Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

This is a memorial from Shexi, the envoy of Xuanfu in Yongning. It details the basic information of the potato crop and its cultivation in the southwest.It clearly describes how Gu Yunji found potatoes, how he purchased improved varieties through Fan Li and promoted them in Xuzhou Prefecture.

The memorial was written in May this year.

Gu Yunji was not a fool. If potatoes could really be planted throughout the summer, and the imperial court recognized its high yield, the first person to introduce and popularize it would definitely be considered the first person to contribute.Gu Yunji may not care about personal gains and losses when it comes to things that benefit the people of the world, but not caring does not mean that others can steal or even rob him of his achievements.

As early as when Shu was still in the midst of drought, Gu Yunji had completely recognized Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou, especially Yan Zhengqian, who was hypocritical and selfish and would do anything to achieve his goals.It is simply a dream to expect them to follow the procedures in a disciplined manner, truthfully write down Gu Yunji and Fan Li's contribution to the potato matter, and report them to each level.

However, Gu Yunji was only a sixth-grade general judge and was not qualified to report directly to the central government. Emperor Jingfeng was suspicious in character. If he followed the path of his cousin, he might attract criticism and cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

After much thought, Gu Yunji decided to entrust Shexi to do this.

Shexi was the chieftain of the Xuanfu Division in Yongning. From a hierarchical perspective, the Xuanfu Division and the Chief Envoy were at the same level, and she could report directly to Emperor Jingfeng.Moreover, after Gu Yunji got in contact with her, he found that she was a smart and sensible person, and she had an old relationship with Gu Yuanhui, so she should be much more trustworthy than Yan Zhengqian and others.

When Gu Yunji took the initiative to give potatoes and peppers to Shexi, he not only wanted to benefit the Yi people, but also wanted to sell Shexi a favor and leave a backup for himself.

Sure enough, when Gu Yunji wrote to ask tactfully about the promotion of potato in Xuanfu Division, Shexi immediately understood what he meant, turned around and wrote a report to Emperor Jingfeng, and reported the potato matter from a third-party objective perspective. Submission to the central government not only complies with regulations, but also prevents the credit from being taken away.

As for Emperor Jingfeng, when he discovered that potatoes first appeared in Xuzhou Prefecture, he did not see Sichuan officials reporting it, but the nearby chieftain reported it. He knew that there must be many twists and turns that were difficult for outsiders to understand. Sichuan officialdom was a pond of muddy water. There might be a big fish hidden inside.

So on the one hand, he suppressed the news about potatoes and secretly asked people to test their planting. On the other hand, he took advantage of the drought and sent special envoy Qian Xun to Sichuan to check the local situation.

In order to better verify what She Xi said, Emperor Jingfeng deliberately did not mention potatoes to Qian Xun, but the report submitted by the other party contained a lot of space about potatoes. It can be seen that what She Xi said is true, and Sichuan officialdom is indeed not simple.

Now, the big fish in this muddy water has finally surfaced.

Emperor Jingfeng looked at Pu Tingnan, who was dripping with cold sweat, and spoke in a cold tone: "Gu Yunji clearly asked someone to inquire about the potatoes from Western merchants, and it took a lot of effort to find them. In order to purchase fine seeds and plant them in large quantities in Xuzhou Prefecture, a man named Fan Li’s Huizhou merchants also donated a full five thousand silver!”

"How did it come to your mouth, Pu Tingnan, that it was brought to Xuzhou Prefecture by businessmen 'accidentally' and planted by the people on their own initiative? I have seen many people who take credit for it, but this is the first one as shameless as you! "

After reading Shexi's report, Pu Tingnan was frightened and knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty has learned clearly! Your Majesty has learned clearly! I don't know what is going on. I didn't mean to deceive Your Majesty, and I was also deceived." Yes!"

"...Weichen just heard from the officials of Xuzhou Prefecture that there was such a thing as potato, and the people planted it spontaneously. He didn't know that it was actually found by Gu Yunji, the general judge, who spent a lot of time to find it. If Weichen knew that this was his credit, How could you not mention his name at all?”

"Wei Chen's mistake was that the news was delayed. I never thought that His Majesty already knew about the potato and came here to waste His Majesty's time. However, Wei Chen had no intention of taking the credit from Gu Yunji. Please tell me clearly!"

Pu Tingnan's words were half true and half false. He burst into tears when he begged for mercy. He really felt a bit sad and angry at being wronged.Emperor Jingfeng sneered and said: "Okay, since you said you didn't know, let's put this matter aside for now and let's talk about another thing."

As he spoke, Emperor Jingfeng stretched out a hand towards Cheng Yan and shouted: "Cheng Yan!"

Cheng Yan handed over Qian Xun's original report with a wink, and then silently stepped aside, looking at his nose and heart.

Emperor Jingfeng scrawled the report to a certain page and threw it in Pu Tingnan's face: "Explain to me. According to special envoy Qian Xun, Xuzhou Prefecture paid a total of [-] yuan in grain taxes this summer. Yu Shi, why did it turn into [-] shi in the grain tax account book you wrote? Where did the [-] shi go?"

"This this……"

Pu Tingnan looked panicked. When he saw the many crimes including grain tax recorded in Qian Xun's report, his face instantly turned pale, his hands were shaking so much that he could hardly hold them, and he couldn't say a word.

There are piles of things on it, all of which are things he has done in the past. The total number of ten heads is not enough to cut off.Since Emperor Jingfeng could show him the report, it means that he must have evidence in his hands. Why didn't he hear any news before?
Unless Emperor Jingfeng had made up his mind to deal with him and specifically blocked the news, he would wait for him to return to Beijing to report his work at the end of the year and throw himself into the trap.

Thinking of this, a look of despair appeared on Pu Tingnan's face, and his whole body collapsed on the ground like a ball of mud.

The anger that had been pent up for a long time suddenly emerged, and Emperor Jingfeng was full of intimidating momentum. He slapped the table and said angrily: "Look at what a dog you are! If I scare you a little, you will be scared to death! Face the accusations repeatedly I can't even think of a decent explanation. When I see you like this, I know that most of what you said above is true without even looking it up!"

"You can steal [-] shi of grain from just a low-level state capital, Xuzhou Prefecture. If I send you to the south of the Yangtze River, a land of plenty, you won't have to empty all the granaries? The mice will have to cry when they see you. !”

Pu Tingnan was single-handedly promoted by Emperor Jingfeng. In the early years when he first came to the throne, he was isolated and helpless. Pu Tingnan was one of the few ministers he could trust.Now that Emperor Jingfeng's position is stable and he has great power, Pu Tingnan has been obsessed with greed and is rotten from the inside out.

Regarding Pu Tingnan, Emperor Jingfeng was not only angry, but also hated the fact that iron cannot be made into steel. The more he talked, the more angry he became. He couldn't help but walked down and kicked him hard: "What did you say when I sent you to Sichuan?" Yes? You said you would guard the southwest for me so that I would have no worries. Is this how you guarded it?!"

Pu Tingnan's face was covered with water stains. He didn't know whether it was sweat or tears. He didn't dare to hide after being kicked by Emperor Jingfeng. He reacted belatedly, hugged his legs and cried: "Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty." Spare your life! Wei Chen knows that he was wrong, your Majesty, please spare Wei Chen’s life..."

"Now you know you are wrong? It's too late! Even if I tolerate you, the national law cannot tolerate you!"

Emperor Jingfeng was unmoved, kicked him away, and shouted outside: "Come here, take Pu Tingnan down to me and hand him over to the Ministry of Justice for trial!"

I just discovered that because I read the wrong month, I posted a chapter that should have been posted on October [-]th on September [-]th. Currently, I can’t delete the chapter, so I directly replaced the content and updated the chapter, so The titles and content of these chapters seem a bit inconsistent.

In addition, can everyone pretend not to have seen the chapter that was posted by mistake before? I really beg you [crying.jpg]