My bad words were heard by all the civil and military officials in the court

Chapter 108: Carrying Manure Together

In less than a day, the prey was lost and a disaster occurred.

Ye Shengxin was so angry when he returned to the village late at night that he threw Huang Youwei, whose life or death was unknown, into the woodshed which was leaking air from all sides.

Xiaoya has an idea of ​​how to deal with this man and can definitely find a place for him.

The next morning, Emperor Jingming got up early to check on Huang Youwei who was still unconscious, and then went to the kitchen to wash rice and cook porridge.

Zhang Liang slept in the same room with Emperor Jingming last night. The room was close to the kitchen. He woke up when he heard the noise but did not see Emperor Jingming, so his sleepiness was mostly gone.

After getting dressed, he hurried to the kitchen, where he and his ministers saw Emperor Jingming roasting wild vegetables amidst the smoke and fire.

Ministers:...

One of the ministers could not help but say: "Your Majesty has suffered."

Zhang Liang also felt so, and what virtue did he have to deserve the emperor to cook for him?

So he quickly stepped forward, took the shovel from Emperor Jingming's hand, and was about to help share the burden.

He still remembered the scratches he saw on His Majesty's ankle last night. That tiger was too cruel.

He deeply regretted that he came a day late, otherwise His Majesty would not have been injured.

"Brother Zhang, you are a guest. How can I let a guest take action? Go outside and have a rest."

Emperor Jingming snatched the shovel back again.

How could Zhang Liang dare to rest? He looked around for work to do. Finally, he picked up a pile of firewood and started chopping it hard in front of Emperor Jingming.

He was shouting slogans while chopping, fearing that Emperor Jingming would not see his share of the burden, and ended up waking up Ye Shengxin.

Feeling that she was being rude, she snatched the axe from his hand.

Zhang Liang looked for work everywhere and finally saw the dried mushrooms that had been dried and placed on the top of the cabinet.

While Emperor Jingming was not paying attention, he took the mushrooms outside, washed them thoroughly, and placed them next to Emperor Jingming.

Let him use it.

Emperor Jingming looked at Zhang Liang, who was nimble and eager to take credit, and said, "Brother Zhang, this mushroom is poisonous."

Zhang Liang cried out "Ah!" and was pushed out of the kitchen by Emperor Jingming.

Several ministers in the court saw this scene and were somewhat envious: "Although yesterday was thrilling, Zhang Liang, this old guy, was lucky enough to eat what Your Majesty made."

The Queen was somewhat relieved: "Although His Majesty is not good at kitchen matters, he can cook now. When he comes back someday, I will definitely try his cooking skills."

The prince was a little worried: "Father is eating wild vegetables. I don't know how they taste and whether I can swallow them."

When the food was served, Emperor Jingming was the first to start eating, and then Zhang Liang started to pick up some wild vegetables.

When His Majesty, a novice, took a bite of the wild vegetables, he thought there would be some problems with the taste, but he didn't expect it to taste quite good.

He praised: "Brother Ye's cooking skills have whetted my appetite."

After he finished speaking, he picked up another piece of food with chopsticks to confirm that what he said was true.

Ye Shengxin also took a big bite, which made the ministers completely believe that Zhang Liang was not flattering them.

After experiencing life and death, Emperor Jingming still liked Zhang Liang and laughed: "If you like it, I will do it for you again when I come back tonight."

Zhang Liang was shocked: "No way, how can we let..."

Under the smiling and puzzled gaze of Emperor Jingming, he reacted and changed the subject: "How can you treat me like this? Food is not easy to come by, so we should save some food."

The small topic passed by, and after everyone finished their meal, Zhang Liang saw Emperor Jingming picking up his hoe and preparing to go out, and hurried over to him:

"Where are you going, Brother Ye?"

Ye Xingxin came out to pour the dishwater and explained to him, "Oh, Xiaoya and I owed three taels of silver to the Cui family at the east end of the village, and Xiaoya is going to pay it back."

"I have to carry manure on the fields for a month."

"Carrying manure?" Zhang Liang shouted unconsciously.

"Carrying manure?" The ministers in the court said in unison, their eye sockets could hardly contain their huge eyeballs.

Their Majesty, is he going to carry manure for others just for three taels of silver?

How outrageous, how ridiculous!

The ministers looked at Tongshan with grief and anger, and many of them could not help but kneel down in his direction.

"Master Tongshan, your majesty is so precious. It's already unfair enough that you have lost your memory and are in trouble. How can you...how can you do such menial work? If this gets out, what will happen to your majesty's reputation?"

"Three taels of silver is just a reward from my old servant's house. Why do you bother Your Majesty so much?"

Tongshan had a kind face and calm eyes: "Buddha said that all beings are equal. If you are worried that your Majesty will have a bad reputation because of this, why don't you do the same as Lord Zhang and also pick up some manure."

"If this is the case, people below will follow suit and no one will criticize us anymore."

"By the way, this is not what I meant."

The ministers were stunned, and some could not help but ask: "How can this be done?"

Tongshan sighed, "Your Majesty can do it, but the donors can't. When your Majesty comes back and finds out that the donors can only share the good times but not the bad times, he will probably be disappointed."

The prince watched his father calmly take over the creditor's shoulder pole and head towards the toilet with Zhang Liang. He gritted his teeth and said:

"If my father can do it, I can do it too. When my father comes back, I will definitely give him a piece of fertile land irrigated with manure water."

The prince had said so, and Prime Minister Shangguan was the first among the ministers to express his opinion. The remaining ministers had no choice but to accept the task even if they were unwilling.

only--

A minister asked: "Master, what do you mean by not what you meant?"

Tongshan said nothing.

Riding on a donkey and carrying a basket to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, Ye Xingxin saw Emperor Jingming working hard on the land and was inspired to give them the answer:

"When I hoe the field at noon, my sweat drips down to the ground. Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the result of hard work?"

"Plant one grain of millet in spring, and harvest ten thousand seeds in autumn. There is no idle land in the world, and farmers still starve to death."

"It would be great if those princes and high officials who are used to a stable life and don't know the suffering of the people could also experience this kind of suffering, so as not to be like Huang Youwei, who is idle every day, causing trouble for the people, and is used to increasing taxes and forcing military service."

Ministers:...

Why are you dragging this matter onto us?

We really didn't do anything!

Master Tongshan spread his hands and said, "All donors have seen it, this is the answer."

All the ministers sighed deeply and thought sadly: Even if Ye Shengxin had lost his memory, he still did not forget to greet them even though he was thousands of miles away.

It's really... too polite!

The Queen took the walnut, knocked it with a small hammer, and interrupted to remind: "Everyone, it's time to eat walnuts."

"Have you brought all the hammers I gave you yesterday?"

Ministers:...

Under the sky, Emperor Jingming covered his nose and carried manure to the field. Zhang Liang followed behind him, also carrying two buckets.

The ministers looked at them sweating profusely, feeling mixed emotions in their hearts, and a strange smell suddenly filled the court.

"It stinks? Who farted?"

"vomit!"

"Why is the smell so strong!"

"Your Highness, this smell seems to be coming from the sky."

An astute minister noticed this and could not crack the walnut any further, so he reported it while holding his nose.

Several ministers couldn't bear the stench and fainted, and some even went out to vomit.

The court was in a state of panic for a while before the ministers adapted to the situation.

"Why is this so? The Sky Curtain Divine Power is beyond the ability of us to withstand."

Master Tongshan: "Maybe it's to let the donors get used to it in advance."