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"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu is targeting my five surnames and seven surnames. We have been married to each other for many years, and the relationship between the families is getting better and better. This is a good thing!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have never heard of any family in the family whose children are born with defects. This is slander!"

"Your Majesty, please be aware!"

A group of ministers with five surnames and seven wangs in the court hall shouted for grievances, saying that this was Li Ke deliberately targeting and slandering them.

There is absolutely no such thing in Five Surnames and Seven Watches!

Basically, there were two voices above the court.

One is to support the prohibition of intermarriage between five surnames and seven Wangs.

The other is that things are not as exaggerated as Li Ke said, and that Li Ke is making a fuss over a molehill.

After everyone quarreled for a while, Li Shimin spoke.

"Yesterday, after I received the news, I sent someone to investigate in Chang'an City."

"Investigate which family in Chang'an City has had babies with birth defects in recent years, and investigate the relationship between their parents."

"Earlier today, I got the result, which is shocking!"

Even though he had seen the result for a while, Li Shimin still couldn't help showing a look of surprise on his face.

It was precisely because he saw the result that he thought of calling Li Lizhi to the palace to explain.

Because this number gave him quite a shock.

Hearing this, everyone immediately looked at Li Shimin in unison, with surprise in their eyes.

It turns out that His Majesty has ordered someone to conduct an investigation in Chang'an City?

Although Li Shimin didn't say the result, everyone still saw a clue from Li Shimin's words and expressions.

Li Shimin used the four words shocking to describe it.

It shows that the result of this investigation is very likely to be the same as what Li Ke said.

The supporting ministers breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that today should be stable.

The ministers who opposed it frowned slightly, obviously this situation exceeded their expectations.

"In the past 10 years, there have been 8 cases of birth defects in Chang'an City."

"Of these, seven cases were due to the fact that the baby's parents were first cousins."

Li Shimin said the number slowly.

Whoa!

Hearing this number, there was an uproar in the Tai Chi Hall!

Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

Whether it is for or against, everyone is shocked by this number.

There were only 8 cases, 7 of which were due to close relatives of the baby's parents!

This number is like ironclad evidence, proving that everything Li Ke said in the newspaper is true!

This number also seemed to be a strong response, and severely slapped those who said in the court just now that Li Ke made a fuss out of a molehill and made use of it.

After all, although there are not many people, close relatives account for nearly [-]% of them!

In the face of this number, all objections become pale and powerless.

Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji and other leaders were also completely silent after hearing this number.

Because they knew very well that after the results of Li Shimin's investigation came out, it was meaningless for them to say anything else.

It could be said that it was the words of Li Ke's family before, but now that the hard evidence is in front of them, if they still insist on objecting.

That's probably going to attract Li Shimin's attention.

"Chang'an is a huge city with a population of one million, but there are only 8 cases, and 7 of them are due to close relatives."

"But how many people have five surnames and seven Wangs? There are more than 2 cases in total. It's terrifying to think about it!"

"The probability of this is how many times higher than that of ordinary people?"

Li Shimin thought of this data comparison, and immediately decided in his heart that intermarriage of five surnames and seven Wangs must be prohibited.

Everyone nodded thoughtfully when they heard Li Shimin's words.

They also thought of the problem.

Only seven families intermarried with each other, and there were more than 10 cases of birth defect babies within 2 years.

However, there were only 10 cases in Chang'an City with a population of one million in 8 years.

Among them, 7 cases were due to close relatives of parents.

Therefore, it is already clear at a glance how there are so many cases in the seven families of five surnames and seven families.

"Now, dear dear, what else do you want to say?"

Li Shimin immediately glanced at everyone in the Tai Chi Hall and asked a question.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the intermarriage of five surnames and seven Wangs must be prohibited!"

Fang Xuanling stood up and made a strong statement.

After seeing the figures that Li Shimin asked to investigate, he was firm in this idea.

"Your Majesty, I support you!"

Xiao Yu also expressed his support.

Soon, the wind turned to one side, except for the despairing faces of the ministers who came from five surnames and Qiwang.

All the ministers supported the prohibition of intermarriage with five surnames and seven Wangs.

"The decree is that from now on, the five surnames and seven Wangs will be completely prohibited from intermarriage with each other. Those who are already married will either get divorced or be forbidden to have children!"

"Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!"

Li Shimin immediately announced the imperial decree in front of all the ministers!

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Li Shimin is very determined this time.

It is directly and completely prohibited. From now on, the five surnames and seven Wangs will never intermarry with each other.

For those who were married before, he gave two options.

One is that the two parties reconcile and divorce, and then each find a new marriage partner.

This may have been difficult in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it was very normal in the Tang Dynasty, just like modern times.

Marriage, divorce, and then separate marriages are all very normal.

The second is that it is okay to have a divorce, but it is forbidden to have children!

Anyway, everyone with five surnames and seven hopes must choose one of these two options.

He also said that anyone who does not comply will be killed without mercy!

There was no reason to deal with the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes before, but now there is the best reason.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Hearing this, many ministers in the Taiji Hall saluted one after another, expressing their support for Li Shimin's will.

As for the ministers belonging to the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs, their faces were ashen and their eyes were full of despair.

The five surnames and seven Wangs are really about to be divided into individual individuals from a whole.

And the day of being divided is the time when the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes will decline from then on.

Moreover, Li Shimin is still on the ground of righteousness, and they can't object yet.

Because this is the will of the people in the world, and the physiological ethics!

"Next, let's talk about the business tax. King Wu suggested that merchants who pay the business tax should be given a higher status, and their children should be allowed to take the imperial examination. What do you love?"

Li Shimin then asked the ministers another question.

Today's Dachaohui is mainly about two things, one is about five surnames and seven Wangs, and the other is about business taxation.

The matter of five surnames and seven wangs has been satisfactorily resolved, and the next step is commercial taxation.

"Your Majesty, merchants have had a low status since ancient times. Merchants seek profit instead of production, which is of no benefit to the country!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, some old and stubborn people stood up immediately and strongly opposed the promotion of the businessman's status.

In their hearts, scholars, agriculture, industry and commerce are the iron law, and scholars must be ranked first without dispute.

And businessmen must be ranked last unconditionally, and they are called lowly businessmen!

They think highly of themselves, and they don't want to be officials in the same court as the children of merchants who smell like copper, and of course they don't want the children of merchants to participate in the imperial examination.

"Your Majesty, emphasizing commerce will inevitably detract from agriculture, and agriculture is the foundation of the country. This cannot be shaken!"

Changsun Wuji once again expressed his views to Li Shimin, still opposing the collection of commercial taxes.

He knew that the commercial tax was set up by Li Ke, and he also knew that Li Ke had promised businessmen in Yangzhou and Suzhou in advance that their children would be allowed to take the imperial examination.

If the imperial court really agrees, then Li Ke's reputation will be greatly improved again.

But if the court refuses, then Li Ke's reputation will definitely plummet!

In Yangzhou and Suzhou, they will lose prestige, lose the support of businessmen, and cannot collect business taxes.

In short, as long as the court refuses, then Li Ke's life in Yangzhou will be very difficult.

This is undoubtedly in their interest.

"That's right, businessmen make money too fast, and people will not care about farming. My country of Tang Dynasty is agriculture. Once there is a problem with agriculture, what will the people of Tang Dynasty want to eat?"

Gao Shilian also expressed his opinion.

Of course, his opinion has two meanings.

One of them is that he really believes that the improvement of the status of merchants will have an impact on agriculture, which is not good for Datang.

On the other level, of course, like Changsun Wuji, he doesn't want Li Ke to continue to develop.

"Food is the foundation of a country. A country can have no money, but it cannot live without food!"

Chu Suiliang also stood up and opposed.

Afterwards, many ministers objected one after another. The reason for their opposition was basically that the Chamber of Commerce suppressed agriculture, resulting in a lack of food.

And the people depend on food.

A lack of food will cause instability in the Tang Dynasty and cause unrest among the common people.

"Your Majesty, I do have a different opinion."

"Agriculture is certainly important, but business is not as bad as what you adults said. His Royal Highness King Wu once said that a country without agriculture is not stable, and a country without business is not rich."

"Without prosperous business, Tang Dynasty would not be able to become rich. Why has Chang'an City become more prosperous and prosperous this year? Isn't it because of the unprecedented prosperity of Chang'an's business this year?"

Tang Jian, Minister of the Household Department, was the first to stand up and express his support for improving the status of businessmen.

He is in charge of money, and he knows better than anyone else how much potential there is in business!

Especially the changes in Chang'an City since this year, he really saw it.

In his view, agriculture is important, but business is equally important!

"That's right, and what your lords said about businessmen not doing production is old history."

"What is emphasized now is the combination of industry and commerce, using advanced technology to produce a variety of commodities, and then sold by merchants to various parts of Datang."

"This will not only allow people from all over the Tang Dynasty to use cheap and easy-to-use goods, but also increase the circulation of wealth."

"In the process of production, it will also provide jobs for a large number of people, so that people can have a good income and live a better life."

"And in the production process, we will continue to improve the technology and improve the technology level."

Duan Lun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, also expressed his views.