Sun Xiangfu, who was pacing in the study, considered a lot of problems, with the current situation, of course Datang did not want the southern Xinjiang to be chaotic, because Datang itself could already have a two-sided war, and in the Western Regions, there were also a lot of actions, if something happened in the south, in the case of a war on the fourth front, even if the national strength has risen a lot in recent years, there may be a situation where it cannot be supported, once there is a problem in one aspect, then it is very likely that it will work hard for decades and return to the pre-liberation period overnight.

Therefore, in his heart, he actually hoped that the south would be more peaceful, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to play Li Shimin and suggested that he allow Zhang Le to enter the Zen seat Shelong, which is consistent with the meaning expressed by Xiao Yu in the letter to Shelong and others in Shuzhong.

Yu Xiuer usually doesn't bother Sun Xiangfu when he has something to do, but after Sun Xiangfu's recital is written, she asks with concern.

"Looking at the appearance of the husband, it seems that something difficult has happened?"

"The things that Wang Hao is planning are always irresistible, and the things in Goguryeo are like this, and now, he is planning again in Yunnan, and he has to guard against it!"

"The concubine doesn't understand the matter of strategic planning, but she knows a truth, striking iron always needs its own hardness, our Datang has strong national strength, no matter how much he plans, it is in vain."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Well, what Xiu'er said is reasonable, in the future, my husband will go to Weinan again, and let the smelter build more new weapons and equipment to reserve, even if those barbarians will make trouble in the future, the gap with us in this regard will make them suffer a big loss." ”

Yu Xiu'er said, "I am strong, but not only in terms of martial arts, but also in terms of cultural governance, today the concubine went to the Ministry of Rites, and saw that Grandpa was over seventy years old, and he still had to be busy with the hard work, and he couldn't bear it. ”

"The imperial court's investment in education is big enough, this year, the school has gradually spread to the middle and lower counties, however, a talent, is not just a year or two can be taught, besides, even if the imperial court opens the school everywhere, but also the people to support the children of the family to study, now, the people's family, eleven or twelve years old, have begun to work as young and strong laborers to earn money to support their families, where will they go to study, so, the root, or in the national economy."

When he was fine, Sun Xiangfu would also talk to Yu Xiuer about politics, and he knew that the cultural spread of the Song Dynasty was the heyday in the history of this nation, and the literacy rate of ordinary people was as high as more than one into five, even surpassing the Republic of China period.

However, if you want to reach the level of the Song Dynasty, first of all, you have to have the kind of economy of the Song Dynasty, and there is still a big gap between the current economy of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, first of all, the population is about ten times different, and according to the total tax revenue of the country last year was nearly 6 million yuan, compared with the annual tax revenue of more than 160 million yuan in the Northern Song Dynasty, there is still a difference of more than 20 times!

Like in the Water Margin, any small shop in the mountains and fields has a big bowl of wine and a large piece of meat for sale, and any middle-level officer can come up with thousands of dollars to buy a knife.

Because, even if the population gap of about ten times is removed, the total amount of finance and taxation between the early Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty is still nearly 20 times different.

Sun Xiangfu roughly calculated that if the monthly income of the young and strong laborers in the Tang Dynasty could be at the level of urban residents in the Song Dynasty, that is, every light and strong laborer with a job would have a monthly income of about 20 yuan, it is estimated that they would still be happy to let the children in the family go to study for a few years before thinking about doing things.

Based on the fact that the general monthly income of young and strong laborers in the Tang Dynasty has always been about about 20 times, it will have to be increased by about 20 times to have the literacy rate of ordinary people reach the level of more than 1/5 in the Northern Song Dynasty.

This task is not a little difficult, and even Sun Xiangfu has no confidence to do it within a generation.

"Grandpa said, a few days ago, there was a doctor in the country to play Your Majesty, saying that since the country can't recruit so many students to study, we can relax the nationality restrictions of students, so that all the country's qualified noble children can go to my Datang to study, and when they are successful, let's give them the opportunity to be officials and keep them in our Datang, which is also half of the way to expand the scope of talent absorption in my Datang, and can also prevent the rise of other countries through this system, after all, without these elite talents, In their country, it will be very difficult to press it up.

After His Majesty listened to this suggestion, he praised it greatly and added an official to the doctor, but how to operate this matter needs to be discussed by Grandpa and Kong Saijiu before making a decision. ”

Historically, since the fourth year of Zhenguan Dynasty, the number of foreign students who came to study in Datang has been in a state of rapid growth, and in its heyday, thousands of foreign students have entered the central university Guozijian alone, however, has it brought any benefits to Datang?

In terms of cultural communication, there may be some, but these students did not all stay in Datang as officials and contribute to Datang.

Take the country with the largest number of dispatches as an example, can there be one person who has become a high-ranking official in the Tang Dynasty after completing his studies, and has left a name in history?

No.

Sun Xiangfu hasn't read many history books, but he has watched a lot of TV series about the Tang Dynasty, and he has almost no impression that the Tang Dynasty has produced any famous ministers of Japanese nationality. Moreover, except for the military generals, there have been no famous Hu Wen officials.

Therefore, after he heard this plan, he felt that the idea was not bad, but if it was really to be implemented, it was to be discussed, at least it should be treated differently, even if the devils of the Japanese country were rich, they could not pass on their true skills, Buddhist scriptures, Confucianism, etc., it was okay to teach them.

"This matter, I have to talk to Grandpa about it when I go back, by the way, after the summer grain is harvested, the army is about to go on the march, have you thought about what music will be arranged at the swearing-in ceremony?"

According to the past practice, in fact, after a drum is passed, the officers and men of the whole army shout a few words such as 'wind, strong wind' or 'Wansheng', and it will be settled, but now that there is a professional military and humanities work troupe, it is natural to change it and make it more upscale.

"The concubine hasn't slept so late, isn't it just that she wants to ask Ji Fujun."

"Yes, ask for a plan at night, but you have to pay the price!"

"If the husband is not afraid of back pain, the concubine will definitely make the husband happy······"

The next day, it was clear that Sun Xiangfu had the strength to go out with Zhang Ke's support.

"Governor of your ······"

"I accidentally fell out of bed while sleeping last night."

"Oh, do you want your subordinates to help you get some bone-setting medicine and wine?"

"No, just get some supplements to drink, that, if there are any tiger whips and deer whips on the market recently, let people send some to the house, I have a new secret recipe for brewing medicinal wine here, and when the time comes, brew some good things out, you know."

"Well, my subordinates haven't gotten married yet."

"Why don't you not get married! It's not a small boss, I think that Zilan girl is good with you, if it's interesting, I'll help you create opportunities? ”

"Well, that's the girl next to Madame, subordinate, how dare ······ subordinate"

"What's wrong with the girl next to Madame, the big girl of Huanghua, the identity of a good family! This matter is so decided, I will help you mention it to your wife when you come back next day. ”

Zhang Ke didn't know what to say, he really hadn't considered such a thing before, but Zilan's girl did look good, could it be that Du Du thought she was in the way of his wife and wanted to get her away?

This thing to worry about the Lord is to do the duty of his subordinates!

Sun Xiangfu didn't know that Zhang Ke had decided to marry Zilan after such a mental activity, the reason why he had this proposal was because Yu Xiu'er mentioned the matter of letting him take Zilan in the house last night, and he really couldn't pass this level in his heart, so he could only find a way to transfer the problem.

In the early morning of summer, take a convertible car, blowing a cool natural breeze is the most comfortable, when Sun Xiangfu came to the gate of the imperial city, there have been a lot of manpower tricycles gathered here, everyone put the shed open, sit on their respective seats and sofas to chat, this thing is equipped with shock absorbing springs, much smaller than the bumps of the carriage, and, more fast and safe, you know, the black light is blind, the horse is easily frightened.

"I don't know if you have finished the daily work at hand in the past few days, if not, you will have to pay attention to it in the next two days, because, later, my Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Households will have to requisition all the people in each government to harvest summer grain and calculate taxes."

At present, there is basically no one who has a bad relationship with Sun Xiangfu among the ten chiefs, so when dealing with everyone, he can also be much more relaxed and free, Datang is now short of manpower, but the army is about to go out, and it is not allowed to collect grain and taxes slowly, so after Sun Xiangfu and Changsun Wuji are combined, all the officials of the dynasty will be temporarily seconded, and even the Sixteen Wei Army in intense training will join the harvesting team to help the people.

"Hehe, the old man and the others are so happy, but I don't know if the yield per mu of summer grain in this pass can reach more than four stones as Sun Dudu said."

Wei Zheng took the lead with a smile on his face, now that he has reading glasses, his eyesight is naturally not bad, and the wheat fields around Guanzhong, he has seen it really, and the growth of the small field planted by Sun Xiangfu himself is not bad.

In previous years, the more before the grain harvest, the more the price of grain rose sharply, because, the sooner it was time to harvest the grain, the more the people had no surplus grain in their hands, but this year was different, seeing the heavy ears of wheat in the wheat field, all the grain merchants were eager to empty their granaries.

Because, everyone knows that a bumper harvest is about to begin, and the newly harvested grain may be too much to eat, who will buy the old grain in their hands! If it does not sell the grain in its hands quickly, it will only be reduced to cheaper feed for chickens and ducks.