The emperor personally ploughs, and the queen personally plucks!

This is a custom that has come from ancient times.

As an agricultural nation, farming and sericulture were the most important things that ancient Chinese society relied on for survival and development.

In order to reflect the importance of farming and sericulture, similar rituals have been held since the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

The "Monthly Order" in "The Book of Rites" records in detail the details of the emperor's own farming and the queen's own silkworms.

However, the kings of later generations have different attitudes towards this matter.

After all, how many people can go down to the ground to farm and suffer?

The queen should do the same.

Therefore, most emperors and queens are dealing with the matter of farming and silkworms, and no one will pursue them in detail.

But Li Yuanai raised this matter so carefully in this temple, obviously it is not obvious that it can be explained by just dealing with it casually.

This made the emperor go to the field to farm himself, which was undoubtedly a nuisance to the king, especially Li Zhi who spoiled Li Shimin like this and was not in good health: Li Zhi had been sick since childhood and was not a secret in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin is so precious to this son. As long as there is a cold, he will ask the Taoist priest to ask the Heavenly Lord for blessings and invite the monk to chant scriptures and pray for blessings. How can everyone in Chang'an know about it?

Therefore, after Li Zhi ascended the throne, civil and military officials in the temple did not force themselves to farm and silkworms, just want to do so.

But they could not refute Li Yuanai's proposal.

This emperor personally cultivated the silkworms and the queen personally cultivated the silkworms. And now it is an extraordinary moment. The emperor and the empress personally encouraged the people and women to work, which can greatly alleviate the food pressure faced by the court.

At any time, the appeal of role models is extremely huge.

Li Zhi slowly glanced at the civil and military officials in the court and said, "If you don't come first, why should you lead the people? I read the "Book of Han" and remember that Emperor Wen of Han once issued an edict saying, 'Farming is the foundation of the world. When I open the fields, I will personally lead the farming to give the ancestral temple a prosperous place'. I may not be as good as the previous emperor's conquering the world, but I have the intention of Emperor Wen of Han to govern the world and calm the people. Today, I am exhausted, not only to imitate my ancestors and cultivate their own silkworms, but also to be frugal and simple. The harem, including me, all eat vegetarian clothes and take the world first."

Li Zhi's statement was a sense of righteousness.

In fact, Li Shimin also said similar things.

Emperor Taizong in the early days was a model of diligence and loving the people. He just eased as soon as he survived that hurdle, especially after Empress Changsun’s death...

But this is the only bite that the civil officials and scholars in the court eat.

Diligence and simplicity are examples of benevolence.

As for doing things, it doesn’t matter. The prime minister who commands all officials is capable.

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, the civil and military officials in the palace cheered and praised Li Zhi.

Seeing this, Changsun Wuji could not take such a big fuss, but just glanced at Liu Shi.

Liu Shi was very worried and still had a certain understanding of that niece.

The Wang family was born in five surnames and was famous in the Northern Dynasties. However, his grandfather Wang Sizheng was once the Minister of the Western Wei Dynasty Zuo Pushe. He was a descendant of an important official in the Western Wei Dynasty. His parents and his families married the Li family before the Li family won the world, thus becoming a member of the Guanlong collective.

As the daughter of an official and aristocratic family, Wang was born with a golden key in her childhood. The meaning of existence is for family marriage.

Therefore, since she was a child, Wang learned all about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and learned how to control the family. As a grand wife in the family, she was destined to match the family of officials who were of equal status, rather than having to subsidize her own textiles for the family and make contributions to her life.

Even the girl is red, Wang is not familiar with it, let alone picking mulberry trees and raising silkworms?

If Queen Wang makes a mistake in the silkworm ceremony, then the deposed Queen will be irreversible...

Both of them were not easy-going, and it was obvious that Li Yuanai's proposal was aimed at helping Li Zhi depose Queen.

But this is an open conspiracy, and no matter how powerful they are, they can only agree.

This is a great saying that cannot be easily stopped.

The dynasty will disperse, and the next time is the time to truly deal with military and national affairs.

The main purpose of the New Year and the Court is not to discuss matters, but to give all officials a chance to meet the emperor and speak in person, so as to avoid the prime minister's deceiving superiors and concealing subordinates.

In this era, the one who truly takes charge of government affairs must be the prime ministers, who are responsible for governing all officials and handling government affairs.

The emperor's power is more inclined to make decisions and appoint prime ministers.

If all officials are not given the chance to meet the emperor, the prime minister can do whatever he wants.

Changsun Wuji's attitude was not cold at all because of Li Yuan'ai's proposal to cultivate and silkworms. He was as enthusiastic as he met at the first time today, and personally led him to the Sherenyuan near the Tai Chi Palace where the people were discussing.

The layout and structure of the Sherenyuan is extremely simple, it is an antique small palace.

Before entering the hall, I smelled the smell of wine and food. Li Yuanai couldn't help swallowing the saliva that was induced.

After going out early this morning, I experienced the grand ceremony and was already hungry, but I didn’t know where the canteen was. Changsun Wuji was too enthusiastic and it was not convenient to speak.

Changsun Wuji had long been accustomed to saying: "That is, the first two days will delay some time, and the usual time will be extremely punctual. Your Majesty will also reward some palace food from time to time, and enjoy food here while discussing state affairs. This is a great pleasure in life."

Li Yuanai walked into the hall and saw that in addition to various official documents and letters, there were also stacks of exquisite food on the table table.

The prime minister's food is naturally not bad, and Li Yuanai saw that his index finger was stirring.

Changsun Wuji pointed to the first seat on the right and said, "This will be the seat of Your Highness from now on. I am old and can't stand the hunger. You're welcome." He said as he walked to the chief and feasted.

Seeing that Li Ji and others also sat on their seats to eat, Li Yuanai also followed the customs and picked up a piece of mutton with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.

really!

After Changsun Wuji swallowed the flesh in his mouth, he began to talk about state affairs.

"The news came from the Anton Protectorate that Baekje has been very restless in recent years and is very close to Japan. He may have worries and ask us to do a good job of dealing with it. What do you think about this?"

After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and started to eat.

In the military, Li Ji had the highest voice. After swallowing the food in his mouth slowly, he spoke: "Baoje, the Japanese wolfish ambition and expansion desire have been there early. If it weren't for coveting our dynasty, he would have to move troops to Silla. There is no need to move the Anton Protectorate, the front line is too long and the logistics pressure is too high. It is a devastating victory, and it is also a miserable victory in economic terms. I think I can try to fight across the sea and go directly to Xiongjin from Dengzhou with warships, but I don't know if the navy can support it."

He said that, looking at Li Yuanai, then grabbed a bone and chewed it.

Li Yuanai was both ridiculous and quickly integrated into it, saying: "There is no problem. With the development of maritime transportation, our North Korea's shipbuilding technology has been significantly improved, especially nautical warships, which have absorbed the essence of the West, integrated it into our craftsmanship, and fully supported fighting across the sea."

Changsun Wuji said: "In this way, there is no need to prepare for the Anton Protectorate, Dengzhou should pay attention."

While eating, they determined the military allocation of border defenses in the Tang Dynasty...
Chapter completed!