In the sixth year of the emperor's reign, Jiaofang Hall.
The palace was filled with gloom and gloom. Both the maids and the chamberlains had sad faces and walked like zombies.
This is the Queen's bedroom, but Queen Bo is lying on the bed at this time, her face looks haggard.
Her physical condition is very poor, not because she has any fatal disease, but because she is depressed and cannot be relieved, which can also be said to be depression.
As for the reason for depression, it is naturally due to the recent rumors that the emperor intends to depose the queen.
The reason for deposing the queen was that the queen had nothing to do, but in fact it was because after the death of Empress Dowager Bo, the Bo family was really in decline.
Being a queen but not having a son is the greatest original sin.
Without Empress Dowager Bo as her backer, the Bo family declined rapidly, and her position as queen could no longer be maintained.
Those beauties who had sons wanted to kill her openly and secretly, and coveted the queen's throne.
Faced with such a tragic prospect, Queen Bo was naturally depressed.
You must know that since the first queen, Empress Lu, there has never been a queen deposed in the world, so she is probably setting a precedent.
The sound of rapid footsteps was heard, and Da Changqiu of Jiaofang Palace hurried to the Queen and reported, "Queen, Your Majesty has sent someone here."
Queen Bo laughed sadly, "Finally here? It doesn't matter, I won't let them go even if I'm a ghost!"
She struggled to get up and wanted to accept the order. Even if she was deposed as queen, she could not lose face.
When I see Empress Dowager Bo, I must express my complaints to her!
"Queen~~~"
Da Changqiu hurriedly stopped, "Your Majesty just sent someone to inform you of the matter, not to convey an edict."
"Um?"
Now it was Empress Bo's turn to be stunned, "What's the matter?"
Dachangqiu's face was filled with joy: "Prince Liu Rong has been deposed as crown prince and retired as King Linjiang!"
As soon as these words came out, Queen Bo was shocked and said, "The prince has been deposed?!"
However, after being shocked, her originally pale face showed a happy look, "Okay, okay! Li Ji, you also have today!"
Ever since Liu Rong was established as the crown prince, Li Ji, who was already arrogant, became even more domineering and did not look good even in front of the queen.
Moreover, some ministers had previously proposed that "a son is more valuable than his mother, and a mother is more valuable than her son." Please make Li Ji the queen.
Although Wang Quan was behind this matter, Empress Bo didn't know the reason, and her hatred naturally fell on Li Ji.
Li Ji's character is really difficult to describe in one word. With her mouth, she is really the enemy of everyone in the palace!
After hearing the good news, Queen Bo suddenly felt that her head no longer hurt, her waist was no longer sore, and her legs were no longer weak. Even her originally pale complexion became flushed.
Without him, I'm happy.
"A good thing, a really good thing."
Queen Bo, who always looked sad, showed a rare smile.
After laughing, he frowned slightly, "And Beauty Wang, I must live and see that every one of them is unlucky!"
The deposing of the crown prince had huge repercussions both in the court and among the people.
You must know that since Zulong proclaimed himself emperor, the crown prince who has not yet been deposed, Liu Rong, can be regarded as leaving his name in the history books.
Fusu was not explicitly established as the prince, but he was the eldest son valued by the First Emperor, and he was regarded as the prince by both the government and the public.
He was not deposed, but killed by the imperial edict.
Therefore, Liu Rong was the first official prince to be deposed.
Although the ministers in the court had been mentally prepared, when the incident happened, they were still in an uproar, and naturally they had to speak for Liu Rong.
These people are not saying how much they admire Liu Rong, but they want to maintain order and tradition.
In fact, since Li Ji called the emperor an "old dog", almost everyone knew that such a day would come.
The emperor would never let Li Ji become the queen mother no matter what.
If that were the case, none of the emperor's sons or concubines would survive!
The love-minded Li Ji not only harmed her son Liu Rong, but also cheated herself to death.
There are also many people among the people who are aggrieved by the crown prince Liu Rongming and believe that the crown prince has done nothing wrong and should not be deposed.
Most of these people are Confucian scholars, especially the Guliang sect.
What they advocate is the order of superiority and inferiority, and the inheritance of etiquette.
In their view, the crown prince's dethronement was a major event that affected the overall situation.
However, in fact, the impact is not as great as imagined.
At least in the palace, everyone from the queen mother down to the beauties was secretly pleased with her, and even secretly supported her.
There is no way, Li Ji has offended too many people.
Especially Princess Guantao, whose engagement was canceled in front of her, she laughed until she leaned forward and closed her mouth from ear to ear, and even burst into tears.
She also went to the palace specifically to look for Li Ji to show off and add insult to injury.
"You have offended me and you still want to be a queen or a queen mother? Just dream!"
The storm and turmoil in Chang'an City did not affect Li Yunze who was far away in Zhongshan Kingdom.
While he was busy with spring plowing, he was also busy with large-scale casting of gold and copper coins.
The Zhongshan Kingdom has basically completely transformed farmers' farm tools into iron tools. Not only that, they also dumped iron farm tools on a large scale to various parts of the Han Dynasty through caravans.
After training enough oxen, Li Yunze finally developed the Quyuan plow, a powerful tool for plowing the land.
I didn't do it before because it would be difficult to work without a cow to drag it, and it would also consume a lot of iron.
Li Yunze attacked the Xiongnu tribe twice and captured tens of thousands of cattle. More than 70% of them were successfully trained into plow cattle, which provided him with the motivation to drag the curved shaft plow.
Cattle on the grasslands are basically beef cattle, because nomadic tribes rarely farm, so there is no need for cattle.
Captured cattle must undergo rigorous training before they can be transformed into farm cattle. It does not mean that they can be captured and brought back to the fields to work. There is no such thing... Uh, movies, TV dramas and novels
Except here.
Just like a million-strong army besieging a small village, it is not impossible to plow the land with beef cattle in movies, TV dramas and novels.
"Your Majesty."
Zhang Ou and others came to the field and saw with their own eyes the amazing work efficiency of the curved plow compared to the straight plow. Everyone was full of praise and said, "This is a divine thing!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The working efficiency of the curved plow is at least three times that of the straight plow.
In other words, a farmer can cultivate several times more acres during spring plowing.
The acres of land of the Han Dynasty were far from being completely developed like those of later generations, but there were countless places that could be cultivated.
The reason why not all of them have been cultivated is because of the lack of manpower and material resources.
After all, cultivating raw fields requires a lot of energy and material resources, and if mature fields are not carefully maintained, they will be abandoned and become wasteland in a few years.
Shortage of manpower has always been an important issue.
As for why some people don’t have more children?
This statement is as disgusting as "why not eat minced meat".
When you have a child, you have to raise it. You have to pay for all the expenses of food, clothing, housing and transportation yourself. Who can afford to raise a child when you can't afford it yourself?
Compared with the advocacy of later generations, ancient times were much more radical in this regard.
For example, directly matching a widow with a husband is child's play. What's even more cruel is that if the girls in the family are not married, they will directly charge a high head tax and force you to marry.
The so-called suggestions made by some experts are nothing more than the wisdom of others.
"Your Majesty."
Li Yunze, whose trouser legs were rolled up to his knees, asked everyone, "Can you confirm the effectiveness of this product?"
"Your Majesty."
Gongsun Hong, who had just plowed two acres of land himself, shook the dirt from his feet and said, "This thing is of great use, and we should do our best to promote it."
"Um."
Li Yunze nodded and looked at Ji An, "Since everyone agrees, then a servant will be responsible for supervising production and transferring it to various counties so that it can be used during spring plowing."
"The expenses are due." Li Yunze turned to look at Yan Yi, "They are all paid by the private government."
Ji An and Yan Yi saluted together, "Here."
Li Yunze once again told Gongsun Hong, "Internal History, I will leave this matter to you. You must be allowed to cultivate more fields during spring plowing and complete the rotation of crops as much as possible."
"Here~~~"
Li Yunze vigorously promoted planting rotation in Zhongshan State and encouraged the people to divide the land into two parts.
One part is used to grow staple crops, and the other part is used to grow alfalfa and other pastures.
After the autumn harvest, soybeans will be planted on the land where the staple food has been harvested.
Wait until the second year and then rotate farming.
Alfalfa and soybeans, fertile fields, etc. are secondary, because at this time, the middle-earth fields have not experienced a lack of nutrients due to continuous cultivation for thousands of years, and are still very fertile.
The main reason for doing these is to feed livestock.
It is not poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese. These poultry can be raised by themselves and do not need to be taken care of.
The main animals raised are cattle, sheep and pigeons.
Among them, the most important ones are cattle and sheep.
Li Yunze has always scoffed at the notion that Westerners have good genes and therefore are tall.
During the Ming Dynasty, the Westerners who came to the Ming Dynasty were shorter than the others, much worse than the Ming Dynasty.
The fundamental reason why cows became taller and horses became bigger later was that people became rich and could afford to eat beef and milk. It had something to do with genes.
There is no reason why Chinese people cannot do things that Westerners can do.
Isn’t it just beef, mutton and milk? If there’s anything special about it, just raise it!
Li Yunze strongly encourages the breeding industry, and soybeans and alfalfa are used as feed.
He also planned to wait until the next time he went out to the fortress to kill a random Xiongnu tribe, and then took out the corn seeds and said that he had captured them from this tribe.
With sufficient feed supply, there will naturally be no shortage of beef, mutton and milk.
He is also determined to win the prairie. It will be the back garden of the Han Dynasty in the future, and he will raise millions or even tens of millions of livestock for the Han Dynasty to improve the physical fitness of the Han people.
He wanted the Muyang dogs to take a good look. The Chinese Han'er were much stronger than the Angsa!
"Your Majesty."
Yan Yi, who was in charge of revenue and expenditure, said, "The Quyuan plow consumes too much iron material, and I may not be able to make up the revenue..."
"It doesn't matter."
Li Yunze waved his hand, "The palace will pay for the shortfall. Our Zhongshan State-owned Foundry Bureau is not short of money."
Everyone laughed, it was really nice to be able to mint money by oneself.
While they were joking, a long motorcade appeared on the official road not far away.
Dozens of manned carriages stretched out, and there were Han army guards on the left and right, making it an extraordinary sight.
"It's the master who's back."
The sharp-eyed Master Fu Yan saw Shi Fen's flag at a glance, then thought of the letter he had sent before, and looked at Li Yunze with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the beauties sent by the emperor have arrived."