After Kong Yingda finished speaking, the three of them were reluctant to say anything more.

With such a prince here, I don't know if it's good or bad. There is always only one step between a genius and a madman, if the prince can do well, then the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty can be expected. And if the crown prince goes the wrong way, then the consequences will be even more terrible than the combination of three or five tyrants.

"Two, this time Wei Zheng owes the two of you once, the next time you take a break, the old man will be the east, how about a cruise boat?"

can let the poor Wei Zheng treat guests, Fang Xuanling and Kong Yingda also felt that it was worth it, and after giving each other a salute, they went home.

On the night when it was silent, many people had already slept, but in the study of the East Palace, Li Chengqian couldn't sleep.

The reorganized gunpowder weapons workshops have already begun mass production, at least, the base of weapons has been reached.

This time, each of them will have a quiver, a full twenty gunpowder arrows, such arrows are weak in the face of iron armor, but they are also very lethal to aliens who lack iron armor. Twenty palm-sized iron grenades, hung on the body along with the chain buckle, these are just personal configurations.

The whole army of 2,000 people, equipped with a total of two improved versions of the eight-ox crossbow, at the expense of size, in exchange for the portability of the eight-ox crossbow, six people and six horses, as long as the riding skills are not ashamed, can still be transported smoothly with ropes. Two cabinet-sized tin boxes were stuffed with gunpowder, and the power of their explosion was unimaginable. As a rough estimate, it's absolutely fine to blow up a city gate.

Equipped with such a weapon, even if you can't beat the pro-rate, no one will dare to chase you when you run, and if you dare to chase, you will be abused to death.

Now that the configuration of weapons has reached the standard, it is time to send troops.

The troops were sent in mid-July, and by the time the team arrived at the border of Goryeo, it was already winter. If other armies did this, the bitter cold of Liaodong alone would have lost their troops. But if you are pro, because you have enough warm clothes and heating experience, there will be no problems.

Again and again? On and off for a whole night? I don't know how long I slept until after the morning court? came to the Weishui Barracks.

Now the pro-led barracks? Farther from the academy, because of the reason to practice the use of gunpowder weapons? Only choose places where there are no people.

The arrival of the prince made Yu Tai and the others smile? Grinning in line to greet him.

Just get off the carriage? Li Chengqian smiled and said to Tai and the others: "I know you are waiting, so Gu will come directly today." Now that you're familiar with the qualities of gunpowder weapons, let's set out tomorrow. When you go out this time, remember that you can't fight? Tell you? If the loss is more than 20%, you will all be punished when you come back! In the final analysis, the primary purpose of this war was to demonstrate the power of gunpowder weapons, and educating the Korean people was only secondary. ”

(Again, in the Old Tang Book?) Fang Xuanling just called Goguryeo Goryeo, and I don't know how many times I said it, why are there still people entangled in this issue?? ）

Yu Tai smiled and said, "Can I use this kind of artifact first?" It's still thanks to the blessing of His Highness. With this artifact, plus don't worry about clothes? If we don't show some achievements, how can we repay His Highness's love? ”

Yu Tai just finished speaking? The Sky Monkey and the others were excited. Cotton from Gaochang? Is it sky-high in Chang'an? However, His Royal Highness not only prepared cotton clothes, cotton pants and cotton shoes for them to protect them from the cold, but also rewarded them with a lot of homes. Although the rewards were only enough to make a thin cotton garment for their families, this also prevented them from taking out the cotton from their clothes and giving it to their families.

After inspecting the warehouse on one side and making sure that the materials for cold protection were sufficient, Li Chengqian said: "Someone will transport weapons to you tomorrow, and they will accompany the army all the way." Keep in mind that everyone's number of weapons is recorded, and whoever loses them and doesn't use them in battle will be held accountable. In this battle, testing the power of weapons is also the focus, so there will be a large number of members of the Hundred Cavalry Division to follow. What kind of place is the Hundred Horses, I don't need to tell you alone, don't bother with them when you're idle. ”

Iron Hammer and the others nodded, even if Liu Mang, who was like a wild boar by nature, did not dare to provoke the people of the Hundred Horsemen.

After handing over the documents of the military department to Yu Tai, Li Chengqian left the barracks.

Although I really wanted to go to the border of Goryeo with my own relatives, I just thought about it. The emperor's father is not here, he is one of the most important people in Chang'an City, even if the emperor's father is at home and has the experience of the grassland, he may not have a chance to fight.

After leaving the barracks, passing through the academy, and specially going to Li Gang's grave to offer incense, Li Chengqian entered the medical branch.

Although the current medical branch is nominally affiliated with Zhenguan students, it is actually Sun Simiao's Yiyantang. Donggong will make up funds for the medical school every month, and some people from the Daomen, led by Yuan Tiangang, will also send money here. Without worrying about funds, Sun Simiao did not hesitate to send a letter to the world and summoned a large number of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, what he wanted was to integrate all the home remedies in the world, and then integrate them into a reliable medical book after the experiment.

When he saw Lao Sun, he was writing drafts in the study, carefully recording the results of the experiments and the analysis of medicinal properties.

Seeing Li Chengqian come in, Sun Simiao smiled slightly and said, "It's rare, you actually have time to come and see Lao Dao today." ”

Finding a stool to sit down, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "I just knocked on the door, and seeing that you didn't react, I came in on my own." Lao Sun, you are a doctor yourself, why don't you know to take care of your body? In such a wasteful work, be careful to exhaust yourself first. ”

The reason for saying this is that Lao Sun's table has a cold meal, and there is a strong smell of plaster on his body.

Sun Simiao sighed, and when he saw that the disciple had brought in a new meal, he put down his pen and began to eat.

While eating, he said: "My lifelong wish is to overcome all kinds of incurable diseases, one of which is to sort out the world's medical books, remove the dross, and save the essence." Your Highness may not know that folk doctors often use home remedies, and there is no medical truth at all. To put it mildly, it is possible that such a recipe will cure the life and death of a person who does not have much illness. The people are ignorant, and many times they are grateful to the real murderer, which is not good. Medical skills should be bound by strict rules, otherwise who knows what will develop. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, it's true, folk remedies can really kill people, since Lao Sun has such an idea, he should support it.

"Since the Taoist has such an idea, Lone naturally wants to support it. How about this? In the future, those who practice medicine must obtain a medical license from the imperial court to diagnose and treat patients, otherwise it is illegal. ”

In ancient times, many things were copied from modern rules and regulations, which would have miraculous effects. In the matter of practicing medical licenses, Li Chengqian almost admired himself to death.

Sun Simiao shook his head and said: "No, if you want to do this, the diagnosis and treatment of many foot doctors will be changed from open to private, which is the most terrible." There are few doctors in the first place, so if anyone dares to practice medicine? So, this proposal is very good, but it can't be rushed, when the old medical school has trained enough disciples, it will not be too late to implement it. ”

"That's it...."

Li Chengqian could only give up, just like the old Tao said, this matter may be really urgent.

After eating, Sun Simiao took out a small pillow for pulse diagnosis and motioned for Li Chengqian to stretch out his hand.

This is a procedure that two people have to go through every time they meet, although Li Chengqian feels that his body is very good, but he can't resist Lao Sun.

After checking the pulse and checking the leg again, Sun Simiao said: "Your body is good, although the leg has not really grown well, but it is estimated that there will be some problems in old age." The liver fire is a bit vigorous, control your emotions and don't get angry casually. You must know that your Li family generally has wind diseases, and you can't run away from you, and now that you are young, you should pay more attention. ”

Although I really want to cultivate myself, but now that I am in prison, it is really difficult not to be angry.

After coming out of Lao Sun's place and looking at the sun, Li Chengqian decided to go to the college to have lunch, and then discuss the problems of students with Mr. Yang.

After Li Gang left, Yang Du became the sacrificial wine of the academy. The two old gentlemen have the same temperament, they don't care how much they gain, they just want to fulfill their long-cherished wish, so that everyone in the world has the opportunity to read and be taught.

"Mr. Yang, when will this big exam start, the kid really doesn't know, and now that his father is not in Chang'an, I don't dare to care about this matter. However, it is beneficial to let these students out, as the same as labor, and the chaos of the Tang Dynasty. If you come into contact with the government affairs of the imperial court, you will find that many of the officials in Tongzhou Dayi rely on meritorious service or family protection to obtain power.

In some remote areas, the imperial court more often selects virtuous people and appoints officials to local positions. In this way, the gap comes out. Officials in remote areas will know how to adapt the same decree, and even refute it, while officials from wealthy families will only implement it, even if it will cause public resentment.

When the same thing happened, the officials in the remote areas knew how to deal with it, and before the excerpts of the upper performance went out, they had already organized people to deal with it. And those wealthy officials will only wait for the approval of the imperial court before they act like wooden people. If the court has to decide everything, what do you want them to do! ”

Yang Du took a sip of tea, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It seems that your prison during this period of time is very unsatisfactory, but boy, your way of looking at the problem is still a little one-sided." Who told you that the officials of Tongzhou Dayi are wooden people? Does he dare to make his own claims? The most taboo thing for important officials in the Tang Dynasty is to make their own opinions, small things are easy to say, if you dare to do big things, tsk, but you will be labeled as a rebel, what kind of crime is rebellion, you don't need the old man to tell you, right?

Besides, who told you that the virtuous appointed person chosen by the local government must be the right officer? Ignorance is a common problem for them, and it is only because they are locals that they can handle small things properly. If you don't believe it, look at the evaluation of the officials, such officials will only be Zhongping at most, and they will not make big mistakes when they are in office, but at the same time, they will not have too obvious achievements.

Speaking of which, this is also a helpless move, and the fear of the wealthy family is the same no matter which dynasty. But in addition to the wealthy, the imperial court has no place to choose talents. The emergence of Zhenguan Academy is the magic stroke to break this deadlock. Boy, if you want to get a good official, you should train the disciples of the academy well, this is the best solution to the problem. ”

After another sip of tea, he motioned to the stunned Li Chengqian to continue eating, and Yang Du continued: "Yu Yuelai of Sinong Temple talked to the old man, and he said that he wanted to establish an agricultural branch in the college, and the people who were convened were all those who really wanted to do things in agriculture. The old man agreed, it is very good to establish an agricultural college, and it is also a good thing to cultivate good seeds and improve cultivation methods. ”

Hearing this, Li Chengqian put down his chopsticks and said: "You are right to agree to this matter, I also think that Sinong Temple is very evil, you don't know, there are officials in it who even have crooked thoughts about the sale of seeding trucks, and are cheeky and ready to take advantage of it, I really don't know what to do." Whether it is the establishment of an agricultural college, Lingnan came to reply some time ago, saying that Feng Ang had led a team of elite soldiers to the south and entered Linyi and other countries to look for good seeds, as long as they could be brought back, it would not be possible to solve the famine in Datang, but it would be no problem to reduce the number of hungry people by half. ”

Hearing this, Yang Du's hand holding the cup trembled slightly, and he almost dropped the cup.

After calming down, he said, "This is a good thing, and when the seeds come back, they will be cultivated by the Agricultural College." In addition, after the construction of the college is completed, you don't want to send money to the college, the college was first established, and there is no way to rely on you to build it, but now that the scale is already very large, and you have the means to make a living, you should stop. ”

Li Chengqian nodded, and did not have the feeling of "crossing the river and demolishing the bridge". In fact, this matter was also the result of a solemn discussion between him and Li Gang.

If the academy wants to maintain its original intention, it must be separated from the royal family, and it can accept royal patronage or royal orders, and it is not a problem to hand over the position of dean and vice president to the royal people. However, the real power must be held in the hands of the academy itself. Otherwise, who will know if the future emperor will be qualified? Will it change the academy beyond recognition?

"Since you think it's almost over, then I'll stop it completely, but if the academy is really short of money, don't be polite to me. The prosperity of the college is your wish, it is the wish of Master Li, and it is also my own wish. ”

Yang Du smiled and nodded, then took out a stack of papers from his hand and said, "The old man has asked the students of the first phase, except for the children of Xungui, almost all the children of the poor family are willing to open a branch of the academy, or stay in the academy as a gentleman. When the branch of this group of students is successfully opened, our college will be able to teach literacy and devote itself to cultivating elites. ”

Hearing this news, Li Chengqian still breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that all the students were staring at the big examination of the imperial court, in this case, there would inevitably be many students who failed to be selected and could not bear the blow. Strictly speaking, this group of students is not the most satisfactory to him, and the study in the academy is more about teaching them literacy and classics, as well as the added arithmetic, which is actually of little use to help the officials. However, the extracurricular activities that have been going on during this period, as well as the thousands of miles this time, are still helpful to broaden their horizons. At least make them qualified.

The officials they really want to appear have to be after the academy completely gets rid of the literacy curriculum and specializes in teaching elites.

After eating, stretching his waist, Li Chengqian said depressedly: "Mr. Yang, I have to go back to the palace to deal with government affairs, and now I know how difficult my father's life is, and I am depressed when I think that I will be like this in the future." ”

Yang Du smiled: "What's so depressed, in such a position, don't you have to work hard for the country, otherwise do you think that the natural imperial power is for nothing?" Well, since you have something to do, the old man won't bother you. ”

Putting away his questionnaire, Yang Du walked away with his hands behind his back.

Glancing at the students who were eating and reading in the cafeteria, Li Chengqian's heart was hot. Most of these are the best help for the expansion of the college!

After the schools around Chang'an are opened, they will be opened in Luoyang, Xiangyang, and all the way to the whole of Datang, so the policy of compulsory education can be implemented. Although this is likely to be difficult to do in one's lifetime, there are ways to go, and future generations can always go on the right path and always reach the right end.

Like Li Chengqian, who has great ambitions, the emperor who is now in Qizhou is also thinking about the future of the Tang Dynasty. It may not be as long-term as Li Chengqian thought, but it also has a positive effect.

From Chang'an to Qizhou, although it was only a short distance, it was enough for him to see through a lot of things.

If you want to be tax-free, then business must be developed. If it is only internal business development, then it is no different from Yuanmu Qiuyu, and the development of transactions with foreign countries is the top priority.

Since the matter on the ocean has been handed over to the crown prince, he is reluctant to interfere anymore. But on land, he had to ask about it.

"The Silk Road has been the golden road for our Central Plains to do business with foreign countries since ancient times. But since the end of the Han Dynasty, we have been addicted to infighting, and we have let this golden road wither for I don't know how long. There are many brave and resolute people among the merchants, but the existence of Gaochang is like a gluttonous mouth, which has influenced the Silk Road. Therefore, if you want to make the Silk Road prosperous again, Gaochang is bound to be conquered. ”

In the palace of Qizhou, although there are only a few officials such as Du Ruhui, Qizhou Thorn History, and Changsun Wuji, the atmosphere is still very serious, like a court meeting.

Du Ruhui got up and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Gaochang is indeed hateful, but he is in the gap between the Western Turks, Tuyuhun and my Datang, and if any party moves rashly, the other two parties will not sit idly by." Gaochang is indeed not enough for any of our three parties to stew, but in the same way, our Datang can't resist the alliance of Tuyuhun and the Western Turks at the same time. ”