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Chapter 138 Farce, Winter Wheat
Chapter 138 Farce, Winter Wheat
"Retreat!"
Accompanied by the high-pitched voices of the guards in the palace, many courtiers hurriedly bowed and saluted.
"I'm waiting to retire."
After all, all the ministers quietly withdrew from Xianyang Palace.
And after the ministers withdrew from Xianyang Palace, these people completely stopped concealing their hostility towards Mo Jun, and all of them glanced at Mo Jun with eyes half like knives.
Seeing this, some of the surrounding officials who remained neutral in the court, or who had not participated in the battle, also stayed away from Mr. Mo, like a snake or a scorpion.
obviously.
This time, even these neutral forces felt that Mo Jun was going to be in bad luck.
This has nothing to do with right or wrong, the main reason is that Mo Jun has offended too many people this time.
Only a very small number of officials bit the bullet and came to Mo Jun's side, showing their side.
In fact, these people have nothing to do, because they are the Mo family disciples who were recommended by Mo Jun to enter the court. They are born in the same position as Mo Jun. Others can hide, but they cannot.
"My lord, are you a little impulsive this time?"
A guest of the Mo family tried his best to remind Mo Jun in a tactful tone.
When Mo Jun heard his words, he touched his chin and said, "Impulsive? Do you have any!"
Hearing this, another member of the Mo family couldn't help reminding: "My lord, even though you have been enshrined as a king and worshiped as a minister, you are no match for four hands!"
Mo Jun nodded in agreement, and said, "That makes sense...have you ever fought in groups?"
Hearing the first half of Mo Jun's sentence, the disciples of the Mo House thought that Lord Shengping understood his advice, but they didn't expect that immediately after the second half of the sentence, Mo Jun suddenly changed the subject and asked another question .
Mo House doorman: "???"
When I say two fists are hard to beat with four hands, I mean don't offend too many people at once, it's not that you really want to fight!
But at this moment, I heard Mr. Mo continue to say: "It seems that you have never fought before. If so, I will teach you the basics of fighting in groups today!"
As he said that, under the astonished eyes of several Mo family guests, Mo Jun slowly walked up to a middle-aged man who was wearing a similar style of official uniform with Mo Jun.
"Does Jin Tingwei have any objections to this gentleman?"
"Oh? Why did Mr. Shengping say that?"
The middle-aged man opposite Mo Jun was stunned when he saw Mo Jun walking in front of him suddenly, but then slightly restrained the coldness in his eyes, and asked Mo Jun back with a smile.
"It's nothing, if Jin Tingwei has a problem with this gentleman, then we just have an even balance."
"Oh? I don't know what I did wrong, but I have offended Mr. Shengping. If I have made a mistake, please tell me bluntly. If I have the opportunity, I will definitely come to apologize."
When the middle-aged man heard Mo Jun's words, he was stunned again, but then he returned to his previous smiling face.
Mo Jun quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no... Jin Tingwei, don't get me wrong, I don't have any opinions on you, but I have a lot of opinions on Jin Tingwei's hometown, Hedong County."
"After all, the amount of grain tax paid by Hedong County is the lowest in the whole country this year, and as an internal history of millet management, I will naturally feel dissatisfied when I see that there is such a barren land in my Great Qin."
"So I have decided that I will ask the king for instructions to go to Hedong County soon. I must go there to see what is the reason why my Daqin land can't grow food."
"Jin Tingwei, please rest assured that after I arrive in Hedong County, I will do my best to solve the difficulties of the local people and bring the land of Hedong County back to life."
Mo Jun's last words can be said to be righteous and stern.
However, his words fell into the ears of Jin Youjun and other courtiers, and turned into a threat to Chi Guoguo.
Mo Jun went to Hedong County, what kind of concept is that?
Since Mr. Mo was promoted, he has only served as an official in three places in Qin State.
One is Nanjun.
Mo Jun killed 27 Nanjun nobles there, and captured Lao Ai alive.
The second is Xianyang.
Mo Jun overthrew Lu Buwei here and defeated the lineage of Chu foreign relatives.
The third is Hanzhong.
Mo Jun was more straightforward in Hanzhong, and the nobles in Hanzhong showed a flaw, and he directly ransacked and wiped out sixty or seventy families.
Now Mo Jun actually said that he was going to Hedong County to ask for orders to inspect, and he also specifically mentioned that this is Jin Youjun's hometown.
What the hell is this not a threat?
After hearing what Mo Jun said, everyone subconsciously looked at Jin Youjun's expression.
as predicted.
After Mo Jun finished speaking, the smiling expression on Jin Youjun's face disappeared, replaced by an indescribable chill.
He only heard his cold voice say: "Is Mr. Shengping threatening you?"
Now it was Mo Jun who smiled and said, "Alas! What did Jin Tingwei say? As the saying goes, you should not be afraid of the shadow if you stand upright. It is my duty to inspect Hedong County. How about threats? "
After finishing speaking, Mr. Mo suddenly turned his head to look at the other courtiers next to him, grinned and said, "By the way, you can bring forward your opinions to me, otherwise, if the king wants to order a thorough investigation of all counties As for the county food tax, I may not have time to take care of the ministers when I am busy."
Threat.
Another threat from Chiguoguo.
Hearing Mo Jun's words, the faces of many people present suddenly changed dramatically.
He was probably so angry before that many people almost forgot that although the Shengping Jun in front of him was young, his character was sinister and vicious, and he would take revenge.
think carefully.
So far, none of the people who have offended Mr. Mo have a good end.
"Alas~ My wife has stewed chicken soup at home and is waiting for the official to come home to drink! The old man is one step ahead, everyone go slowly."
"Too bad, I forgot to dry my clothes at home, and I have to leave."
"I'm on official business, so I won't send you off."
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in an instant.
The many courtiers who were still staring coldly at Mo Jun just now disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Only Jin Youjun was left to confront Mo Jun, but without the help of many courtiers behind him, Jin Youjun obviously lacked confidence.
"Humph!"
In the end, Jin Youjun snorted coldly and walked away.
The officials and officials of the other neutral forces, as well as the disciples of the Mo family, were a little stunned when they saw the scene in front of them.
Although they all knew that Mo Jun's power in the court was extraordinary, but until today, they had really seen Mo Jun's influence.
speak up.
These disciples are indeed kindly reminding Mo Jun that after all, they are in the same position now, if Mo Jun suddenly falls at this time, not only will they be implicated, even all the previous investment in Mo Jun will be in vain .
But unfortunately, these people are not at the same level as Mr. Mo after all.
Mo Jun did intend to cultivate some opponents for himself, so as to weaken Ying Zheng's fear of him, but this does not mean that any cat or dog can ride on his head and fly.
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After dealing with this farce.
Mo Jun did not leave just then, but returned to Xianyang Palace after everyone had left, and went straight to Zhangtai Palace behind Xianyang Palace.
Arriving at the gate of Zhangtai Palace, Mo Jun first waited for the guards to enter the door to inform, and after Yingzheng's publicity, Mo Jun walked into Zhangtai Palace.
Zhangtai Palace is the main place where Yingzheng handles government affairs and holds small meetings.
Usually here, Ying Zheng's clothes are more casual. For example, now, Ying Zheng is only wearing a black dragon robe, and the pearl crown has been taken off.
When Mo Jun entered Zhangtai Palace, Yingzheng rarely did not deal with government affairs, but stood by the window, talking with Gai Nie, and enjoying the scenery outside the window.
Seeing Mo Jun's arrival, Ying Zheng turned around and said with a light smile, "This time, Mo Qing really caused a lot of trouble for the widow!"
Mo Jun said calmly: "There are some hidden dangers, rather than waiting for them to explode later, it is better to take the initiative to pierce them."
Ying Zheng nodded, then looked at Mr. Mo meaningfully, and said, "That's right, this time, those people really went too far."
This sentence is a pun.
The first meaning of "passed" refers to food, of course.
Yingzheng can tolerate the local nobles and courtiers in various counties and counties stealing some food taxes, after all, when the water is clear, there will be no fish.But that's only part of it, but judging from what Mo Jun has exposed now, the food tax evasion of these people has obviously exceeded Ying Zheng's bottom line.
The second meaning of "over" refers to the scene that happened outside Xianyang Palace before.
Obviously, Yingzheng knew about the situation just now, including Mo Jun's threat to Jin Youjun.
This is normal, after all, this is the Xianyang Palace, if you don't even know about this, then it would be a bit of a failure for Ying Zheng to be king.
But Mo Jun didn't expect to hide it from Ying Zheng.
After all, if you don't do this, how can you express your attitude openly?
"Mo Qing came to visit the widow this time, what is the reason? Could it be that Mo Qing really plans to go to the counties and counties to investigate the grain tax issue in person?"
Speaking of this, Ying Zheng also had a slight smile in his eyes.
In fact, Ying Zheng has seen through a lot of Mo Jun's behavior of deliberately training opponents for himself. In terms of scheming, Mo Jun is obviously far behind Ying Zheng.
So far, except for the period when he was just beginning to develop insignificantly, when Mo Jun dealt with others later on, he mostly used his power to overwhelm them directly, basically without so many bells and whistles.
Because sometimes the simplest is often the most effective.
As for Mo Jun's small actions.
On the one hand, Ying Zheng was a little relieved. Anyway, Mo Jun's attitude had been clearly expressed, which made him feel relieved.
But on the other hand, Ying Zheng was actually a little helpless, because he found that his "Sheng Ping Jun" seemed to be much less courageous than he imagined.
"I'm not good at investigating cases. I came here this time because I have something I want to offer to the king."
"what?"
Hearing that Mr. Mo had something to dedicate to him, Ying Zheng was immediately refreshed and immediately became interested.
Even Gai Nie at the side turned his eyes slightly when he heard this, and looked over here.
So far, all the things that Mr. Mo has dedicated to Yingzheng are all good treasures that benefit the country and the people. Anything that is released can be called a 'divine thing'.
"Look, Your Majesty."
As Mo Jun said, he slowly took out a small cloth bag from his bosom, and when he opened it, he saw grains of wheat in it.
"This is...wheat."
Ying Zheng looked at the wheat grains in the cloth bag, his eyes suddenly flashed, he remembered something, and said, "Could it be that Mo Qing has even created an 'improved variety' of wheat now?"
"Um~~ In fact, the [first-generation improved wheat species] has indeed been researched, but this is not [the first-generation improved wheat species], but a brand-new variety of wheat species."
"Mo Qing has really researched [the first-generation improved wheat variety]? How is the yield? Compared with [the first-generation improved rice variety]?"
Ying Zheng was just talking casually, but Mo Jun actually gave him a positive response, which immediately made Ying Zheng excited.
To know.
Today, the territory of Qin State is almost divided into half from the north to the south.
Basically, the areas north of the Qinling Mountains, including Xianyang, cannot grow rice.
This is also the reason why, according to the original estimate, Quyuanli's addition of "new grain varieties" could theoretically increase the grain production of the entire Qin State by one and a half times, but in the end it only doubled.
But if Mr. Mo invents the [First Generation Improved Wheat Seed] now, it will represent the entire northern territory of the Qin State, and the grain production will double from then on.
In today's world, there is no country that does not lack food.
For Yingzheng, even if there is more food, it will not be too much, because more food will not only allow the people of Li to eat more and better, but also support more people.
But at present, the larger the population, the stronger a country is.
Mo Jun replied: "The yield of [the first generation of improved wheat seeds] is similar to that of rice seeds, but in comparison, I think the wheat seeds here may be more liked by the king."
Seeing that Mo Jun didn't mention the [First Generation Improved Wheat Seed], but kept recommending this [New Wheat Seed] to himself, Ying Zheng felt a little more curious.
He opened his mouth and said, "Could it be that the yield of the wheat seeds here is higher than [the first generation of improved wheat seeds]?"
Mo Jun shook his head and said: "That's not the case. Although the yield of this [new wheat variety] has also increased, its biggest feature is not the yield, but the growth time."
"This new variety of wheat, I named it [Winter Wheat]."
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(End of this chapter)