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

Generally speaking, the general judge is only the top three leaders in a state capital, and the officials directly under him are the Chief Secretary and the Justice Department. emperor.

But Gu Yunji was different. He was originally sent from the capital to the Xu Prefecture, and he had quite a lot of contacts in the court.Among other things, his cousin Gu Yuanhui is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment of the imperial court, and he is also a cabinet minister who can directly listen to the heavens. He can tell Gu Yuanhui about the potato seeds, and then Gu Yuanhui will recite it to Emperor Jingfeng.

If Gu Yunji just wanted to increase his political achievements by producing high-yielding potatoes, he had too many methods at his disposal, and there was no need to spend a lot of time setting up a potato feast and gossip with Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou in the government office.

Yan Zhengqian was naturally aware of this, and his face immediately changed.He has been re-elected as the prefect of Syria for three terms, and this is his seventh year in this position. He only needs to wait two more years before he can be promoted.

In two years, it is difficult to say how widely potatoes can be promoted, not to mention that natural breeding can take decades. Whether it is two years or decades, Yan Zhengqian did not see any effect during his tenure as the prefect of Syria.But if he pays 5000 taels of silver now, the finances of the Syrian state government will be strained, and the risk is in front of him, so he does not want to take this risk.

But Yan Zhengqian also didn't forget Gu Yunji's origin. With the other party's connections in the court, it would be easy for him to trip him up in the performance evaluation two years later.He doesn't have to curry favor with Gu Yunji, but he can't offend him.

Thinking of this, Yan Zhengqian's expression changed several times, and finally he pulled the corners of his lips to squeeze out a smile, and said with an apologetic smile: "Master Gu, please don't get angry, I was just speaking quickly and speaking unintentionally, I didn't really think that way How could we not know Mr. Gu's heart of caring for the people?"

Gu Yunji suppressed his anger with a sullen face, and sat down without saying a word.

"What Mr. Gu is going to do is to benefit the people, and Mr. Chen and I will definitely support it." As he said, Yan Zhengqian looked embarrassed, "But 5000 taels of silver is really difficult for the government's finances. How about it? , we will give you 1000 taels of silver first, buy [-] jin of seeds and come back to see the situation, if the effect is good, we will continue to invest money, how about it?"

Gu Yunji frowned: "Let's not talk about whether 1000 catties of seeds are enough, the key point is that no matter how many, this kind of seeds have to be transported across the ocean by the Folang Robot, and they only earn [-] taels of silver for one trip. I don’t want to do this business.”

Chen Xunzhou is different from Yan Zhengqian, he is a "Dai Tongzhi" who is a registered supervisor, and has no hope of promotion in this life, so there is no need to worry about Gu Yunji's connections and relationships in the court.According to Chen Xunzhou's own thinking, he didn't want to give the 1000 taels of silver, but he had to make a concession only when Yan Zhengqian opened his mouth.

Chen Xunzhou didn't expect that he and Yan Zhengqian had already taken a step back. Gu Yunji didn't appreciate it, and didn't even bother to save face for a while, so he sneered: "It's a full 1000 taels of silver, and Master Gu doesn't like it, so we have nothing to give It's gone."

"Our Xuzhou Prefecture is a small temple, and we can't accommodate the giant Buddha of 'High Yield Potatoes'. As you said, send a letter directly to the emperor. Let His Majesty order that the Ministry of Households allocate money to buy seeds. At that time, let alone 5000 taels of silver, even 10 taels of silver will be nothing, so there is no need to talk nonsense with us here!"

"Cannibals are soft-spoken. I, Mr. Chen, dare not eat today's meal, and I can't afford it. Let me go!" After finishing speaking, Chen Xunzhou gave Gu Yunji a sideways look, and walked away angrily.

"Hey—Master Chen..."

Yan Zhengqian pretended to chase after two steps, but seeing that he couldn't catch up, he turned to Gu Yunji with a sneer and said, "Mr. Gu, you have also seen that Mr. Chen has such a temper, and he will be fine in two days. As for the purchase The matter of the seeds... Let me see, let’s talk about it later.”

Saying that, Yan Zhengqian cupped his hands towards Gu Yunji, and then he also left.

Gu Yunji remained silent, rubbing the center of his brows with a headache, a little helpless.

As Yan Zhengqian said, of course he can report the Tudou matter to Emperor Jingfeng, but now he can't even convince the prefect and fellow prefects of a prefecture, so how can he have the confidence to convince the king of a country?
Gu Yunji originally planned to wait for the potatoes to grow in the Syrian state government, and then report it to the chief secretary as evidence of high yield, and then report it to the central government.With the results visible to the naked eye, it is naturally easier to be convincing, so as to promote potatoes to the whole country.

Otherwise, if you report the potatoes like this, Emperor Jingfeng will probably regard them as some kind of rare and rare thing, and forget about them after a while.Even if he pays enough attention to it, it will take time to try planting, and it will take time to test. The forces in Beijing and China are thousands of times more complicated than those in the Syrian state capital, and it may not be as efficient as his promotion in the Syrian state capital.

Gu Yunji originally planned to soften the attitude of the two of them today, so that he could ask for the 5000 taels of silver, but he didn't expect that the money didn't come, and he offended the magistrate and fellow magistrates. The promotion of Tudou would be even more difficult in the future.

But Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou are such people, and now it can be regarded as an inevitable result.One of them just wants to get through the past two years so that he can get promoted and make a fortune, and the other wants to keep the current power structure of the Chen family in the Syrian state capital so that he can enjoy wealth and wealth. Neither of them are hard-working officials, and they will not be willing to jump out. Get out of your comfort zone to seize opportunities.

Different paths do not conspire with each other, Gu Yunji and the others are not on the same path, yet they were forced into this position and forced to conspire with the two for the development of Xuzhou Prefecture.However, the reality is that he is the only one seeking development, Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou are both seeking their own self-interest.

At this time, Chen Peishi came in and reported, "My lord, Fan Li is asking to see you."

It should be to ask about the matter of asking for money to buy seeds.Gu Yunji paused, raised his hand and said, "Let him in."

Fan Li had seen Chen Xunzhou and Yan Zhengqian leaving outside before, both of them looked unhappy, and guessed that they might have broken up unhappy.Now that he walked into the room and felt the gloomy atmosphere, he became more certain of his thoughts.

Seeing Gu Yunji bowed his head and looked sad, he called out cautiously: "Master Gu?"

Gu Yunji raised his head and sighed: "You have also seen that Lord Yan and Lord Chen disagree to buy seeds with money, so this matter is useless. You have been working so hard to contact the Frangji businessman over the past few months. Negotiating the price and finding the way of transportation, unfortunately, it is no longer necessary now.”

Fan Li hastily said: "It's a villain's honor to work for Mr. Gu, how dare you speak bitterly."

Gu Yunji was not in the mood to deal with his compliments, and smiled with the corners of his lips, but did not speak.

Seeing this, Fan Li's heart moved slightly, he peeped at his expression, and asked tentatively: "Master Gu...do you really want to buy seeds to promote high-yield yams?"

Gu Yunji said: "Of course. You have seen how high the yield of artichokes is. One mu of land can grow nearly two thousand catties. If it can be spread across the country, I dare not say that there will be no famine in the world. At least there will be a lot less starvation. people."

"Without high-quality artichoke seeds, we may spend decades more in breeding. In the extra decades, we don't know how many people will starve to death."

Hearing this, Fan Li hesitated and struggled for a while, before finally making up his mind, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Mr. Gu is devoted to the people, and Fan admires it. Potato planting is something that will benefit future generations, and there is no harm at all. In order to help Mr. Gu complete this business, Mr. Fan is willing to donate 5000 taels from his private property to Mr. Gu Buy high-yielding varieties!"