Watching Zhao Lie leave first, the VIP Pavilion fell into silence for a while. After a while, Prince Zhao Hanqing said to Li Chengfeng: "Tomorrow is the Spring Plowing Festival, are you free in the morning?"
Li Chengfeng said: "Your Highness has something to do, and the ministers should take care of you."
Zhao Hanqing smiled slightly and said, "I'll see you in the eastern suburbs of the city tomorrow morning."
After saying that, the prince also stood up to give him some relief and then left, leaving Li Chengfeng looking thoughtfully at the bustling crowd downstairs.
On the next day, Li Chengfeng arrived at the eastern suburbs of the city early in the morning. Originally, Li Chengfeng thought he had arrived early, but when he arrived in front of a large farmland in the eastern suburbs of the city, Li Chengfeng realized that he was still there. I'm late.
The eastern suburbs of the city are the famous imperial fields near Jinkyo. The farmland here belongs to the royal family, but it is usually rented to farmers. Since the royal family's rent collection ratio is extremely low, the imperial fields that can be rented here are very valuable to the tenants. Those are the great blessings accumulated in eight lifetimes.
Every year during the Spring Plowing Festival, according to the rules, it is the first day when the emperor or prince of the royal family goes to the farmland to start spring plowing side by side with the farmers.
But with Zhao Bairen's neglect of government, how could an emperor who was unwilling to go to court on time every time be willing to come to this farmland early in the morning to cultivate the land with the old farmers
This is a rule set by Emperor Taizu. The purpose is to prevent future generations from forgetting the truth that "water can carry a boat and capsize it" and "the safety of the world depends only on agriculture." In their view, the world can threaten the royal family. The only thing that governs is one and only one.
It is not a threat from the spiritual world, nor is it a threat from the Nine Hells Pluto, but from the common people's problem of eating.
If the common people can have enough to eat, then even if the spiritual world is crazy, the world will be as stable as Mount Tai. If the common people cannot have enough to eat, even if the spiritual world supports the royal family, it will be of no use!
This is how the previous dynasty was overthrown by Da Qi!
No spiritual sect wants the world to be in chaos, because chaos in the world means a sharp drop in population and income, which will also greatly harm their interests. Therefore, they were firmly on the side of the court at the beginning, but because the previous dynasty was too decadent , making it a problem for the people in the world to even eat, so the people finally couldn't bear it and rose up, forming a fire that started a prairie fire. When the spiritual world saw that the general trend was wrong, they immediately reversed their direction and chose to support Qi Taizu, and the previous dynasty was destroyed.
Therefore, the Spring Plowing Festival is an extremely important festival in Daqi. It is an important show event for the Daqi royal family, at least in Li Chengfeng's eyes.
As soon as Li Chengfeng arrived here, he found that the place had been surrounded by the Forbidden Army. There were at least 30,000 Forbidden Army surrounding the area. After passing the checkpoints on the first floor, he immediately came to the second floor. The people guarding the Huangzhuang checkpoint were the Golden Divine Guards. They were responsible for the safety and inspection of the second level of the checkpoint. After passing this level of checkpoint, they came to the farmland near Huangzhuang. Li Chengfeng saw it at a glance. It is endless farmland, and standing on the ridge in front are the prince's entourage and others holding yellow umbrellas, as well as the prince's concubine and others.
The Crown Princess, like the Prince, was dressed simply and frugally. She was dressed in a yellow robe, the fabric of which was no different from that of ordinary peasant women. She was busy boiling water under the yellow-covered umbrella for the old farmers, children and women who had not yet gone to the fields. Making sesame tea.
Farmers seldom eat sesame seeds, let alone sesame tea. When the children smell the fragrance of sesame tea, they gather around greedily, staring directly at the steaming teapot, while the peasant women People surrounding the Crown Princess kept saying nice things.
The princess did not dislike them, but carefully taught them some things they need to pay attention to when making tea.
Li Chengfeng came under the yellow-covered umbrella on the side of the field. The Crown Princess smiled when she saw Li Chengfeng: "Are you Li Chengfeng? Come on, come on, the tea is ready."
Li Chengfeng bowed respectfully to the Crown Princess and said, "I have met the Crown Princess."
The Crown Princess has an oval face. Compared with the concubines of Prince Ping Zhao Liexian, her appearance is not too out of the ordinary, but she has a dignified appearance, graceful posture, gestures, and her words and laughter are full of atmosphere and affinity. She puts on a smile. He waved his hand and said: "We are all a family. Why are you doing this outside? Come on, sit down, sit down."
A young eunuch next to him very discerningly brought a stool, and Li Chengfeng sat down next to it, and then looked aside.
In the farmland at this time, the prince was driving the old oxen to pull the plow with eight old farmers side by side. What was surprising was that the prince actually took the lead and walked in the front. I don’t know whether these old farmers wanted to give in to each other or whether The prince was skilled in farm work, but what shocked Li Chengfeng was that the prince was dressed exactly the same as these old farmers. If he had not met the prince before, he would not be able to distinguish the prince from these farmers at this time.
The same coarse clothes, the same dark skin, the same skillful movements, the same loud singing of farm songs in a rough voice, all of this... In Li Chengfeng's view, it is very incredible.
This is the crown prince of Da Qi, the crown prince of the country!
If nothing else happens, he will be the next emperor of Daqi! !
You know, this is a paddy field. On the first day of spring plowing, fertilizers must be applied to the paddy fields. The fertilizers are human and animal manure. After fermentation, they are spread on the farmland, and then the farmers plow the fields and let them Mixed with farmland.
If nothing else, the smell alone is quite unpleasant.
Even if Li Chengfeng was sitting downwind of the sesame tea, with the strong fragrance of sesame, he could smell the stench coming to his face, let alone going down to the farmland with bare feet and rolled trouser legs. Went to plow the land!
Is this what a wealthy prince should do
Li Chengfeng considers himself a low-class commoner who grew up on the streets. He feels that he can't even do such a thing!
But the prince did it without any abnormalities, and he did it very well, which shows that this is definitely not an accidental show. He definitely has rich experience in farm work.
Sure enough, after they finished plowing the large field, a group of people came over wiping their sweat. The leader, an old farmer with a gray beard, gave a thumbs up to the prince and said: "Your Highness is really amazing. His Highness was not like this last year." You are so skilled, I didn’t expect that after a year of not seeing each other, I can no longer catch up with His Highness!”
There was a white towel on the prince's shoulders. He wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "No, it's just that practice makes perfect!"
The old farmer sighed: "Your Highness is diligent and kind, which is really a blessing for us ordinary people. If all officials in the world were like Your Highness, I'm afraid this would be heaven on earth!"
The prince also sighed with some regret, patted the old farmer on the shoulder, and said: "It will be fine, and it will get better and better. Mr. Zheng must take good care of his body and bones. Wait two more years, and everything will be fine."
"Hey, I have to wait until this day!" The old farmer named Mr. Zheng nodded heavily with tears in his eyes.
Zhao Hanqing went up to the ridge of the field and came under the yellow umbrella. He took the foot wiper from the princess and wiped the stinky mud from his feet in front of Li Chengfeng. He smiled and said, "Have you ever been to the farmland, brother Li Xian?" "
Li Chengfeng shook his head and said with admiration: "The prince is really a role model in the world. I admire him..."
Zhao Hanqing sighed and said: "My father has been in poor health in recent years. As a son, I have to serve you. What's more, the royal family is a role model for the world. The more extravagant the royal family is, the more extravagant the world will be, and the more extravagant the royal family is. A foot, the world wastes one more meter! As the son of the royal family, you should be the first in the world!"
Li Chengfeng admired him from the bottom of his heart: "Your Highness will become a wise king one day!"
Zhao Hanqing shook his head and said, "This is not the place to talk. You come with me."
After Zhao Hanqing wiped his feet, he put on his official boots and led Li Chengfeng forward along the field ridge. The servants and guards followed them twenty meters away.
After Zhao Hanqing walked out for more than a hundred meters, he suddenly slowed down, looked at Li Chengfeng, and said, "Brother Li Xian, I heard that you and your roommate are in love, do you have such intention?"
Li Chengfeng was shocked. He finally understood what the prince had come to see him for today...
This, is this about matchmaking? !