What the hell!
Cheng Jiming and the other five Pavilion Elders trembled, and their eyes almost popped out. They looked at the potatoes in front of them in disbelief. They were extremely shocked!
Neither Chongzhen nor Hou Xun had any reason to lie to them, right?
And most importantly, all the production was right in front of them!
As the saying goes, seeing is believing. They had all seen it with their own eyes.
This meant that the production of 3,000 catties of potatoes per mu was absolutely true!
This was too unbelievable!
One had to know that the southern rice with the highest yield in the entire Great Ming Dynasty was only a thousand catties per mu!
Great Ming was still an agricultural country, and food was related to the country!
The increase in grain production was too important to Da Ming!
"Good, good, good!"
Chong Zhen was so excited that he did not know what to say. He said three good words in a row and said,"Minister Hou, you've done a great job, and there's still the Ministry of Revenue.
Manager Liu Xun, all of you have contributed greatly!”
"Pass on my decree. Hou Xun has contributed to the potato planting. From today onwards, he will be awarded a year's salary as a Grand Scholar of Jindong Pavilion!”
"The head of the Ministry of Revenue, Liu Xun, has contributed to the planting of potatoes. He is promoted to the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue!”
Hou Xun and Liu Xun were overjoyed and quickly thanked him.
Especially Hou Xun, who had been promoted to the East Pavilion Grand Secretary. As long as he took another step forward, he would definitely become a cabinet minister!
"Minister Hou, I originally wanted you to work in the cabinet, but the matter of potatoes and sweet potatoes still needs you and Minister Liu to do it.”
"After the potato is promoted throughout the country, I promise you that you will be allowed to work in the cabinet!”
Chong Zhen said indifferently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Hou Xun hurriedly thanked him.
" Alright." Chongzhen nodded lightly." From today onwards, Minister Hou and Liu Xun will be in charge of the potato promotion. Draw up a plan!"”
"Yes!" Hou Xun and the others retreated.
At this moment, Chong Zhen thought of Cheng Ji Ming and the others. He turned to Cheng Ji Ming and the other elders and said,"Oh, by the way, Minister Cheng, what did you say just now?”
"What nonsense did you say just now?”
Chongzhen was too excited just now and didn't hear it clearly.
Cheng Jiming and the others looked at each other, their mouths twitching. Did they still dare to say that planting potatoes was a heresy?
They still dared to say that this was an object of the vassal state and that the Celestial Empire disdained it?
Cheng Jiming was the chief assistant after all. He took a deep breath and stepped forward."Your Majesty, we just said that if anyone says that the potato production is less than 3,000 catties, they must be spreading nonsense!”
The eyes of Qian Xiangkun and the others suddenly lit up. They couldn't help but give Cheng Jiming a thumbs up in their hearts. The chief assistant was indeed the chief assistant. He was indeed extraordinary!
They had originally wanted to persuade Chongzhen to give up on planting potatoes, but now they had turned around and praised him. The speed at which their thoughts changed was really something that they could not catch up to!
Wonderful, wonderful!
"Your Majesty, this subject is also here to congratulate Your Majesty. Your Majesty is truly wise to be able to discover this potato with your sharp eyes. It is truly a blessing for the people of my Ming Dynasty!”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"The heavens bless Great Ming. My Great Ming will definitely last for thousands of generations!”
“……”
Qian Xiangkun, Wu Zongda, and the others congratulated him!
"Haha!"
"My dear ministers are right. The destiny of the Great Ming Dynasty will last for thousands of generations!”
Chongzhen was overjoyed and enjoyed the praise of the ministers!
At this moment, another eunuch ran in.
"Your Majesty, Shaanxi's grain governor, Hong Chengchou, has returned to the capital to report on his work. He has also escorted the bandits, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.”the young eunuch reported.
Who were Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong?
Cheng Jiming and the other elders were a little confused, but they quickly remembered!
Some time ago, Chongzhen seemed to have issued an order to Shaanxi to capture Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong alive.
At that time, they thought that Chongzhen believed the Imperial Astronomical Supervisor's nonsense. It was hard to say if there were these two people. They did not expect that there were really these two people!
As for what Chongzhen said, the names of these two people were calculated by the Imperial Astronomical Supervisor.
Cheng Ji Ming and the others did not believe it at all!
If that was really the case, then the Imperial Astronomical Supervisor would be a god!
They were even more convinced that Chongzhen had found out about this through his own means.
Especially during this period of time, Chongzhen had reactivated the Jinyiwei to take down Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren!
This terrified Cheng Jiming and the others!
Chongzhen was thousands of miles away, but he could even figure out the background of two unknown thieves. It was really terrifying!
When Chong Zhen heard these two people, he was first stunned, then overjoyed!
"Haha, good, good, good!"
"Today is really a double blessing!”
Chong Zhen clapped his hands and laughed. He knew better than anyone else that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong would be the future life and death enemies of Great Ming!
Now that he had taken down these two people, Chongzhen was extremely happy!
What would happen in the future? Would Wu Zicheng or Li Xianzhong appear? Chongzhen didn't know.
However, taking down these two people would at least affect the future!
Chongzhen was very confident about the future of Ming Dynasty.
"Pass down the decree!"
"Imprison Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the Ministry of Justice for life!”
"In addition, let Hong Chengchou go to Yangxin Palace Hall for an audience!”
Chongzhen did not want to kill Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong now. He wanted to let these two people live!
He wanted to revive Great Ming and let the two of them watch the rise of Great Ming in the future!
Arriving at Yangxin Hall, Hong Chengchou presented Yang He's memorial to Chongzhen.
In the memorial, Yang He explained the situation to Chongzhen, mentioning Cao Wenzhao and Hong Chengchou, and strongly praised Hong Chengchou, with some intention of taking credit from Hong Chengchou.
Chong Zhen naturally understood what Yang He meant.
After reading the memorial, Chong Zhen looked at Hong Chengchou and said,""Haha, I didn't expect Minister Hong to have the ability to command troops. This time, you should be the first to kill the traitor Zhang Xianzhong in the cradle!”
"If it's just to let you supervise the food, it's been hard on you!”
Hong Chengchou quickly stood up and bowed.""Your Majesty, the reason why I was able to suppress Zhang Xianzhong was all because of the imperial court and Your Majesty's might!”
"In that case, you can return to Shaanxi first. Later, I will let the cabinet discuss how to reward you!”Chong Zhen said indifferently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave!"
Disappointment flashed across Hong Chengchou's eyes, but he did not say anything and left Yangxin Palace Hall.
Chong Zhen leaned back on the dragon throne, his fingers gently tapping the armrest as he pondered.
In fact, after reading the memorial, Chongzhen felt that Hong Chengchou was indeed a talented general!
In Yang He's memorial, he also intended to recommend Hong Chengchou to be the commander of Shaanxi.
However, Chongzhen did not agree because he did not mention Hong Chengchou among Zhu Ciyao's loyal officials and generals.
Logically speaking, if Hong Chengchou really had the ability, Zhu Ci would definitely mention it!
"Yes, if you can't make up your mind, you should go find Pin 'er!”
"Why are you thinking so much!"
Chongzhen suppressed his thoughts and decided to talk about this matter in the future.
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent matter within 800 miles of Shanxi. The cabinet does not dare to handle it on their own.”
Wang Chengen rushed over.
Chongzhen's expression changed slightly. It must be something important to rush 800 li!
Could it be that the bandits from Shaanxi had flooded into Shanxi?
"Hurry up and present it!"
Chongzhen couldn't help but think more and quickly took the memorial from Wang Chengen's hands.
When Chong Zhen finished reading it, his expression changed drastically. He immediately ordered,"Pass down an edict for an immediate court meeting. All officials in the capital are to be present!”
Wang Chengen's heart skipped a beat. Although he didn't know what happened, it was definitely a big deal!
Wang Chengen did not dare to delay and quickly went to convey the edict!
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