Chapter 298： transition

  The 23rd year of Jingyan was the year with the most disasters in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The history of later generations generally believed that the Great Zhou Dynasty died at this time.

At that time, Emperor Duanzong and his courtiers did not think so. Although the rain has been less than in previous years since the beginning of spring, they felt that Qin Tianjian had already made predictions last year, so they were not worried about what to do. Still doing what.

Emperor Duanzong is still looking forward to the construction of the Tangshan Palace outside the city soon. It is easy to move in this winter. Well, he can also escape the heat on the mountain in summer.

Although the main thing in Tangshan is warm soup, it is still very cool on the halfway up the mountain.

If the emperor knows, because this year, he will be subjugated in less than ten years, this year he will not force the Ministry of Household to give him money to build Tangshan Palace, but will use the money to strengthen Armaments, no, they should be used to help the people.

In the autumn of the 23rd year of Jingyan, the area around Lizhou Road was dry and almost no grains of rice were harvested. The highest yield of wheat was only 120 catties, while the lowest yield fell below the historical record of only 18 catties, which was worthy of being recovered.

Fortunately, with the corn seeds donated by Qi Xiuyuan, and with the corn planting method he promoted, the highest yield per mu is 632 catties, and the lowest is 289 catties. In the case of such a poor harvest of wheat and rice, it can be said that it is singing. A high song.

But Beelu Prefecture was not as lucky as Lizhou Road, and the area around Lin'an Prefecture also became dry, but floods occurred in the Lianghu area, which not only submerged farmland, but also flooded many houses, and the people were displaced.

The Miao people in the southern border area were also eager to move, but in the eyes of the imperial court, all this was a small-scale disaster. In Lin'an Mansion, the imperial court was holding a banquet. First, to celebrate the completion of the Tangshan Palace, the emperor could move in in winter to escape the cold. .

The second is to celebrate the bumper harvest of corn, yes, the bumper harvest of corn.

The court forced Qi Xiuyuan to hand over a quarter of the corn seeds to the emperor, who gave it to Huangzhuang for sowing, and the remaining three-quarters were divided among ministers and noble families.

After everyone's wrangling for a winter, the seeds were carefully planted by their tenants after the seeds were all divided up. According to the planting method handed in by Qi Xiuyuan, they had just harvested in autumn not long ago, and the yield per mu reached 740. Eight catties, of course, this is the highest yield, but it also proves from the side that Emperor Sejong's comments on corn were correct.

This kind of high yield, regardless of whether it is delicious or not, after promotion, people will definitely starve to death, so when they heard that there were revolts by disaster victims in various places, they did not take it to heart.

They are all a group of bad guys, and they rebelled even with such a high output.

At this time, they forgot that the corn seeds were not enough to spread, and they smuggled all the corn seeds from the south, and none of them flowed out.

After hearing that there were people rebelling on Lizhou Road, the Great Zhou Emperor waved his hand and asked Qi Xiuyuan to lead his troops to rehabilitate him.

Qi Xiuyuan almost gritted his teeth when he received the official document, slapped the official document on the table, and said angrily, "Isn't there anyone who persuades you to make peace?"

Qi Haoran was also very angry. When it was time to make peace, those ministers didn't let go of their farts, but when they didn't change their talk, they stubbornly wanted to make peace with the Hu people.

"Brother, I went to check. They were all farmers in Tongchuan area. They attacked the county government only because they couldn't survive. They didn't kill anyone. They just opened the government's granary." Having said this, Qi Haoran Grinding his teeth, he said, "I heard that the people in Tongchuan have reached the point where they can change their sons to eat, but the county government and the government government do not open granaries."

Qi Xiuyuan held his forehead with a headache, "I can't blame the prefect of Tongchuan for this. He wrote letters to the imperial court every three days. Woolen cloth."

Qi Xiuyuan looked at Rongxuan and said, "Counselor, you draft a document, I'll hand it to you when I go back, and explain the situation here clearly. Those are all farmers who are farming, and it's better to negotiate peace."

Rongxuan responded.

"But since the emperor asked us to rehabilitate, we can't do nothing, at least the situation in Tongchuan mansion must be under control, Haoran, you immediately lead the troops to Tongchuan mansion, bring the five battalions and four battalions, and you will command them. , Mu Shi is the striker, and will leave tomorrow."

Qi Haoran responded with a grudging voice.

"What's the matter?" Qi Xiuyuan looked at him strangely and asked, "Don't you usually jump up excited when you hear about a war? Why are you so down now?"

Rongxuan smiled and said, "The general forgot? The day after tomorrow is Miss Mu's birthday, and the little general also said that he will hold a birthday banquet for Miss Mu in Hanzhong Mansion."

Qi Xiuyuan laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "I thought it was something, don't worry, you're not at home, I'll ask Zijin to help you do it, and the big brother will help you supervise."

Isn't he depressed because of this? He had been preparing for a month just to prepare a birthday present for Mu Yangling, but now it was all in vain.

Qi Haoran left sadly, Rong Xuan watched him leave, turned his head to look at the smiling Qi Xiuyuan and said, "Chengde, Haoran is more and more interested in Miss Mu."

Qi Xiuyuan shook his head and laughed, "I didn't expect this kid to find his daughter-in-law first."

Rong Xuan looked at him in surprise, "You really don't mind, the Mu family's family background is not very good."

Qi Xiuyuan's face was slightly cold, and he said, "I hate the opinion of my family the most in my life."

His mother, haven't he and his brother been harmed by this family all their lives?

"What kind of family does the Qi family have? Up to the fifth generation, they were just illiterate peasants. Up to the third generation, there was only one scholar. He was only the son of a fifth-rank official, and he even took advantage of his family background. I wish you all the best. Where is the home?"

Rong Xuan suddenly stopped talking. He knew that the grievance between the Qi family and the Zhu family was a **** debt. No one can tell who is right and who is wrong, but for Qi Xiuyuan and Qi Haoran, it is indeed Qi Feng. Ashamed of them.

Qi Xiuyuan calmed down and said: "Haoran has a big temper, and he rarely listens to people's persuasion. Mu Yangling is the only one who can restrain him besides me and Zijin, and he likes it himself, we don't need to stop it, just wait for them. When I'm older, I'll be with Mu Jiati again."

Qi Xiuyuan felt relieved when he thought of Shu Wanniang's behavior, and said, "Maybe the Mu family also has a family background, as long as they don't turn their backs on our family's Haoran."

Rongxuan rolled his eyes, knowing that he was joking, and seeing him laughing happily, he said gloomily: "Chengde, are you 20 years old this year? It's already 21 years old, so it's time to get married?"

Qi Xiuyuan was taken aback.

Rongxuan originally said this to block him, but after he said it, he thought about it seriously and realized that, yes, his good brother and good friend are twenty-one years old, and they are not married yet.