Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 99 Du Ruhui's Visit

"Ah Choo!" Li Tai was enjoying the maid's lupine in Gaoling's summer room, while eating a watermelon that wasn't very tasty.

"When will a genius come out and improve this watermelon? When will such a tasteless and not sweet watermelon be the first!"

Li Tai complained in his heart, spit out the melon seeds in his mouth, and put the red and white watermelon aside.

I have to say that it is really difficult in this world if you can't even eat melons.

As for how to improve the sweetness of watermelon, well, Li Tai doesn't know.

I can only hope that there will be a watermelon grandma similar to Wu Mingzhu in the agricultural school, and improve this melon to my satisfaction.

Just when Li Tai was bored and was thinking about whether to allocate funds to increase investment in watermelon research so that the watermelon could be improved to at least taste sweet, Bai He came over.

She bowed to Li Tai and said, "King Yue, Du Shangshu is asking to see you!"

"Du Shangshu?" Li Tai was stunned when he heard Bai He's words, but Li Tai never thought that Du Ruhui would come to him.

I thought about it for a while, I didn't seem to have caused anything, how could Du Ruhui find me now!

To be honest, Li Tai really didn't cause trouble recently, Li Tai just patiently waited for his term in Gaoling to end.

After all, the people under him have all kinds of things in their hands, even if they want to do something, they are short of manpower!

Therefore, Li Tai is still patiently focusing on the agricultural college. He has many plans to implement, but these plans need manpower, and these manpower needs Li Tai to accumulate a little bit.

Now, although I have a plan in my mind, but I don't have the right people to assist, then Li Tai can't carry it out even if he wants to!
"Hurry up and invite Du Shangshu to the living room to entertain you! I'm going to change clothes, and I'll go see Du Shangshu!" Li Tai said hastily.

After all, in his own home, and because of the weather, Li Tai still dressed casually, so naturally he couldn't come out to meet guests casually. Li Tai still has some etiquette, the most important thing is that he is not familiar with Du Ru!
When Li Tai changed his clothes and went to see Du Ruhui, he saw that Du Ruhui had just finished eating a portion of watermelon, even swallowing the melon seeds.

When Du Ruhui saw Li Tai, he wiped his mouth calmly, as if he wasn't the one who ate the watermelon. He said to Li Tai:
"King Yue's farming techniques are unique. I'm being rude to eat such courgettes in this autumn season!"

"If Du Gong likes it, then just bring a few back when you go back. Some melons and fruits are nothing!" Li Tai said calmly after hearing Du Ruhui's words, "I don't know what Du Gong is talking about when he came to my Yue Palace?"

"No, if I take melons and fruits back from the Yue Palace, tomorrow Yushi will hand over the article of impeachment against me!"

Du Ruhui shook his head when he heard Li Tai's words, but Du Ruhui looked at Li Tai, and explained clearly the reason for coming to Yue Palace first.
"King Yue, I have obtained the approval of the sage to come here this time, and I hope to make an agreement with the agricultural school.

Students who graduate from agricultural colleges can enter the wharf, Jinkou and other places to work. "

Li Tai said to Du Ruhui: "It is an honor for me and my students to serve the country.

But let me explain first, whether these students are willing to go there is of course voluntary.

Moreover, they were not petty officials in the past, but foreign officials, who had normal assessments and even had the opportunity to participate in scientific examinations.

In addition, if Du Gong wants to recruit, he can only recruit students from the four subjects of liberal arts, mathematics, music and ink.

As for the medical and agricultural personnel, I have other uses, you must not cross the line! "

Hearing Li Tai draw the red line, Du Ruhui also nodded and said: "Everything will follow what the King of Yue said."

To be honest, regardless of the scientific examinations of the Tang Dynasty, the examinees are at best a nine-rank school scribe, and they only do simple proofreading work after reviewing documents, but in fact this is also a regular work among Liu Nei officials. Nine products.

It will take at least ten to twenty years for foreign officials to climb to this position.

The most important thing is that there may not be this channel open to you.

However, it doesn't matter to Li Tai, as long as his students are formally established officials.

The resistance for a small official to change to an official is really too great, but the transfer between internal officials and external officials can gradually smooth out this gap as time goes by.

Fortunately, the low-level official positions below the sixth rank of the Tang Dynasty are basically promoted by foreign officials.

After all, no matter if they are from aristocratic families or students who have passed the scientific examination, they really don't want to do jobs that require a lot of money and little promotion, but these jobs are flocking to foreign officials.

There is no way, the difference in this step is likely to be the difference between official officials and establishment staff, and the treatment is still very different.

Du Ruhui nodded in satisfaction, his first step here was a success.

However, Du Ruhui asked Li Tai again, "Yue Wang, you need so many people to train the Weishui Water Transport. If you plan to build the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the future, Yue Wang, how many people do you think will be needed to meet the needs of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal?"

When Li Tai heard Du Ruhui's words, he couldn't help but straighten his expression. Obviously, for Du Ruhui, this matter was just the beginning.

This question is not only for Li Tai, Du Ruhui is also asking himself, this time he asked Li Tai to solve this matter.

But next time, if he is short of people, can he only go to Li Tai's agricultural school?

If this is the case, Du Ruhui understands that there will definitely be problems in the future.

With the help of power from Li Tai this time, the inevitable power of the Yue Palace must have infiltrated the entire Weihe River.

Whether other people want to admit it or not, and whether they are willing or not, they must be people who come from agricultural colleges.

As for this force, as long as they are in the officialdom, they will instinctively choose to form a group because of their background in an agricultural school.

As long as there is a group, then the leader of this force can only be Li Tai.

Although Li Tai has never intended to involve his power in the government, but as a practical Du Ruhuilai, Li Tai's hands moisten things quietly, but he has no choice but to arrange the students from the agricultural school to the various mouths of the Weishui River. Ability, I feel a bit of admiration and fear.

Du Ruhui didn't know what Li Tai's attitude was, but it was undeniable that Du Ruhui had suffered a loss once, and he didn't want to suffer from Li Tai again. It was enough to experience things like going to the house and pulling the ladder once.

Therefore, Du Ruhui wanted to test whether Li Tai regarded these canals as his basic base.

"Yes!" Li Tai nodded to Du Ruhui,

"No matter how much the Agricultural Institute expands, in the future, the six subjects will at most train about [-] students each year.

If he wanted to expand further, then Gao Ling might not be able to support this school.

But these people are afraid that they won't even be able to make a splash when they invest in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

After all, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the two major water systems of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River from north to south. If you want to maintain the operation of the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, even if there are less than 40 households, you may not be able to truly realize the potential of this canal! "

Hearing Li Tai's evaluation of the prosperity of the Grand Canal, Du Ruhui inevitably became a little dignified.

To be honest, he absolutely dare not underestimate Li Tai's judgment on the future trend. At least up to now, Li Tai has judged the general trend of the future quite correctly step by step, and at the same time Li Tai is doing his best to prepare step by step.

Ever since Li Tai moved out of the East Palace and opened a mansion outside, Li Tai may have such and such problems in small areas, but Li Tai has really not missed the judgment of the general situation, which makes Li Tai very scary .

To a certain extent, Du Ruhui is the person who can best judge a person's decision.

Du Ruhui can completely substitute into Li Tai's experience, and then make a decision based on his understanding of Li Tai and his spiritual talent.

To be honest, some decisions made with one's own spiritual talent may not be superior to those made by Li Tai after looking at them for a long time.

At least the self-made will not appear in Li Tai's case, which seems to be outside the central court, but as long as the court wants to do something, it must consult with Li Tai.

Once or twice is nothing, but if there are too many times, it will be strange if the officials in the court don't know Li Tai's ability.

But it's very unreasonable to want to deal with Li Tai. After all, strictly speaking, Li Tai is just a small county magistrate on an acre of land in Gaoling.

As a member of the imperial court, even if he wanted to lure Li Tai into some situation based on certain events, the position of Gaoling county magistrate was too small.

Things at the county magistrate level are nothing to Prince Li Tai.

And if you want to attack Li Tai as a prince, look at the two mountains behind Li Tai, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, whether they are intentionally framed or contribute to the flames, as long as they make a move, can't they see it!
Whether it is Li Shimin or Empress Changsun, they are absolutely happy to see Li Tai being beaten in court.

But if it is discovered that the hands behind the back are found, then be prepared to be directly rescued.

Therefore, it is simply unrealistic to deal with Li Tai now, and the only way to deal with Li Tai is Li Chengqian.

At least in the eyes of everyone, Li Tai was the whetstone Li Shimin prepared for Li Chengqian, except for Li Chengqian, whoever touches Li Tai will die!
But not moving Li Tai does not mean that Li Tai's rights are not divided. After all, if Li Tai is too strong, even to the point where Li Chengqian's sword is broken, no one wants to see it, at least Li Shimin is absolutely unwilling. See.

So Du Ruhui felt that it was necessary to divert the schools in Li Tai's hands at this time.

It's impossible for Li Tai to occupy all the waterways in the world through the Agricultural Institute!
After all, if the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal establishes a port, it’s not just the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Even rivers such as the Yellow River, Huaihe River, Haihe River, and Yangtze River will definitely establish corresponding ports in the future, and the port of the Agricultural University will become a benchmark.

At that time, regardless of whether the world is willing or not, it will definitely be rolled into the model of an agricultural school.

Because this model is the most efficient, and the old officials on the Weihe River were eliminated because they couldn't pass the students from the agricultural college.

And relying on his quick decision, Du Ruhui immediately decided to join if he couldn't win.

The imperial court also needs to establish a school similar to Li Tai's, and needs to divide the resources of Li Tai's agricultural school.

"If one school is not enough, then build a few more schools like Yuewang Agricultural School!"

Du Ruhui had a lot of thoughts, and took the initiative to put forward his own opinions to Li Tai.
"Yue Wang, your agricultural school is indeed very interesting, at least the students you train are good at working at the grassroots level.

Now that I have accumulated several years of experience, I don't know if you are interested in King Yue.

After all, instead of cultivating students, how about cultivating more schools! "

"This is really... wishful thinking!" Li Tai looked at Du Ruhui suspiciously when he heard Du Ruhui's words.

Because Li Tai knows exactly what he is going to do, and because of this, will Li Tai reject Du Ruhui's idea of ​​copying his own school?
What a joke!How could I refuse it!

If the established schools and private schools follow the old-fashioned study route, then the students who come out of them will all go for scientific examinations.

Anyway, I'm not on the same competition line as my students, so why worry about it!
If it is to imitate the teaching carried out by my own agricultural school, and the purpose of educating students is to enter the grassroots work, then this is my original purpose.

No matter what kind of identities they are behind, as long as they are in the officialdom, these exile officials will instinctively form a group.

There is no way if they don't form a group, they will be blamed in the officialdom.

At the same time, my future plan will definitely become the three modes of imperial examination, grace, and foreign official promotion.

No matter whether they come from their own schools or not, when they face aristocratic families dominated by grace and landlords of common clans who mainly take imperial examinations, no matter whether they like it or not, when they are in the political arena, they will instinctively be classified as sons of good families A returning official from a family background, he went around and was still their backer.

At most, there will be different small groups because they come from different schools, but that's all.

For Li Tai, the most important thing for him is to value class rather than individuals. As long as he is a representative of this class, no matter what their origin is, they can only choose to stand by him in the end.

This may be the biggest difference between Li Tai's view of politics and people of this era.

What they value is the political force formed by the individual, but what they value is the class that forms this force.

So Li Tai even felt that Du Ruhui was planning to take refuge in him, was he planning to help him expand his strength?

Du Ruhui frowned slightly when he heard Li Tai's words.

To be honest, although he was a bit tentative, he didn't expect Li Tai to agree so calmly.

From Du Ruhui's point of view, Li Tai should think about it anyway.

The power that I have built up with great difficulty, now that others want to step in to share the benefits, don't you feel disgusted at all?
"Or am I missing a little bit of thinking?" Du Ruhui couldn't figure it out at the moment.

(End of this chapter)