Fang Xuanling turned his head to look at Li Shimin, then turned back and smiled bitterly: "Okay, the old minister will help the lord of the country calculate a more terrifying account." ”

Li Yun looked at him squarely, nodded and said, "You say, I'll listen!" ”

Lao Fang took a deep breath and said, "With the courage of the Lord of the Bohai Sea to do things, I'm afraid that a primary school will have to enroll at least a few hundred children, and you just said that you want to make it all free, which is the real appalling expense." ”

After speaking, he looked at Li Yun with solemn eyes, and said in a deep voice: "If Bohai builds thousands of schools, it is hundreds of thousands of children to study, and every child has to write, ink, paper, and inkstone, and the cost is a huge amount. ”

Fang Xuanling's words can be regarded as old and serious.

Although the words came from Lao Fang's mouth, it was actually Lao Fang who admonished Li Yun instead of the emperor.

The cost of building 1,000 Mongolian schools and educating hundreds of thousands of children for free was too huge to be imagined in any ancient dynasty.

It costs millions to build a school.

Recruiting teachers also costs more than 100,000 yuan a year.

The most frightening thing is that the children are provided for free, and millions of dollars are spent a year, which is the reason why it was impossible to read and learn calligraphy on a large scale in ancient times, and the funds required were too terrifying.

Whether it is the emperor or Fang Xuanling, or Li Xiaogong who stayed on the side and listened, the three of them actually did not have bad intentions, the three of them were just worried that Li Yun would be crushed by this matter.

However, Li Yun smiled slightly, and said: "I just listened to Fang Xiang's calculations, it sounds really scary, but there is a wonderful thing about money, it can be called money when it circulates, the faster it circulates, the more money is not lacking, you may not believe it, I will not be too stressful to build Mengxue, if there are hundreds of thousands of students in Mengxue, the wealth of the entire Bohai Kingdom will be more and more." ”

The three emperors were stunned.

Why does this sound like a fool?

If the money is spent, will it still make money?

Li Yun had long known that the three of them would react like this, but he couldn't popularize it to the three of them for a while, so he could only say: "This is the principle of economics, and I will slowly explain it to you in the future." Let's not talk about the expenses and expenditures for now, let's just talk about the significance of establishing Mongolian studies. ”

Li Shimin's eyes were solemn, and he said, "You say, I listen!" ”

Li Yun took a deep breath, his expression was unprecedentedly solemn, and he said softly: "If Bohai has a population of 5 million, children should be enrolled in 500,000 schools, learn knowledge, and after a few years of study, they will be students with extensive knowledge, choose one out of ten, continue their studies, and get 50,000 good materials to start the road to the imperial examination." ”

Li Shimin's eyes flashed.

500,000 children, after a few years of training, choose one out of ten, this is 50,000 students with strong knowledge, almost equal to the number of students in the world's wealthy families.

The most important thing is that these students were cultivated by Li Yun, and their hearts will be towards Li Yun.

The reason why Datang opened the imperial examination and abandoned it is because the folk students are basically controlled by the family, even if the talents are selected through the imperial examination, the final selection is still the person who is close to the family.

Li Yun continued: "50,000 students who have passed the imperial examination can get 5,000 or 5,000 people by choosing one out of ten again, which can already satisfy the entire Bohai grassroots official position. These 5,000 people not only have to govern the locality, but also lead the 45,000 people who have been brushed down to do things, plus the 450,000 students who initially received Mengxue, I can see scholars everywhere in the entire Bohai Kingdom, once people have knowledge, they will pay attention to the organization of things, once they are organized, they will do things twice the result with half the effort, and in this way, the Bohai Kingdom has embarked on a fast and powerful road. ”

Li Shimin suddenly took a light breath and said thoughtfully: "The most important thing is that this is only the first batch of students to be recruited. ”

"Not bad! Just the first batch! ”

Li Yun smiled and said: "As long as the husband and wife establish a family, they will inevitably have children, if according to the calculation of 100,000 newborn children every year in my Bohai country, Mengxue will replenish 100,000 schoolchildren every year, so that there is an endless stream of talents, and it will only take more than ten years, Bohai will become a country of learning that everyone yearns for." ”

"With talents, there is no shortage of officials and ...... to govern the localities" Li Shimin suddenly took a light breath again, as if muttering to himself: "Since ancient times, the most difficult thing is not to expand the territory, but the most difficult thing is actually internal affairs. ”

"Yes!"

Li Yun smiled, looked at the emperor and said: "Second master, you often talk about the world's talents, presumably your thirst for talents has reached the point where it is difficult to hold on, why don't you let me support you, how about you send a group of children to Bohai to study every year?" After they finish their studies, they need to go back to Datang to participate in the imperial examination, so that you also have talents......"

"Is it free, too?" Li Shimin's tone was a little eager.

Li Yun pondered for a moment and said, "The travel fee is not covered!" ”

"Good!"

Li Shimin did not hesitate, slapped the splash and said: "When I go back, I will do this immediately, and send 500,000 children every year to ensure that you have students to teach." ”

Li Yundeng was startled, and hurriedly said: "That's not good, 500,000 can drag me to death." ”

Li Shimin thought about it for a while, lowered the number very painfully, and said, "Four hundred and ninety-thousand." "It's only 10,000 minus, but the emperor seems to feel that the loss is great.

Li Yun jumped three feet high and said angrily: "Fifty thousand at most, otherwise you will immediately turn your face." ”

The emperor's eyes widened, and he scolded: "You dare to bargain? ”

Li Yun was so frightened that he said loudly: "It's you who are asking for the price!" ”

The two uncles and nephews are about to quarrel again, one is the Tang Emperor, the other is the Bohai princes, their identities are very high, and no one can pull their faces to admit defeat, fortunately, there are Fang Xuanling and Li Xiaogong, and the two courtiers persuaded each other on the side: "100,000 students, 100,000 students every year, Your Majesty should not offer too high a price, and the lord of the country should not bargain too black." ”

Li Shimin and Li Yun each snorted, barely closing the agreement.

At this time, Li Shimin suddenly laughed and said: "I came to Bohai to watch the ceremony this time, I didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain, hahahaha, yes, 100,000 students every year, ten years is 1 million scholars, when there are many talents, I am still afraid that the imperial examination will not be opened?" ”

Saying that, he became as proud as a child, and said to Li Yun: "The most important thing is that someone helps me cultivate for free." ”

The emperor behaved like this, which made Fang Xuanling and Li Xiaogong all laugh.

Only Li Yun said in a solemn tone, and suddenly said: "If you want to do this, there is actually a big premise. ”

The three emperors suddenly looked solemn.

Li Yun slowly raised his head and looked at the riverbank, and said softly: "The people of Jin, millions, Shandong, 500,000, Hebei Province, another 500,000, in less than two years, the population has been rising ......"

He was talking about the current population problem of the Bohai State.

In addition to the people who belonged to the tribe, as well as the people who Li Zhi and Li Ke helped him requisition before, plus the people who migrated with the Tang convoy this time, the population base of the Bohai Kingdom is already huge.

Li Shimin suddenly spoke, and said solemnly: "Are you referring to the problem of eating?" ”

Li Yun turned his head to look at the emperor, and said solemnly: "If people can't eat enough, how can we talk about free learning......

Li Shimin took a light breath and said, "I have always wanted to ask you about this matter when I was on the road, and now that you have mentioned it yourself, I will take the opportunity to ask!" ”

After a pause, he asked with great seriousness: "What do you want to feed millions of people!" ”

Li Yun slowly looked up at the sky and muttered: "White mountains and black waters, fertile fields for thousands of miles, once the wasteland is cleared, fertile fields will become patches, but this can only satisfy the stomach, not to mention abundant food and clothing......"

He suddenly sighed and said in an extremely low voice: "There are no high-yielding species in this era!" ”

The tone was faintly depressed.

A touch of pity appeared on Li Shimin's face.

The atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.

After a long time, the emperor spoke again, as if deliberately trying to divert the topic, and said loudly: "I came to watch the ceremony, if you don't come to listen to it, now the Liaohe River has arrived, your Bohai City is not far away, the bath is almost washed, and the heat should have retreated, Er Nai is a good man, don't hum and chirp, put on your clothes, go ashore with me, the road is walked out by people, let's go and establish your Bohai State first, otherwise the name is not justified, and the ministers call you the lord every day It seems nondescript." ”

The emperor wanted to set off and continue his journey.

Li Yun hurriedly collected his thoughts, nodded solemnly and said, "Your Majesty is right, the minister should come to business first." ”

Li Shimin reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and then pulled him along the riverbank. Later, Fang Xuanling and Li Xiaogong glanced at each other, and followed ashore to prepare to leave.

After a few people left, suddenly the figure of the woods by the river flashed, but when they saw Dao Tong and Old Man Qi slowly walking out, the two elders watched them leave from afar.

"You want to be the emperor?"

Old man Qi suddenly spoke, and said in a strange tone: "I heard that he has a lot of ambitions, but he is even worried about feeding the population!" Hey, I think he's trying to kill himself......"

Dao Tong glanced at him and said lightly: "Maybe you won't die!" ”

Old Man Qi was stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "With a population of millions, do you know how much food you have to eat?" ”

Dao Tong's tone was still light, and he said, "Just plant some high-yielding ones." ”

Old man Qi pursed his lips and said, "How can there be high-yield grain in this world, and it is good to be able to raise a mouthful of ten acres of fertile land." This disciple of yours is quite a great emperor, I think he will have to be exhausted to death by the people under his command first......"

This time, Dao Tong did not answer, but looked at the sky leisurely, as if muttering to himself: "Once Yin Shang, there was an emperor, do you know what the ancient emperor is called?" That's called the Emperor! The affairs of the world, the emperor is in charge, if the sky intervenes, the hand of the sky. ”

It's such a domineering language, but it sounds light.

Old man Qi subconsciously looked at the sky, and suddenly muttered to himself: "Although Lao Tzu has cultivated immortals all his life, he has never heard of anyone becoming immortals, tell me, old thing, is there really an immortal in the sky?" ”

Dao Tong retracted his gaze from the sky, and said with a smile: "I haven't been up to the poor road, how do you know if there is one?" You Qiren King is known as the first hidden door demon throughout the ages, do you have any records about immortals in the hidden door? ”

Old man Qi was suffocated, and suddenly turned his head to look at Li Yun's disappearing back, and said fiercely: "If you old thing dare to mock me again, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will go and beat your disciple to death now......

Dao Tong smiled faintly and said leisurely: "Whatever, as long as you can be willing to let your granddaughter stay alive." ”