Li Yang didn't know that his words would make Meng Tian's heart have so many dramas.

The reason why Li Yang said that he guessed blindly was that there was no way for him to do it, he couldn't tell Meng Tian that Lao Tzu had crossed over, and it was written in the history books that in 209 BC, Mao Dun killed his father and became independent, and the king of Donghu sent an envoy to ask for Maxima and the Yan family, right?

Even if he really said this, it is estimated that Meng Tian would not believe it, and maybe he would think that Li Yang was teasing him.

At this time, Li Yang also remembered something and asked, "By the way, General Meng, I don't know what you think of Your Majesty's struggle for world domination?" ”

Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty has unified the six countries, and he has made great achievements, directly covering the three emperors and five emperors. Now, Your Majesty wants to unify the world and raise the military prestige of our Qin State, and our civil and military ministers are also enthusiastic about it. Your Majesty is right, if you can plant the black Xuan Banner of our Qin State all over the world, not only Your Majesty's achievements are unparalleled by the ancients, but even these civil and military courtiers such as us will also follow in history. This is an opportunity for us to make contributions and show our ambitions! ”

When Meng Tian talked about this topic, the whole person seemed very excited and excited, as if he had a warm blood, and he couldn't wait to lead thousands of troops and sweep the earth. No, it's Qin Qiu.

Hearing this, Li Yang was even more worried.

Thinking of the enthusiastic scene of the ministers in the early dynasty, Li Yang finally understood why none of them opposed the struggle for hegemony in the world, because now that Great Qin has unified the six countries, there is no chance to make contributions.

Can you get a knighthood by governing the country? Can you be a marquis?

Obviously, it is impossible.

It is even more unlikely to go down in history.

Only by expanding the territory can we establish immortal achievements, be crowned marquis, and be famous through the ages. Isn't that what people live for a lifetime?

And this time the emperor wants to dominate the world, which is the opportunity that everyone has been waiting for for a long time.

Especially for the generals like Meng Tian, this is a great opportunity for them to return to the center of power, after all, there has been no war in these years, and the warriors in this court are all on the sidelines, and they have no right to speak, because they don't know how to govern the world.

And once the emperor wants to continue to expand the territory, in the meantime, the people in the army can regain the right to speak in the court.

Knowing that it was impossible for the ministers to oppose the hegemony of the world, Li Yang then asked: "Will the soldiers at the bottom also support it?" ”

Meng Tian smiled: "Prime Minister Zhong, don't you know, why can my Qin army be invincible and sweep the six countries?" It's all because of the military merit system of my Qin State. The soldiers are looking forward to being able to fight and make meritorious contributions, but how can they not support it? ”

Speaking of this, Meng Tian said meaningfully: "It's not a secret, the last time I put down the chaos in the south, I was robbed of credit by the prime minister, and the officers and men in the army were all indignant." ”

Hearing this, Li Yang couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seems that Qin Shi Huang wants to dominate the world, this matter is not only what the civil and military officials in the court desire, but also what the soldiers below want.

But it's right to think about it, today's Qin State has not opened the imperial examination system, and the only hope for the people at the bottom to get rid of the fate of the bottom and change their lives is to make military contributions.

Because the way of Qin Guoshi's advancement is only to open up the field and defeat the enemy, and defeating the enemy is its main way. After the unification of Qin, most of the officials were motivated by military merits. Wenchen is mostly out of military merit, so Wenchen is not opposed to fighting, which is also a big reason.

This is like the fact that under the later imperial examination system, it is a truth that talents all over the world are desperately studying, because reading can achieve the goal of getting ahead through the imperial examination.

In the Qin State, military merit was the only way to get ahead, and fighting a war was naturally sought after by the people at the bottom.

To put it mildly, if there is no war, the people at the bottom will lose the hope of upgrading to the class, and only by fighting can there be hope for life.

"Prime Minister Zhong, don't you support Your Majesty's ambition to fight for hegemony?"

Meng Tian saw Li Yang's wry smile and asked curiously.

Li Yang naturally didn't dare to say that he didn't support it, and said: "I'm just worried that Your Majesty is too anxious, and it's not yet time to dominate the world!" ”

Meng Tian nodded: "Indeed, as Prime Minister Zhong said in the court, if you want to go on an expedition, you must go to the Western Regions, so at present, you still need to sweep away more than 20 countries such as the Xiongnu, Donghu, Qiang, Yueshi, Loulan, Wusun, and Hujie, so that you can plan the expedition with peace of mind." ”

"General Meng thinks that the countries of the Western Regions can be swept away in a few years?" Li Yang asked curiously.

Meng Tian pondered for a moment, stretched out a palm, and said: "Five years, now with the national integration strategy you gave by the Prime Minister of China, it only takes five years, and it should be able to completely sweep away the frontier." ”

"Five years?"

Li Yang muttered, it seems that there is not much time left for himself to develop his national strength!

In five years, will you be able to build guns?

In five years, will it be possible to build an advanced warship?

Li Yang didn't have much confidence in this, he only knew that the matter was becoming more and more urgent, and he had to hurry up and seize the time to make the Qin State develop rapidly and comprehensively, only in this way, when the Qin State competed for hegemony in the world in the future, could he exchange victory for the smallest price.

…………

chatted with Meng Tian about the envoy to the Xiongnu again, and then Li Yang said goodbye to Meng Tian and returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

As soon as he returned to the mansion, he saw Xiao He, Cao Shen, Zhang Cang, Li You, Fusu and others gathered in the Prime Minister's Mansion waiting for him.

"My lord, the five strategies of integration offered in the court today are simply unprecedented, and there is no one to come, if the prime minister of China entered the court a few years earlier, it is estimated that His Majesty will not need to build the Great Wall. The wisdom of adults is really earth-shattering, crying ghosts and gods, and the lower officials and others are all overwhelmed! ”

Xiao He, Cao Shen, and Zhang Cang, as soon as they saw Li Yang, they began to pat their ass.

Li You was not to be outdone, and said, "Are you just overwhelmed by the wisdom of adults?" I have long been full of admiration for the prime minister. ”

Xiao He smiled: "It's the same with us, before the admiration for adults, even the surging river and the flooding of the Yellow River can't be described. ”

When Li You and Fusu heard this, the two of them were unhappy, because the surging river and the flooding of the Yellow River were often on their lips by the two of them, used to describe their admiration for Li Yang, and now Xiao He said this, wouldn't it mean that they admired Li Yang more than themselves?

At the moment, Li You was very unconvinced, but for a while he couldn't think of a better word to describe his admiration, so he said: "In short, I have more admiration for the Chinese Prime Minister than you." ”

Fusu said: "I'm the same. ”

Xiao He and the three: "............"

Li Yang: "............"

These guys are really getting cheaper and cheaper.

But......

Lao Tzu likes it!

Li Yang smiled with satisfaction, was very happy, and said to everyone: "Low-key, low-key, you have to learn to be low-key." ”

Everyone nodded, and Li You innocently said: "We also want to keep a low profile, but the strength of adults doesn't allow it!" ”

If it weren't for Li You's insight not detached from the level of this era, Li Yang would have wondered if this guy would also be a friend who crossed over.

"Is there something wrong with the two of you?"

Li Yang rolled his eyes and asked Li You and Fusu.

Fusu said: "My lord asked me to search for carving craftsmen in Xianyang City, and I have done this, and now more than 200 craftsmen are about to make Shaofu." He Zhang asked the students to ask Taifu, what should they do next? ”

Li Yang nodded and turned his head to look at Li You: "What about you?" ”

Li You: "I heard that adults are going to make new inventions again, and the officials were not able to participate in the papermaking last time, this time...... Hehe, Xia Guan also wants to follow you to make inventions together. ”

Well, this guy is here to make a name for himself.

Li Yang asked Xiao He and the three of them again: "What about you?" What's the matter? ”

Xiao He seemed to have just remembered his business at this moment, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "My lord, the textbook has already been compiled, but I haven't seen the person who ordered the transcription for a long time, and we are already in a hurry, so I have to come to you directly." ”

"Yes, there are only four months left before the promotion of compulsory education, and the time is urgent, and there can be no more delay." Cao Shen and Zhang Cang also said urgently.

In the eyes of the three of them, it is actually difficult to complete the transcription of textbooks in four months.

Because Li Si sent the latest child population, there are more than 100,000 children between the ages of six and ten, and the total number of textbooks for the three courses is 300,000.

Although this is several times less than the total number of textbooks expected at the beginning, three or four hundred thousand textbooks is also an astronomical number.

To complete the arduous task of transcribing three or four hundred thousand textbooks, how many copyists do we need to recruit?

10,000 people? 50,000? 100,000 people?

There was no shortage of martial artists in the Qin State, but there was only a shortage of literati who knew how to read and write.

Take Xianyang City as an example, it would be good to be able to recruit a thousand literati. This is also because the rich merchants of the scholar clan gathered in Xianyang, if it is changed to other counties, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find a hundred literati.

Moreover, even if 10,000 literati can be recruited from all over the country, how long will it take to get all these people in place?

From the issuance of the solicitation order to the arrival of these literati in Xianyang, it will take at least more than a month.

In other words, there are only three months left to transcribe.

10,000 people have to copy out 300,000 or 400,000 textbooks, which is simply not possible.

Thinking of these situations, to be honest, Xiao He and the others are not very hopeful that they will be able to achieve one textbook for each student at the beginning of spring next year.

However......

What made the three of them even more speechless was that Li Yang at this time was indifferent when he heard this, as if he was a nobody. This made the three even more anxious.

Could it be that the prime minister has given up?

Or does he simply not care?

"Don't worry, aren't they just some textbooks, little things." Li Yang smiled and comforted.

Xiao He and the three of them glanced at each other, and suddenly had the feeling of playing the piano to the cow.

The work of transcribing three or four hundred thousand textbooks, he actually said that it was a small matter?

Xiao He was afraid that Li Yang didn't know how huge the number of books to be copied was, so he stretched out four fingers and said, "My lord, I want to transcribe nearly 400,000 books, 400,000 books, there are only four months left, is my lord really not in a hurry at all?" ”

Li Yang smiled: "Who said that these books must need to be copied?" ”

"............" Xiao He, Cao Shen, and Zhang Cang were all blinded.

Hundreds of thousands of books, if you don't transcribe them, will you change?

Blowing in one breath and conjuring up hundreds of thousands of identical books?

Zhang Cang said: "My lord, what do you mean by this? ”

Li Yang smiled: "Textbooks are so important, hand-copying is time-consuming, laborious, and easy to copy mistakes and omissions, which not only hinders the development of culture, but also brings undue losses to the spread of culture." Therefore, in the first place, I did not think of using manual transcription. ”

"Huh? No...... What if you don't have to copy it manually? The three of them looked confused.

Even Li You and Fusu were puzzled, with question marks on their faces.

Li Yang said: "Books can be printed!" ”

"Printing?"

The crowd didn't understand it at all.

"Yes, I'm going to invent a printing machine."

Li Yang nodded, but he didn't bother to explain, and said directly: "Let's go, since you are so anxious, the prime minister will take you to the Shaofu of Jiangzuo, and when you get there, you will understand what the printing technique is talking about." ”

"Typography?"

Everyone looked at each other, and they were very curious, what kind of magical invention is printing, and the prime minister of China confidently thinks that he can complete the task of copying hundreds of thousands of textbooks in four months?

Curious, so curious.

At that moment, everyone hurriedly followed Li Yang and rushed to the general Shaofu......