Li Dingguo returned to the palace, how did he think about it, how did he think it was too awkward.If you don't punish these two people, the anger in your heart will not be eliminated.He rolled his eyes and quickly came up with an idea.He immediately drafted a secret decree, saying that his heart has been on fire recently, and the imperial doctor said that he needed to eat water chestnuts grown in water to quench the fire, and this task was handed over to Qin Songming, who was in the Ministry of Personnel.He deliberately asked Qin Sheng to announce the decree, and there was another sentence for Qin Sheng to explain in person.Qin Songming received the secret order from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and immediately froze.He muttered, "I only know that water chestnuts grow on trees, how can they grow in water?"
Yin and yang cannot grow into each other, and what grows on a tree must never grow into the water.It's going to kill me. ”Qin Sheng told Qin Songming in person what Li Dingguo told him: "If you can find water chestnuts growing on trees in Yuzhi County, you will definitely be able to find water chestnuts growing in water, and you can find him." ”Qin Songming saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already given him guidance, and that was to give him a chance to establish a little meritorious service, so that he could be promoted.When he thought about it, he was extremely excited.He was originally the prefect of Broken Leaves.He was already a high-ranking official and dignitary, but he was still not satisfied, so he made a small amount of money on the Internet, bought off the senior officials of the court, and promoted him to be the left attendant of the personnel department, only waiting for the approval of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Zhu Bi, who was in charge of the country.Now it seems that his small money is in the right place, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is biased towards him.He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately rushed to Xinliang, showed Yu Desheng the secret decree of His Royal Highness the Prince, and said that Li Dingguo gave him guidance, and then asked him where to find the water chestnut growing in the water.As soon as Yu Desheng saw the secret decree of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Dingguo, and then heard the words relayed by Qin Songming, he was immediately so frightened that his legs trembled, and he collapsed to the ground with a "bang".Qin Songming was busy helping him up, and asked him in surprise what was wrong.Yu Desheng didn't dare to tell the truth, so he had to pretend that he had committed the old problem of dizziness and wanted to lie still for a while.He said goodbye to the Qin Governor's Mansion, slipped to the back hall in a panic, and sat down in the Taishi chair with his buttocks, muttering: "Disaster is coming, disaster is coming........ what can I do?"
What can I do?
”His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked Qin Songming to find the water chestnut that grew in the water, and specially asked him to come to him, which obviously showed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew that he had faked the water chestnut tree to welcome the Qin Governor's Mansion.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't break it and didn't arrest him in prison to bring him to justice, even if he saved enough face, what were he waiting for?
Yu Desheng hurriedly took off his official uniform, took out the big seal, packed up the gold and silver, and slipped out of the mansion with his wife through the back door, and fled.Qin Songming waited for a long time, but he didn't see Yu Desheng come out, and when he went to the back hall, he saw that Yu Desheng had already hung up his seal and fled.What the hell is this Yu Shengsheng doing?
He couldn't figure it out.But His Royal Highness the Prince's secret decree still has to be carried out.He had no choice but to go all the way east.After walking a short distance, you will arrive in Atami Prefecture.He showed Zhixian the secret decree of His Royal Highness the Prince, and then asked Zhixian where he could find water chestnuts growing in water.The magistrate was so strange that he took him to the market, only to see that there were many stalls selling water chestnuts in the market.The magistrate said that those water chestnuts are all born in the water, and if you want to find the ones born on the trees, then it will be difficult to kill a person.When Qin Songming heard this, his head didn't feel big.He suddenly understood that Yu Desheng had made a non-existent water chestnut tree in order to tie himself up.In order to punish them, Li Dingguo secretly ordered them to find water chestnuts born in the water.He was so ashamed that he never had the face to go back to Beijing to see His Royal Highness the Prince, and went directly to his hometown.Since then, Li Dingguo has never received Qin Songming's excerpts.Li Dingguo was deeply influenced by his father Li Lu, he was diligent in political affairs, concerned about the people's suffering and social production, he often went to the people for private visits, but it was definitely not Qianlong's way of going down to the south of the Yangtze River, his choice was the same as Li Lu, micro-service visits, no pomp, no apportionment to the locality, no burden to the locality, and only took the guards to travel each time.One day after the water chestnut incident, Li Dingguo and Qin Sheng went out and saw a few old farmers working very hard in the farmland, similar to this kind of model worker, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince naturally liked it very much, so he called a farmer to come over and ask why they were so diligent in farming, it is estimated that this farmer did not know his identity, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince got an answer that he would never have imagined.The peasant replied to him: We plow in the spring, plow in the summer, and harvest grain in the autumn, and if we are lazy at any time, we will not be able to live in this year.If they are not careful, not to mention that they can't pay the land tax to the imperial court, it will be even more impossible to support their wives and children, so they can only work non-stop every day.Li Dingguo sighed, he realized that his father was right about himself, those ordinary people were working so hard, not for the sake of their Li family's society, but just to survive.This answer also made Li Dingguo very embarrassed, so he had to round the field and say, "Then you can rest in winter." ”This time it was the peasant's turn to sigh, and he said, "In the winter, the government will send down the conscription, and we still have to do our best." ”Li Dingguo was stunned when he heard it, "Conscription?
Uncle, are you sure?
As far as I know, there is no such thing as conscription in our British Empire......"
The peasant looked up at Li Dingguo, then shook his head, "I think the prince is also a rich and noble family, hey, the old man, I came from the Tang Dynasty, in our Great Britain, there is no conscription, but there is still a husband."
Take us as an example, hum, Your Majesty has repeatedly cut our field tax, but so what?
Aren't those officials levied according to the previous standards?
”Li Dingguo was speechless when he heard this, he overcharged the field tax, where did the money go, do you still need to ask?
He looked at the waist of the peasants in the fields, who could not stand up straight, and felt a lot, and told the guards to prepare to return to the palace.The peasant must not have known the identity of the person who asked him, and he would never have imagined that this conversation between him and this man would be passed down in history.After Li Dingguo returned to the palace, he wrote an article overnight, describing his experience, one to his father Li Lu, who was far away in the west, and the other to the ministers for circulation, he said emotionally: "The people work so hard to make a living, how can we not cherish the people's power." ”Of course, whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's sigh can touch the following veterans of power and scheming is not a very certain thing, but from this incident, we can see that Li Dingguo is influenced by Li Lu, he is a person who understands and can understand the suffering of the common people.