Daming heir

Chapter 216 Everything Is To Fill Your Stomach

The imperial court gave Zhongshan Palace the highest honor and preferential treatment.

All the descendants of the late Zhongshan King Xu Da's blood are now holding important positions in the Five Armies Governor's Mansion.

However, the glory and preferential treatment depend on the shadow of the predecessors.

The Xu family wanted to truly rest with the country. No one could rest on the merit book of King Zhongshan. They had to fight at the front line all the time, contribute to the court, and make great contributions to obtain the corresponding status.

"What does Taisun want the Xu family to do?"

Xu Miaojin's eyes were calm, her face was calm, she hid the expectation in her heart, and silently watched Zhu Yunxi beside her.

Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly: "The Palace of Zhongshan has done enough for Daming. The Palace of Zhongshan is loyal to the court, and in terms of seniority, it should have a place in the academy."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yunxi looked at the young aunt in front of him with deep eyes.

At this moment, there was nothing in his eyes, and there was a look that required people to guess.

Xu Miaojin thought about it for a while before silently nodding.

"No matter when and where the Xu family is, they are always loyal to the imperial court and Ming Dynasty."

After finishing speaking, Xu Miaojin slowly got up.

That dark blue horse-face skirt, like a budding flower, bloomed at this moment.

Xu Miaojin clasped her hands in front of her body, and bowed to Zhu Yunxi every time.

"The courtiers don't bother the grandson to worship here."

After finishing speaking, with a faint fragrance, she stepped down like a flower and left.

When there was no one else in the hall, Zhu Yunxi snorted and looked up at the statue in front of him, without any intention of worshiping, he just got up and patted his buttocks.

Turning around, he looked outside the hall, which was already empty and no one was there.

Zhu Yunxi's eyes gradually darkened.

These meritorious families, especially the most prominent meritorious generals standing proudly in the court, never put their eggs in one basket.

Zhu Yunxi knew very well, so according to the previous trajectory, the Xu family will eventually be divided into two branches, the north and the south, one in Yingtian City and the other in Beiping City.

Because of Princess Yan, the Xu family inevitably carried out an operation in the midst of Jing Nan.

The later Dingguogong lineage is the lineage of Xu Zengshou, the fourth eldest of the Xu family.

It was Xu Zengshou who secretly assisted Zhu Di, the king of Yan, many times during the Jingnan crisis, and was finally executed by Jianwen. Because of this credit, there was a family of dukes in the Ming Dynasty, and the Xu family was truly able to live with the country. Hugh thing.

Zhu Yunxi never believed it. At that time, Xu Huizu, the eldest of the Xu family, was still fighting against the Yan army on the front line, and Xu Zengshou, the fourth son of the Xu family, dared to secretly discuss the song with Zhu Di in private.

Without the Xu family's collective acquiescence, Xu Zengshou, who was born in a general family, would never have done something to secretly hook up with Zhu Di in the era when the family was the only one.

Today, I wanted to wander around the city as I wished, but Zhu Yunxi did not expect to run into Xu Miaojin, a little girl from the Xu family, in Chaotian Palace.

It's just that since I hit it, it's time to speak out the doubts that I had already had in my heart.

It is a very cost-effective thing to exchange the position of the vice president of the Military Academy in exchange for the loyalty of the Xu family above the court.

At least judging from what Xu Miaojin said before he left, Zhu Yunxi felt that the other party understood what he meant.When I return home now, I must sort out the letters and send them to the sons of the Xu family who are training their horses in Shaanxi.

"Sent people to watch Zhongshan Palace."

Zhu Yunxi, who walked out of the treasure hall, gave instructions to Sun Cheng who led the guards outside.

Sun Cheng nodded immediately.

Unavoidably, Zhu Yunxi had some ambiguity. Looking at Sun Cheng, whose face was already showing some ferocity, he said again: "If you see someone going to the northwest, take them back."

This made Sun Cheng a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, he nodded and obeyed the order.

"Where is the third master going now? To return to the palace or..."

Sun Cheng quietly said that it was getting late, and asked Zhu Yunxi who had been staying outside the palace for most of the day in a low voice.

"Go to Shanglinyuan Supervisor."

Zhu Yunxi didn't stop on his feet, and walked ahead of him, heading towards the Shanglin Court Prison at the foot of Shenlie Mountain to the east of the imperial city. (Designed in the fifth year of Yongle, to advance the plot)
When the sun was gradually slanting to the west, Zhu Yunxi turned back from the middle city, crossed the entire imperial city, entered from Xi'an gate, exited from Dong'an gate, exited from Chaoyang gate, and went northwest to the foot of Shenlie Mountain. Next to the Qianhu Lake at the foot of the mountain in the southwest corner of Xiaoling Mausoleum.

The entire Shenlie Mountain, except for the area of ​​Xiaoling Mausoleum, belongs to the territory of Shanglin Yuanjian.

In the shade of trees between Qianhu Lake and Piwa Lake is the Yamen of Shanglin Yuanjian.

This is a court yamen that doesn't attract people's attention.

Mostly, they are in charge of Liangmu, Fanyu, Jiashu, Linheng, Chuanheng, Bingjian and Diancha.

To describe it in simple language, it is a group of Ming Dynasty government offices specializing in animal and plant research.

Without revealing their identities, the government servants guarding outside the Shanglinyuan Prison had already recognized the identities of Zhu Yunxie and his party from a distance.

The guard hurried forward: "I don't know if your grandson is coming, but the supervisor of Shanglin Court is far away to welcome you."

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand: "The left and right are just here to have a look, and you can lead Gu to the vegetable and grain fields."

The guards didn't know why the emperor's grandson suddenly came to Shanglin Yuanjian, who was so miserable, and the Qingshui yamen, which was not visible in the court, even asked his name to go to the fields to have a look.

But the grandson ordered that even if the entire yamen of the Shanglin Court Supervisor be flattened, no one dared to object.

a while.

Zhu Yunxi has already entered the front of a piece of irrigated land located in the front lake.

He raised his eyes and saw pieces of well-irrigated land that were neatly divided and almost the same size, and they were already full of various vegetables and grains.

On a sloping land, there are rows of ridges, all kinds of vegetables are planted, and it can be faintly seen that there was a greenhouse not long ago, but it was just demolished because it was spring.

However, Zhu Yunxi's eyes were all attracted by the irrigated land closest to the lake.

Ignoring the tense look of the Shanglinyuan supervisor who followed, he walked straight over, seeing that he was not watching carefully enough.

Zhu Yunxi even took off his boots, took off his footwear, rolled up his trousers, and stepped into the paddy field under the panicked eyes of the guards.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, Zhu Yunxi swayed from side to side with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and entered the middle of the paddy field in the blink of an eye.

Compared with the guards of Shanglin Yuanjian, the worry and nervousness on his face.Zhu Yunxi's face was full of surprises and surprises, and his hands kept brushing the clusters of seedlings in front of him that had been planted for a long time.

This is rice!

However, it grows stronger. Like the rice seedlings seen in Laoshan Huangzhuang not long ago, the stems are thicker, and the leaves and roots are wider and deeper.

Zhu Yunxi couldn't help pulling up one, carefully looked at the densely grown rhizome, then turned to look at the guard standing on the ridge of the field: "What kind of rice seedling is this?"

It was probably the first time in his life that the guard saw the grandson of the emperor, and he twitched nervously. He looked at the seedlings held by Zhu Yunxi in his hands, but he was ignorant.

Just waiting for him to hem and haw, how should he answer.

A group of people hurried over from afar.

"The minister Shanglinyuan Supervisor and the right supervisor Yuan Sutai are meeting with the grandson of the emperor."

There are left and right supervisors in Shanglinyuan Supervisor, and the official residence is five grades.

Zhu Yunxi reinserted the seedlings in his hand into the field, rubbed the mud on his hands casually, and after getting up again, he walked up the field ridge and said, "Could Yuan Jianzheng explain to Gu that the land planted is ..."

Yuan Sutai slightly raised his head and glanced at the emperor's grandson whose legs were covered in mud, knowing that the grandson was not the kind of person who could not distinguish between grains and grains, and there was a look of concern on his face.

"Reporting to grandson, this is cultivated by the rice seeds that Zuo Jianzheng brought back from southern Xinjiang last year..."

"Zuo Jianzheng?" Zhu Yunxi looked puzzled, looked left and right, and realized that the court respects the left, but now he only sees Yuan Sutai, the right supervisor of Shanglin Yuanjian, coming, but he does not see the left supervisor, so he can't help but say in a deep voice: "But something happened in southern Xinjiang?"

Yuan Sutai nodded: "Last year, the grandson told the emperor that there were three crops of rice in southern Xinjiang, and the output was gratifying. At that time, His Majesty ordered me to send someone to visit the southern border to see if there was any evidence of what the grandson said. If there is any rice, let the people from Shanglinyuan take it back."

Southern Xinjiang is now an undeveloped area.

Seeing the sorrow and sorrow on Yuan Sutai's face, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but whispered: "How many people have been lost?"

Yuan Sutai became more and more sad and said: "Since the Zuojian was rectified, the Shanglinyuan Supervisor lost a total of 17 people, including the Deputy Supervisor, the Supervisor, the Dian Book, the Dian Department, the Dian Cheng and the Muyi."

Speaking of this, Yuan Sutai's expression suddenly changed, and he said solemnly: "However, I went to the Linyuan Supervisor and never failed the emperor's grace. Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life. I brought back these three ripe rice seeds from southern Xinjiang, and there are dozens of other kinds of rice seeds." Plant seeds that never existed in the Central Plains. Now, the seedlings cultivated with paddy rice have grown much faster than the original seedlings of my Han family. I think this land will definitely have a bumper harvest this year!"

Zhu Yunxi's expression also became a little sad.

He didn't know about this matter, but there was actually such a group of people in the imperial court who were willing to silently sacrifice their lives for the sake of the belly of the world.

It's all about filling everyone's stomachs.

It is hard for Zhu Yunxi to believe that the officials of the Shanglin Yuanjian can abandon the demeanor of a Confucian gentleman and set foot in such difficult and dangerous places in southern Xinjiang. Seed.

"Shanglin Yuanjian has contributed to the country this time, and the court will never forget it." Zhu Yunxi said solemnly and sincerely.

Looking back at a not-so-big paddy field in front of me, I have already begun to look forward to the harvest time of this field.

A smile appeared on Yuan Sutai's face, and he said in a low voice: "Just wait until this year's land is harvested, and Shanglin Garden will monitor the yield per mu, and set aside seeds, so that they can be planted when they are double-robbed. The grain seeds will be planted in Huangzhuang outside the city next year."

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Inspector Lin Yuan is very familiar with this matter, so it is inconvenient for me to say more, just make false accusations, and wait for the good news."

While speaking, he already raised his eyes and looked into the distance, as if he was searching for something.

Yuan Sutai took two steps forward, came to Zhu Yunxie's side, and asked in a low voice: "What is the grandson looking for?"

(End of this chapter)