The younger sister-in-law falsely accused the sickly uncle and ran away with the baby

"Uncle! What did you say, two thousand pounds? Rice? The rice I know?"

The three members of the Yu family turned around in surprise, "Xiao Chou! Why are you leaving court so early today?"

Shen Chou stepped forward anxiously, "Is the rice you just mentioned real?"

"One acre of land can produce over 2000 kilograms of rice!? Here, one acre of land can only produce about 200 kilograms of rice!"

Seeing how excited he was, Yu Ruyue asked, "Did anything happen during the court session today?"

Shen Chou sighed, "The ministers below have been talking about the spring sowing."

"It really gives me a headache!"

It turned out that as soon as Shen Chou came to court today, these people started talking about Chunbo as if they had discussed it beforehand, and even linked it with the harem!

"Your Majesty, the people have reported that the harvest here is getting worse year by year, and the taxes are getting heavier. After this turmoil, the neighboring country of Japan is eyeing us covetously. We must be on guard!"

"Your Majesty! We know you have powerful weapons, but without food, they are useless."

"Don't think that Japan is respectful to us now, but if our country shows any signs of decline, they will rush over and bite off a piece of our flesh."

"Yes! The people are complaining. This is the first year of your reign. If the grain harvest continues to decline, I'm worried that someone with ulterior motives will try to stir up trouble. Your Majesty should make preparations early."

Shen Chou felt a headache listening to the chatter below. How could he have made preparations in advance?

He couldn't produce food out of thin air, and he couldn't control God, so how could he prepare?

He looked at the people below and his heart was filled with anger.

Do these people think that he is living a very happy life, so they come here on purpose to make things difficult for him?

Even after the grand court meeting was over, Duke Protector Yan Han stopped him and said, "Your Majesty! I know you are delighted to have a son and daughter, but you shouldn't be so extravagant. You're offering a general amnesty and building the Mingyue Tower. That woman is clearly of unknown origin, and Your Majesty is actually going to make her empress, and even her family has been brought into the palace!"

"If this matter gets out, what will the people think?"

"I just think that woman is a demon concubine who brings disaster to the country."

"Besides, do you really only want this one woman in your harem?"

"She can neither help you nor solve your problems, and she's even bad for your reputation. Why are you doing this?"

"I am your master. I have watched Your Majesty's journey to where he is today. How can my words harm you?"

"Your Majesty! Please think twice!"

"You don't have to glare at me. The officials below all think the same way. I just took the title of your master, so I had to be pushed out to tell you this."

Although Shen Chou was annoyed, he also knew that Yan Han was an old fox. He never did anything that was thankless unless he was forced into a corner.

It must be that many people came to his house to talk about this matter, and even put many accusations on him, so he was forced to come over.

Shen Chou sneered, "In the end, isn't it just about keeping an eye on my harem?"

"What? The Duke of Protectorate wants to send his daughter in to share in the pie too!?"

The Duke of Huguo quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "I dare not!"

"Don't dare? I think you dare. You should know that I am the emperor now and no longer a pawn in your hands. Don't think that I won't kill you because I care about our relationship as master and disciple!"

When the Duke of Protectorate heard this, he lowered his head even lower.

He knew that what he said today was extremely treasonous, but he was really forced into a corner. Not only did those officials come to his house every day, but the pressure from his family was also very great!

His granddaughter hanged herself and drank poison at home, insisting on entering the palace to be a concubine.

He could only take this opportunity to come and test the emperor's attitude.

Ever since Shen Chou became the emperor, his attitude towards him had been very strange. Outsiders had always believed that the emperor still respected him very much. From what he had said, he had even believed that there was still a master-disciple relationship between them. But now, after testing the waters, he discovered that the emperor before him had long been dissatisfied with him and should even have known about his private tricks, but had never made them known...

The Duke of Protectorate kowtowed repeatedly at this thought, "I may be a humble official, but every word I say is from the bottom of my heart, and I am truly thinking about Your Majesty."

"If Your Majesty doesn't want the people and officials to blame all the faults on that woman in your harem, you must pay more attention to this spring planting."

Shen Chou looked at him deeply and let him leave.

He knew that what the Duke of Protectorate said made perfect sense. On the surface, they were talking about spring sowing, but in fact, they were reminding him that every spring was not only the best time for spring sowing, but also the best time for general elections!

But he doesn't want to choose a concubine at all!!!

Just when he was extremely upset, he heard the conversation inside the house.

Yu Dehou was so angry when he heard this explanation that his face turned red. "Are these officials crazy? If you can do everything, what do you need them for? You don't make progress yourself, but push all the responsibility onto you. And you still want to hold a beauty pageant!? They should send a few men to each of their wives and concubines, and let them choose properly."

Liang Shulan was also furious. "These officials are incompetent themselves, yet they keep blaming everything on women. If women really had that much power, and could determine the rise and fall of dynasties with their beauty, then the world would have been ruled by women long ago. They really don't want to look for the reasons themselves, but have to find someone else to take the blame."

Yu Ruyue was also speechless. "Don't you have a department specifically responsible for agriculture? How can you research it if I ask you to? The court and the people provide them with food for free!?"

Shen Chou sighed, "I've already killed a group of them. If I continue, I won't be able to find a suitable candidate for a while. I can only endure it for a while. When I build up my own power, I will send all those old guys who pretend to obey but actually disobey away!"

"But is there really rice that can produce over 2,000 kilograms per mu?"

Yu Ruyue nodded. "Indeed, over here, not only can the yield per mu reach over 2000 catties, some can even reach over 3000 catties."

Shen Chou was shocked and said, "How could he be so powerful? How did he do it?"

"In the beginning, rice production in our area was low and people were starving. It was a very talented man named Yuan Longping who developed a hybrid rice!"

When Shen Chou heard the word "hybrid", all that remained in his mind were the words he had been scolded by others before...