nashuaworldcup Chapter 302 Before returning to Beijing, a major event that stirred up the world...
Chapter 302 Before returning to Beijing, a major event that stirred up the world...
Song Pu's face darkened after hearing this. He said, "Your Highness, this is a matter of great importance to the people of the world. If we act so hastily without verifying it, who will be able to bear such a heavy responsibility if something goes wrong?"
"So, Prime Minister Song believes that Marquis Xiling and his men deceived Your Majesty? He made such a conclusion without any investigation. Could it be that Prime Minister Song has always acted in this way when governing the region?"
"Humph!"
Song Pu snorted coldly and said, "Your Highness, there's no need to bully me like this. I just feel that how can we make such a conclusion on national affairs based solely on the reputation of an official?"
"If it were anything else, it would be fine, but this concerns the people of the world, so we can't be careless!"
"Ah……"
The prince sneered, "A mere 800 kilograms of rice seeds can only cultivate 800 acres of land. How can it affect the livelihoods of the people of the world?"
"In the capital, the Marquis of Xiling has a farm gifted by His Majesty. If he uses it to cultivate those 400 kilograms of rice seeds, it shouldn't be difficult! Ningzhou has a lot of newly reclaimed official farmland, and allocating 400 acres of land to cultivate rice seeds won't affect the people at all!"
"In this case, even if it turns out to be a false alarm, it would still be the Marquis of Xiling deceiving the emperor. How can it be said that he deceived the people of the world and disrupted their livelihoods?"
The prince's words were clear and logical, and everyone suddenly realized what was going on after hearing them.
Just now, Song Pu has been talking big and talking about the common people all the time. They think that food security is indeed related to the people of the world, so they ignore the fact that hybrid rice is still in the stage of cultivating rice seeds, and the scope involved... Let alone the whole world, any founding hero would be granted more than 800 acres of land by the emperor, right?
How can it bring disaster to the world?
Suddenly, everyone started to move.
"Your Highness, what you said makes sense. I beg Your Majesty to accept your advice..."
"I second the proposal!"
"I also second the proposal..."
"..."
Emperor Xia was secretly pleased when he saw this scene. He looked at Song Pu and said, "Song Qing, do you have anything to say?"
"His Majesty!"
Song Pu wailed, "I'm not jealous of virtuous people. I just think that governing a country is no joke and we must be extremely careful. That's why I said to wait another year, but..."
"Prime Minister Song! No one in this court thinks you're jealous of talented people!"
"Well... this new type of rice brings hope for peace and order to Daxia. I've been in Ningzhou for a year and know how much farmland there is. Whether it's 400 kilograms or 800 kilograms, it's impossible to plant this new type of rice all over Ningzhou next year!"
"Therefore, large-scale planting will have to wait until next year!"
"However, the farmland in Ningzhou is simply not enough to absorb the demand, so Xiling Hou proposed to send 400 kilograms of rice seeds to the capital. This is the most reasonable arrangement!"
"Secondly, if Your Majesty uses the imperial farm to cultivate rice seeds, it will also give confidence to the people of the world. This move is also Your Majesty's act of blessing the world, allowing the people of the world to share in the imperial grace!"
"This move will not only make the court more popular with the people, but will also rally the hearts of our people! This is a sincere desire to serve the country. As someone at the center of this, how can we let such sincere hearts be chilled?"
What the hell...
Song Pu opened his mouth!
What a sharp-tongued Prince.
I was talking big before, and you implied that I was jealous of talented people. Now it’s your turn to talk big, but the other ministers are flattering you one by one!
Bullying honest people?
However, no one cared what he was thinking. The prince's high-sounding words were justified and measured, and you, Song Pu, just knew to oppose them.
But didn’t His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also provide a solution?
You old man, you still object?
It’s really bad!
……
Gu Jingzhi's memorial sparked another war of words among the court ministers, which was something he had not expected. However, even if he had expected it, he would probably have just laughed it off.
After all...
When the enemy agrees, I oppose; when the enemy opposes, I agree... This has always been the common tactic used by officials such as Song Pu.
In the past, they relied on the strength of the aristocratic families and the support of the majority in the court. They had never been very meticulous in dealing with court struggles. It was not that they did not want to, but that there was no need.
After Gu Jingzhi left the court, the fighting in the court became much less. After all, things that can influence the general trend of the world don’t happen every moment in this world!
Therefore, the concepts of Song Pu and the aristocratic officials have never changed.
However, now that they have encountered such a major event, the aristocratic family has suffered repeated failures, which is enough to make people reflect on the key issues.
But will Gu Jingzhi give them a chance?
With the imperial edict from the capital, Gu Jingzhi, ** and others were transferred back to the capital. Wu Xiang took over as the prefect of Ningzhou, which was a fifth-rank local administrative level. Liu Sandao was transferred to the Dali Temple for his merits.
The remaining officials were appointed by the court.
As for the county magistrates of the four counties under their jurisdiction, they have also made achievements, but the time for evaluation has not come yet. After the year-end evaluation, their promotion will be natural.
This shows that not all officials in Daxia who are promoted are like Gu Jingzhi.
Normally, Wu Xiang would not have been directly promoted to prefect, but would have taken over Liu Sandao's position. However, considering the overall situation of Ningzhou, there must be someone familiar with Ningzhou to govern it, so Wu Xiang was promoted as an exception!
However, because Ningzhou has a smaller jurisdiction, it is no longer a fourth-rank system, but is changed to a fifth-rank system.
But even so, Wu Xiang, a fifth-rank official, is not inferior to those fourth-rank officials at all. After all, Ningzhou is now the center of the northwest.
If this situation continues, it is only a matter of time before Ningzhou is upgraded.
After all, Ningzhou today is very similar to the reform-foreign city in Gu Jing’s previous life.
What Gu Jingzhi didn't expect was that Gu Huanzhi was actually transferred to Ningzhou and appointed as the commander of Ningzhou Camp, a fifth-rank official, in charge of 3,000 people in Ningzhou Camp.
Take over the Ningzhou military camp!
As for Wei Ming and the other two, they were originally sent down to gild their reputations. After all, their fathers died in the rebellion, and Emperor Xia was not a cold-hearted person, so he sent the three of them over, got some military merits, and then transferred them back to the capital to take up their posts!
Gu Huanzhi's transfer back to Ningzhou actually brought a little more joy to the family, especially to his second sister-in-law Qin Biyi. Now that her husband was in Ningzhou, she and her children didn't have to suffer from the pain of missing him!
Moreover, although the current Ningzhou Camp is far inferior to the Ningzhou at the peak of the Gu family... it is still a successor to the legacy of its ancestors, right?
When Gu Jingzhi was transferred back to Beijing, the Lin family was the one who was most reluctant to let him go. After all, they had known Gu Jingzhi for less than two years, and now they had to part again, which made Mrs. Lin very sad!
However, Lin Yong will take part in this year's autumn examination and next year's spring examination. Then we will be able to meet in the capital again, which will be a great comfort to the Lin family.
After Gu Jingzhi arranged everything, it was his turn to be troubled!
He had three wives and concubines, who gave birth to four children. The oldest was only seven months old, and the youngest was only three months old. On the way back to the capital...
This era is different from his original era, but even in that era, such a small baby could not withstand long-distance travel!
This problem troubled Gu Jingzhi.
But before he could deal with it, Wu Xiang found him and brought him a big event that was enough to stir up trouble...