Chapter 128 Progress of Hybrid Rice
The next day.
Li Chengqian got up early in the morning and washed up. With the help of the palace maids, he put on the prince's clothes, a futou on his head, and a jade belt around his waist.
"Has the King of Jin gotten up yet?" Li Chengqian asked.
"My lord! His Highness the King of Jin got up early in the morning and should be waiting outside the Xiande Hall to attend the court." Wang Quan said.
This was the first time Li Chengqian summoned officials after returning to Chang'an.
When the prince was in charge of the country, officials from the East Palace were responsible for handling national affairs, and the official documents of the prince system were used to issue documents to the whole country.
Therefore, the prince did not summon the officials in any palace in the palace, but discussed national affairs in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace.
The place where all officials attended the court was changed from the original Taiji Hall to the Xiande Hall of the East Palace.
Of course, the prince is not the emperor yet, so he cannot attend court every day. Except for major events, he does not need to attend court at other times.
Last night, Li Chengqian just returned to Chang'an, and all officials naturally had to go to Xiande Hall to attend court and report political affairs to the prince. All
officials went to Xiande Hall early in the morning to wait for the prince's arrival.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" Wang Quan's sharp voice came from outside the hall, and all officials hurriedly stood up according to their ranks.
Li Chengqian came to his seat with the help of Wang Quan, and all officials saluted.
"I have seen Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
"No need to be polite!" Li Chengqian said.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" All officials stood up and knelt on the mat.
After all officials sat down, Li Chengqian nodded to Wang Quan, who stepped forward, held Li Er's edict in his hands and began to read it.
"The Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty has ordered: Appoint Prince Jin as the Right Junior of the Right Spring Office of the Eastern Palace."
Such personnel appointments must not only be read out in Luoyang, but also read out again in Chang'an to let the officials in Chang'an know about the appointment.
"I just returned to the capital last night! I wonder if you have any important matters to report?" Li Chengqian said after Wang Quan finished reading.
Now that the Tang Dynasty is at its peak and society is stable, there are no major events. Minor matters are handled by the three provinces and six ministries and transferred to the Eastern Palace official system.
There is no need to bring it up here.
"I have a memorial." The agricultural official stood up and saluted.
"What are you reporting?" Li Chengqian asked.
In his heart, he was secretly wondering, could it be that the research on hybrid rice has produced results?
Just as Li Chengqian had thought, the research on hybrid rice has already produced initial results.
The research on hybrid rice has always been one of Li Chengqian's most concerned matters.
If hybrid rice can be successfully researched, it will be a landmark achievement that will drive the agricultural development of the entire Tang Dynasty. It will
completely solve the population and food problems of the Tang Dynasty.
In this way, there will not be the population increase after Wu Zhou, and the land annexation will not make the people have no land to cultivate, and the phenomenon of fleeing will not occur.
As long as the food problem is solved, the problems brought about by population growth can be solved.
Moreover, the increase in grain production can also drive economic development. The increase in grain production solves the problem of population growth.
"Your Highness! After the hard work of me and several colleagues, the hybrid rice you mentioned has achieved some results." The agricultural official said.
"Oh!" Li Chengqian was delighted and said, "I wonder how the yield is? How much can it increase per mu?"
Everything else is empty talk, only the increase in yield is real. No matter how much they brag, it is not as good as the increase in grain production.
How much grain can be increased determines how many people can be fed.
"Except for the barren land, the yield of each mu of upper fields will increase by three dou, and
that of each mu of medium fields will increase by one dou." "This is just the experimental stage. Once the research is completely successful, I estimate that the yield of each mu of upper fields can increase by more than one shi, and that of each mu of medium fields can increase by one shi, and that of barren land can increase by about four or five dou." The agricultural official said.
Don't underestimate the small increase in yield per mu. If the increase in yield is added up across the country, it is also a considerable amount.
The increase in yield after the successful research mentioned by the agricultural official is still a conservative estimate, and it may even exceed the conservative value.
In the case of no increase in land, there is no need to worry about population growth.
In addition to engaging in agriculture, these growing populations can also be engaged in various industries such as handicrafts.
With the development of agriculture, the population will grow, and then the population growth will drive the development of industries such as handicrafts.
People's living standards will improve, and people's consumption levels will increase, promoting the sustainable growth of the entire empire's economy.
This is a grand blueprint that requires everyone's joint efforts to realize this grand blueprint.
Therefore, the first step is to increase grain production. Only when the people's food and satiety problems are solved will the people have the leisure to do other things.
The increase in grain production can also ensure that the national army can respond to foreign invasions and respond to disasters.
"How long will it take you to successfully research hybrid rice?" Li Chengqian asked.
Once the hybrid rice research is successful, he will be able to issue a decree as the crown prince to vigorously promote it in areas across the country where rice can be grown.
Hybrid rice can not only increase production, but also has higher disease resistance and various comprehensive shapes than non-hybrid rice.
"Your Highness! Now we have experience, but the earliest we can succeed in the research is when the second rice season is planted." The agricultural official said.
"That is to say, we can't plant hybrid rice during the spring plowing season next year!" Li Chengqian said.
He thought he could plant the first batch of hybrid rice during the spring plowing season next year, but he didn't expect that he couldn't do it.
"Yes, Your Highness! Our research on hybrid rice is not mature yet and there are still many flaws. Even if we forcefully plant it, we may not be able to increase production, and may even end up with nothing due to improper operation." The agricultural official
said. "Well! Since we cannot promote this technology during the spring ploughing season, it is a pity! But it doesn't matter. You must research hybrid rice as soon as possible to benefit the people of our Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian said.
"Yes, Your Highness!" The agricultural official said, "Your Highness! Here are the records and data of our research on hybrid rice, as well as our research direction on hybrid rice, etc. Please have a look, Your Highness."
After the agricultural official finished speaking, he took out a small notebook, which recorded his scientific research results during this period.
Wang Quan hurried forward, took the small notebook from the agricultural official, turned back to Li Chengqian, and put the notebook in front of Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian took it, flipped through it and said, "From now on, the hybrid rice issue will be handed over to you. From now on, you only need to do one thing for me, which is to research this hybrid rice. You don't need to worry about other trivial matters."
"Yes!" said the agricultural official.
Li Chengqian closed the notebook and handed it to Wang Quan, asking him to pass it on to the agricultural official.
"Are there any other people among you who want to report anything?" Li Chengqian asked.
"I have nothing to report." Everyone said in unison.
"Then, let's all go!" Li Chengqian said, and Wang Quan hurried forward to help Li Chengqian up.
With the ministers' farewell, they left Xiande Hall.