Chapter 1392, peasants are bitter, peasants are tired, peasants have bitter tears
"You, you~"
"Even if I die here, I will never bow to the treacherous, despicable, shameless and vile people like you."
Hearing Liu Jin's words, Xu Heng's beard suddenly stood up with anger. He pointed at Liu Jin and said very forcefully.
"Master Xu, am I despicable and shameless?"
"I'm afraid you are talking about yourself. You have repeatedly said in court that people must be hardworking and not lazy. How can you harvest wheat in one day?"
"Is this what you call hard work?"
"Is this how you work so hard?"
"You can't stand it for just one day. Did you know that farmers are like this every day all year round? During the autumn harvest, the whole family, young and old, has to work in the fields until very late, and they don't want to leave in the middle of it.
Sit down and take a rest. Unlike Mr. Xu, who keeps talking about working hard, but when he is actually in the fields, he still has the leisure to sit here and enjoy the sunset."
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately sneered.
"You~you~"
"I am old and my hands and feet are weak, so naturally I will do it slower."
"Besides, I am a scholar, how can I be like those lowly farmers and give up for these three buckets of rice?"
After hearing this, Xu Heng became even more angry, but he also made excuses for himself.
"Alas~"
"Master Xu said this as if he was really old."
"In various parts of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many elderly people who are older than Mr. Xu have been busy in the fields all their lives. You just harvested ten acres of wheat, and it's just this time. Do you know that farmers farm the land all their lives?
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"I can't even straighten my waist. A seven-foot tall man will turn into an old farmer. I'll have calluses on my palms. Even if I cut them with scissors, I won't feel any pain."
"Are scholars higher than farmers?"
"Without farmers cultivating the land, what will you eat and drink?"
"It's just a matter of feeling the hardship of farmers. How can it be difficult for you?"
Liu Jin sneered.
"You~you~"
Xu Heng was so angry that he could not say a word while pointing at Liu Jin.
"My dear friends, please hurry up and harvest the wheat."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the two of them, said nothing, ignored them, and took his ministers back to the capital in a four-wheeled carriage to rest.
Looking at the motorcade going away, Xu Heng and Li Renjie felt very uncomfortable.
"No more~"
Xu Heng picked up the sickle and threw it into the wheat field. He went directly to his four-wheel carriage and wanted to ride back to Beijing.
However, before he got into the car, a palace guard stopped Xu Heng and said, "Master Xu, Your Majesty has decreed that you two adults cannot go back until you finish harvesting the wheat, dry it in the sun, and grind it into powder."
You have to live here on the farm.”
"this……"
When the two of them heard this, they were completely dumbfounded. Only then did they realize that Emperor Hongzhi had really done something for them.
Everyone can use a harvester, and everyone can go back at night to have a good meal and sleep. If you don't finish harvesting the wheat here, you won't even be able to go back.
"It's too much to bully others, it's too much to bully others~"
"I want to see your Majesty, I want to see your Majesty~"
The two of them shouted immediately, but the guards around them didn't care about them.
These guards are all from the new army. They are different from the previous palace guards. They are also the beneficiaries of the new military system. Now these sour and rotten scholars are against the new learning and threaten to drive the factory workers back to farm. This is not good.
In the future, the military system will need to be changed back to the previous military household system.
Then everyone will have a good life.
Therefore, these guards not only ignored them, but also stared at them.
No matter how much Li Renjie and Xu Heng yelled, it was of no use.
The sun was setting, the night was getting dim, and a gust of autumn wind blew, and the two of them suddenly felt a biting cold. Looking around, everyone had disappeared, and only the guards who were staring at them were looking at the two.
I had no choice but to follow him to the farm.
The next day, the genius had just dawned. Xu Heng and Li Renjie, who had been tired for a long time yesterday, were sleeping soundly. In their dreams, there were delicious food, delicious food, and their own concubines.
"Dangdang~dangdang~"
"Get up, get up!"
However, at this time, the guards shouted to them like drums and gongs.
"You wake us up at only five o'clock?"
Xu Heng and Li Renjie looked at their watches, opened the window and looked outside. The sky had just dawned, and it was freezing cold. A gust of autumn wind blew, and they couldn't help but shrink into the bed.
"My lords, during the autumn harvest, farmers get up at dawn to harvest wheat."
The guard said with a smile.
"I can't afford it, I can't afford it~"
"How can there be such torture? It doesn't even allow people to have a good night's sleep."
Xu Heng covered himself with the quilt and continued to sleep as if he was a dead pig not afraid of being scalded by boiling water.
"I can't afford it, I can't afford it~"
"Don't wake us up until nine o'clock."
Li Renjie also followed suit and continued to fall asleep soundly.
"Pfft~"
However, the answer for the two of them was a basin of cold water. The two of them were very warm under the quilt. When the cold water was splashed on them, they immediately exploded.
"You, you~"
The two looked angrily at the guard who poured cold water on them.
"I'm just following orders. You two adults, please don't embarrass us."
The guard replied coldly.
At this juncture, the two of them immediately knew that there was no use in cheating, so they could only get up reluctantly, hurriedly ate a few steamed buns with porridge and pickles, and continued to the wheat field.
At this time, the sky gradually became brighter, but there was a lot of frost, and there was a lot of dew in the wheat fields.
The two of them came to the wheat field without any petition. They didn't go to the field to harvest wheat. They just stood on the cement road.
The guards next to them didn't make things difficult for them anymore. They just stood there, and they just sat and chatted, just keeping an eye on them.
In this way, time passes slowly, and the sun rises and shines on the earth.
Emperor Hongzhi came here again with his ministers. They came here to dry the wheat. They would dry the wheat for a day today and start grinding flour tomorrow.
"Master Xu, Master Li, people must be hard-working. They must not be too lazy to work too hard, but they must seize the time to harvest the wheat. Otherwise, the weather will get colder and colder, and it will not be easy by then."
Looking at the two people admiring the scenery on the concrete road, Liu Jin, who was passing by, couldn't help but smile again and said.
"Hmph~"
When Xu Heng and Li Renjie heard this, they snorted in unison.
Emperor Hongzhi led his ministers to dry wheat on the farm. At the same time, he also experienced the traditional methods of shelling and grinding wheat. After a day, he understood the hardships of farmers and the hard-earned food.
Xu Heng and Li Renjie did nothing but stand on the road. They would sit when they were tired from fighting and walk around when they were tired of sitting. Anyway, they did not go to the fields to harvest wheat.
They felt that as long as they persisted for a few days, Emperor Hongzhi would definitely let them go, and there would definitely be friends in the court who could talk to them, and naturally the matter would pass like this.
However, Emperor Hongzhi really didn't intend to let them go like this this time.
Emperor Hongzhi is now very disgusted with such rotten scholars who shout loud slogans but have no practical ability to take action. He must let them understand life well.
On the third day, the two of them were still woken up very early, and they still did not go to the fields to harvest wheat. Emperor Hongzhi also came to the farm again with his ministers.
This time, a steam mill was used to grind yesterday's dried wheat into powder.
With the help of the steam mill, grinding was much faster. In just one day, the ministers basically ground the wheat they harvested into powder.
"Dear dear friends~"
"Everyone takes this flour back with them. I hope everyone can remember the work of these three days, the hardships of the farmers, and the responsibilities and missions on their shoulders."
"If you are at the top of the temple, you should think more about the common people and do more practical things for the common people, instead of shouting about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and about the country and the world, but at the end of the day, you don't even understand the hardships of farmers.
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Emperor Hongzhi looked at the white flour in front of him, then looked at the ministers, grabbed a handful of flour and said to the ministers.
"I will definitely remember the hardships of these three days, not forget the hardships of the people, and think more about doing things for the country and the people."
The ministers replied in unison that in the past three days, these ministers had suffered some hardships, experienced the hard work of farmers, and understood the good intentions of Emperor Hongzhi.
Under the leadership of Emperor Hongzhi, the ministers successfully completed the task and happily dragged their flour back to the capital in a four-wheeled carriage, leaving only Xu Heng and Li Renjie still here in a daze.
The two seemed to have made up their mind not to go to the fields, and at the same time they also informed their servants to inquire about the situation in the capital. For several days, there was no news, and it seemed that everyone had forgotten about the two.
Immediately, the two of them were completely panicked. They could not go back this time. Emperor Hongzhi had no intention of ordering them to go back. Looking at the wheat field in front of them, the two of them immediately understood.
Unless the wheat is harvested and ground into powder, the two of them will probably stay here for the rest of their lives.
Understanding this, the two of them had to go to the fields to harvest wheat. They didn't want to stay here forever.
"The farmers are suffering, the farmers are tired, and the farmers are crying with bitterness!"
For the next two days, they got up very early every day to harvest wheat and returned to the farm very late. In just a few days, the two of them seemed to have changed. They no longer had the aloofness of the scholars in the past.
Like an old farmer, he is always busy in the fields.
At this time, they truly understood the hardships of farmers. They were just harvesting wheat. With ten acres of wheat, the two of them had to cut the wheat day after day, but it seemed that they could never finish harvesting.
Moreover, after harvesting the wheat, it still had to be threshed, dried, and ground into powder. The two of them had to wipe away bitter tears.