Li Gang also cursed, "Imperial Physician Hu, you are spreading heresies and confusing the court; you deserve to be executed!"

Physician Hu was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he looked at the emperor with pleading eyes.

Zhao Huan waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, don't blame Physician Hu."

Xu Churen said, "Your Majesty! This is absolutely unacceptable. If the court lifts the ban on beef, it will inevitably affect agriculture, which is the foundation of the nation!"

"I know, I know, Minister Xu is overthinking it."

Zhao Huan sighed and said earnestly, "Since eating beef has so many benefits, we should find a way to make it a common food for the people. In this way, the people of our Great Song will be physically strong and have a renewed spirit. Wouldn't that also be a way to strengthen the country?"

absurd!

Xu Churen almost blurted out those two words, but he held them back.

Seeing that the ministers remained unmoved, the emperor continued, "You are simply worried that if you eat beef, the people will have no oxen to plow the fields."

“That’s easy to do. All cattle used for farming must be registered with the local government and cannot be slaughtered at will.”

"All beef on the market comes from cattle raised by specialized trading companies, not from draft cattle!"

"The imperial court vigorously supported cattle breeding among the people, and for the first three years, it was only allowed to be opened to the army and not to the people. After three years, when the number of cattle increased throughout the country, it was opened to the people again."

Zhao Huan looked like he had already decided to handle the matter.

Then, his tone suddenly became serious: "There is a solution to everything. If it is good for the people, we should promote it. If we encounter difficulties, we should find a way to solve them!"

"If every time you encounter a problem you say, 'This won't work, that won't work! This can't be done, doing it will have bad consequences!' then what use are you to me!"

The ministers hurriedly bowed and said, "We know our crime!"

After the emperor said that, Xu Churen was able to accept it to some extent.

P.S.: I'm late with today's update.

My computer crashed! I'm absolutely furious!

All the previous drafts are gone!

Don't ask me why it's not on the hard drive!

Damn! I didn't know Mac computers didn't have external hard drives!

Even more unexpectedly, Apple's system crashed just like that!

This was completely unexpected!

The manuscripts are now all stored in iCloud.