Censor Zhongcheng said nothing.

First of all, he didn't know what the censors under him were doing today, but impeachment was due to the fault of the officials. It was their duty to assist the emperor in upholding the rules and regulations. They didn't say anything excessive, so they didn't stop him.

Secondly, Liu Shangshu has already said that when discussing politics in the court, do not take over other matters.

Liu Ju had just organized some discipline and stopped making any noise.

The emperor asked about the disaster situation in various places, and he had been asked to prepare 300,000 taels of silver in private for emergencies, so he had better not point the finger at himself, as he was still short of the 80,000 taels target!

As a result, no one spoke again, and it was quiet.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: If he can't do business, he will be the first to talk nonsense!

Thinking of the letter written by Chu Qing to the Secret Intelligence Department, the emperor quoted a passage and said: "Agriculture is the foundation of the country. Don't make subjective assumptions about farming. People often say that when growing crops, you have to depend on the weather. Have you visited the farmers and farmers?

Crop handle style?"

silence.

Why would anyone visit those people if they had nothing to do?

It should be said that in the early days of their official career, they were magistrates of small places or something like that, and they would often go to the fields to walk around and "encourage students to teach farmers and mulberry trees" and so on. Now they have finally worked hard and sharpened their brains to squeeze into Kyoto.

Who would suffer from that pain again?

I guess they don't know as much about farming as their wives.

Every once in a while, their wives will ask the head of their village to come over and give a report and summary, to understand what a good harvest is, a poor harvest, and the reasons; but these officials have long since switched from "exhorting students to farm mulberry trees" to "backhouse

The incident was taken care of by the house.

The emperor also drooped his eyelids and simply stopped looking at them to see how upset they were! Out of sight is out of mind.

How can we be silent when we have a court meeting?

At this time, Prime Minister Tan Mian had to stand up and organize a speech: "According to reports from various places, the drought is generally serious this year, especially in the eastern prefectures of Daxuan, followed by the north;

However, there are few rivers in the north, and it is the spring sowing season. Farmers cannot water in time after sowing, and most of the seedlings will not survive, making the situation even more serious."

It will be easier if someone starts.

The ministers began to "speak freely" one after another. Some said that the problem was still worse in the south, where there were many paddy fields and could not be irrigated. After all, the north grew mostly millet and wheat, so it was relatively better.

Some people say that in order to make it easier to pay taxes, many areas in the north have switched to rice cultivation, but the situation is not optimistic, etc.

At this time, the censors became active again——

"I impeach Qi Guiran, the magistrate of Jizhou. The drought is so serious. This person does not supervise the cultivation of food crops, but still allows the people to plant soybeans."

"I impeach Song Tingshan, the magistrate of Xinlun Prefecture, for not promoting food planting in the face of drought, but instead engaging in poultry and livestock breeding!"

Yes, Song Tingshan has been developing the breeding industry recently.

He has long been optimistic about the new breeding farm opened by Mr. Yu Lao Zhao at the racecourse.

Lao Yu Lao Zhao thought that Chu Qing's suggestion of raising poultry and livestock was very good. He thought that using the resources around the horse farm to engage in "side business" would be very "profitable", so he raised pigs, chickens and ducks.

In addition, every household in the 108 villages in northern Xinlun Prefecture raises a few sheep. It can be said that the animal husbandry in northern Xinlun Prefecture is much more developed than agriculture.

Song Tingshan was the first to receive Chu Qing's letters to senior leaders in various places, because the government office in Xinlun Prefecture was closest to Yibin Prefecture.

Therefore, in recent days, Song Tingshan has begun to promote the breeding of chickens and ducks across the state. Both are animal husbandry, and the development of any one is more effective than the development of agriculture.

It is true that the geographical environment of Xinlunzhou is not suitable for planting large quantities of crops.

He also copied the contents of Chu Qing's letter and sent it quickly to his brother-in-law for Xu Guangze's reference.

Although Chu Qing's letter did not explicitly mention the word locust plague, it did explain the concern that the severe drought might trigger other chain reactions.

Based on Song Tingshan's understanding of Chu Qing, although he did not take these concerns seriously, he regarded the reminder given to him by Chu Qing as a "potential cooperation project" proposed by Chu Qing.

By cooperating with Chu Qing, he never suffered a loss and instead achieved political achievements. Why not?

As for his brother-in-law Xu Guangze, who was also his helper and partner in his official career, he also needed to be reminded.

Unlike Song Tingshan, Xu Guangze directly regarded Chu Qing as a "mascot", just like bats and gourds represent "good fortune", and had an almost "superstitious" trust in Chu Qing.

So when Xu Guangze received the letter from his brother-in-law, he visited the whole county, not only "encouraging classes to farm mulberry trees", but also "encouraging classes to teach breeding." By the time he received the letter from Chu Qing to him, all the counties and townships had already

The distribution of chickens and ducks has been completed.

On the other hand, the current Qi Zhizhou of Jizhou was equally disapproving of the letter as Song Tingshan. However, Song Tingshan did as he was told, but Qi Zhizhou remained hesitant and did not take action.

Qi Zhizhou thought that this year's drought could be alleviated around the Dragon Boat Festival. After all, it rains every year during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Therefore, he believes that it is most important to ensure the yield of soybeans, which is the most basic and important "economic crop" in Jizhou.

Now, in the court, several "old leaders" of Chu Qing Dynasty have been impeached by Yushitai. However, no one has impeached Xu Guangze. The official is too small and can't be seen by others.

Besides, with Qi Zhizhou blocking the way, impeaching Qi Zhizhou is enough.

Hu Hengqiu, who was standing in the corner of the palace door, took out a small folded piece of paper from his sleeve. This was the secret report he had just received from the Kingdom of Voss.

Hu Hengqiu generally did not attend morning court unless he considered it necessary.

He felt it was necessary today because yesterday he accompanied the emperor in the imperial study and listened to his chatter all afternoon.

When he was going out just now, the latest secret report came. Before he had time to read it, the paper was stuffed in his sleeve pocket. Since it was the official home court now, he simply took it out and took a look.

Hoho! This Fourth Prince of Voss is very restless! What's the matter, do you think Chu Qing can be killed by impeachment? Just by killing Chu Qing can the food problem be solved?

Cut! Who do you think it is that Chu Qing wants to sell grain to you? The emperor doesn’t allow it, but she can sell it as she pleases?

Do you think that by solving the food problem, you can become the next King of Voss?

It is true that King Zuo Xian is not powerful now, but he is holding Chu Qing's thigh tightly!

Hu Hengqiu was mocking in his heart while watching. If it weren't for being in the palace, he would have laughed out loud.

During the national war, King Zuoxian died directly on the border. King Zuoxian was originally the brother of Queen Voss. He was the most successful person in helping King Voss seize power, and he was the most respected by King Voss.

Therefore, King Voss did not make his son King Zuoxian, but instead appointed his brother-in-law.

After his death, King Voss was still grateful for his bravery and gave the position of King Zuoxian to his younger brother Suo Nanjia. After all, the queen's maternal clan was the most helpful to his rule.

As for his sons, Humph, except for the Ninth Prince, King Vos is not very optimistic about the others. These sons are too selfish.

It's a pity that the ninth prince died early.


Chapter completed!