Chapter 15: Yield of 1,000 Jin per Mu [Jinjiang Authentic Edition Exclusive Release - Zhi Su Nei Shi Xu...
Li Si was not the only one who suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes. The Emperor, kneeling on a high place, looked at the civil and military officials below, all of whom were staring with wide eyes, their faces filled with disbelief and astonishment. He, who was always dignified and solemn, could not help but smile and said to the officials below:
"I think you, the nobles, have already heard about what happened in Zhangtai Palace yesterday."
"From a small kingdom in the west, the Qin people have spent hundreds of years accumulating strength. Through the unremitting efforts of generations, we have finally achieved the great feat of sweeping across the six kingdoms and unifying the world! We have ended the chaotic era of frequent wars between nations for hundreds of years and created a rare peace for this land."
"After achieving this unprecedented feat, even though the remnants of the six kingdoms still harbor ambitions and don't recognize me! They don't recognize the Great Qin! However, the black bird that lives above the nine heavens sensed this and recognized the generations of Qin people's sacrifices and the Great Qin Empire I founded. Yesterday, it specifically cried out in the Zhangtai Palace and descended upon the earth, sending down a five-colored rainbow light, granting me the blessing of returning to youth. It also used its supreme magical powers to tell me that my eldest grandson, Qin Ying, is a saintly grandson sent by heaven to prosper the Great Qin. With this saintly grandson, the Great Qin will surely last forever!"
After hearing His Majesty's two straightforward and frank words, the officials, who were already terrified, were so horrified that they couldn't utter a single word.
Seeing is believing. No matter how fantastic the rumor about the arrival of the black bird that spread in the capital yesterday afternoon was, the shock brought by the rumor was not as great as the shock they felt when they saw with their own eyes the emperor who had returned to his youthful strength overnight!
Li Si's pupils trembled slightly and his heart was beating fast. He was always smart and good at understanding the emperor's mind, but after hearing the emperor's words that could not hide his joy, he didn't know what to say at this moment.
The old Qin clan members and pro-Confucian officials who had always supported the eldest prince, after coming to their senses, all grinned, their teeth showing with joy.
After all, the interests of the eldest grandson and the eldest son are naturally one. His Majesty personally acknowledged in front of the entire court today that the eldest grandson is the "good and holy grandson" recognized by the Xuanniao who has the potential to prosper the Great Qin. Doesn't this mean that the "eldest son" currently imprisoned in the royal mausoleum will be the "crown prince" in the near future?!
The old Prime Minister Wang Wan immediately leaned forward with his eyes shining brightly, holding the jade sceptre in his hand and said:
"I, your Majesty, congratulate you! Your Majesty is absolutely right! The Black Bird has descended upon the earth, and the Holy Grandson has been born. May our Great Qin prosper for eternity!"
Upon hearing the old prime minister's words, Wang Ben, who had always been rough in his behavior, leaned forward and shouted loudly:
"Your Majesty is wise! With Your Majesty and your holy grandson here, our Great Qin will surely prosper for thousands of years!"
With these two people taking the lead in shouting, the rest of the civil officials and military officers seemed to have finally reacted, and they shouted in unison with bright smiles, "Long live the emperor!", "The holy grandson is extraordinary!", and "Long live the Qin Dynasty!"
Listening to the cheers that were getting louder and louder around his ears, Li Si clenched his hands unconsciously, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. In the early summer, he could feel the chill rising from the soles of his feet!
If we were to say who in the world most wishes His Majesty the Emperor to live forever, His Majesty the Emperor would be the first. Li Si could not be considered second, but he could be ranked third. After all, in the founding of the Qin Empire, the First Emperor was the leader and decision-maker, but many specific matters were handled by Li Si. Although he held the official position of the Chief Justice, he did the work of the Prime Minister.
The old Prime Minister Wang Wan is more of a mascot representing the old Qin clan.
Everyone could see that after two years, Wang Wan would step down and Li Si would take over the position of Prime Minister, becoming the leader of the ministers, second only to the emperor. However,
Li Si didn't want to see the eldest son Fusu have any chance of winning the throne!
After all, it was the Emperor who supported Li Si! The Emperor was the one who valued Li Si! Li Si himself had been loyal to the First Emperor for twenty years! To the Qin Dynasty! Not to the pro-Confucian eldest son Fusu! Fusu's ideas were actually undermining Li Si's unifying Legalist cause!
Therefore, amid the cheers and applause of all the civil and military officials in the court, the desperate Court Justice Li Si was so conspicuous. As for Wei Liao, who belonged to the military school, and officials from other schools such as Cai Ze and Feng Quji, although they were surprised by the birth of the sage grandson, they could not feel the same despair as Li Si.
It is the Emperor's dream to let the Qin Dynasty be passed down for thousands of years, and it is also the dream of Li Si, the Legalist leader, to let the Qin Dynasty's Legalist cause last forever.
Seeing Li Si's pale face, lifeless eyes, and haggard appearance, the Emperor could probably guess what was on Li Si's mind at the moment. After all, his stubborn eldest son would not only find ways to give him direct advice, but it was also common for him to angrily criticize Li Si in the court. Sometimes, when his words were so fierce, he wanted to scold Li Si's policies to the point of scolding them to pieces, and he almost pointed at Li Si's nose and called him a "flatterer" who had bewitched him.
The fact that the eldest prince Fusu and the chief justice Li Si were incompatible with each other from their ideas to their political policies was known to all the civil and military officials in the court.
So, when the court meeting ended, Li Si, who had not said a word the entire time, was about to drift back to his own residence with lifeless eyes, find a secluded place, and quietly gather his shattered heart. He was preparing himself mentally for the "bad news" that His Majesty would appoint the eldest son as the Crown Prince. Then, he heard His Majesty's calm voice from the top:
"The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Grain will come with me."
Hearing that His Majesty wanted to keep the Chief Justice and the Internal Secretary for Grain today, all the officials could not help but glance at the two of them. Li Si also wiped his face and followed His Majesty the Emperor to the inner hall with the Internal Secretary for Grain Xu Wang, who looked very confused.
When His Majesty sat down at the lacquer table in the inner hall, Li Si and Xu Wang also sat down next to each other on the two seats on the left at His Majesty's signal.
Zhao Gao hurriedly came over with a tray holding three golden cups filled with sugarcane juice. He first gently placed one cup next to the lacquer table of the First Emperor, then walked down a few steps, bowed and placed one cup on each of the tables of the two important ministers, then stepped aside with the tray and quietly served as a background board.
The First Emperor lifted up the golden cup and drank a sip of the sugarcane juice. Then he looked at the two ministers below him with completely different expressions and laughed out loud:
"I have kept the two of you here because I want you, Si Qing and Xu Qing, to accompany me to see the seeds from outer space that the black bird bestowed upon me yesterday."
Xu Wang, whose ancestral home was in Chu and who belonged to a farming family, and whose grandfather Xu Xing was a leading scholar among farmers, was in charge of the nation's agricultural affairs. When he heard this, his eyes lit up instantly, and he bowed to the First Emperor at the top with great interest and asked:
"Your Majesty, where are the seeds from outer space? How are they different from the seeds of our Great Qin?"
"Haha, Xu Qing, don't worry. Wait a moment until Meng Yi brings the emperor's eldest grandson from the eldest son's mansion, and then you'll be able to see the extraordinary creature."
His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting at the top, smiled warmly and gently at the contemporary Qin Dynasty's farming boss.
When Li Si heard this, he felt even more desperate. Although he was not responsible for farming, Shang Yang's reforms and the rapid rise of the Qin State were due to two major things - "farming" and "war".
Whether before or after unification, "farming" was extremely important to the Qin people.
A blessing from the black bird can make your majesty rejuvenate overnight, not to mention the seeds given, which must be a rare seed from heaven!
With a rare talent by his side, wouldn't Prince Fusu be even closer to becoming the crown prince?!
Xu Wang's joyful anticipation contrasted sharply with Li Si's heavy mind. The First Emperor, who took in the expressions of both men, simply picked up the Ji Jin Jue and drank two sips of the sweet sugarcane juice. Then, a familiar sound of footsteps was heard outside the hall.
Along with the baby's soft voice, the black jade bead curtain at the door of the inner hall shook, and the next moment the tall and strong Meng Yi appeared in front of everyone holding a fair and tender little baby wearing a beige sun hat and a red and black dress.
Qin Ying was naturally happy to see his great grandfather Qin Shi Huang for the third time. However, thinking about the "random blind bag" he had put so much effort into last night, which disappeared because of a small sneeze, the little baby's spirits were not as high as yesterday and the day before. Following Meng Yi who leaned over, he bowed to his great grandfather and then hung his head without saying a word.
Seeing the true face of the emperor's eldest grandson for the first time, Xu Wang and Li Si could not help but look carefully at the little baby whom His Majesty called "Holy Grandson".
Ying Zheng, who had also noticed that the little boy was a little depressed this morning, thought of the "assassin's bag" that nearly hit him last night, and the smile in his eyes became even brighter. He stood up from his seat, walked down a few steps to the wooden floor, stretched out his arms to take Changsun from Meng Yi's arms, subconsciously bounced him up and down twice, and asked with a smile:
"Ying, why do you look listless today? Did you not get enough rest last night?"
Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was actually communicating with a half-year-old baby, Li Si and Xu Wang both looked surprised.
Li Si looked suspiciously at the tiny child in His Majesty's arms, a thought crossing his mind: "Your Majesty is doting on the eldest grandson too much! What does such a tiny child know? Can he understand what Your Majesty is saying?"
Unfortunately, the next moment, Li Si was slapped in the face.
The little baby frowned slightly, stretched out his two little hands, and babbled in great distress to the Emperor, who nodded from time to time.
Anyone with eyesight could tell that the grandfather and grandson were communicating in front of them.
Li Si's eyelids jumped, and Xu Wang opened his mouth in surprise. Could it be that the term "holy grandson" was not just something His Majesty wanted to build momentum for his eldest grandson?
Is this little thing, which looks not even as long as your Majesty's arm, really that magical?
Qin Ying was conflicted all the way when she was carried to the palace by Meng Yi, but finally decided to tell her grandfather about the blind bag seeds.
after all:
1. The First Emperor's father has already known what happened yesterday. He is not an ordinary baby.
2. Blind bag seeds are hard to come by and are of great use. He refreshed the system mall this morning and saw that the blind bag seeds had been displayed as delivered, but the delivery address was displayed as "Xianyang". A more specific address could not be accurately determined at the moment due to the limitation of the system level.
Although the current "Xianyang City" certainly cannot be compared with the scale of cities in later generations, it is the political, economic and cultural center of the world today. As the most prosperous capital of the Qin Dynasty, it still has a population of hundreds of thousands.
A 50-kilogram bag can be easily hidden. It would be fine if it fell into the home of an old Qin person, but what if it fell into the home of the nobles of the six kingdoms who were forced to migrate to Xianyang because their motherland was destroyed?
After all, the bag was made of materials from later times, and it was obvious at first glance that it was not an ordinary item. If the remnants of the six kingdoms used the seeds that fell from the sky to build momentum, they could cause a series of troubles in minutes. Wouldn't that be aiding the enemy?
Because of these considerations, Qin Ying concealed the matter of the "system" and used a statement that her grandfather could accept, telling her grandfather the whole story in detail.
Although the First Emperor had guessed that the strange big bag was definitely related to the baby when he saw it last night, after hearing his eldest grandson babbling in his fluent baby language for a long time, the emperor, who was in a very good mood, couldn't help but feel a little interested in teasing the baby. His two thick black eyebrows that slanted into his temples knitted slightly, and with a slightly deep tone, he looked down at the baby's clear eyes and repeated patiently:
"So, Ying, you want to tell me that you dreamed of the Black Bird last night, and that the Black Bird gave you a large bag of seeds from outer space, which included flower seeds, vegetable seeds, grain seeds, and grass seeds. But because you were too excited, you accidentally got the delivery address wrong. Now you only know that the Black Bird delivered that bag of magical seeds to Xianyang, but you don't know where exactly it was delivered. You want me to send soldiers to search door to door, right?"
What the hell is going on? Li Si and Xu Wang were completely bewildered.
Meng Yi looked at his Majesty helplessly. Unexpectedly, his Majesty had returned to his youth and strength, and his temperament seemed to have become more lively. He even looked like the man who drove to Pinyang at night to ask General Wang Jian to come out of retirement and lead the army to attack the State of Chu.
Qin Ying scratched her two white and tender hands, nodded with some worry and trepidation.
"Alas, this is a bit difficult. I have never seen the bag that Ying described. If by chance this bag of seeds is hidden by the remnants of the six kingdoms, it will be difficult to find it." The First Emperor pursed his lips and sighed.
The half-year-old little fat boy Ying also knew this truth. He even imagined that Zhang Liang and Xiang Yu, the victorious anti-Qin fighters, would accidentally get his packet of seeds and roar to the sky, and then shout arrogantly: "Qin Tian is dead, Han Tian and Chu Tian should be established." The little baby, who was overly emotional and had a rich imagination, could not help but pursed his lips in frustration.
Zhao Gao, who was standing next to the big pillar as a background, couldn't help but twitch his eyes slightly when he saw this scene.
"Aaaaaaa!" (The grandfather insisted that the soldiers search carefully from house to house. The seeds given by the black bird are all good seeds. Perhaps after planting them, the grain seeds can yield a thousand catties per mu!)
Ying, the little fat boy, thought about it, then cheered up, grabbed his grandfather's collar tightly, and said something in a baby voice.
"What? A thousand catties per mu?!"
The First Emperor, who was teasing his eldest grandson with a big smile on his face, was startled when he heard the voice and widened his eyes in disbelief.
The others, such as Li Si, Xu Wang, Meng Yi, Zhao Gao, etc., who had pricked up their ears to listen carefully to the conversation between the grandfather and grandson who were clearly "not speaking the same language" but were still "presenting" each other, were all shocked when they heard the words "a thousand catties per mu" from the First Emperor, and looked at the tender and cute baby in disbelief.
Qin Ying nodded obediently. In fact, he was still being conservative. According to his understanding in his previous life, the high-yield crops in the future, as long as they were carefully cared for, could easily reach a yield of several thousand kilograms. For the farmers in the future, "a yield of one thousand kilograms per mu" was not a "good harvest" but a "bad harvest"!
But the First Emperor didn’t know!
The Emperor's heart was pounding with shock at the child's casual remark of "a thousand jins." He didn't even bother to tease the child. He hurriedly ordered Meng Yi, who was standing there in a daze, "Yi, quickly go and bring that bag of seeds over here."
"promise!"
Meng Yi was so shocked by the word "thousand catties" that his mind went blank. His legs couldn't help but feel weak when he walked. Oh my God! That's a thousand catties! Nowadays, if the wheat fields planted on the imperial farm outside the city can produce 300 catties per acre, it would be a bumper harvest!
Meng Yi didn't even dare to imagine what a bumper harvest "thousand jin" would be like, and he couldn't even imagine it at all.
Xu Wang also breathed rapidly and clenched his hands, staring straight in the direction where Meng Yi disappeared.
Li Si also subconsciously reached out and stroked the gray beard on his chin, frowning and thinking deeply.
Zhao Gao, who was standing in front of the big pillar as a background, looked at the emperor's eldest grandson with a complicated expression. The luck of this little baby was really something that people could not even dream of!
Watching the reactions of the crowd, Qin Ying slowly came to his senses. It turned out his grandfather had just been teasing him! Had the blind bag of seeds from last night just happened to be delivered to Zhangtai Palace?
"Your Majesty, the seeds are here!"
Although Meng Yi, with his long legs and arms, was not as strong as his brother Meng Tian, a hundred kilograms of weight was nothing to him. In a moment, he returned to the hall quickly carrying a large bag.
When the little baby in the First Emperor's arms saw the colorful, smooth woven snakeskin bag covered with a waterproof film on Meng Yi's shoulders, his eyes lit up little by little. He subconsciously stretched out his short hands in his grandfather's arms and leaned forward.
Seeing the young master waving his hands excitedly in His Majesty's arms, almost jumping out of His Majesty's arms, Meng Yi put the large bag on his shoulder onto the smooth wooden floor with a "dong" sound and asked the First Emperor:
"Your Majesty, do you need to pour out these seeds so Young Master Ying can take a closer look?"
Qin Ying immediately said in a childish voice: "Ying! Dao! Dao!" (Fall! Fall! Fall!)
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