Li Shimin was speechless.
The ministers were speechless.
Taiji Palace was extremely quiet. Everyone looked at Li Ke speechlessly.
"Li Ke, you bastard!"
In the end, Li Shi Min couldn't help but shout.
"What kind of place do you think my Taiji Palace is?!”
"This is not your factory. This is where I discuss state affairs with the officials!”
"You're actually recruiting for me here?”
"You are simply…"
Zhangsun Wuji, Li Jing, and the others didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Li Ke was really too ruthless.
In the entire world, in every dynasty, who had ever seen a recruitment in the Golden Palace?
Li Ke had truly created a historical precedent.
"Imperial Father, your son doesn't think there's anything wrong with this.”
Li Ke said with a smile.
"Taiji Palace is a place to discuss state affairs.”
"Censor Cui said that your son can't control everyone, can't control the people of the world, then your son will control one.”
"Anyone who doesn't have a job or can't make a living can come to this king. The factory is afraid of no one working, but it's also not afraid of having too many workers!”
Li Ke was not bragging.
In a feudal society with low productivity, what was lacking was not labor, but job opportunities.
At the same time, social resources were always scarce, and the market was frighteningly large.
Let's use pig iron as an example.
In the Tang Empire, people used clay pots. If every household used iron pots, how many iron pots and how many people would be needed to make them?
That was not all. There were still many daily uses for pig iron, and all kinds of commodities needed enough workers to make them.
What they lacked were workers!
"The so-called prosperity of the country and peace of the people is to let the people live a rich and beautiful life. The country can also have rich taxes, strong national defense, and govern the country well.”
Li Ke continued.
"I recruit workers so that they have jobs to do, money to earn, and tax revenue for the country.”
"Isn't this a national matter?"
Li Shi Min was stunned.
This…
What he said seemed to make sense!
"Your Majesty, I think what the King of Shu said is right. I support the King of Shu in recruiting!”
Duke Wei, Li Jing, stood out and said seriously, expressing his support for Li Ke.
"I agree!"
"I also agree!"
Li Ji and Yuchi Gong also stood out, expressing their support.
This was not the end.
Soon, Cheng Yaojin, Hou Junji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the other ministers all stood out to support Li Ke.
The situation took a turn for the worse!
Li Ke, who was originally the main culprit, had now become a big winner and had received the support of many officials.
Cui Weimin and the other censors failed to impeach him, and even indirectly became Li Ke's helper.
"This is too much!"
Cui Weimin was furious.
He was a member of the Cui family of Qinghe. He had received instructions from the family head, Cui Jue, to impeach Li Ke. His goal was to make Li Ke close the factory.
In the end, the factory was not closed and they were even helping others recruit workers to expand their business scale.
Li Ke treated them as fools.
"King of Shu, you, even if you can hire all the people in the world to work in your factory and pay them, you can still do it.”
Cui Weimin asked sternly.
"But if all the people in the world go to work in factories, then who will farm? Without farming, there will be no food. Without food, do we expect everyone in the Great Tang to starve to death with money?”
Cui Weimin's words instantly calmed everyone down.
In the past dynasties, agriculture was the foundation. Because food production was not high, it was extremely precious.
Indeed, Cui Weimin was right. They could not abandon agriculture.
"Who told you that working means not farming?”
Li Ke looked at Cui Weimin with disdain as if he was looking at an idiot.
"To think that your name is called Weimin."
"You really haven't thought about the people at all from the beginning to the end.”
"The factory recruits workers to give the people a choice, not to stop them from farming.”
"What you should be thinking about is not how to make the people give up their good jobs and farm.”
"They should be thinking about how to increase the grain production so that the people can increase their harvest in the limited fields and have more time to work hard to improve their lives.”
Cui Weimin sneered.
"Humph, there are times in the world. The harvest of food depends on the weather and geography. How much it produces depends on heaven's will.”
"Your flowery words are clearly nonsense. You want to recruit people for your factories and earn profits, completely ignoring the food production of the Great Tang. You are the one who has truly harmed the country and the people.”
Li Ke smiled pitifully. He took out a list from his pocket and asked the chamberlain to pass it to Li Shiming.
"Imperial Father, this is a letter from the people of Changshui Village. It contains the results of the new crop that they planted with the sweet potato and corn seeds that I developed.”
"On average, each mu of land can reach 1800 jin.”
"Moreover, they can all be used as staple food!”
What the hell!
Li Shi Min's eyes widened, and he quickly grabbed the letter and opened it.
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and the other ministers looked at Li Ke impatiently and asked.
"King of Shu, is this true?"
" King of Shu, are you joking? The yield per mu is 1800 jin, which is six times more than wheat. This is unbelievable!"
"You didn't fake this, right? Why didn't the Ministry of Revenue receive such news?”
Li Ke smiled.
"It's only summer now. There's still a long time before the autumn harvest. It's not time to report to the Ministry of Revenue yet.”
"But if Imperial Father and the other lords don't believe me, you can go and investigate.”
"Not only Changshui Village, but all the villages that were affected by smalllessness planted these crops.”
"You can check anywhere!"
Zhangsun Wuji and the others nodded. Li Ke should not be lying. The various prefectures and villages in Guanzhong were so close to Chang 'an that they could be investigated at any time. If they lied, they would be discovered immediately.
"It's too terrifying. How can the yield per mu be so terrifying?”
Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but ask.
At this moment, Li Shi Min and the ministers all looked at Li Ke.
"Sweet potatoes and corn are high-yield seeds.”
Li Ke explained.
"Through my research, I improved their adaptability to the soil in Guanzhong and Yizhou. Then, I added the fertilizer I developed.”
"Reaching such a yield per mu can only be considered passable.”
"Weren't you all curious about where I got 1.8 million catties of rice to return to the Kong family?”
"Actually, that's also a hybrid rice that I developed.”
"The first phase of planting has already begun in Yizhou this year. According to the latest research results, it is estimated that the yield per mu will be 2,300 catties.”
"So, this king has always said that only science is the number one productive force!”
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