Chapter 36 Become the Prince of Tang Dynasty
June 15th, the sky is clear, auspicious!
Prince and grandson Li Chengdao was officially appointed as the crown prince and told the world!
On June 10, Li Yuan ordered the Ministry of Rites: "The emperor Shaoji is in power and has long-term stability. He will establish the Yuan Crown and Maolong country, and use the auspiciousness of the Mianzong Society to comfort the hope of the subjects. I have the favor of heaven and have given birth to a legitimate son and grandson, who is 15 years old. I am the emperor of the Empress Dowager, and the empress dowager is kind to the order of the crown prince. Now I will take the legitimate son and grandson Li Chengdao as the crown prince. Your tribe carefully investigates the ceremony and selects auspicious period to report the memorial."
The auspicious day of enthronement was chosen on June 15th, the day before June 14th, after personally inspecting the various congratulations of sacrifices, Li Yuan appointed the crown prince to sacrifice to heaven and earth, Taimiao, the country, and the crown prince’s mother and queen Zheng Guanyin.
On June 15, Li Yuan entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony to hold a ceremony of enthronement. The emperor personally inspected the gold book and treasure placed on the table in front of the imperial throne. After sitting down, he accepted the ceremony of everyone kneeling three times and knocking nine times.
The emperor sent envoys, including Duke Wei Li Jing and Grand Secretary Tu Hai as the chief envoy, Minister of Revenue An Xiuren, Minister of War Qu Tutong as the deputy envoy, and after arriving at Jingren Palace first, he first placed the book, treasure and imperial staff on a table covered with yellow satin in front of the palace.
Then Li Chengdao knelt at the table to receive the book. Bao, the envoy, gave the book, and the deputy envoy gave the book. He knelt three knelt and nine kowtows in front of the imperial stick, thanking the emperor, and the envoy also kowtowed to the prince. Afterwards, Li Chengdao followed the book and Bao's eunuch to report to the emperor. Finally, the emperor's envoy sent the imperial stick to the emperor's palace and reported to Li Yuan to complete the celebration.
On June 15th, approaching noon, Li Yuan went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to accept congratulations from all civil and military officials to the enthronement of the crown prince and issued an edict to the whole world.
The imperial edict said: "Since ancient times, the emperors inherited the heaven and established the extreme and pacified the world. They must establish the Yuan Crown and the foundation of Maolong, and the Mianzong community was boundless. I was so proud of my ancestors, and I was so proud of my ancestors. I was so proud of my greatness and trust. I inherited the Youyanqing, and I was in Yuanliang. My legitimate son and grandson Li Chengdao, who was famous for his outstanding talents and was of great talent. I followed the orders of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and read the ceremony and followed the public opinion.
I would like to tell the heaven, the earth, the ancestral temple, and the country. On June 15, the ninth year of Wude, Li Chengdao was given a book and treasure and made him the crown prince. He was in charge of the Eastern Palace and focused on the heart of the four seas. The ceremony was completed, and the great kindness was suitable, and all the matters were listed in the back. The main tool was to win people, and the spiritual success was strengthened. The sound was loose, and the great kindness was used to inform the Chinese and foreign countries, and all the people knew about it."
The edict also includes thirty-three graces given to the people by the emperor, such as exemption of taxes and special pardons of death row prisoners. However, before the pardons were released from the cell, they were all taken to the mine to dig coal by Yuhuatian.
On that day, the emperor authorized the establishment of the Zhanshifu office to serve the crown prince, equipped with officials. He was promoted to the cabinet's attendant, and Chen Tingjing, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and was also the Zhanshifu office.
At this point, the entire process has been completed.
However, after the process was completed, Li Chengdao, who was supposed to return to the East Palace to receive celebration, did not return home. Instead, he presented the largest auspiciousness since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, hybrid rice, in front of all the civil and military officials and Li Yuan.
"This rice yields 7.5 stones per mu, with 135,000 ears per mu, with a 78% ear yield. The average total number of ear grains per ear is 273, a fruit rate of 90%, and a thousand grain weight of 273..."
Li Chengdao held a rice plant in his hand and talked freely. Although the officials in the court did not understand what he said later, the yield per mu was 7.5 stones clearly and clearly heard it.
At this time, the best fertile land in the Tang Dynasty had a yield of about 2 stones per mu, and the worst was even more than one stone. Li Chengdao now said that the rice in his hand could actually have 7.5 stones, which was almost 4 times more. In this era when agriculture was more important than the sky, how could it not cause shock to the whole day!
"The prince is serious?"
The Grand Secretary Wang Xiu couldn't sit still. When he heard that the hybrid rice yield reached 7.5 stones per mu, he quickly came out to confirm that this was a problem with the people all over the world.
"What does Wang Zhongcheng mean? Will the prince deceive you in matters related to people's livelihood?"
Before Li Chengdao could answer Wang Xiu's words, the prime minister and the Secretary-General Pei Ji took a step forward.
Pei Ji's words actually have two meanings to understand. If he stands opposite Li Chengdao, then his words can be understood as baking Li Chengdao on the fire. Once it is confirmed that the rice yield is not that high, then the prince is cheating on the national economy and people's livelihood. After this big hat is taken off, Li Chengdao will have a big stain on his body.
There is another second understanding, which is to put it in front of Li Chengdao and take the rice problem. No matter what the real rice yield per mu, Li Chengdao said that the yield per mu is as much as the amount. If you, the Grand Secretary, dare to question the prince, I, Pei Ji, will not forgive you as the prime minister.
Obviously, when Li Chengdao first ascended the position of prince, looking at the second and third generations of the Li family in Longxi, no one could compete with him at all, Pei Ji was obviously on Li Chengdao's side.
"Prime Minister, this is not what the subordinate officials mean..."
The Grand Secretary Wang Xiu's face changed drastically. He was just his duty. He heard that the rice yield per mu reached 7.5 stones, so he was a little unbelievable, so he asked more. Unexpectedly, Pei Ji stood up and targeted him. What's the situation!
"How much yield per mu, if the Grand Master farmers have time, they can go to the experimental fields outside Chang'an City to see. The prince tried to plant 100 mu of fields, and then verify the yield."
Li Chengdao turned his head and looked at Wang Xiu deeply: "But I learned that the general price of grain in my Tang Dynasty is about two jin per stone. I want to confirm it with the Grand Minister here, right?"
A dense bead of sweat appeared on Wang Xiu's forehead. What does Li Chengdao mean? When asked about the price of grain in front of the civil and military officials in the court, he felt that Li Chengdao was digging a hole and was waiting for him to jump.
"The average grain price is indeed about two cents, but the grain price during the harvest season is a little lower, about eight hundred cents..."
"Do you know what the price of grain was when Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty was reigned?"
Before Wang Xiu could speak, Li Chengdao suddenly shouted softly. He said this sentence. All the officials present were smart people. He immediately understood that Wang Xiu had finished his job and the new official took office for three fires. Unexpectedly, the first fire was on the Grand Secretary, the Governor Wang Xiu!
At this time, Wang Xiu clearly realized something was wrong, but he believed that he had never embezzled and accepted bribes, and he had to take care of everything in farming. He had no mistakes in his job. Therefore, facing Li Chengdao's sudden attack, although he was caught off guard, he still thought that he would resign and retire, so he replied with his neck.
"How can the Sui Dynasty and my Tang Dynasty be the same as each other..."
"If you don't say it, then I will tell you that the price of grain in the Sui Dynasty was 200 liters per stone. Now that I have been in the Tang Dynasty for nine years, the people live and work in peace and prosperity, but the price of grain has reached an astonishing two liters per stone. Who caused the current situation? Who is indulging those big grain merchants to absorb the blood of the people! You! The Grand Secretary of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Xiu, can't be blamed!"
Lee Seung-dao shouted!
"Come, take down this sinner who enslaved the people!"
Two warriors walked in from outside the hall. Wang Xiu's face was pale, his fingers were trembling and pointed at Li Chengdao, and he kept saying "You, you, you..."
Chapter completed!