Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 873

"It's up to you, Eunuch Wu, to decide." Du Jinning said with a smile, "You are here on behalf of the emperor. We will harvest whichever field you refer to. The harvesters are all ready, just waiting for your voice." order."

"Princess, you're welcome." Eunuch Wu said politely, but he was not polite at all, and immediately pointed to a field, "Let's cut this one."

This is an upper field.

It turns out that seven stones per mu is the output of Shangtian.

As long as the yield of this field reaches seven stones, Du Jinning's high-yield rice will be successfully restored.

Thinking that the emperor was coming, Yao Shuqi specially asked someone to make new clothes for fifty strong peasants, and gave each of them a new sickle.Under the order of Eunuch Wu, Yishui, a man in indigo and short brown clothes, started to work in full swing.

Whether it is the officials of the Ministry of Industry who are weighing or keeping accounts, they have all done it before, and they are familiar with it, and everyone cooperates tacitly.After harvesting over there, the total yield per mu here has also been calculated.In order to be clear at a glance, the official report is directly the final yield per mu: "...Converted to the weight of dry rice, the yield per mu of this field is seven stones and 89 catties."

It is close to the yield per mu of eight stones!
Not to mention Wu Zheng and the officials of the Ministry of Industry, even Eunuch Wu smiled crookedly.

Although Du Jinning was full of confidence at first, everyone's heart was still hanging, worrying that after being tossed, the rice would not be able to recover the original yield per mu.

But now, not only has the yield per mu been restored to the original level, but the yield per mu has increased by almost one stone.

It's a celebration of the whole world!

"Quick, quick, report the victory to the emperor." Eunuch Wu didn't care about asking someone to harvest another acre of land for checking, and directly asked someone to report to the palace.

He knew that Zhao Wei must be fidgeting and waiting for the news here.

The little eunuch brought by Eunuch Wu didn't say anything, got on his horse and ran towards the palace.

Wu Zheng was in tears.

He was finally no longer the sinner of Da Song.

You know, when Du Jinning disappeared, he took over the high-yield rice, and the result was that the yield of rice per mu was not as good as that of ordinary rice. At that moment, he almost apologized with death.

Although officials from the Ministry of Industry stopped him, and Zhao Hu didn't blame him, there was always a big stone in his heart.If Du Jinning hadn't been found, he might not live for a few years.

Now, Du Jinning has not only restored the high-yield rice, but also increased its yield per mu by a stone. Why doesn't he have mixed feelings?
The princess saved his life!
"Thank you...princess." With tears streaming down his face, he saluted Du Jinning, "Thank you, princess."

"Wu Shangshu, what are you doing?" Du Jinning signaled Chimu to help Wu Zheng up, "The yield per mu of a field doesn't mean anything, let's let them harvest another field."

When Eunuch Wu heard this, he hurried forward, pointed to a field in the distance and said, "Harvest this one."

The Zhang family was originally the No. [-] family of the Great Song Dynasty. Among their fields in the capital, at least [-] of the [-] acres of land were fertile upper fields, and the remaining [-] acres were also middle fields, with no downfields at all.So Eunuch Wu is not afraid of making mistakes at all.

After harvesting the acre of land, even the officials from the Ministry of Industry couldn't help crying with joy: "Eight stones weigh 15 catties, princess, it's eight stones, eight stones!"

This time there was no need for Eunuch Wu to speak, Wu Zheng shouted first: "Hurry up, go to the palace and report the great victory to the emperor." This time it was a real eight stone per mu, and it exceeded fifteen catties.

Seeing Eunuch Wu also waved, he brought the little eunuch who was specially used to report the letter, got on his horse, and ran away in a hurry.

There was laughter in the field.

In the palace, Zhao He was still in the early court.He didn't hear clearly what the minister below said, he just memorized the news from Zhuangzi.

He had ordered Zhuangzi to report the news directly in the morning.When the little eunuch galloped into the main hall and announced "eight stones per mu" in an excited tone, Zhao He couldn't help standing up, looking up to the sky and laughing: "God bless my Song Dynasty, God bless my Da Song too, haha .”

The courtiers all knelt down and shouted: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"

Qi Bokun, who remembered the situation of the rice just like Zhao Wei, was heartbroken. Although he shouted along with everyone, the smile on the corner of his mouth could not be concealed.

His granddaughter-in-law is so upbeat.

Zhao Yu was overjoyed and excited, and said to the courtiers in a loud voice: "Du Jinning, Princess Ning, was the number one scholar in the first year of Hongqing. Shi, and now the rice yield has been increased to eight stones. I think that although Du Jinning is a woman, she is concerned about the country and the people. It is no worse than those listed here. The seeds of high-yield rice cannot be regenerated, and Princess Ning needs to work hard every year to cultivate them; if high-yield rice is planted throughout the country, Princess Ning needs to preside over the promotion and impart experience. The construction of water conservancy also requires Princess Ningguo will guide you."

He glanced at the courtiers below, and the words he spit out were sonorous and forceful: "So, I have decided that Princess Ning, the eldest princess, will be appointed as the chief farmer, responsible for the agricultural and water conservancy matters of the Song Dynasty."

The hall is very quiet, you can hear a needle drop.

If Zhao Wen said that he wanted to reward Du Jinning for other things, such as increasing the number of food towns, or gold and silver in the fields, they would all shout "The Emperor's Holy Spirit".Let Du Jinning be an official...

Everyone feels that their brains can't turn around.

If Wu Zheng was here, he would have seconded the proposal immediately, but he is on Zhuangzi right now; Du Jinning is his granddaughter-in-law, and even if Qi Bokun raised [-] hands in favor of Zhao He's proposal, it would not be good to be the first to stand up and second .

Although a few loyal veterans admired Du Jinning very much and felt that Du Jinning had made such a contribution, he could afford to be a chief minister, but they always felt awkward when they asked a woman to be an official and stand with them.

But Zhao He told Wu Zheng that he wanted to ask Du Jinning for his opinion, and now he was happy and excited and made his decision directly without asking for opinions. He didn't want the courtiers to agree or deny it.Without everyone talking, he turned his head and ordered Chengzhi: "According to the decree I just said."

"Yes." Chengzhi agreed, and immediately went to the side to grind ink to draw up the decree.

Naturally, this promise will no longer be Deng Yi.

Deng Yi and others were all kicked by Zhao Huo to a small remote county as county magistrates when the family was liquidated.With the lessons learned from the past, the new Chengzhi didn't dare to think carefully at all, and did what Zhao Wen ordered.

Zhao Yu has already called the draft decree, and those who oppose it will not speak out at this time. Once the imperial decree is drafted and stamped with the emperor's jade seal, the order cannot be changed.

But the hall was still quiet, and no one came forward to object.

Du Jinning is a woman, but what she has done is really good for the present and beneficial for the future.If they jumped out to object, what object would they have?Just because she is a woman?The emperor also said just now that Du Jinning was the number one scholar in the first year of Hongqing, and he was an official all the way.Apart from being a woman, she is not bad in anything.

If they say that women cannot be officials or interfere in government affairs, where will the Queen Mother be placed?Is this because I'm afraid I don't have small shoes to wear?

What's more, although Du Jinning is a princess, she married into the Qi family. Qi Bokun, the number one celebrity in front of the emperor, is her grandfather.Her father-in-law, Qi Wencong, was also standing in the hall.Her son-in-law Qi Muyuan, although young, is a good investigator.If he offended him, he might have to investigate the situation of a certain family.Who can stand the investigation?
After offending the Empress Dowager, offending the Qi Family, and most importantly offending the Emperor, can they still hang around in this court?

As a result, there was a weird situation where no one agreed or opposed.The imperial decree was drawn up under such circumstances and sealed with a jade seal.

　Second watch, good night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)