sjar Chapter 801: 2 New Ears of Wheat
Chapter 801: 2 New Ears of Wheat
Li Wu couldn't help but look at Zhang Heng. This senior was really brave and not afraid of death.
Seeing the little immortal looking at him like that, Zhang Heng just smiled and didn't say anything. He just ate, looking like he was in a good mood.
"Senior Zhang Heng, you wrote a petition to reclaim abandoned farmland overnight and sent it directly to the Secretariat.
When the news spread, storytellers in the teahouses of Bian Jing were all saying that Zhang Longtu led the yamen runners to remove the boundary markers and exchange the title deeds of the imperial farm for the tenant farmers' plows.
However, what you did, Senior Zhang Heng, was indeed right. After the autumn harvest, the Zhengzhou government warehouse had an additional 30,000 shi of new grain, which shocked the entire court.
I have to admire you, Senior Zhang Heng. You are really not afraid of offending the royal family. If it were someone else, they wouldn't dare to do that." Li Wu shook his head. What kind of place is that? It's the Feng Shui forbidden area of the royal cemetery. Most people wouldn't think of going there.
As a result, Zhang Heng not only thought about it, but also grew crops.
"That precious land is indeed a good place to grow crops. Wouldn't it be wasted if we don't use it?" Zhang Heng said. There was so much grain, what else could they say? He didn't think he had done anything wrong.
Fan Zhongyan also said, "There is so much extra grain. I will report it when I go back." More than 30,000 dan of grain is no joke.
People of the Song Renzong dynasty said, “We know, we know, we already know.”
The ancestors in front of the sky were all thinking about the royal feng shui forbidden land. It was a good place to grow crops and they had to give way.
"That's right. The more food, the better. No matter how much, it's not too much," Wang Wei said. Who would complain about having too much food? The people don't have enough to eat.
It’s because there’s not enough food, otherwise we would all eat as much as we want.
Therefore, everyone was very supportive of this matter, and both Wang Wei and Fan Zhongyan praised Zhang Heng.
"That's true," Li Wu also nodded. In their later generations, they would not have to worry about food and drink, but if they went back a few decades, they would still not have enough to eat or wear warm clothes.
It has to be said that Grandpa Yuan Longping is the real god, making sure everyone has enough food to eat.
"Before the Censorate could find fault, the imperial court's urgent transfer order of eight hundred miles arrived, and Senior Zhang Heng was recalled to the capital and appointed as the judge of the Taichang Temple.
"On the day you left office, Senior Zhang Heng, the people of Zhengzhou stuffed twelve new wheat ears into your sedan chair, saying that they wanted the masters in the capital to smell what a down-to-earth official should be like!" This was full of irony. Li Wu didn't even dare to imagine how angry those officials in the court would be.
But it is also true that many officials, after reaching high positions, no longer care about the lives of the people below them, and they all want to manipulate the political power.
Alas, there are not many good officials who truly care about the people. Even if there are, most of them are powerless and suppressed in various ways.
In front of the sky curtain, the ministers of the same period as Zhang Heng did not want to talk, not at all. They did not want to recall this matter at all.
As soon as Zhang Heng arrived in the capital, he took out the wheat ears and mocked them harshly. However, the official was on his side, which made him very proud.
Now that it’s brought up again, I really don’t want to talk about it.
"In the fifth year of Xining, Senior Zhang Heng, you had only been the judge of the Taichang Temple for a few days when you were given another hot job, which was to go on a diplomatic mission to the Liao Kingdom.
How should I put it? At that time, the Song and Liao countries were fighting every day, and the Song was no match for the Liao. It’s not that they were no match for the Liao, but… Well, my words are harsh, so I won’t say any more. You who understand will understand,” she was afraid of hurting senior Fan Zhongyan and senior Zhang Heng’s feelings.
It was the Song Dynasty that had to pay compensation to the Liao Dynasty every day.
The ancestors in front of the sky also understood. It’s better not to talk about their feelings about the Song Dynasty. It is definitely not good.
In particular, the more people from the Song Dynasty made the list, the more they felt that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was sick and mentally ill.
There are so many talented people, and they can obviously defeat the enemy country, but they dare not fight and insist on using money to buy peace. How rich is the Song Dynasty? If they are so rich, share some with them.
If it really doesn't work, I really want to help them play. It's really infuriating to watch.
Fan Zhongyan and Zhang Heng looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They were not sure what to say about this matter.
In fact, they were still relatively lucky. When you think about the emperors who came after them, it was really outrageous. They were directly arrested, the Shame of Jingkang. When they thought about this, they in the Song Dynasty were so angry that their teeth itched.
And it’s not far from them!!!
"The Khitan monarchs and ministers have long heard that Senior Zhang Heng, the top scholar, is an abacus slinger.
Therefore, a combination of literary and martial arts performances were specially put on at the Nabo Banquet. After three rounds of drinking, the Liao ruler pointed to a leopard skin target a hundred steps away and asked, "Do you know how to use a bow or a horse?"
Senior Zhang Heng did not answer, but directly untied the jade belt from around his waist and slammed it on the table, then took the three-stone bow.
Three consecutive arrows flew out against the wind; one arrow pierced the leopard's eye, the second arrow broke the hanging rope, and the third arrow was even more incredible; it directly nailed the copper coin to the account post, making a buzzing sound.
But the people from the Liao Kingdom who were present were so stunned that the Liao ruler did not dare to tease you anymore after seeing you like this.
I originally wanted to give Senior Zhang Heng a warning and teach you a lesson, but seeing you like this, I can't help but admire you.
As expected of you, Senior Zhang Heng, you are proficient in both civil and military affairs, and your archery is also first-rate, not bad, not bad," Li Wu nodded, this is really amazing.
It is very common for envoys to be humiliated and bullied when visiting other countries, especially when their own country is the weaker one.
There are many such incidents. Weak countries have no say and are bullied. Therefore, they have to become stronger.
Fan Zhongyan and Wang Wei looked at Zhang Heng in surprise. This younger generation Zhang Heng was indeed a good person.
The ancestors in front of the sky curtain sneered when they heard this. When they were sent as envoys to other countries, they had to serve them carefully, especially the Han Dynasty, which had no martial ethics. Other small countries were most afraid that their envoys would die in their country, no matter if they did it or not, it would not be acceptable if their envoys died in their country because they would be destroyed.
So the small countries are really scared.
In the final analysis, it’s because the Song Dynasty is not powerful enough!
"It's okay, it's okay. If I go to the battlefield, I will naturally not be bad either," Zhang Heng said with a smile. He had this confidence. He had learned all these since he was young. He was not a weak scholar. He was also very good at riding and shooting.
Hearing Zhang Heng's confident speech, Fan Zhongyan and Wang Wei both nodded and admired Zhang Heng even more.
"Of course, Senior Zhang Heng, you are so capable, you are great at everything you do," but the status of military generals in the Song Dynasty was too low.
“Senior Zhang Heng, you have been in Liao territory for forty days. During the day, you accompanied the hunters and talked about poetry, and at night you figured out the key points.
After you returned, Senior Zhang Heng, you reported the situation of the Liao Kingdom at that time to the emperor, saying that the Liao Kingdom was not on guard and that if we sent troops at that time, we could take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
It's a pity that the new party was busy with the Qingmiao Law, and the old party was only concerned with revising the Zizhi Tongjian. Your copy of the Northern Expedition Strategy, which was soaked in the wind and sand from the frontier, was locked together with the music score for the sacrifice to heaven when the final version was archived, and the key was thrown into the spring waves of the Bianhe River. "