Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 376 Imperial Examination Questions
Regarding the analysis of military strategy, Sun Xiangfu didn't even have enough shoes for Li Jing. He was just talking based on the actual situation, and he just happened to be fooled. So, next, he will only be the audience.

"Originally, I planned to send out all the elite soldiers to conquer Goguryeo, but after seeing Zhengming's military equipment list, I changed my mind. A Goguryeo is just a mere Goguryeo. It doesn't take me to send out all the elite, plus the 15 troops led by Su Dingfang For the coalition forces, I will send another 11 troops. In addition to the [-] soldiers assembled in Laizhou, I will send another [-] infantry to Shanyang, and join the Anbei Army with [-] cavalry. A total of [-] will carry new equipment and go to the front for support. Su Dingfang can take it."

Li Shimin didn't mention the 300 million military expenditures at all, but only mentioned how to use the new equipment that was about to be manufactured. That is to say, these equipments were finalized.

"If that's the case, wouldn't there be more than [-] troops left behind in Guanzhong?"

Hou Junji knew the exact number of soldiers and horses to be mobilized. There were more than 12 soldiers and horses transferred from the Sixteenth Guards to Chang'an for training. This was not counting the Qianniu Guards, prison guards, and Li Shimin staying in Chang'an. The Xuanjia cavalry who did not say they were going to go on an expedition, if only [-] soldiers and horses were sent to Shanyang, then there would still be about [-] to [-] soldiers and horses left in Chang'an. All contingencies away.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "That's right, but all the troops will still swear to go out at that time, but after leaving Chang'an, some soldiers and horses will transfer to Shuzhong and Yaozhou overnight, and Shanzhou to garrison, let's see what happens in the northwest direction. What the hell."

He has always been wary of the various ministries of the party and Tuyuhun, because they not only have conflicts of interest with Datang, but are also too close to Chang'an. As for Tubo, he is even less fond of Tubo. , Tubo once broke through Fangzhou in Longyou Road and killed thousands of Han people. Although they have had civil strife in recent years and it has subsided for a while, once their political power is unified, they will definitely want to come to the Central Plains to eat a piece of meat of.

"Well, I don't understand the military aspect, so can I resign?"

"Don't understand? Actually, you don't need to understand. You need equipment to fight. You just need to understand the equipment. I plan to increase some weapons and equipment reserves to deal with the possible conflicts between Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, and Tubo. Do you think the bank can still borrow money?" How much will come out?"

All right!The huge debt of 300 million yuan has not yet been settled!Li Shimin wants to increase military spending again, he really thinks the bank is an unlimited cash machine!

"Your Majesty, including the expenses for food and medicine, we will have to borrow a huge sum of 3000 million yuan from the bank this time, which is more than [-]% of the bank's deposits. If we borrow more, it will be very dangerous. Once there is If one side's war is protracted and requires continuous investment, it may collapse the economy of our entire country, and there will be civil strife."

Li Shimin is now like a young man who just got a credit card in later generations, thinking that the amount in the credit card is his own money, but he never thought that if he spends too much, he will not be able to pay it back, and the more he owes, the more he will owe.

For a loan of 3000 million guan, calculated according to the bank’s lowest annual interest rate of 300%, the annual interest is also 300 million guan. Your court’s annual tax revenue is not yet [-] million guan!Dare to borrow to death again?I really think that the economic problem is not a problem!When the interests of all depositors cannot be guaranteed, it is really possible that a flood will capsize your boat.

"Uh, what kind of civil strife will occur? Will it be over if I send troops to level it?" Li Shimin was a little stunned when he heard this.

"This kind of civil strife cannot be settled, because everyone who saves money is a part of the loss, including your soldiers, your generals, your court ministers, and all the family members. Therefore, this pot, you It must be done carefully, otherwise there will be a more dangerous situation than the invasion of foreign enemies..."

Sun Xiangfu really didn't want to teach others in a field that he was not good at. However, he had no choice but to tell them how good he was, otherwise, they would not understand the horror of the capital behemoth.

Now, courtiers already know about such a big military equipment procurement plan of the imperial court. , Tens of millions of holes, the court may take more than ten years to fill them up, and in this era, more than ten years is almost half a lifetime, who can accept it.

Moreover, the ones with the largest amount of deposits are those family members who only recognize benefits. At that time, they can easily run on the emperor and lose the hearts of the people.

Of course, the problem is that the current income of the imperial court is too small and the ability to repay debts is too poor.

Therefore, Li Shimin understood roughly, and then turned the question to how to make money, "You said that the middle of Sichuan will be the next profit point of our Tang Dynasty, how to make money specifically?"

"Do business with people from various ministries in Tibet and Yunnan! They are poor and backward, and they lack everything. They will want what we produce, and the price can almost be set by us. It's so profitable, of course we must earn it! Moreover, doing business There are other benefits, Your Majesty, you understand."

Calculated based on the total economic volume of the areas where Datang’s products can radiate, in fact, this is the case. Although the amount of goods sold by Hu merchants in the Western Regions is increasing every year, the growth is also limited, and there will be no major outbreaks.

Boosting domestic demand will increase some more, but the effect will be slow, and it will not work in three to five years, because the people of Datang will only be willing to consume if they are rich first, and the quickest effect is to open up external markets.

The ministries of Yunnan, Tubo, are two large markets that were relatively closed before. Historically, when Xi Nuluo established the Nanzhao Kingdom during the Gaozong period, the combined population of all parts of Yunnan exceeded one million. Now, at least There is an upwards of 80 yuan, which is almost equivalent to a commercial market of Xue Yantuo.

There are more than 20 young and strong cavalry in Tubo, the total population is about one million, and the market is not small. To start trade with these two regions, not to mention much, is it possible to create a profit of several hundred thousand for Datang a year? The key point is that commerce and trade can promote the spread of culture. Only after the culture has spread deeply can the Tang Dynasty rule these places and solve the border problems forever.

The military strategy is for a moment, and the cultural strategy is for the eternal. Li Shimin is a person who knows what to do, and he knows what he should do very quickly.

"When the time comes, I will let Niu Jinda garrison Yaozhou, Li Ji garrison Shanzhou, Tuyuhun and other ministries of the party. If there is any change, they will be beaten severely. Anyway, even if they don't move, I will go back to clean up Goguryeo. They, as for the Tubo and Yunnan tribes, focus on defense, and I will issue a letter of credence later, inviting them to trade with each other and strengthen trade communication."

Li Shimin's handling is very appropriate. As long as he does not let Sun Xiangfu borrow money for military equipment, Sun Xiangfu will not express any opinions. It was not until the food was served that he ate his stomach until Li Shimin talked with everyone about the imperial examination. It was only then that he had another chance to speak.

"You came up with this question, you came up with it..."

Li Shimin was holding an examination paper issued by Sun Xiangfu in his hand. He pointed at the examination paper for a long time, but he didn't think of an appropriate adjective to describe it. In fact, after that, I feel naive, and after finally considering the actual situation, I think, yes, Your Majesty, this test paper should be issued like this."

"should?"

After Li Shimin chewed the meaning of this word repeatedly, his eyes lit up, yes, it should be.

The examination papers for Jinshi are basically the same as before, explaining the scriptures, writing poems, writing essays, and writing policy theory, these are the examination questions that Xiao Yu made.

For Mingshu subjects, it only tests standard answers and some comprehension skills. There are even problem-solving formulas on the test paper. You can easily solve the problems by applying the formulas to the questions. If you don’t apply them, you can calculate them yourself. It is difficult to know the answer after counting a few sheets of paper.

As for Mingfa, they are basically true or false questions, multiple choice questions, and question and answer questions.

It is even more wonderful for engineering students, drawing pictures according to pictures, copying words according to words, and finally, there are even jigsaw puzzles, dozens of pieces of jigsaw puzzle paper of different sizes, according to the patterns, put together into a full page, just a little test of intelligence and literary foundation.

As for medicine, it is about symptoms, prescribing prescriptions, reading prescriptions, guessing symptoms, and questions and answers about the medicinal properties of some medicinal materials.

The most amazing thing is business, there are some brain teasers and digital traps in it, if you can find and answer all of them, then this person must be a person with a slick face and a delicate mind.

Then, there is an optional answer composition question for each subject, you can answer it, or you can not answer it.

The title of the composition is "Imagination of Hometown"

Candidates can understand it as a policy topic, or as an ordinary composition problem. The direction of writing is different, and the personality of this person is also different. People who write as a policy theory are more suitable for politics. Or people who do management and write as ordinary narratives or expository essays basically don't have political management in their minds.

This question is not scored. However, there is a difference between answering and not answering. If you are a liberal arts student and do not answer, it is obviously not justified.If you are a business student, you’d better try to answer if you have no ability, because you can see whether you will keep your hands in future work from such trivial things as whether you can answer or not.

Regardless of whether it is a liberal arts question without a standard answer, or a question with a standard answer on Mingshu, Mingfa and other subjects, the ranking is evaluated according to the score. For those questions without a standard answer, each grader will score, and the highest score will be removed at that time. The score and the lowest score are calculated as the average score, and finally, the result is recorded with the total score, which is clear at a glance.

There is no mystery in scoring, because whether you are selected or not is not necessarily based on the score. Arts students who do not answer the optional essay questions will basically not be selected. This is not only a test of level, but also a test of will.People who choose to do things that can be done or not, their basic character is hardworking.Those who choose not to do it may be lazy or have no real talent. In short, in the same score range, they will fall behind.

These are some small skills of human recruitment in later generations. Anyway, Sun Xiangfu regards the imperial examination as a job fair, so it doesn't hurt to use it.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that all the students who show management ability be sent to the Ministry of Officials for a short-term training course, and then let them go to Weinan New City for internship."

"Short-term training course? How to operate it?"

"Uh, it is to find some people with management experience and teach them how to manage workers. Just like the shopkeeper of Wangjiang Building, the production team leader of the tofu workshop, anyone who has experience in managing a large number of workers can be invited here to give these students Talk about the experience of managing people and let them learn the experience of managing people in practice. You don’t have to wait for them to become officials before going to the bureaucracy to learn the experience of governing. In this way, even if many people cannot become officials in the end, they can still become some factories. managers."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "This plan is very good."

(End of this chapter)