With many years of tacit understanding and the same goals, the two peers quickly negotiated the follow-up charter.
Master Shen moved the small wooden pillar and sat next to the emperor. He looked at the emperor who looked not very good-looking and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please don't blame me for being wordy. I have never understood the Taoist inner alchemy, so I can't comment." , but those theories about external elixirs are pure nonsense. Using lead and mercury to make elixirs will not bring any benefit at all."
"You have to know that gunpowder is a powerful medicine refined by those Taoist priests. Now if you touch it, you will die. I don't know what your majesty's illness is, but I beg your majesty to abandon external elixirs as soon as possible and start from the medical way."
The emperor smiled hoarsely and looked at Shen Yi.
"Shen Qing thinks I'm confused, right?"
Mr. Shen shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Ming One, naturally has no time to be confused."
"Don't worry, don't worry."
The emperor said softly: "What I take is a pill, not a pill made of lead and mercury."
He looked at Shen Yi and sighed: "The late emperor must have had the same symptoms as me back then. He died before he was thirty. Compared to the late emperor, I have already lived a long life."
Mr. Shen sighed and said nothing.
He is not proficient in medicine. Whether it is the medical skills of this era or the modern medicine later, he can be said to be ignorant.
Therefore, he was helpless to deal with Emperor Hongde's illness.
The medical skills of Western doctors in this era are probably just like those of the mid-Ming Dynasty in another world. Even if they were invited, they would probably not be as good as local doctors.
In the profession of emperor, one must have a tough destiny. If the destiny is not tough enough, he will not be able to hold the position of emperor. Therefore, not many emperors in the past dynasties have lived long lives.
Seeing Shen Yi frowning and saying nothing, the emperor smiled and said, "Shen Qing, please don't worry about me. I'm still fine now."
His Majesty the Emperor looked into the distance and asked: "This year in Datong, I plan to give an additional five hundred thousand taels of silver to Xue Wei so that he can train more cavalry for me."
Engaging in cavalry is a very expensive project. Not to mention the cost of training, the cost of horses, corresponding armor, and training are all a huge sum of money.
The reason why the Tatars were able to do it was mainly because they didn't need the cost of horses or training. They didn't even have much armor, they only needed a scimitar, a quiver, a longbow, and a The tribesmen are already excellent light cavalry.
As for Da Chen, who wanted to go head-to-head with the Tatars on the battlefield, it goes without saying that his skills in riding and shooting must be kept up, and his equipment must also keep up.
For example, everyone in the cavalry under Xue Wei's command wore light armor.
The quality of bows and arrows has slowly improved over the years.
Now, Xue Wei can often go out to Datong Pass to fight the autumn breeze with the Tatars.
Naturally, this would not be possible without the strong support of His Majesty the Emperor.
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, with this extra money, Xue Da can get thousands more cavalry."
"I hope so."
"correct."
The emperor glanced at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Ling Su's troops have arrived in Miyun. He went to the palace to see me. Have you met Shen Qing?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said, "No."
The emperor frowned slightly: "He has somewhat forgotten his roots."
Mr. Shen disagreed and said with a smile: "He is currently stationed in Gyeonggi Province, so he should avoid contact with the court ministers."
The emperor shook his head and said nothing.
Mr. Shen took out an exquisite small wooden box from his sleeve, held it in both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, I came to the palace today mainly to present this treasure to Your Majesty."
The emperor stretched out his hand to take it, but felt it was very light. He couldn't help but smile: "What makes Shen Qing so mysterious?"
"Your Majesty will know after just one look."
The emperor opened the small box and saw a piece of white cloth in the small box. He spread out the white cloth and there was a small handful of rice lying in the middle of the white cloth.
Emperor Hong De was startled, then turned to look at Shen Yi: "Shen Qing, this is..."
"This is one of the achievements of the Huai'an Academy run by me over more than ten years of hard work."
Shen Yi was also a little excited and said: "Your Majesty, this is rice on a rice ear."
"Compared with the rice produced in other places in Dachen, the output has increased by 20 to 30%!"
"In order to prevent this variety from growing well only in the north or only in the south, in the past two years, I sent people to various places to experiment with this seed. The worst places among them had higher yields than other rice varieties at the same time. More than 10%.”
"His Majesty!"
Shen Yi stood up, his voice a little excited: "This is a great merit!"
Indeed, let alone an increase of 20% to 30% out of thin air, even if the output increases by only half a percent or 110%, a huge amount of food can be produced in a year!
Emperor Hongde couldn't help but be a little excited.
He picked up a grain of rice, looked at it carefully for a long time, and murmured: "Is it really so magical? It won't waste the land's energy?"
"His Majesty."
Shen Yi said: "Returning straw to the fields will not waste much land power."
"I asked them to verify it repeatedly. For three consecutive years, the harvest every year has exceeded the average output by more than 30%."
Emperor Hong De looked at Shen Yi: "Since it has been several years, why did you just bring it up to me today?"
"Your Majesty, first of all, this matter needs to be verified repeatedly. Secondly, the first batch of seeds is too small and the gold is very expensive. Only by cultivating more seeds can it be promoted in the world."
"By this year, the number of seeds will be almost enough."
As he spoke, he looked at the emperor and said with a smile.
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"I have discussed with the people who cultivated this variety. This new rice will be called Hongde rice!"
This flattery could be said to play into the emperor's hands. Emperor Hong De grinned at first, then quickly woke up. He looked at Shen Yi and sighed: "It's rare that Shen Qing is willing to give this kind of treasure."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I am offering this kind of food not only for Your Majesty, but more for the common people in the world, so that more people in the world can have enough to eat."
His Majesty the Emperor thought for a long time, and finally turned to look at Shen Yi, closed the lid of the box in his hand, and said silently: "Shen Qing, you should keep this thing."
"In the future, I will hand it over to the new king."
Emperor Hong De said slowly: "When the new emperor needs merit most, I don't need it much anymore."
Shen Yi shook his head resolutely and said: "Your Majesty, this is not a question of merit or demerit. If you implement it earlier, you can plant more acres of land with this kind of seed."
"It's no longer time to care about merit."
Emperor Hongde nodded and said slowly: "Okay, I will handle this matter as soon as possible."
He looked at Shen Yi and suddenly asked: "The Huai'an Academy under Shen Qing..."
Shen Yi said: "Now in Yanjiao, because they like to tinker with new things, it is cleaner in a spacious place."
The emperor touched his chin and said with a smile: "It sounds very interesting. It is very different from other academies."
Mr. Shen bowed and saluted.
"If Your Majesty likes it, I will take Your Majesty to this academy to have a look."
Emperor Hong De readily agreed.
"good."
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The two chatted in the Manlu Hall for half an hour. In order not to disturb the emperor's rest, Shen Yi stood up and left.
As soon as he left the Manlu Hall and before he could walk down the imperial steps, five little old men surrounded Shen Yi directly in the middle.
Prime Minister Song Yuan looked at Shen Yi and took a deep breath: "Master Shen, Your Majesty..."
"Is everything okay?"
Even Zhang Jian, who had always been very calm, looked at Shen Yi nervously and asked: "Son, Your Majesty, he..."
Master Shen smiled hoarsely, looked at the prime ministers surrounding him, and said with a smile: "What are you doing, gentlemen? If you want to see His Majesty, just go to the door and ask for an audience."
Everyone shook their heads slightly and sighed.
Obviously, Emperor Hong De had no interest in seeing them.
Seeing that a few people were indifferent, Mr. Shen looked at everyone and said slowly: "None of the gentlemen are willing to go in?"
Song Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "We have already gone in if we can. Mr. Shen, please don't show off."
"Is your Majesty okay?"
Shen Yi looked at Zhang Jian, then nodded silently.