"Your Majesty, I suddenly remembered that there is a reason why His Highness Prince Yan was late for the court today!"
"King Yan has stayed up late into the night in order to cultivate potatoes during this period, so he got up late. As the teacher of His Highness, King Yan, Wei Chen has seen everything! Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
After saying that, Quan Wanji prostrated on the ground again.
Basically all the civil and military officials above the main hall did not believe Quan Wanji's words, but...
Potato?
What is this? What is the purpose of nurturing?
Except for a limited number of people at the scene who knew about this thing, everyone else was completely blinded.
"Well, that makes sense!"
Li Shimin nodded slowly.
Seeing this, the officials immediately reacted. His Majesty the Emperor was obviously planning to step aside and defend King Yan.
The other ministers did not intend to say anything more except that they marveled in their hearts that His Majesty the Emperor's love for King Yan was unparalleled.
After all, since ancient times, few ministers who have opposed the emperor have ended well.
But Wei Zheng didn't care about that at all, and he knelt in the main hall holding a wat board, "Your Majesty! No matter what the reason, King Yan was late for the court meeting and violated the court's laws. This is a fact and must be severely punished!"
"If you indulge King Yan in this way, sooner or later it will cause disaster for the Tang Dynasty!"
"If Your Majesty insists on doing this, I will have no choice but to die today to make my determination clear!"
After saying that, Wei Zheng made a move to hit the huge pillar on the main hall.
"Stop him quickly!" When Li Shimin saw this, he immediately asked someone to hold Wei Zheng back. No matter whether Wei Zheng was really going to hit him to death, he must be stopped. Otherwise, how would he be written about in future history books?
Wei Zheng wanted to hit the giant pillar on the left, but a group of civil servants quickly blocked the pillar.
Wei Zheng turned his head and wanted to hit the giant pillar on the right, but Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Gong stopped him directly.
"Your Majesty, even if Wei Zheng fails to kill me today, I will go on a hunger strike and die!"
Wei Zheng wanted to break away, but as a scholar, how could he break away from two top generals, so he could only speak loudly.
If it were placed at any other time, Wei Zheng's move would definitely have failed against Li Shimin. Perhaps the next step would be to severely punish Li You according to Wei Zheng's wishes. Even if Li Shimin wanted to protect Li You, he could only make the punishment lighter, that is.
Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be escaped.
But this time it's different.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Wei Aiqing, some things may really be excusable."
"Quan Wanji, come and introduce to everyone what this potato is!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After Quan Wanji received Li Shimin's order, his whole body felt as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
"My lords, potatoes are a kind of crop. King Yan spent a lot of effort to cultivate them. If they are planted, the yield can reach 1,500 kilograms per mu!"
"This thing can be called a divine thing!"
!!!
Upon hearing Quan Wanji's words, the officials in the main hall suddenly widened their eyes, looking completely unbelievable.
The yield per mu is 1,500 kilograms, which is simply a fantasy!
"Bold and powerful for all time! As a censor holding a book, you just didn't uphold the laws of the imperial court. Now in order to open up opportunities for King Yan, you actually fabricated lies and tried to deceive the emperor. It is a capital crime!"
"Quan Wanji, I thought you were an upright person, but I didn't expect you to open your eyes and tell lies! We are ashamed to serve in the same court as you!"
"The yield per mu is 1,500 kilograms, haha, what a joke!"
The ministers were furious and accused Quan Wanji one after another, and even wanted to convict him!
When Quan Wanji saw this, he didn't panic at all, "Your Majesty, it seems that your lords don't believe what Wei Chen said. Please allow your Majesty to allow Wei Chen to carry the potatoes to the main hall so that your lords can take a look!"
"That's right."
This was originally discussed between Li Shimin and Quan Wanji. The monarch and his ministers sang in harmony, and the rhythm was completely in their hands.
Not long after, several palace guards came to the main hall carrying two large vats.
"Everyone, please come and take a look!"
Quan Wanji pointed to the two large tanks and said with a smile.
In an instant, the ministers surrounded the two large vats. Although they still did not believe that there was something in this world that could produce 1,500 kilograms of grain, they were still very curious about potatoes.
"What are the potatoes growing in this big vat?"
"Where are the potatoes? Didn't you see them?"
"There is only one green plant in this big tank. Could it be that this green plant weighs a thousand kilograms?"
"Quan Wanji, are you entertaining us?"
The ministers studied carefully for a long time, but could not see the reason, and once again accused Quan Wanji.
"Hey, gentlemen, don't be anxious!"
"Watch it carefully!"
After saying that, Quan Wanji picked up a hammer from the guard's hand and smashed it towards the vat.
There was a clang sound.
The vat shattered with a sound.
Potatoes rolled out from the vat of soil one by one.
Quan Wanji put down the hammer, squatted down, and grabbed a potato rhizome. He saw seven or eight potatoes hanging on the rhizome.
"My lords, what's hanging here is potatoes!"
"You can touch and feel the weight of this potato, and then calculate whether one acre of land can produce 1,500 kilograms."
Quan Wanji said with a smile.
"Is this a potato?"
"The shape is very strange."
"Is this really cultivated by King Yan?"
"Strange, doesn't King Yan go to Lefang every day? Could it be that everything before was an illusion?"
Many courtiers reached out and touched the potatoes, then weighed them, and soon someone calculated them.
"There are seven or eight potatoes under each potato rhizome. At least two to three hundred plants can be planted in one acre of land. Calculating this, this acre of land weighs at least 1,500 kilograms!"
"Hiss, there really is!"
"If this kind of output is really produced, it would be terrible!"
"It's a divine thing! It's definitely a divine thing!"
"I have lived for decades, but I have never heard of such a magical thing as potatoes. I am really ashamed!"
....
The facts are before our eyes, and the ministers have no choice but to believe it or not.
In particular, Dai Zhou, the Minister of Revenue, was the most excited. He held the potatoes in his hands as if they were gold, and his eyes shone.
Soon, the officials' eyes shifted from Tudou to Li You, and their eyes changed from disgust and disdain to curiosity and admiration!
When I feel these eyes.
Li You suddenly felt bad in his heart.
[Oops! I didn’t expect these two guys, Li Er and Quan Wanji, to do this. Now I’m afraid they will be targeted by these guys. How can I keep a low profile in the future? 】
[Is the body of our dandy prince about to collapse? 】
[Why do you have to lift the potatoes out? Why don’t you just let Wei Zheng put him back in? 】
[Wei Zheng wants to hit a pillar, just let him hit it. Why stop him? Are you worried that the history books will call you Li Er a foolish king in the future? Don't worry, as long as you let the people live a good life, you will force all the officials to do so.
Even if you die, no one will scold you. You are also one of the ten emperors. Lao Zhu does this better than Li Er.】
【You must know that people are like water, and kings are like boats. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!】
!!!
Hearing this, Li Shimin suddenly took a breath of air!