At the small court meeting that day, several old ministers openly and secretly promoted their granddaughters in front of Emperor Taichang, and Emperor Taichang kept a calm face and did not say a word. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the end, he said coldly: "According to what Aiqing said, your granddaughter is kind to the Buddha, and she must be suitable to accompany the Queen Mother?" ”

The old minister thought to himself, the emperor said that there is a door! Immediately said happily: "Yes, yes, the granddaughter of the old minister will definitely serve the queen mother well." ”

Emperor Taichang smiled coldly: "The Queen Mother is surrounded by palace people to serve, Aiqing's granddaughter is a noble girl, why do you have to do that bad work?" Since it is a good heart, it is better to take refuge in Buddhism and pray for the blessings of the world. ”

A call choked several old ministers half to death.

After the small court meeting, Emperor Taichang left Liu Tong behind, and was silent for a long time before asking: "Xiao Jiu, you said that the common students in the world, do you have many thoughts like today's wonton boss?" Reading only for literacy? ”

Liu Tong thought for a while and said: "The younger brother thinks that the Pingmen students are willing to join the office, not so much because they want to serve the imperial court, but because their direct purpose is to accumulate fame and wealth by being officials. ”

Liu Tong said with a smile: "After all, a sesame petty official can do a limited amount. What's more, in the past, men born in commoners, even if they could be officials, they were just leading errands under the children of nobles, and when it was really their turn to make decisions on major matters, they couldn't speak. ”

Emperor Taichang nodded thoughtfully: "You are right, and in the past, even if you were a commoner, there were restrictions on your background to take the imperial examination...... For example, a businessman cannot enter the office. These regulations should be changed. ”

Emperor Taichang is now focusing on reforming the official position, and after the reform of the imperial examination system is on track, it must be successfully completed.

Liu Tong said with a smile: "Brother Huang is in a bad mood this morning, it turns out that it was because the boss said that. ”

"I'm quite concerned." Emperor Taichang bowed: "I have always thought that what I have done since I ascended the throne must be beneficial to the world, but I have not thought that in fact, what the people sometimes need is not so complicated. For example, the wonton boss asked his son to study, that is, he hoped that he could be reasonable, and the woman's family would look up to him when he told him about his relatives in the future. It's ridiculous to say this, when did reading the books of the sages become a weight to increase the success of marriage? But that's what the people think, and those so-called grand ambitions are just empty talk for the poor people. ”

Emperor Taichang said meaningfully: "Therefore, even if I improve the official election system, weaken the aristocracy, and support the children of the common Han clan to become officials, in fact, fundamentally speaking, it is not of much use. Whoever cannot read because he has no money will still not be able to read; Even if you have money but you can't find a gentleman to teach you, you still can't find someone to teach you. The fundamental reason is that the people are not rich enough to have surplus food and everyone can study. ”

Liu Tong was shocked: "Brother Huang said this...... Is it because the people of Dawei can read? ”

Emperor Taichang said softly: "What's impossible? ”

On this day, Liu Tong returned home and was restless.

The noble concubine hugged Tao Tao to play, Chang Runzhi counted the account books, and when he returned to the house, he saw Liu Tong frowning, looking very worried, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Liu Tong was about to talk to someone, and even told Chang Runzhi what Emperor Taichang said.

Chang Runzhi felt a little surprised.

Emperor Taichang's thinking is very advanced...... It is not enough to rule the country by law and attach importance to the rule of law, but now it has begun to pay attention to basic education?

But Dawei is very prosperous, yes, but it is not prosperous to the point where everyone can read?

If we want to achieve education for all, we must at least set up points in townships or towns and invest resources in education.

In these years, most of those who can read and write are a little ambitious, who wants to teach in the poor countryside?

Emperor Taichang thought about it beautifully, but he only thought about it.

What Chang Runzhi considered was exactly what Liu Tong had been thinking about throughout the day.

Who is going to teach? Children from the nobility naturally read and write from an early age, but how can they teach?

Then it can only be a child of the Han clan who was born as a commoner.

But isn't this a blatant bully? Why do people have to teach other civilian dolls after reading books? This is a disguised deprivation of their power to be officials.

"The fifth brother also put forward a point of view today, saying that the root cause of the poor implementation of education is that the people are not rich. The most fundamental solution to the problem is to make the people prosperous. Even if they are farming at home, there is no shortage of surplus food in the family. In this way, everyone can let the children at home read without worries. ”

Liu Tong sighed and said: "You can make the people all rich, how easy is this......"

Chang Runzhi felt that Emperor Taichang's understanding was very correct.

Dawei is not like her era, with a large population base. Although there was no thorough census of the Great Wei, it is estimated that the total population would generally not exceed 35 million to 40 million.

The population is not large, but it can't hold a lot of land. The land of the Great Wei Dynasty is almost 60% of that of modern China. As long as we properly open up the wasteland, arrange agricultural work according to local conditions, and pay attention to the fine cultivation of seeds, it should be okay to say that every household can have food and clothing.

The only worry is that some nobles see that this is profitable, and they are blackhearted and more exploited.

Again, it's the same issue - execution.

Chang Runzhi was thinking about it, when he heard Liu Tong say: "Brother Huang thinks that if you want to get rich, the best way is to open up the sea and trade with countries in the open sea. Perhaps there will be more abundant and high-yielding seeds in the open sea. ”

Chang Runzhi's eyes lit up: "The emperor plans to open the sea and trade with various maritime countries?" ”

Liu Tong said angrily: "I'm still worried here, what are you excited about?" ”

Chang Runzhi touched his nose: "This is a good thing, rest on your laurels, you can never make progress." Although the emperor's proposal seems whimsical, it has to be said that it is a very bold and ambitious step. ”

Chang Runzhi grabbed Liu Tong's sleeve and said: "If the emperor really opens the sea ban, it will also open up trade between the sea and foreign countries...... Can you imagine what the future Great Wei will look like? Don't you think this is a decree that deserves to go down in history? ”

"But ......," Liu Tong frowned, "This is very dangerous, who knows what kind of people and what kind of plants and animals will be in the open sea...... What if they become aggressive towards us? ”

"You're thinking too much." Chang Runzhi shook his head: "In my opinion, there are probably some places in the open sea that have not yet been civilized at this time, just like the Nanban hundreds of years ago." If the people from the sea were really powerful, they would have found our paradise a long time ago. Besides, the army of Great Wei is not vegetarian, didn't the emperor personally bring a team of Yanbei army? ”

Liu Tong touched his chin and muttered: "Brother Huang did say that he was going to start training the navy, and he also mentioned your fourth brother's ......" (to be continued.) )