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After he said that, King Zhongshan didn't hesitate any more, and just as his face softened, Song Chun said: "My boy, I have already had people make a few flavors of this thing. If you can send it to the palace before dinner, please ask the emperor to taste it." Taste the best."

"Just follow your arrangement. I'll go change." King Zhongshan agreed.

The two of them entered the palace together, and when they heard that they were bringing some new things to try, Emperor Taikang immediately became interested: "I'm tired of eating the imperial food in the palace, let me see what the new things you sent are What."

Song Chun helped him to sit down: "Yuan'er ordered someone to send it from Leping. I planted some of this stuff in Leping. It is said that the yield is very high and the taste is good."

"Huh?" Emperor Taikang became interested, looked at the few dishes taken out of the food box, and said, "This looks like taro."

Changde put some on the plate, Emperor Taikang tasted it, savoring it carefully for a while: "Well, not bad, what's the name of this thing?"

"Sweet potato." Song Chunhou said on the side: "This thing is as full as taro, but the yield is higher than taro, and it can be dried and stored. It is not picky about water and soil. It can be grown on hillsides and dry land, and the way to eat it is very simple. It can also be eaten raw."

Emperor Taikang tasted another piece: "How high is the yield?"

"It's hard to say clearly, but what Yuan'er meant, you can go and see for yourself during the autumn harvest. If this thing can be widely planted in the territory of Great Wei, it may be able to solve the problem of insufficient grain production in Great Wei."

Emperor Taikang pondered, glanced at King Zhongshan who had been silent all this time, and asked, "What does your lord mean?"

"Yes." King Zhongshan lowered his posture: "I think that if this thing can be grown in large quantities, it is indeed a good way to solve the food shortage."

He only agrees and has no ideas of his own, which makes Emperor Taikang very dissatisfied, but in front of Song Chun, he doesn't want to make him lose face as a father, so he can only bear it for the time being: "Since you all feel good, then You can arrange this."

"Yes." Song Chun responded immediately.

"How is Le Ping?" Emperor Taikang tasted the raw sweet potato and savored it carefully. The sweet taste was not bad, and he was sure that it was a good thing.

The king of Zhongshan couldn't answer this question, so Song Chun said: "The land used by the rich gentry in Leping to raise cattle and sheep was bought by them with a lot of money, and the title deeds are all there. Yuan'er tried to persuade them to return the livestock and cultivate them, but they were prevaricated. Come back, so for the time being, she can only try to encourage the people to open up wasteland and plant land in the hillside forest."

"Leping's cattle and sheep are only one or two thousand, so it needs so many fields?" Emperor Taikang was very suspicious.

Song Chun couldn't answer this question, and King Zhongshan didn't know the inside story. Looking at the two of them, Emperor Taikang was a little disappointed, and waved his hand to signal them to go back first.

When the people left, Emperor Taikang also put down his chopsticks: "Order people to go to the Zoushi Pavilion to check carefully to see if someone has tampered with the booklets sent from various places."

"The emperor is suspicious." Changde smelled a dangerous smell.

Emperor Taikang looked at the sweet potatoes in front of him with a gloomy expression: "Leping has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. How can one or two thousand cattle and sheep force the people to farm in the mountains? With Song Yuan's temper, I'm afraid he won't indulge these people, unless cattle There are so many sheep that he can't make sense. He sent the things to Jingzhao and wanted me to send someone to Leping to have a look. There must be a deep meaning. The king of Zhongshan couldn't figure out the meaning here. I'm afraid I met someone I can't afford to offend in Leping, and I'm thinking of finding someone to back him up and speak for him."

"Is there anyone in the court who the prince can't afford to offend?" Chang De felt that this statement was a bit ridiculous.

Emperor Taikang shook his head: "He can offend him, but that child can't afford to offend him. This is because he knows that his own father is unreliable, so he turned a corner and begged me for help."

Chang De opened his mouth, but couldn't make any sense.

King Zhongshan's temper is clear even to a slave, but he probably doesn't want to offend anyone who is useful.

"However, if the yield of this product is really high, then Leping's retiring of livestock for farming will have to be enforced. An extra inch of land to plant this product will save the people of Great Wei from hunger and cold." Emperor Taikang's face was serious: "If there is a memorial to Le Ping, please send it to me immediately."

Chang De hurriedly responded, and taking advantage of Emperor Taikang's dinner, Chang De called a trusted servant and gave him the token from the palace: "Go to the post station to guard, if there is a memorial from Leping, stop it and transcribe it first." Remember, you can’t miss a single word, got it?”

"Yes." The servant took the token and hurried away.

A day later, the servant saw that the transcribed memorial had been delivered to Changde. Changde carefully put it away and served Emperor Taikang as usual. After confirming that Le Ping's memorials are inside, I can rest assured.

After Song Yuan stopped serving in the palace, Chang De was still the one who read the memorial to Emperor Taikang. He read it book by book, and approved the reply according to Emperor Taikang's instructions. When it came to Leping's memorial, Chang De read it as usual: , Leping was flooded suddenly due to continuous heavy rains, thousands of cattle and sheep were affected, more than [-] acres of grain were flooded, dykes were washed away, and ditches were blocked. Report the flood and ask the court to allocate funds for disaster relief."

After Emperor Taikang listened carefully, his face was very solemn, and Changde immediately took out the transcribed memorial from his arms: "Your Majesty, before the memorial was delivered to the Zushi Pavilion, the servant ordered someone to intercept it in advance and transcribe at the post."

"Read." Emperor Taikang's tone became low.

Changde hurriedly opened it: "My minister Song Yuan reported that Leping was flooded due to continuous heavy rain. The total number of affected cattle and sheep was more than 730, and the total number of dead cattle and sheep was [-]. A total of more than [-] people's houses collapsed in the disaster, and they have been rebuilt. After the rain stopped, a thorough investigation found that Leping's dams and ditches were in vain. Let someone investigate thoroughly."

The two memorials have completely different meanings. Emperor Taikang’s anger had reached its peak. He picked up the memorial sent by Zou Shige and looked at it carefully. Chang De immediately went to fetch the manuscript left by Song Yuan’s handwriting practice, and spread it out for comparison. The contrast is stark.

Obviously, someone tampered with the memorial sent by Le Ping, and it is very likely that this is not the first time.

It is a serious crime to tamper with the memorandum without permission.

"Take people." The anger reached the extreme, but Emperor Taikang calmed down, Chang De took the order, and immediately sent the imperial army to the Zoushi Pavilion to take people.

It happened that Song Jun was on duty today, and when he got the order, he immediately took the forbidden army to the Zoushi Pavilion to fetch the people. When the crown prince heard the news, he had already sent all the people to the inner prison of the palace.

"Your Majesty." Chang De sent the Le Ping Zoushu that he himself had found in the Zoushi Pavilion to Taikang Emperor. The content in it was exactly the same, which was enough to prove that the Zoushi Pavilion was tampering with the Zoushu to deceive the emperor.