The difference between a Ming Jun and a Duan Jun is that he is able to distinguish whether the advice of his courtiers is beneficial or harmful to the country.

Li Shimin is a wise man, so he quickly understood some of the benefits of doing this from Sun Xiangfu's advice, which made him feel sweet when he drank the sour mare's milk wine.

However, at this time, Wei Chi's stupid voice interrupted Li Shimin in the dark.

"It's not fair, it's not fair, why can literati be officials in scientific examinations, but we martial artists have to fight round by round on the battlefield to be officials, if the country doesn't fight, wouldn't those newborn generals have no chance to be officials?"

Not to mention, although he was complaining, what he said was really reasonable.

There are scientific examinations and martial arts in the promotion channel of civil officials, but there is no good promotion channel, which is also one of the main reasons why all dynasties and generations, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the armed forces were relatively strong, but in the middle and late stages, it is becoming more and more inadequate.

There is no war, there are few opportunities for martial artists to get ahead, and ordinary people learn military affairs, and there is no stage for them to perform, who will learn?

In just a few decades of peacetime, the death of the older generation of generals can make most of the people of a country forget what war is all about, and how can the military be stronger?

Without military strength, no matter how strong a country's economy is, it may be destroyed by barbarism, and the later Kaiyuan Dynasty was ended by the Anshi Rebellion, which is the best example.

Hearing Wei Chigong's words, Li Shimin thought about it slightly, but he looked at Sun Xiangfu, obviously, he was not very satisfied with the solution he thought of in his heart, and wanted to see if Sun Xiangfu had any novel ideas.

"Your Majesty, the importance of the military to a country does not need to be elaborated by the minister. However, for such an important thing, our Datang did not have a special institution for inheritance, and it was completely left to its own devices.

If this is the case, after a hundred years from now, there may be a fault line in the war experience accumulated on the battlefield thousands of times.

You know, under your rule, in this world, it is likely that there will be no big war for decades, and the newborn soldiers will grow up under the comfortable life of peacetime, even if there is some training, but the level of war will be unbearable.

Therefore, the minister suggested that a military academy should be established, so that the generals could serve as teachers to pass on the military experience accumulated by the generals as if they were inheriting culture.

In addition, the Military Academy must continue to study how to strengthen the army, how to update the armament, so that Datang's military strength remains the first in the world. ”

As soon as the words 'No. 1 in the world' appeared in Wei Chigong's ears now, it would make him tremble, Shanyang's advertorials, as well as some rumors in the army, were very stimulating, making them have infinite reverie and longing for this title.

"Yes, yes, yes, you must remain the number one in the world, Your Majesty."

Almost subconsciously, Wei Chigong nodded in agreement.

And those who were sitting, such as Li Jing and Li Ji, everyone in this kind of art of war couldn't help but show their intentions.

You must know that in private, they have actually summed up some of their experience in leading troops and started to write books, but in this era, things like the art of war are things that need to be controlled more than some core state secrets such as smelting technology.

Like Li Jing's military books "Six Army Mirrors", "Yin Fu Machine", etc., have been lost very early, not that no one has learned it, or it is difficult to learn, but the monarch is unwilling to have too many people learn to master it, they think that those who know the soldiers are hidden dangers of the country, so they often hide their secret books.

It is good to spread, not to spread, and not to spread, it depends on how the emperor judges.

Li Shimin himself is also a master of the art of war, and his understanding of military training is much clearer than that of Sun Xiangfu, a layman, if it is linked to the promotion channel of military generals, Li Shimin thinks that this matter proposed by Sun Xiangfu is worth doing, no matter what, it can solve the political problem of military generals.

So he said, "I think that the words of Jingde and Zhengming are reasonable, how to do it, after returning to Chang'an, let's discuss a charter, and at that time, we will also work hard for the generals to help and cultivate more successors for the country." ”

Hearing this, Li Jing and several generals bowed their hands one after another, "The ministers will definitely give each other their money, for Your Majesty, for the Tang Dynasty." ”

His proposal was approved by the emperor, Wei Chigong felt that he had a face, and the old guy said shamelessly, "Your Majesty, the minister is a master of the art of war, and the 'guerrilla warfare method' invented by the minister is the first combat method in the world to defeat the strong with the weak. ”

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu spurted wildly in his heart, "Old man, you really don't want any face at all!" Those sixteen words, but my brother told you. ”

However, seeing that Li Jing and the others who were more modest and polite did not speak out to stop him, Sun Xiangfu only hated that Cheng Biting Jin was not here, and no one was raising the bar with this old man, but after thinking about it, he still said, "General Wei Chi, no matter how strong your art of war is, it is not as strong as Your Majesty's, otherwise, how could you be defeated in the hands of Your Majesty back then!" Therefore, the head of this military academy should be served by His Majesty, so that the students who will come out of the military academy will all be protégés of the Son of Heaven, what do you think? ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin felt that it was very reliable, and he had some worries, but he suddenly felt that this military academy had a lot to offer.

And the reason why Sun Xiangfu stopped Wei Chigong from making trouble was that he didn't want him to bring up this good thing, and he made it yellow, the military academy is of great significance to the future of Datang, and it must be handled carefully.

Although Wei Chigong's personality was a little stunned, he was not stupid at all, as soon as Sun Xiangfu said this, he immediately turned around and said with a hippie smile, "That is, if Your Majesty can personally serve as the mountain chief of the Military Academy, then the minister, at most, will be a deputy mountain chief." ”

Let's just say how uninteresting this old guy is! However, the atmosphere of this meal was much more lively because of his words.

Of course, now after all, it is in Dingxiang, and as the local chief official, Li Shimin has a lot of information to consult him, and everyone's topic has changed to Dingxiang.

Dingxiangcheng goes two or three hundred miles to the north, and the wind and sand gradually get bigger, because the location of the ground has reached the desert Gobi range, but after passing through the wind and sand area of about two hundred miles, there will be an oasis area with a very beautiful style of water and grass, which is the desert northern grassland.

Yi Nan's tribe is now operating in the south, so after entering the Mobei grassland, he can find his location by walking at most three hundred miles, but Li Shimin doesn't want him to establish Khan City so close to Dingxiang, go deeper, go farther, and the actual scope of activities is farther away from the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, which is in line with the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

Five years later, when the economy is stable and the people have no worries about food and clothing, they will begin to fight against the wind and sand, go to the desert direction, and broaden the living space.

The development direction of the construction of the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei will also move eastward, and Wulan City and Shangqi City will be built together in two years, and after that, there will be Liaoyang City established within the scope of activities of the Xiabu Department, Wanshui City established within the scope of activities of the Murowei Department, and Heishui City established within the scope of the Yan Dynasty and other county-level cities.

When these cities are completed, it will be at least more than ten years later, and then it will naturally expand some small county towns to the surrounding areas, and the entire northern land will be more firmly managed.

The eldest grandson Chong reported to Li Shimin about the financial taxes and expenditures of Dingxiang City, and Li Shimin brought him the good news that the martial arts competition would be held in Dingxiang three years later.

The next day, the eldest grandson Chong who woke up had a headache, but found that on his desk, there was a letter left by Sun Xiangfu, which was Sun Xiangfu's guidance and suggestions for the next step in the construction of Dingxiang City, the starting point was very practical, if the eldest grandson Chong was completed according to the above, for the long-term development of Dingxiang City, there must be countless benefits, for a while, the eldest grandson Chong was fascinated, and forgot that the emperor would set off for Mobei in the morning.

Li Shimin naturally didn't care if the eldest grandson rushed to see him off, for him, Dingxiang, or the whole Mo Nan, was the meat he ate into his stomach, and Mo Bei was a big piece of meat in his mouth, and at present, he had not swallowed it.

The wind and sand in summer are very annoying, which can speed up the evaporation of water on people's bodies, so Li Shimin originally brought some cantaloupe, watermelon or something that was ready to be rewarded to Xue Yantuo, and he ordered them to be taken out and eaten.

In the team, there are not only sergeants, but also some construction craftsmen and many businessmen, most of these businessmen have backgrounds, such as Concubine Wei, who had to follow Li Shimin to Shanyang, so she arranged a team of people in the team.

The coal business made the Wei family very rich, and after the eldest grandson Wuji suggested that the imperial court abolish the control of salt, Shen Tuyong overseas was no longer only engaged in the salted fish business, and many exquisite sea salt was taken out by him and handed over to the Wei family for sale, and opened up a channel for the Wei family to make money, and there should be no problem with a net profit of more than one million yuan in the next year, and as the people of the Tang Dynasty become richer and richer, the more people who eat refined salt, the more they will earn.

However, people's hearts are not satisfied, for example, in the coal sector, they want to develop the industry to Mobei, Sun Xiangfu for this proposal, of course, will not refuse, you know, the coal industry in the north, although it is actually all operated by the Wei family, but Sun Xiangfu also occupies fifty percent, although in order to ensure that the civilian use is low, he will suppress the profit relatively low, but can not stand the large amount of use!

Now, not only Shanyang, but also Dingxiang and other cities need a lot of coal. The amount of coal consumption in Shuozhou Mayi, as well as many towns in the north, is also increasing sharply, and after a year, the profit is hundreds of thousands, and Sun Xiangfu doesn't have to do anything, he can divide it into more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.

In addition, Sun Xiangfu also arranged a whole set of merchants in the luxury industry to drive into Mobei to do business, but he couldn't wait for people to come to the door and take the initiative to go out to eat meat, and these things not only allowed Sun Xiangfu to earn some benefits, but also quickly corrupted Yi Nan and Xue Yantuo's upper echelons, and within ten years, the abolition of Xue Yantuo's Khanate and the land of Mobei became a number of states and counties directly under the Tang Dynasty, which was Sun Xiangfu's political goal.