Li Shimin

Li Xuan asked.

"School?"

Li Shimin was taken aback, and then he understood what Li Xuan meant: "Xuanba, now only in Chang'an, there are Guozijian, Taixue, Hongwenguan, and Chongwenguan in Donggong. In addition, there are prefecture schools in every prefecture, and county schools in counties! "

"In other words, there are nearly 2 prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty, so if a county school provides ten students to His Majesty every year, it can also provide more than [-] students in one year!"

Li Xuan said slowly, "And in the entire Tang Dynasty, there are [-] officials?"

In the Tang Dynasty, various official departments were very streamlined, so there were very few officials in the entire Tang Dynasty.

The reason why the treatment of these officials in the Tang Dynasty can be so much higher than that of other dynasties is because the officials of the entire Tang Dynasty are as much as half less than the officials of other dynasties.

In addition, Li Shimin is still very stingy, and created his own public money system, that is, every three years, he will conduct a thorough investigation of the rich merchants in the entire Tang Dynasty, and then levy a special property tax on wealthy merchant families with a certain amount of property. The wealth and taxes paid by wealthy businessmen are used to support officials.

Li Xuan also heard these from the mouths of Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others, so he also knew that Li Shimin, who seemed to be very generous to his courtiers and nobles, actually had such a side behind his back!

Not only are there few officials, but they are also reluctant to give money!

Li Shimin was startled, and then sighed again, "Xuanba doesn't know something, that's what he said, but how many students can the state schools and county schools enroll, and how many poor families can there be among them?

Even having five children from poor families in one county school is already quite remarkable, and most of the rest are children from wealthy businessmen and aristocratic families!

Now, as my Great Tang conquers those foreign countries, these aristocratic families and wealthy merchants are also starting to move around..."

"I see!"

Li Xuan understood.

After thinking about it slowly, he looked at Li Shimin and said, "As those aristocratic families conferred kingships in places like Goguryeo and Tuyuhun, Your Majesty has made a lot of money!"

"You made a lot of money?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help being startled, and looked at Li Xuan with some doubts.

"Your Majesty sold it for at least 4000 to [-] million coins!" Li Xuan said directly.

"No no……"

Only then did Li Shimin react, shaking his head again and again.

"A large part of it is exchanged for pig iron, iron ore, and fertile land!"

"So, there should be more than 2000 million yuan!"

Li Xuan said.

"There is!"

Li Shimin nodded slowly.

"In this way, His Majesty may consider building a school in each state city!" Li Xuan said.

"Build another school?"

Li Shimin was a little puzzled.

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly, "These new schools in the state city were built with His Majesty's own money, and the students recruited in them are all from poor families, and if they want to enter, they also need to take an exam.

Those who lack moral character, are stupid and greedy for money, or who have different ideas will not enter!After these apprentices have completed their studies, they can enter the imperial court and become officials of the Tang Dynasty! "

Hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

"Xuan Ba's idea is that I will pay for the construction of the state school, and firstly recruit the well-qualified students from all states into my state school, so that these poor children will come out and become officials directly after they have completed their studies?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly: "In the past, many poor students with good qualifications, after being enlightened, were mostly recruited by a lot of families!

Now, in this way, the humble children taught by His Majesty's state school, without the aristocratic family's involvement, these humble children are the most loyal to His Majesty! "

"Of course, if His Majesty wants those poor and well-qualified children to come to the prefectural school run by His Majesty, then His Majesty's school also needs to have a lot of great Confucian scholars or good teachers sitting in it!"

"Then how much money do I need to spend just to establish these state schools?"

Li Shimin frowned slightly.

...?

Chapter 762 Your Majesty, I will take you to see those scholars

Really picky!

Li Xuan frowned subconsciously.

"Your Majesty has earned at least 2000 million yuan in extra money this year. Your Majesty can't spend all of this money. If it is piled up in a cold and dark warehouse for a long time, the coins will rust!"

The corner of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, and a vigilance flashed in his heart. Is this the idea of ​​picking up his nephew and the household department?

Li Xuan didn't notice the change in Li Shimin, so he continued:

"Alternatively, if His Majesty feels that rebuilding the state school is more costly and manpower-intensive, he can directly expand the original county school and state school.

After all, the housing construction department of Datang can build a cement school, which can be completed in a month, and it doesn't cost much money.

Then, His Majesty allocated a poverty alleviation fund to each Zhou school and county school, that is, in each state and county school, five or ten children from poor families were specially recruited, and the money His Majesty gave was Specially supply these five or ten poor children to go to school!

These children from poor families are the most qualified students in all states and counties!

After these poor children come out of the school, they must first serve as officials for the court for five years, or ten years, or twenty years. "

"In each state capital, His Majesty will send a few veterans or officials to supervise the use of the money, as well as the character and aptitude of those poor children.

Alternatively, His Majesty can choose some famous teachers to be the professors and academic administrators of the various prefectural and county schools, so that these prefectural and county schools can be prevented from being controlled by those aristocratic families! ..."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, Li Shimin was overjoyed, but immediately fell into deep thought.

Now, the Tang Dynasty is extremely short of officials, and if professors and scholars are sent to these county schools and state schools, those officials from the top and bottom of the bureaucracy may have to skip teaching and scold their mothers again.

Moreover, there are nearly [-] prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty, and each prefecture and county has to rebuild schools and distribute subsidy funds to those poor children with good qualifications. How much will it cost a year?

In an instant, Li Shimin went through all these things in his mind.

"Xuanba, this matter is indeed a good thing for my Tang Dynasty. But it will take a lot of money to implement it. I still need to discuss it with Xuanling, the auxiliary machine and others for a while!"

"Your Majesty, do as you please!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly. He just subconsciously made a suggestion for this kind of thing.

"Your Majesty, do you want to go and see the 52 scholars I brought back?"

At this moment, Li Xuan also wanted to understand why Li Shimin specifically mentioned those 52 scholars.

I'm afraid that he, like those aristocratic families, will pick away all the 'good talents' who are preparing to take part in the spring examination, leaving only a group of mediocre talents for the court!

"Xuan Ba ​​said so, I'm really interested!"

Li Shimin was startled, then laughed.

"At this moment, those scholars should be wandering around the glass booths with wide eyes and curious faces. Your Majesty will follow me!"

With that said, Li Xuan stood up directly and walked outside.

Li Shimin was also polite, got up directly, followed behind Li Xuan, and walked out.

When he came to the glass shed, Li Shimin's eyes flashed brightly when he saw the boundless glass sheds neatly arranged like an army formation.

"The glass sheds in Xuanba Manor have been built for many years, and I have been looking at them for many years. But every time I come here, looking at these sheds, my blood still boils!"

Li Shimin subconsciously said with emotion.

"Your Majesty, these greenhouses are all thanks to knowledge!"

Li Xuan chuckled slowly, without stopping.

"These greenhouses in my farm, the farmers will renovate them every year based on their care experience. A few years ago, there would still be frozen vegetables in these greenhouses. In recent years, no matter how big they are, Snow, no vegetables will freeze to death!"

"In this way, the production in each greenhouse will also increase a lot?"

A trace of astonishment flashed in Li Shimin's eyes.

"At least it has increased by [-]%!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

Li Shimin was surprised, "There are so many?"

"Ok!"

At this moment, Li Xuan had vaguely heard the exclamation of those scholars coming from the large sheds in front.

"Actually, if we continue to improve the seeds and planting methods of vegetables in these greenhouses, the production in these greenhouses can continue to increase!"

"What Xuan Ba ​​said is true?"

Li Shimin asked hurriedly.

"In terms of planting glass greenhouses, I am still very confident!"

Li Xuan chuckled lightly, and said: "Your Majesty, in the village, I will separate it into two glass greenhouses every year, and then the farmers will conduct experiments and research in them!

Moreover, in the library in the village, there are hundreds of agricultural books that I have collected from various families.

If you have any doubts, you can also go to find a copy, watch and study by yourself! "

"Xuanba, can these farmers understand the words written in those agricultural books?"

Li Shimin was a little puzzled.

"So, this kind of farmers can read and read while they are free! Anyway, the cubs in this kind of farmers' families will go to the school. Moreover, this kind of farmers can also go to the school to learn from the masters. Literacy!"

Li Xuan said calmly, "Under this method, the peasant households can learn to read faster than those bastards in their family!"

"It's still like this?"

Li Shimin was surprised.

"Ok!"

Li Xuan nodded again, ignored Li Shimin, went straight to a glass shed in front, pushed open the small door on one side, and walked in.

Inside the greenhouse, among the lush green tomato seedlings, stood a group of shocked and curious scholars.

Before the scholars could react, Li Shimin, who came in from behind, was shocked again after seeing the tomato seedlings in the greenhouse that were nearly one person tall.

"Hey, Xuan Ba, the tomato seedlings in your greenhouse grow so tall?"

"Ok!"

Li Xuan nodded with a flat face, and at the same time said casually: "These tomato seedlings have only been cultivated for two or three years. If you carefully cultivate them for a few years and select better seedlings, these tomato seedlings can grow even taller!"

In his previous life, he had seen two-meter-high tomato seedlings.

"Can it be higher? If it grows taller, how big will the tomatoes produced by these tomato seedlings be?"

Li Shimin said in surprise.

"The quantity can be more, and the size of the tomatoes can be bigger than these, I don't know!"

Li Xuan said casually, and at the same time broke off a fist-sized tomato, wiped it casually with his hand, then peeled off the thin outer layer of the tomato, and bit it directly.

Immediately, a sour tomato taste flowed into his mouth, and he couldn't help opening his mouth slightly, enjoying it all over his face.

Chapter 763 How Do You Feel About Li Family Village

Seeing this, the scholars who had come over and stood respectfully in front of Li Xuan were stunned.

How could the king pick and eat these precious vegetables so casually?

"You can also break off one at will and have a taste!

"

Li Xuan smiled lightly and said.

"However, when picking a tomato, you have to follow its root and lift it up a little, then you can easily break it off!"

"Thank you king!"

A group of scholars hurriedly bowed their hands in salute.

Immediately, they all looked for a bright red tomato with excited faces, and picked it up carefully.