Thanks to: Brother ‘08a’, Brother ‘I don’t want to go to your heart’ for the reward, Xia Tian bows his head and thanks.

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Time flies by like a flash, and five months have passed in a hurry. The reform of the imperial court's official system has been basically completed step by step.

The Military Aircraft Department and the Sixth Department have all performed their respective duties and have achieved good results. The efficiency of handling government affairs has been greatly improved compared to before. The entire Wangji area can be said to have truly managed the government and people.

"Huang Shaohong" gained a lot of prestige because of this, and even had the title of Ming Jun or Holy King among the people.

The reason why I use "Yinyin" to describe him is because there are very few people who call him Mingjun or Holy King. It is not because his reform is not good, but because his reputation as Hunjun is too great.

Especially after forcibly extorting Xibohou's two future daughters-in-law, 'Huang Shaohong''s reputation as a faint king has reached the sky, far greater than that of his wise king, the Holy King.

Even if a minister of the court stood up to explain to the king and claimed to have witnessed the merits and virtues sent from heaven to King Zhou, this was considered by the people to be a lie to flatter the king.

It stands to reason that the meritorious deeds sent from heaven were witnessed by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. From that moment on, even if he could not live up to his title of Holy King, he could not be associated with the Hunjun.

This situation made ‘Huang Shaohong’ also feel that something was wrong.

Fortunately, the potatoes planted in the first wave matured in more than three months, and the average yield of one thousand kilograms per mu shocked everyone.

Let's first talk about the concept of a thousand catties per mu. "Hanshu Shihuo Zhi" records that during the period of King Zhen of Zhou, that is, the Warring States period, Li Kui of Wei State once said: "Today, one man can take care of five people and manage a hundred acres of land.

Get a stone and a half."

The "one stone and a half" here refers to the yield per mu, which means that a family of five cultivating 100 acres of millet can produce "one stone and a half" of millet per mu in an average year. When converted, it is equal to one hundred and eighty in later generations.

Ten jins.

And this was under the premise that agricultural production had achieved significant development during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Changed to the current period of 'King Zhou', agricultural production is even more backward, with the yield per mu being less than 100 catties.

The output of potatoes has directly increased the world's agricultural output by more than ten times, and the sensation it caused can be seen.

‘Huang Shaohong’ has long spread the word about hundreds of ways to eat ‘potatoes’, and for a time the whole city was filled with the smell of potatoes.

(Huang Shaohong: Don’t write nonsense about summer. There are not a hundred ways to eat potatoes. I have never eaten so many ways! Summer: fried shredded potatoes...)

(Huang Shaohong: Wait, where did the stir-fry come from in the Shang Dynasty? Xia Tian: Okay, boil shredded potatoes, boil potato strips, boil mashed potatoes, boil shredded potatoes and potato strips together, boil shredded potatoes and mashed potatoes together, boil shredded potatoes + potatoes

Put strips + mashed potatoes in a pot and add water to boil. Hey...I think I said there are less, there are hundreds of combinations..."

(Huang Shaohong: Do you think these can all be called potato soup? Xia Tian: You can also understand it this way... Huang Shaohong: Gan!)

After proving that potatoes are edible as Huang Shaohong said, Prime Minister Shang Rong held the cooked potato soup and burst into tears:

"Your Majesty's merits are as good as those of the Three Emperors. From now on, our human race will be free from famine..."

‘Bigan’ also sighed:

"Yes, natural disasters have been constant in the past few years, and many people have died of starvation. From now on, as long as one land has a good harvest, it can save countless victims. The king's merits are immeasurable and his merits are immeasurable!"

In the eyes of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, although this was a 'divine thing descended from heaven', without His Majesty's great merits, how could such a divine thing have fallen? So this is all His Majesty's contribution.

'Jiang Ziya' twirled his beard and smiled. He felt that he had made the right choice. This 'King Zhou' was the master. With his assistant and this divine object 'Potato', how could the people live and work in peace and contentment without Xiqidang?

Xingyi said.

At this time, 'Lao Jiang' no longer believed in the sage's words that 'King Zhou' should be destroyed.

The reputation of "Huang Shaohong" among the people has also reached its peak. Before the potato harvest, nine out of ten people said that he was a foolish king and that he was stupid and immoral.

After the potato harvest, the situation has completely reversed. Now nine out of ten people say that he is a holy king, and only one still thinks that he is a foolish king.

'Huang Shaohong' didn't really care. This foodie just felt that boiling potatoes all the time was too monotonous, so he spread the method of extracting meat oil from animal fat and hand-pressing soybean oil, so stir-fry and folk diet were born.

It also started to become richer.

There was a bumper harvest of potatoes, followed closely by corn and sweet potatoes. The yields of the latter two crops were also gratifying. Although, like potatoes, they were far inferior to those of later generations, with these three crops, the yields still far exceeded those of today's various grains and grains.

At this time, the reputation of 'Huang Shaohong' has further improved in the Wangji area, and the people's worship of him has reached an unprecedented level. Now that the 'Huang Emperor' is reborn, and the 'Yu Emperor' has reappeared, I am afraid that he will not be able to compare with him in the hearts of the people.

This is the 'King Zhou' who can keep people away from famine.

Some civil servants have even compiled history books and directly listed 'King Zhou' as another human saint king after the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

The strange thing is that even with the popularity of "Huang Shaohong" at the height of his popularity, there are still a handful of die-hards who spread the idea that he is a foolish king, which is very puzzling.

'Huang Shaohong' originally didn't take these people's words to heart at all, but when he had nothing to do, he always took 'Shang Qingjun', 'Su Daji' and other harem concubines out for private visits incognito. I heard such words often

I always feel a little unhappy.

In addition, he had a gut feeling that there must be something fishy behind this, so he ordered the "Qin Tian Jian" to investigate whether there was anyone behind it.

As a result, we would not know if we didn’t check it, but we were shocked when we checked it. We found that the Chao Song was full of detailed works by various princes. Of course, in this era, it was not called detailed work, but ‘Bangbo’.

There are more than a hundred spies in Xiqi alone. These people have formed a huge intelligence network in Chaoge City. It can be said that all the big and small things that happened in Chaoge will be reported back that day using special means.

Xiqi, every move of 'King Zhou' could not be hidden from the eyes of Xibohou.

Although other princes were not as exaggerated as Xiqi, most of them also installed "state governors" inside and outside Chaoge.

After "Huang Shaohong" heard the report, he immediately ordered people to seal off the city, and then ordered "Wu Chengwang" to sweep out all these rats from house to house according to the "registration register", which is the household registration of the Shang Dynasty.

For half a month, 'King Wu Cheng' led his people to search through Chaoge City, and then tortured these 'states' and registered them.

Afterwards, these "Bangbo" rosters were presented to "Huang Shaohong" for inspection.

After reading "Huang Shaohong", he laughed. According to the list of princes brought by the Ministry of Personnel, during the "Shang Dynasty" period, there were more than 1,500 princes in the world, and the "Bangxi" copied this time, this

Thousands and five hundred princes have taken possession of it.

He couldn't help but sigh, indeed the saying about the next generation is right, there will always be unscrupulous people who want to harm me.

Of course, although these 1,500 princes all sent out "Bangbo", they were not all hostile. They were mainly responsible for investigating Chaoge's movements, understanding the king's preferences, and collecting information.

After torture and interrogation, it was found that there were eight hundred hostile persons among them, and the rest were all interested in how to please the King of Shang.

Those who have been working hard to spread the negative news about King Zhou are the "Bangbo" sent by the eight hundred princes behind them, among which the "Bangbo" sent by "Jichang", the Marquis of Xibo, and "Su Hu", the Marquis of Jizhou, are the most important.

This is the reason why "King Zhou" has constant negative scandals. With these people helping him to hype up, he can't keep a low profile even if he wants to, so he is very helpless.

It is also worth mentioning that from a time perspective, it is obvious that the Marquis of Jizhou was not hostile to Chao Ge because King Zhou forced him to sacrifice his daughter, but that they had planned it more than ten years ago.

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'Huang Shaohong' immediately ordered people to kill all the 'Bangbo' who were causing trouble, and ordered the prison officer to read out the charges of these people in public. Even the well-meaning princes 'Bangbo' were beheaded together, showing the majesty of the king.

, how can you allow others to spy on you.

A few days later, the grand master "Wen Zhong" finally led the rebel army and returned in triumph. "Huang Shaohong" led hundreds of civil and military officials and went ten miles out of the palace to the gate to personally greet the grand master.

The 'Master Wen' saw the king's flag from a distance and knew that the king was coming in person. He was moved and rode the 'Mo Qilin' from the army, soared into the clouds and landed directly in front of the king. He dismounted and paid homage:

"Wen Zhong pays homage to the king!"

'Huang Shaohong' saw 'Wen Zhong' with white hair and white beard, three eyes on his forehead, and a sense of righteousness in his body. He quickly stepped forward to lift him up and said with a smile:

"The grand master went on an expedition to Beihai and made great achievements in quelling the rebellion. He worked hard on the saddle and horse all the way, and there is no need to be bound by vulgar etiquette!"

'Master Wen' was very moved when he heard this and said with a smile:

"It is only thanks to the grace of heaven and earth and the majesty and blessings of the king of men that we can destroy the monsters in the North Sea. Wen Zhong dare not take credit for it!"

The atmosphere when meeting Grand Master Wen was harmonious, which made 'Huang Shaohong' feel more at ease.

Speaking of which, he had an unpleasant past with this person's avatar projection in 'Journey to the West', the 'Nine Heavens Ying Yuan Thunder Universal Transformation Heavenly Lord'. He was also afraid that the other party would sense something and it would be difficult to deal with it.

'Huang Shaohong' invited 'Master Wen' to ride in the royal chariot, but the master could not refuse and had to comply.

On the chariot, 'Master Wen' asked in a low voice:

"Your Majesty asked Kong Xuan to tell the old minister that the Marquis of Jizhou had rebellious intentions. Is this true?"

'Huang Shaohong' immediately told the story from the moment he let 'Su Daji' enter the palace, until he said that 'King Wu Cheng' had searched out the 'Bangbo' of all the princes in the world in Chaoge City.

The meaning of "Huang Shaohong" means that "Jizhou Marquis" has long been opposed to it, and it is not because of "Daji".

After finishing speaking, he also explained: "I don't know what happened to Daji, but actually the matter about Daji was originally a misunderstanding..."

"Your Majesty, what you said is ridiculous!"

‘Wen Zhong’ first stopped ‘Huang Shaohong’, and then he snorted coldly:

"You asked me to die, and I had to die. So what if it wasn't a misunderstanding? Your Majesty allowed his daughter to enter the palace, but it was a favor. Mr. Su Hu was not only ungrateful, but he actually harbored resentment and took the opportunity to attack.

Death cannot be forgiven!"

"Besides, Your Majesty did the right thing by allowing Shang Rong's daughter to enter the palace. If Shang Rong and Ji Chang dare to complain even a little bit, I will definitely kill their clan with both male and female whips!"

'Huang Shaohong''s eyes lit up when he looked at 'Wen Zhong', he was a loyal minister, a loyal minister, and he was very pleased.

‘Wen Zhong’ suddenly said again:

"The princes in the world are so ambitious. In fact, I have noticed their rebellion many years ago, but there has been no evidence. Now their rebellion has been revealed. I ask your Majesty for your permission. I am willing to send troops immediately to intercept the Jizhou Marquis on the way, and then

Kill the other feudal princes one by one!"

'Wen Zhong' had such a fiery temper that when he heard that someone wanted to rebel, he even refused to join the Chao Song, so he immediately led his troops to kill the Jizhou Marquis.

‘Huang Shaohong’ was pleased and quickly stopped him:

"Don't worry, Grand Master, I have conquered all the soldiers in the world, and Great Shang is in peace. As for the princes in the world, I have my own way to deal with it!"
To be continued...