I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 210 There must be a celestial phenomenon of the inverted Tiangang!
When Liu Che issued the "Luntai Edict", there were less than two years left before his death.

By this calculation, the time when he appointed Zhao Guo as the commander of the grain-collecting army should be about 23 years from now, so the current Zhao Guo...

Liu Ju finally realized how abrupt and presumptuous he was.

Not only did he not know Zhao Guo's hometown and identity, he was not even sure whether Zhao Guo had been born. Then he recommended this person to Liu Che.

Isn’t this just an empty recommendation?

How abrupt and presumptuous would such behavior be for Liu Che?
But on second thought, Liu Ju still had a little bit of hope in his heart.

After all, history books mention that before Zhao Guo became the commander of the grain-collecting army and implemented the Daitian method, he had personally conducted many improvements and production experiments to prove that the Daitian method could indeed increase yields by one hu compared to previous farming methods, and that the coupled plow and three-legged harrow were also invented and improved during the experiment.

This process will undoubtedly take a lot of time, and it will accumulate over years.

It was only after Liu Che saw Zhao Guo's proposal in the memorial that "the current task is to work hard on agriculture" and learned about the experimental data that he appointed him as the commander of the grain-collecting force.

This shows that Zhao Guo should have been quite old by that time, and it is very likely that he had already been an official in the court and was an official who had a say in front of Emperor Liu Che.

By this calculation, it is very likely that Zhao Guo has been born now.

But maybe he's still not that old...

While I was thinking about these things.

Liu Che above was already getting impatient, frowning and scolding:

"It's just a recommendation of a talented person. Why are you being so hesitant?"

A group of officials also looked at Liu Ju in confusion.

I wondered if there was something wrong with this man named Zhao Guo that made the prince hesitate when recommending him?
After all, Liu Che never liked factions among his ministers. No matter who recommended officials to Liu Che, 80% of them were relatives and friends who were very familiar to him, or at the very least, they had to be famous people with a great reputation, so that he could hear about them... This was actually contrary to Liu Che's likes and dislikes, so even if he recommended officials, he had to be extremely cautious.

Who could have imagined that Liu Ju didn’t even know who the person he recommended was or where he was?
"Father, please forgive me."

Liu Ju hesitated for a moment, and finally organized a few words in his mind that he thought were not too presumptuous.

"I have only heard of this person a little bit. I don't know what position he holds now or where he is. Could you please ask your Majesty to order someone to search for someone with this name within the capital area? Perhaps we can find him soon."

The only thing he could be sure of now was that Zhao Guo should be in the Chang'an area, and should not be far from the Sanfu area.

Because historical records show that when Zhao Guo first conducted the Daitian method experiment, it was within this area.

As for family background, it is hard to say.

After all, Liu Che never considered family background when selecting talents, and the children of princes and nobles usually did not study agriculture, and they might not even have touched farm tools in their entire lives...

This is actually the reason why Liu Ju insisted on recommending Zhao Guo.

Liu Ju was not bragging. Although he had nothing to do with the sons of princes and nobles in later generations, due to the high level of urbanization in later generations, he had never been exposed to agriculture since he was a child, had never touched farm tools, and even during the years he was in school, it was no exaggeration to say that he had never touched any farm work.

Therefore, although he knew about the Daitian method, the couple plow and the three-legged harrow, he only had a brief understanding of them through history books.

As for the "double-acting piston bellows", he learned it from a blogger in the handicraft area who restored ancient artifacts from "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature". Even so, before sending the drawings to Liu Hong, he first found several carpenters to provide solutions, and they tried for many days before they barely managed to put it together.

But today's agriculture is different from the "double-acting piston bellows" that only needs to blow out air to be successful.

The rotation field method is by no means as simple as digging furrows and ridges and rotating cultivation. The width of the furrows and ridges, the density of sowing, how to apply fertilizer, how to ensure light... these issues all require experience and talent to be created and play their due role.

A man like Liu Ju who has never farmed before is not even qualified to talk about it on paper, let alone know a few principles.

The same principle applies to the couplet plow and the three-legged harrow.

Therefore, it is best to leave professional matters to professionals, and it would be most appropriate for them to act as a guide and point out the direction.

Lest a good thing turn into a bad thing in the end...

"perhaps?"

Hearing this, Liu Che began to get angry.

"Do you know how many people in the capital are named Zhao Guo? Do you think I should recruit all the people named Zhao Guo and entrust them with important tasks?"

"That's not necessary. Father, you just need to order someone to find these people and send them to Bowang Garden. I will screen them one by one and will definitely find this person. Don't worry about it, Father."

Liu Ju bowed slightly and spoke in a pleasing manner with lowered brows.

"..."

After hearing this, Liu Che and the officials in the palace all fell silent, and were really speechless.

But Liu Che still didn't believe it. After a moment of silence, he looked at the civil and military officials in the hall and asked:
"Have any of you ever heard of this man called Zhao Guo?"

After all, Liu Ju had just said that he had heard a little about this person. Since he had heard a little about him, then this Zhao Guo must be quite famous, and other officials must have heard of him as well.

"..."

The hall was still silent.

"Liu Ju..."

Liu Che finally couldn't hold it in any longer and glared at Liu Ju.

"You have never seen this person, or you are randomly recommending a non-existent person to me, right?"

"It is true that I have never seen this person, but he definitely exists. Father, please believe me. I am willing to issue a military order..."

From all aspects, Liu Ju really wanted to find Zhao Guo in advance, so he hurriedly asked for the order.

I'm coming!

The "Military Order" has come again!

When the officials in the hall heard these three words, they unconsciously felt a sense of familiarity.

"Shut up!" Before he could finish, Liu Che interrupted him harshly and walked towards the back hall without looking back, giving orders as he walked.
"Retreat!"

"Liu Ju, come in!"

……

Inside the Xuanshi Hall.

"..."

Even though Emperor Liu Che had already ordered the court to adjourn, Liu Ju followed him in after a slight hesitation.

However, all the civil and military officials remained motionless for a long time. They all held their breath and pricked up their ears to listen quietly to the noise that might come from the back hall at any time, with more or less anticipation in their hearts.

I don't know what I'm expecting...

Wei Qing was among them.

However, he quickly remembered his identity, and forced this inappropriate expectation out of his mind. He turned around and asked in a higher voice:
"My dear colleagues, His Majesty has already ordered the court to adjourn. Why are you still staying here?"

When the officials heard this, they suddenly turned around, looking embarrassed, and bowed and left.

"I was just wondering who this Zhao Guo was, and I was distracted for a moment. My apologies."

"I'll take my leave now, General. I'll take my leave now."

"Excuse me, excuse me..."

As they walked out, some people were secretly complaining in their hearts, "How dare you, Wei Qing, ask us? You even stuck your neck out just now. Do you really think we didn't see it?"

"Father……"

Sima Qian also came to his senses and bowed his head to Sima Tan beside him with a guilty conscience.

"Rebellious son! Don't call me father. I don't have a father like you!"

Sima Tan's ears finally relaxed. As he looked at Sima Qian, the anger in his heart immediately burst out again. He gritted his teeth, cursed, and turned away.

"what?"

Sima Qian was stunned. This didn't seem right.
Sima Tan took a few steps before he finally realized the problem and suddenly stopped:
"How could I have given birth to such a rebellious son like you? What are you still standing there for? Are you standing here to embarrass yourself?"

"Here I come, father!"

It seemed that his father had not given up on him. Sima Qian felt relieved and hurriedly trotted after him.

"When you go back, I'll punish you to observe the stars for half a year. Just stare at the Big Dipper. Look carefully, at it carefully!"

Sima Tan was still not satisfied, but perhaps Liu Ju's performance just now gave him some comfort, so he was a little lenient in the punishment, at least he had no intention of using sticks for the time being.

"Yes, father!"

Sima Qian happily agreed.

But I heard Sima Tan walking in front, still mumbling to himself:

"It must be that the order of the Big Dipper is inconsistent with the position of the stars in the sky, forming a rare astronomical phenomenon of the reversed Tiangang, which is why so many rebellious children have appeared... It must be!"

the other side.

Seeing that most of the officials had left, Wei Qing was about to leave with them, but he saw a man standing opposite him in a daze, wondering what he was thinking.

"Prime Minister Zhao, are you not leaving yet?"

Wei Qing felt strange and walked up to him and said hello.

Prime Minister Zhao Zhou suddenly came to his senses, then revealed an unnatural smile, but pretended to salute naturally and said:
"General, we are leaving now. Would you like to come with us?"

"Let's go together."

Wei Qing made a gesture of invitation, took two steps and then deliberately asked,
"Prime Minister Zhao seems to have something on his mind?"

The two men served in the same court, one was a high-ranking civil official, the other a high-ranking military general. They were not political enemies who were incompatible with each other on a daily basis, so naturally there were not many obstacles in their communication.

"It's nothing, actually. I just thought of my rebellious son. I'm sorry to make you laugh, General."

"..."

Wei Qing's heart sank. What he said... was as if every family has a rebellious son. And my rebellious son is the eldest son!
Just as I was thinking this, I heard Zhao Zhou continue to say:

"General, you may not know that the rebellious son in my family is actually called Zhao Guo."

"Oh?"

Wei Qing looked suspicious when he heard this.

"Why didn't the Prime Minister tell you when Your Majesty asked just now?"

"No one knows a son better than his father. I know this rebellious son best. The person recommended by the crown prince will definitely not be him. Moreover, he has never had any contact with the crown prince and has never been involved in farming. How can he take on the important task of promoting agriculture?"

Zhao Zhou shook his head and laughed at himself.

"Why bother to say it out loud in public and bring disgrace upon ourselves? Sigh, it is such a misfortune for our family..."

"..."

Wei Qing's heart ached again. He had experienced this kind of thing deeply and understood it deeply.

At the beginning, he recommended Wei Kang to go to the frontier for training. This rebellious son disobeyed the order and lost his title because of it. Didn't he humiliate him?

What the hell is this world? It’s so hard to be a father these days!
(End of this chapter)