Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

Taking advantage of the gap while the Imperial Forest Army was holding the binoculars, Li Shimin spoke emphatically.

"I believe that science is not the same as Confucianism, but different in nature, not in conflict with other sects, but available to everyone."

As he spoke, he glanced at everyone and spoke.

"If science is vigorously developed, it will definitely benefit the entire Tang Dynasty and benefit the world. Because science is far more powerful than I imagined, with unlimited potential.

I am only a small number of people who have seen the power of science, but the time has not come, otherwise you will have to wait until you have seen and seen the power of science. "

The black lines all over everyone's heads became more and more outrageous.

While speaking, the Imperial Forest Army carefully took the brocade box and came forward to report: "Your Majesty, the clairvoyance has been obtained."

"Open the box, it's time to prove to all my lovers that what I said is definitely not drunk." Li Shimin signaled to everyone.

Chapter 137 Take it from the people, use it for the people

After speaking, he also opened a brocade box, skillfully took out a monocular, adjusted it and looked out the window.

All the ministers, you look at me and I look at you, I don't know why.

It was Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin who directly picked it up and put it in front of their eyes imitating the example, and began to adjust.

Looking at it, the palace wall in the distance appeared in front of my eyes, and the gaps in the brick wall on the wall were clearly visible.

Seeing this scene, Yu Chigong's eyes widened immediately, and he exclaimed: "It's really clairvoyant!!"

"It's the first time for me, Cheng, to see such a scene. The scenery in the distance seems to be within reach. It's incredible."

Cheng Yaojin on the side was also staring at the scenery outside the window dumbfounded.

The exclamation of the two aroused everyone's curiosity, and they also took a few binoculars to watch together.

"It's really clairvoyance, and I don't know how to fake it!"

"With this kind of artifact, the enemy's movements will be clear, and the outcome must be determined."

"This seems to be brass, and the ends seem to be glazed? It must be extremely expensive to fake."

"Have you seen enough, let me see, let me see..."

"···"

All of a sudden, there were exclamations one after another in the imperial study room, and all the ministers felt incredible after looking at it in turn.

Yuchi Gong's eyes were so greedy, he tried to put the binoculars in his sleeve, but was pressed down by Niu Jinda, who was at the side.

"Your Majesty, if you give me Lao Hei some clairvoyance and some soldiers, I will definitely be able to take down the Goguryeo royal city for Your Majesty."

Cheng Yaojin on the other side expressed dissatisfaction, surrounded by a group of people, he could only hold up the binoculars high, no matter what other people said, he refused to give it.

"How many more? Just give me one for Lao Cheng, and if you give tens of thousands of soldiers, I can still take down Goguryeo."

"···"

All of a sudden, the imperial study room was extremely noisy, and all civil and military officials rushed to take the lead. As long as Li Shimin gave one, they promised to take down Goguryeo immediately.

Li Shimin looked at him with a smile on his face, extremely happy.

Li Tai, on the other hand, was speechless watching the scene of everyone robbing, and shouted: "Stop arguing... put it down quickly, be careful not to break it!!"

Everyone paused, looked at each other in blank dismay, and could only stop, the prince still had to give face.

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "There are only a few Qianliyan Zhen, and they have to be sent to the generals on the frontier to defend the enemy at all times."

As soon as everyone heard it, they knew that there was no game. There were so many generals at the border, it was not enough.

"After reading it, please hand it in!" Li Shimin raised his head and said to everyone.

"Your Majesty, let me, old Cheng, take another look, just one more look." Cheng Yaojin reluctantly asked.

"..." Li Shimin was quite speechless, looking at the begging eyes of everyone, he could only helplessly say: "Everyone can only watch for a quarter of an hour, and they take turns to watch, and they must return it to me after finishing."

"Yes!" Everyone said in unison, it was the first time they got such a miraculous thing.

After a few moments, everyone reluctantly handed over the binoculars and looked at Li Shimin and Li Tai eagerly.

Li Shimin's face was full of helplessness: "Don't look at me and the prince, there are nearly a hundred processes to make this thing, and it took more than half a month for hundreds of people to sit on these few.

I didn't keep one for myself. "

After listening to it, everyone immediately understood how precious this thing is, even digging gold mines is not so difficult.

"I didn't want to take this thing out at first, but you didn't believe what I said, and thought I was talking nonsense. There was no other choice.

Only then did I take these things out to prove that what I said was true. "

Everyone was quite speechless after listening, can this be my fault?

First of all, what is the daily production of ten thousand catties, what is the conquest of the universe to become invincible, and finally a science that is too powerful to benefit everyone in Datang.

But any normal person would think that you, Li Er, drank too much alcohol and talked drunk.

But who would have thought that you, Li Shimin, would actually be able to prove that you got clairvoyance out.

Everyone also has some doubts about life, can science really make Datang invincible?

For a while, everyone couldn't tell whether Li Shimin was bragging or telling the truth.

But everyone quickly thought of a question. If clairvoyance is true, then the altar they thought was actually a blast furnace with a daily output of [-] jin?

Cheng Yaojin asked directly with a smile: "A blast furnace can produce ten thousand catties a day. If we build hundreds of them, then the national treasury will not be short of money. Then my old Cheng's salary can be increased?"

"These words are well-founded. The treasury is not short of money. Couldn't this year's military expenditure be increased to improve the soldiers' food?"

"Yes, yes, military expenses, and other expenses, can they be increased?"

As he said that, everyone looked at Li Shimin expectantly. Money is absolutely a waste of money. Military expenditures, salaries... are short of money all the time.

You must know that although the first-rank ministers are provided with food and housing, their salary is only 81.6 taels of silver, which is extremely low.

Li Shimin shook his head and explained: "What all the loves said can actually be done, but things are rare and expensive. If you issue more money at will, the money will be worthless. Money lies in circulation."

"How can money be worthless?" Yu Chigong frowned to express his incomprehension.

And Fang Xuanling and others frowned: "Flow??"

"It's like rain falling from the sky, if there is less, there will be drought, if there is too much, there will be floods."

Everyone is an elite, and soon understood the meaning of circulation, and also understood why Li Shimin wanted to take charge of the chamber of commerce.

Fang Xuanling thought for a moment and explained.

"Money and food are concentrated in the hands of merchant families. If His Majesty is in charge of scientific products, the World Chamber of Commerce will naturally be driven by His Majesty, and the money earned can be used for the people and used for the people."

With such an explanation, even Yu Chigong understood Li Shimin's purpose of controlling the chamber of commerce.

One link after another, this is a conspiracy, but even if you know it is a conspiracy, you still can't help being tempted, just because of the benefits.

"I plan to establish the National Academy of Sciences as an Academy of Sciences, specializing in the development of various products, and when the time is right, I will establish a Ministry of Commerce. What do you think?"

Li Shimin scanned the crowd and said without rebuttal.

"Establish the Academy of Sciences as the National Academy? Wouldn't the cost of the Academy of Sciences have to be borne by the national treasury? This cost is not small!"

After thinking about it for a while, Fang Xuanling realized that Li Shimin's private money must be too much to bear.

"If it can produce results, this little expense is nothing." Cheng Yaojin said boldly, patting his chest.

"If necessary, I can provide money to sponsor, but His Majesty wants to give Lao Cheng a clairvoyance. This thing is worth any money."

"Indeed, from a clairvoyant's point of view, a little contribution is actually nothing, and if necessary, veterans can also contribute." Changsun Wuji also agreed with this opinion.

"My minister agrees!"

"···"

"I appreciate the kindness of all my lovers." Li Shimin politely refused, "The National Council has just been established, and there is no shortage of money and food from the East Palace. The most lacking thing is actually the craftsmen."

The ministers seem to understand this routine. The State Council has developed perfume and tooth powder, and part of the money from the sale of these two products will be used for the State Council's continued research.

Therefore, the National Academy is not short of money and food at all, but it is people who can study, that is, craftsmen! ?

"I plan to withdraw [-] craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to join the National Council." Li Shimin said directly.

"1 people!?" The officials' eyes widened suddenly, a little unbelievable.

I thought it would be enough to give 1000 people, but I didn't expect that it would be 1 people, which is too much! !

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry... still has less than 1 people." Duan Lun's face turned dark, and he stood up and said weakly.

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"The Ministry of Industry is in charge of the important tasks of operation and construction, the repair of the city, the repair of civil engineering...these are all major tasks, and the minister thinks that they cannot be randomly transferred!"

"My minister agrees!"

Fang Xuanling immediately stood up and tried to persuade him: "Your Majesty, even if the Ministry of Industry has enough manpower, I'm afraid it won't be possible to just transfer so many people at once!"

The Ministry of Industry in the early Tang Dynasty generally had four major divisions, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Tuntian, the Ministry of Yu, and the Ministry of Water, which were in charge of civil and water conservancy projects and government orders such as farming, water conservancy, and transportation.

It is absolutely impossible to transfer so many people, it will affect the farming.

Therefore, Li Shimin directly asked for [-] craftsmen and was directly persuaded by the ministers.

Li Shimin tried to say to everyone: "If it doesn't work, just stop the repairs and other things, and let all the people from the Ministry of Industry be called here?"

If only one subordinate of the Ministry of Industry is transferred, the impact will be even smaller.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Wei Zheng stood up and said, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. I'm afraid it will snow after today, and there will definitely be repairs to houses and palaces."

The palace is made of brick, stone and wood. It is winter now, and if it snows heavily, maintenance and repairs are needed, which requires a lot of manpower.

Li Shimin let out a long sigh and spread out his hands: "Then what should the staff of the State Council do?"

He is also very annoyed by this. Although there is no shortage of people at this time, if you recruit people casually, you have to re-literate and start training. This will take a lot of time.

The craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry are relatively higher in quality, which is their strength. In addition, the original blast furnace base is all craftsmen, so they can quickly integrate into it.

So from all aspects, it is very appropriate for craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to enter the National Council.

"The imperial examination is about to start, why don't your majesty take this opportunity to recruit Confucianists?" Chu Suiliang said casually.

If you want to be literate, why not find someone from Confucianism?Is it because of the conflict of ideas and sects?

People who didn't know the specific situation focused their attention on Li Tai. They couldn't find too many craftsmen, and if they were looking for someone with a high level of questioning, they would only be Confucian children.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Li Tai thought for a few seconds before pacing.

"Firstly, there are too many people, and secondly, the people who come here to take the imperial examination are all for the purpose of being officials. Secondly, if they are now asked to be craftsmen, I am afraid they will not accept it, and I am afraid that many people will be provoked.

In addition, they are arrogant and difficult to manage, and they also study Confucianism, so I am afraid that they will not be able to learn science. "

The purpose of Confucian scholars' imperial examinations is to become officials, and let them do the work of lowly craftsmen. This expectation is too far from the reality, and I am afraid that no one will be willing.

Even if he reluctantly agrees, he may still be unwilling. Coupled with explosives and other dangerous goods, if something goes wrong, it will be a big trouble.

"I think so too." Li Shimin said and looked at Duan Lun.

Facing the determined Li Shimin, Duan Lun could only think over and over again, and with a look of embarrassment on his face, he came up with a compromise.

"Is it feasible to mobilize 3000 craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to the National Council, and use soldiers for the rest?"

"What about the lack of people in the Ministry of Industry and the many projects?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"The lack of people can only be expanded after the Chinese New Year. As for the project... it can only be temporarily suspended, but fortunately, His Majesty has not started any large-scale construction projects."

Duan Lun looked at Li Shimin's face and asked, "I wonder if Your Majesty thinks this is feasible?"

Stop part of the project first, transfer 1 people to the National Council, and use soldiers for the remaining [-]. In this way, [-] people are made up, and the remaining people from the Ministry of Industry will continue to be recruited next year.

Although it does not completely solve the problem, it is already a relatively perfect solution for now.

Li Shimin didn't answer, but looked around, and asked everyone: "What do you think of this move?"

Everyone whispered in low voices.

"Three thousand is much less than ten thousand. The construction and repair of some projects have been stopped, so there shouldn't be a big problem."

"It's really unrealistic for a Confucian to be a craftsman."

"The clairvoyance and the blast furnace with a daily output of [-] jin really cannot fall into the hands of outsiders. It is right to send troops just in case."

After a brief discussion, everyone felt that this compromise could be used.