the ears of Zhao Mingyue, Princess Lu.

As a fan of the script, Zhao Mingyue became furious when she heard the words of Mr. Chen's elder brother.

She had heard Du Jinning's countermeasures for such remarks from Zhao Chang long ago, so she immediately ran to Queen Mother Zheng and whispered to her mother.

Empress Dowager Zheng gave her a sideways glance: "You should stop interrupting the political affairs of the previous dynasty, and be careful that your brother is not happy."

Zhao Mingyue pouted: "Aren't I doing good for the common people? Those aristocratic families only know how to protect their interests. As court officials, do they care about the people of the world? It is only for their interests, as long as the field planting regulations are relaxed, they will never say anything about ratooning rice or double-cropping rice.”

Empress Dowager Zheng was thoughtful.

She was able to teach such an outstanding son as Zhao He, and won the final victory in the struggle to win the heir. It's like staying in the harem.

"Keep quiet for a while, I'll tell your brother," she said.

Zhao Mingyue nodded: "Okay." She also knew that her status was not suitable for politics, but her mother's words were different.

When Zhao Wen went to the harem to pay her respects to Queen Mother Zheng, Queen Mother Zheng didn't say anything clearly, but during the chat, she intentionally or unintentionally cited the controversy in the court, and Zhao Wen talked about the recycled rice.

"The reason why they don't agree is because the farmland is only allowed to grow rice. If the rice yield increases and the price falls, they will lose money. If they are allowed to grow other crops, they will not object if they think about it," said Queen Mother Zheng.

Zhao Wei also thought about this question.He frowned and said, "But if this regulation is relaxed, these people won't be able to grow rice, what should we do?"

The reason for this regulation is because the output was low in ancient times, and most fields were planted with grain, so that the people in the world would not go hungry, and the country could have grain reserves to prepare for wars and natural disasters.

"This year, the rice output is high and the price is low, so everyone will go to grow other crops; next year, because there will be fewer people growing rice and the price of grain is high, everyone will come back to grow rice again. This is the law of the market," said Queen Mother Zheng. , "And we didn't cancel all the planting regulations at once, we just need to reduce the number of acres a little bit. Everyone takes a step back."

Zhao Wei became happy: "This is good, this is good."

(End of this chapter)