Chapter 64 The Secret Cannot Be Revealed
Before this, Zhu Chong thought that the strongest elite talents in the system were no more than people like Yuchi Gong or Yuan Chonghuan.
But I didn’t expect that this time I would be able to exchange with such a great person like Li Cunxiao!
When Zhu Chong was a child in his previous life, he liked to listen to old people telling novels and folk tales. He remembered a sentence at that time, which went like this.
The king is not as strong as Xiang, the strong is not as strong as Ba, the general is not as strong as Li, and the fist is not as strong as Jin!
Each of these four sentences refers to a person, namely Xiang Yu, the King of Western Chu, Li Yuanba, the most powerful man in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li Cunxiao, one of the Thirteen Guardians, and Jin Tai, the world boxing champion.
Among these four people, Li Yuanba does not exist at all in history books, while the other three are real. Li Cunxiao, who is known as the "second Li Yuanba", can be regarded as the first among these three!
Zhu Chong was really happy when he knew that this guy was his subordinate, but what surprised him even more were Yuwen Tai and Su Cho.
Yuwen Tai was an outstanding military strategist of the Western Wei Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period. He was the actual helmsman of the Western Wei regime at that time. During Yuwen Tai's reign, he governed the country with virtue and education, promoted only the virtuous, was good at accepting advice, strictly enforced the law, and changed the official system, making the Western Wei Dynasty powerful for a time under his rule!
As for Su Cho, he was a close friend of Yuwen Tai. He was appointed by Yuwen Tai as the Left Prime Minister of the Grand Secretariat, where he participated in confidential political affairs and helped Yuwen Tai reform the Western Wei system. He was a famous official of the Western Wei at that time.
The practice of recording expenses in red and income in black, which is still used today, was first initiated by him.
These two people took only eight years to make the Western Wei Dynasty the most powerful country at that time, and laid the stable foundation for the four dynasties of Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang. It is astonishing!
So much so that later in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, many political systems and cultural strategies were based on the views of these two people.
With these three people, plus the one hundred outstanding talents that Zhu Chong exchanged for at the cost of 100,000 points, he will definitely not have to worry about the development of Songming City and Wuding Prefecture for a long time in the future, at least during the time when he returns to Yingtian Prefecture.
So after giving instructions to his subordinates, Zhu Chong traveled light and rode at full speed towards Yingtian Prefecture.
Just as Zhu Chong was heading to Yingtian Prefecture, Prince of Yan Zhu Di, who had already returned to Yingtian Prefecture from Yunnan, was in his own palace, with his trusted advisers, gathered in front of a specially opened field in the back garden.
Previously, this piece of land was used to grow flowers and plants for ornamental purposes, but after Zhu Di returned to Yingtian Prefecture, he planted it all with potatoes brought back from Songming City.
What surprised Zhu Di and others was that these potatoes, which had just been planted, had a harvest in just seven days.
Looking at the rows of potatoes being pulled out of the ground, Zhu Di excitedly asked his chief strategist Yao Guangxiao, "Guangxiao, you said we should plant these all over the country. Do you think they can survive?"
Yao Guangxiao, with a kind face and robes, looked like a high-ranking monk. Hearing this, he smiled faintly and said, "Your Highness, this isn't the question you want to ask, is it?"
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then burst into laughter and said, "Guangxiao, it seems you can't hide anything. This thing came from Songming City, and Songming City is really strange. If your father knew that this thing only existed in Songming City, what do you think would happen?"
Yao Guangxiao still smiled faintly and replied, "Your Highness, I'm afraid you've become obsessed. His Majesty will hold you accountable for the Southern Expedition. What you should be thinking about now is not how to escape blame, but how to turn a bad thing into a good thing."
Zhu Di frowned upon hearing this. "Old monk, what do you mean by that? I'm saying that we should hand this thing over to the imperial court and have them test-plant it throughout the country. If the trial is successful, there will be no more starvation in the Ming Dynasty."
"Your Highness, be merciful." Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together, but shook his head and asked, "But Your Highness, have you ever considered whether, besides receiving a few words of praise from His Majesty, you could gain anything else by doing this?"
"Uh, there you go again." Zhu Di frowned. "Didn't I tell you long ago that the Crown Prince would be a good emperor? Even if I take a step back, my second and third brothers are no less capable than me. Even if I wanted to take any of these positions, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven."
"Everything depends on human effort." Yao Guangxiao smiled mysteriously. "As long as Your Highness has lofty ambitions, there will be hope. It just requires Your Highness to hold on to that hope."
"Monk, tell me the truth, did you do something?" Zhu Di keenly noticed something and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
"The secret cannot be revealed." Yao Guangxiao smiled faintly, "In three months at most, Your Highness will know the outcome."
"You..." Zhu Di's heart skipped a beat. As if he had thought of something, his eyes suddenly widened. "You're not saying..."
"Your Highness!" Yao Guangxiao interrupted Zhu Di, clasping his hands together and closing his eyes as he spoke slowly, "Those who achieve great things do not dwell on trivial matters. Since Your Highness has such lofty ambitions, there are some things you must give up. If necessary, even I can be sacrificed."
"Uh..." Zhu Di looked at the old monk in front of him, his eyes flickering.
In Yingtian Prefecture, Duke Wei's Mansion, Xu Da led his entire family to receive Zhu Yuanzhang's order. After sending the angel away, Old Xu's face was so gloomy that ink seemed to be dripping out.
However, Xu Miaoyun, the eldest daughter of the Xu family, who was arranged to marry by Old Zhu, could not hide the joy in her eyes at this moment no matter what.
Xu Miaoqing, the second daughter of the Xu family, was very curious when she saw her eldest sister's joyful expression. However, she did not dare to ask any more questions in front of her father. It was not until Old Xu left with the imperial edict that she asked in a confused manner, "Sister, why are you so happy?"
"This is the second time you've been granted a marriage, and it's to that damned King of Qin. How come you don't..."
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