Li Shimin

"In this way, Xuan Ba ​​is very satisfied with Gao Ming's performance on the battlefield?"

Slowly picking up a glass of warm wine, Li Shimin drank it down in one gulp.

"Your Majesty is not satisfied?"

Li Xuan asked.

"This……"

Li Shimin was taken aback. He couldn't say that he was the emperor who would conquer the world immediately. He also hoped that the heir of the Tang Dynasty would be a unparalleled general in battle!
Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Li Xuan guessed what Li Shimin was thinking.

"Your Majesty, bombs and muskets are unparalleled. Just planting a bomb in front of the city can directly destroy 200,000 Tibetan elite troops and directly kill 100,000 people.

And I waited for each army to be more than 10,000 elite soldiers, but they were able to conquer the city and capture territory in Tuyuhun, invincible and invincible. The entire city and soldiers of Tuyuhun were like paper.

What does His Majesty think, after having bombs and muskets, is strategy or personal bravery important on the battlefield now? "

"Besides, His Majesty has been on the throne for so many years, but has he personally gone to the battlefield and led troops to fight?"

"Gao Ming is the heir of the Tang Dynasty, and he only needs to know how to use it well. But this time on the battlefield, I just need to let him experience it for himself. How my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty conquered those barbarian countries, and how cruel the battlefield will be. !

As for the rest, Your Majesty should not ask too much! "

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

"Come, Your Majesty, drink!"

Seeing this, Li Xuan picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

After regaining his senses, Li Shimin also picked up his wine glass and drank it down.

Ok?
Suddenly, Li Shimin looked at Li Xuan's eyes that started to turn around, and subconsciously tensed up, knowing that Li Xuan wanted to drive him away again!
"Xuanba, I was outside just now, and I seem to have seen you bring back more than 50 scholars? Is there a shortage of scholars in your village?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan re-swallowed the words that were almost in his throat.

"Your Majesty, if I say that I just want to find some lords for the older girls in the village, can you believe it?"

Li Shimin: "..."

"Your Majesty, I am indeed looking for a gentleman for the daughters of those farmers!"

Li Xuan said.

Seeing that Li Xuan said so seriously, Li Shimin believed it a little bit, and nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty lacks scholars?" Li Xuan asked thoughtfully.

"Ugh!"

What Li Xuan rarely saw was that Li Shimin frowned.

"Xuanba doesn't know, with the capture of the four countries of Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and Tuyuhun, those aristocratic families took away a lot of scholars. Now, the officials in the states and counties of my Tang Dynasty have begun to be in short supply. !
The Ministry of Officials complains to me every day. In two years, my Tang Dynasty will have no officials to use! "

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Li Xuan snorted softly, "Your Majesty, there are so many families in the world, and there are so many children from the families, how come there are no officials available? It must be those families who have some evil intentions and want to blackmail the court!"

"So, I will start a big recruitment spring test this year!"

Li Shimin said bitterly.

"Has Your Majesty thought about running a school?"

Li Xuan asked.

"School?"

Li Shimin was taken aback, and then he understood what Li Xuan meant: "Xuanba, now only in Chang'an, there are Guozijian, Taixue, Hongwenguan, and Chongwenguan in Donggong. In addition, there are prefecture schools in every prefecture, and county schools in counties! "

"In other words, there are nearly 20,000 prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty, so if a county school provides ten students to His Majesty every year, it can also provide more than [-] students in that year!"

Li Xuan said slowly, "And in the entire Tang Dynasty, there are [-] officials?"

In the Tang Dynasty, various official departments were very streamlined, so there were very few officials in the entire Tang Dynasty.

The reason why the treatment of these officials in the Tang Dynasty can be so much higher than that of other dynasties is because the officials of the entire Tang Dynasty are as much as half less than the officials of other dynasties.

In addition, Li Shimin is still very stingy, and created his own public money system, that is, every three years, he will conduct a thorough investigation of the rich merchants in the entire Tang Dynasty, and then levy a special property tax on wealthy merchant families with a certain amount of property. The wealth and taxes paid by wealthy businessmen are used to support officials.

Li Xuan also heard these from the mouths of Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others, so he also knew that Li Shimin, who seemed to be very generous to his courtiers and nobles, actually had such a side behind his back!
Not only are there few officials, but they are also reluctant to give money!

Li Shimin was startled, and then sighed again, "Xuanba doesn't know something, that's what he said, but how many students can the state schools and county schools enroll, and how many poor families can there be among them?
Even having five children from poor families in one county school is already quite remarkable, and most of the rest are children from wealthy businessmen and aristocratic families!

Now, as my Great Tang conquers those foreign countries, these aristocratic families and wealthy merchants are also starting to move around..."

"I see!"

Li Xuan understood.

After thinking about it slowly, he looked at Li Shimin and said, "As those aristocratic families conferred kingships in places like Goguryeo and Tuyuhun, Your Majesty has made a lot of money!"

"You made a lot of money?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help being startled, and looked at Li Xuan with some doubts.

"Your Majesty sold it for at least 40 million yuan!" Li Xuan said directly.

"No no……"

Only then did Li Shimin react, shaking his head again and again.

"A large part of it is exchanged for pig iron, iron ore, and fertile land!"

"So, there should be more than 20 million yuan!"

Li Xuan said.

"There is!"

Li Shimin nodded slowly.

"In this way, His Majesty may consider building a school in each state city!" Li Xuan said.

"Build another school?"

Li Shimin was a little puzzled.

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly, "These new schools in the state city were built with His Majesty's own money, and the students recruited in them are all from poor families, and if they want to enter, they also need to take an exam.

Those who lack moral character, are stupid and greedy for money, or who have different ideas will not enter!After these apprentices have completed their studies, they can enter the imperial court and become officials of the Tang Dynasty! "

Hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

"Xuan Ba's idea is that I will pay for the construction of the state school, and firstly recruit the well-qualified students from all states into my state school, so that these poor children will come out and become officials directly after they have completed their studies?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly: "In the past, many poor students with good qualifications, after being enlightened, were mostly recruited by a lot of families!
Now, in this way, the humble children taught by His Majesty's state school, without the aristocratic family's involvement, these humble children are the most loyal to His Majesty! "

"Of course, if His Majesty wants those poor and well-qualified children to come to the prefectural school run by His Majesty, then His Majesty's school also needs to have a lot of great Confucian scholars or good teachers sitting in it!"

"Then how much money do I need to spend just to establish these state schools?"

Li Shimin frowned slightly.

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