Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 124 The Haunting Sense of Urgency
"It's so late, can't you leave the palace?"

Li Tai asked someone to make a golden custard, and brought some dried fruits, and ate it boredly next to the Tai Chi Hall, waiting for Li Shimin's summons all the time.

After eating a little stuffed, Li Tai said loudly, "The tea has bottomed out, come to the tea!"

Soon a servant served Li Tai tea. Li Tai looked at the dark sky that had completely descended, and couldn't help but remain silent.

Li Tai sighed, and muttered in his heart: "Aye, what are you doing, can you tell me something!"

Although the sun had already set, the Tai Chi Hall was brightly lit. Li Shimin was sitting on the throne, staring at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling is also extremely busy at the moment, not only Fang Xuanling, but also Dou Jing, who has just settled down as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is also surrounded by several small officials, and even dozens of doctorates in mathematics.

As everyone turned around like a spinning top, a data was finally obtained and delivered to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling's expression changed, and he respectfully said to Li Shimin, "There are still less than 800 million households!"

Li Shimin took a deep breath, "Is it still not possible to reach 800 million households? It seems that the enfeoffment system is correct!"

At this moment, the faces of the elders Sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other ministers present were ashen, even a little bit desperate.

To be honest, after Li Shimin got a new way of thinking from Li Tai, he would naturally not use a lot of data like Li Tai did, but let Fang Xuanling and Dou Jing take out the data in their hands. data to be carefully calculated.

The purpose is to calculate how many people the entire Tang Dynasty can theoretically bear.

Of course, these civil servants never thought of using this method to calculate before. Li Shimin first mentioned that they just felt very fresh, but after Fang Xuanling calculated it once, his face changed.

After that, Li Shimin calculated again and again and added different variables, but the final result was less and less.

Even if there is a bumper harvest every year, officials sacrifice themselves for others, the emperor works hard to govern, and the common people are one for all, but the grain that can be produced by the current arable land area in China can only theoretically reach 800 million households in the best case. .

Li Shimin has experienced troubled times, and he clearly knows that when the number of households really reaches 800 million households, the new population will continue to be born, and the mouths that are starved for food will be enough to make the people desperately launch a counterattack against the imperial court.

Not to mention, even Li Shimin couldn't guarantee whether the Tang Dynasty would be politically clear after hundreds of years.

All of a sudden, Li Shimin felt a rope around his neck, and then kept tightening.

From the very beginning of the establishment of Datang, I actually saw the day when Datang was bound to be destroyed. This is so disappointing.

"Qingque...you have given me a big problem!" Li Shimin had the urge to hang Li Tai up and beat him!
Li Tai, who was eating tea, suddenly choked and coughed a few times, and the servant hurried up to pat Li Tai on the back!

"Sage, I don't know who gave you this idea!" Fang Xuanling respectfully said to Li Shimin, "Since this person put forward such an idea first, he will definitely think more comprehensively than us in a hurry, why don't we come together See details!"

"Go and call the blue bird next door!" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the faces of everyone present changed, and they took it for granted again.

After all, the only one who can use this kind of thinking these days is the King Yue who has been thinking differently from everyone since he was a child.

However, no one expected that when everyone was arguing about the hereditary inheritance, Li Tai would directly throw out a distribution.

A feudal enfeoffment that should have been thrown into the history pile long ago after the development of the great man, and Li Tai also found a theoretical basis.

After all, articles can deceive people, but the figures calculated after several calculations can be whatever they want, and they will not deceive people!

But they turned their heads and thought that apart from enfeoffment can solve the problem of overpopulation, they really couldn't think of other methods.

At least based on people's understanding of productivity in this era, there is really no way other than enfeoffment.

Li Tai came to the Tai Chi Hall, but saw that the atmosphere in the whole hall was rather dignified. Before he could speak, the officials present all looked at him.

This kind of feeling of being watched by civil and military officials is not very good, after all, there is more or less a taste of criticism.

"Qingque, I have asked people to recalculate several times. In theory, the population of my Tang Dynasty can support 800 million households, which is much more than you estimated!" Li Shimin said to Li Tai calmly.

"Eighteen million households? That's 800 million people?" Li Tai couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.

This figure is much more than Li Tai estimated. Doesn't it mean that the population of Tang Dynasty was only 6000 million?
Could it be that the others have become tenants and have been concealed, or is it that for the Tang Dynasty, those who did not farm were not considered civilians so they were not counted?

Or maybe these 800 million households are just the data in a dream, and this level cannot be reached in reality.

While listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Tai wanted to complain in his heart, but he didn't know where to start complaining.

However, Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and continued: "Qingque, since you have already noticed the upper limit of my Datang's population, what do you think about it!"

"First of all, it's natural to divide up! Divide up the extra population." Li Tai said frankly,

"At least if there is still arable land in this world, then this is the easiest and most convenient way.

Not to mention the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty, and the everlasting dynasty of the gods, but at least each enfeoffment can transfer excess contradictions and population.

This is not a solution, at least it can keep Datang alive. "

"For the matter of enfeoffment, let the king of Yue not discuss it!" Fang Xuanling stood up and said, "The king of Yue has a different way!"

"Besides, it's just a matter of finding ways to increase the yield per mu of land!" Li Tai looked at these ministers and said calmly,

"That's what the agricultural colleges are doing now, to increase the wheat harvest per mu, and this year it should be expected to completely break through three stones!"

"Agricultural colleges are really extraordinary. In just a few years, the grain per mu has increased by one stone. I believe that the grain production will increase step by step every year in the future!" Dou Lukuan stood up and praised Li Tai at this moment.

"You don't understand technology, can you stop talking nonsense?" A glance at Dou Lukuan immediately made Dou Lukuan's face look ugly.

Li Tai ignored it, but continued:

"What the Agricultural Institute has done in the past few years is to integrate Datang's farming technology, without any innovation itself.

At most, he did a pea experiment and proposed two basic theories of crop cultivation, the law of separation and the law of free combination! "

"The law of separation, the law of free combination?" Fang Xuanling became very curious when she heard Li Tai's words.

"It's more troublesome to explain, and you don't need to use them, just think of them as tools for mathematical arithmetic.

It's just that mathematics is used for calculations, and these two things are theorems used to cultivate crops! "

Li Tai tried his best to explain these things with his own understanding, and then said further,
"With these two tools, we have been able to improve the species to a certain extent, thereby increasing the yield per acre."

After hearing these words, everyone present could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, and Li Shimin also smiled.

Qing Que never disappoints himself when he does things. Sure enough, when he discovered the problem, he immediately started to think of a solution.

Li Tai shrugged and said, "But the reality is, it's really slow for this thing to come to fruition.

Perhaps thousands of attempts may not be able to get a correct direction!

Everything I do now is to accumulate experience until a character like Shennong appears.

I hope he can rely on his unimaginable agricultural talent to integrate the materials I made to achieve results! "

"A character like Shennong..." Dou Lukuan felt that Li Tai was fooling himself, so he couldn't help saying,

"What kind of character is that Shennong-like character, and where should I find such a character!"

"For example, Fan Shengzhi in the Han Dynasty and Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Calculated according to the number of years, if my Tang Dynasty can exist for 300 years, there should be almost one!" Li Tailue said with some jokes and some seriousness.

To be honest, Li Tai is really not lying, because at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Han E, who wrote "Four Seasons Compilation Essentials", was able to be as famous as "Qi Min Yao Shu" for a while.

However, the more comprehensive "Wang Zhennong Shu" and "Nongzheng Quanshu" came out later, and "Four Seasons Compilation Yao" couldn't even rank among the four major agricultural books in ancient times.

But even so, the greatness of Han E cannot be denied.

Hearing Li Tai's words, the ministers present were a little embarrassed, wondering if Li Tai was joking.

And Dou Lukuan said: "Could it be that if this person didn't show up, then my land in the Tang Dynasty would not be able to grow any more!"

"That's right!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "Through the accumulation of technology, it must be possible to increase the production of each mu of land.

But Lu Shangshu is not a farmer, so he doesn't understand that the grain grown in the experimental field is different from the grain grown by ordinary people.

Because ordinary people don't have it, the conditions in the test field and the methods they need need to be more universal.

It's like me, ordering the best wheat seeds, the best golden manure, the best farm tools, and the best water source.

The wheat planted is naturally very good, and may even hit the limit of wheat per acre.

Is this because my farming ability is very good?No, it just means that I am richer than ordinary people! "

"Is that how the one-acre field you planted last time came from this way!" Li Shimin asked.

"Ahem!" Li Tai coughed a few times, and then said seriously, "I planted it with hard work, Aye!"

Li Tai did not let Li Shimin continue to entangle this issue, but continued to say:

"But the existence of this kind of genius can sum up experience very quickly and find the right path.

The most important thing is that the method they created can be universal and reproducible, and any old farmer can easily master it.

But I can't do this, so I can only open an agricultural school to reduce the difficulty of learning agricultural skills by improving the basic quality of farmers!

To be honest, in my opinion, the so-called genius does not mean that you can achieve the ultimate in something, at most it is a craftsman.

A real genius should be able to make many special things universal, which can be mastered by an individual. This is a real genius. "

"That is to say, the two methods that the king of Yue thought of, can't find the answer to the problem in a short period of time!" Fang Xuanling said.

"Why are you all in such a hurry?" Li Tai looked at everyone present and asked incomprehensibly.
"Now the registered population of Datang has 300 million households. Let alone 800 million households in the future, even the 1000 to 100 million households I proposed are still far away. It will definitely not be achieved within [-] years. .

Why does everyone need to think about fixing everything right now?Can't you take your time? "

Hearing Li Tai's words, everyone present looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

I have to say that what Li Tai said about suspending the discussion was not really a problem, but it made everyone realize that it is indeed too far away to think about the situation in a hundred years now.

"Indeed, I was surprised by this data, and it is indeed a bit urgent!" Fang Xuanling said,
"The Agricultural Institute has already planned for the future, and perhaps just as King Yue said, there will be an agricultural figure to solve this problem.

But in this way, I think the imperial court also needs to have some support for the agricultural colleges, after all, this matter is related to the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty! "

in spite of?How can it be ignored!

Huaxia people think about things, and what they can solve in this life must be solved in this life.

If I can't solve it in this life, I have to leave it to the next generation to solve it, which will also accumulate strength and give the next generation the capital to solve it.

Instead of doing nothing by yourself, just lie down and eat and wait to die.

Unless it's really the kind that no matter how hard you try in this life, the next generation will be born to be someone else's cow and horse.

In this way, this generation of people will have no choice but to choose to give up and lie down, and with the mind of the children, it is better not to let the children suffer.

Therefore, after discovering this problem, people of this generation will do their best to prevent the tragedy from happening, even if they have no other choice, instead of really throwing this problem to the later imperial court.

As the first generation who single-handedly created the Li-Tang Dynasty, even if they knew that the Li-Tang Dynasty could not last forever, they absolutely did not want to see the problem, but just watched it and ignored it, and let this The problem really exploded Datang.

"Then since it's all right, I'll go back first!" Li Tai took the initiative to say.

Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Shimin also knew that this could not be negotiated in a short time, so he waved his hand and said:
"You go back first, remember to quickly start work for Zheng Baiqu!"

To be honest, after calculating this thing, Li Shimin clearly felt a sense of urgency.

"Saint, it's getting late. I have always prepared dinner for my ministers. If I go back late, I'm afraid the food will be cold!" Fang Xuanling also said.

"For today's matter, all the people of the fourth grade and above will play a memorial and talk about your thoughts!" Li Shimin said with a sullen face: "Scatter the court!"

"Sir, please retire!"

(End of this chapter)