Chapter 296: Let Shen Huazheng serve as an official in the court?
The officials around Shen Zhaonian were still thinking about whether it would be better to send people to the food street after the court session was dismissed, or to wait until the end of their shift and go there in person?
Or when you went to the food street to buy a few donkey meat buns, the morning court bell rang.
All the officials were startled, and they straightened their clothes and suppressed their expressions.
Civil and military officials divided into two rows, left and right, and slowly entered the Golden Palace.
As before, the morning court discussed national affairs.
The reports were either about the food and fodder problems of the soldiers at the border, or about the floods in the south, or about bandits in various places.
After some discussion, solutions were finalized for each issue one by one.
Seeing that everything had been discussed, Emperor Jingning gave a look to Andy Sheng who had been waiting on the side.
An Desheng immediately understood, and he shouted in a shrill voice: "If you have a petition, please submit it. If you don't, please leave the court!"
The tense nerves of the ministers in the hall relaxed a little and they were waiting to adjourn the court and leave.
Mr. Huang, the Minister of Agriculture, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
The ministers were all stunned. What was the Minister of Agriculture going to report at this time?
Moreover, judging from his expression, it seemed to be a big deal.
Wei Yu seemed to have thought of something and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Seeing Lord Huang come out, Emperor Jingning, who had looked a little tired just now, seemed to perk up.
He straightened his back slightly and said, "My dear, please play it."
Mr. Huang also straightened his back: "Your Majesty, according to the method provided by County Lady Yinghua, potatoes have already achieved initial mass production in many farms. A lot of vegetables and fruits have also been grown in the greenhouses..."
The ministers in the hall felt a little strange when listening to Mr. Huang's report.
They also knew about this matter. Princess Yinghua and Zhou Cheng'an made great contributions. Not only did they find potatoes that could be mass-produced, they also informed His Majesty of the matter.
People from Sinong Temple also conducted experiments on this and confirmed that it is indeed feasible.
But hadn’t we rewarded Princess Yinghua before?
Even Zhou Cheng'an, who brought potatoes to Daliang, was made a marquis, and Zhou Ying was able to inherit the title, becoming the first female marquis in Daliang's history.
Why did Mr. Huang bring up this matter again today?
What does he want to do?
Mr. Huang ignored the obscure looks from those around him and continued, "Your Majesty, one acre of land can yield about 300 kilograms of potatoes alone. After a rough calculation, there are nearly 10,000 acres of land suitable for greenhouse construction across the country."
As he spoke, his voice became excited: "This is the yield of greenhouse cultivation when the weather is cold. After the spring, greenhouses will no longer be needed. By then, cultivation can be promoted all over the country, and there will be no more famine in Daliang."
Princess Yinghua was right, potatoes are indeed the savior of famine.
All the ministers in the hall opened their eyes slightly, and Mr. Huang's final sonorous and powerful words echoed in everyone's ears -
There will be no more famine in Daliang.
In the past, they only knew that potatoes could be mass-produced, but they didn't know the specific numbers.
Now, after hearing what Lord Huang said, everyone was shocked.
One acre of land can produce about 300 kilograms of potatoes. What an amazing number.
Some officials thought of the reports from various places just now. Although there was famine this year, the problem of hungry people had been greatly improved and there was no large-scale migration.
Since Emperor Jingning took office, famine has been the biggest problem that the emperor has to face almost every winter.
Even every winter many people starved to death.
However, according to reports from various places this year, the number of people starving to death is much less than in previous years.
Could it be that mass-produced potatoes saved the starving people? ?
Moreover, it is so cold today that we can only grow it in a greenhouse.
After the spring, potato planting can be promoted all over the country.
Thinking of this, the ministers were suddenly excited.
If it can really develop smoothly, famine may never happen again in Daliang.
There will be no more starving people to death!!
God bless Daliang! !
Those who can stay in officialdom for a long time are all old foxes.
Some people who were more active in thinking suddenly thought of the sudden advancement of the morning court session.
Mr. Huang said so many things, but in fact he meant only one thing: whether it was the mass production of potatoes or the fact that the famine was not serious this year, it was all thanks to County Lady Yinghua.
It seems that he wants to ask for reward for Princess Yinghua.
Could it be that His Majesty deliberately moved up the time by half an hour just for this matter? ?
Could it be that the half-hour advance was to allow Master Huang to recount the achievements of County Lady Yinghua?
But, what is it for?
If Your Majesty just wants to give Princess Yinghua more rewards, can't he just give her the rewards directly?
Why bring it up in the morning court?
Unless it is something that even Your Majesty himself cannot decide.
What on earth does Your Majesty want to do?
Alas, the emperor’s thoughts are not so easy to guess.
Let's just listen and see.
But in the end, how can we know what His Majesty is thinking?
Mr. Huang suddenly knelt down and said, "I am truly impressed by the talent of County Princess Yinghua. I beg Your Majesty to allow County Princess Yinghua to take up her post at the Sinong Temple."
The ministers were shocked again when they heard this. What? Let Yinghua County Lady take office in Sinong Temple? ?
They originally thought that no matter how great Shen Huazheng's achievements were, at most she would be given the title of a princess.
But Mr. Huang actually proposed that she enter the government as soon as he opened his mouth! !
The officials didn't care whether Shen Huazheng should be assigned to Sinong Temple or any other department, or whether she should be a high-ranking official or a low-ranking official.
After hearing what Mr. Huang said, they subconsciously wanted to speak up and object.
How can there be any reason for a woman to serve as an official in the court in this world? ?
Several imperial censors even frowned when they heard this, as this was against the rules.
No matter how powerful Princess Yinghua is, she is just a woman.
She was given the title of county princess and a fiefdom, and now she is asked to serve as an official in the court.
Is it too much?
Li Yushi, the most senior official, could not help but kneel down and said, "Your Majesty, this is inappropriate."
The other imperial censors also knelt down and echoed: "Your Majesty, there is no precedent for women in Daliang to enter the government. This is against the rules."
"Your Majesty, please think twice!!"
Mr. Huang also said: "Your Majesty, everyone says that Princess Yinghua is a genius in cooking, but in fact her talent is far more than that. If you restrict Princess Yinghua from displaying her talent just because she is a girl, it will only cause Daliang to lose a good talent! ”
Several imperial censors frowned. How could it be so serious?
Would not allowing Princess Yinghua to serve as an official in the court prevent her from displaying her talents?
When she proposed mass production of greenhouse vegetables and potatoes, wasn’t she also not in government? ?
Censor Li had no way to deny Shen Huazheng's achievements, so he had to cite the ancestral system.
"Your Majesty, it is against the ancestral system for women to serve as officials!!"
"Your Majesty, please think twice!!"
"Your Majesty, you must not do anything that goes against the ancestral system!"
Shen Zhaonian snorted coldly: "Why? There is no precedent for women in Daliang to serve as officials, so women cannot be allowed to serve as officials. Daliang didn't even have potatoes before, how dare you eat them?"
Shen Zhaonian was also shocked by Mr. Huang's words. He had never thought of letting his daughter enter the officialdom.
But whether he wants to do it or not is one thing, but he will not let others belittle his daughter in front of her.
Grand Tutor Zhou also spoke calmly: "Although there is no precedent for women to enter the government in Daliang, there is no law that prohibits women from entering the government."
Upon hearing this, Censor Li choked. How could he have forgotten about these two giant Buddhas?
The other imperial censors all shrank their necks. What happened just now happened too suddenly, and they forgot for a moment that Princess Yinghua was the apple of their eye.
Anyone who says anything to Lady Yinghua will offend these two people as well as the officials of their faction.
It’s better not to step out now, it would be bad if you get besieged.
Seeing that several censors around him had already decided to retreat, Censor Li became angry and was about to stiffen his neck to continue arguing.
Master Zhou's voice rang out again -
"As men, you can build greenhouses and grow off-season vegetables and fruits. You can achieve mass production of food and save thousands of starving people from disaster?"
Censor Li and several other censors were suddenly speechless. They really couldn't.
Emperor Jingning sneered: "What if it's a man? What if it's a woman? Just because Yinghua is a woman, should Daliang lose such a talented person?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Golden Palace fell silent.
Since ancient times, men have been respected, and people believe that men are more talented and better than women.
But looking at the entire Daliang, there is indeed no man who can build a greenhouse, grow off-season vegetables, and achieve mass production of grain.
The talents of Lady Yinghua seemed to have transcended the limitations of her gender.
It seems that His Majesty may have already set his sights on Princess Yinghua and wanted her to serve as an official in the court.
However, some officials still felt uncomfortable if women were really allowed to join their ranks.
However, with the example of Censor Li, those officials did not dare to be the first to speak out.
They all placed their hopes on Wei Yu, who had never spoken a word. Wei Yu was the Minister of Personnel, and the selection and appointment of officials had to go through him.
Besides, he and Shen Zhaonian never seemed to get along well.
At this time, only Wei Yu could ask His Majesty to revoke his order and prevent Princess Yinghua from serving as an official in the court.
Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Wei Yu slowly stood up.
Li Yushi and others seemed to see the dawn of hope. Great! Lord Wei was going to stand up and oppose it! !
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