The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress

Chapter 111

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The Winter Festival was originally organized by Guanglu Temple, but Xiao Zhige was not satisfied with the regulations presented by the Guanglu Temple minister, and he has been beaten back three times. Seeing that the Winter Festival is approaching, Guanglu Temple has yet to come up with a decent charter.

Xiao Zhige was entangled in political affairs and had to worry about such trivial matters. He was very annoyed, so he simply drove out of the palace and came to An Changqing to hide.

"The treasury is empty. Although the winter festival is going to be a big one, it's not suitable to be too extravagant. The money should be spent on the blade." An Changqing lay on his chest, resting his chin on his arm and said, "Since it is necessary to If the people are happy, we still have to do something practical that is good for the people.”

Xiao Zhige also thought so, but unfortunately, the people from Guanglu Temple were used to seeing the prosperity and living a good life in Yejing, so how could they know what would be beneficial to the people. The regulations presented were not to fire all guns on the day of the Winter Festival to show the national strength, or to have ninety-nine painted boats cruise the canal, celebrate with drum music along the way, and have fun with the people.

It's all vain and obvious methods, laboring people and hurting money, and it's really not good at all.

"They just lived too comfortable, and they didn't know the suffering of the people at all." Xiao Zhige said displeased.

An Changqing poked the corners of his lower lips and smiled: "Let's lead by example and set an example. After a year and a half, when they see the situation clearly, they should know what to do and what not to do."

Xiao Zhige nodded reluctantly. In fact, there were not many officials left by Emperor Anqing that he liked, and even those old and stubborn people in the Yanzhou government office were stronger than this group of people. It's just that some people have been dismissed and demoted before. If they stop, there will be no one available in the court. Therefore, even if these officials often do stupid things to annoy him, Xiao Zhige can only endure it.

"Well, how do you think we should lead by example?"

An Changqing pondered for a while and asked a seemingly unrelated question: "Should you have harvested a lot of sweet potatoes in Yanzhou this year?"

Yanzhou has been promoting sweet potato cultivation since the previous year. This year, most counties and counties in Yanzhou have already planted sweet potatoes. Qi Wei wrote a letter in April and May saying that the sweet potato planting situation is very good. By this time, it should have been harvested.

Xiao Zhige made a "hmm" sound. After Xie Ling returned to Beijing, he reported to him the situation in Yanzhou in detail: "This year, the people of Yanzhou should have a good harvest year without worrying about the problem of satiety. I also heard that due to the high production of sweet potatoes, many people could not eat them all at home. They shipped these sweet potatoes to neighboring prefectures and counties for sale, because they were cheap and satiety, but the response was good, and even the Yanzhou army received another batch of sweet potatoes for food and grass."

An Changqing said: "Sweet potatoes can grow so well in Yanzhou. If the planting is further promoted to the south, the problem of people's satiety should be solved in the future. I think the winter festival may be a good time to promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes."

Sweet potatoes can be eaten both raw and cooked, easy to grow, resistant to barrenness, and have high yields. What’s more commendable is that the taste is not bad. If it is popularized throughout Da Ye, the people will not have to worry about the problem of food in the future. Most of the reason why the people of Daye live in hardships is because the current grain output is low. There are still many hungry people in peaceful times. If they encounter natural and man-made disasters, it is not an exaggeration to say that they will die of hunger for thousands of miles.

Xiao Zhige immediately understood what he was thinking, looked at him encouragingly, and listened to him continue to speak.

"We can buy a lot of sweet potatoes from Yanzhou, and hold sweet potato feasts in the palace during the winter festival, and we can also open shantangs in various prefectures and counties. In the shantang, it is best to arrange for someone to explain the benefits of sweet potato cultivation. In the coming year, you can also prepare some seed potatoes and send them to various states and counties, so that people from all over the world will try to plant them... This will not only make your Majesty's name famous, but also make those who can't eat. The poor people have a good festival, and they have achieved the purpose of having fun with the people. Compared with those flamboyant fireworks and painting boats, the people are afraid that they need more food to eat..."

Xiao Zhige's smile grew wider as he listened, and after he finished speaking, he discussed and improved the details with him. Finally, he couldn't help rubbing the person into his arms, and his voice was low and ambiguous. He said: "The King Yan is really the pillar of the country, and he should be rewarded."

His words were very serious, but his hands were dishonestly inserted into the placket of his clothes. An Changqing let out a low voice and subconsciously wanted to refuse, but he was quickly brought into the joyous state, and he couldn't care about other things...

Before dawn the next day, Xiao Zhige got up and prepared to go to court. Han Zhang had been waiting outside with his clothes in his hands.

After Xiao Zhige finished changing his clothes, he saw An Changqing hugging the quilt and still sleepy. He personally dug the person out of the warm quilt, heated his hands on the stove, and put on his shoes and changed his clothes without hesitation.

"What are you doing? I'm going to sleep a little longer..."

He didn't have to go to court, and he couldn't get up before dawn at all. An Changqing was very uncooperative, and wanted to hide under the quilt with her feet shrunk. Xiao Zhige patiently coaxed him to get dressed: "Today, let's go to court with me. The people from Guanglu Temple can't be counted on. Go and give them pointers, lest those idiots get it wrong."

Um? An Changqing's evasion paused for a moment, her eyes widened slightly, and she asked in surprise, "I'm going to the court?"

"Now that you are both expensive and the king of wild geese, except for me, you are your biggest, so what's so strange about going to the last dynasty?" Xiao Zhige said as a matter of course. If the Yan Wang was just a honorary title, why did he make such a big splash when he was conferred the king

An Changqing's eyes trembled slightly, but this time she didn't hide, she took the belt and asked to tie it herself. However, Xiao Zhige avoided his hand and took the opportunity to secretly kiss him on the cheek: "Don't move, I will wait for King Yan to change his clothes."

When Xiao Zhige usually gets along with him, he rarely calls me "I". But when he was joking, he liked to make fun of him. An Changqing could only stretch his arms and let him buckle his belt. Seeing that Xiao Zhige was still carefully arranging his clothes, he couldn't help but whisper, "If you are recorded like this by the historian, I'm afraid you will be a dazed prince."

"That can't be done." Xiao Zhige said solemnly: "I am a stunned prince, wouldn't King Yan become a demon queen? The fox king and the general are okay, but the stunned lord and the demon queen are not."

He leaned into An Changqing's ear and whispered like a love story: "I still want to live with King Yan and be a model for future generations..."

The warm breath hit the pinna of the ear, and An Changqing's heart beat involuntarily. He couldn't tell whether it was the gesture of intimacy or the words of love that flushed his cheeks. At some point, he quietly retreated, and at this time, only he and Xiao Zhige were left in the room.

Raising his hand and rubbing his cheeks, An Changqing pushed the person away, but his tone was not soft, and he said, "I see."

Xiao Zhige smiled arbitrarily, took his hand and walked out, ordering everyone to drive back to the palace. An Changqing naturally rides with him.

As a result, the civil and military officials of the court on this day saw King Yan, who was dressed in purple, slowly entering the Chongzheng Hall, and then the emperor appeared in the hall with the great eunuch Han Zhang. It is a strange thing that King Yan suddenly came to court, and what is even more surprising is that these two people appeared on the front and back feet. Considering that there was news last night that the emperor was staying at Yanwang's mansion at night, the courtiers exchanged glances. Heart bowed his head.

Xiao Zhige is in a good mood today, and his face is not so scary anymore. Glancing around, and after a subtle pause on An Changqing's body, he signaled that Han Zhang could open the court.

Han Zhang slapped his whip: "There is a memorial to leave work, and there is nothing to do."

After the words fell, the courtiers came out one by one and stated the problem. An Changqing stood at the front of the courtiers and listened to the courtiers asking questions one after another, while Xiao Zhige on the dragon seat always gave a to-the-point reply after the other party finished speaking. For the courtiers who have something to say, although his face is solemn, he patiently discusses the solution with the other party. If the court cannot negotiate the result, he will ask the other party to go back to write a book, and then discuss it in the imperial study; A courtier who can ask a question but doesn't think of a solution, he has no patience, his eyes are like sharp knives on the other side, and most of the time he sends a sentence, "If you ask me how to do everything, why don't I serve as an official for the emperor?" Frightened the other party to plead guilty again and again before giving up.

Although An Changqing has often heard people say that the emperor has a bad temper since he ascended the throne, this is the first time he has seen Xiao Zhige go to court. He couldn't help but secretly slandered: facing these officials who are not enterprising, even if the saint comes, his temper will not be better. I don't know who spread these rumors.

The meeting lasted for half an hour, and just now there were no officials listed.

When Xiao Zhige saw that they had finally finished speaking, he just said, "It's already November, and the winter festival is approaching, but the rules have not yet been drawn up.

The Minister of Guanglu Temple came out with a slightly bitter expression: "I have drawn up a new charter, and it has not yet been presented to Your Majesty. Please take a look at it," he said, and then presented the memorial in his sleeve.

Han Zhang went down the steps and held up the memorial and handed it to Xiao Zhige to have a look.

Xiao Zhige flipped twice, and his face darkened—the new proposed regulations were still something that changed the soup but not the medicine.

He didn't have the patience to read the following content, and placed the memorial on the dragon case, neither light nor heavy. Before he spoke, the minister of Guanglu Temple knelt down and pleaded guilty: "This minister is incompetent."

Xiao Zhige tried his best to suppress his anger, so he didn't get angry on the spot. If he had brought a general in the past, with his temper, he would have been kicked long ago. It's just that the civil servants can't be so rude, he squeezed his brows and said solemnly: "If the minister of Guanglu Temple really doesn't know what it is to have fun with the people or what the people need, you don't have to go to court after the winter festival. Just go to the market and feel it.”

Guanglu Siqing was so frightened that he fell to the ground like a quail and called out, "Your Majesty forgive me."

Xiao Zhige didn't bother to pay attention to him, his eyes turned to An Changqing and said, "If you don't have any advice, just listen to King Yan's policy."

An Changqing received his gaze, took a step to the side, and slowly stated with Xiao Zhige the detailed regulations one by one yesterday. Many courtiers were surprised to see him in the previous court, and when they heard Xiao Zhige call him to offer advice, they were a little disapproved at first, and felt that this move was too indecent.

However, the more and more An Changqing spoke, the expressions of some courtiers gradually changed. From time to time, someone asks one or two questions, and An Changqing can answer them fluently. Later, even Ji Anmin couldn't help joining the discussion.

The atmosphere in the court hall was very warm for a while. Xiao Zhige saw that they were discussing vigorously, so he did not stop the court. This day, the court was delayed for two minutes before dispersing. Finally, Xiao Zhige ordered King Yan to preside over this year's winter festival. If necessary, other yamen can also mobilize assistance.

After the dynasty was dispersed, An Changqing surrounded an unprecedented number of people, especially the grieving Guanglu Siqing, who came up to ingratiate himself and said, "King Yan's strategy, this minister will do his best to help. I hope that King Yan will be able to stand before His Majesty in the future. Nice words one or two…”

An Changqing was very good at talking, but some words could not be accepted indiscriminately, he said solemnly: "Your Majesty has always disliked our efforts to save face, and I dare not say good words, but if this winter festival is well organized, I will not come to your Majesty. Blame the temple again."

"That's natural." Guanglu Si Qing got his words, put his heart back in his stomach, and followed him step by step to discuss the winter festival with him.

The Winter Festival falls on the twenty-seventh winter moon, and there is still more than half a month away, but the decree is sent to various places, and it will take time to implement it. Therefore, after the end of the dynasty that day, An Changqing went to Guanglu Temple, and after working out a detailed charter with everyone's strength, he hurriedly started preparations.

First, go to Xinyanzhou to buy sweet potatoes, and then send the sweet potatoes to the northern states and counties. The south is far away, because sweet potatoes were originally imported from Yuze. After An Changqing went to ask Xiao Zhige for instructions, he immediately sent officials from the south to contact Yuze, and purchased a large number of sweet potatoes and distributed them to the south. State County.

In addition to purchasing sweet potatoes, the construction of shantangs has also been stepped up in various places. This shantang is not a temporary use. In addition to the requisition during the winter festival, it can also release porridge and rice, and shelter the homeless, elderly and weak women and children. Of course, these are the follow-up regulations and need to be reconsidered.

Once the charter is set and implemented one by one, the action will be much faster. Yejing is holding a big winter festival this year, but there are no fireworks, no boats and dances, only shantangs in and outside the city are quickly built.

Many people in Yejing have participated in street battles in which the prince abolished the prince and rebelled. Now they are very fond of the new emperor and the king of Yan. Seeing these actions, they have the courage to step up and ask, who would have known that the officials of Jianshantang were very close. And, tell everyone that His Majesty wants to have fun with the people this winter, and specially ordered King Yan to build these many good halls, and will distribute sweet potatoes for everyone to share. Not only Yejing, but also other states and counties.

As for what is a sweet potato? I'll find out when I wait for the winter festival, and they haven't seen it yet.

When the people heard this, they couldn't help but yearn for the winter festival even more. And Xiao Zhige and An Changqing were originally loved by the people. Now Xiao Zhige has only been in power for a few months. Reviews are also getting better. Rumors such as "tyranny and murderousness" and "brutal inhumanity" have long disappeared.

On the contrary, there were occasional literati who claimed to have read books, and began to talk sourly about the emperor's favor with King Yan. Most of it is said that the emperor was fascinated by beauty, leaving the harem vacant, and now letting King Yan participate in politics, I am afraid that in the future, he will be confused by luck and danger, and so on.

The Ye Dynasty did not have the tendency to be convicted for speech, and speech has always been relatively open. After Xiao Zhige took the throne, he seldom interfered with public speeches, so although there were not many such speeches, they were never stopped.

Some literati prefer to use this to gain a position to show that their knowledge is different from ordinary people. It's just that people rarely refuted it face-to-face when they said it, but after the news of the opening of a shantang during the Winter Festival, they found that the situation had completely reversed. Whenever someone mentions words such as "Hunjun", "Xianxing", "Jiangshan is in danger", there will be people surrounding them and scolding them.

For example, "Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and you say that he is blind, you are blind", "The King Yan and His Majesty are the serious husbands of the three media and Liu Ping. I think you are like a traitor. Fortunately, Your Majesty did not call you an official. ”, “Since His Majesty ascended the throne, I have been exempted from taxes without fighting, not talking, and I look much better than the previous emperor. If you continue to talk nonsense, believe it or not, I will go to a high-ranking official” and so on.

Many people are uneducated, and their words are straightforward and sharp. Whether they are pure literati who say that everyone is drunk and sober, or some people with ulterior motives who want to stir up the flames, they are all scolded to the point of being powerless to fight back. Returned in vain.

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And after An Changqing and other ya divisions worked together for half a month, the twenty-seventh day finally arrived in the expectation of everyone.

At 25:00, another heavy snow fell in Yejing, and the sky and the earth were plain. But even so, it can't stop the joy of the people's festival. The people's homes are all hung up with pictures of eliminating the cold, the children put on festive new clothes, and the adults gather at home to make noodles and roll the skin, and it is rare to buy a little meat and fish. , ready to make dumplings.

And this morning, Xiao Zhige took the officials to the outskirts of the city to worship heaven and earth. After the ceremony, it was time to return to the palace for a banquet.

In order to promote sweet potatoes, this year's palace banquets also used sweet potatoes as the main ingredient. They were fried and cooked in various ways. They originally thought that this palace banquet was for ministers who were going to starve, but unexpectedly found that the sweet potatoes turned out to be more than expected. Xiangtian, the last doubt in his heart has been completely dispelled, and he is full of praise for the decision of the emperor and Yanwang.

Both the palace and the courtiers highly praised the deliciousness of sweet potatoes, but in the market, the poor people who went to the Shantang early in the morning to wait, after receiving the boiled sweet potato, sweet potato cake, and sweet potato porridge, hesitated to taste the first bite, and even more so. His eyes widened in surprise.

These poor people also received porridge and water from other places in the past. Naturally, the porridge water can't be said to be delicious, it's just satiety. But now the sweet potatoes they receive, whether roasted, steamed or boiled, are sweet, soft and glutinous, delicious and filling.

There are quite a few people holding the boiled sweet potato that looks unremarkable, and after a light bite, tears welled up in their eyes, and they are reluctant to eat it again. taste.

The shantang opened for two full days. Not only did the people have a good holiday, but also arranged for officials to publicize the benefits of sweet potatoes, informing all the people that in the spring of the coming year, the officials would bring in potato seeds, and those with barren wasteland at home could bring some potato seeds back for planting.

The people held the warm sweet potatoes, and then listened to the officials talking about the benefits of sweet potato cultivation. After sweet potatoes were widely planted, when every household could have enough to eat, some people knelt down one after another, tears in their eyes. kowtow.

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Maybe in the future, they will really be able to live a good life with clothes to wear and food to eat.

The author has something to say: Cowardly: I want history books to be our testimony in the future, and let future generations eat our dog food.

Now: ... OK.

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After the 108th Yaokou census, the Yaozu Family Planning Office issued a new regulation - due to the excessive number of single monsters, it is a serious threat to social security and is not conducive to the harmonious development of the two tribes. Starting today, the demon clan prohibits singles.

So Yinglong and Taotie, whose mother was a thousand years old, were forced to have a blind date—

Ying Long Erlang's legs are upturned: there is an orphan snake, no house or car, salary of 3,000, five insurances and one housing fund are too expensive to pay.

Taotie lowered his eyes and said warmly: No father or mother, eight brothers are all supported by me, temporary workers, daily salary of 80.

The two broke up in a flash and went back to their respective homes.

The next day, the family planning office came to the door for a surprise inspection, and the two met again—

Ying Long: Make do with it first

gluttonous: … Then try it.

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It happened that foreign monsters smuggled into the country and made waves in Haicheng. The Monster Management Bureau activated the first-level security, and the elites did their best to hunt down the offending monsters.

Yinglong, who had just finished the maintenance of his scales, spread his wings and hurriedly helped—

The gluttonous glutton who was in the meeting loosened his tie, put his brother in his pocket and left—

Over the sea city, the two met on a narrow road.

Yinglong curled up his tail in a guilty conscience, and tried his best to hide the expensive jade tail ring behind him: "I'm on a temporary business trip, how about you?"

Taotie straightened his cuffs without changing his color, covering the million watches: "What a coincidence, so do I."

The two looked at each other for a while, and said together:

"Go back and settle the account with you!"

Weak and pitiful, but able to eat gluttonous food

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