"The matter of the Western Expedition is so decided. The sub-company (Shang Shutian of the Military Department) also asked to complete the preparation and dispatch of food, equipment, and people as soon as possible. Let Zhongying send troops as soon as possible. ”

"Well, Xia Guan is already starting to handle this matter. In three days at most, Chang'an's soldiers and horses can set off. It's just the big Sima ......"

"How?"

"Since I started buying wool and teaching the technology of silage to other races. The alien race in Yongliang has greatly reduced the breeding of horses, and there is no problem with the strong horses galloping there, but this combat power? ”

"It's okay, recruiting them was originally to recruit less of our Han people's own people. In the future, our foreign conquests and wars must be dominated by the Han people. But logistics services can be handed over to aliens. In this way, we can ensure that our Han people will not fall because they are strong. ”

"Oh, Xia Guan understands. Within three days, the army would certainly be able to move out. ”

"Well, Uncle Fang, who is this army in Chang'an planned to be led by?"

"If Da Sima has no objection, the lower officials are ready to let Zichun (Jiang Su) lead the army. Zichun has been studying at Wuzhangyuan Academy for almost two years after the end of the Eastern Crusade, and it is time to come out and do things. ”

"Good, the general's grace, Guan Yi will not dare or forget it for the rest of his life. Take advantage of this expedition to get some military exploits for Zichun and promote the major general as soon as possible. ”

"Hahaha~~ Xiaguan thinks so too."

In the end, he has devoted his life to the great man. Therefore, the Ji Han military is extremely concerned and loving Jiang Su, Jiang Wei's only son. Emperor Liu Chen is not very old, so the children are still young. Therefore, he directly found Liu Yong, the king of Ganling, as a matchmaker, and married the daughter of Liu Li, the king of Anping, to Jiang Su. Liu Li's wife is Ma Chao's daughter and Ma Jie's aunt. Therefore, sending Jiang Su over to Ma Jie as a deputy general, I believe that the two will cooperate well.

Of course, the future combat power of the Bada people is extremely impressive, but the current Bada people, because of the prosperity of the trade routes in the Western Regions, have gone south nearly a hundred years ahead of schedule. This is less than a hundred years of accumulation, but it is not a joke. Therefore, Guan Yi is very confident in the victory of this battle. Therefore, the son of the deceased should be taken care of if he can take care of it.

After talking about the Western Expedition, Guan Yi said to Fan Jian: "Changyuan Gong, you are in charge of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War. Yesterday, when Yi was discussing the state with His Majesty in the palace, His Majesty had the intention of destroying Wu. You have to start preparing for this earlier. Fast is two years, slow is three years, we should be going to cut Wu. ”

As the last person who was still active in the political arena of Ji Han among the old people of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's Mansion in the past, Fan Jian was already an old man in his seventies at this time. He knew very well in his own heart that he was able to sit in such a high position, in fact, it was just that Guan Yi needed his presence to appease the heart of the old man of the Jingzhou faction who had withered so much.

Therefore, after Guan Yi talked about this topic, Fan Jian smiled slightly: "For this matter, I have already arranged for Zilian to start preparations." ”

"Da Sima, the Ministry of War has allocated 200 million money to Yong'an. It is planned to build 500 new building ships and 1,000 fighting ships. In addition, the Ministry of War also issued orders to the major iron factories across the country, asking them to speed up the production of various types of plate armor and new steel guns and steel knives. How many troops buy as many as they want. ”

"Oh?" Guan Yi turned to Mi Zhao and said, "Brother Bo Yao, how much money did you give him?" ”

"Not much, only 2.5 billion a year."

"Huh~~2.5 billion, still every year? That's not much? ”

"It's really not much, Zifeng. At present, the country has a total of 130,000 standing troops, and even Zilian is now preparing for the armament after the great expansion of the army during the future invasion of Wu. But now you don't have to raise so many soldiers, how much money can you have just to buy equipment? In comparison, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry are the ones who spend the most money! ”

"That's just as well." Guan Yi nodded: "Zilian, when will the ship-building plan over there in Yong'an be completed?" ”

"If Si Wencao can effectively ensure that the shipyard is not disturbed by the Dongwu Academy, it will be completed by next year at the latest."

After Tian Xu said this, Lu Ya stood up with a wry smile: "Great Sima forgiveness, because the shipyard in Yong'an has too many ships operating at the same time, the scale of the shipyard has become extremely large. Although the former general (Zhang Zun) also sent additional troops to guard it, Si Wencao still felt that he was unable to defend it. ”

"This is really difficult, only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves? In this way, Zilian, you don't have to rush the deadline. This official is now clearly telling you that he will not cut down Wu within two years. So, you can downsize the shipyard a bit. In addition, after the big ship is built, it may not necessarily continue to be hoarded in Yong'an. You can go against the current and settle in these places in Jiangzhou. ”

"Oh, Xia Guan understands. Start handling it right away, and try not to embarrass it. ”

After talking about the military preparation, Guan Yi turned around and said to Zhuge Jing: "Xingzong, this official heard that you have listed an extremely exaggerated plan for the construction of Mongolian learning. Bo Yao was stunned. Is there such a thing? ”

As the only descendant of Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jing's status in the Ji Han Dynasty is only higher than Jiang Su's. When he first entered the office in his early years, because he was the same as his father Zhuge Zhan, he had an "invincible" aura. This is somewhat cunning and domineering.

Fortunately, he has been in the court for many years, and Zhuge Jing is also a lot more stable at this time: "Da Sima, Xiaguan did list a plan for the expansion of Mengxue. But this plan is not as exaggerated as Tobe Shoshu says. It's just that I want to learn from one county and one Mongolia. ”

"What? One county, one Mongolian school? Nothing more! Although Guan Yi, as a traverser, has experienced the era of one town, one middle school, one village and one primary school. But in such an era, it is still too exaggerated to promote Mongolian learning to all counties. Such a plan was absolutely unaffordable for the finances of the state in the Middle Ages.

"Da Sima, that's what Xia Guan thinks. The current one-county-one-Mongolian school, in addition to setting aside a fixed part of the quota to take care of the children of martyrs. In fact, the other places were basically divided between the family and officials. Compared with the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, the only advantage of one county and one Mengxue is that forty or fifty top families control the national careers, and they become two or three hundred large and medium-sized families controlling the careers. Ordinary people, that is, the child is talented and intelligent, but due to the inconvenience of transportation, the number of places is limited. There is still no access to education. This situation continued, coupled with the imperial examination that Da Sima was preparing to carry out two or three years later. In fact, it still can't change the status quo of the family's monopoly career. ”

You have a lot of point. However, education has really been like this from ancient times to the present.

In the 276 years of the Ming Dynasty, more than 27,000 jinshi were hired through the imperial examination. But among these people, the children of officials account for 70 percent, and the children of big landlords and rich people account for 20 percent. The children of ordinary ordinary small and medium-sized landlords, citizens with relatively good economies, and peasants are only three points.

Even in later generations, education was universal. However, children from different families have begun to be more and more obviously concentrated in different schools or different classes.

People are born unequal. Zhuge Jing wants to bring the opportunity of fair education to everyone as much as possible, well, the idea is very beautiful, but it is absolutely impossible to achieve.

However, although it is absolutely impossible to achieve, this does not mean that you can not do it and not work hard: Zhuge Liang was about the success of the Northern Expedition back then, maybe there was still some hope during the first Northern Expedition. But then it was utter despair. But even so, didn't he make an effort?

Knowing that it cannot be done, how tragic and great it is.

"Da Sima, Xia Guan also knows that the state's finances are not capable of supporting such a large scale of Mongolian education for a long time. Therefore, the idea of the lower officials is that the state will pay for the construction of county-level Mongolian schools first. In the future, when recruiting students, it will be made clear that Mengxue is at the county level or county level. There is a fee for all admissions. The state subsidizes part of it, and the private sector also bears a part. In this way, as much as possible, more people will be enlightened, so that more people have hope for the future. ”

“…… The good intentions of the sect, in this way, you can let it go. The country, well, Bo Yao, I won't say much about the rest, anyway, thirty percent of the annual state fiscal revenue is allocated to the Ministry of Rites. As a result, we will find ways to overcome the problem of insufficient funds for other departments...... However, the Ministry of Rites is bound to be the focus of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. If there is corruption......"

Da Sima can rest assured that if the plan of one school per county is implemented. This stall is spread wide, and the lower officials dare not guarantee that every official of the Ministry of Rites is incorruptible. But what Xia Guan dares to guarantee is that there will never be too many such things, and once it happens, Xia Guan will definitely give a clear explanation to Da Sima and his colleagues. ”

"Good, everyone, a century-old plan, education-oriented. Only by promoting education as much as possible can our country and this nation have a long-term future! ”