I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 525 Entrance Examination for Datang Academy!Xu Fenglei was shocked!

"It's not enough to harm people."

Li Shimin excused him,

"This smoke is a good thing. It can clear people's minds and improve the efficiency of work. You said that it is harmful to the body, but I haven't noticed it yet."

"As long as you don't smoke non-stop and in moderation, you'll be fine."

Xu Fenglei: "..."

"Can you restrain yourself?"

He rolled his eyes and said,

"This stuff is addictive, and it's hard to quit once you smoke it!"

Li Shimin responded seriously:

"If there are no worries and government affairs, I can restrain myself, or even quit."

"The reason why it's frequent now is because there are too many things to do. It's hard to do things when you're upset. Only smoking can calm your mind..."

Xu Fenglei was a little helpless.

"I believe you a ghost..."

Old smokers always have excuses of one kind or another, and sometimes they are quite high-sounding.

But no matter what, I always come back in the end - I can do it in the future, but I can't quit now anyway.

"Don't talk about this, let's get back to business...Since the magic box has been opened, it can't be closed."

Xu Fenglei said again,
"The private sale of tobacco and soil to make huge profits is not allowed."

"I don't know where they got the supply. Your Majesty needs to check it out. It must be cut off."

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

"You are right. I remember that tobacco is only for entering the palace, and it is only rewarded to some ministers. There should be no possibility of it going out."

he mused,

"Unless someone intercepted a batch of goods before the supply came in."

"There are moths in here!"

With his shrewdness, he quickly thought of an industrial chain hidden under the water!
Tobacco from Khitan was shipped in, and the next batch was concealed and sold privately to black merchants.

Black merchants then use their own small workshops to produce cigarettes and sell them on the black market or on the streets to make huge profits!
According to the market price of two taels of silver and ten pieces of silver, this black product may have made huge profits!
"definitely."

Xu Fenglei said seriously,

"Now Khitan's tobacco supply to Datang is stable, and His Majesty has also planted tobacco in northern Xinjiang."

"I think that since the folks have such a big demand, they should open up the sale of tobacco, and resolutely crack down on illegal private businessmen, cut off their channels, and seal their workshops!"

"Afterwards, heavy taxes will be imposed on tobacco! In this way, all profits from tobacco sales will be nationalized! This is a huge profit that will definitely fill the national treasury!"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"How big is the profit?"

He continued,
"You estimate."

Xu Fenglei smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty, don't underestimate the tax on tobacco. As long as it develops, it will definitely be the big one in the future! It is much more than the agricultural tax!"

he said,

"Based on the military expenditure of the Tang Dynasty, in peaceful times, one year's tobacco tax revenue is enough to support the army for three years!"

"If His Majesty launches a war, the tobacco tax can also support Datang to fight the war, it won't be too much effort!"

Li Shimin's heart suddenly warmed up when he heard these words.

Tobacco taxes are so huge!
Of course he would not doubt Xu Fenglei's words, because this kid is also an economic expert!

"Good, good...very good!"

Li Shimin clapped his hands and smiled,
"My biggest headache has always been military expenses."

"Once this war is launched, the money will be spent like running water, and the money in the national treasury is simply not enough!"

"Because of this, I hold back my temper, don't cause trouble, and recuperate..."

"If it's true as you said, then we'll go to war in two years, so there's no need to worry about it! Fight if you want! Wei Zheng and the others can't fart anymore!"

Xu Fenglei blinked.

"Didn't Your Majesty say that there will be no war?"

he said,

"Why, is it itchy again?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin snorted coldly and said:

"I can bear it in my heart, Xue Yantuo, Tuyuhun, Gaochang, Goguryeo, Kucha and other countries are not obedient countries!"

"When I first destroyed the Turks, they were still a little more respectful, paid tribute and called me a minister, and respected me as the Khan of Heaven, but it has only been two years, and they have become lazy."

"Especially Tuyuhun and Gaochang, they are very disrespectful! Their barbarian leaders are even somewhat arrogant!"

"I will destroy it sooner or later!"

Xu Fenglei clicked his tongue secretly.

Good guy, you can report the name of the dish here, and report so many countries at once!
However, Li Er is indeed an activist, and he wanted to kill them in his heart, and in the end he really wiped out all these countries!
Oh, Goguryeo in history was ruled by Li Zhimie.

But this time, Datang has a stronger economy and stronger troops!Maybe during Li Shimin's tenure, it is not certain that he can directly support Goguryeo.

"Your Majesty has this heart, then we must promote the regularization of tobacco sales as soon as possible, and establish a tobacco tax law."

Xu Fenglei said,

"When the time comes to fight, you won't be afraid of running out of money."

Li Shimin nodded.

"I know, I will arrange someone to do a good job."

he said,

"By the way, I have something to ask you."

"The 24 new subjects, how do you think they should be trained?"

"Should I fill the vacancy directly in the court, or send it to the outside?"

"I asked the Ministry of Officials yesterday that there are not so many vacancies in the court, and it is the same in the local area. There are at most three or five old people. There are not enough posts, why don't you give them to scattered officials first?"

Xu Fenglei didn't even think about it, so he responded:
"Your Majesty can set up an academy in the court, call it whatever you want, such as Hanlin Academy, History Library, etc. The main purpose is to teach people to study."

"If there is no vacancies for new scholars to fill, they will study in this courtyard, compile and compile history books, and do some noble work. While studying, they can also get acquainted with the operation of the imperial court and get acquainted with them in the court."

"When there is a vacancy, they will be released. In this way, they can be regarded as officials for a while, and the officials have come out. It is also appropriate to go to the local government to practice as parent officials."

"Afterwards, follow the normal procedures of the Ministry of Officials. If you do well, you will be promoted, and if you do badly, you will be relegated."

Li Shimin was stunned.

"Okay, that's a good idea, just do what you said."

He agreed,

"It's like setting up a literary museum in Tiance Mansion before, setting up an Imperial Academy, and let the new subjects be academicians, editors and editors of the Imperial Academy for a while!"

"I'm so happy to gather 24 young people in one breath! Hahaha...The test papers were all selected by me. Speaking of which, I'm also their teacher!"

Xu Fenglei laughed.

"That's natural. Jinshi has the reputation of being a disciple of the emperor."

he said,

"At that time, His Majesty will appoint the champion, the second place, and Tanhualang. I have already contacted Tanhualang. He is an honest and responsible farm boy with great potential and is worth cultivating!"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

How new is this!Datang's first No. [-] scholar, the first No. [-] and No. [-] flower, will be born in his hands!

"That must be a beautiful thing."

he laughed,
"At that time, a court meeting will be held and the ministers will witness it! Let the official historian record it!"

……

a few days later.

The emperor held a grand court meeting, summoned 24 new scholars in the Hall of Liangyi, and personally selected the top three top armors, and awarded them the official title of Cong Liupin!

The remaining 21 Jinshi were also awarded the official titles of Zheng Qipin and Cong Qipin respectively.

After the court meeting, Li Shimin also interviewed each Jinshi separately, and the one who chatted the longest among them was not released even late at night!Everyone envies it.

And the next day, Li Shimin stood on the Liangyi Hall, looking at the newly established Imperial Academy, and couldn't help but sigh again:
"From then on, all the heroes of the world have really entered my heart!"

The grand occasion of the imperial examination became a hot topic among court officials and common people. It was not until the arrival of a major event that the enthusiasm for the imperial examination was suppressed——

Datang Academy officially recruits students on June [-]th!
……

In the south of the city, outside the Datang Academy Palace, there are really a lot of voices at this moment!
Numerous parents led their children to stand outside looking forward to it.

"Son, you will be selected later, you have to bring out your usual cleverness! Whether our family can rise up depends entirely on you!"

"Son! Come on! If you can pass the exam, our family, our clan, will support you to study and become a talent even if you sell everything!"

"Don't be nervous, just follow your normal performance, hear?"

"My dear girl, I don't ask you to be famous, I just ask you to be sensible so that I can help you take care of the business, and our family will find a new son-in-law in the future..."

"..."

The parents held their children's hands and urged each one repeatedly.

It can be seen that the children may not be very nervous in this entrance examination, but the parents are all nervous, with sweat on their foreheads.

Xu Fenglei walked out of the academy slowly, seeing the crowds of people outside, he couldn't help being startled.

"so many people?!"

He clicked his tongue,

"...It's too much!"

In his prediction, there would indeed be a lot of people, but it should be only a few thousand at most.

But he obviously underestimated the heart of the parents of Datang to "hope their children to become dragons and their daughters to become phoenixes".

At a glance, there are at least tens of thousands of people!

If it weren't for the fact that the south of the city is relatively remote, and the Datang Academy covers a huge area, this blockage would directly paralyze the traffic.

"It's normal. After all, it started warming up two years ago, and many people know about it."

Li Chunfeng, the dean of the School of Mathematics beside him, said with a smile,
"The main reason is that you didn't set a threshold, and you didn't say what books you want to study, so no matter if you're a noble boy or an ordinary peasant boy, you'll come to try your luck."

"What if you get selected?"

"Therefore...there are so many people! Hurry up and arrange the exam, otherwise there will be more and more people."

Xu Fenglei nodded slightly.

It was not his original intention to set a threshold.

The purpose of opening a school is to mobilize the class and prevent the right to read and write from being monopolized in the hands of noble families. It is necessary to let more children of the common people take the lead!
Thinking of this, he stepped forward quickly and said loudly to the crowd:
"Everyone, be quiet!"

"If there are noisy people, their qualifications for the entrance examination will be directly disqualified!"

Swish!

All of a sudden, everyone was quiet, orders and prohibitions, almost like the army!

They are really afraid of being disqualified!
Xu Fenglei nodded in satisfaction, and said loudly:

"I didn't expect so many people to come."

"It can be seen that it is not easy for everyone. In order to let their children have a good education, it is heartbreaking!"

All the parents nodded when they heard the words.

So true!
It's all for the children!
"Seeing so many ignorant children of the right age, I really want to recruit them all, but there is no way, the space is limited, and the resources are limited."

Xu Fenglei said,

"With the size of the school, we can only recruit up to [-] Mongolian children!"

"No matter how many there are, I really can't sit down! The classroom will be very crowded, and the quality of teaching will also decline. This will go against the original intention of Youxue."

"So, no matter how many people apply for the exam, the quota is only five hundred, not one more!"

All the parents were nervous when they heard this.

Five hundred!
Only five hundred!

There are at least 1 people on their side, so if their own child is to be selected, at least one of the twenty or so must be excellent!
This competition can be said to be huge!
All of a sudden, many parents looked at their children like that, and their hearts were at a loss.

"I knew I would have asked you to read a few more books, hey!"

"This is the end of the game, the first five hundred, son, do you have confidence? Why does Dad feel like..."

"Five hundred? Son, you can do it! Remember, your goal is not to be in the top five hundred, but to be the first! Only in this way will you be noticed by the dean, and you will receive the most resources!"

"..."

Xu Fenglei waved his hand.

The field fell silent again.

"Let me tell you the truth, when the school was established, several of them paid for it."

Xu Fenglei said,

"They are considered to be one of the founders of the school! So naturally, their children can enter the school without taking the exam! This occupies a part of the quota."

"There are also a few smart children I had a crush on before, and they passed the assessment in advance and entered the school, so they have to take the places."

"In other words, the total quota is less than 450! It is expected to be around [-]!"

"Competition is cruel!"

Parents: "!!!"

Hey guys, it's another bolt from the blue!
The quota has been reduced again!

However, this is also understandable, there are related households everywhere.

It's pretty good for the headmaster to say it outright and tell everyone!

"I hope the children can maintain a good attitude. What I am investigating today is not the content of any classic book, but thinking and conduct."

Xu Fenglei said,

"So, whether it is full of knowledge or illiteracy, it has little to do with the exam! Even if you don't know a single word, you can still pass the exam! After all, it is normal for Mengtong to be illiterate!"

"Now, come in!"

"Because there are not so many seats, you can only sit on the floor."

"Parents stop!"

Whoa!
With a sound of exhortation, the Mongolian children left the arms of their parents and walked into the school.

With the help and guidance of the Jinwu Guard, the children entered the arena in an orderly manner without any disturbance.

After a while, the children were divided into several areas, and the children in the first area were given a piece of white paper and a pen.The rest of the area waited silently in place.

Thanks to the preparation, otherwise there will not be enough supplies of pens and paper!

bang bang bang!
The gate of the school was closed, and the nervous parents could only stare at the door, waiting anxiously...

(End of this chapter)