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Chapter 172: Humanity and Sophistication
The Prince's Mansion.
The plaque on the vermilion door with the name Prince Yue's Palace has been replaced by the Prince's Palace.
All the servants and maids were beaming with joy.
Li Zhen showed great talent in the Ganlu Palace, scolded Chu Suiliang to death, made Gao Shilian mad, and left Changsun Wuji helpless.
What's more important is that Li Zhen actually composed hundreds of poems in one breath in the main hall that have been passed down to future generations. This kind of ability is unprecedented and has never been seen before.
The prince's poems were copied all over the city, attracting high prices in Luoyang.
Some people even say that Li Zhen is the greatest talent and writer in history.
For a time, Li Zhen became the most famous person in the Tang Dynasty.
However, compared with the limelight from the outside world, Li Zhen was busy farming at home during this period.
Yes, a prince personally made dozens of pottery pots in a greenhouse in the prince's mansion. They were filled with soil, and many green seedlings sprouted out of the soil.
Li Zhen took care of these seedlings carefully, watering, weeding, and fertilizing every day. Watching the seedlings grow up little by little, Li Zhen felt happy.
"Your Highness, why do you want to plant these flower seedlings?" Nina asked.
"There are not seedlings here, they are all treasures." Li Zhen shook her head and said.
"Then what is this?" Nina asked in confusion.
Li Zhen smiled and said, "This is a sweet potato."
"Sweet potato? I've never heard of this name."
Li Zhenxin said that she only saw a ghost after hearing about it!
The origin of sweet potatoes is the Americas. It was only brought to China by the Spaniards during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It is now the Tang Dynasty. It will be nearly a thousand years before sweet potatoes are introduced to the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, Nina has never heard of it.
These sweet potatoes were awarded to Li Zhen by the system during the last mission.
Li Zhen was overjoyed when she saw the prize sweet potato.
Sweet potatoes are resistant to drought, acid and alkali, and have strong adaptability. They can be planted on most land and have extremely high yields.
Food production is an important factor restricting population development. Once the population growth exceeds the supply of food, society will become turbulent.
For example, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were 100 million people. However, due to natural and man-made disasters and the 70-year Little Ice Age, the sunshine hours were short and food production was insufficient.
The people did not have enough to eat, so they naturally rebelled, so Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others rebelled, eventually destroying the Ming Dynasty.
By the late Qing Dynasty, the population of China suddenly increased to 400 million people, but there was no lasting rebellion. Even the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lasted only more than ten years. The important reason was not the large-scale cultivation and consumption of sweet potatoes.
Because sweet potatoes have high yields, high starch content, good taste, and can make people full, there is no large-scale production of sweet potatoes.
At that time, and now at this time, only Li Zhen knew the important role of sweet potatoes, and the rest did not realize how much changes this small sweet potato would bring to the Tang Dynasty.
Li Zhen thought that she would grow sweet potatoes in the greenhouse. By the turn of spring and summer, the first batch of sweet potatoes would have reached maturity and they could be planted in batches. By then, the whole city of Chang'an would be able to eat sweet potatoes.
Just as he was thinking about it, a voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, Mr. Cheng Chuli has brought the talented man from Taiyuan, Di Dingtian, to ask for an audience."
Li Zhen¡¯s brows furrowed.
Li Zhen would never see anyone like this.
What Li Zhen despises the most is this kind of person who follows the trend, has no real ability, and is always trying to find a way out.
??But Cheng Chuli is his confidant, and he has to give him face.
Li Zhen thought about it and decided to give Cheng Chu a face and not do it again.
In the side hall, Li Zhen met Cheng Chuli and the Taiyuan talented man Di Dingtian.
When they met, Li Zhen asked a few questions and felt that Di Ding's genius was mediocre and only had middle-to-upper-level qualifications, so he felt a little disapproving.
After a few hasty remarks, Li Zhen was about to leave. Cheng Chuli saw something bad and immediately said: "Master Di, have you brought the words "Fu Wang Xizhi"?
"Bring it here." Di Dingtian took out a scroll.
Li Zhen's heart moved. Wang Xizhi was a calligraphy sage and Li Shimin's most respected calligrapher. Li Shimin loved Wang Xizhi's calligraphy and collected it as soon as he discovered it.
When Li Zhen heard that Di Dingtian was named Wang Xizhi, she couldn't help but feel??.
Di Dingtian said: "This is a treasure passed down by the common people, specially presented to His Royal Highness, so that the pearl will not be covered with dust."
Being able to speak is not as good as being able to listen. What a pearl covered in dust is just a polite word. Di Dingtian clearly wants to bribe himself.
Li Zhen said: "I don't know anything about calligraphy and painting, you'd better put it away."
Cheng Chuzhi and the old man blushed and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, give me some face"
Li Zhen looked at Cheng Chuzhi's appearance. Although she was angry in her heart, she could only say: "I won't do this next time."
"Open it and take a look!" Li Zhen said.
Di Dingtian opened the scroll and saw that the character was strong and old-fashioned. Li Zhen didn't know whether it was good or bad, but Cheng Chuzhi knew the difference. He exclaimed when he saw it: "Good calligraphy, really good calligraphy. It seems to be Wang Youjun (Wang Youjun)" Wang Xizhi served as a general of the Right Army, so he is known as Wang Youjun) in his later years."
Di Dingtian nodded and said proudly: "This character was written on Wang Xizhi's birthday. It is majestic and majestic. It is the best among Wang Xizhi's works. Only a prince with his status can be worthy of this character."
Li Zhen thought that Li Shimin liked Wang Xizhi¡¯s calligraphy the most, so if he gave this calligraphy to him, he must like it very much.
¡°But it¡¯s not appropriate to allow yourself to accept bribes for this. Now is the critical moment. Everyone is staring at you. If someone catches you, you will be in big trouble.
??Besides, if you are the examiner just to achieve something, how can you commit fraud for personal gain?
Thinking of this, Li Zhen said: "The words are good words. You can present them directly to the emperor. I don't know the words, so it is useless to offer them to me."
Hearing what Li Zhen said, Cheng Chuzhi understood what Li Zhen was thinking and immediately said: "Master Di, you have also seen it. If the prince doesn't want you, you should go back."
Di Dingtian became anxious when he heard this and said loudly: "Your Highness, although this word is an ancestral possession of my Di family, I, the Di family, think that we are not worthy of having such a good calligraphy. Such a good calligraphy is only worthy of the emperor. Then Please ask His Highness the Crown Prince to convey this word to the Emperor on my behalf."
Li Zhen's heart was moved, and she thought that Di Dingtian was so powerful. If he presented this painting to the emperor, he would be able to get rid of the suspicion of malpractice, and the emperor would also have a good impression of Di Dingtian. After the imperial examination, When the time comes, I will naturally open my eyes and take a high look.
¡°I never expected that Di Dingtian would have such scheming and wisdom, which is worthy of the Internet.
Li Zhen immediately asked: "Di Dingtian, you are also a smart man. In this case, I will forward this word to the emperor!" (Remember the website address of this website: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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