Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

When Qin Ji came in front of Xia Yuxiao, the people around noticed the two of them.

However, it is not good for them to ask His Majesty directly, and it is not uncommon for Qin Ji to chat with His Majesty about things that others can't listen to, so these people just have more thoughts in their hearts, hoping to hear something worth hearing. It's just the news to pay attention to, and he wasn't really stupid enough to ask what His Majesty said to the Taiwei.

"What's the matter? You still call me over?" Xia Yuxiao cheerfully handed Qin Ji a glass of wine, and then said in a low voice.

"How dare you, I didn't ask His Majesty to come over, it's just that my guards misunderstood me," Qin Ji said hastily, "Your Majesty, I have something to say to Your Majesty."

"Well, do you need to avoid it?"

Xia Yuxiao glanced at the people below and asked softly.

"It's best to avoid it a little bit. It's not easy for too many people to hear about it."

"Okay, then come with me." She said, standing up.

All the people present noticed the emperor getting up, and they hurriedly prepared to get up, but Xia Yuxiao stretched out her hand to signal them to sit down: "Everyone, please continue to drink and eat. I have something to discuss with the Taiwei, please wait a moment." I will have a banquet with you later."

The emperor said so, and they, the courtiers, naturally couldn't refuse, so everyone said that the emperor can go at ease, and we are waiting for you to come back.

Xia Yuxiao and he just walked in the corridor like this, with Lingyan and several dragon guards behind them to protect their safety.

"Okay, let's talk about it here," Xia Yuxiao pointed to the pavilion built beside the promenade, and sat down, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"It's nothing, Your Majesty, I just hope to chat with Your Majesty for a while." Sitting on the gazebo, Qin Ji said with a smile.

Not long after the two of them sat down, a dragon guard brought over two exquisite small bowls.

Inside the bowl is a soft and bouncy cold cake, topped with brown sugar, and it is still steaming, which looks quite refreshing and delicious.

"It's really interesting to chat with the king of a country." Xia Yuxiao said with a smile.

However, Qin Ji was not at all happy because of her smile, he just looked at Xia Yuxiao quietly.

After a long time, he spoke:

"Your Majesty, what do you think of King Rong Sheng's words?"

silence.

The air seemed to be frozen, Xia Yuxiao looked at Qin Ji, her eyes were so calm that no one could tell what was on her mind, but Qin Ji knew that she was probably a little surprised, or a little unresponsive.

The matter of King Rongsheng has basically come to an end now, but Xia Yuxiao has always kept the death of King Rongsheng in his heart.Of course Qin Ji knew what Xia Yuxiao was thinking, because the relationship between King Rongsheng and her was not fake. The siblings had supported each other until now, but for the stability of the political situation, she could only make cruel decisions .

So when Qin Ji mentioned King Rong Sheng, she must have been at a loss.

Xia Yuxiao took a bite of the cold cake in front of her, and then said lightly: "You should have heard all the refutations that King Rongsheng made to me before he died, and they were nothing more than deceitful words to confuse the public. How can he understand if he is slack for a moment?"

"You really think so?"

Qin Ji asked.

He didn't know Xia Yuxiao's thoughts, but he knew that Xia Yuxiao could deny anything that King Rong Sheng said or did, but King Rong Sheng's evaluation of Da Xia was also very pertinent.

Yes, the development of Daxia is very slow.

The thousand-year-old Guozuo represents that the Xia family has been firmly in charge of the imperial power for thousands of years.The emperors of all dynasties have tried their best to govern the Great Xia, but a country that has existed for thousands of years is almost the same as other countries, but it has expanded a lot in size...

The strange thing is that, under such circumstances that need to develop domestic productivity, Great Xia has always maintained an extremely large standing army.Its military strength almost frightened the surrounding countries, and an army of this size also restricted the productivity of Daxia to a large extent.

There are no truly evenly matched enemies around, and there is no chaos in the country that requires more than 100 million troops. What are these troops doing?During the reign of the first emperor, Qin Ji checked it, and the army of Daxia continued to expand from 30 at the beginning.By the time the first emperor died, Daxia already had a huge army of [-] million.

[-] million, based on the military literacy of Daxia soldiers, isn't it going to go to other intelligent races?

"Do you think so, and what does it have to do with you?" Xia Yuxiao raised her head and said, and then continued, "Daxia has its own situation in Daxia, and I also have my thoughts. King Rongsheng's thoughts are not the same. It must be wrong, but the current Daxia, it’s not enough.”

"Is it a question related to Daxia?"

"To be precise, it is more important than a country in Daxia, and we have to think about our future generations." Xia Yuxiao said, "At least for now, the method I have adopted is a relatively safe one. Sir How do you think I'm doing now?"

"Very well, Your Majesty, it is difficult for me to find a second person who can be compared with Your Majesty."

"You're flattering me, aren't you?"

Xia Yuxiao smiled, and then she pointed to the outside of the corridor and outside the palace: "Qin Ji, the people of Great Xia are not consumables or props. If possible, I also hope that every Everyone can be happy. But this is unrealistic, so I can only minimize the loss as much as possible. And Qing is my arm, and the empire needs your help."

"So, if you also agree with King Rongsheng's views, then Qin Ji, I may let you down. I am not that kind of wise king, and I can't do benevolence everywhere."

"I understand." Qin Ji nodded, looking at the sky above his head, "I know that there are still many problems to be solved in Daxia."

"You want to chat with me today just to ask me what I think of what King Rong Sheng said?"

"Ah, this is still secondary," Qin Ji remembered the question he wanted to ask at this moment, "I want to ask Your Majesty, what do you think about education?"

"educate?"

Xia Yuxiao pondered for a moment, and then gave her own answer: "The education that Daxia is using now cannot be applied to ordinary people. It is very difficult to achieve education on the scale of the entire Daxia."

What she said was clear.

Daxia's education has always been based on literature, politics, etc., and it also involves archery and riding. These studies can only be enjoyed by those wealthy people who can afford food and clothing.

She is not a dead-brainer either. In fact, she has read her brother's education planning suggestions, and the ideals she put forward are very beautiful, but for Daxia, it is still quite difficult to realize.

"Your Majesty, our country now has two kinds of private schools, which focus on private teaching, and official schools, which focus on government schools. In addition, there are also 'sects' teachings that focus on various schools of cultivation. Of these three, the first two mainly It is to cultivate talents who meet my Great Xia’s employment requirements, and the latter is to cultivate practitioners."

Qin Ji casually picked up three small stones and put them together.

"The minister has also considered before, if the domestic situation is a little more stable, whether to try to let Da Xia promote more education, at least, Da Xia really needs more talents now. Judging from the results of this exchange , We are already lagging behind in many aspects. Although we and the Weixi Empire are only different in the field of expertise, this is enough to show that Great Xia currently lacks talents in all aspects."

Qin Ji said so.

Education, if you want to promote the progress of a country, this step must be taken.Although Great Xia has a variety of education systems, these are only the education of a very small number of people, and the vast majority of people have no chance of receiving education at all.

Qin Ji didn't expect to have compulsory education or universal education in this society.

But at least some talents in various fields must be cultivated. It is okay to study literature and horseback archery all day long, but the development of a country is not only about horseback archery, literature, and interpretation of classics.

"go on."

When Xia Yuxiao heard this, she seemed very interested in such a topic, she leaned on her arm and continued to listen to him.

"I have known about the talents that Daxia currently lacks before." Qin Ji took out a piece of paper and wrote some words on it, and Sui Longwei next to him immediately brought the lamp over, "What Daxia lacks at present is theory. In other words, some talents that can expand the field of sexuality. The minister is considering whether it is necessary to do some talent training in this area?"

"But these fields are rare in Daxia itself." She looked at those fields that even in Daxia many officials didn't know what they were doing, and felt a little headache, "We need to start from scratch, which will take a lot of time. "

"At present, there is no rush for this moment. What I mean is that at least for now, the common people should be more or less literate. This is also beneficial to the implementation of His Majesty's future government orders."

Qin Ji persuaded in this way.

"You want to do this too? King Rongsheng didn't know how much money was spent on the national treasury when he wanted to do this, and it didn't work. If you do this, the national treasury doesn't have that much money now."

Xia Yuxiao hurriedly gave him a vaccination.

Don't do any more big projects. We just fought a war before, and then we have to build reservoirs, buy surplus food, and rebuild disaster relief... What can't stand the toss is that some ministers who are more greedy It can scrape out some oil and water, but this oil and water can't be wiped off by them all at once.

"Ah, you don't need to have a lot of money, just let them know how to read," Qin Ji said confidently. "To make the common people know how to read, you have to let teachers walk among the common people."

"You want to find a group of teachers to teach them how to read? How can there be so many people in China?"

"It's just a matter of knowing how to read. You don't have to hire any experienced teachers. Those scholars who failed the exam are pretty good."

Qin Ji already had a spectrum in his heart.

A real teacher is not easy to find, and even if you find one, it will cost a lot of money.

But it's hard to find a scholar who failed the ranking?No matter how you say it, there can be a group of scholars who have never passed the exam, just let them contribute to the construction of Daxia.

Chapter 7 Night Talk

Great Xia has its own talent selection system.

In fact, from Qin Ji's point of view, Daxia's "Xianxuan" is basically the same as the imperial examination, but the things tested are more open and the categories are more detailed.

For example, military generals have to test military strategies, geographical diagrams, formation diagrams, etc., as well as various skills related to warfare.The academic essays are basically tested on governance issues and some basic skills related to economics and accounting.

But most of these exams are only eligible for those who are either rich or noble, and the worst ones have to be those with certain family resources.

This is not to say that the selection of talents in Daxia is all based on what people order, but that many subjects in these exams mostly require certain resources.

Take the martial arts exam as an example, horseback riding and archery, if you want to pass this kind of subject, you must go through training, but it is difficult for people from poor backgrounds to obtain standard training resources.

For example, the exam requires shooting skills, and the price of a bow that meets the requirements for training is not cheap, so you have to buy it, otherwise it will be difficult for the exam room to adapt to the military bow provided in the exam room.

Besides, archery often needs to be taught by teachers, which is another expense. Ordinary families only pursue food and clothing throughout the year. Where can they get money for their children to practice horseback riding and archery?Even if there are some talented people who can use military bows, they will definitely have to work harder than ordinary people, and they may not get good grades.

Therefore, every year, there are a large number of people who have knowledge but cannot pass the exam because of their family background.

These people have basic knowledge and learned a certain amount of knowledge, but they have become a burden to society. In terms of knowledge, they have it, but they are not outstanding; in terms of productive labor, they are not as good as those ordinary people who have been working since childhood.Many can only make a living by writing for others.

In this case, it is better to arrange these people all over the country and let them be responsible for educating the people.

"The common people have learned to read and write, which is indeed very convenient for the implementation of my policies," Xia Yuxiao admitted Qin Ji's statement, but at the same time she also put forward her own opinion, "But Qin Ji, you have to be clear, the common people After learning to read and write, maybe it will not be so easy to manage.”

"Your Majesty, do you think it's better for the people of Daxia to be baptized by Daxia's thoughts and ideas, or to be baptized by the Western Holy Bishop?"

"Naturally, it is better to be baptized by Daxia."

"Then His Majesty will speed up." Qin Ji said with a smile.

He didn't continue, but Xia Yuxiao understood what he meant.

It is easy to control the people not to read and write, but in this way, the people are also more likely to be controlled by others - the Holy Bishop's desire to preach to the Great Xia has not been extinguished.

If the people don't understand at all and haven't accepted the systematic indoctrination of Daxia's ideas, can they really keep calm in the face of the almost crazy preaching method of the Holy Bishop?

You must know that one of the reasons why the Holy Bishop was able to operate stably in most countries at the earliest was that knowledge was controlled by the church, and the church unilaterally had the absolute right to speak in interpreting the teachings.

What about the people of Daxia?If they really don't know a single word, and their brains don't think about anything, to be honest, the church is likely to be fooled and accurate.Although the customs of Daxia have been engraved in the blood of the people of Daxia since ancient times, that kind of custom may also be occupied by the Holy Bishop.

"I think it's not good for the people to know too much; but it's not a good thing if you want the people to know nothing," Qin Ji said, tapping on the railing lightly, "I used to... I have traveled to a country that is now destroyed, and the people there have always remained ignorant, but it is also true that the people have no cohesion. When the country is in danger of being plundered, the people turn a blind eye."

"Because in their eyes, they just survive for the sake of survival. Now that the people of Daxia admire His Majesty, this is the time for His Majesty to take the opportunity to strengthen the loyalty of the people to Daxia. We don't have much time. If the Holy Church initiates missions to us, the domestic situation may become chaotic again."

"I don't think it's a good thing for the people to know more."

"It's a good thing for a wise ruler like Your Majesty that the common people know more." Facing her question, Qin Ji resolutely chose to flatter her first, "Of course, if it's a foolish ruler, the common people know a lot. Saying it is a disaster. The question does not depend on how much the people know, but whether your majesty can think about the country."

Xia Yuxiao turned her head, and she gently picked up the scattered hair around her ears, and asked:

"Do you have a detailed implementation plan?"

"Have."

Qin Ji replied in this way.

He did have a plan, and he didn't come up with this plan himself. In fact, it was realized by King Rongsheng at the end of his life.