Chapter 389 The 48th Generation Grandson of Confucius: This Is Auspicious
Chapter 389 The 48th generation grandson of Confucius: This is auspicious
An autumn rain and a cold.
After the last storm, the temperature in Tokyo really dropped, and the cold wind was howling, and it had already begun to show winter weather.
A large city with a population of over one million will prosper.
Wang Lin always felt that Tokyo's population was more than one million, and Kaifeng Prefecture probably did not carefully verify its household registration. After all, there are too many migrant populations and merchants coming to the capital from all over the country.
There is no such thing as a census in this year.
The negative effects of the first invasion of the Jin people gradually passed, and the caravans traveling to and from Tokyo were still bustling.
In fact, for the businessmen engaged in inn business in the city, they knew best that when the King of Yan defeated the Jin people and the Jin delegation came to the capital to seek peace and ceasefire, foreign businessmen, especially the Western Xia, Uighurs and farther Western Regions, were the Western Regions.
There are more Hushang directions than before.
Especially the Xixia caravan.
But the imperial court's supervision of merchants was stricter than before.
Iron tools, salt, grain seeds... these have been listed on the major list of combat preparation materials by the Ministry of Revenue and are strictly prohibited from exporting them.
The hottest exports in the Song Dynasty are tea, silk and porcelain.
There were also a few Hu merchants with unique eyes who were looking at another type of food that was also a new thing in the Song Dynasty - potatoes and corn.
Since Wang Lin ordered people to sow a large number of potato seeds in Qinglai at the beginning of spring this year, he has achieved a staggering harvest in summer, with a yield of at least several thousand kilograms per mu!
Subsequently, this batch of harvested potatoes were used as military rations and were arranged by the royal palace to plant experimentally in various prefectures on Jingdong East Road, Henan and Hebei.
A few days ago, potatoes everywhere were harvested.
According to Wang Lin's order, half of the cellars were stored as military rations and half were reserved for seeds for continued sowing and expansion in the beginning of next spring.
Prepare to make it public to the court.
The situation with corn is similar.
Of course, the yield seems to be less than potatoes.
After all, the requirements for climate and soil for crops like potatoes are too low.
In the past two days, Kong Qi, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue Department, has been inspecting the yield and harvest of the potato test field of the Shenwu Army outside the city. He found that this kind of food that can be used as a staple food, and the yield per mu is simply incredible.
And in time, it doesn’t take too long. In just one or two years, it will definitely solve all the food shortage problems caused by natural disasters and poor harvests in the Song Dynasty!
Kong Qi was ecstatic.
This civil servant of the court, who was over 40 years old, actually laughed wildly all the way, ran more than ten miles outside the city and entered the city, almost fainting at the entrance of Tongxuan Gate.
Then, during the morning court the next day, Kong Qi ordered people to pull a truck of newly harvested potatoes into the palace.
The theme of today's court meeting was originally a group of censors who privately planned the collective impeachment of the imperial court's military families.
Impeach the Gao family, the Cao family, the Zhe family... and even the Zong family who was far away in Taiyuan and defended Hedong for the country.
It is not surprising that censors have heard about the news. But unlike in the past, censors have many evidence of the crimes committed by the children of the Wuxun family.
With the unstoppable power of the King of Yan, his prestige in the Song Dynasty was unattainable, and no censor dared to shake Wang Lin easily.
However, the rise of the King of Yan caused the emergence of various military families, which made the civil servant group worried.
Wang Lin is no longer in control. If these martial arts groups are allowed to rise and increase their power, the military will have more and more powerful voice, and the foundation of the literati politics is being affected and shaken by subversive impacts and wavering!
Especially yesterday, the Yan Wang Mansion released the news. Han Lin, a Han Ting, who was born in the Han family, will marry the Cao family daughter by the Yan Wang, and are going through the three media and six certificates.
Li Hui, the younger brother of the prince of Yan, Li Qingzhao, was also engaged to the Gao family daughter.
These two news is a bombshell for the civil service group.
So there was a big rebound at today's court meeting.
With the omnipresent existence of the Tiger God Guard in the capital, the movements behind the civil servant group could not be hidden from Wang Lin at all, but Wang Lin was too lazy to care about it.
The general trend is no one can compete with it! The jumping clown, if you want to jump, jump.
The thrust of the censors in the court made Zhao Ji very upset.
He once again had the intention of abdicating and giving way to the wise.
His mind is very simple now, just want to live a peaceful life and live a life of pleasure.
But these civil officials in the court repeatedly tossed and urged him to do so behind his back, and never let him calm down.
What emphasizes literature over military affairs, and what governs the world with scholars and officials is just a big deal in Zhao Ji's eyes at this moment.
Even a foolish person like him can understand that now the enemy is in front of him, it still depends on the efforts of the generals to save their lives.
But why don’t these civil officials understand? It’s just your own selfishness.
There was a noisy noise in the court. Just as Zhao Ji was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard a trembling and almost shouting voice: "Report to the officials, the ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, Kong Qi, report to him if you have something to do!"
Not only did Zhao Ji immediately look at Kong Qi, who stood up and bowed to the ground, but all the court officials were silent and looked at this fifth-rank small official in the Ministry of Revenue, who had always been very inconspicuous in the court.
But all Chinese officials in the court knew him.
Because this person is the 48th generation grandson of Confucius and a descendant of Yanshenggong.
Since Emperor Renzong enthroned the Kong family as Yansheng Gong, the legitimate son of the Kong family in Shandong has always been an official in the court.
Of course, in addition to Kong Qi, there were also Kong Rui, the 48th generation grandson of Confucius and the next generation of the Kong clan leader, and the Xuanyi Lang, who inherited the Emperor Yan Shenggong.
In other words, the current clan leader in the Confucius Mansion in Shandong is Kong Rui's father, who is the eldest son and the quasi-clan leader.
Kong Qi is Kong Rui's cousin.
The Kong brothers were originally a "smoking" and scrambling in the court. They were the spokespersons of the interests of the Confucius family in the court, and they rarely had a sense of existence.
My cousin Kong Qi stood up at this critical moment. It was obviously what the two brothers agreed on last night. Kong Rui's eyes flashed, but he was watching the changes.
Although the Yanshenggong of the Song Dynasty was not of high rank, his status was respectable.
Confucius was the teacher of scholars all over the world.
The status of Confucius descendants in the political system of scholar-officials can be imagined.
As a descendant of Confucius, there is no need to participate in the struggles between the court. This is the principle of the Kong family. However, there are also many children of the Kong family who serve as officials.
"Three holes" are examples.
Kong Pingzhong was a famous civil official in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty. He and his second brother Kong Wenzhong and Kong Wuzhong were "famous for their articles". During the Jiayou and Zhiping period, they were ranked first in Jinshi. At the beginning of Yuanyou, they entered the court as officials, and had a great reputation.
The name is "Three Holes".
Kong Qi is the descendant of Confucius's priest, and even the emperor Zhao Ji had to give him some face. Zhao Ji took a deep breath and forced a smile and said, "Dr. Kong, what's the matter? Let's listen to it."
Kong Qi shouted loudly: "I ask the official to allow me to let you take the things that I placed outside the hall into the hall."
...
A pile of cleaned potatoes piled up under the danmu.
Zhao Ji and the ministers were attracted by the interests of the ministers. I wonder what this descendant of the Kong family who had been in the Ministry of Revenue for more than ten years sold today.
Zhao Ji said suspiciously: "Dr. Kong, what is this?"
"The official family is potatoes, which are food items, and can be used as the main food. I have been eating them for several days. It tastes delicious and sweet." A hint of excitement rose on Kong Qi's old face.
"Oh...where did this thing come from?"
When he heard that it was something to eat, Zhao Ji and his ministers subconsciously regarded it as some so-called wild fruits, and did not think much about it.
"The King of Yan said that this thing is obtained from a distant overseas and is auspicious."
Hum? It was related to Wang Lin, and Zhao Ji and the ministers' interests increased a lot in an instant.
Kong Qi took out two cooked potatoes in the box from his arms, and then took a small bag of snowflake salt from his arms, knelt on the ground and handed it on his hands, "Please try it!"
Zhao Ji twitched his mouth, thinking that I could eat such a messy thing at will?
Of course, Kong Qi also knew the rules, saying that he was asked to taste it, but in fact he was for the eunuch to try it in public.
Zhao Ji waved his hand, and an internal supervisor came forward, hesitated and pried a small piece away. He followed Kong Qi's suggestion to dip some snowflake salt and tentatively stuffed it into his mouth.
The internal supervisor swallowed it and felt that the taste was soft and sweet and mellow. After staying for a while, he felt that it would not be poisonous, so he continued to eat the remaining potatoes. After that, he couldn't help but burp.
Zhao Ji frowned and said, "How?"
The inner supervisor fell to the ground and said, "This thing... can satisfy your hunger!"
The inner supervisor thought for a long time but didn't know how to describe it, so he just told the truth. He was indeed a little overwhelmed now.
After all, two potatoes with a big fist.
Zhao Ji nodded, but at the same time he also lost some interest. Just a strange fresh food, deserves to be mobilized to show it in the court?
The Kong family has some brain problems.
Li Gang asked from the side: "Dr. Kong, is this thing originated from the King of Yan's army?"
Kong Qi said respectfully: "That's right. Li Xiang, this thing is the military ration planned by the King of Yan, and can be planted for two seasons a year. I returned to Confucius' Mansion in Shandong to worship his ancestors in the Xia Dynasty. I met the Fuhu Army and harvested this thing. I heard that the yield was quite abundant.
, I asked for a hundred kilograms."
"After I returned to the capital, I tried sowing seeds at my own farm outside the city, cut the potatoes and planted one acre of farming. By the end of autumn, I ordered people to collect this thing, but..." Kong Qi's voice trembled obviously: "I actually harvested potatoes."
More than 4,000 kilograms!"
Zhao Ji's mouth trembled: This guy's brain is really bad.
All the ministers were in an uproar.
What a nonsense, the yield per mu is more than 4,000 kilograms (measured in the Song Dynasty)? More than 100 times the grain?
Li Gang frowned and said in a deep voice: "Dr. Kong, you are the official appointed by the court, the official of the Ministry of Revenue Department, and are descendants of Confucius. How can you speak nonsense?"
Kong Qi said loudly: "Li Xiang, how dare the Xiaguan talk nonsense? Xiaguan didn't believe it at the time, but for the past few days, Xiaguan had seen soldiers harvesting potatoes in the fields of the Shenwu Army's potato army outside the city.
The yield is only much higher than that of Xiaguan!
At present, the Fuhu Army and Shenwu Army under the command of King Yan have tried to plant potatoes in various prefectures in Jingdong, Henan and Hebei, and the income from only one season is more than tens of millions of kilograms... It has been used as military ration reserves!
If the officials and all the adults do not believe it, they can immediately review the records of the Ministry of Revenue, and report to the relevant military farm personnel of the Shenwu Army!
Moreover, the Shenwu Army of the capital has trained hundreds of hectares of farmland and tried to plant potatoes. This year, the harvest is enough for military rations!"
Kong Qi's words are actually a bit exaggerated.
But it is absolutely no exaggeration to produce thousands of kilograms per mu.
This is what he saw with his own eyes, checked it himself, and reviewed the data recently reported by various states. How could it be false?
However, this matter was dominated by Wang Lin's army and was not really disclosed in the court, and there were not many people in the court to pay attention to it. If Kong Qi had not been quite sensitive and interested in this matter, it would have been difficult to know about it.