829.829: Overseas breeding
The high-yield grains that Cheng Hui was thinking about were not found until the sixth year of the new opening.
Sweet potatoes were secretly taken out by sea merchants from Luzon. Luzon was unwilling to disclose the grains of this kind. No one could take sweet potatoes out of the border. A basket of sweet potatoes, the sea merchants used silver heavy with sweet potatoes to bribe Luzon officials before taking them on the boat.
Because the imperial court is looking for overseas seeds, many people have taken the initiative to offer "good seeds" in the past two years, but some are just some flower and plant seeds. The only thing that surprised Cheng Qing was probably the peppers presented as potted plants.
The maritime merchant found the sweet potato and secretly tried planting it locally for a season. He confirmed that the food that could be grown in Luzon was not suitable for the land and the country was in the Great Wei Dynasty, so he presented the sweet potato.
Luzon was a barbaric country for the Great Wei Dynasty, so it was called "sweet potato" when maritime merchants offered it. In fact, sweet potatoes were called "sweet potato" in Luzon. This thing is easy to plant, and vines can survive even if they are pressed into it. The yield is higher than ordinary grains. If you eat too much, it will easily bloat. Naturally, it will not become noble, and it is really difficult to ascend to the elegance of princes and nobles.
But it is precisely because it is lowly and easy to live, it is a life-saving treasure that encounters famine.
When the common people are so hungry that they want to chew tree bark and dig grass roots, how can they care whether the sweet potatoes are bloated?
Floodiness is better than eating Guanyin soil. Hungry people who eat Guanyin soil will become as big as a ball, and eventually they cannot digest the soil they eat and cannot pull it out.
The promotion of sweet potatoes did not encounter much resistance. This thing does not require fertile land. You can survive by finding some land to plant it. Even if the people don’t eat it themselves, they can still grow it to feed livestock.
Potatoes were found in the eighth year of the new year.
Sweet potatoes were found by sea merchants, and potatoes were found by Xiao Yunye who went out to sea.
The yield of potatoes is not lower than that of sweet potatoes, but it is more suitable as a staple food than sweet potatoes.
When promoting sweet potatoes, Xiao Yunting from the northwest was not feeling it deeply. When Xiao Yunye presented potatoes to Meng Huaijin, Xiao Yunting couldn't help but scolded the useless at Xiao Yunpei, who also went out to sea.
Xiao Yunpei, who worked hard to make money: "..."
The wind and sun were blowing on the sea, and Xiao Yunpei, who was getting dark and thin, wanted to turn off the boat.
If you have the ability to do it yourself, you will know how to compete!
Xiao Yunpei endured it.
Because Xiao Yunting has not married yet, and there is no child in her knees. She thinks that she will never get married. No matter how smart and cunning Xiao Yunting is, he will die before he leaves the category of mortals. The Ye Palace needs inheritance. Xiao Yunpei is so obedient and willing to work hard now, just waiting to take over Xiao Yunting's throne - he can't beat him, and he is not as smart as he can, as long as he fights who will live longer!
There are speculations outside why Xiao Yunting didn't marry a wife. Some people say that he was plotted against when he was a hostage, which was difficult to say... Of course, no one dared to say such words in person, but it would not prevent everyone from thinking wildly.
Xiao Yunpei knew it was not because of this.
Xiao Yunting is purely narcissism.
It seems that no woman in the world can deserve him. He doesn't like him and refuses to avenge himself for the sake of inheriting the incense. He just doesn't marry or take concubines.
Xiao Yunpei was angry with Xiao Yunting, and was greedy for Xiao Yunting's throne, and he was not convinced. After all, he had two concubines in the same generation as him. After Xiao Yunting took charge of the northwest, these two concubines were also serving Xiao Yunting.
With Xiao Yunting's temper, it is difficult to guarantee that he would pass the throne to his relatives, and maybe he would throw it to the concubine.
In fact, Xiao Yunting did not marry, and although everyone secretly speculated about the reason, they were not very shocked.
Today, I have never gotten married after nine years of ascending the throne!
At the beginning, it was the war between filial piety and the northwest.
Then there is the selection of female officials.
Then there was the sea ban. In order to open up the sea ban, the ministers of the cabinet changed two or three, and the chief ministers retired. The Wei Dynasty was undergoing new changes every day. The court officials had never been so fulfilled. If you want to oppose it, in the eighth year of the new opening, the six ministries had young officials selected by Meng Huaijin. The old ministers were reluctant to do the work. Newcomers rushed to do it. It was difficult for officials to lose their jobs, but they would be marginalized... In this struggle of doubts, tug-of-war and compromise, the court officials were too busy to take care of themselves. Except for the censors, few court officials had time to care about the emperor's harem.
In the eighth year of the new year, Meng Huaijin selected several people from the royal family to be educated in the palace. The younger one was only three years old and the older one was no more than six years old.
The sonless emperor would do this. Meng Huaijin only planned earlier than some emperors. Instead of waiting to die before choosing an adoption, it would be better to train himself early.
On Meng Huaijin's side, no one suspected that the emperor was inhumane. They suspected that the emperor had a habit of Longyang.
The most questionable person is Shangshu Cheng.
Yes, in the eighth year of the new year, Cheng Qing was promoted from the Minister of Rites to the Minister of Rites and entered the cabinet!
When he was a teenager, Cheng Shangshu had handsome appearances for boys and girls. Now he is in his twenties, and his figure is still so thin that he is a bit too weak.
Of course, anyone who underestimates Cheng Shangshu's weakness will definitely die miserably.
Some people say that the relationship between the Emperor and Shangshu Cheng was extraordinary, and some people say that the Secretary of Cheng and General Yu... The most absurd thing is that some people say that Shangshu Cheng is a woman!
Someone believed the first two rumors, and the last one must be slander from political enemies.
How do women take the scientific test?
Can a woman suppress a group of students, and get the first place for six yuan?
It's simply ridiculous!
I don’t know where this kind of rumor came from and reached Cheng Qing’s ears. Cheng Qing smiled it and did not get angry or defend it.
Others think she is generous, but she doesn't care.
Even if Cheng Zhiyuan was resurrected from the death and exposed her secret, would she be afraid? In front of the Minister of Rites, she was not only doing the work of the Minister of Rites, but also how prominent the Cheng family is!
Because Cheng Qing and Cheng Liu were there, Cheng Zhixu was worried and recovered. Even the Minister of Personnel did not want to do it. Before the emperor spoke, he applied for the release directly. Obviously, he did not want to stay in the capital and serve as an official in the same court as Cheng Qing. After attending the court meeting, he was still lower than his nephew's position, which was also a torture for Cheng Zhixu.
Cheng Zhixu was right to release him. If he didn't take the initiative to take a step back, the court officials would not allow him to join the Ministry of Personnel again.
The Ministry of Works has Mr. Cheng Liu, the Ministry of Rites has Cheng Qing, the Ministry of Revenue has also Cui Yan, the money and grain steward whom the emperor relied on. The Ministry of Personnel is a member of the Cheng family, so should the court change its surname?
The Ministry of Personnel, Cheng can no longer get involved.
As Mr. Cheng Liu grows older this year, when Cheng Qing is stable for another two years, Mr. Cheng Liu plans to retire.
Only when Master Cheng Liu withdrew can Cheng Qing take more power.
In this case, the courtiers were more determined than opposing the opening of the sea ban.
Cheng Qing is not afraid of exposure, because her ability and the prominence of the Cheng family, and because Meng Huaijin's throne has become more and more stable.
Because there are no offspring, the royal family fully supports Meng Huaijin, and even secretly hopes that he will have no offspring for his life. Only then will his own children have hope of inheriting the throne!
For this reason, Meng Huaijin called on their families to go overseas, and they were all very active and did not sing the opposite tune with Meng Huaijin at all.
These people feel that they are enduring for a better future, but they don’t know that after kneeling physically for a long time, it will be difficult for them to stand up mentally. They listen to Meng Huaijin’s orders every time, and over time they all become obedient.
Besides, you don’t have to go out to sea.
When the emperors were reigned in the previous generations, the royal family was increasingly abolished. In this dynasty, Meng Huaijin allowed them to enter the court to be officials and had some serious work. Who would still keep an eye on the emperor's private life every day?
In the eighth year of the new beginning, not only did Tudou be found, but the first female officials selected by Meng Huaijin finally showed their fangs of fighting for power after several years of experience and dormancy.
Chapter completed!