Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

The emperor suddenly realized what was happening and asked, "You just said that the eldest young master of the Hua family plans to participate in the Spring Examination next year?"

"Yes, he has registered with the government."

"What do you think? I will arrange for the eldest young master of the Hua family to serve in the Imperial Academy in the next spring examination. What do you think?"

"Let's not talk about what the Hua family's eldest young master's grades will be like by then. Are you sure that letting him enter the Hanlin Academy is what he wants? What plans do they have for that?

Is it appropriate to allow the Hua family to enter the court and be exposed to court secrets?"

The emperor smiled and said, "Uncle cousin, how many things do you think Hua Mange doesn't know about our court? If the eldest young master of the Hua family is in my service, do you think he will use Hua Mange's power to do things?"

Mu Jiasong's eyes darkened: "Your Majesty, think twice."

The emperor raised his hand to stop his persuasion: "If you employ someone, trust him. If you doubt him, don't employ him. If the Hua family really uses Hua Mange to disrupt the court and seize the throne, what can I do?

The court officials are independent and the military power is in the hands of several generals. Apart from the Imperial Guards, I have no other military power.

I only have the support of the people and an orthodox identity."

No matter whether it is the Hua family or people from other families who want to bring him down and change the dynasty, as long as the new monarch is a wise ruler who is dedicated to the people, he does not mind abdicating and letting others take over.

Ever since he was old enough to understand, he knew that he was not favored by his father. Moreover, he was the eldest son, which made his father even more dissatisfied with him. If he had not been protected by his grandparents and his mother, he might not have been able to grow up.

Poor sister, whom he had only seen a few times, was given a false name when she was born and sent to a temple to be raised, resulting in her life or death being unknown now.

If it were not for his mother, his grandfather's family, his subordinates who wholeheartedly supported him, and the innocent people, he would not have liked being an emperor at all. Especially in the past few years since he ascended the throne, he was even more annoyed by seeing the bustling court every day.

There are endless memorials to deal with every day, which is even more annoying!

"Okay, we'll discuss the Hua family's affairs later. Let's talk about this new grain first."

Mu Jiasong sighed helplessly and reported the situation of corn and water spinach seriously. He didn't know much, and what was not written in the memorial was the taste of corn and water spinach.

There are many wild water spinach in the south. All you need to do is post a notice to tell people that this vegetable can be eaten and grown.

The north and northwest need to study whether it can be grown. If the experiment is successful, people will have an extra delicious vegetable on their tables.

It’s hard to describe the taste of water spinach. All Ren Huaimin and his team brought back were seeds.

As for corn, he had tried corn syrup yesterday and it tasted good and was filling. In particular, it could be ground into flour to make pasta, and its value was no less than that of wheat.

The information about corn production and other things had already been written in the memorial. What Mu Jiasong wanted to talk about was the taste of the corn. He had to attend the morning court today, so he couldn't ask the kitchen to make it. But the corn had already been soaked. He brought the soaked corn over and asked the imperial kitchen to make a bowl of sugar water, which was very simple.

Therefore, the emperor had an extra bowl of corn syrup for breakfast today.

In order to confirm the satiety of the corn, the emperor held his hungry stomach and watched Mu Jiasong eat his breakfast in front of him, his face becoming more and more gloomy.

Mu Jiasong was not polite to the emperor at all. The emperor signaled him to eat first, but he did not wait for the emperor. He was an old man and could not stand being hungry!

When Mu Jiasong was half full, Eunuch Fu came to the emperor with a bowl of hot corn syrup. After the young eunuch tested it and confirmed that it was ok, the emperor scooped up half a spoonful of corn with a spoon, looked at the plump and round corn kernels on the spoon, sniffed the sweet fragrance of the corn and syrup, and then put it in his mouth to taste it carefully.

How do you describe the taste? It's sweet and a little sticky, and paired with the even sweeter syrup, it's really a good dessert.

He wanted to try other ways of eating it. Isn't it possible to make pasta and cook soup with fresh corn?

"The cultivation of corn and water spinach is now in the hands of Sinong Temple. Unfortunately, we won't be able to eat these two fresh foods in the short term.

The matter of corn cannot be leaked for the time being, but water spinach can be promoted. When the time comes, we will arrange for agricultural officials to go to various parts of the south to popularize water spinach, so that the people will not eat the wrong thing."

"Yes, I obey your order."

Before Mu Jiasong left, the emperor asked Eunuch Fu to bring him a basket of sweet potatoes: "These are grown by the empress dowager and the nuns in the temple."

Mu Jiasong grinned immediately. This year, all the sweet potatoes harvested had to be distributed according to the regions, but there were no extra ones for them to taste. He didn't expect that the Queen Mother was so capable that she could actually grow sweet potatoes.

Although these sweet potatoes are not as big as the ones he harvested, it’s good to have something to eat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Empress Dowager." Mu Jiasong asked, "Can we send some water spinach and corn seeds to the Empress Dowager to plant?"

"Then give some away, but not too much, so as not to attract attention and cause unnecessary trouble to the Queen Mother."

"Yes, I know."

You only need a little bit of water spinach. Wait for the seedlings to emerge and then cut them for secondary cultivation. Can't you plant more and more?

As for corn, one or two stalks would be enough for them to plant a small plot of land.

The Queen Mother never expected that her good son would recognize her planting skills so much. However, after planting sweet potatoes, she gradually discovered the joy of planting. She was so happy when she received the new seeds!

In the following days, the Sinong Temple became busy and arranged seeds to places in various parts of Zhao State where sweet potato seeds had not been distributed before.

Weighing, sorting, packing and delivery also require agricultural officers to provide guidance at the delivery sites. The selected agricultural officers can forget about spending the New Year at home this year and have to travel in the snow in winter.

As for the northwest, it is not included in this distribution range for the time being. After all, the road there is difficult to travel. A batch of sweet potatoes was sent there last time. Whether it can be planted depends on the planting conditions of that batch of sweet potatoes.

This time, the sweet potato seeds were arranged in towns near the capital to ensure that these villages can grow sweet potatoes. As for other places in the south, rice is still the main crop. Once the sweet potato seeds are grown in Guyang County, they will be distributed directly from there to avoid the bumpy trip back and forth and waste of time.

Today's agricultural officials are all very busy, as many of them have been sent out. The agricultural officials who remain in the capital, in addition to their original tasks, also need to take on other people's work, and their workload is increasing rapidly.

Faced with more and more work every day, the officials who remain in Beijing are constantly regretting why they did not choose to be sent abroad in the first place?

It's just a matter of changing the place to farm. After the busy planting season, there is no need to do anything else at other times. Just go out to eat and drink.

Regret!