Chapter 1147

"Thank you, your majesty! But Baijiu is not allowed to be raised, or it will be easy to put it out."

"Don't worry! It's easy to do, but it's hard to do another thing." Li Shimin looked at Merton unkindly.

Merton was surprised and asked cautiously, "what did your majesty say?"

Li Shimin sneered: "the prohibition you proposed is really good, but I'm used to the solution of thousands of worries in Mojia village. What if I run out of wine in the future? I heard that there are many wine cellars in Mojia village......"

Merton said with a bitter smile, "don't worry, your majesty. Store the wine and take it by your majesty. It's enough for your majesty."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction. With a kind face, she took Merton to the mother and daughter of the eldest grandson queen. Looking at such a harmonious relationship between Weng and her son-in-law, Princess Changle felt that the world was worth it.

However, Princess Changle was not happy for too long. The next day, the whole court changed immediately.

"Tell your majesty, the recent sharp rise in grain prices in Guanzhong is of no benefit to the country!" a censor in the Imperial Hall was distressed.

"Did the big Si Nong find out the reason for the sharp rise in grain prices?" Li Shimin asked Su Lingnong, a big Si Nong who looked aside.

Su Lingnong reluctantly said: "I inform your majesty that the rain in Datang is bad this year, and there has been a reduction in grain production in many places, which has led to a rise in grain prices."

Li Shimin pretended: "no! Now that the Tang Dynasty has the method of drought resistance, pesticides, even if the output is reduced, there will be more grain than before. How can there be a sharp rise in grain prices?"

Fang Xuanling Gongshou Road: "I inform your majesty that although the method of drought resistance is good, it can only take care of a small part of the land, so as not to lose grain. Most of the land still depends on heaven. In addition, nowadays, the popularization of artificial incubation technology and the large increase in the number of chickens, ducks and geese in Datang require food feeding. Less than half of the food in Datang is consumed to feed poultry every year. Therefore, although the food output increases But there are also more places where food needs to be used. In this way, the food price in Datang will increase instead of falling. "

A civil servant thought and said, "in that case, why not restrict the raising of poultry and stabilize grain prices!"

"No!" as soon as this proposal came out, it immediately found the opposition of many officials.

Fang Xuanling said with a bitter smile, "the people have managed to live a good life. If the imperial court restricts the raising of poultry, isn't it the people's resentment?"

After tasting the meat, no one wants to go back to the days when there are few noodles in clear soup. The demand for meat of the people in Datang is almost endless. In addition, fat is popular in Datang, the daily consumption of meat has reached an amazing number, and the consumption of food is naturally an astronomical number.

The imperial medical order also said: "eating meat is a good medicine for the treatment of night blindness. Now the artificial breeding of poultry is popular in Datang. Eating meat is no longer a luxury for people. Folk night blindness has almost disappeared. Eating meat is indispensable and must not be limited."

The court officials were in a dilemma. If they really restricted the raising of poultry, I'm afraid they would be immediately abused by the world, let alone eating meat or the treatment of night blindness.

Yu Zhining snorted coldly, "gentlemen, you only see that raising poultry consumes food, but you don't know that there is another place that consumes a lot of food every year, but it's not good for the country."

"Yu Aiqing, please speak." when Li Shimin heard Yu Zhining go up the road, he immediately took the slope to go down the donkey road.

Yu Zhining immediately appeared like a cockfight and said: "Your Majesty, to say that consumption of grain, wine can be ranked first, and there are three kilograms of grain in the first place," says the Mohist village, which created a high baijiu. The food consumed by brewery is even more amazing. Since ancient times, the liquor has been delayed by the cup. If his majesty issued a prohibition order, he believed that the price of grain in Tang Dynasty would fall down.

"Prohibition order!" all officials exclaimed. There are many greedy people in the court, and Li Shimin is an expert in the wine country. If the prohibition order is issued, won't he be able to drink? Will Li Shimin agree?

"No, wine has been handed down for thousands of years. How can you ban it?" Cheng Yaojin jumped out first and objected.

"And now doctors need to disinfect with alcohol. What if they ban brewing?" the imperial medical order retorted.

Yu Zhining thought for a moment and said, "Weichen believes that doctors can forgive with wine, but they can't sell it on the world."

"Minister Wei seconded." many ministers immediately agreed that since it is not possible to restrict the raising of poultry, it is only necessary to restrict another large grain consumer, the wine industry.

Li Shimin hesitated and said, "well, in that case, I'll risk the universal condemnation and issue this prohibition. After one month, it is forbidden to make wine with grain in the Tang Dynasty. Once it is found out, it will be severely punished."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Yu Zhining was not happy with his heart. He fought with Mo Zi for many years. At this time, he finally lost his fortune. He knew that the high Baijiu was a huge profit, and the Mohist's solution of Qian Qian was sold to a bottle of consistent money, which was almost a robbery. This time he finally broke the arm of Mohist village.

After the breakup of the dynasty, the news of the prohibition soon spread to the people, and there was almost an uproar in Chang'an city.

"Prohibition!"

The people of Chang'an were stunned. No one thought that the imperial court suddenly issued a prohibition order.

Some smart people immediately turned to the wine shop without hesitation and used all the money in their pockets to buy wine.

Other people followed suit. Soon, the Changan city started a storm of wine grabbing. In a short time, the price of Baijiu liquor in Changan increased and businessmen saw business opportunities.

"Prohibition!"

When the people of Zhangjiazhuang heard what they said, it was like a disaster. Zhangjiazhuang has always made a living by making wine. Now the imperial court has issued a prohibition on wine, didn't it cut off his livelihood?

For a moment, the villagers of zhangjiacun wailed and were at a loss.

"What are you crying about? Isn't there still a month? In this month, you should brew all the wine and make a lot of money first." Zhang Jiacun growled.

All the villagers came to their senses. After the prohibition order, the price of spirits rose sharply. Now it is a good time to make money, not to lament. They immediately wipe away their tears. All the villagers of Zhangjia, old and young, went to battle and strive to brew more wine in only one month.

Not only Zhangjia village, almost all wineries made the same decision, including the winemaking workshop in Mojia village, and even spread to all parts of Datang.

For a while, all wineries consumed grain as much as possible to make wine, but the grain price did not rise but fell, and it fell sharply.

The effect of the prohibition was immediate, and the food price crisis in Datang was lifted.