Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 766
Even though Li Tai forcibly found a topic to dispel Sun Xiangfu's previous suspicions, Sun Xiangfu still noticed something strange after the fleet set off from Guangzhou Bay and entered the canal.

Almost every time he passed through a city, the local officials and common people seemed to be ready to hold a grand welcome ceremony for him, so that the team that could have quickly returned to Chang'an had to stop along the canal one by one. Let Sun Xiangfu greet the local officials and the people and say a few words.

After all, they have prepared a welcome ceremony, and it's not good for you to let them work for nothing if you don't even go ashore.

When the fleet arrived in Yangzhou and saw the scene of 10,000+ people surrounding the wharf, Sun Xiangfu finally confirmed that there must be something going on.

"Tell me! What's going on? I'm just passing by. Why is there such a big scene?" After the fleet set off from Yangzhou Wharf, Sun Xiangfu couldn't bear it anymore and asked Li Tai in the cabin.

He still remembered that when Li Yuan passed away, as an imperial envoy to preach false history, only an old servant of the warrior Xun's family was waiting for him on the pier.

But now, it is impossible to mobilize such a large number of people without careful planning and propaganda, because this era is not the Internet era, everyone can quickly know the information, and the people have not undergone artificial propaganda and organization. It is impossible to have such a large-scale gathering.

"Well, it seems that I can't hide it, Sun Jing, tell me!" Li Tai felt somewhat in awe of Sun Xiangfu, a teacher, and said with a guilty conscience when he pressed him to question him.

"I said? I can't say it! After all, this is my father, and I'm afraid he will hit me." Sun Jing shrank his neck and said.

"Then Sun Feng, tell me." Li Tai nodded to another person.

"This is my father too!" Sun Feng stepped back and stepped back.

"Don't look at us, this is our father too." Sun Xun and Sun Ang also took a step back.

In the end, the question was returned to Li Tai. After organizing his words, he saluted Sun Xiangfu with a serious face, "Teacher, father, and even all the people in my Tang Dynasty feel that you are going to The biggest contributor to my great Tang Dynasty's creation of the current prosperous age, your credit cannot be rewarded by any title or official rank. The agricultural theory you have researched and created will surely benefit the people of future generations. It is important enough for human beings Comparable to the various doctrines of the past.

Therefore, after seeking the common wishes of the ministers of the court and the common people of the world, the father is going to consecrate you. "

"Canonization?"

Hearing this word, Sun Xiangfu was stunned.

In the past, this matter was just a joke between Li Chunfeng and Yu Xiu'er. How come it is Li Shimin's own plan now, and he has put it into action, making it known to the whole world?

"How is this possible? In the world, only His Majesty is a saint. How can other people call themselves saints? This is impossible, impossible, I can't afford it..."

Sun Xiangfu's thinking was completely messed up. However, seeing his reaction, Li Tai, Sun Jing and the others had expected expressions. It seemed that the person who knew Sun Xiangfu best in this world Yes, it was Yu Xiuer.

"Teacher, please don't refuse. In order to reward you for your achievements, the royal father has taken great pains. Besides, this is not the wish of the royal father alone, but the common wish of all the people in the world.

I believe that you also hope that agronomy will be popularized by the whole people, so that all future generations can benefit from it! "

Li Tai's mission here is not only to welcome Sun Xiangfu, but also to persuade him to a certain extent, because Sun Xiangfu has already revealed in front of Yu Xiu'er that it is not easy to be a living saint, and he does not want to be a saint. Thought is not pretending to be hypocritical, it is really unwilling.

Therefore, he persuaded Sun Xiangfu from the perspective of the popularization of agronomy and the status of agronomy in the education field. He wanted to use agronomy to kidnap Sun Xiangfu into submission.

However, Sun Xiangfu didn't like him. After he calmed down a little, he said, "It doesn't matter if the agronomical genealogy is not popularized. , it has no meaning other than making my life miserable and losing my joy for the rest of my life."

Knowing his reluctance early in the morning, Li Tai naturally had a prepared speech, and said, "How can it be irrelevant! The study of saints and ordinary knowledge cannot be generalized. The reason why our Tang Dynasty To be able to rule the world, all the foundations are built on the agricultural output, if the common people can't eat, other things will be impossible to talk about, so this cannot be ignored by the emperor."

Li Tai is using Sun Xiangfu to become a saint, which is for the benefit of the country's rule.

Although Datang stepped into the era of the industrial revolution with one foot, the national policy of agriculture as the foundation has always been unshakable, because people always have to eat. In the field of agriculture, a sage was born to make agronomy a The study of sages can enhance the force of this theory.

When its importance in people's cognition is raised to a level comparable to that of literature, there will definitely be more people who study and study it.

Just imagine, what kind of situation will it be when the students of the future generations are not comparing who is better in poems and songs, but who is planting fields with higher yield and better appearance?
Such a picture, Sun Xiangfu only flickered in Sun Xiangfu's mind for a while, and then he was dismissed by him, it seemed impossible.Therefore, he said, "Your Majesty attaches great importance to agricultural science, and wants the common people in the world to enjoy benefits and live a life of food and clothing because of the rise of this theory. I can understand this.

However, even Confucius was hailed as a saint by later generations after his death. How can I enjoy such an honor while I am alive?
The point is, this honor is not an enjoyment for me at all, it is even a kind of torture. From now on, when all the world judges me by the standards of a saint, my words and deeds will no longer be free. If the image collapses, The consequences can be serious. "

Li Tai smiled when he heard the words, and persuaded again, "It won't be too serious! Father is still called the 'Supreme Emperor' now! Shouldn't he still eat, sleep, and go out to play?" When I went out to play, I didn't see how much pressure he had!"

Of course Sun Xiangfu knew that Li Shimin was not under pressure, he even enjoyed it!
But he can't do this himself, after all, he is not the ruler of this country, and he can't enjoy everything in this world with peace of mind like Li Shimin.

When he was about to refute again, Li Tai didn't give him a chance, and said again, "Anyway, if you think about it, it doesn't really matter anymore, the imperial father's order has already been made, and all preparations have been made. Well, are you going to resist the edict because of this matter? It seems that you don’t even have a chance to resist the edict now, the teacher’s wife and elder brother should be waiting for you in Luoyang by now.”

All right!If this is the imperial decree, then all the arguments and reluctance are powerless. As Li Tai said, he has no chance to resist the decree now, because the whole world expects him to be holy.

Then, Sun Xiangfu spent more than a day fidgeting on the boat, and finally, Luoyang Wharf was in sight.

On the bow, Sun Xiangfu saw many familiar figures, standing in the middle were Prince Li Chengqian and Yu Xiuer, and the rest were Chu Suiliang, Chang Sun Chong, Cheng Chumo, Lawyer Pei, Yuchi Baolin, Xi Junmai, Xue Li, Zhao Long, Zhao Gang, Zhao Qiang and many others.

Of course, Wang Erniu and a group of fellow villagers from Xi Village were also there, but there were too many people from Luoyang City to watch the excitement, and they were already squeezed together with them.

This kind of treatment is the difference between a saint and an ordinary person. In the past, when the emperor came to Luoyang, he could have such a grand welcome scene.

"Welcome Master Sun to return to court."

Including Li Chengqian, all the people who appeared on the pier, when Sun Xiangfu stepped off the board, bowed their hands and bowed to salute, and shouted loudly.

This kind of treatment is even more unique to the emperor.

But if you want to ask why they do the salutation so smoothly, then you have to look at the Datang Daily which is printed every day during this period.

Datang Daily, now basically able to achieve one print per day, in the Central Plains, quickly issued, the recent front page headlines, in the form of a serial, from Sun Xiangfu out of Chang'an in the first year of Zhenguan, to the introduction of Champa rice in Jiaozhi. For more than 20 years, everything he has done, everything he has said, all the contributions he has made to the country, and the impact of these contributions on Datang, have been explained in detail.

Of course, the things explained are all beautified by the team led by Wang Deyong, just like eating a bowl of jelly in Suiye City before and eating up the whole bowl, Wang Deyong will record it, It is said that he is thrifty and never wastes a grain of food, and some verses of praise are interspersed in it.

If Sun Xiangfu read such an article, he would probably get goose bumps all over the place, but the common people's acceptance of the content in it was unusually high.

In their view, the people who bring people like themselves a good life should be the perfect people mentioned in the newspapers. The most important thing is that everyone who knows Sun Xiangfu, and everyone who has listened to Sun Xiangfu's lectures, thinks that the newspapers are so perfect. The things written on the website are all real. This number is huge. There are millions of people in the Central Plains alone. Now, even in the Western Regions, millions of people have heard his live Lectures and farming demonstrations have benefited a lot.

Because, since Sun Xiangfu Zhenguan arrived in Byzantium in 17 years, he has almost never stopped giving lectures. The farming level of the local people has been greatly improved after he arrived, and they basically enjoy the The benefits of agronomy technology.

Therefore, earlier, Li Tai said that Sun Xiangfu's canonization was the common will of the people all over the world. In fact, it is not false at all. As for how this wish came about, it needs to be studied. Anyway, people in the future will not see much. True history, because history is written by victorious rulers, and now, Li Shimin is the victorious ruler.

As a member of Li Shimin's rule in this era, Sun Xiangfu would rather listen to the arrangements openly than to be hypocritical. At least, this will affect the spread of agricultural science, the social status of agricultural students, and the descendants of the Sun family. , are beneficial.

(End of this chapter)