Speed ​​Pass starts with choosing a hunter

Chapter 386 The Emperor’s Golden Hoe
Royal palace, royal garden.

People say that the Imperial Garden is planted with all the precious flower species in the world, and people will fight over any one of them. If you eat a magical herb, your life will be extended by at least ten years.

I don't know if it can prolong life, at least the varieties are not as many as rumored, and the rare flowers and plants are even less.

How to prove it?

Because Bai Yuan is in the imperial garden, there are peonies, roses, and peonies, but they are all common varieties.

"Taizu rose from humble beginnings and did not like extravagance, so all the royal household items were kept simple. Even these peonies were planted by me secretly, and I was scolded by Lord Du for a long time. Unfortunately, no one scolds me anymore."

Emperor Li Chengyuan rolled up his trouser legs like a farmer and pruned the branches in the imperial garden with skillful techniques.

The emperor was working, so Bai Yuan had to go down to the fields to loosen the soil.

He originally wanted to do the pruning work, but Li Chengyuan, with his quick eyes and hands, got there first.

He even suspected that Li Chengyuan called him to the palace just to loosen the soil for the peonies.

Although Li Chengyuan was an emperor, he did not do whatever he wanted as people imagined. On the contrary, within the framework of Confucian regulations, there was not much he could do.

Of course, he could go to great lengths to plant the most famous flowers in the imperial garden, but the price would be the loss of his luck.

This was something an ambitious emperor could not tolerate.

Luck not only affects the fortune of a country, but is also closely related to one's own strength.

Therefore, he would choose to plant flowers himself, and would not ask the eunuchs in the palace to do it, because once he opened his mouth, the nature of the matter would change.

His every word will eventually be magnified and passed from the eunuchs to the officials of the six ministries, and then to the local government offices, and then passed down layer by layer, and finally become a huge mountain weighing on the people.

Your luck will definitely be affected.

But Bai Yuan is different, he is a lone minister.

It was a rare occasion that someone helped to loosen the soil, and Li Chengyuan was in great joy.

Bai Yuan felt that he should claim to be sick today.

Li Chengyuan was happily humming an unknown tune, a tune he had heard when he was traveling around the south of the Yangtze River.

Since he became emperor, all he heard every day was the solemn sound of Hongzhong and Dalu. It was majestic, but he had no knowledge of music and could not hum it at all.

He looked at Bai Yuan, who was bending over and hoeing the ground.

"Bai Qing, you must have been a good farmer in your time."

He had read Bai Yuan's resume a long time ago and found out that he originally lived in a small town in Lingzhou.

Li Chengyuan sighed: "I have also been to the northern border, Yanzhou, which is not far from Lingzhou."

Bai Yuan: "Your Majesty, Yanzhou is still 4,000 miles away from Lingzhou, which is not very close. Besides, my family has no land and makes a living by hunting."

"Forehead"

Li Chengyuan was a little embarrassed.

After being in the capital for so long, many things from my early years have been forgotten.

To him, the smallest region starts from a state, and the provincial capital is not even worth his attention.

In fact, his situation is already very good among emperors.

In the previous dynasties, the eldest son of the legitimate wife was appointed as the heir, so most emperors never left the capital in their entire lives, and their knowledge of world affairs almost only remained on paper.

This is because Confucianism advocates education and believes that one can be a good emperor without leaving home.

Later, the behavior of the emperor of the previous dynasty became more and more absurd, and another great scholar pointed out that what is learned from books is always shallow, and anyway, the good and the bad are all said by those scholars.

Emperor Xuanyang Taizu was a martial artist, and the Li family was a thousand-year-old martial arts family, so they abandoned the tradition of establishing a legitimate heir.

But this also led to the intensification of the fighting among the princes.

Even for Li Chengyuan, it was not easy to ascend to the top. He still feels scared when he thinks about it now.

If it weren't for the support of Yan Shaoan and Liang Yuankang, he might have died at the hands of his third brother.

Li Chengyuan was so absorbed in his thoughts that he accidentally cut off a peony in full bloom. He came to his senses and thought it was a pity.

"You guys should step back first."

He waved to the palace maids and eunuchs beside him.

"Here."

The palace maids and eunuchs nodded and left the imperial garden together.

This is the imperial palace, and Li Chengyuan is a super-powerful man who is comparable to gods. He is not like those weak emperors of previous dynasties and does not have to worry about being assassinated.

Only Li Chengyuan and Bai Yuan were left in the imperial garden.

Bai Yuan straightened up, holding the hoe and looking at Li Chengyuan.

Emperor Li Chengyuan smiled and said, "Bai Qing, what do you think is the biggest gain from my visit to the Dragon Tiger Sect this time?"

Bai Yuan groaned: "The Dragon and Tiger Sect's leader agrees to cooperate with the imperial court?"

Li Chengyuan laughed loudly: "The one who understands me is Bai Qing!"

"Master Zhang has agreed to have all the sects in Jiangzhou registered with the Ministry of War. All new sects and schools will also need to be registered with the Ministry of War."

Bai Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty."

Li Chengyuan smiled widely: "I didn't expect it to be so smooth."

Emperor Taizu formulated the national policy that Xuanyang and the clans should rule the world together, but over time many drawbacks emerged.

The world is at peace, and it should be a prosperous time.

However, heroes use martial arts to cause chaos in chaotic places, and even in the Central Plains, it is common for sects to exploit the people.

This is exactly the same as the previous dynasty's redundant and corrupt officials. The burden on the people is getting heavier and heavier, and some places only know about the clan, not the court.

This has resulted in Xuanyang's national fortune not having grown for hundreds of years.

If this continues, public grievances will accumulate, which will inevitably lead to the decline of the country's fortunes.

Li Chengyuan was determined to eliminate this stubborn disease in his early years.

Whether it is a sect or the military, they must be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

As the leading sect in Jianghu, Longhu Sect has great influence in Jiangzhou and even the whole Jiangnan area, so Li Chengyuan stayed in Longhu Mountain for three more days in order to persuade the old leader.

The laws of our ancestors cannot be abolished, but they can be modified.

It is naturally impossible to completely destroy the sect, because Xuanyang is too big and the court still needs them to manage it.

As long as the sect is registered and managed by the Ministry of War, it will be like the demon tribe and will not cause much trouble.

The decline of national fortunes can be curbed.

Everyone thought that Li Chengyuan wanted to fight for a character, but in fact what he wanted was Xuan.

What is "xuan"? To shine brightly like the sun is called "xuan"; to ask about righteousness and be thorough is called "xuan"; to be able to spread virtue is called "xuan"; to be dreary and virtuous is called "xuan"; to exert one's strength to all directions is called "xuan".

He was determined to prolong Xuanyang's prosperity for another ten thousand years, and vowed to become the founder of its revival.

Li Chengyuan: "Bai Qing, although you have done a lot of things in the capital recently, I can't just ignore the memorials from those old men. I have already discussed with Yan Taibao and plan to let you go to the northern border to take up a post."

There wasn't much surprise on Bai Yuan's face.

His recent actions in the capital are bound to be criticized, and there will be no shortage of memorials impeaching him.

Just like Du Qinghui before, Li Chengyuan's move can actually be regarded as a kind of protection.

Once an official becomes vicious, he can be much more cruel than a gangster.

Li Chengyuan raised his lips slightly: "Bai Qing, the position of Shuofang Jiedushi is still vacant, I think you are just the right person for the job."

(End of this chapter)