If the yield of this sweet potato was extremely high…
When Li Shi Min asked this question, everyone started to think.
Sweet potatoes tasted delicious, and after eating them, there was an obvious feeling of fullness. Moreover, it was not inferior to wheat. It was a kind of food that could be used to satisfy one's hunger!
This kind of food might not have an extremely high yield, but as long as the yield was acceptable, reaching eight or nine stones per mu, it would be a perfect food crop!
If it was extremely high, then what His Majesty had said could affect the prosperity of the Great Tang!
However, the first impression was that the Kunlun Purple Melon had a low yield. How high could the yield of the sweet potato in front of him be?
Moreover, if the yield was really high, why hadn't they heard of sweet potatoes during the grain survey last year?
They had never thought about foreign food. After all, they knew the staple food of their neighbors very well.
None of them were sweet potatoes!
If they were really sweet potatoes, they would have developed rapidly and even suppressed the Central Plains!
In the end, they directly denied Li Shiming's conjecture.
Wei Zheng said bluntly,"Your Majesty, forgive me for being blunt, but the yield of this sweet potato can't be very high!"”
"Ha!"
Li Shi Min smiled.
He wasn't laughing at Wei Zheng's ignorance, but he was thinking of himself the day before yesterday.
At that time, he didn't believe it at all. However, he would never forget what happened yesterday morning.
There were simply countless sweet potatoes!
Li Shi Min thought of that scene and couldn't help but feel excited. He was about to announce the sweet potato production and shock everyone.
Deng, deng, deng ~
At this moment, hurried footsteps could be heard from outside the hall.
A skinny, disheveled man fell in front of the palace door. He was wearing a county official uniform.
As soon as he appeared, he was stopped by the guards. He did not resist but cried out in pain,"Your Majesty, please open the granaries to release food. Countless people in the south have already starved to death. There are even people who have begun to eat people to survive!”
！！！
The entire Taiji Palace was shaken.
Among them, Fang Xuanling was even more alarmed. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He was finished!
Li Shi Min was confused and asked,""Who are you? Are you telling the truth?”
The magistrate immediately shouted," Your Majesty, I'm the magistrate of Jun County in Liu Province. This year's heat is extremely hot, and the harvest is extremely low. Half a month ago, Liu Province was already in famine, but there was no response after reporting it. I had no choice but to walk hundreds of miles to the capital to seek help from Your Majesty!”
"Sob, sob, sob, I beg Your Majesty to open the granary and release the grain to save the people of Liu Province!”
At the end of his sentence, that person started sobbing and had already become a tearful person.
The guards who stopped him were moved by his words and let him down.
“...”
Li Shi Min didn't stop him. He looked at the emaciated and sincere magistrate.
He had already come to a conclusion in his heart that the magistrate was not lying.
But why didn't I know about this even after half a month?
At the thought of this, a nameless anger instantly rose and filled his head!
Pa!
"Damn it!"
Li Shi Min slapped the armrest angrily, his eyes like an angry lion, sweeping across all the officials.
No one dared to look up at him.
"Very good! All of you are lowering your heads. Do you think this matter has nothing to do with you?”
Li Shiming shouted angrily. He picked up the teacup on the table beside him and threw it in front of Fang Xuanling. Then, he shouted,"Fang Xuanling!"
Pa, the teacup shattered.
Fang Xuanling was quick-witted. He jumped up and replied with his chin shaking,"“cc... I'm here!"
"This matter is so serious, why didn't you tell me?”Li Shi Min questioned.
As the Head of the Bureau of Governmental Affairs, Fang Xuanling was in charge of reporting the sealed matter to the Emperor directly. He had an important responsibility and was the official who had the most frequent contact with the Emperor.
In Li Shiming's opinion, Fang Xuanling would definitely know about this as long as his subordinates didn't hide it from him. But why didn't he say anything?
Fang Xuanling sighed in his heart. He had already expected this scene.
He gritted his teeth and said with determination,"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to take revenge, but I can't!”
"You can't? Do you know what you are saying? At the moment of life and death for the people, what else was more important?”Li Shimin was so angry that he laughed.
"The rise and fall of the country!" Fang Xuanling replied immediately.
"Ha!"
Li Shiming sneered. He was furious and felt that Fang Xuanling was talking nonsense. He immediately shouted,"Men, Fang Xuanling has neglected his duty and caused a huge disaster. Imprison him immediately and judge him later!”
The guards immediately stepped forward and helped Fang Xuanling up.
Li Shimin was furious. Fang Xuanling was going to be imprisoned. The officials were all silent out of fear that they would be implicated.
They also didn't expect that House Zai would actually hide this kind of thing, this was not afraid of death!
Only the meritorious officials of Lingyan Pavilion knew the importance of this matter.
Du Ruhui, who had the best relationship with Fang Xuanling, stepped forward and shouted,"Your Majesty, please calm down. You can't blame Xuanling for this! This is a decision that we have all discussed!”
"Then you all deserve to die!"
Li Shi Min shouted loudly. Thinking of how the people of Liu Province were in misery, he was so angry that his entire body trembled. He even broke out in a cold sweat in the summer.
Who knew how many commoners would blame the Imperial Court and curse themselves!
He immediately shouted,"What's the difference between this and Emperor Hui of Jin's 'Why not eat meat fille'?" What is the reason for all of you to hide the news?”
"If you can't say it, throw them all into the imperial prison!”
Li Shiming was really angry. He was even angrier than the day he was kidnapped by Chu Han!
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