A few months later, the caravan returned from Tibet and reported to Chen Fei the details of the transaction. Chen Fei was immediately overjoyed when he heard this.

"Originally, I just mentioned it to you casually, but I didn't expect your kid to be so powerful, and he really provoked the contradiction between Tubo and Tianzhu, hahaha! That's great! ”

Chen Feiyi was happy, and promoted the team leader by three levels in a row, making him a small general.

Tianzhu, as well as some small surrounding countries, Chen Fei has been eyeing this fertile land for a long time. It is a place of great abundance with mild temperatures, abundant rainfall, and abundant grain throughout the year. It's a pity that India has wasted such a good land in vain.

Instead of wasting it in their hands, it is better to be included in the territory of Datang and make full use of this fertile land.

It's a pity that Tianzhu and other Southeast Asian countries have a very good relationship with Datang, they never rebel, they have always firmly followed Big Brother Datang, and they have been standing firmly behind Datang for so many years. Therefore, it is not easy for the Tang Dynasty to attack them, and Li Zhi and many ministers in the court will not agree.

So Chen Fei had no choice but to hit Tubo with his idea, but things went much smoother than he expected.

Imagine that one day in the future, the Tibetan soldiers will smile misakily while taking medicine, and at the same time pick up their weapons to cut down the Tianzhu people. Ah! The seconds are very!

Chen Fei thought about it and laughed out loud unkindly.

As long as the two countries go to war, Datang has thousands of reasons to intervene in the war between the two countries.

It may be possible to divide Tibet and Southeast Asian countries into its own borders as it did in the era of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla......

Thinking about it, Chen Fei showed a confused smile......

At the same time, Li Zhi also drew 20,000 soldiers from the South Jiandao of Bashu and secretly planted them on the plateau to carry out environmental adaptation training and prepare for future wars at any time.

However, Chen Fei and Li Zhi played a slow move in Tubo and could not achieve results for a while, so they just sent secret agents to pay close attention to Tubo's movements and withdrew their attention.

The fleet still has at least a year to go on an expedition to the sea, and it will not be fruitful for a while, and the two of them focus more on the internal affairs of the country.

Li Zhi very much wants to be a good emperor, and he is also very concerned about the government, Li Shimin went to the morning court every three days during his reign, and Li Zhi changed it to a daily court, and he is very concerned about the people's livelihood. It just so happened that he and Chen Fei's concept coincided, believing that the development of workshops and merchants was conducive to the prosperity of the people, so the domestic economy won rapid development.

But now what Chen Fei wants to change most is domestic education.

Although the business and workshops are very developed now, the country is still dominated by Confucian and Mencian literature, and the vast majority of people still hope to be able to become officials through the imperial examination.

Science knowledge is more often seen as an interest or an interesting conversation, but few people focus on learning this.

This is also a headache for Chen Fei. Under the influence of traditional culture, Chinese people have never been so sensitive to science knowledge.

Datang has almost stepped into the era of handicrafts, if it can't emerge like a bunch of physical geeks like Western countries in the 16th century, then Datang may only stay in the era of handicrafts, and can't really enter the industrial age.

It would be a tragedy if you were accidentally led by Western countries. So he is now racking his brains, thinking about how to get the Chinese people to change their traditional thinking and start learning some science knowledge.

The liberal arts train politicians, and the sciences train scientists, and the two complement each other to make the country stronger.

But now...... Not only are people not interested in science, but even Li Zhi can't quite understand Chen Fei's thoughts.

"Why do you want to learn all this strange metaphysics?" Li Zhi casually flipped through the science books brought by Chen Fei and said...... With his IQ, he can't read any of this.

Chen Fei sighed, it was because there were too many people who blessed Li Zhi's idea that ancient China respected literature and did not pay attention to rational numbers. But thousands of years later, history will tell the Chinese people how important mathematics, physics and chemistry are to the strength of a country!

But there is no basis for his words, Li Zhi has no concept of mathematics, physics and chemistry at all, and Chen Fei has to use the simplest and rude way to persuade him.

"Your Majesty, the three disciplines of physics and chemistry that the minister just mentioned are really of great significance to the development of the country. To give a simple example, the recipe of the thunderbolt uses the knowledge of chemistry, the internal structure of the cannon uses the knowledge of physics, and the ranging and firing angle of the cannon uses the knowledge of mathematics. To put it simply, if the minister didn't understand these things, then thunderbolts, cannons, and so on would not have been invented. Your Majesty, the minister has only explored the corner of these three learnings, and he can have such an achievement, what if anyone can follow up in knowledge? The future of Datang will be unimaginably powerful, and these ...... It's all your Majesty's work! ”

"Uh...... Is this true? ”

"It's true." Chen Fei nodded affirmatively.

"Okay." Li Zhi rubbed his head, although he still didn't understand what kind of changes learning these things would bring, but he still chose to trust Chen Fei as before.

After so many years, Chen Fei's resolution never seems to be wrong. Since he first entered the officialdom, Chen Fei's suggestions have been affirmed by his father, and Datang has indeed become more and more prosperous and powerful under his advice. Since Li Zhi ascended the throne, Chen Fei has also admonished him many times, all for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, and has never sought personal gain for himself. With this, I don't know how many times stronger than the ministers in the court who only benefit themselves, so Li Zhi will choose to trust him unconditionally.

Chen Fei is also fortunate to have this, with the emperor's trust, he can show his ambitions and write his grand ambitions.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... The minister hopes to open a new government office, which is similar in nature to Guozijian, but Guozijian mainly studies literature and politics, and this new government office mainly recruits students to learn physical knowledge, and the scholars who have learned in the government can enter the Qi Workshop through the examination, and the minister intends to set up a more 'scientific research department' in the Qi Workshop to be mainly responsible for research and development...... Your Majesty don't worry, the salary can be funded by the minister, and Your Majesty only needs to agree to the title. I believe that in this way, many people will be willing to delve into physics. “

"This ...... The establishment of a new government is not a trivial matter, and I still need to solicit the opinions of the ministers. But I'm here to support you, as long as the ministers don't make trouble. ”

Chen Fei showed a proud smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the courtiers will raise this matter tomorrow morning, and the ministers should not be too difficult." ”

"That'll do." Li Zhi nodded, and suddenly, asked, "By the way, Zicheng, since you want to set up a new school, have you ever thought about the name of the mansion?" ”

"Of course," Chen Fei smiled mischievously, "Chen has already thought about it, this place will be named after the 'Chinese Academy of Sciences', how about it?" ”

(End of chapter)