Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 796 June
The weather in the sixth month of the lunar calendar is very hot, but the maids and eunuchs in the palace are all shivering.

Just now a eunuch was pulled out and directly executed with a stick, because he passed the news from the palace to the aristocratic family.

In the main hall, Eunuch Wu brought a cup of cold scented tea to Zhao Wen, and persuaded him, "Your Majesty, please have a sip of tea."

Although Zhao He was still very angry, he would not throw his temper at Eunuch Wu who had been with him for more than ten years.

He took the teacup and ordered: "Xuan Qi Bokun will see you."

After a while, Qi Bokun hurried into the palace and greeted Zhao Hui.

Zhao Huo didn't wait for him to speak, he yelled: "You said that these aristocratic families are not too much? They usually look easy to talk in the court, but what happened? When it comes to the slightest interest, they will make me trip up. They put What have I become?"

It's no wonder that Zhao Wei was angry. It turned out that Zhao Wei was slowly holding the general power in his hands, and the aristocratic family put on an obedient look. What policy Zhao Wen wanted to implement in the court hall, they blocked it and let it go. .

But now, after Guan Lehe went to the south, he opened up the road guide and prospered business. After a year, he has achieved obvious results.Zhao Yu wanted to gradually promote it in two adjacent provinces, but was opposed by the aristocratic family.Zhao He didn't intend to tell them more this time, but directly ordered the execution, and as a result, something happened in the harem.

At the beginning, when Zhao Yu came to power, in order to gain the support of the aristocratic family, he took many daughters from the aristocratic family into the palace as concubines.But this time, the aristocratic family set up a very careful trap, directly attacking his six-year-old eldest son and poisoning him.People from the secret service agencies like Qi Muyuan searched for a long time, but only found some irrelevant people.

This made Zhao Wei extremely angry, but he was helpless.He suddenly realized that the power in his hands was useless, and someone directly copied his back garden.

Today, he found out that a eunuch was delivering news to a family outside the palace, so he couldn't control his temper, and immediately exploded.

"How is the First Prince?" Qi Bokun asked.

"It's not life-threatening anymore." Zhao Yu rubbed his brows.

"It turns out that it is really related to the family?" Qi Bokun asked again.

Zhao He nodded: "On the surface, the concubines are jealous, and the maids under him can't help standing up for the master. Actually, how come I don't know what's going on inside? It's just..."

He shook his head, unwilling to continue.

The affairs of the harem are very complicated, Qi Bokun can't intervene in it, after all, Empress Dowager Zheng is also a member of the family.

He asked: "Shouldn't things in the south be a little bit slower?"

"Wait, when will it be delayed?" Zhao Yu hammered the table hard, and said bitterly, "Isn't it good for business to prosper? They must only allow themselves to make money, not the people to make money, and the court to have a good tax revenue. What's the reason for this? I can't wait to kill these silverfish one by one."

"Hmph." He sneered, "For such a beneficial thing as sailing, they all fly here like flies that smell fishy."

Qi Bokun remained silent.

Qi Muyuan bought the tea garden in Du Jinning's hands, and inevitably took a share of Yuanhang, which was not a small amount.For this matter, the aristocratic family has a lot of opinions on him.It was just because he was the number one celebrity in front of Zhao Mou, and they didn't want to get into trouble with Zhao Mou because of this, so they tolerated Qi Bokun's share.

Zhao He probably also thought of Du Jinning because of this, and asked: "Why don't I send Du Jinning to Beijing to see what he can do in the south? That kid is smart, maybe he can give us a good idea .”

"Isn't the emperor afraid that Du Jinning will be like the eldest prince?" Qi Bokun disagreed.

He didn't want Du Jinning to come to Beijing and confront the family.With Du Jinning's small body, can he compete with the aristocratic family?Zhao Wei went to the doctor in a hurry.

Worried that Zhao Wei insisted on seeing him, he said again: "Besides, it's the season of ripe rice again. I heard that he is now planting new rice, and the yield is extremely high. If you ask him to come to Beijing at this time, the new rice may be a be affected."

Zhao He nodded: "Okay, let's not go to Beijing." After thinking for a while, he said again, "After the rice seeds are harvested and the next season's seedlings are planted, I will announce him to go to Beijing."

After thinking about it, if Du Jinning came to Beijing for new rice seeds, the aristocratic family would not point the finger at her, Qi Bokun did not stop her.At that time, she will also come to talk to Zhao Wen about the Danshu iron coupon, and she will always go to Beijing.

"Tomorrow, I will send Minister of the Ministry of Industry to Runzhou to see the harvesting of the new rice seeds." Zhao Wei said again.

"Yes." Qi Bokun said.

After thinking about it, he asked, "When will Lu Jiuyuan and the others go to Japan?"

"According to the report from the Honglu Temple officials, Master Watanabe is not in good health, so continue to push back." Zhao Yu said.

Originally, Lu Jiuyuan and the others planned to go to Japan in April and May when the weather was the best, but before departure, Watanabe Yamano fell ill, and only saw improvement after a month of recuperation, so the trip was delayed.

Qi Bokun discussed some matters with Zhao Mo, and then withdrew.

Runzhou, Songzhuangtou and others looked at the heavy ears of rice, all of them were ecstatic.

They don't need to weigh, but they can tell by what they see with their eyes that this season's rice production is definitely higher than last year's late rice production.As for how much there is, it has to be weighed when harvesting.

Recently, Du Jinning didn't stay in Zhuangzi as before, but was busy with other things in the city.

After discussing with several experienced farmers, Song Zhuangtou rode a donkey and went to the city to look for Du Jinning: "Master, the rice is ready to be harvested. When will we start the sickle?"

"We have to wait for someone from the capital to come." Du Jinning said, "I have already written a memorial and sent it to the capital. Someone will come in a day or two at most. Get ready first."

"Okay." Song Zhuangtou grinned, "Master, you are really amazing. The new rice species you have researched may be able to produce five stones per mu."

Du Jinning smiled and said, "I hope so."

"How about we pay [-]% of the rent?" Song Zhuangtou said again.

With such an output, and two seasons a year, Du Jinning only collected [-]% of the rent, which made Song Zhuang feel uneasy.

Du Jinning has developed a new rice seed, and he is the great benefactor of the Zhuangnong family in the Song Dynasty.Song Zhuangtou felt that they would be willing to pay not only [-]% of the rent, but even [-]% of the rent.

Even if they pay [-]%, their harvest is better than before.

"No need." Du Jinning shook his head, "Thank you, Father Song, for your kindness. Since I told everyone to pay [-]%, then it will be [-]%."

"My boss is really a good person." Song Zhuangtou sent Du Jinning a good person card, thanked Du Jinning, said goodbye and left.

On the second day, people from the Ministry of Industry arrived in Runzhou, and it was still Wu Shangshu who brought the officials over.Accompanying him was an old acquaintance, Eunuch Jin.

(End of this chapter)