Chapter 69: Five-Year Plan
After Chinese New Year's Eve, the envoys from various countries stayed for a few days and were ready to go back one by one, and Prince Grad of Puguo was the first to go, because Xiang Zhi refused the request to convene a meeting of the royal families, on the grounds that the Son of Heaven had broken the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people, and that there must not be a person who was completely beyond the law and above humanity.
Geler was naturally angry about this, and after Chinese New Year's Eve, he left directly, and Xiang Ji did not pay attention to it, because he would not deal with a dead person.
On the seventh day of the New Year, in the Qianqing Palace, Xiang Chi looked at Sun Qi, the auxiliary king of Che Guofu, and Queen Baolan, who came to ask for his resignation, and said with a smile: "Sun Qi, although you are already the auxiliary king, but that is the queen's love for you, you just need to do your own internal affairs in the Northwest United Army, and you must not bully the queen and privately mix with the national politics of Che Guo because I am the general of Dachu."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Sun Qi said hurriedly
"Baolan! Che Guo can accept Sun Qi as the auxiliary king, I am very relieved, Che Guo and Da Chu have been a family since then, I have ordered, reward ten cars of Ayaluo, five cars of jewelry" Xiang Chi said gently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Bao Lan said gratefully.
"Haha, I sincerely hope that in the future, you can grow old together and love each other for a lifetime"
"Your Majesty," Sun Qi and Baolan saluted again.
"Okay, then I won't send it to you, and I will tell Zhang Fu directly if there is anything in the future."
"Yes"
After Sun Qi and Baolan left together, Yang Yan and Shen Cong walked in.
"Two Aiqing, in the first year of my ascension to the throne, the main thing is stability, and now although there are still some external problems, the impact is not great, so the imperial court needs to make a plan for the new year, or even a few years," Xiang Chi said solemnly.
"Your Majesty, Zhongshu Province has complied with Your Majesty's orders and has drawn up several goals" Yang Yan took the lead in standing up.
"Let's talk about it," Xiang Chi said.
"Yes, Your Majesty" Yang Yan nodded, and said, "Your Majesty, the first goal set by Zhongshu Province is to decide to increase the population of my Great Chu by 150 million in three years."
Xiang Chi smiled and said, "This is a big task."
"Your Majesty, if it was estimated in the past, it would be difficult, because although I have a lot of land and resources, but the grain field is calculated, but since last year, I have begun to attach importance to scientific research and innovation, because there have been many large commercial houses, compared to the glass franchise that was bought to the Fan family not long ago, according to the following investigation, just to prepare the factory, the Fan family recruited 8,412 people across the country, which greatly solved the problem of many people's employment and improved the living standards of the people," Yang Yan replied.
"Hmm!! It seems that the Fan family has really put their hearts into it."
"Yes, in addition, Your Majesty, since Dou entered the Royal Academy of Sciences, a new type of rice has been cultivated, this kind of rice is extremely adaptable, once it is popularized, it will greatly solve the food shortage, and the new hospital is also constantly in the national layout, the people have gradually accepted the recognition, coupled with the improvement of the labor law, so the minister is sure that this population figure is absolutely possible" Yang Yan replied.
Xiang Chi smiled lightly and said with satisfaction: "Okay, no matter what, people come first."
His strength is directly related to the strength of Dachu, and population is also the criterion of a country's strength, especially at this time, population is wealth.
Yang Yan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, in addition to the population, the second goal of Zhongshu Province is to promote the great role of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
"Oh!" Xiang Chi raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me carefully."
"Your Majesty, the Zhongshu Province has decided to set up skillful divisions in each state to specifically encourage and recruit capable people with innovative ideas," Yang Yan replied.
"Haha" Hearing this, Xiang Chi laughed loudly, then shook his head and said: "Yang Xiang, you are a famous reformer, why are you so small?" ”
Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, and said curiously: "Then what does Your Majesty mean?"
"You do have an effect, but it is estimated that scientific research is still the focus of the vast majority of students, and it can't change the essence, but if it changes today, Dachu needs a large number of scientific research talents, so I decided to set up a Ministry of Education and implement a nine-year education system, plus a university system" Xiang Chi said in a loud voice.
"Nine-year education system, university system" Yang Yan was puzzled.
"The so-called nine-year education system, that is, set up primary school, junior high school, high school, in addition to the four books and five classics, but also arithmetic, science, strange studies and other major subjects, after the completion of high school, participate in the imperial court college entrance examination, set the score line, enter the university, in the university can be transferred to a study of a certain subject, so as to completely eliminate illiteracy" Xiang Chi said.
"Your Majesty, if that's the case, where are the officials of my court" Hearing this, Shen Cong hurriedly said.
"I have also considered this, although the imperial examination is fair, but it is indeed less practical, the officials of our dynasty still have to learn to sit up from below step by step, hone their will and experience, in a word, we cannot take being an official as the only goal of our students, we must tell everyone that the thirty-six lines, the line is the champion" Xiang Chi said.
Shen Cong suddenly took a breath of cool air, Your Majesty has directly scrapped the thousand-year-old scientific expedition.
"Your Majesty, is this kind of action too big" Yang Yan also asked with some apprehension.
"If it was before the nine-colored rainbow, I would never be like this, but now it is enough, because with the emergence of all kinds of supernatural powers, the world is simply the same every day, the people have adapted to the changes, this concept will be accepted, and the imperial court must also adjust the goal, because only in this way can Da Chu always stand at the top" Xiang Chi said.
Yang Yan nodded lightly and said, "The minister understands"
"This system, I set five years as a node, and we have to come step by step, because the establishment of major schools alone is a big project, and it can only be realized after the per capita living income reaches a certain standard, and it also needs to be piloted, and then the imperial court is expanding nationwide, so it will take a long time," Xiang Chi instructed.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Zhongshu Province must study it carefully and present it to Your Majesty"
"Okay, let's talk about the third goal," Xiang Chi asked.
"Your Majesty, since the glass was bought, the imperial court has made a profit, so it has decided to build a road, and on the original basis, add 1,500 miles of official roads," Yang Yan replied.
"Okay, the fourth," Xiang Chi continued.
"Your Majesty, there are only three for the time being," Yang Yan said.
"It's only three, it's too little, then I'll add three, the same five years as the standard, the first one, spend a lot of money to hand over to the Royal Academy of Sciences, focusing on the problem of letter transmission, my Da Chu is too wide, and the consumption of the post station is also huge, and even if it is eight hundred miles expedited, it is too slow, and it is not convenient for the center to know the situation in various places at any time, because the imperial court should vigorously support the Royal Academy of Sciences, with the cooperation of the supernatural, research and development of a new generation of communication innovation"
"Yes, Your Majesty"
"This second, although Baozhou has been recovered, there have been many pirates, and some of them have dared to harass my Dachu coastal generation, which is absolutely not allowed, and the python sword matter, Dachu must not commit it again, so I decided to formally form a naval headquarters, control all the navies of my Dachu, and be directly responsible for me"
"Your Majesty, the navy is indeed going to be independent," Shen Cong immediately supported.
"Okay, that's it, tomorrow morning, the five-year plan is officially set, first: population; Second: the length of schooling; third, highways; fourth, communication; and fifth: the Navy; I hope that within five years, these can be basically determined," Xiang Chi declared.
"Yes, Your Majesty"