Today Qiu Xiang had just finished speaking, and a scholar below said: "This time the floods and locust plagues followed one after another, but the court could only passively deal with them, without any preparation! Isn't the lessons from the past few years enough? Is it really incompetent! No wonder God punished me for the court."

In the past few years, there were major droughts in the northwest, typhoons in Fujian, floods in Guangdong and other disasters, which were all very troubled.

It makes people feel like they are suffering from disaster every year.

For example, this year, everyone is used to it, but they also think that the court is too incompetent?

A noble child immediately replied: "You can't say that. The emperor has issued a self-criticism. What else do you want?"

"We can see Your Majesty's kindness and magnanimity, and we can also empathize with it." Another literati shook his head and said, "But this has nothing to do with the court's governance mistakes. In fact, most of the prime ministers are incompetent and have no choice but to have a simple position, which has led to such disasters and heavy losses."

Dakang was open to the people's customs. Although many people think that these disasters were blamed by God, many people know that this is just a natural disaster.

When a flood broke out and destroyed his home, what era did not happen several times, or more than a dozen times?

But the locust plague is different. Almost everyone thinks that God blames it, otherwise Emperor Jinghe would not have issued a self-declaration.

"Yes, during their tenure, they did not build water conservancy projects well, did not increase the harvest for farmers, did not unite the gentry well, and cracked down on greed, which led to various disasters." Chen Qinlie, a scholar from the Hanlin Academy who Liu Mingqi had met, said: "If the court was full of Wu Shangshu, and Governor Liu was so capable of officials and ministers, how could this happen today?"

Secretary Wu was Secretary Wu Yu of the Ministry of Works, and was born as a student of the Mohist school.

Governor Liu is naturally the Governor Liu Renhuai, Jiangnan.

When Wu Yu took office as the governor of the river, he constructed and consolidated the entire Grand Canal. Therefore, over the past decade, the Grand Canal has been operating very well, greatly providing convenience for the transportation of various resources in the capital and border areas.

Not to mention Liu Renhuai, under his governance, Jiangnan even had a lot of surplus grain at home. While the people were extremely rich, they also increased the taxes paid to the court a lot. Jiangnan had assumed important responsibilities during several major disasters.

Many officials even joked that Jiangnan was the small court.

Everyone agreed with the next half of the words.

Wu Yu and Liu Renhuai are both role models for many people.

Even Wu Yeshuang at the front also won a lot of admiration.

Over the years, Wu Jia has also paid a lot for water conservancy projects.

"It's easy to say, but is it easy to do?" Liu Mingjing couldn't help but say, "Everyone is from Confucianism, Legalism and Mohism. In addition to the Mohism, who can also understand some strange and obscene skills and institutional engineering, who doesn't learn it slowly?

Take you guys who stand and speak without a headache, what do you know now? Will you settle and store the court, repair water conservancy for the court, defend the country and fight wars, or will you start a mine to make money?”

The group of scholars and scholars on the opposite side had a slightly embarrassed face.

What Liu Mingjing said is right.

Most of them know nothing except reading.

However, in recent years, I have been studying in the Hanlin Academy and have been studying. Not only are Confucians teaching, but also Mohist and Legalists.

The students of Hanlin Academy are basically more Confucian, about 40%, while the Mohist and Legalists each have 30%.

But no matter which faction, you need to listen to the lessons of these three schools and use the wisdom of the three schools.

For example, Miao Yan and Miao Taisheng, the governor of the Imperial Capital, had very deep insights into the Confucian concept of governing the country, and governed the entire Imperial Capital with scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.

Liu Renhuai, the governor of Jiangnan, was a Confucian student who was so pure that he could not be more pure. However, when he arrived in Jiangnan, he directly killed a fourth-rank official. He would never be ruthless when he encountered various greeds. Isn’t this a typical Legalist technique?

So in fact, if you say it seriously, the real learning starts after Confucian students enter the Hanlin Academy.

As for those juren and tribute scholars who failed the exam, they could only study while becoming officials.

Therefore, Liu Mingjing mocked them, and they were speechless for the time being.

"We will evaluate how the officials in the court do things in detail, which is too shallow." Seeing that their own people were defeated, the Hanlin Academy stayed at the Shujishi, and the Hanlin Academy reviewed Shang Pu, coughed lightly, "But I think we can talk about bran porridge."

Brass porridge?

As soon as these words were said, neither the royal family nor the original literati students could help but take a breath.

Liu Mingqi's face was calm, but she cursed MMP in her heart.

This kid is very brave. Do you want to attack me?

Although no one here knows that bran porridge is Liu Mingqi's suggestion, it is the fact that, so discussing this is about Liu Mingqi.

Qiu Xiang was also brave. She asked the maid to send Shang Pu a cup of tea and said, "The topic of the business review is very interesting. It has been discussed in and outside the capital during this period. Why not we have a more fulfilling discussion today and thoroughly discuss whether it is a merit or a fault."

It turns out that you, a beautiful lady, also has a smile on her face and hides her sword.

Liu Mingqi complained in her heart, but spoke seriously: "Do you still need to discuss it? Your Majesty and the imperial court's masters are so good! With such mixed rice porridge, it can not only help the victims more, but also reduce the burden on the country. It is really the best of both worlds! Those who come up with this method are definitely geniuses who are worried about the country and the people, have a grand heart, and are very responsible!"

When Liu Mingjing next to him heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

I thought to myself that you dare to agree with such a sensitive topic with a clear stand. Are you stupid?

As expected, Tanhua Lang Li Jingkuan frowned: "Your Highness, from ancient times to the present, there is no dynasty that uses bran porridge for disaster relief. This is a way of opportunistic trick, so you should be cautious."

"Yes." He Xijun, an editor of the Hanlin Academy who rarely speaks, also agreed: "Your Highness, as far as I know, the court has a lot of money and grain, especially after the autumn storage, it is more abundant. It cannot be said that it is completely wrong with bran porridge, but if you have spare energy, you should stop immediately."

Nangong Qiu Xingke sneered at the opposition: "You are so light, do you know how much the imperial court has? The northwest and northeast are all bitter and cold places, and we rely on our inland to support it. In recent years, disasters have continued, and the Ministry of Revenue's treasury and silver houses are almost running out of rats. Otherwise, we can't live a life?"

The scholar on the opposite side was not vegetarian anymore. A juren immediately said, "Does the Ministry of Revenue have very little money? Then why not let Nangong Xiangye save a little, and naturally he will have money."

"What do you mean?" Nangong Qiucheng's eyes turned cold.

"Haha." The juren smiled and stopped talking.

He is not a fool, just click until he reaches the point, and there is no need to offend people to death.

Everyone knows some things, but there is no way to change them. At this time, we can only talk about them.

Chen Qinlie then changed the topic, "I wonder if you have drunk bran porridge? I specially invited someone to make it. It tastes rough and hard to swallow. No wonder I said before that I came to feed livestock, so how can people eat it? His Royal Highness Yu actually admires people who come up with such bad ideas so much, which is really hard to understand!"

Liu Mingqi smiled, "Chancesman Chen, have you heard the story of why not eat meat minced?"

Chen Qinlie thought about it and shook his head.

Liu Mingqi said: "Once upon a time, there was an emperor who succeeded to the throne at a young age. As a result, a great famine occurred in the world just a few years after he succeeded. The people had no food to eat, so they could only dig grass roots, chew tree bark, and even eat Guanyin soil. Many people starved to death because of this.

The news reached the palace. The young emperor thought hard and did not understand the behavior of the people. He said, "The people have no food to satisfy their hunger, so why not eat meat?'"

"ah!?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then many people burst into laughter.

They were originally laughing at this stupid emperor, but gradually, the eyes of a group of people looking at Chen Qinlie were also a little funny.

Chen Qinlie, who has a good background, scolded bran porridge and asked why he didn't use pure rice porridge to provide disaster relief. Isn't he the emperor who asked why he didn't eat meat minced?

Qiu Xiang took the lead and asked the maid to bring a cup of tea to Liu Mingqi, then said seriously: "Thank you, Your Highness, for letting us hear such a thought-provoking story."

Looking at the young lady's solemn face, Liu Mingqi smiled on the surface and drank it all in one go.

Want it anyway?

It's too late!

My husband, I'm already holding a grudge!

At this time, Chen Qinlie's face turned red, "Your Highness, what do you mean? Are you wrong about what I said? How can I compare to 'Why not eat minced meat'?"

"Cert Chen, you are not the emperor, so naturally you won't compare." Liu Mingqi said gently, "I'm just telling a story. You have to substitute yourself. What's the solution?"

"You can't say that." Shang Pu said, "Your Highness, Brother Chen is targeted. He has really tasted the taste of bran porridge before he came to this conclusion. Your story comes from fiction, and it seems to be a little worse in fact."

imaginary?

I will tell you what the idiotic emperors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty did, and you will know that even more miserable things are not fiction!

The young man said: "Not only Chen Jianshe has drunk it, but the emperor, prime minister, and six ministers have all drunk bran porridge, and even all bran brans.

The 3:1 ratio was finally determined by the scholars of the Mohist school. This ratio is not much different from the wild vegetable porridge and mixed grain porridge that ordinary people usually drink.

Chen Jiandan thought he was a wealthy person at home. He had never lived a life where the poor could not afford rice, so you would find it difficult to swallow it."

"Is Your Majesty really eaten all of you?" Qiu Xiang said in surprise.

"Of course." Liu Mingqi smiled, "In fact, because of guilt, he has been eating the smallest amount of food for the past period of time. He eats two meals a day, and only one dish and one bowl of bran porridge in the morning."

"How can this work?"

Qiu Xiang frowned, "Your Majesty is the supreme country. What should you do if you don't eat enough and get hungry?"

A group of literati and scholars were even more connected.

Even Chen Qinlie was ashamed and respected.

They did not doubt what Liu Mingqi said. First, Liu Mingqi often went to the palace and saw Jing Hedi having dinner; second, Jing Hedi was such a person.

Although Emperor Jinghe would be greedy for enjoyment on weekdays, at the critical moment, this emperor always pity his people and set an example.

This can be seen from his continuous allocation of money and food to provide disaster relief in recent years.

In the past, the emperors rarely did this, and the Ministry of Revenue usually took on this.

At this time, everyone's desire to discuss bran porridge was unconsciously reduced.

Even the emperor eats it every day, what else can you do?

You can say that the imperial court is incompetent, but the emperor not only issued an edict to guilt, but also set an example, in terms of emotion and reason, and the ministers should not blame him harshly.
Chapter completed!