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Chapter 154

The second day of the sixth month in the forty-third year of Huayuan.

Nie Shiming looked at the capital and let out a long sigh.

Fortunately, I'm back.

This journey is so torturous.

Rushing is really not something that humans do.

He was still traveling from Yingtian Prefecture to the capital.

How should Ji Yuan travel from Dianzhou Prefecture to the capital? I don’t know if he has arrived yet.

Alas, nowadays young people all over the world are fleeing the capital, and only they two want to come back.

I just don’t know if I can get out again after I come back, and what position I will get after I get out.

I heard that all suitable positions out there are basically taken up.

Nie Shiming's mind was filled with thoughts one after another, and his mood was extremely complicated.

What is more complicated is probably the prisoner Wang Changdong who was escorted by him.

Wang Changdong couldn't figure out how he had offended the Nie family that they wanted to kill him.

Could it be that the fight between Prime Minister Li and Grand Secretary Chu has reached this point?

But what's the point of arresting him?

There are countless people like him under the command of Chu Daxueshi.

He couldn't shake the foundation of Mr. Chu at all.

Why must we catch him?

There was nothing special about him at all.

The most important thing is to find out the cause of the problem so that he can ask someone to solve it.

Now that he has arrived in the capital, he must cling to the thigh of Grand Secretary Chu. Maybe he can get away with it. At worst, he will be sentenced to exile.

It would be best to be exiled to Ning'an Prefecture in Dianzhou Prefecture, which is a coveted place.

When I told others before that I was exiled to Ning'an Prefecture in Dianzhou Prefecture, everyone turned pale.

Now?

A look of ecstasy!

Everyone knows that Ning'an Prefecture is a good place to get promoted and make money.

That Ning'an Prefecture magistrate Ji Zhuangyuan is really amazing.

What Wang Changdong didn't expect was that in the next few days, he was not only locked up in the Ministry of Justice prison, but also had no one to turn to for help.

No matter how much silver his subordinates and their families gave out, it was all returned.

On the side of Grand Secretary Chu, and even on the side of Prime Minister Li.

The fifth prince, the crown prince.

Even the people in the palace refused to accept his money.

The people from the palace did accept it, but returned it not long after.

Why? !

Who did he offend?

The Nie family?

He really doesn't have any deep hatred with the Nie family.

If I must say, his connection with the Nie family was that he had served as the county magistrate of the same county.

But that doesn't matter.

He had been an official for twenty to thirty years and had held many official posts, including being a small county magistrate. It was a bit critical at the time, but it also allowed him to successfully get close to the great scholar Chu.

What happened this time?

When he was at a loss.

An unexpected person showed up.

Ji Yuan had been helping out in the Hanlin Academy recently, and happened to be assigned to supervise some cases in the Ministry of Justice.

Nie Shiming stood beside Ji Yuan and said, "This is Wang Changdong."

This is Wang Changdong.

Ji Yuan's eyes were all on this wretched old man.

He is nearly fifty years old, with sparse hair and cloudy, greasy and scrutinizing eyes.

Although it was the first time I saw him, I always felt that this appearance had always been in his heart.

When Xiao Jiyuan died of illness.

Then I learned the truth about the death of Xiao Jiyuan’s parents.

And seeing the mess in Zhengrong County.

But this person just patted his butt and left.

He even rose through the ranks and landed a lucrative position like Hu Si.

Wang Changdong is also watching Epoch Times.

Who is this person?

Just as Nie Shiming was about to speak, Ji Yuan stopped him and said in person, "I am from Zhengrong County, Jianmeng Prefecture."

"My last name is Ji, and my name is Ji Yuan."

"Born in Anji Village, Zhengrong County."

Wang Changdong knew all about Jianmeng Prefecture and Zhengrong County.

He has been thinking about it these past two days. This is the only intersection between him and Nie Shiming.

In this era, are you also from Zhengrong County?

What a coincidence?

Wait, if I remember correctly, this Ji Zhuangyuan who won six top prizes in a row and was famous all over the world, has no father or mother?

Zhengrong County, without father or mother.

"My parents died around thirty years ago."

"One died during the construction of the canal."

"One died because he had no money to see a doctor."

When Ji Yuan was speaking, several jailers in the Ministry of Justice's prison widened their eyes.

Everyone knows that Ji Zhuangyuan, who won the top six places in the imperial examination, had a hard life since childhood.

But I don’t know.

He comes from such a family?!

Thirty years ago, that is, thirteen years ago.

The current Ji Zhuangyuan seems to be only 19 or 20 years old? !

But what does all this have to do with the prisoner in front of us?

Nie Shiming then said, "Wang Changdong, you won't forget where you were working in the 30th year of Huayuan, right?"

Although he felt that period of time was not worth mentioning.

But how could I forget.

I was even reminiscing about it a few days ago.

"You, you are the son of a river worker!?"

Ji Yuan emphasized: "He is the child of a dead river worker."

No wonder.

So that's how it is.

Wang Changdong’s doubts were finally resolved.

How could he have imagined that the ordinary river worker whom he had killed would have such an amazing child.

It would be enough if he got six honors in a row and became the top scorer.

They also invented rubber and Champa rice.

And he accidentally offended such a person.

The Nie family has no deep hatred towards him.

But the Nie family will definitely work hard to make this happen for people like Ji Yuan.

Scholar Chu would not protect him for the sake of such a rising star.

Even the current era appears here to tell everyone.

He was seeking revenge for his parents.

Revenge for my parents.

It's only natural.

They didn't do anything extra.

Just exposing his crimes.

Everyone in the Ministry of Justice suddenly understood.

Ji Zhuangyuan came back to avenge his parents.

This made many people secretly sigh in their hearts, saying that he was indeed a good man.

Study and become an official.

Until now.

It’s just to avenge my parents.

No matter how much you talk about these things, they can move heaven and earth.

Some even asked, "Did you want to work in Yingtian Prefecture back then for this?"

Wang Changdong is in Yingtian Prefecture.

So that's how it is.

But Ji Yuan accidentally offended the Fifth Prince and was transferred away.

This is a revenge that is four years late.

Many jailers looked at Ji Yuan with changed eyes.

Such a loyal man.

I originally thought that Ji Zhuangyuan was handsome and a capable official, a great civil servant.

I didn't expect that he had such a loyal and righteous heart.

Wang Changdong's face had already turned pale.

He knew now that he was finished.

I accidentally got myself into such a big trouble.

He thought his experience in Zhengrong County was not worth mentioning, but in fact he had done many more excessive things.

But in fact, the seeds of disaster had already been planted.

No one could have imagined that a child whose parents had both passed away could grow up to this point!

Ji Yuan looked at him and thought to himself.

That little kid can't grow up to this point.

Because Xiao Jiyuan died a long time ago.

He was taking revenge not only for the parents of this body, but also for Xiao Jiyuan.

The person in front of me deserves death as many times as he wants.

After leaving the Ministry of Justice prison, Ji Yuan did not return to the Hanlin Academy. There was not much for him to do, so he was just there for the honor.

Nie Shiming followed behind him and couldn't help but say, "Actually, it would be better if you didn't show up."

It is also safer and now its edge is fully revealed.

Ji Yuan shook his head: "If I don't let him know the cause of his death, it would be the same as not doing it for me."

He knew that the other party might not necessarily regret it, but would definitely be afraid.

He was afraid of himself and the innocent souls who died at his hands.

So he's going to say it.

Even if everyone in the world knows it, we must tell it.

This incident caused quite a stir in the capital.

Originally, the Nie family was just reporting a criminal official who had committed many crimes.

I didn't expect there was such a thing behind it.

It's a story of a child avenging his parents.

This kind of story of revenge is naturally even more different when the protagonist is Ji Zhuangyuan.

Of course, he also found out the reason why he had to go to Yingtian Prefecture four years ago.

Just to go to Yingtian Prefecture to find the enemy who killed my parents.

Thinking of this, many fathers and mothers were moved to tears.

If I had a child like this, I would have no regrets in my life.

At the same time, some people also mentioned the decision made by the Fifth Prince back then.

What a Fifth Prince! I thought he was ridiculous enough, but I didn’t expect that he would inadvertently become an accomplice of the evildoer.

People in the capital were talking about this.

It is not difficult to guess how Wang Changdong would be executed. The worst possible outcome would be exile.

Exile to Ning'an Prefecture is impossible.

If he can’t go to the southwest, he might be able to go to the northwest. Send him there and make his whole family eat sand!

Nie Shiming is trying to be beheaded.

The other party is just a scholar, so beheading him is not too difficult.

To everyone's surprise.

Wang Changdong was indeed going to be beheaded.

The one who gave this order was the emperor who had just returned from the palace.

The emperor arrived in the capital on the third day of June and asked about recent events that day.

The rest is fine.

The matter of revenge for his parents made the emperor silent for a long time, and finally said: "If I have something wrong, I don't know which son can do this."

This is not a curse to myself.

It was simply said for the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince to hear.

He was just complaining that his son was not good enough.

The two sons hesitated to speak.

The emperor said directly: "Wang Changdong, you deserve to be killed."

"Summon Ji Yuan to the palace."

Wang Changdong must die.

Ji Yuan was summoned to the palace.

The second thing is obviously an extremely glorious thing.

Many people trembled.

Now it seems that this matter may also result in death.

After all, everyone knows that the emperor's temperament changed drastically after he suffered several serious illnesses.

In the past two years, it has become more serious.

A trace of worry appeared on the prince's face, but it quickly disappeared.

The Fifth Prince was happy.

It's just one era, and he's been troubled every day.

Every time Ji Yuan achieves something, countless people will talk about what happened back then.

Saying how blind and stupid he is, this is what pushes talents like Ji Yuan further away.

So when the Fifth Prince saw Ji Yuan being summoned, he was very happy.

Forget about the father emperor in the past.

In recent years, if there is something slightly wrong with the way my father speaks, I will be skinned alive if I don't die.

During these years, the Fifth Prince didn't learn anything else, but his ability to read people's expressions and words has become absolutely perfect.

When Ji Yuan heard the news, he was not surprised.

Instead, Cai Fenglan and Nie Shiming were the first to get angry.

“How can this be possible?”

"It's over once you enter the palace!"

"No, you absolutely cannot go."

Cai Fenglan has been in the capital for more than a year and is very familiar with the situation.

Nie Shiming has the support of the Nie family, so he naturally knows this.

Last year, an official from the Ministry of Revenue was exiled the next day because he was distracted when facing the emperor.

There was also a young man who, during the palace examination, thought that the emperor liked young talents, so he pretended to be a child prodigy.

Even if you take the palace examination, you generally won't fail.

And that young man became an isolated case.

What’s worse, no one knows who offended the emperor, and then he could never be found again, making it an unsolved case.

Ji Yuan listened and said helplessly: "Why is it getting more and more fantastic the more you talk about it."

Although this was said, Ji Yuan believed it to about 70%.

With what happened to the Cheng family in the past, it’s hard not to think too much.

In particular, what is the secret Buddhist temple mentioned by Mr. Cheng?

What exactly is done inside the palace? These questions have no answers yet.

Ji Yuan just wanted to comfort the two people and make them feel at ease. He changed his clothes and waited for the eunuch to come and deliver the imperial edict.

Not long after, someone really came from the palace.

Seeing that Lord Ji was ready, the eunuch smiled and said, "Lord Ji, please come in."

The eunuch was still looking at the expressions of Ji Yuan’s friends.

Nie Shiming and Cai Fenglan saw that their expressions were normal and nodded with satisfaction.

Of course, even if her expression is normal, she still has to tell the Emperor.

Ji Yuan was invited to the Qinzheng Hall, where he smelled a strange fragrance that lifted his spirits.

Sure enough, all emperors who sought immortality ultimately reached the same destination.

All the elixirs and strange fragrances are for refreshing the mind.

These things can temporarily boost a person's spirits, but over time, the body will only become more deficient and more pills will be needed.

This is not Ji Yuan’s cleverness either.

It’s not that the ancient people were stupid.

These things are just the lessons learned by modern people.

Ji Yuan saluted seriously, but the old emperor did not let him stand up. He just looked at him steadily and said, "Master Ji, do you know your mistake?!"

wrong?

Ji Yuan replied: "Your Majesty, I don't know."

"Colluding secretly, forming cliques for personal gain, just to avenge personal vendettas, and you still say that's not wrong?" The old emperor's voice was hoarse, but after a while, it seemed to return to normal.

Ji Yuan replied: "Although I have a personal grudge, I have not colluded secretly."

"I have a personal grudge, but I have not carried out private punishment. The laws of Tianqi are strict and will give me a fair answer."

"Besides, for my parents, Ji Yuan is willing to do this."

The palms of the eunuchs nearby were sweating.

Ji Yuan talks too much and too densely.

The current emperor won’t like it.

How dare he.

But after hearing the last sentence, the two eunuchs breathed a sigh of relief.

For my parents.

For my father.

Sure enough, the old emperor said, "Get up."

"Since you are so pure and filial, I'll let it go."

In fact, this answered another question of the emperor.

Given Ji Yuan's contributions to inventing rubber and cultivating new rice varieties, the emperor should have summoned him for questioning long ago.

But he didn't do it yet.

Because the emperor discovered that Ji Yuan was in collusion with Prime Minister Li regarding the rubber matter.

Rubber is far more important than most people think.

Even extraordinarily important.

Ji Yuan gave this thing to Prime Minister Li.

The emperor would naturally think that Ji Yuan had defected to Prime Minister Li.

This is what made the emperor unhappy.

Now, he has the answer.

The emperor already knew every detail of Wang Changdong's case.

Back then, Wang Changdong killed Ji Yuan's parents, but he was able to escape safely, all thanks to Scholar Chu.

Scholar Chu was protecting Wang Changdong, and Ji Yuan accidentally found out about this, so he naturally stayed away from Scholar Chu's camp.

To put it bluntly.

From the emperor's perspective.

Ji Yuan had no choice but to side with Prime Minister Li.

It was to get the Nie family, Li Shoufu's subordinates, to help him get revenge.

This line is smooth and reasonable.

If it is for such a thing.

Then the emperor can accept it.

To avenge Wang Changdong for his parents.

For the sake of his parents, he joined Prime Minister Li.

It doesn't matter.

What the emperor could not accept was that Ji Yuan naturally chose sides.

After all, the latter is not easy to shake.

The former, however, is quite different.

Ji Yuan bowed again and said sincerely, "I just heard that Wang Changdong will be executed next month. It was your order personally issued by Your Majesty."

"I have nothing to repay you for."

As he spoke, Ji Yuan's eyes turned slightly red, and he felt quite happy that he had finally gotten his revenge.

This expression made the emperor even more satisfied, and his tone became gentler: "Why bother to bow?"

"If you had told me about your family's grievances earlier, I would have brought justice to you four years ago."

"Why waste so much time."

But four years ago he had nothing.

Why would the emperor help him?

This question was tacitly ignored by everyone. Ji Yuan looked sad: "I had just passed the imperial examination at that time, and I didn't know much about being an official."

"I just thought that I could go to Yingtian Prefecture to collect evidence to comfort my parents' spirits in heaven."

"My father is really a very good person."

"He is smart and hardworking. He is the most hardworking farmer in the area. He would take me to worship Buddha and burn incense on the first and fifteenth day of every month."

"He did nothing wrong and he didn't deserve to be treated like that."

"People like him deserve to live a long life."

Yes, smart, hardworking, and a believer in Buddhism.

Nothing was done wrong.

It shouldn't be treated like that.

Such people really deserve to live a long life.

An emperor, an elderly emperor, actually empathized with the dead farmers.

His sigh and sadness at this moment could easily be understood as sympathy for a poor river worker.

But in fact, he was sighing and mourning for himself.

It doesn’t matter whether the farmers live or die. What matters is that we can use this incident to sympathize with our fellow farmers and feel sad for ourselves.

After all, he is the one who deserves a long life!

When Ji Yuan saw this, he knew he was safe.

"Well said." The old emperor seemed to regain his spirits and asked again, "You are so smart, do you know how to live a long life?"

Ji Yuan was a little surprised, and this time he was really surprised.

He didn't expect the old emperor to be so crazy.

He had somewhat underestimated the emperor's desire for immortality.

Ji Yuan thought for a moment and replied, "Those who are favored by God will surely live a long life."

God bless you.

In this world, is there anyone more favored by God than the emperor?

He is the emperor.

He is the master of the world.

Ji Yuan left the palace with countless rewards.

Many people who were observing secretly were shocked.

What are you doing?

Ji Yuan, is everything alright?

There are rewards! ?

He colluded with Prime Minister Li's men, and the emperor isn't angry?

He defected to Prime Minister Li, and the emperor wasn't angry?

Why?

There is no basis for this, it's just that I hit the nail on the head with what the other person was thinking.

Before entering the palace, Ji Yuan was only 30% to 40% sure about the matter.

Now, it has reached 7 or 8 points.

As the old emperor grows older, this confidence will become stronger and stronger.

So what he is doing has to be done as quickly as possible.

While the capital is still watching the developments of Ji Yuan.

Countless small countries, including Jing State south of Dianzhou Prefecture, have already set out.

They requested the pilgrimage years ago.

I received a reply in May after the New Year. Before May was over, I couldn't wait to go to the capital of Tianqi State.

The group was in a hurry to leave, and even wanted to reach the capital before August 15, an important festival of Tianqi State, to show their sincerity.

Why are you in such a hurry?

Because the Champa rice in the neighboring Dianzhou Prefecture had another good harvest.

In February, they harvested 793 Champa rice, with an average yield of 465 kilograms per acre, for a total yield of about 510,000 kilograms.

A portion of these rice seeds were distributed, and the rest were given to local people to continue planting, covering nearly 20,000 acres of land.

A batch was planted in early March, and it took about 75 days to harvest, which means it was harvested at the end of May.

The 793 Champa rice is actually the fifth generation.

The 20,000 acres of land planted this time produced 457 kilograms.

It seems to be a little less than the last time's 465, but as more people are planting, it is normal for the data to decline.

But the most shocking thing is.

The highest yield per mu of one of the families has reached six hundred and three!

Six hundred and thirty kilograms!

This piece of land has been fenced off by the local household and is used specifically for growing new rice varieties.

If Champa rice is crazy enough.

Another kind of rice in the experimental field is even more fascinating.

In the Ning'an Prefecture experimental field, twelve exceptionally plump ordinary rice plants were once fenced off for cultivation.

The yield of these ordinary rice seems to be three times that of ordinary rice.

Now two acres of land have been planted.

If ordinary rice is really cultivated, perhaps the yield per acre of land can reach 1,000 kilograms?

It’s the common rice that everyone grows most, one acre of land can produce a thousand kilograms?

It’s no wonder that Jing Kingdom or Hehui Kingdom have been spying on Tianqi Kingdom’s products.

This output is enough to make anyone jealous.

If only one day.

Champa rice is promoted together with ordinary rice.

Ordinary rice is planted from April to September, yielding about 900 kilograms per acre.

From December to February of the following year, it is Champa rice, which yields about 500 kilograms per acre.

What a good day that was?

The king of Jing State was crazy about these rice seeds.

But they can't rob it.

After getting permission from the Tianqi court, we will definitely set off immediately.

More than a dozen small countries around it were almost pulling out all the gold and silver from their own countries.

The purpose is to seek rewards from the king of Tianqi.

Many people also followed Jing Guo's example and prepared their own gifts.

Seeing that Jingguo had prepared a lot of Buddhist rituals, they also started preparing.

Seeing that Jingguo had invited a mysterious and accomplished monk, they also invited one.

If Jingguo hadn't warned them, everyone would have probably gone even further.

In short, they tried their best to get the new rice seeds!

He Huiguo was also among them.

Even the prince came out in person to show his sincerity.

They even forbade their own people to call him Zhan Huidao to show their sincerity.

As for Buddhist rituals?

They were prepared too.

He also prepared a recipe for immortality based on rumors from many places.

No matter whether the Emperor of Tianqi eats it or not, the recipe must be sent to him anyway.

But there was an unexpected incident. The king of Hehui Kingdom could not resist the temptation and asked someone to leave behind a copy of the same recipe.

I'm not talking about immortality, but just being able to prolong my life is enough.

These recipes were not easy to come by, and he also wanted to eat them.

Longevity and longevity.

For everyone at the pinnacle of power, this is something they dream of.

A group of pilgrims from small southwestern countries set out in a mighty procession.

When I entered Tianqi Kingdom, I was deeply shocked.

Ning'an Prefecture and Jing State are only separated by a piece of land.

The difference is too big.

The royal nobles were still better off, but ordinary people were so angry that their eyes turned red.

All the way to the capital, they will be shocked even more.

They set out this way.

Ji Yuan is still in the capital.

He does not hold any official position, so he should be waiting to be assigned an official position.

But again, he didn't say where he was going, and the seat outside was vacant.

Most people believe that Ji Yuan probably wants to wait until Wang Changdong dies before deciding where to work.

That's quite reasonable.

Therefore, in today's era, you only need to report to the Ministry of Personnel every three to five days.

What’s the difference between going back to the Ministry of Personnel and going back to your own home?

The Vice Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Personnel are all our own people.

Ji Yuan stayed at home most of the time.

What he had in his hand was not the usual painting or book, but a bunch of numbers.

After meeting Master Gao at Jianmeng's mansion, Ji Yuan listed the problems of today's steam engines.

I don’t have time normally, but now I finally have time.

During the period of waiting for Wang Changdong to be executed and the small countries in the southwest to pay tribute.

His greatest achievement was studying steam engines.

Revenge must be taken.

Technology also needs to advance.

Ji Yuan changed into narrow-sleeved clothes and prepared to plunge into the ocean of knowledge.

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