Although Li Cong was disappointed in Lu Ming, Lu Ming's words gave Li Cong a good reason, so he didn't wait for everyone to discuss it again, and directly said the conclusion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know what you are suspicious of, doesn't it mean that my niece is not as smart as a normal person? I don't know if you understood the words of Fang Cai Yan Hou, Meng Hou and Lu Shizi, this niece of mine is indeed not an ordinary boudoir woman, she is a smart woman with considerable endurance and perseverance. As far as I know, in order to study cakes, she used to be busy with a few maids for more than a month, and she made mistakes and changed the recipe again; Later, in order to study new dishes, she found all the recipes at home and practiced them herself; Later, when she heard that the people could not even sustain food and clothing, she began to study agriculture again in order to share my worries, and for this purpose she went through all the agricultural books, in order to find out the crops that could be transplanted, she could personally take people up the mountain, in order to verify whether the methods in the books were correct, she could personally go down to the field to ask the peasant women for advice, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, But there is one thing I almost forgot, fortunately, Lu Shizi reminded me that my niece went to a Western missionary a few months ago to ask for crop seeds that Da Zhou did not have and successfully tried to plant them, and one of them is what we urgently need in Da Zhou. ”

At this time, Li Cong was particularly glad that he came back with a few cotton flowers yesterday, and just took advantage of today's opportunity to give Yan Yan another credit, and he would have to talk to these old diehards next time.

Soon the eunuch beside him went down with a tray carrying a few cotton flowers, which the officials present had never seen before, but most of them had seen silk cotton processed from silkworm cocoons, so some people mistook it for silk cotton.

"Like you, I mistook it for silk cotton at first, but this is not silk cotton, it's cotton, and I personally picked it from two plants of this height." After Li Cong finished speaking, he stood up and compared the height of the cotton plant.

In the eyes of these officials in the audience, there is no difference between cotton and silk cotton in front of them, that is to say, the silk spit out of the mouth of the silkworm can be planted directly, no, the silk can be planted out, and a process of processing from the cocoon into silk cotton is also saved in the middle, so what silkworms will be raised in the future?

"Aiqing, what is the difference between cotton and silk cotton has not yet been able to say, but at present, it is certain that cotton can not only be made into cotton jackets and quilts for heating, but also spinning and weaving, and most importantly, its yield is not low, so that the vast majority of the people can afford to wear it. In other words, my niece has solved a big problem for me. Speaking of this, Li Cong paused and looked at the civil and military officials in the audience.

"Good, the people of my Great Zhou Dynasty will hopefully not have to endure hunger and cold. The minister is ashamed, but the position of Si Nong is not as good as that of a deep boudoir woman. For this reason, the minister proposed to ask Lu Yan's clan to serve as the chief farmer, and the minister was willing to assist her wholeheartedly. Dasi Nong Liu Feng stood up again.

As soon as he said this, there was a buzz in the hall again, and this proposal was also unexpected by everyone.

It is not appropriate for a woman to come out to be an official, and what is even more unseemly is that Liu Feng is willing to give way and be a subordinate to a woman, what is the situation?

"Your Majesty, there is no precedent for a woman to be an official in this dynasty, please think twice." Wang Shixiu stepped forward.

As soon as his words fell, Xu Liangxing and Wen Wenshan stood up at the same time, which was the only time in the past three years that the three prime ministers had opposed a proposal at the same time.

After the three prime ministers, the other three princes also stood up, and the reasons they put forward were all precedents for no women as officials in this dynasty.

Lu Ming saw that the emperor had a gloomy face, he didn't say that he agreed or objected, and his heart suddenly felt bad, so he hurriedly stood up, "Your Majesty, although the minister's sister-in-law has a genius, she will soon be a mother, and she is really not suitable for a career." ”

This reason is the most appropriate, a pregnant woman who is about to give birth, what is the official who comes out?

This reason did convince Li Cong.

"Not really." Li Cong nodded, "Speaking of which, I am also ashamed, back then, Lu Yan's father made many military exploits for my Great Zhou, and finally died on the battlefield, leaving only such a little blood and bones, but I didn't take care of him." In the past year, I have watched this child transform little by little, a little strong, and a little hardworking, which is why he has today's reputation and achievements. But they can't see the hardships that this child has paid, they only see her bright side, so they will question this and that. Speaking of doubts, I would also like to ask you, as my people, why can't she do what a boudoir woman can do? Regardless of whether I am smart or not, I only ask about this intention. One by one, we all asked ourselves, when did we really put the people's sufferings at ease, and when did we really take my worries to heart? ”

The more Li Cong spoke, the more excited he became, and the more he spoke, the more indignant he became, he really didn't expect that these officials would dare to form a party behind his back, and openly challenge his authority in the court for their own selfishness.

To put it bluntly, what is the difference between their opposition to Yan Yan and their opposition to him today?

Who doesn't know that Yan Yan is his person?

He personally took people to Mingyuan to harvest yams, what are these people pretending to be confused?

Is it really that he, the emperor, is an ornament?

"The ministers are ashamed, the ministers are ashamed, the emperor is Shengming, Lu Yan's is a woman who is full of talent and has great love and kindness, and I can't help but let future generations remember her merits, for this reason, the minister proposed to give Lu Yan's two more notes in the historical records." Right Prime Minister Wang Shixiu knelt down and said.

Soon, the officials present all knelt down, and all of them shouted "Shame on the ministers, shame on the ministers... ”

Seeing this, Li Cong finally let out a breath of turbidity, "Zhong Aiqing, let's calm down, where did we just discuss?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has a proposal, and the right minister of the king also said that Lu Yan's family is a strange woman with a great love and kindness, and the minister feels that just two strokes in the historical records are not enough to express the emperor's importance to her, and it is not enough to show the immensity of the emperor's grace, so the minister suggested that Lu Yan's family be given a seal." Xu Liangxing, the left minister, said loudly.

He knows that if he doesn't give the emperor an explanation today, this matter is really difficult to be good, rather than letting Yan Yan become an official, it is better to give her a seal, the title of the left and right women is just a name, it is a private matter of the royal family, and it has little to do with the court.

Of course, it is not completely irrelevant, the conferral also involves titles and fiefdoms, no, as soon as Xu Liangxing finished speaking, Wu Qi, the protector of the country, stood up.