The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 524 Long-term layout ([-])

"That's it. Zilian (Shangshu Tianxuan of the Ministry of War), please complete the preparation and dispatch of food, equipment, and civilian husbands as soon as possible. Let Zhongying send troops as soon as possible."

"Here, the lower officials are already starting to deal with this matter. At most three days, Chang'an's soldiers and horses can set off. It's just Da Sima..."

"how?"

"Since the big man started buying wool and teaching the silage technology to the foreign race. The foreign race in Yongliang has greatly reduced the number of horses. There is still no problem with the strong galloping horses there, but it's just the combat power?"

"It doesn't matter. The purpose of recruiting them is to recruit less of our own Han people. In the future, our foreign wars must be dominated by Han people. But logistics services can be handed over to foreigners. Only in this way can we ensure that our Han people Will not fall for being strong."

"Here, I understand. Within three days, the army will definitely be able to move out."

"Well, Uncle Fang, who is planning to lead this army in Chang'an?"

"If Da Sima has no objection, the next official is going to let Zichun (Jiang Su) lead the army. Zichun has been studying at Wuzhangyuan Academy for almost two years after the Eastern Expedition. It's time to come out and do something."

"Shan, Guan Yi will not dare or forget the great general's kindness in his life. Taking advantage of this expedition, give Zichun some military exploits and promote him to the major general earlier."

"Hahaha~~ This officer thinks so too."

After all, he devoted his whole life to the big man.So Ji Han's military from top to bottom cared and loved Jiang Su, Jiang Wei's only son, very much.Because Emperor Liu Chen was young, his children were still young.Therefore, he directly asked Ganling King Liu Yong as a matchmaker, and betrothed the daughter of Anping King Liu Li to Jiang Su.Liu Li's regular wife is Ma Chao's daughter and Ma Jie's aunt.Therefore, sending Jiang Su to Ma Jie as the deputy general, I believe the two will cooperate well.

Of course, the Yanda people's future combat power is extremely impressive, but the current Yanda people, because of the prosperity of the Western Regions trade routes, went south nearly a hundred years earlier.It's not a joke to lose a hundred years of accumulation.So Guan Yi is very confident in the victory of this battle.Therefore, the son of an old friend should be taken care of if he can.

After talking about the Western Expedition, Guan Yi said to Fan Jian: "Mr. Chang Yuan, you are in charge of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War. When Yi was discussing the state affairs with His Majesty in the palace yesterday, His Majesty wanted to attack Wu. This matter should be done sooner. The preparations have begun. It will take two years at the earliest, or three years at the earliest, we should be going to attack Wu."

As the last person among the old friends of Zhuge Liang's residence who was still active in Ji Han's political arena, Fan Jian was already in his 70s at this time.He knew very well in his heart: he was able to sit in such a high position because Guan Yi needed his presence to appease the heart of the old man of the Jingzhou School who had withered to shame.

So, after Guan Yi talked about this topic, Fan Jian smiled slightly: "I have already arranged for Zilian to start preparing for this matter."

"Da Sima, the Ministry of War has allocated [-] million yuan to Yong'an. It plans to build [-] new building ships and [-] fighting ships. In addition, the Ministry of War has also issued orders to major iron factories across the country to speed up the production of various types of plate armor and new-style armor. Steel guns and steel knives. Buy as many as there are military departments.”

"Oh?" Guan Yi turned to Mi Zhao and said, "Brother Bo Yao, how much did you transfer to him?"

"Not much, just 25 billion a year."

"Hey~~25 billion, still every year? Isn't that much?"

"It's really not many, Zifeng. There are only 13 standing soldiers in the country now. Even if Zilian is preparing for the military expansion after the war against Wu in the future. But now there is no need to raise so many soldiers, just buying equipment can How much money? In comparison, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry spend the most money!"

"That's true." Guan Yi nodded: "Zilian, when will Yong'an's shipbuilding plan be completed?"

"If Si Wencao can effectively ensure that the shipyard will not be harassed by the Soochow Dian School, it will be completed by next year at the latest."

After Tian Xu said this, Lu Ya stood up with a wry smile: "Forgive me, Da Sima. Because Yong'an's shipyard was operating too many ships at the same time, the scale of the shipyard became extremely large. Although the former general (Zhang Zun) also sent more troops to guard, but Si Wencao still felt that the defense was powerless."

"It's really difficult. You can only be a thief for a thousand days. How can you guard against a thief for a thousand days? How about it, Zilian, don't rush your construction period. Now I am telling you clearly that Wu will not be attacked within two years." So, you can reduce the size of the shipyard. In addition, after the big ship is built, it doesn’t necessarily have to continue to be stockpiled in Yong’an. You can go upstream and resettle in places like Jiangzhou.”

"Here, I understand. Let's deal with it immediately, and try not to embarrass Zhong Le."

After talking about the military preparations, Guan Yi turned around and said to Zhuge Jing: "Xing Zong, I heard that you listed an extremely exaggerated plan for the construction of elementary schools. It scared Bo Yao to the point of fainting. Is there such a thing?" What's the matter?"

As Zhuge Liang's only direct descendant, Zhuge Jing's status in the Ji Han court was only higher than that of Jiang Sulai.When he first became an official in his early years, he had the aura of "invincible" just like his father Zhuge Zhan.This way of doing things seems a bit aggressive and domineering.

Fortunately, he has been an official in the imperial court for many years, and Zhuge Jing has become more stable now: "Da Sima, I have indeed listed a plan for the expansion of the elementary school. But this plan is not like what the Minister of the Ministry of Household said. Exaggeration. It’s just that one county can learn from each other.”

"What? One elementary school for one county? That's all!" Although Guan Yi, as a traveler, has experienced the era of one middle school in one town and one elementary school in one village.But in such an era, it is still a bit too exaggerated to spread elementary school to all counties.Such a plan was absolutely unaffordable for the country's finances in the Middle Ages.

"Da Sima, this is what I think. In the current one-county-one-school, except for a fixed number of places to take care of the children of martyrs, the rest of the places are basically divided up by the family and officials. Compared with the nine-rank Zhongzheng system Speaking of which, the only advantage of one school in one county is that it turns forty or fifty top aristocratic families into controlling the official careers of the country, and only two to three hundred large and medium-sized aristocratic families control the official careers. Ordinary people, that is, the child is talented, but due to inconvenient transportation, The number of places is limited. There is still no opportunity for education. This situation continues, plus the imperial examination that Da Sima plans to implement in two or three years. In fact, it still cannot change the status quo of the monopoly of official careers by aristocratic families.”

You are right.However, this thing of education, from ancient times to the present, has really been like this.

Don't you see, in the 276 years of the Ming Dynasty, a total of more than [-] Jinshi were recruited through the imperial examination.But among these people, the children of officials accounted for [-]%, and the children of big landlords and rich people accounted for [-]%.The real children of ordinary small and medium-sized landlords or citizens and farmers with relatively good economics are only one-third of the children.

Even in later generations, education is universal.However, children from different families have begun to concentrate more and more in different schools or classes.

People are not born equal.Zhuge Jing wants to bring fair education opportunities to everyone as much as possible. Well, the idea is very good, but it is absolutely impossible to realize.

However, although it is absolutely impossible to achieve, this does not mean that you can stop doing it and stop working hard: Zhuge Liang had some hope for the success of the Northern Expedition back then, and maybe there was still some hope during the first Northern Expedition.But then it was utter despair.But even so, didn't he try hard?
How tragic and great it is to know that it is impossible to do it.

"Da Sima, I also know that the country's finances are unable to support such a large-scale elementary school for a long time. Therefore, my idea is that the state first pays for the construction of the county-level elementary school. In the future, when recruiting students, I will make it clear that the elementary school, no matter it is at the county level It is still at the county level. Entrance fees are charged for all admissions. Part of the state subsidizes, and the private sector also bears part. In this way, as many people as possible can be enlightened and have hope for the future.”

"...Xingzong's good intentions, so you can go ahead and do it. The country, um, Boyao, I won't say much about the others. Anyway, [-]% of the country's fiscal revenue every year is allocated to the Ministry of Rites. We will find a way to overcome the problem of insufficient funds for other departments brought about by this... However, the Ministry of Rites must be the key inspection target of the ICAC. If there is corruption..."

"Don't worry, Da Sima. If the plan of one school per county can be implemented. This stall is too big, and the lower officials can't guarantee that every official in the Ministry of Rites is clean. But what the lower officials can guarantee is that such things will never be too serious. More, and if it happens, the subordinate officials must give Da Sima and his colleagues a clear explanation."

"Goodness, everyone, the century-old plan is based on education. Only by promoting education as much as possible, our country and this nation will have a long-term future!"

(End of this chapter)