A lucky wife born again from a farm family

This almost means that they have a disloyal heart.

All the ministers were shocked when they heard this. They all knelt down and said, "I don't dare, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

The sound was like a loud bell, and Emperor Jingyuan was extremely angry when he heard it: "When I ask for forgiveness, my voice becomes louder than the last one, but when I ask you to come up with ideas, you become mute... What do you think about cassava as food? Tell me!"

How can ministers dare to say that? Once he says something that doesn't suit his mind, he's afraid blood will be spilled on the spot.

Emperor Jingyuan was furious when he saw this: "As my servants and the pillars of the imperial court, you have nothing to say about this new world-saving food? Are you trash or are you dissatisfied with me and the imperial court?!"

This is too serious to continue the stalemate. Yingge Lao said: "Your Majesty, edible things like cassava should indeed be promoted as food, but it is true that it is highly poisonous. If you want to become a food for the people, you have to Take your time...it will take about three years to try and no one dies before you can plant it in large quantities."

As soon as these words came out, several adults immediately said: "What Mr. Yingge said is reasonable, and I second my opinion."

But the corners of Emperor Jingyuan's lips curled up into a sneer... It was Elder Yingge again. Every time the ministers had a stalemate with him, as soon as Elder Yingge came out to speak, the other courtiers would agree that this court belonged to him. Or from the Ying family? !

Ming Cong thought for a moment and felt that Mr. Yingge should not speak. If he spoke too much, Emperor Jingyuan would be wary of him.

The Ying family is his in-law family and his biggest supporter secretly. After saving the Ying family, he said: "What Mr. Ying Ge said is absolutely true. However, this year's severe cold has affected the northwest, northeast, Central Plains, Zhongzhou and other places affected by the extreme cold." Harmful, the autumn grain harvest is not good, and three years of trial harvesting is too long. I believe that measures should be taken according to local conditions. In areas with food shortages, for example, if half of the northwest is trialed for half a year, no one will die, and cassava can be grown and eaten throughout the northwest... Other food can be eaten In places such as the south, we can try it out for two years before promoting it.”

Master Yin, one of the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, disagreed and said: "Half a year? Is this trial period too short? What if the cassava toxin is deposited to a certain level before it becomes poisonous? Wouldn't it mean that people who eat it for half a year will die? ?!”

With just such a sentence, Minister Yin was in great trouble.

Emperor Jingyuan said: "Short? Does Minister Yin think this time is too short, or is he thinking that Dongqing's food will be damaged due to the extreme cold, so he wants to secretly send Da Chu's world-saving food to Dongqing?!"

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Shilang Yin hurriedly said: "I am loyal to Da Chu and have no intention of moving toward Dong Qing. Your Majesty, please be aware of this!"

Emperor Jingyuan smiled: "Since you are loyal to Da Chu, then Minister Yin will go to Qingshi Temple to chant sutras and pray for Da Chu."

He added: "From now on, the Yin family will all use cassava as food, until every household in the Chu family eats cassava food!"

Shilang Yin was so frightened that he collapsed on the hall, shook his body, and said with tears: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen realizes his mistake, Wei Chen..."

"Have you realized your mistake?" Emperor Jingyuan interrupted Yin Shilang and said, "Since you have realized your mistake, you should atone for your sins. Come on, send Yin Shilang down!"

With an order, the imperial guards rushed into the hall, grabbed Shilang Yin and dragged him out of the hall.

None of the ministers in the palace dared to intercede for Minister Yin, just because everyone knew the root cause...it was because of what happened to Prince Yi three years ago.

The sixth girl from Shilang Yin's family followed King Yi of Dongqing, but King Yi dared to deceive Da Chu and took advantage of the war between Da Chu and the soldiers to buy up supplies in the northwest of Da Chu, which almost caused great harm to Da Chu. Disaster!

But at that time, Dachu was fighting against the enemy and was unable to start a war with Dongqing. Emperor Jingyuan could only endure it and pretend that it didn't happen.

Things are different now. 30% of the land in Dongqing was occupied by King Wei. This year, there was also a cold disaster. The food harvest was poor and his vitality was severely damaged. Emperor Jingyuan was finally able to take revenge and took action against Shilang Yin!

Because Shilang Yin was arrested, the courtiers were silent, and no one dared to speak for a while.

Ming Cong was the first to react and asked Emperor Jingyuan: "Your Majesty, do you want to promote cassava within half a year to two years?"

After Emperor Jingyuan took care of Minister Yin and let out the bad breath he had been holding back for three years, he felt refreshed and nodded: "Well, Ming Qing, this method is the most suitable, so let's do it."

After thinking for a while, he added: "Leave the matter of promoting cassava as food to Mr. Yingge."

As soon as these words came out, cold sweat broke out on Mr. Yingge's back... He really shouldn't have been the first to speak out today. Emperor Jingyuan really began to be afraid of him and asked him to be responsible for the promotion of cassava grains. How could the wealthy family come up with all kinds of things? What about the villagers who were poisoned and died after eating cassava grain?

That's right, although Mr. Ying Ge and other ministers from wealthy families agreed to promote cassava grain, they did not expect the promotion to be successful. They had already planned to use cassava poison to kill a group of people and destroy the great Chu Kingdom Zuo.

Emperor Jingyuan became smarter again, Yingge always said this secretly in his heart. At this moment, he seemed to see the figure of the emperor's grandson who was highly valued by Emperor Jingwu decades ago.

"Old minister, I accept the order!" Mr. Ying Ge recovered his thoughts and accepted the errand.

But the promotion of cassava as food is too important. It can be said that this matter is related to whether the Chu Dynasty can continue. Therefore, Emperor Jingyuan also sent a few people to help: "They are all new scholars. Yingge Lao worked hard and led them. Let them become the pillars of the imperial court who can act independently as soon as possible."

Then he read out the names of the appointed people... some were from poor families, some were from wealthy families, some were as stubborn as bulls, and some were simple and heartless.

Yan Xiaowu, Song Yin, Fang Dianqing and Feng Yu are all on top.

When Mr. Ying Ge heard the names of these people, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty, it was Qin Gu who proposed the idea of ​​removing cassava toxins. Why don't you let Master Gu come to help? He is Qin Gu. The eldest brother."

Emperor Jingyuan refused: "No, Gu Qing still has to do errands in front of me."

Ying Ge Lao Dao said: "If Mr. Gu can't do it, then Chu Jun can do it too."

Emperor Jingyuan still refused: "There are too many children from aristocratic families in the Jinshi given to you, and together with Chu Jun, it is unbalanced. If there is really a shortage of manpower, Mr. Ying Ge will choose one from the poor family Jinshi."

Yingge Lao finally understood that Emperor Jingyuan wanted to alienate the officials of the wealthy family... If those children of the wealthy family found out something, or for the sake of their own advancement, would they report him and take the opportunity to destroy the Ying family?

Yingge Lao guessed right. This was what Emperor Jingyuan had in mind, and he also wanted to test Feng Yu and others to see if they were really loyal to him.

Mr. Ying Ge was angry, but he had been in the court for decades and had matured into a mature man. He didn't show his face at all. After thanking Emperor Jingyuan, he picked a poor scholar to help him.

In a corner of the palace, the second prince, who had been silent all this time, stood up and said, "Father, I would like to ask you to try some cassava grains to calm the people. Is it okay?"

At the end of the sentence, his voice dropped, and he looked scared.

Emperor Jingyuan looked at the second prince, thought for a while, and agreed: "It's accurate!"

"My dear father, thank you very much!" The second prince was very excited and knelt down to thank him.

When the third prince saw this, he was extremely angry... You, the middle child, did it quietly in front of your father. Huh, be careful, don't end up like the eldest brother, and end up with the whole family being beheaded!