Chapter 99 Why am I looking at... This Luxi seems to be more prosperous than the Imperial City?
Emperor Yongle: "???"
"What weapons of mass destruction?"
Lu Yuan shook his head and said frankly:
"I don't know, I guessed."
"As for whether it is true, grandpa, you have to lead the troops to see.
It may be hidden in their royal city, or it may be hidden where, I don’t know. ”
Emperor Yongle: "???"
For a moment.
Emperor Yongle came to his senses.
Understood.
He couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Hiss...
My grandson...why is he so bad? !
Who cares? This is it?
Especially...
This move...
Why...is it so familiar? ?
I seem to have seen it somewhere? ?
Emperor Yongle thought for a moment.
Then, he clapped his hands, looked at Lu Yuan and glared:
"You little brat!!
Is this what you did about King Lu? ”
Lu Yuan blinked, then shook his head and said:
"No, grandpa, please don't make false accusations, no.
Even if you beat me to death, I won't admit it. ”
Seeing Lu Yuan like this, Emperor Yongle really laughed out loud.
Damn it is.
Emperor Yongle wondered at that time how could King Lu be so bold.
King Lu is still very honest.
Otherwise, we cannot be left until the end.
But...
Emperor Yongle thought carefully about what Lu Yuan said, and then frowned and said:
"Is it... a little too deliberate?"
Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows strangely and said:
"Grandpa...you are just looking for trouble, but it's not true.
Whatever you do, do it deliberately.
If you think it's too deliberate, just wait for a month or two before being crowned king.
Wait for things to calm down.
Wait until this winter is over, at the end of winter, or at the beginning of spring to cause trouble for them. ”
Hearing this, Emperor Yongle nodded seriously.
This is true.
It is winter now, and it is really difficult for the army to move forward.
Moreover, the expedition in the middle of winter was really painful.
Then wait about two months.
Winter is over and spring has begun, which is the best time.
Immediately, Emperor Yongle smiled and nodded:
"Okay."
Afterwards, Emperor Yongle remembered something again and said:
"In a few days, grandpa will go to visit Luxi, and he will bring ministers and historians with him.
Are you sure that the yield per mu in Luxi can reach 1,500 kilograms?
But don't make any mistakes. It won't be easy to make up for it later. ”
Emperor Yongle believed in his grandson.
However, there are some things that just believe in yourself is useless.
After all, crops grow in this land, and it’s not something that can be decided by just one person.
Especially, these are potatoes.
If you plant corn, wheat, rice, etc.
If you say you can estimate it, Emperor Yongle believes it.
Whether this banker is good or not can be seen at a glance.
But what do you think of these potatoes?
All hidden underground.
Emperor Yongle was afraid of making some joke.
This time, I went with the historian.
When the time comes, it will have to be well publicized.
In this family, it is enough for one person to be scolded.
It's enough to be scolded yourself.
Don't let your descendants and grandchildren get scolded again.
Don’t those literati like to write short articles? This time, let them see the potato yield of 1,500 kilograms per acre.
See if they open their mouths to eat in the future.
If they open their mouths to eat in the future, they will be too embarrassed to scold them.
But that's back.
If he didn't have a yield of 1,500 kilograms per mu, he would go there in such a big way.
The shame is small.
The problem is, by then these literati will probably start writing essays in private again.
Lu Yuan looked at his grandfather, grinned and said confidently:
"It must be 1,500 kilograms. Grandpa, just be worry-free."
Regarding Lu Yuan's affirmation, Emperor Yongle said curiously:
"How can you be so sure? Have you dug it out?
Even if a piece of land is dug up, it will be divided into high-yield and middle-yield.
You? ”
Lu Yuan shook his head and said:
“I can’t say this, but I know it anyway.
This is like something, like an old cook who has been there for decades.
You can tell the temperature of the oil at a glance.
I can’t tell why, but I just know it! ”
Seeing the disgusting look on Lu Yuan's face, Emperor Yongle couldn't help but laughed and cursed:
"You little brat, you're pretty good at talking.
Okay, grandpa is waiting for your good news, but don’t be embarrassed. ”
Lu Yuan nodded and said seriously:
"Don't worry, grandpa, this is called the unity of knowledge and action.
I have farmed and worked with a hoe for several days in Luxi. If I say it can be done, then it means it can be done. ”
Speaking of this unity of knowledge and action.
Emperor Yongle was stunned for a moment.
I thought about what happened in the main hall three days ago.
After thinking for a while, Emperor Yongle wanted to say something.
However, in the end, he opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Lu Yuan was silent for a while and suddenly said:
"Grandpa, don't you believe what I said last time?"
Emperor Yongle was startled for a moment, then shook his head slightly and said:
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not.
This matter is really big, if it is really what you said.
The scholar wants to go to the fields, and the farmer can enter the hall.
These are too big, too big, and now the country is stable.
Everything is done according to the original system.
This sudden change is always bad. ”
Emperor Yongle had really thought about the things his grandson said these days.
But after thinking about it.
I don’t think so.
Even though Emperor Yongle could foresee that what his grandson said would come true.
How powerful could the Liegan Dynasty be?
But you can't just look at the good side of things.
What if something goes wrong?
What if you don’t think so?
How can a major national matter be a piece of cake?
What's more, this is unnecessary.
This is not a time of chaos, nor is it an empire that is about to end.
There is simply no need to take risks.
Lu Yuan nodded after listening to his grandfather's words. This is indeed the case.
This is now the prosperous age of Yongle.
The country is prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
These are all based on everything that came before.
At this time, someone suddenly stood up and said that what was wrong before was wrong.
Let’s change it to something else.
This is simply impossible.
It’s just...
After Lu Yuan was silent for a while, he suddenly said:
"But what I said, if you wait until the bad times, it will be too difficult to change."
Emperor Yongle shook his head slightly and said:
"What you said is already shaking the foundation of the country.
Not even grandpa can make the decision on this kind of thing.
Even if grandpa supports you, the ministers below will not support you. It is simply impossible to accomplish this matter. ”
Lu Yuan nodded.
This is indeed true.
After all, the first person to be offended by this matter was the minister of the DPRK.
The first thing to be hit was the jobs of the ministers.
Can they be happy?
They must be the first to object.
In fact, there are times when looking at historical reforms.
It's all like this.
If you want to break the existing situation, you will definitely offend a large number of people.
Let’s talk about the ancestral dragon Ying Zheng.
We all know that the books of Zulong Yingzheng have the same text, the chariots have the same track, and the weights and measures are the same.
Don't say anything else, just talk about a book with the same text.
It just offended the cultural people of the other six countries.
Do you think that the intellectuals from other six countries at that time were willing?
You have worked hard all your life to learn just a few Chinese characters.
At this time, suddenly a guy with long yellow hair says to you, hey, stop learning, you will be useless in the future.
Let’s learn ABC.
Are you willing?
If you want to be like Zulong, you must use tyrannical force.
However, this is the prosperous age of Yongle, how can it be possible to use force.
So, this kind of change.
Not just one word can do it.
Even Emperor Yongle is like this. Lu Yuan naturally knew, and Lu Yuan didn't expect to ask his grandfather to fully support him.
What's more, it's useless even if his grandfather fully supports him.
Lu Yuan just wants to...
"Grandpa, how about...let me do it in Qilu?"
Lu Yuan said suddenly.
Do it?
Emperor Yongle raised a question mark on his forehead and said:
"What are you doing?"
Then Lu Yuan shrugged slightly and said:
"Just follow my idea. If the effect is not good, grandpa, please stop it immediately."
Emperor Yongle looked strange and said:
"What are you going to do?"
Lu Yuan thought for a while, then said:
"How about you give me the power to appoint Qilu officials and then I can show it to you?"
The right to appoint officials? ?
Emperor Yongle was startled, then glared and said:
"Hey, you still want to be an official?
How dare you think that I will give you the power to appoint officials in the entire province! ”
Seeing his grandfather like this, Lu Yuan could not help but curl his lips and said:
"Hey, Grandpa, you are so stingy.
Aren't there often feudal officials who can appoint their subordinates at will?
He is still a foreign minister. Why, grandpa, you still can’t trust your grandson! ”
After Lu Yuan finished speaking, Emperor Yongle couldn't help but gave Lu Yuan a headache and said:
"Then why don't you tell me what kind of people can become the feudal officials?
How old are you?
Do you want to be a feudal official?
What's more, most of the places where the frontier officials stayed were in the northwest, Guangdong and Guangxi and other border areas.
Can the land of Qilu allow you to mess around?
How many people are there in this kind of place and how close it is to the imperial city.
If you mess up and cause trouble, there is no way to remedy it! ”
Lu Yuan was unconvinced and said:
"What kind of person is he?
Grandpa, please tell me what kind of people are those who can become feudal officials.
What happened? Did they get a bicycle?
Or did they get tanks and armored vehicles?
Can they kill twelve bandits in one day and one night?
Or can you deal with the corrupt officials in Jiangnan in three days?
Or are they able to produce 1,500 pounds of potatoes per acre? ! ”
Emperor Yongle was speechless.
Suddenly, Emperor Yongle discovered that his grandson...
Unknowingly, in just half a year...
So many miraculous things have been done...
Maybe it’s been a stereotype for too long.
For a long time, in Emperor Yongle's heart, Lu Yuan was a grandson who was playing around.
Every time Lu Yuan does something.
Even Emperor Yongle would think it was luck and a little cleverness.
However, unknowingly, in the past six months, my good grandson has already done so many things.
Could this be accomplished with a little cleverness and a little luck?
Obviously not!
This can only be done by great wisdom.
Yes...
Looking at the feudal officials of all dynasties and generations, who is better than his grandson?
Unknowingly, my grandson has already done so many things that can change the direction of history...
Lu Yuan's words made Emperor Yongle somewhat unable to step down.
He can only stare and say:
"Hey, you kid, you have a yield of 1,500 kilograms per mu. You haven't even measured it yet, so you blew it first?
If there is no yield of 1,500 kilograms per mu, how can we manage it? ”
Lu Yuan blinked after listening to his grandfather's words, and instantly caught the loophole.
Dang even said with a smile:
"Then grandpa means that as long as the yield per mu is 1,500 kilograms, then you will agree?
Thank you, Grandpa, thank you, Your Majesty! ”
Emperor Yongle: "???"
Emperor Yongle, who came back to his senses, couldn't help laughing and scolding:
"Are you a monkey?
Give you a pole and you can climb up? ”
Lu Yuan chuckled and said:
"Grandpa, just say it's okay."
Emperor Yongle blinked, then sighed and said:
"This is a big deal. This has never happened before.
Although you are smart, managing a province does not rely on just one or two tools, just smartness.
You are still too young, and grandpa is really worried about some things. ”
Lu Yuan, on the other hand, said seriously:
"Grandpa, if you don't let me do it, how do you know?
Before I wiped out the twelve mountain bandits, grandpa, did you ever think that I could succeed?
Before I brought the corrupt officials back from Hangzhou, grandpa, did you ever think that I could succeed?
How can you know if you don't let me try? ”
There was another moment of silence.
Emperor Yongle thought for a while.
The land of Qilu is very important.
To be honest, if Lu Yuan wanted some remote places, such as the northwest borderlands.
Or the Yunnan-Guizhou and Guangxi areas.
Emperor Yongle might actually relent and let Lu Yuan do the hard work.
But the land of Qilu is really important.
Together with Jizhong, they are both the granary of the north and the place with the largest number of people.
Once it is not done properly, the problem will be too big.
But if Lu Yuan is asked to go to the northwest, Yunnan and Guizhou...
Emperor Yongle was reluctant to part with it.
It's too far away from the imperial city.
Once this goes away, I'm afraid I won't be able to see him again for two or three years.
And...
Even if he agrees, the second son of his family will definitely not agree to send his son so far away.
In the end, Emperor Yongle thought for a while and then said:
"Grandpa, think about it again..."
When Lu Yuan heard this, he knew there was something going on, and immediately grinned and said:
"Thank you, grandpa!"
When Emperor Yongle saw Lu Yuan grinning with his big mouth and his big white teeth, he glared and said:
"Grandpa just said to think about it, but he didn't say he agreed. What fun are you having!"
Lu Yuan laughed and said nothing.
Emperor Yongle waved his hand and said:
"Go, go, get out of here.
Your family will cause problems for this old man like me. ”
At this point, Lu Yuan said nothing.
He stood up immediately, bowed with a smile, and then slipped away.
Emperor Yongle looked at his grandson's stinking look when he left, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh and curse a few words.
Wait until Lu Yuan really leaves.
Emperor Yongle leaned on the dragon chair and fell into deep thought.
……
Ten days later.
On the official road from the Imperial City to Luxi.
A car sped by.
"Boss, if you can't lose weight, you will be squeezed to death!"
The king of Han was arranging things in the chariot.
Later, King Zhao on the other side couldn't help shouting:
"Yuan'er, when will we arrive? Your third uncle is going to squeeze this big fat man to death!"
"I said boss, if you can't do it, just go down and ride a motorcycle!"
And the prince was not happy either. He gritted his teeth and said:
"You two are shouting together!!
You two hate the crowd, why don't you go ride a motorcycle.
You two want to freeze me to death in this winter? ”
Lu Yuan was driving and said without looking back:
"Come on, come on, we'll be here in more than half an hour."
There is only one car.
This naturally required Lu Yuan to drive, carrying his grandfather, his father, his uncle, and his third uncle.
Other ministers and so on ride in armored vehicles.
However, not everyone can sit in that armored vehicle.
It's too shaky in there.
Untrained people will vomit after sitting in there for a while.
It was supposed to set off at five in the morning and should arrive at around two in the afternoon.
As a result, some ministers had to vomit within an hour or two while sitting in that armored vehicle.
It's four o'clock in the afternoon, it's almost dark, and it's not there yet.
"Tsk!"
Emperor Yongle sat in the passenger seat and turned around and clicked his tongue.
The three people behind them immediately fell silent and did not dare to speak anymore.
It was more than half an hour later.
It was completely dark.
And Lu Yuan's car was almost arriving at the outskirts of Luxi.
The honor guard has been waiting for a long time.
These honor guards were selected from the Ministry of Rites seven days ago.
Came by boat in advance.
Now my grandfather is not an ordinary saver on spiritual stones.
I feel that it will be a waste to have to use several more armored vehicles to transport the honor guard from the Imperial City to Luxi.
Just let these people come in advance.
Waiting for Lu Yuan's car to get closer and closer to Lu Xi.
Emperor Yongle, who was originally leaning on his seat, slowly sat upright from his seat with a confused look on his face.
He looked at the front carefully.
He stuck his head out of the car window and took a look.
Then he looked at Lu Yuandu who was driving beside him with a confused look on his face and said:
"Why am I looking at...this Luxi seems to be more prosperous than the Imperial City?"
(End of chapter)