Leaning on the chair, Li Chen said: "Fortunately, it was found out this time that you have no direct relationship with the grain price case, otherwise I would have screwed your head."
"But even if you are not directly related to this case, as the governor of the capital, you still have an unshirkable responsibility. Do you recognize this?"
Zheng Baorong lowered his head and said: "The guilty minister knows his mistake and admits it."
"good."
Li Chen nodded and said, "Since you acknowledge your mistake and admit it, I will stop talking nonsense."
"You have always done a good job in promoting sweet potatoes. Originally, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry was just a springboard. I planned to raise you to the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry later. But now that you have done this, I
Although the palace will not punish you, it will offset your contribution to the promotion of sweet potatoes."
"Are you convinced?"
"The guilty minister thanked His Highness, and the guilty minister was humbled." It was already a blessing that the matter was revealed safely, how could one dare to ask for more.
Although it was a pity to lose the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, after all, that was a later matter, and Zheng Baorong could not control much of it.
Li Chen snorted coldly and lectured: "When you work for an official, you have some official rules. I know it very well. You don't want to offend others, and you don't have the guts to get involved. You would rather turn a blind eye, thinking that this way you can avoid conflict between the two sides.
Offended, but it is this lack of offending on both sides that will make you more passive."
"I don't ask you to be a sage or an upright official, but you have to know what you can and cannot do. If it happens again, I will not be lenient."
Zheng Baorong lay on the ground and said tremblingly: "I would like to thank His Highness for your teaching. I will definitely remember it in my heart and never dare to do it."
Seeing Zheng Baorong lying on the ground, his still painful legs constantly moving and changing his center of gravity, Li Chen frowned, winked at the eunuch waiting next to him and said, "Go and bring a chair."
After the chairs were moved, Li Chen said, "Sit down and talk."
This time Zheng Baorong was really moved. He stood up tremblingly and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
After speaking, he carefully moved his buttocks on the chair, sat on half of the chair, and looked at Li Chen respectfully and cautiously.
Li Chen picked up the memorial next to him and said while reading it: "It's time to harvest the second crop of sweet potatoes. How many are there? How are the harvest preparations going?"
Although Zheng Baorong was a bit smoother as an official, his business ability was really good. Hearing Li Chen's question, he immediately replied: "After the successful experience of the first crop of sweet potatoes, we have increased the planting of this second crop."
volume, and some technologies have been improved, so both output and scale have greatly increased compared to before."
"When the first crop of sweet potatoes was promoted, people within the capital city had already tasted the benefits, so this time many people followed suit spontaneously when planting the second crop. It is expected to harvest about 100,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes."
Speaking of this, Zheng Baorong became very excited. This was his most outstanding political achievement, and he believed that with the thorough promotion of sweet potatoes, the weight of his political achievements would become more and more important.
"This time Weichen plans to promote it to the entire Gyeonggi region."
"As long as this is successful, we can use the experience and word-of-mouth from the first and second times to radiate throughout the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei triangle. By then, sweet potatoes will be fully on the dining tables of the people of Qin."
