On the way to the Liangyi Palace, a group of ministers talked and laughed, lamented and optimistic. There were many things inside and outside the court, and the ministers worked diligently to keep the society at peace and not in turmoil. For the prosperity of Datang, they actively dedicate their light and heat.

At the end of the group, the old and the young walked side by side. The eldest grandson Wuji touched his beard with a smile and looked at Chen Fei, while Chen Fei lowered his head and thought thoughtfully.

"Zicheng, you are a smart person, the old man's words are here, do you understand?"

"Thank you, Uncle Eldest Sun, for reminding the kid to keep it in mind!" After Chen Fei came back to his senses, he bowed his hand to the eldest grandson Wuji to express his gratitude.

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled, nodded and walked forward. Chen Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The eldest grandson Wuji is talking about the imperial examination, Chen Fei's official is not big, but the idea of fighting is not small, and he actually fought the idea of the imperial examination. 、

When I heard Chen Fei's proposal, the eldest grandson Wuji was almost shocked by him, this kid actually dared to change the imperial examination? Too bold, right? This move is related to the imperial court, even he didn't dare to talk about it, Chen Fei actually played this matter in front of the ministers, and after thinking about it for a long time, the eldest grandson Wuji could only sigh in his heart: "What a gut!" ”

But fortunately, after Chen Fei's later explanation, the ministers learned that he did not want to overhaul the imperial examination system, but to set up a separate imperial examination for the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate without affecting the interests of the existing students.

To put it simply, it's a game.,In response to the situation of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate.,Make the necessary means to win over.。 In this way, the ministers are quite acceptable, but the specific rules need to be carefully discussed.

No, Li Shimin summoned these ministers for this purpose.

Due to the lack of experience in managing nomads, it will take a long time for the imperial court to firmly hold the land of the Beiting Protectorate in its hands, and it will invest a lot of manpower and material resources to adapt.

Li Shimin's attitude is very clear, since the meat has been swallowed, there is no reason to spit it out again, and the Beiting Protectorate must be firmly in the hands of Datang.

It is not only necessary to hold this land in its hands, but also to change the practice of successive dynasties, no longer to support puppet regimes on the grasslands, but to directly control the grasslands. In this way, we can exchange for long-term stability on the grassland, which can be passed on to future generations.

So those ministers who wanted to persuade Li Shimin to give up the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate were blocked by Li Shimin before they could open their mouths to speak-the local can't give up, so you can discuss a way to come out and how to manage it.

After intense discussions in accordance with Chen Fei's ideas, the ministers finally decided on a set of general plans.

First of all, on the issue of agriculture in the northern steppes.

As we all know, animal husbandry is very developed on the grassland, cattle and sheep are fat, but agriculture is very backward, which has a lot to do with the local climate and environment is not suitable for the growth of crops - the soil desertification is very serious, and it is difficult for crops to grow. Moreover, planting crops can easily lead to soil erosion, which will cause a more severe desert climate, which may seriously affect the Guanzhong area.

Therefore, under the guidance of Chen Fei, he finally decided to try to plant some crops in the southern part of the grassland, such as sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are suitable for growing in loose soil environments, and perhaps the soil conditions on the grassland are more suitable for the growth of sweet potatoes.

In his previous life, he knew that sweet potatoes could be planted in Inner Mongolia, but it didn't seem to be promoted on a large scale, and he didn't know what the reason was, so now he can only make some attempts in the southern part of the grassland, if it is feasible and does not affect the environment, it can be tried to promote, which may greatly alleviate the problem of grassland food shortage.

As for other crops, planting is not recommended for the sake of insurance, and it is estimated that planting will not have much effect.

Then there is the commercial problem.

When everyone discussed the issue of doing business, it was inevitable to discuss a key thing - the bazaar!

Anyone who has studied the history of human development should know what the emergence of the bazaar means to human civilization.

From the beginning of the exchange of goods, people developed into bazaars, and finally promoted the formation of cities.

Almost all the herders in the steppes are nomadic people, and in their minds, there is almost no concept of a town.

The herders were divided into tribes, driving cattle and sheep wherever there was fresh grass. The whole grassland is theirs, so there is no town or town.

This is also the most troublesome place for Li Shimin and the ministers. If there were no towns, the scattered tribes would be very difficult to manage.

You can't give an order from the imperial court, and you have to send people all over the prairie to look for people, right?

This brings us to the second point of view put forward by Chen Fei, how to use business practices to promote the itinerary of towns.

Chen Fei thought of a clever trick, what a clever trick? He intends to open up the grain trade to herders in a fixed place!

You must know that the grain of the Central Plains is an absolute rarity on the grassland! Because of the long-term hostility with the Central Plains Dynasty, coupled with the extremely underdeveloped agriculture of their own, grain and other crops rarely circulated on the grassland, so grain is extremely valuable in the eyes of the grassland herdsmen, and they are very willing to exchange cattle and sheep for a certain amount of grain.

On the other hand, the Central Plains is very lacking in cattle, sheep and horses and other animal husbandry resources, so we can just do a complementary complement, and each takes what it needs.

Chen Fei believed that once this was done, both the merchants of the Central Plains and the herdsmen on the grasslands would flock to the divided markets.

Just like some of the market towns on the Silk Road in the Western Regions, it naturally attracts many people to live there for a long time, thus evolving into towns.

As long as it is supplemented by means of management, such as opening schools in towns and towns, opening women's workshops to make wool, etc., to attract herdsmen to settle down for a long time, it will inevitably turn a small town developed from a market into a real city!

Once you have a town, it's much easier to manage the herders. And the herdsmen are also unknowingly assimilated into the Tang people. It's a lot of work.

At first, the ministers did not think carefully about what Chen Fei said and wrote in the notebook, but when it was now taken out and carefully discussed, the ministers were indeed more and more shocked.

At first glance, it seems that there is nothing special about it, it is nothing more than opening up business and local imperial examinations, but after careful study, everyone found out that the real purpose of these regulations written by Chen Fei is to truly assimilate herdsmen into Tang people!

After everyone was shocked, they had to sigh at Chen Fei's courage, what they didn't dare to think about a young man under the age of twenty was actively planning to realize it.

I have to say that Chen Fei's ambition made them, the old ministers, feel deeply admired, and even a little ashamed!