Datang Nongwang

Chapter 765 Pull Li Chunfeng into the Water
If everyone doesn't know, look at me, and I will look at you.

All the ministers were also ignorant, and looked at Li Shimin one after another, hoping to get some answers from Li Shimin.

But Li Shimin sat on the throne without saying a word, quietly watching all the court officials under the court hall.

noisy.

It's like a vegetable market in the market.

All voices are asking each other, what are the high-yield grains in the imperial edict promulgated by Li Shimin?
Where is the Eastern Continent?

Even the ministers are asking each other at this moment.

Li Shimin remained silent, no one knew what the imperial edict meant.

Where did it come from the Eastern Continent.

Where did the high-yielding grains come from?

No one knows, no one understands.

But when everyone asked each other, no one answered them.

Even Li Xiaogong, the uncle who was so close to Li Chongyuan, didn't know what was going on. He looked at Li Chongyuan, who was at the back of the first row of civil servants, and hoped that Li Chongyuan could give him an answer.

But Li Chongyuan was so quiet, he stood there quietly, with his head lowered, squinting his eyes from time to time to see the faces of these court officials.

at last.

The noise faded away.

Fang Xuanling couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, stood up, bowed his hands to Li Shimin and said, "My lord, what do you mean by the Eastern Continent and the high-yield grains mentioned in this edict?"

As soon as Fang Xuanling stood up and asked Li Shimin, Li Shimin just smiled and didn't answer, pointing to Li Chongyuan, "Li Chongyuan, please explain."

Seeing this, Li Chongyuan hurried out.

"My lord, and all of you. I spent a lot of money and lost dozens of ships on the Eastern Continent and the high-yielding grains. I crossed the ocean and went through all kinds of difficulties to reach the other side of the ocean. There, it is The Eastern Continent is tens of thousands of miles away from my Tang Dynasty." After Li Chongyuan came out, he didn't hide anything.

Li Shimin didn't hide anything, so there was no need for Li Chongyuan to hide it.

The imperial edict is to be edicted to the world.

At that time, even if Li Chongyuan wanted to hide it, he couldn't hide it.

You can't keep the East Continent a secret, so go find Li Shimin.

Li Chongyuan would not do this, nor would he want to.

Since he dared to dedicate the map to Li Shimin, then Li Chongyuan was not afraid of being known there, let alone being known by everyone in the world.

The Eastern Continent is a fertile land, and it is also a land that has never been developed. It is also full of gold. Whoever goes there can get a lot of money.

Li Chongyuan didn't mind those so-called aristocratic families, so he went with honorable ones.

What's more, Li Chongyuan hoped that those aristocratic nobles would send people to explore, and maybe they could bring endless wealth to Datang.

Even if the wealth belonged to them, Li Chongyuan was still willing for them to do this, otherwise, Li Chongyuan would not have dedicated the map to Li Shimin.

If he really wanted to swallow the Eastern Continent by himself, Li Chongyuan would not have given away the map.

The territory is too big, how much can Li Chongyuan occupy.

Li Chongyuan's answer did not resolve everyone's confusion, "Junwang Li, how far is the Eastern Continent you mentioned, how far is it from our Tang Dynasty? As far as I know, I passed the Wa Kingdom in the east of the Tang Dynasty. After that, there is an endless sea. Although you have built a lot of big ships, Li Junwang, even if you have a big ship, it is impossible to sail on such a turbulent sea. Li Junwang, dare to ask How did you get to the Eastern Continent?"

"I don't agree with what King Li said. My hometown is Dengzhou. I knew the dangers of the sea when I was young. No matter how big a ship is, it can't cross the endless sea." Naturally dangerous. Moreover, I have never heard of the existence of land on the other side of the endless sea. I am afraid that Junwang Li used a fake map to dedicate to the Holy Majesty, so he was named Sinongqing." The civil servant who grew up by the sea stood up and accused Li Chongyuan.

"My hometown is Chuzhou. Since I was a child, I have never heard of someone who can enter the deep sea. My ancestors once said that those who enter the deep sea will never return." Another civil servant stood up.

"The sea is boundless, but it is extremely dangerous. I have heard that the Lin family in Mizhou formed a fleet of more than [-] ships to explore the deep sea. After more than a year, only a few ships returned. According to them, the deep sea There are countless, no islands, no islets, it is difficult to draft water, and it is difficult to eat. The crew of the sporadic ships that came back will also die one after another. It can be seen that it is more difficult to enter the deep sea than to go to the sky." Another person stood up.

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There are quite a few civil servants who have stood up, it can be said that more than half of the civil servants have stood up.

Some people say how dangerous the sea is.

There are also citations.

It is even said that Li Chongyuan deceived the emperor Li Shimin with a fake map.

It is even said that Li Chongyuan drew a fake map in order to gain a high position, and made some unknown things as high-yielding grains to deceive Li Shimin.

In short.

When Li Chongyuan stood up, it can be said that no one believed Li Chongyuan's words, nor did they believe anything above the imperial edict.

Who would believe it?

The map is not there, and the grain seeds are not there.

Even if it cannot be shown, nor can it be proved to everyone that the existence of high-yielding grain seeds, who would believe it?

even.

Even if Li Chongyuan showed the map and proved the sweet potatoes and other things to the court officials, these people would still think that these things were fake.

So many people doubted, which also made Li Shimin a little uncertain.

Li Shimin was thinking in his heart at the moment, 'Did I make a decision too early?That's all, Shande has gone through various dangers and sent envoys to various countries, this merit is enough to seal his official position.Shande, you can't lie to me. '

Li Shimin felt a little unsure in his heart, and also had a little suspicion.

Whether so many people tell their experiences, or what they have seen and heard, or hearsay, people will always think that what they say is correct.

after all.

At present, no one has really crossed the sea, and no one knows what lies to the east of Datang.

So many officials were skeptical, Li Chongyuan laughed when he heard it, "Hahahaha, ignorance, ignorance. To know is to investigate things, and then to know. This statement is written in the Book of Rites. Book of Rites, I think you have all read it. , but in my opinion, the books of you people may have been read in the latrine."

"Hehe, Junwang Li, others say that you don't read much. It seems that you really are. I'm afraid Junwang Li doesn't know. The sentence you said just now, 'Extend knowledge is to investigate things, and then to know things' is what you are talking about. You know the truth, understand the truth, let’s be reasonable. You use the words of the ancient sages to criticize us, I’m afraid it’s not qualified.” After hearing Li Chongyuan’s words, a civil servant immediately stood up and fought back.

Li Chongyuan looked at the voice coming from behind, raised his eyes, and saw that the man's official uniform was green, he was probably only a seventh-rank official.

For a rank-[-] official to criticize himself as a rank-[-] official, it's really high.

This is not.

As soon as this person spoke, all the civil servants seemed to be silent, and they all took a step away from the official, as if they were afraid of getting too close to the official and polluting themselves.

Seeing this situation, Li Chongyuan knew that the official might not have read the Book of Rites into his heart.

at this time.

Li Shimin who was sitting on the throne, after hearing what the official said, his complexion was a little uneasy, and he slightly raised his eyebrows at Wang Li.

Wang Li approached Li Shimin, and replied softly: "My lord, this person is the supervisor of the Tuntian Division of the Ministry of Industry. Three years ago, he was recommended by the house minister."

After hearing this, Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling with displeasure in his eyes.

At this time, after listening to the warehouse supervisor's response to Li Chongyuan's words, Fang Xuanling sweated a few drops on his forehead, and his face turned blue a lot.

As an official, I don't understand the meaning of the phrase 'extend knowledge in investigating things, and then know things', but only know the superficial meaning.

This warehouse supervisor was recommended by him, Fang Xuanling, so Fang Xuanling didn't have any face.

Li Chongyuan walked slowly to the back of the main hall, came up to the official, sized it up carefully, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are going to be an official. You also told yourself that you are a scholar. You are a scholar. Official, I don’t know if it will harm the people.”

"You!!!" At this moment, the man also knew that he must have said something wrong, because he had already realized that the officials around him who had made good friends were all one or two meters away from him.

Li Chongyuan turned back, bowed his hands to Li Shimin, and then turned to the crowd and said, "Since the Han Dynasty, some people have proposed the theory that the sky is vast and the earth is round. Although no one cared about it at that time, there were many strange people who explored the world. Until now Today, it is estimated that many people still insist on the theory that the sky is round and the earth is flat, and China is in the middle."

"Is not it?"

"That's right, since ancient times, the sky has been round and the earth has been square."

"Li Chongyuan, as a clan, you are not afraid of being punished by the Holy One for making such ridiculous remarks."

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As Li Chongyuan guessed, these people really insisted on the so-called theory of a round sky and a round earth.

Li Chongyuan laughed even more when he heard this.

However, Li Chongyuan can also understand.

The furthest these people have traveled is only in the Tang Dynasty, and how many people can know or understand.

but.

Li Chongyuan is fortunate that Li Shimin believes that the sky is vast and the earth is round, and he is not like these people who have always insisted on the theory that the sky is round and the earth is round.

Speaking of which, these people are also pitiful, ignorant and pitiful.

past life.

Li Chongyuan also heard that in that era of such advanced technology, many Westerners still believed that the earth they lived on was square.

For this reason, in order to prove that the earth is square, a rocket was built to go to the sky to prove it.

After they went up to the sky for a few kilometers, in the end, they still insisted on the theory of locality.

Poor and ridiculous.

Li Chongyuan didn't bother to explain, he bowed his hands to Li Shimin, and walked up to an official, "Dr. Li, about whether the sky is wide and the earth is round, or the sky is round, come to think of it, in this court, you have the most to say." Dr. Li, please come and spread the word to these ignorant people.”

Doctor, not the doctor I studied in my previous life.

At present, a doctor is an official position.

The person in front of Li Chongyuan who he called Dr. Li was none other than Dr. Taichang from Taichang Temple, Li Chunfeng.

Li Chunfeng, I believe everyone knows what this person is capable of.

Kanyu, astronomy, geography, calendar, mathematics, divination, etc., are the first-class everyone.

right now.

One is Yuan Tiangang, and the other is Li Chunfeng.

Although the two were not masters and apprentices, they were officials in the same dynasty and served in Taichang Shi, and they had the same interests, so they naturally became close friends.

Many years ago, Yuan Tiangang was named Huoshan Order by Li Shimin, that is, the post of Taibu Department Order of Taichang Temple, from the seventh rank.

However, Yuan Tiangang is not in Chang'an at the moment, but went to Sanyuan County to supervise the mausoleum.

It turns out that Li Chunfeng in front of him has been working in Taichang Temple.

Saying.

Li Chunfeng's father was originally a small official in the county government in the Sui Dynasty, but he abandoned his official position and became a Taoist priest after failing.

Under the influence of his father, Li Chunfeng read a lot of books, especially in astronomy, geography, mathematics, Yin-Yang and so on.

In the seventh year of Daye's reign in the Sui Dynasty, in June [-]th, Li Chunfeng, who was nine years old at the time, went to Jingyun, Nantuo Mountain, to worship Yuan Daoist as his teacher.

In the 14th year of Daye's reign in the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor. At the age of sixteen or seventeen, Li Chunfeng returned to his hometown. Under Liu Wenjing's recommendation, he joined the army as a secretary in the Prince Qin's residence.

In the first year of Zhenguan, he was awarded the title of General Shilang and served in the Taishi Bureau.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, a new armillary sphere was made and awarded to Chengwu Lang.

Up to now, 17 years of Zhenguan, he is already a doctor of Taichang.

Although Dr. Taichang is only a seventh-rank official position, he can only participate in the big court meeting like today, and he is not even eligible to participate in the small court meeting.

But it was Li Chunfeng's specialty that Li Chongyuan put forward the theory that the sky is wide and the earth is round, so Li Chongyuan took aim at this one.

Li Chongyuan's words may not be convincing above the court.

But Li Chongyuan believed that what Li Chunfeng said was absolutely convincing.

Originally, he thought that Li Chunfeng would go back to deal with official business after quietly participating in today's court meeting, but he never expected that Li Chongyuan would drag him into trouble.

Li Chunfeng looked at Li Chongyuan, and really didn't know whether he should stand up and respond.

But after he saw the way Li Shimin looked at him, Li Chunfeng knew that if he didn't stand up today, he might not have a good time, so he stood up and saluted Li Shimin.

"Although the official is a doctor of Taichang, he knows very little about it. But the king Li Jun said that the sky is vast and the earth is round, but the official recognizes it." Li Chunfeng did not dare to offend Li Chongyuan, nor did he dare to deceive Li Shimin. He said it according to his own opinion.

As soon as Li Chunfeng's words came out, the court began to explode.

As soon as the pot exploded, many civil officials stood up and criticized, "Li Chunfeng, you are Dr. Taichang, you must have been bribed by King Li."

"The official looked at the two of them's eyebrows, and they must have communicated a long time ago. The sky is round, and the sky is round since ancient times."

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It's messed up again.

However, it's not that the civil servants didn't believe Li Chunfeng, but they were extremely suspicious that Li Chunfeng was bought by Li Chongyuan.

This made Li Chongyuan sneer even more in his heart after hearing what these people said, he really didn't know what to think.

Li Chongyuan actually knew it in his heart.

These people didn't believe his words, nor did they believe Li Chunfeng's words, they just didn't want Li Chongyuan to be Secretary of Agriculture.

No matter what you say, they don't want Li Chongyuan to get the official position of Si Nongqing, a third-rank official.

(End of this chapter)