Fang Xuanling's Request
It was difficult, but with so many civil and military officials watching, if they didn't deal with Zhangsun Wuji, it wouldn't make sense.
Especially generals like Cheng Yaojin, they definitely wouldn't agree.
Of course, Li Shimin knew that Cheng Chuwen was probably making things difficult for Zhangsun Wuji, but who asked Zhangsun Wuji to open this door and find trouble with Cheng Chuwen first?
Li Shimin sighed and said," Zhangsun Wuji is a despicable person. He didn't collect the evidence properly and almost wronged General Cheng Chuwen. He will be punished with 30 years of service."”
"In addition, the Zhou family has slandered and harmed loyal people.”
No one was surprised by Li Shi Min's decision, nor was anyone dissatisfied.
After all, Zhangsun Wuji was the country's uncle, and he had been by Li Shiming's side for many years. He had made countless contributions, so Li Shiming would not easily execute him.
Not to mention that a fight like this was like his death sentence.
Therefore, beating Zhangsun Wuji 30 times was already a very heavy punishment.
As for the Zhou family.
No one cared about the life and death of such a small character. When he was found by Zhangsun Wuji, the Zhou family was already destined to become a sacrifice.
Zhangsun Wuji was dragged out by a few guards. After a while, he heard a series of screams.
The screams fell into the ears of those civil officials. It was like a death talisman, making them look at Cheng Chuwen with more vigilance.
They didn't want Cheng Chuwen to target a ruthless person that even Zhangsun Wuji couldn't afford to offend.
Li Shi Min acted as if he didn't hear the screams. He glanced at the ministers and said in a deep voice,"Dear ministers, do you still have anything to report today?”
Soon, Fang Xuanling walked out and cupped his hands."Your Majesty, the Great Tang has been plagued by natural disasters in recent years, and our food is in short supply. This subject wishes to personally see the new grain harvest so that we can make early plans.”
It wasn't that Fang Xuanling didn't trust Li Shiming.
But as Prime Minister, Fang Xuanling had many things to manage, and food was the most important thing in the Great Tang. Thus, even if Li Shimin had said that he had personally seen the potato production, he still wanted to see it.
Li Shiming naturally understood this truth, and he didn't blame him. He looked at Cheng Chuwen and said,"Rascal, when will you harvest the 100 mu of potatoes you planted outside Chang 'an City?”
Cheng Chuwen cupped his hands and said," The potatoes outside Chang 'an City were planted at the same time as those in my yard. You can harvest them now."”
Pausing for a moment, Cheng Chuwen continued,"However, I think it's best to inform the people of Chang 'an about the harvest this time and let them see the yield of potatoes with their own eyes.
This will be beneficial for us to promote the planting of potatoes next year.”
Li Shi Min's eyes lit up as he nodded.
If it was just the thousand catties of potatoes from before, Li Shiming did not plan to promote it to the people so soon. After all, the royal family also had farmland. These potatoes were not enough for him to plant on the royal family's farmland.
But now, they had harvested a hundred mu, which meant that there were a hundred thousand catties.
This way, the royal family's farmland would not be able to grow so much. They had to promote it among the people.
But Li Shiming also knew that the people of the Great Tang were extremely cautious about food. Before they had seen the production of potatoes and how they could eat them, they would not easily plant potatoes in their fields.
Cheng Chuwen's idea could solve the problem of promotion.
"Alright, we'll do as you say. Not only must we harvest the potatoes in front of the people, but we must also tell the people that the yield of potatoes can really reach 500 kilograms.
Moreover, he had to cook the potatoes in front of the people and tell them that potatoes were food, and very high-yield food.”
Li Shimin pointed at Fang Xuanling and said,"The harvest time is set for the day after tomorrow. You are responsible for publicizing this matter and gathering as many commoners as possible to watch.”
"Yes, sir!"
Fang Xuanling immediately cupped his hands and accepted the order.
This matter was finally decided. Li Shi Min looked at the civil and military officials again and said,"Dear ministers, there are still no reports today?”
This time, there was none.
Seeing this, Li Shimin announced his retreat and left from behind the screen.
At this moment, Fang Xuanling suddenly walked to Cheng Chuwen's side and cupped his hands.""General Ding Yuan was able to offer up a thousand jin per mu of potatoes without considering his personal gains and losses.”
Hearing this, Cheng Chuwen immediately became vigilant.
He didn't think that a person like Fang Xuanling would need to go over and tell him that he admired someone. This was too ridiculous.
As expected, before Cheng Chuwen could say anything, Fang Xuanling continued," I heard that General Ding Yuan and Doctor Sun are working together to build a medical hall.
Therefore, I would like to ask if General Ding Yuan could allow Old Divine Doctor Sun to be open to doctors outside of the military, such as doctors from the Imperial Hospital?”
"Of course, that's not a problem. As long as you pay the tuition fees, we welcome anyone.”
Cheng Chuwen said," But as the old saying goes, the master brings you in, but cultivation depends on the individual. I hope that Lord Fang won't take it too seriously."”
Seeing that Cheng Chuwen had agreed, Fang Xuanling smiled and said,"Of course. I'm not the kind of person who makes trouble.”
As soon as he finished speaking. "Then I won't disturb General Ding Yuan any further. I'll take my leave."”
Ps2: I'm going to eat something today.
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