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Chapter 496 The Writer and the Emperor 6
The emperor's mind has never said that turning his face can turn his face. The latter is a fight between the aunts in the vegetable market.

In particular, the emperor is a role model for the world, and his every move is watched by countless people. Although Zhu Youxiao has been absurd for more than ten years, now he wants to change the world's view, so he can no longer do those absurd things in the past.

Because of this, he can't do anything to King Xin for no reason. What's more, Tianqi really has a brotherly relationship with King Xin. Even if this friendship is diluted by Puxiang, he can still keep King Xin safe for a few years.

Therefore, the emperor is still maintaining his friendship with King Xin on the surface, but secretly watching with cold eyes to see whether King Xin is loyal to his elder brother.

The emperor calmly distanced himself from guest Wei, suspicious of his brother, and became closer to the empress.He used to be the most impatient to see the cabinet ministers, but now he has to summon two cabinet ministers every day, either to ask about political affairs, or to talk about knowledge, which greatly changed the courtiers.

The courtiers only felt that the emperor's attitude had changed drastically, but they didn't suspect that he had changed the core. It was because the emperor was actually smart by nature, and it was easier to study when he was young. It's amazing not to be surprised.In another case, the emperor showed seriousness and intelligence, but his cognition of methods was obviously weak. He looked like a person who was born intelligent but had never learned how to govern the country, so the ministers were not suspicious.

He is quite stable on the surface, but in reality he is still anxious. After he came down to court, he would often go into the queen's palace and throw a tantrum: "Despise your father, eat up the court, and only have your own petty gains in your eyes. One counts as one. They're all bastards!"

The queen advised him: "There is a saying among the people, 'you have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to do one thing at a time'. Long live suddenly knows many things, but he can't solve them all in a flash. It's better to take it slow."

The emperor said angrily, "I only have two years to live, and Ming Dynasty has 19 years left to live. How can I be slow? Waiting to die?"

The queen was not angry, and shook her head, "My concubine learned needlework at home when I was young, and the silk threads were all piled up in the basket, tangled into a big ball of dead knots. I was anxious to untie them, but the busier and messier I became, the tangles became tighter in the end. I was anxious." I have to cry, I have to cut them into pieces with scissors."

The queen can cut the thread, but the emperor cannot break the Ming Dynasty.

"The concubine's mother said to the concubine, 'You find a thread, untie it first, and then stroke it one by one, it will always be straightened out.' The concubine followed the thread to find, only one thread, Sure enough, it was much simpler, it took me three days to straighten out the threads, and since then, my temper is no longer as irritable as before." The queen smiled, "This is just my humble opinion, but I think about it, there is always something wrong with everything in the world. It's the same reasoning, long live is facing a mess, it's useless to just worry, you have to sort it out first."

Now the emperor has one advantage, that is, he can listen to what he has to say.He didn't just believe what he heard. For example, ministers had different opinions on a certain matter. He would always compare the opinions twice, choose one that seemed better, and let people implement it.Another example is the queen's words. He only listens to them when he thinks they make sense. If they don't make sense, he doesn't listen patiently.

The queen's reasoning can't actually help much, but it can make the emperor calm down and stabilize his footsteps, which is the greatest credit.

The emperor thought heavily, where is my thread?
In fact, it's not that he doesn't know where the thread ends are. State affairs are not compared with silk threads, they are all of average thickness. Among all the difficulties and dangers that lie in front of the emperor, there are always simple ones and some unshakable ones.

When the emperor wants to be a director, he must start with the simplest one. He has already sent people to do it, and now a few months have passed, and the people who went to Fujian to find sweet potatoes have returned with sweet potato stalks.

In the 21st year of Wanli, Chen Zhenlong, a native of Fujian, took the risk of taking sweet potato seeds back to his hometown from Luzon Island and planted them. It has been more than 30 years since the sixth year of Tianqi.Up to now, many people in Fujian have grown sweet potatoes, but it is rare elsewhere.

Food is the paramount necessity of the people, as long as there is a mouthful of food to eat, as long as they can survive, the common people in this world are the most willing to endure hardships and stand hard work, who would be willing to rebel?

When internal strife could not be tolerated, the emperor was free to deal with foreign enemies.Internal and external troubles like Chongzhen, two-phase attack, is a real dead end.

The emperor can't solve other problems now, but he can find a way to feed his people.

Sweet potatoes and corn are two crops with large yields and are resistant to cold and drought. After planting, they can grow and harvest without much care. One mu of land can be planted with ten mu of wheat and rice.When the Little Ice Age is approaching, counting them is the most useful and can save countless lives.

Besides, during the famine years, the grass roots and bark were eaten so much that even Guanyin soil was gnawed. If you really want to eat sweet potatoes and corn, who cares that the taste is rough and your stomach will bloat if you eat too much?

If the emperor wants to continue his life in the Ming Dynasty, he can only rely on these two things. Even if he can't pass the test two years later, the situation in Chongzhen's hands will be much better. Shaanxi will not be chaotic, and there will always be a glimmer of life.

What's more, the emperor may not be able to pass the hurdle two years later... He said every day that he only had two years to live, and the queen finally couldn't help asking: "I dare to ask long live in my ancestor's dream. What is it... what is the lifespan expiry method?"

The emperor was stunned, and his face became even darker: in history, Emperor Tianqi fell into the water and fell ill while playing in Xiyuan, and died after taking "immortal medicine" for a long time to cure his illness. Feel ashamed.

Most people in the world suspected that Wei Zhongxian was a regicide who wanted to usurp the throne, but the emperor did not have such suspicions, and the reason was simple: Wei Zhongxian, an eunuch, usurped the throne and seized power.
It is still possible for him to be bought by others, but the chances are small, Wei Zhongxian's power comes from the emperor, if it is another person, who can trust him like Tianqi?

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian was the least likely person in the world who wished for Emperor Tianqi's death.

But the emperor is still suspicious of other people—for example, King Xin, or King Fu.

The truth is unknown, but the emperor made a rule for himself, from now on, he will seldom go to Xiyuan, even if he goes to Xiyuan, he will never go on a boat, he has to wait for him to find out the truth and ensure that his life is safe , to get closer to the water and the boat.

Xiyuan has always been full of playthings, hooking the emperor to linger in it, and the house is very lively all day long.Now that the emperor seldom goes there, the place is gradually getting depressed, and the emperor is a little distressed. How much manpower and material resources he spent in Xiyuan that day, if it was all wasted, wouldn't it be a waste of so much internal money?
The emperor almost wanted to grow sweet potatoes in Xiyuan, but Empress Xuan persuaded him: "Xiyuan has a lot of water and beautiful scenery. I would rather leave it unused than spoil it by planting these things. Besides, how can this thing be in Xiyuan?" Can it grow well?"

The emperor listened to the persuasion, and turned his head and sent two young eunuchs beside him to plant sweet potatoes on the Huangzhuang. Fortunately, the emperor still has some control over the Huangzhuang these days, unlike his younger brother, who was imprisoned for reading sage books, who was aloof and innocent, Even most of the Huangzhuang fell into the hands of others, the inner treasury was empty, and life was tight. When the burglars finally entered Beijing, they failed to find a few taels of silver from the inner treasury. Who would believe it?
Xiyuan can't farm land, the emperor finally thought of a way to use it, although there are no amazing talents in Jinyiwei, there are a few good hands, the emperor picked two out, and sent the palace's ten-year-old The young eunuchs gathered together and reopened the inner study hall, not only teaching them to read, but also to teach them to train soldiers.

With this movement, the court outside wanted to remonstrate again.What "the law of the ancestors, eunuchs can't read", what "Your Majesty must guard against the disaster of Zhao Gao and Shi Changshi", all they have to do is lift his ear and scold, "I don't want to be far away, think about Tumubao!"

The ministers don't know that the emperor has always been wary of them, and has his own plans for the future. He is determined to do it, and the eunuchs and Huangzhuang are all internal affairs after all, how can they control them?

The young eunuchs were young, and most of them were smart. They seemed to be fighting with the two Jin Yiwei, but they were actually training soldiers. Even the emperor didn't think about what he would train these eunuchs for. They were only preparing for future military training.

The two eunuchs sent to Huangzhuang were not big figures in the palace. Seeing Wei Zhongxian call an old ancestor, if Wei Zhongxian agreed, they would be so happy that their tails would go up to the sky.

This time when the emperor assigned the task, neither of them thought that good things would happen to them. On the Huangzhuang, they are the ancestors from the palace.
Eunuchs are different from scholars. After reading the books of sages and sages, scholars have to use the standards of sages to demand and restrain the emperor. The wealth and glory of eunuchs are all tied to the emperor, and they do what the emperor says. The two eunuchs have not yet mixed They didn't hold back, so the emperor ordered them to plant corn and sweet potatoes according to the law, and they followed it meticulously.

The emperor secretly reminded himself that when the sweet potatoes are harvested next year, he will not suffer from famine, and he will ennoble Chen Zhenlong and his descendants to record his merits!

(End of this chapter)