"Go, go, you know how to cause trouble. What's your business here?" Li Shimin glared at Li Tai, and then drove him away.
He went to chat with Chang Le again, looked at his daughter, and then asked about Li Yan and Wu Jue, and that was the end.
After it was over, Changle and the others left for the time being. Li Tai and others were also driven away by Li Shimin, leaving only Li Ke and the ministers here. Obviously Old Li had something to say, and everyone else was also very interested. Understand, naturally everything that should go has left.
"How is it? Everyone is back. Let's talk to everyone. We are waiting here." After everyone left, Li Shimin said with a smile.
Li Ke: "..."
No, what kind of rhythm is this? Who can tell me something? Why are you waiting?
"What did you say?" Li Ke asked tentatively.
"You have the final say what you want to say." Li Shimin shrugged his shoulders and said casually.
"Uh... the shipping company made 26 million yuan?" Li Ke asked tentatively.
Li Shimin: "????"
All the ministers: "????"
"Well, it seems that the total gold reserves discovered in Luzon Island should exceed 600 tons, about 80 million gold?" Li Ke said again cautiously.
Li Shimin: "..."
Ministers: "..."
"Um...according to my statistics after the reform, Lingnan Road was able to pay about 1.27 million guan in commercial taxes last year, and this year it will be able to pay close to 2.6 million guan." Li Ke said again.
Li Shimin: "!!!"
Ministers: "!!!"
"Based on the current purchase situation, the grain purchased from Zhenwa, Mule Kingdom, Harsha Dynasty and other countries can buy about 40 million stones next year. If it is transported to the Tang Dynasty, the cost will be the same as that of the local rice in the Tang Dynasty. The price is similar, or even cheaper." Li Ke thought for a while and added.
Li Shimin was numb, and so were all the ministers. 40 million shi, and the price of grain shipped to Datang is similar to that of local rice in Datang, or even cheaper? This means that the Tang Dynasty will not be short of food! Even if the Tang Dynasty suffered a disaster, it would be impossible for the entire Tang Dynasty to suffer from the disaster. According to the scale of the disaster in the Zhenguan Year, 40 million dan would be enough to feed the victims for several years!
Is this the annual purchase volume? !
"Well... if you don't say anything, that... is actually between Persia and Tianzhu... I randomly arranged a businessman to pretend to be the Western Turkic royal family, and now it occupies about one-third of the land area of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, They all belong to the Tang Dynasty." Li Ke hesitated and told the secret.
Li Shimin: "..."
Ministers: "..." So this is the thirteenth edition of the Tang Territory Map?
"Well, in fact, if nothing else happens, my people also discovered a continent with basically no one except some indigenous people. The area of the main continent is approximately equivalent to the current land area of the Tang Dynasty, and there are no people on it. Although there are more deserts and Gobi deserts, there are also a lot of minerals in these places." Li Ke thought for a while and said again.
"Stop talking about that. Let's discuss these things later. I'll let you express your thoughts." Li Shimin stopped Li Ke directly. How can we talk about this...how can we talk about this topic? So after taking a trip to the sea, did you find a god? What kind of development is this?
"The idea is that if our schools in Datang are popularized next year, we should continue to work hard to expand. The current population of Datang is not too large, but judging from the progress of the year, if we continue to recuperate, in about a hundred years, the population of Datang can at least double Several times." Li Ke thought for a while and said.
"The increase in the population of the Tang Dynasty, combined with the current land area of the Tang Dynasty, will create a huge gap for officials. But it is not just traditional officials, but also a large number of officials and officials with special talents. The traditional emphasis on Confucianism cannot be Pick."
"At present, the construction of the school and even the operation of the school are not a problem, but there is a lack of teachers. So I need all the powerful families to come forward."
Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. Look, it was a good conversation. You finally talked about something that we can pick up. Otherwise, who can pick up what you said before?
"Isn't this simple? Representatives of powerful families are here, let's talk to them." Li Shimin pointed to the people around him and said.
Today, all the officials are really here. There may not be many ordinary officials, but the top officials are basically there, at least those in the court must be there.
"Publish schools, and educate all people in the world. Open up the imperial examinations. Only nobles can participate in the imperial examinations. Only by selecting talents from all people and recruiting talents from all over the world can we open up the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty." Li Ke He said calmly.
All the ministers were silent. How should I answer this?
"Your Highness, do you think it's possible? Why are they willing to do this?" Wei Zheng suddenly said.
No one answered this, but Wei Zheng could. Anyway, although Mrs. Wei Zheng came from a wealthy family, Wei Zheng himself had long been prepared to be a lonely minister. His wife had already understood this and basically had no contact with her natal family, so this In other words, Wei Zheng can only ask.
"Actually, from the perspective of our royal family, it is beneficial to our royal family that these powerful families control scholars, monopolize the right to study, and even monopolize the right to take the imperial examination." Li Ke said calmly, "The imperial examination is beneficial to the world's scholars. Son, please the scholars all over the world."
"In fact, the first important point of the imperial examination is neither to select talents nor to educate the world."
Everyone was stunned for a moment. Wei Zheng was also a little confused and subconsciously asked: "Why is that?"
"A man with lofty ideals in a cage, who only respects Confucianism, invented the eight-part article, and used the article as a prerequisite for acquiring talented people. He let all the scholars in the world enter the cage of eight-part article, and let them study the chapters and sentences until they are exhausted. In this way, these people will They will no longer be wildly whimsical and will not be easily fooled by crooked ways. When scholars are at peace, even if there are still people in the world who want to rebel, they are just grass bandits and cannot achieve anything big."
Li Shimin: "..."
Not to mention Li Shimin, even these ministers felt numb after hearing this. One person in the crowd wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to refute, because the meaning of Li Ke's words was that he or the family he represented would benefit the most. of.
This person was naturally none other than Kong Yingda, one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace at that time, the son of Kong An, and the 32nd generation grandson of Confucius.
Wei Zheng didn't know how to continue asking for a while. His Highness's perspective on the problem, or... His Highness's method, his thorough understanding of people's hearts, was already superb.
