After Breaking Off My Marriage, I Became A Powerful Minister's Treasure

Chapter 172: I Know How To Do It!

"How should we offer this God-given seed?"

She could still explore and have fun dealing with the agriculture or business aspect of this.

But when it came to matters related to the court, she was really not good at it.

Xiao Hanzheng thought about what he knew in his past life.

He suddenly remembered something.

"Recently, that prince in the fief has been doing a lot of things.

"He has been spreading news in many places to accuse the current emperor of using his power to seize the throne, and that it is unorthodox.

"Many commoners were fueled and are making a ruckus.

"Now is the right time for us to deliver the corn grain. We can help the emperor resolve this unfavorable rumor."

Shi Qingluo asked, "What you mean is that we say that this bag of high-yield seeds is bestowed by the heavens to our emperor to prove that he is actually orthodox?"

Xiao Hanzheng nodded. "More or less.

"I can imitate the old priest's handwriting and write a will of what would happen to the corn.

"The intention is that the current emperor is orthodox and he is recognized by heaven.

"So, the heaven gods bestowed this bag of high-yield so that the people of Daliang will no longer die from famine."

Of course, even if corn became a common good in Daliang, there would definitely still be people who would starve.

However, if they wanted to make it look like a miracle, they needed to exaggerate it a little.

He said regretfully, "If I write this letter now, there would be people in the imperial court who would be able to trace when this letter was written."

Shi Qingluo grasped the main point. "So we just have to make the will look older right?"

Xiao Hanzheng nodded. "That's right. It's better if we make it look as if it was written many years ago. This means that the heaven gods have long acknowledged our current emperor."

Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "I know how to make it old!"

Her grandfather loved collecting antiques, especially ancient paintings.

Once, she excitedly bought an "authentic painting" and gave it to her grandfather.

In the end, her grandfather concluded that it was a fake.

At that time, she felt that it was unlikely.

After all, it looked very old.

Then, her grandfather personally made a painting and let her see for herself as he gave it an antique feel.

Those who didn't know would have believed that the painting was produced more than a hundred years ago.

They wouldn't be able to tell that the painting was just created.

At that time, she had seen the entire process, so she knew how to do this.

Xiao Hanzheng was stunned.

He obviously didn't expect his little wife to know how to do this. "Alright, then I'll go write the old immortal's will. Then you will age it in the next few days.

"Doing this means we offer the high-yield seeds and solve the problem for the current emperor. It won't raise any fear among the public."

He emphasized, "Most of the credit for the corn belongs to the emperor. Heaven has bestowed this emperor with the responsibility to bless his people."

Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "I understand. No emperor would want to see anyone with a higher status than him.

"These high-yield seeds are bestowed to the emperor to recognize his efforts to rule Daliang. People in Daliang would trust the emperor's ruling.

"Let's just take a little credit from him. This is good enough."

Xiao Hanzheng smiled lightly. "My wife is really smart."

Even though his wife had never gone to the imperial court, she was able to see through the situation so clearly.

In contrast, many of the courtiers were unable to see through it.

If others were to obtain a high-yield grain like corn seeds, many would definitely show off and donate the seed under the spotlight.

They would wish that everyone knew that they were the ones who discovered these seeds.

Initially, the emperor would be happy, of course.

But whenever others mentioned the corn seeds and credited it to others which did not seem to have anything to do with the emperor, would the emperor still be happy?

Even if he was fine with it at the beginning, if someone were to constantly provoke him, he might feel more and more uncomfortable.

Moreover, there were still a lot of internal problems within the governance of Daliang.

If they kept advertising these corn seeds under their own name, it was very likely that that prince would use them as a weapon to attack the emperor.

Shi Qingluo asked curiously, "Did you just say that that prince wanted to usurp the throne?"

Otherwise, why would he spread rumors that the emperor wasn't orthodox.

Xiao Hanzheng nodded. "That's right. He was the son of the late emperor's favorite concubine.

"He also had some talent.

"When the late emperor was still alive, he revealed his talents too much and was suppressed by the other princes.

"Moreover, this prince is a little headstrong and self-opinionated.

"He is not suitable to be the emperor.

"Our previous emperor conquered the Daliang kingdom.

"As long as he doesn't wish for the Daliang kingdom to be defeated so quickly, he will naturally choose a more suitable heir to the throne."