It is not that there were no lonely ministers in the Song Dynasty, but the number was relatively rare. When others were huddled together for warmth, you would involuntarily join them. Humans are inherently social animals, even when Ye An faced the olive branch extended by the Li family.
, will also cause fluctuations.
Fortunately, what the Li family valued was not the things in the court, but the wealth of Tokyo City and even the entire Song Dynasty.
Economic issues are much simpler and more straightforward, that is, making money. Although there are intrigues, overt and covert fights, and even the fierceness of not losing and the battlefield, fortunately, there are no interlocking interests like those in the court.
How do officials wearing Dagon crowns go to work in the fields? How do saints wearing phoenix crowns and Xiapei go to work in the fields?
In fact, these preparations had already been made. Although the emperor's own plowing was a form, in essence he still worked in the fields. Even though Zhao Zhen was young and Liu E was past the age of knowing destiny, he was still no exception.
This is the spirit of the Han Dynasty that has been passed down for thousands of years. It is something that has been integrated into the bones and blood of the Chinese people. It is also the reason why Chinese civilization has been passed down for thousands of years.
Just imagine that even the supreme leader of a country is plowing the land himself. Not to mention those useless shows and the like, it is a simple one-third of an acre of land, and plowing it from beginning to end is also a challenge for the emperor.
But Zhao Zhen and Liu E, the nominal mother and son of the Tian family, put on convenient trousers. Zhao Zhen rolled up his trouser legs to reveal his slightly white calves. He took the cattle and set off resolutely. Liu E followed
In the back, with the help of the chamberlain, a huge iron plow was held.
This scene shocked Ye An, even beyond what he felt when he saw Da Jia Lu Bo.
The immortal king who was originally high and surrounded by iron cavalry has now become a farmer pulling a big ox. The queen mother who was originally in charge of the empire behind the beaded curtain in the court has become a peasant woman with a flower handkerchief on her head.
This Tian family mother and son simply worked in the fields without complaining or stopping. Although they staggered, they became more and more skilled as the distance got farther and farther.
From the time Zhao Zhen was born and when he reached the age of going to the fields, he would accompany Emperor Zhenzong on spring plowing and autumn harvest every year. This had become a habit in his heart and even a physical memory.
Although one third of an acre is not much, pushing three times and returning three times is still a lot of manual labor. Fortunately, there is an octogenarian farmer in front of him to help lead the cattle. Zhao Zhen must pay attention to his feet while whipping, so as not to
Although he stumbled, the way he stumbled and the number of times he stumbled still made the civil and military officials around him tremble with fear.
Ye An stood on the ridge of the field to watch the ceremony, but Du Yan beside him said with emotion: "In ancient times, the king was regarded as the emperor, and he was rich all over the world, but he would privately own the land. There are three reasons for this. One is to show his filial piety by attending the ancestral temple.
, The second is to teach the people to work hard, and diligence will not lead to poverty. The third is to know that the descendants of farmers know how difficult it is to farm. The officials are young, but they can lead the ox and hold the whip. They follow the ancient teachings and are like a ruler.
, set an example for the world!”
Li Duanyi's eyes widened when he saw this scene. This was his first time to participate in personal farming. He was really shocked by the scene in front of him. Unlike Ye An's shock, in his opinion, high-ranking officials and saints should not
Appearing in the fields, doing such crude farm work.
Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Zhen and Liu E with admiration. During this personal farming, he understood how important the spiritual inheritance of the Han Dynasty was, even beyond the propaganda of civil and martial arts.
The eyes of the people who had followed all the way from Tokyo were full of awe. At this time, the way they looked at Zhao Zhen and Liu E was no longer simply in awe of the person with the most power, but in awe of a god.
In fact, Liu E was not supposed to help the plow. The only one who held the whip and helped the plow was the emperor. However, because of her ability to listen to politics from behind the curtain, the courtiers still compromised on the matter of helping the plow.
The emperor pushed three times and returned three times, the king pushed five times and returned five times, Jiuqing pushed nine times and returned nine times, and the other courtiers pushed even more times. Ye An didn't know how many times he pushed. Anyway, he just followed behind and shouldered with Li Duanyi and Du Yan.
Advancing side by side, we have to control the direction of the cattle from time to time. With so many people together, we must not be able to swing the whip. When encountering hard rocks, we can only stand on the iron plow with one foot to push the rocks away.
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Fortunately, Ye An's physical fitness is good. Although he doesn't have many skills, he can still throw those powerless civil servants behind him and surpass them at the lead. When there is no one around to interfere, he can be dexterous.
He waved his long bullwhip to drive the big bull forward, and the speed became faster and faster, making a group of civil servants and nobles feel jealous.
Whoever completes the twelve rounds of plowing first will be able to obtain the grain produced in this empty field as good seeds for the coming year. This is a reward from heaven and a supreme honor.
But to Ye An's surprise, both Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng, the husband-in-law, were catching up at extremely fast speeds. Who would have thought that the husband-in-law, who was noisy about state affairs in the court all day long, was also a good farmer?
That sentence about farming and reading heirlooms is not just talk. Wang Zeng rolled up his sleeves, rolled up his trousers, tied his hair with a simple wooden hairpin, and his long gray beard was fluttering in the wind, like an authentic person.
The old farmer kept making the sound of "drink! drink!" to drive the big cow away.
Not to mention, the big ox probably knew whose plow it was pulling, and could move straight forward without whips or explosions, making Wang Zeng easily stand out. As for Lu Yijian, Ye An really wanted to go up and see if the old guy was secretly hiding.
After exercising, he raised his arms high and swung them in the air. Then the whip made a crisp sound in the trembling in the air. His bullock seemed to hear the horn of charge and accelerated forward.
Ye An even felt that the big bull was pulling Lu Yijian away...
It is said that real talents come from hard work. The more successful people are, the harder they work. This is true at all. If it weren't for Ye An's excellent physical fitness, the two old coffin boards would really be able to compete with him.
In this way, the most eye-catching ones in Yutanaka are these two.
Even though Ye An became the first young official to complete the twelve push strokes, he did not receive as much applause as Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian, who completed nine push strokes.
When the rewards came, the two husbands, Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian, received two stones filled with golden rice seeds and wheat seeds in big red paint buckets, while Ye An received slightly lower-grade millet and millet seeds.
seed.
The two old guys said with a shy face that their health was not good anymore, and they were not as good as before. They also specially "praised" Ye An for his respect for the elderly, took the pole from his hand, carried two buckets of two kinds, and left.
Only Ye An, the Ling Tian Ling, was left staring blankly at the two old men rushing away carrying a carrying pole weighing more than 100 kilograms.
How can this be justified?!
Ye An couldn't leave yet. As Yu Tian ordered him to read out the previous ceremonial speech, the courtiers nodded slightly while listening to the neat and neat ceremonial speech. Some even shook their heads along with Ye An's rhythm. This was not pretentious, but passing through.
Use the shaking of your head to break sentences.
When Ye An memorized "Xuanwu moved the battle to the sky, hooked Chen out of the imperial city. Stopped the clouds and retreated to the palace, and the flying birds avoided the camp. Twelve blue dragons drove, three thousand tiger soldiers." When the civil servants and generals present were all shocked,
Even the less educated people who came to watch the ceremony cheered loudly.
This is the courage a young man should have, and it heightens the aura of an emperor to the utmost.
Even a great man like Yan Shu couldn't help but applaud the courtiers who were watching the ceremony, let alone Li Duanyi who was already jumping up and down.