Chapter 240 Temple! Do I want to kowtow to the King of Chu?
Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture.
The other two are the two magistrates of Chang'an County and Wannian County.
All the police officers were dispatched, and soldiers from Chang'an's Jingzhao Prefecture were dispatched.
For nothing else.
Just because today, the sweet potato harvest outside the city is about to begin.
Yesterday's sweet potato harvest at Zhuquemen has already made them impatient.
The common people look forward to the stars and the moon. It can be said that they count the hours on their fingers and open their eyes little by little until dawn.
When the sun came out, he dragged his family and everyone to the crop fields.
Moreover, this time it was not just the sweet potato farmers who were dispatched, but all the villagers in Zhuangzi came.
Who wouldn’t want to borrow a piece of the legendary sweet potato?
The yield per mu is thirty or forty dan!
This is a treasure with a yield of thirty or forty tons per mu.
Who isn't excited?
Who is not excited?
Who can't be patient?
….………….…….
Outside Chang'an.
Guojiazhuang.
This was carried out at the same time as the sweet potato pilot project outside the imperial city.
The sweet potatoes outside the Imperial City bear fruit, and Imperial City guards have already arrived here.
Compared with the sighs a few months ago, today, every household in the village has hung up red lanterns, as well as all kinds of red silk and red paper. Anyway, the entire village has been decorated with flowers and branches, making the sky happy.
For those who didn’t know, they thought a royal nobleman was going to marry a farmer in this village.
"Watch it, watch it for me. Don't hurt the sweet potatoes. Dig them one by one and pull them out one by one. Otherwise, I will beat you brats to death on behalf of His Majesty the King of Chu."
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is watching from the sky. If anything goes wrong, His Highness the King of Chu will not let you go."
"My dear mother, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is the great benefactor of our Guojiazhuang and our ancestor. This is too big!!"
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is invincible, His Highness the King of Chu is invincible!"
"……."
When Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and the three of them walked here together, before they saw anyone, they heard an excited shout that resounded throughout the sky.
Muramasa was really excited.
He stood on the ground and frantically commanded the villagers in the village.
Don't dare to delay at all.
Be careful.
He is really more careful than serving his own father.
I'm afraid it might affect the sweet potato harvest.
Now, he clearly understands the importance of sweet potatoes. The yield of this thing is 30 dan per mu. As long as it can be popularized by then, what else do they have to worry about not having enough food to eat?
Even if you eat three meals a day, you can't eat so much food.
Thinking of this, Muramasa's stomach growled a little. He couldn't help it. He was over seventy because of his excitement, but he still didn't sleep at all. The sun was out all night.
As soon as it dawned, I couldn't help but rush over with people.
As for not eating, it's not surprising at all. When have they eaten in the morning in so many years?
They are both lunch and dinner.
Two meals a day was the most basic common sense for people in the Tang Dynasty.
Except for those landlords and nobles, ordinary people cannot afford three meals a day.
Even after experiencing so many disasters, many people cannot afford to eat twice a day.
It’s really all you can do to avoid starving to death.
As for having enough to eat, when have people ever experienced this feeling?
Probably not more than two or three times a year.
But, it's different now.
Muramasa understands, and so do the farmers in Guojia Village.
The yield per mu is 30 dan. This is a crop with a yield of 30 dan per mu.
Whatever you eat, you won’t be able to eat them all this year, and there will be a lot left over.
after,
You can eat every meal, and you can feel full every meal.
Cun Zheng stared at the men in Guojia Village.
One by one, they dug up the soil with their hands to welcome the sweet potato harvest.
The women in Guojia Village also follow the men. When the men pull out the sweet potatoes, they will carefully clean the soil from them and then pile them together.
All around, the county government took pictures of people counting the number of people.
On the ground, there are Jinwu guards watching.
Tense and orderly.
Li Shimin took Changsun Wuji and the three of them down from the carriage.
"Welcome Your Majesty!"
Muramasa was originally a little dissatisfied with this group of uninvited guests. He frowned and wanted to drive them away.
At such a critical time, he didn't want anything to go wrong.
However, Jin Wuwei, who was guarding the ground, knelt down on one knee and drank respectfully.
At this moment, Muramasa suddenly panicked and quickly fell to his knees.
"Your Majesty! The village chief of Guojiazhuang, my father-in-law, pays homage to your Majesty!"
"Oh, Muramasa, please get up quickly."
Li Shimin quickly helped him up.
For such old people, the laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that even if they made some mistakes, they did not need to be arrested and interrogated.
Moreover, it is also stipulated that when you see an official, you don’t have to kneel before you!
"My father-in-law, how are the harvests of sweet potatoes in this field going?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.
"Reply to Your Majesty, it's okay."
"Look, look, it's so big, so numerous, and so thick. I've never seen such a good thing in my whole life!!"
"If nothing else, I, the old man, will take the place of the four or five hundred people in Guo Gujiazhuang to thank Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the King of Chu for bringing us such good crops!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"
Muramasa said excitedly.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank me, let's thank the King of Chu. To be honest, I don't know where these things came from. They are all managed by the King of Chu. I am just helping."
He just handed it over to the people."
"Hehehe..."
Li Shimin smiled.
There is no greed whatsoever.
No need!
Sweet potatoes are so important that it goes without saying that records and introductions of sweet potatoes will be indispensable in all history books from now on.
His achievements were absolutely indispensable, but if he wanted to embrace them all, Li Shimin never even thought about it.
Not to mention, he now wants to raise the reputation of King Chu.
For the world, for the Tang Dynasty, and for the people!
"Yes, as His Highness the King of Chu, Your Majesty, I really don't know when His Highness the King of Chu will come back. When the time comes, I will come and kowtow to His Highness the King of Chu."
Muramasa said with great solemnity.
"I don't know about this either. King Chu has his own affairs."
"However, in my opinion, there is no need to come and kowtow. He is our king of the Tang Dynasty, and it is his duty to consider the people!"
Li Shimin said with a smile.
There was still a hint of sourness in his smile.
Grandma’s!
Even after being emperor for such a long time, I have never received such treatment.
Unknowingly, the reputation of this brat King Chu among the people has surpassed his own.
"Yes, father-in-law, there is no need to go to His Highness the King of Chu."
"No, the Temple of the King of Chu in the city is about to be built. When it opens, just go and place incense sticks and kowtow to the statue of His Highness the King of Chu."
Changsun Wuji said with a smile.
Temple of the King of Chu!
This was built a few months ago by Li Shimin in Chang'an.
Now, it is finally completed, and from a distance it is about to open its doors to welcome the incense.
When the village leader heard this, he grinned: "Gong Changsun, needless to say, our Zhuangzi is already ready."
"Hehehe... As long as the temple of the King of Chu is completed, our Guojiazhuang will definitely carry a large tribute to honor His Highness the King of Chu."
"Now we people in Zhuangzi are waiting to get it. When the time comes, we will all go, we will all go!"
Muramasa said.
Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui looked at each other with bitterness in their hearts.
They are also a bit sour.
His Royal Highness the King of Chu already has a holy temple.
And it seems that Chang'an will definitely be even more lively when it opens its doors.
Why!
Without noticing, His Highness the King of Chu had already surpassed them far.
They all also want to leave their names in history and have a good posthumous title after their death.
But His Highness the King of Chu looks like a god!
Living people build temples!
Who has had it since ancient times?
His Royal Highness the King of Chu opened the first one with such great merit, and it was also recognized by the people.
I can’t imagine it!
"good!"
"Old man, you should have a good time harvesting sweet potatoes. I'll go to other places and look around. Haha... take a look around."
Li Shimin smiled.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone in Guojiazhuang, they boarded the carriage and left, looking for other villagers.
It wasn't until the sunset that we returned to Chang'an.
At this time, someone from the Ministry of Industry sent a note saying that the Chu King Temple was completed and asked Li Shimin to set an auspicious day for the opening of the temple.
Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui were also standing nearby, with solemn expressions on their faces.
This day has really arrived!
We need to open a temple!
We just talked about this in the afternoon and it’s done now?
Li Shimin looked at the Zhezi and glanced at Changsun Wuji and the three of them.
"Tell me what day is good."
"Your Majesty, this..."
Changsun Wuji pursed his lips and said: "Your Majesty, it's up to you to say it. No matter how you say this, it is a major event for our Tang Dynasty, and countless people are watching."
"Yes, Your Majesty, it is up to you to decide this day."
"The opening of the King of Chu's temple is no small matter. Such an achievement is rare in the world."
"However, Your Majesty, when the temple is opened, Your Majesty will not be able to go on that day."
"Otherwise, etiquette will be difficult to arrange."
Wei Zheng said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui nodded repeatedly.
Of course Li Shimin also knew this truth.
The King of Chu is his son after all.
And now, King Chu is still alive.
This is a higher-level Sheng Temple than Sheng Temple.
When Li Shimin arrives, do you want to kneel down and worship?
After all, this is a temple, and the saints in this world are enshrined inside!
Li Shimin was the biological father of the King of Chu. How could anyone in the world kowtow to his son? Not to mention, Li Shimin was still the emperor, and the King of Chu was just a king.
The emperor kowtows to the king, let alone talk about it.
but!
When entering the temple, no matter who they are, they all respect the King of Chu.
Therefore, in order to prevent improper etiquette, Li Shimin was not allowed to go.
"I know."
"If that's the case, then pass it on and open the temple in three days."
"On that day, every house in the city should not close its doors or close its windows, and the city-wide curfew will be lifted."
"As for the opening of the temple, all matters related to the opening of the temple will be left to the Ministry of Rites."
Li Shimin ordered.
Wei Zheng hurriedly accepted the order.
"The three of you will take charge of this matter, go ahead!"
Li Shimin waved his hand.
The three of them quickly retreated.
Now that this matter has been explained, they will naturally get busy.
The Ministry of Rites is probably confused about this matter. Since ancient times, there has been no record of this, and the Ministry of Rites has no experience. Everyone has to negotiate and cross the river by feeling the stones.
Li Shimin watched the three people leaving in a hurry, and then looked down at the information from the Ministry of Works. He really didn't know what to say about it.
Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Of course that’s a good thing!
But, I’m envious!
Li Shimin didn't even dare to build a temple for himself.
Who would have thought that Chuwang Temple would come down so smoothly!
"You brat, it's time for you to be famous forever."
"Grain, books, sweet potatoes, pork, and all kinds of other things, which one does not have a great impact on the world, and which one does not save thousands of people in the world?"
"And the battle in Northern Xinjiang directly saved the entire Tang Dynasty from endless suffering. You deserve it!"
"I, I am really a little jealous of you, hey..."
"Why don't you give me some points? When the time comes, we will stand together and share the incense!"
"But after all the things I have done over the years, I cannot enter the temple."
"Although it is said that he helped establish the Tang Dynasty, how many people have become famous since ancient times? None of them has entered the temple."
"I...naturally don't have the nerve to go in."
Li Shimin was talking to himself.
The word "envy" was written directly on his face.
With emotion, I arrived at Fengyi Hall without realizing it.
Queen Changsun, Princess Changle, and Xiao Sizi are playing.
"Your Majesty, come back?"
"How about the sweet potato harvest outside?"
Queen Changsun quickly stood up to greet him.
The voice was a little nervous.
Seeing Li Shimin like this, she felt unsure.
She originally thought that when Li Shimin came back, his face would be full of joy and he couldn't wait to tell her about the sweet potatoes outside.
"Yes, every village has begun to harvest."
“This year’s sweet potatoes are growing at an astonishing rate, with a yield of forty dan per mu!”
"I have ordered the Jingzhao Prefecture and the Ministry of Revenue to work together to cultivate these sweet potatoes as seeds again, and wait until spring plowing to plant them again."
"Overall, everything went smoothly."
Li Shimin said.
"Then Your Majesty, why are you still a little depressed?"
When Queen Changsun heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still a little confused and confused.
Such a good thing, why doesn't Your Majesty smile?
Princess Changle and Xiao Sizi also watched obediently.
Li Shimin chuckled twice and handed the fold in his hand to Empress Changsun.
"It's not this kid who's causing trouble."
Empress Changsun quickly took it and examined it patiently. After counting the breaths, she burst out laughing.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you jealous?"
"Keke... This is a good thing. We Kuan'er, does this mean we have surpassed you, Your Majesty?"
Queen Changsun smiled.
Li Shimin nodded slightly with a grimace.
Indeed, from this aspect, he is not as good as Kuan'er.