Great Tang princess

Chapter 93 Calculating Yield
Seeing that this matter could not be pushed away, Li Yuechen thought about what to do.

To be honest, in her life plan, there is really no option to become an official in the court.

Originally, I thought that as a girl, inventing something to gain favor and get Li Zhi to allow me to open a shop to earn money would be my limit.

Unexpectedly, this ancient emperor dared to think and act more than himself, and even offered to let women enter the court as officials.

Although it is true that I am a princess, a princess is also a woman!

Once this hole is opened, it will not only cause shock in the imperial court, but also shock the whole world!

The ancients didn't like to be flexible, they only wanted to follow the ancestral system.One is to avoid trouble, and the other is because I am familiar with this set of rules and I am used to it.

But now that the emperor took the lead in violating the ancestral system, no one knew what the consequences would be.

Li Zhi beckoned, and Zhang Chengxin handed over the health ball with a wink.

"What's Hong'er's opinion on this matter?"

Seeing the ball hit him, Li Hong was slightly taken aback, and raised his hand to stroke the beard that had just grown: "I think Yuechen has a great talent! If it's a man, there's no problem, but after all..."

After all, this is a troublesome question after all.

Li Zhi's advanced thinking does not mean that his son is also advanced. The system that has lasted for thousands of years cannot be changed so easily.

Again, this country has always been a patriarchal system. Even Wu Zetian, who ascended to the throne of God, only defeated men, not patriarchy.

Wanting a woman to become an official in the court is not as simple as the emperor said, there are many problems that need to be solved.

"You don't need to think about other things." Li Zhi waved his hand, "Just say what you think about this matter."

Li Hong nodded: "Of course my child is willing."

He knows his sister well, she is very smart, and everything she invents is extremely useful, and now she is studying how to increase food production.

If this kind of talent can enter the court and become an official, it will definitely improve the comprehensive strength of Datang as a whole.

What he worried about was not whether his sister could do things, but the issue of gender.

Li Zhi nodded: "In that case, let Chen'er enter the court as an official after the rice in Anfu Hall is harvested, let's start with... the servant of the household department!"

"Grandpa, I..." Li Yuechen wanted to struggle again.

However, Li Zhi turned his head and said: "Don't think I don't know, you also invented a convenient number and taught it to Xuancheng! The Ministry of Households is in charge of money and food. With you here, I can feel more at ease!"

Wu Zetian said with a smile: "Chen'er alone can overwhelm many talents with good calculations, should I say that he is indeed Li Chunfeng's apprentice..."

I haven't seen him a few times at all, have I?Li Yuechen complained in his heart.

"Then... Grandpa wants to allow me to ask sister to help, the calculation of the accounts is too troublesome."

"You can handle this matter yourself, I believe Chen'er will not disappoint me..." Li Zhi held the health ball with a confident face.

Li Yuechen was a little helpless: "If Grandpa didn't let me enter the court as an official, can you agree to my child's request?"

"Say."

"My child is going to court, not with those ministers, but listening in the aisle. If there is no important matter, don't speak." Li Yuechen said.

The main reason is that in this era, the ministers always kneel and sit in the court, and they have to stand up and walk out to speak when performing affairs.

Li Yuechen didn't like kneeling very much, and always felt that the pressure on his shins was uncomfortable.

Li Zhi smiled and nodded: "Okay, it's up to you!"

"That kid is fine!" Li Yuechen nodded with a smile.

If you become an official, you can be an official. Anyway, it is no different from the previous days, it is nothing more than more work such as accounting.

And these accounting work can accumulate experience for Princess Xuancheng. After all, I still don't need to do anything, it's just a name.

As a princess, I'm late and not on duty, no one dares to say anything, right?After all, my father is the emperor, how dare you teach me a lesson?

Li Hong, who was on the opposite side, raised a question: "But how does Grandpa plan to persuade the officials?"

"No problem!"

Regarding this question, Li Zhi looked relaxed and confident: "Hong'er, when you arrive..."

Li Zhi began to talk about his plan, and Li Hong nodded from time to time to express his understanding.

After finishing speaking, Li Hong couldn't help saying: "Grandpa is brilliant!"

Li Yuechen next to him complained in his heart. Mr. Lu Xun was right. Sometimes, if you want to open a window in a house, you must ask to remove the roof!
……

The family of four chatted for more than an hour in the glazed pavilion before finalizing the matter.

Li Yuechen returned to the Anfu Hall with a helpless expression, took off his shoes and entered the hall, and saw Princess Xuancheng writing questions aside, and Princess Yiyang playing chess with Shangguan Wan'er.

Seeing her come back, Shangguan Wan'er turned her head and asked, "Your Highness seems unhappy, did you get taught by the sage?"

"It would be better if I was taught a lesson." Li Yuechen sat down next to the chessboard, still with a helpless expression, "The truth is worse than being taught a lesson!"

Princess Yiyang moved over and gave her a hug, gently stroking her face: "What's the matter?"

Li Yuechen leaned against her chest, making an aggrieved look: "In the future, there will be a lot less days of cleanliness... Grandpa asked me to enter the court as an official."

"To become an official in the court?" Princess Yiyang couldn't believe it.

Even Princess Xuancheng next to her and Mrs. Zheng who was cleaning the table raised their heads with disbelief.

After all, this thing is really incredible, it is even rarer than the sun coming out from the west.

Princess Xuancheng put down her brush and walked over: "Chen'er, what's going on?"

Li Yuechen waved his hand: "It's a long story... I still won't explain it. In short, I will rely on sister for help in the future!"

"Although I don't know what's going on, but as long as Chen'er has something to do, sister will definitely not stand by." Princess Xuancheng also gave her a hug.

And Zheng who was next to him just recovered from his surprise, and then he lowered his head and thought.

This His Highness is really extraordinary, to be able to enter the court as an official as a woman!
Thinking of this, Zheng looked at the back of her daughter kneeling in front of the chessboard, and couldn't help showing a smile.

It seems that I don't have to worry about my daughter being trapped to death in this deep palace!

……

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of June. On this day, all the officials received the news from the palace that the emperor invited all officials to the palace for a banquet.

The officials who received the news were all stunned.

Because in this era, whether it is a wedding or a variety of banquets, it is held at night.

Now in broad daylight, the emperor suddenly wanted to invite his ministers to a banquet. Although he was confused, the ministers still got up and entered the palace immediately.

If the feudal society is like this, no matter what the emperor goes crazy, the officials can only bear it.

Today's event was indeed announced shortly, and all the ministers did not know the reason for holding this banquet.

It is around [-]:[-] in the morning. In this era of eating two meals a day, many people have just eaten.

But he still had to ride the carriage, retching all the way to the palace with the feeling of being about to be vomited.

After the officials arrived, many people's complexions were not very good, and even their eyes were a little red.

Li Zhi smiled and asked people to serve tea, and asked them to rinse their mouths to stabilize their emotions.

Then he laughed loudly and said: "You must be curious, why do I have a banquet today."

The officials below nodded calmly, expressing that they wanted to hear the reason.

After a pause, Li Zhi continued: "Everyone knows that my daughter, Taiping, often researches some strange tricks... The princess plow, and the health ball that is now popular in the Tang Dynasty are all invented by him. .”

"Droughts have occurred frequently in recent years. Last year Taiping proposed to me that he wanted to study how to increase food production. I let him experiment in a small garden in the palace. The rice has been harvested a few days ago, and today is off When I'm in the shell, all my lovers will go and have a look with me."

As he said that, he turned around and walked in, and the officials followed in a daze.

At the same time, they were whispering in small groups. Since the emperor took them to see it, the result must be very gratifying.

But to be honest, it would be a good thing for Datang if grain production could really be increased at this time.

While discussing in low voices, the officials followed the emperor to the Anfu Hall.

……

On the other side, in Anfu Hall, Li Yuechen was sitting on the fence of Linbo Pavilion, leaning against a pillar and yawning.

Originally, Xiao He also suggested that a group of officials should come over today and should wear formal dresses, but Li Yuechen refused.

Anyway, everyone knows her attire, besides, I am a princess, do I need to take them into consideration?

So today's Li Yuechen is still wearing a bright red men's round neck robe, with a high ponytail tied on his head with a bright red string, very free and easy.

The two elder sisters put on dresses and looked very serious.

As for Shangguan Wan'er, Li Yuechen told her that after paying respects to the emperor and empress, she could just go back to the palace, but she was rather cautious here.

After a while, Xiao He, who was watching outside the door, trotted in all the way: "Your Highness, here we come!"

"Ah."

Li Yuechen agreed, jumped down from the fence, stretched himself, and straightened his clothes.

After a while, the emperor and empress appeared at the gate of Anfu Hall with all the civil and military officials.

During this period, it was said that there were hundreds of civil and military officials, but in fact the officials called by Li Zhi were all officials who usually needed to go to court, and there were not as many as a hundred.

The court meetings in the Tang Dynasty depended on the situation. Generally speaking, the large-scale sacrificial activities or the grand court meetings on the first day of the new year had the most officials from the upper court, and many local officials also had to participate. The number of people in the court meeting at this time may be More than a thousand people!

There is also the Shuowang Dynasty on the first and fifteenth day of the new year, which is a medium-sized court meeting. All high-ranking officials in the capital must participate, and the number of people can exceed a hundred.

It's just that most of the petty officials can only listen outside the hall, and have no chance to go in at all.

Even the officials in the capital, many of them have never seen the emperor in person in their entire lives.

In normal times, only officials in Beijing with a fifth rank or higher go to court.

It sounds like there are a lot of people, but in this period, there are only a few officials above the third rank, and the rest are enjoying benefits after retirement.

So in fact, the number of people who usually go to court is only about forty.

These are the same people who came today.

Speaking of this matter, Li Yuechen wanted to laugh a little. In fact, there was a position called Shang Shuling in the Tang Dynasty, who was the second rank, and originally had real power.

But no one dares to do it now, because the first emperor Li Er was in this position before he became emperor.

So people later were afraid of this auspiciousness, and now, it has become a vacant job.

Seeing that the emperor and empress had brought people in, Li Yuechen raised his hand and rubbed his smiling face, and saluted with his two sisters and the servants.

And the ministers behind the couple couldn't help opening their eyes wide after seeing the golden ears of rice on the ground in front of them.

Afterwards, they discussed in a low voice, with a hint of disbelief still in their tone.

These paddies were harvested three days ago, and after drying, they plan to shell them today.

The number does not seem to be much, but just look at the size of the field next to it, and you will be surprised by the number of ears of rice.

No one doubted that this was used to make up money from outsiders. Even the emperor couldn't joke about this kind of thing.

Li Zhi smiled and asked his daughters and servants to excuse him, and then led them in.

Li Yuechen waved his hand quietly, telling Shangguan Wan'er and the others to go back first, leaving only Fulai and Xiaohe waiting behind.

Then he stood beside the couple, looking cute.

Li Zhi turned his head slightly to glance at the ministers who were discussing in groups behind him, and waved: "Let's start, let's see how it turns out."

"Here!"

Zhang Chengxin agreed, and immediately asked the prepared staff to start shelling.

Seeing the surprised expressions of all the ministers, Li Yuechen quietly moved two steps sideways, came to Liu Rengui's side, and asked in a low voice: "Master, how is it?"

"Your Highness is really unfathomable!" Liu Rengui replied in a low voice, "This is a great merit!"

"Oh, master is too famous." Li Yuechen made a proud look, "This disciple is just lucky!"

Seeing her playing tricks, Liu Rengui just smiled: "If possible, I would like to have this kind of luck as a teacher!"

Husking and husking rice is actually quite a troublesome job, but it can't stand up to many people, and the efficiency is actually quite fast.

The ministers behind Li Zhi discussed with each other how much this output could be, and what method was used to make the grain grow so well.

Just looking at the appearance, the ears of rice are thick and the grains are full, which has surpassed the crops outside.

Not to mention such a large number, the result is already obvious.

Because there were enough staff, it only took about an hour for two baskets of rice grains to be placed in front of us.

Li Yuechen was a little curious. He always felt that the rice in this era was not as white and bright as in the future, and it even felt a little yellowish.

But considering that the rice in the future will be specially cultivated, I didn't think too much about it. Anyway, the people present seemed to feel quite normal.

After careful confirmation, the staff in charge of weighing turned around and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, the total grain in this land is 47 and a half catties!"

Princess Xuancheng next to her replied subconsciously: "In this case, converted into one mu of land, it would be almost two hundred and eighty-five catties!"

"hiss--"

The few rows of ministers in front of them gasped subconsciously after hearing this answer!
　Questions about grain production in this chapter are written based on the information the author has found.At that time, the fertile fields did have a record of more than [-] catties per mu, but it was not much.

　　However, it is common for inferior fields to produce less than [-] catties per mu. According to the verification of materials such as "Tongjian" and "New Book of Tang Shihuozhi", the yield per mu of most fields at that time was generally around a stone.As for the specific weight of a stone in the Tang Dynasty, there is no accurate statement at present, and it feels like a little over a hundred catties.

　　The most important thing is that there is a statement in the data that "one person cultivates a hundred mu". If this is true, then whether one mu in the Tang Dynasty is the same size as the current one is probably a question mark.

　　But still the same sentence, this is a novel, not official history, everything is subject to the author's settings.

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