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

Mu Jiasong continued, "The reason why I know this is because of my subordinate Yuan Bin. Yuan Bin's good friend Ren Huaimin and Guyang County Magistrate Chen Yong have been friends for many years. When Magistrate Chen got some fresh good things, he wrote a letter to share with Ren Huaimin and sent some to him to try.

That day, Ren Huaimin's youngest son celebrated his birthday and he invited Yuan Bin to his home. Upon learning of this matter, Yuan Bin immediately sent people to Guyang County to investigate, confirmed it was correct, and then reported it to me.

I just heard the news a few days ago. To verify its authenticity, I tasted the high-yield grain. The villagers who planted it called it sweet potato. It tasted really good and made me feel full. "

With this explanation, he cleared all the people and said that it was all a pure accident. He also listed the people who had made contributions one by one.

The emperor showed an interested look: "Oh? How did this County Magistrate Chen get the sweet potatoes?"

His question was not out of place. In the eyes of most officials in the court, there was a status gap between the common people and them. They were actually quite curious about how a farmer in the countryside was related to a county magistrate.

"The story is this. The two villagers were once involved in a kidnapping case. They met each other while trapped. County Magistrate Chen solved the kidnapping case and arranged a marriage contract for the two of them, acting as their matchmaker."

Mu Jiasong sighed helplessly: "The world is harsh on women. Although the girl has not been defiled, it is not good for her reputation to spread. The man has a leg disease and it is difficult for him to get married. The man knows the girl's difficulties and takes the initiative to ask for her hand in marriage.

The girl also knew her situation, so she married the man.

The couple lived a happy life. By chance, they found sweet potatoes in the mountains. They thought they were delicious, but hard to find in the mountains. They suddenly had an idea to eat delicious sweet potatoes more conveniently, so they cultivated them.

After having a great harvest, they went to report it to County Magistrate Chen and gave him some sweet potatoes to try, to thank him for saving his life and also as a thank you gift for the matchmaker.

County Magistrate Chen realized that if sweet potatoes were mass-produced, it would greatly improve our country's grain production and reduce the suffering of the people from hunger, so he wrote a memorial to the court and wrote a letter to Ren Huaimin, who was still working in the Ministry of Agriculture in the capital, to share his joy.

The officials listened to such a tortuous, inspiring and touching story as if they were listening to a play. They did not expect that behind the sweet potato there was such a touching story between the people and the officials.

The reason why Mu Jiasong told this story with such passion and emotion was to reduce the malice of some people towards little people like them, and to indirectly hint that the current situation of a certain person was caused by the disobedience of the dog in his hands.

In addition to reporting the matter openly, Chen Yong also sought help from his friends in a roundabout way. The letter deliberately contained a lot of boastful words in order to get rid of Ren Huaimin.

Mu Jiasong and the emperor really want to protect such an official who is truly dedicated to the people and the country and has a flexible mind, but they cannot do it openly, otherwise it will bring him fatal disaster.

After saying that, Mu Jiasong took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to him: "This is the letter between County Magistrate Chen and the current Ling Lin."

The evidence was presented, indicating that he was not just talking nonsense, but had a basis for his claims. He then added: "As for the content of the story, it was discovered by my subordinate Yuan Bin who sent people to verify the situation."

The emperor looked at the letter in his hand. This was not the first time he had read it, so he pretended to be reading it for the first time and said in shock, "I didn't expect that sweet potatoes can be cooked in so many ways!

If sweet potatoes are promoted, it will be a great blessing for the people of our country!

Lord Mu immediately sent an official from the Ministry of Agriculture to Dashan Village to teach the young couple how to grow sweet potatoes. The Li couple discovered that sweet potatoes were useful, so they rewarded them with ten acres of fertile farmland, ten acres of dry land, and one thousand taels of silver.

County Magistrate Chen Yong reported meritorious service, so he was recorded as meritorious service and awarded 500 taels of silver. Yuan Bin and Ren Huaimin recommended meritorious service, so they were also recorded as meritorious service.

"Yes, I would like to thank the emperor for the reward on behalf of the Li couple, County Magistrate Chen, Yuan Bin, and Ren Huaimin." Mu Jiasong bowed deeply, then silently returned to his seat.

The emperor looked at the prime minister and said, "Left Prime Minister, I hope you can give me an explanation about why County Magistrate Chen has not submitted a report on the sweet potato for a long time."

The left prime minister saluted with a solemn face and replied, "Yes."

Today, after his hope of having his daughter marry the emperor and become empress was shattered, his subordinates concealed the memorials, which made the emperor suspicious of him and caused him to suffer a loss in the court. He was now furious.

As long as it didn't involve anything that was unfavorable to him, he never thought of stopping it. Who on earth took the initiative to stop the memorial?

Eunuch Fu stepped forward again: "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"

This time, no one complained again and today's morning court session was declared over.

Mu Jiasong did not go to the emperor to reminisce about the past today. As soon as the court was over, he hurried back to arrange for people to go to Dashan Village to learn how to grow sweet potatoes. Among them was Ren Huaimin. He said that he and County Magistrate Chen were good friends, and with him around, communication would be easier, and other things would be done by professionals.

Ren Huaimin was naturally very happy. As long as the promotion of sweet potatoes was successful, he would have contributed to it!

The Left Prime Minister naturally went back to arrange people to investigate the truth about the sweet potatoes and who had withheld the memorial.

After checking, he found that what Mu Jiasong said was correct and was sure that no one had deliberately arranged to frame him. He then found out that the person who withheld the memorials was the prefect of Liangguan County.

He and Chen Yong have an old grudge, and he has been making things difficult for Chen Yong over the years.

The memorial was not dealt with immediately because he took his favorite concubine to the manor for a few days under the pretext of inspection. When he came back, he found the memorial. Knowing that Chen Yong would be taken seriously by his superiors after reporting it, he simply pretended not to have seen it and suppressed it.

The Left Prime Minister was so angry!

Even though the prefect had brought forward a servant from his household to take the blame, the emperor had demanded a thorough investigation, and the left prime minister would naturally not let the emperor be displeased with him just for the sake of a brainless dog.

The prefect was dismissed from his post directly, and it was impossible to confiscate his property. A lot of money in the property went into the pocket of the left prime minister. However, the left prime minister adhered to the principle of "it is better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go", and sent people to pretend to be robbers to kill them on their way back home to silence them.

At the same time, news spread in the capital that the prime minister had covered up the truth and concealed the high-yield grain, but it died down after a few days.

Before the Left Prime Minister could find out the source of the incident, the group of people suddenly disappeared, which made him so angry that he smashed several teacups.

Recently, nothing I do is going well.

"Knock knock knock."

Following the knock on the door came a gentle female voice: "Dad, I'm Rui'er, can you come in?"

The left prime minister sat back in his seat and said in a cold tone, "Come in."

"Squeak~"

The girl who came in was wearing a pink dress. She had a slim figure, delicate face, and was gentle and dignified, like a delicate snow lotus blooming on the snow-capped mountains.