[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter":3,"chapter-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter-great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-124":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Ming: I Die Daily Remonstrating, Becoming the Eternal Prime Minister?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2041567,3117,"Chapter 124","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-124",124,"\u003Cp>Everyone in the Eastern Palace watched Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang standing dazed in the main hall, their faces turning pale with fright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen asked nervously,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandfather Emperor, are you, are you alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming to his senses, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang cast a puzzled glance at Su Qiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am tired; let us discuss this matter later! I have other business now; you all attend to your own affairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Commander Jiang Huang, follow me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang strode quickly out of the main hall, leaving the crowd in the Eastern Palace staring at one another in bewilderment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the Eastern Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seated on the dragon palanquin, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang, with a gloomy expression, gave a low-order instruction:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go immediately throughout the entire city and find a merchant for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This merchant sells seeds called potato, sweet potato, maize, chili peppers, and the like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once found, bring both the person and the seeds directly into the palace without delay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not allow any postponement; do you understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This humble officer receives your decree!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Commander Commander Jiang Huang immediately ran out of the palace grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, on the other side, Su Qiao was walking toward the palace exit in near despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sentence of execution pending review was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That fellow Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen somehow returned possessed by a war god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Zhu acted every day as if struck by madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he truly destined to meet his end here in this life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Su Qiao prepared to head home,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he saw a merchant wearing a felt hat sitting on a folding stool by a roadside stall, silently sizing him up without uttering a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The merchant neither cried his wares nor solicited customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to belong to a different world entirely from the bustling Qianmen Avenue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Su Qiao clearly saw the goods displayed before the merchant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could no longer remain calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maize?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Potato?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chili peppers?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Su Qiao name these items, the corners of the merchant's mouth lifted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A fated person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao lunged forward in a single stride, fixed his gaze intensely on the merchant, and demanded,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did you get these things?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The merchant looked at Su Qiao and smiled, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From a foreign trader.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is that foreign trader?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dead; I buried him with my own hands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of Su Qiao's mouth twitched slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were all genuine crops from the Americas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone knew that Columbus did not discover the New World until 1492.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Hongwu reign of the Great Ming, let alone Columbus himself,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even Columbus's grandfather had not yet been born at this time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Columbus was not the first person to discover the Americas?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Su Qiao's previously agitated mood calmed somewhat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, in later generations there was controversy over whether Columbus was truly the first to discover the New World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many scholars even believed that Zheng He of the Ming dynasty was the first to reach the American continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could not be denied was that long before Columbus, humanity already possessed the ability to discover new continents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before that, perhaps someone had quietly traveled to South America and brought back a few things?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of whether this theory was scientific,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was sufficient to convince Su Qiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at these crops before him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao's eyes grew increasingly bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn old Zhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So you won't kill me, eh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then today I shall eat the very things that would immortalize your name in history!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at these complete and intact plants before him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao asked with keen interest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shopkeeper, how much for these things?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten taels of silver, no bargaining.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll take it all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Su Qiao pulled out a purse, weighed it in his hand, and immediately tossed it to the merchant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full two sacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao hoisted the sacks and headed toward his home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not taken two steps before turning back, about to ask the merchant how much more of this stuff he had, when—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he discovered the merchant had vanished into thin air right there on Qianmen Street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he had never appeared at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao sighed helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, there was no need for him to truly eradicate these things root and branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only needed Old Zhu to believe that he had already eradicated them root and branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sooner these things entered the Great Ming, the better it would be for the common people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking thus, Su Qiao gave it no further thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately quickened his pace toward his home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after Su Qiao arrived home,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the entire Embroidered Uniform Guard of Jin Ling poured out en masse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They frantically began searching throughout Jin Ling City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single merchant on the streets escaped the search by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huang, mounted on his horse, spoke with a grave expression, issuing a low command:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you cannot find those few items, none of you are to return for dinner today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Commander Commander Jiang Huang was searching the streets for potatoes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he spotted Su Qiao buying beef at a street stall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like other dynasties, the Ming strictly prohibited the slaughter of plow oxen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this did not mean the Ming prohibited eating beef.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, in stark contrast to other dynasties, because the Northern Northern Yuan people had the habit of eating beef and because the early Ming achieved continuous victories in campaigns against the steppes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they captured large numbers of Sanhe cattle and Steppe Red cattle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since plow oxen required training from calfhood, the early Ming consequently possessed many adult cattle incapable of plowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These cattle were naturally sold off by the court, flooding into the populace in great numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>According to some records in the Treatise on Food and Money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Hongwu reign, beef in Jiaxing Prefecture cost fourteen wen per jin, while pork prices reached as high as nineteen wen per jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fully shows how much advantage the Great Ming gained from the grasslands at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he also noticed Commander Commander Jiang Huang in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Commander Commander Jiang, would you like to join us for a bite? This beef was just sliced.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huang looked at Su Qiao, clasped his fists slightly, and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No thank you, Lord Su. I have an imperial order and must attend to my duties.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao did not press the matter with Commander Commander Jiang Huang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was merely a polite gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two parted ways at the street corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao returned home in high spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Su Qiao was preparing to heat oil in the wok, he glanced at the potatoes and maize in the corner and fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, Su Qiao let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these truly are the only few potato plants, wouldn't I become an eternal sinner?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking thus, Su Qiao surveyed the courtyard house behind him, his gaze finally settling on the patch of land within the courtyard that received the best sunlight each day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well, right here it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the time spring arrives next year, I should have long since returned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, Su Qiao casually dug a small hole and buried one potato and a few kernels of maize inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having settled that, Su Qiao skillfully cooked a large pot of braised beef with potatoes, then roasted two sweet potatoes and some maize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after enjoying a hearty meal did Su Qiao suddenly remember.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I eat at home like this without Old Zhu knowing, wouldn't I have eaten in vain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao's gaze immediately shifted to the leftover rice in the pot nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering for a long while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he promptly packed the remaining leftovers into a food carrier and hurriedly headed to the Eastern Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, within the Eastern Palace, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen was still anxiously contemplating Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's demeanor from earlier that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Huang, do you think Grandfather Emperor truly intends to partition the land?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the land is truly partitioned, our Zhu family will become eternal sinners.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Huang Zicheng looked at Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness, I believe His Majesty would absolutely not do such a thing... alas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Huang Zicheng stopped halfway through his sentence, forcibly swallowing the words \"benighted and incompetent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen remained filled with anxiety,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao carried a food carrier and quietly entered the Ciqing Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing Su Qiao, Huang Huang Zicheng immediately flew into a rage, pointing at Su Qiao's nose and shouting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Su Qiao! How do you still have the face to come here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know that the common people of this realm are nearly doomed because of you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Su Qiao could speak, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen stepped forward to shield him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Su, Mr. Huang did not mean it that way; please do not take it to heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao sighed helplessly, stood where he was, and smiled, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crown Prince's Heir, never mind that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is some fresh delicacy I prepared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen sighed helplessly and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Su, it is not that Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen is ungrateful, but if this realm falls into disarray and fragmentation, you and I will both be eternal sinners; how can Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen possibly eat anything now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao looked at Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen helplessly and smiled, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crown Prince's Heir, what are you thinking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is for you to present to His Majesty for his enjoyment; regardless of anything else, it will at least demonstrate your filial devotion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Su Qiao's words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>both Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen and Huang Huang Zicheng were momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Has the sun risen in the west?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How has this Su Qiao started offering strategies to the Crown Prince's Heir?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curious, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen stepped forward and lifted the lid of the food carrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, a fragrant aroma permeated the entire Eastern Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen looked at Su Qiao in shock and asked incredulously,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Su, this is...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, braised beef with potatoes; I also roasted a few sweet potatoes and some maize.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen quickly said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, Master Su, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen is asking what these items signify.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao stood aside and smiled, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is His Majesty not in a poor mood? If the Crown Prince's Heir presents these items, it will at least whet His Majesty's appetite.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Observing Su Qiao's demeanor, Huang Huang Zicheng couldn't help but stroke his beard, stand aside, and remark with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Su, if you had arrived sooner, why would we have had to make such a scene?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are a man of great talent; having followed the Crown Prince, he will surely not treat you poorly in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao could not be bothered to respond to Huang Huang Zicheng and simply looked at Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen with a smile, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you should hurry to see His Majesty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen glanced at Huang Huang Zicheng with some confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Huang Zicheng gave a slight nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness, go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen, suspecting nothing, took the food box and hurriedly made his way to the Hall of Heavenly Purity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, he even ordered someone to fetch a basin of hot water, fearing the dishes might grow cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Hall of Heavenly Purity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang sat upon the dragon throne, his expression gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huan kept his head bowed, daring not to make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You of the Embroidered Uniform Guard are quite capable, aren't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it you cannot even find a single merchant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huan trembled as he whispered softly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, this humble official has sent men to turn every inch of Qianmen Street upside down and has searched several estates outside the city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even old farmers who have tilled the soil their entire lives have never heard of the items Your Majesty mentioned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Several foreign monks at the Court of State Ceremonies also claimed they had never heard of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang slammed his palm onto the table with a loud bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If just anyone could know about this, why would I have sent you to look?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I give the Embroidered Uniform Guard so much silver every year; do I pay you just to eat idle rice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Commander Commander Jiang Huan shivered involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped to his knees with a thud and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This subject deserves ten thousand deaths.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having spoken, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang slumped heavily back onto the dragon throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Search, and keep searching!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if you have to turn the entire capital upside down today,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"you must find this thing called 'potato' for me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2234,"2026-06-16T00:02:23.775Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","f957d83f6681180b8314cfd9b973e0c9cc3a18e9327dfb9dc16bb21c63deaa2f","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-125","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-123",125,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-cover.jpg"]