Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Impossible? Why is it impossible? I even asked my eldest grandson Sikong to enlighten me." Li Ke arched his hands and sneered.

"The princes and ministers of the current dynasty are all people who have made great contributions with His Majesty. It is understandable to be rewarded with titles, but these craftsmen are just ordinary workers. How can He De get this honor?" Changsun Wuji took a deep breath. Tone, first tie up the court officials and then talk.

"Then I'm asking for advice. Excuse me, if there is an ordinary person who happens to save my father's life one day, then this person can only spend some money? In other words, my father's life is even more expensive." Not as good as a title?" Li Ke asked back.

Li Shimin: "..." Believe it or not, I beat you in front of all the court officials.

"Your Highness, please don't argue with your words. Your Majesty is a man of gold. How can His Majesty be the same as these things? What His Highness asks is also for these craftsmen, not these special circumstances." Changsun Wuji was not fooled by this.

"Okay! Then let's not talk about my father, let's talk about other things, Su Guogong Cheng Yaojin." Li Ke pointed to Cheng Yaojin next to him.

Cheng Yaojin, who was leaning on the chair and watching Li Ke spraying his grandson Wuji with relish, was immediately stunned, what does this have to do with me?

"Successively defeated Song Jingang, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and others, and made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. He made a lot of military achievements, so he was named Su Guogong. Do you deserve this credit?" Li Ke asked.

"Of course it deserves it!" Changsun Wuji nodded and said very simply.

"Very good! I have a craftsman under my name who improved the plowshare commonly used by farmers. I named it Quyuan plow. It can improve farming efficiency and save animal power. The cattle that usually have to rest for one mu of land can now cultivate three mu of land! Moreover, the cultivated land is deeper, which means that the probability of food disasters is less, and the production can be greatly increased in the coming year."

"Taking the data of the eighth year of Zhenguan as an example, the number of households is about 300 million, the population is about 1500 million, and the average 100 mu of land granted per household is about 3 million mu. The reason why the land granted is so small is not that there is not enough cultivated land in the world. Almost all are in a state of vast land and sparse population, although the actual population is more than the registered population. But the reason for limiting the number of granted fields is that one family cannot plant more fields!"

"After adopting Quyuanli, considering the need for other labor, the amount of land cultivated by each household can be doubled at least, which is 200 mu of land." Mu converted into modern times is 540 mu, and Li Ke remembers that he was at his grandfather's house when he was a child in his previous life, because his hometown is Hetao, Inner Mongolia, where the land is sparsely populated.

So there is a lot of arable land per capita. His parents planted more than 50 mu of land, and they were busy. When he was a child, he didn't have any machinery.In this era, mainly growing grain, he was not as busy as he was when he was a child.

The average household in Datang has five members. The five members here refer to strong laborers, and children are not counted, because children will have to divide the family and continue to divide the land after they grow up.

So 162 mu of land can definitely be planted.

"This means that Datang has 3 million more acres of arable land. Last year, Datang's average yield per mu was between 3% and 4.5 percent, and it was calculated based on the smallest land. That is to say, [-] million acres was enough for Datang to add [-] million shi of grain! Do you know what the concept is?!"

"This means that in the second year of Zhenguan and the third year of Zhenguan, just relying on the extra food from a few unaffected roads is enough to relieve the victims of the disaster all over the world! This means that if there is such a weapon in the Wude period, Datang can support it. With more troops stationed at the border, the Weishui alliance will not happen. This means that if there was one in the reign of Wude, the food in the world could be as much as in the second and third years of Zhenguan. Just enough food to get through!"

"It also means that Tuyuhun dared to make a mistake a few years ago. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had enough food to kill Murong Fuyun, without marrying a princess, and without waiting until last winter!"

"This means that just this one craftsman has hundreds of millions of people alive! His meritorious service may not even dare to be compared with him, so is he worthy of a knighthood?" Li Ke asked lightly.

The court was silent.

Changsun Wuji opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute for a while!In this era, there are some things that no one mentions to the public, and many reputations are quietly snatched away by aristocratic families, and some people who have made contributions have no chance to speak out!

Of course, Li Ke also secretly changed the concept, because even if Quyuanli was invented, it would be impossible to popularize it within a year with Datang's full promotion. The head needs iron, and it is iron not steel, so it is easy to damage and needs a blacksmith to repair.

What's more, Datang also needs iron to make armor and weapons. Iron is very important, and even fewer can be used for people's livelihood.

"Is this true?!" Li Shimin spoke, he was stunned by the data from Li Ke's mouth just now, and he didn't react for a while.

"I don't dare to make a false statement. This Quyuanli can be tested by yourself!" The Quyuanli in Li Ke's hand is not the one in history, but the Quyuanli that has been improved countless times in later generations. It is more advanced and has better effects. better.

"I haven't finished my words yet." Li Ke continued, "There are several craftsmen under the name of Erchen. They have improved papermaking and printing techniques, so that a newspaper like Datang Weekly can be reduced to 12 articles. , that is to say, books like Thousand Characters, including binding costs and better paper, can definitely be bought for 15 words!"

"Then, Datang's books can be popularized all over the world, so that all people in the world can read and write. If Datang broadens the imperial examination system and let poor scholars also participate in the imperial examination, it means that Datang will have millions of scholars. And millions of scholars are selected from among the best, and the selected talents can make the Great Tang expand its territory and conquer the world!!"

"Excuse me, is a craftsman who can create millions of scholars worthy of a knighthood?" Li Ke asked again.

The court was silent.

And Li Ke's words have already shocked everyone, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't say it, but if it is said, no one dares to refute it. Such a thing, the aristocratic family absolutely does not want him to happen, but if Li Ke speaks out, If this matter is publicized, who would dare to stop it? !

"The world is surging! Millions of scholars mean tens of millions of people, the strength of tens of millions of people. They want to study and get ahead. Let me ask, who wants to stop? Who dares to stop?!" Li Ke smiled again asked.

shock!

All the ministers broke out in a cold sweat, densely packed.

There are millions of people in Chang'an, if they know the news, and hundreds of thousands of people ask for their lives, who would dare to stop them? !Whoever blocks will die!

Some things cannot be clarified, and if clarified, it means that there is no solution.

"Excuse me, grandson Sikong, is such a craftsman worthy of being knighted?" Li Ke asked softly.

Changsun Wuji was speechless, these words... can't be answered!I dare not answer, mainly because he can say no?You say a try.

Ha ha ha ha!Li Shimin, who was sitting at the top, wanted to laugh three times at this moment!Cool!