"Is this still possible?"
In the court hall, Dai Zhou couldn't help but sigh as he watched Du Ruhui talking eloquently.
As soon as he went to court today, Du Ruhui raised the issue of people in various places passively raising ducklings after receiving them.
Then a set of solutions is given.
The analysis of people's labor costs, time costs and expected benefits can be said to be unheard of, but it makes perfect sense when you think about it carefully.
Nowadays, people raising ten ducks can only avoid ten days of corvee. According to Du Ruhui's calculation, the labor cost and time cost of raising ten ducks far exceed the impact of ten days of corvee on people's income.
Everyone has read the Four Books and Five Classics, so why is Brother Keming suddenly so good?
"Everyone in the world is pursuing profit, so we should use it to make it happen!" Finally, Du Ruhui concluded: "People spend a hundred dollars to get a profit of ten dollars, so why do they make it?"
"I second the proposal!" Fang Xuanling stood up: "I am favored and held in a high position, my family is warm and I have a good salary, and I take advantage of the wealth and power to compete with the people for the benefit of the people. The people are safe and able."
Then several courtiers expressed their agreement. Of course, Li Shimin had nothing to say. Only a few core members of the Tang Dynasty knew about this. The real purpose was to restrain the locusts and alleviate the upcoming locust plague.
If the duck farmers themselves are passive and slow in their work and do not let the ducks go out to eat more locust larvae, then the ducklings they exchanged for the iron ore will completely lose their original meaning.
But why did Du Ruhui suddenly understand so many things? Li Shimin looked at Du Ruhui repeatedly on the dragon chair and was puzzled.
"Prime Minister Du, your Majesty has invited you!" After leaving the court, Du Ruhui was stopped by a chamberlain.
Fang Xuanling gave him a look, Du Ruhui nodded, and followed him to the Xiande Hall.
"Keming, sit down!"
"I don't dare!" Du Ruhui bowed: "What I said in the court today was not what I thought!"
You must know that in the court, Li Shimin greatly praised Du Ruhui. It was inconvenient to say it at the time, but if he didn't explain it clearly now, he would be suspected of deceiving the emperor.
"Oh? I wonder who Keming heard this from?" In fact, when Du Ruhui said it just now, Li Shimin had doubts.
Because many of the words used are not what the Tang Dynasty should have at all, and the place where these words appear most recently is Shanghe Village.
"That's what a little girl from Shanghe Village said!" In fact, Du Ruhui blushed when he said it.
The people were not very enthusiastic about raising ducklings for a day or two, but the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty could not come up with a good solution.
The reason is still the idea that the butt determines the head.
Everyone who was in a high position felt that being exempted from the ten days of corvee was already a kindness. It was natural for the people to help the court raise ducks, so they did not think about increasing the people's income at all.
"A little girl?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Hahahaha, are they Tang Ping's students? If you guessed correctly, it should be Erya!"
He had been to Tang Ping's place several times and had seen Tang Ping in class. He paid special attention to Erya, one of the children in Tang Ping's Shanghe Village. That girl was indeed extremely alert and could learn everything faster than others. , among Tang Ping's students, he was second only to Li Bai.
Du Ruhui nodded and said yes, but he already knew in his heart that His Majesty knew so much about Tang Ping in Shanghe Village. It seemed that his and Fang Xuanling's guesses were indeed correct.
But now that the Tang Dynasty has established Li Chengqian as the crown prince, I don’t know that having such a talented illegitimate son will bring good times and bad times to the Tang Dynasty!
The two chatted for a while, and then Du Ruhui was let out. Like Fang Xuanling, he was already covered in cold sweat when he came out. He had to be careful about every word he said when it came to royal family secrets.
And he was very much looking forward to meeting Tang Ping in Shanghe Village yesterday, but now he has given up this idea.
Since he was in a powerful position and Tang Ping's status was sensitive, it was better for him to have less to do with him!
Li Shimin approved Du Ruhui's memorial and was a little worried.
Why do two of my prime ministers like to go to Shanghe Village when they leave the city? Is the feng shui good there or what?
But I can't give an order saying that no one is allowed to go there, right? Isn’t that trying to cover up the truth?
After much thought, I couldn't think of a good solution, so I could only let nature take its course for the time being.
Only the person involved, Tang Ping, didn't know that he had actually become the illegitimate son in the eyes of "Fang Mou Du Duan".
Little did he know that he had caused quite a stir in the court.
He was looking at a set of numbers in his system in confusion.
"Xiao Kong, what does 1568 mean? Hey, it's become 1602 again!"
"This is your progress in promoting mathematics. You can end this task at any time, and the rewards will be settled based on the data at the end."
"That is to say, now because of me, these mathematical theories have begun to be promoted. The greater the impact later, the better the rewards will be, right?"
"Yes!"
In this way, Tang Ping understood that he was not in a hurry to get any rewards now, so he just let it hang like this, just like an idle game on his mobile phone. He would click and collect it when he needed resources. That is, this reward was What exactly a blind box is, I don’t know yet.
Soon, a piece of paper was sent to various places in the Tang Dynasty. Half of the ducks raised for the imperial court were handed over after half a year, and each household had to deal with the remaining half.
As soon as this document arrived, many people couldn't believe it. After confirming it with the officers in the yamen, they were sure that it was true.
"Go, make some bamboo fences to surround our fields, put the ducks in them, and they can eat as many bugs as they like. After eating one piece, we'll surround another one!"
"Sanwa, hurry up and ask your brother to go to the river to catch some shrimps to feed the ducks!"
"Dad, do you think these earthworms I dug can be fed to the ducks?"
Just like Du Ruhui said, people in the world seek profit by making profits. At this time, those who received the ducks became enthusiastic. The imperial court provided duck seedlings, and they could share half of them just by being responsible for raising them.
Even if some ducks may die midway, it is still more cost-effective than the original ten days of corvee!
Many people who had not received duck seedlings originally and laughed at their neighbors for their thankless efforts also went to the local government offices to ask if they could still receive them.
After learning that raising ducks in batches every six months would become the norm, he left in frustration.
Yes, this time Datang’s senior management discovered the benefits of breeding through calculations, so of course it will be promoted in the long term.
Even Mon Ha Province is already considering that not only chickens and ducks, but all kinds of poultry and livestock can adopt this new model of joint breeding between the state and individuals!
