Chapter 76: The Wind Rises Again (1)
"Father, what if King Shou really has a plan? Reveal it to His Majesty? Zheng Ningji couldn't help asking.
Zheng Jin shook his head, "This is just our speculation, even if we say it, no one will believe that the teenage Shouwang has a bad heart." Don't tell others about this, let's see what this Shouwang is planning to do first. β
In fact, Zheng Zheng is actually not satisfied with the current emperor in his heart, but no matter how unqualified Li Yi is, it is not something he can change, what he can do is to continue the Tang Dynasty as much as possible. If it really comes time to change the emperor, it will be a matter for the future.
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"Since Your Highness has the heart to help the children of the poor family, why don't you open a school, so that the children of the poor family are more grateful to Your Highness, and Your Highness can also take the opportunity to choose the best among the children of the poor for his own use."
In the Tiance Army barracks, Pei Rong thought that His Royal Highness had been selling books at a low price, and he didn't use this to seek more benefits for himself, which made him very puzzled. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he couldn't help but persuade.
Everyone else thought that Li Ye opened that bookstore to lose money and make money, but Pei Rong, as one of Li Ye's henchmen, knew that his Royal Highness had improved the printing technique. He had seen that kind of movable type printing, which was highly efficient and low-cost, much better than the popular engraving printing technology today, and those who knew it called it 'Lee's printing'. Of course, not many people know.
For His Royal Highness, Pei Rong has long stopped treating the other party as a child, and many times, he does not consider the other party's thoughtfulness.
"It's too early, it's not that time, this king can't walk and hasn't learned yet, so he starts running." Li Ye said with a slight smile.
In fact, Li Ye had a plan in his heart, he didn't think about using movable type printing, but the actual conditions were not suitable. He is a person who is not yet an adult, and he always feels strange when he goes to open a school. Of course, the most important reason is that he wants to have a piece of his own territory, and then make full use of movable type printing.
Li Ye never planned to stay by Li Yi's side until the other party died, and then compete for the throne. There are advantages and disadvantages to staying by Li Yi's side, but in Li Ye's opinion, there are more disadvantages, so Li Ye has been thinking about whether he can be released.
Now that he has his own army and a source of money and food, he lacks a piece of land. By Li Yi's side, he may not always be protected by Li Yi, but will be involved in a series of battles, and as his status as a prince, it will only complicate things.
So he wants to go out and have a piece of his own. In this way, with the knowledge in his head, he will be able to develop in a few years, and the army will be able to expand in a certain way, and no matter what happens later, he will be able to protect himself and even turn things around.
But it's not so easy to have a piece of your own. At this time, the areas controlled by the imperial court were also Shannan West Road, Shannan East Road, East and West Erchuan, Lingnan West Road, Hexi and other places, and other areas were lined with feudal towns, and they did not listen to the orders of the imperial court at all.
If Li Ye wants to be released, he can only go to these places that the imperial court can control, go to other places, and he doesn't recognize him as a prince at all, even if he has thousands of troops, but he is not the opponent of those battle-hardened feudal town armies.
However, it is not easy to go to these places of the imperial court.
Shannan West Road is currently Tian Lingzi's confidant Niu Miao as the envoy of the festival; The situation in Shannan Dongdao is also very complicated, not only the Jingnan Jiedu envoy has been set up, but also the existence of Huangchao Thief Army, Yang Fuguang, etc.; Lingnan West Road is now Guangxi, Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island, and it is not the ideal place in Li Ye's heart; The Hexi side was more complicated, with the existence of Tibetan, Dangxiang, Uighur, and Han forces.
Li Ye's ideal territory is naturally one of the two rivers in the east and west, but the envoy of the Xichuan Festival is Chen Jingxuan, and the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival is Yang Shili.
In history, Yang Shili had a falling out with Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan, but that was a few years later, and Yang Shili is still Tian Lingzi's cronies.
Although these places have their own advantages and disadvantages, none of them are currently something that Li Ye can interfere with. But if he wants to really go out, he can only go to these places, depending on whether there are suitable opportunities in the future.
"It turns out that His Highness has a plan in his heart, but the lower officials are too worried." Pei Rong said with a smile, not only patted Li Ye's horse, but also showed his loyalty by the way.
Although Pei Rong was born as a Jinshi, his abilities are actually inferior to Sun Ye and Zheng Ningji. Li Ye naturally knew this, but Pei Rong knew how to advance and retreat, and he was determined to follow Li Ye, so Li Ye put him in the position of marching Sima.
The position of marching Sima is very crucial, didn't you see that Li Changyan was also a marching Sima before the mutiny? Of course, Li Ye didn't have to worry that Pei Rong would launch a mutiny, he was not worried that Pei Rong would oppose him, but that he should worry about Liu Qi and Li Hong.
Pei Rong doesn't understand military affairs, and he doesn't have much prestige in the army, his existence is only to help Li Ye watch the Tiance army, and at the same time balance Liu Qi and Li Hong. In this way, he can ensure that the Tiance Army can truly obey his command.
"Pei Sima, this king has an idea. This king wants to establish a martial arts academy in the Tiance army, mainly to select a group of clever and loyal people, teach them to read, read and write, and learn the art of war, etc., do you think this idea can be implemented? Li Ye was a little unsure, after all, his idea would make people feel a little different.
"Martial Arts Academy?" Pei Rong was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what Li Ye meant, "Your Highness wants to be like Wuju?" β
Wuju originally arose in the Tang Dynasty, to be precise, it appeared in the Wu Zetian period. The military department presides over the martial arts examination, and the examination subjects include horse shooting, infantry shooting, flat shooting, horse pistol, weight-bearing, wrestling, etc. The Song Dynasty stipulated that martial arts should not only be forced, but also military strategy, such as the art of war of Sun and Wu (Sun Tzu, Wu Qi) and so on.
"Yes or no. The subjects examined in the martial arts must be learned in the martial arts school, but not only martial arts, but also military strategy, teaching the art of war, etc. What does Pei Sima think of this king's idea? Li Ye asked.
The reason why Li Ye opened a martial arts school in the army was mainly to train his cronies and generals. People who are good at martial arts, a lot, Li Ye wants a general who knows how to fight, which is more difficult. In his previous life, there was Principal Chang, and he also wanted to be a Principal Li, he just wanted to use this academy to train generals who were loyal to him.
"Your Highness's idea is good, but most of the officers and soldiers in the army don't like to study, and the lower officials are worried that no one wants to enter this martial arts academy to study." Although Pei Rong felt that this martial arts hall was a little strange, but seeing that Li Ye was so interested, he naturally would not object.
"This is very simple, improve the treatment of students in the Martial Arts Academy, as long as you are admitted to the Martial Arts Academy, you can enjoy the same treatment as the fire chief. If you graduate from the Martial Arts Academy, you can be awarded the position of team leader, so that this king will not believe that no one will participate.
This martial arts academy does not have to be limited to ordinary soldiers, but can also go outside to recruit scholars, especially those from poor familiesγγγγγγ Li Ye was very interested, and he couldn't stop talking.
And Pei Rong became more and more shocked the more he listened, but he was still not very optimistic about this martial arts school. Moreover, the people now are proud of studying and taking the Jinshi examination, and few scholars go to participate in the war, of course, there are some, but there are few.
Fortunately, in the Tang Dynasty, there was no problem of emphasizing literature over military force, otherwise there would be no scholars willing to join the army. However, Li Ye also has a way, the children of the big family can't do it, but those poor children can, although taking the road of joining the army is looked down upon, but it is a good way out for the children of the poor family.
Although Pei Rong had long known that His Royal Highness had thoughts about the supreme throne, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, he was just a concubine from a side line in the Pei family, although he was from the same clan as Pei Che, the prime minister of the current dynasty, but his status was much worse. Even if he is now the marching Sima of the Tiance Army, Pei Che has a little contempt for him in several meetings.
He wished that Li Ye could succeed, so that he, as the earliest group of people who followed Li Ye, was enough to make him a supreme minister. This martial arts hall is even more sure of his own highness's ideas, if the martial arts academy is successfully implemented, the people inside are the most loyal people of his own highness, if there are no other ideas, how can he cultivate his own team so hard.
"Your Highness is a great talent." Pei Rong said.
"Don't be a sycophant, this matter is very important to this king, this king will come up with a rough plan, and you will be personally responsible for implementing this matter later. I have only one request, and that is to ensure that the students of this martial arts academy are loyal to this king's decision. Thinking of this, Li Ye is also thinking about whether to add the ideological education class in his previous life, which should help.