The oncoming team has a large number of people, in front of a team of cavalry to open the way, behind is a long convoy, the convoy is waving flags, among which there is a main flag with a big "koji" character written on it, this very rare word is a surname, and seeing that the other party's clothing is from the Western Regions, Li Xiu also guessed the identity of the other party at once. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Gaochang's Ko Wentai is actually here!" Li Xiu saw the team coming from afar, and couldn't help touching his chin and muttering to himself, the guy from the Western Regions and surnamed Koji must be the Gaochang royal family, last year, the Western Regions and the grassland tribes came to meet Li Shimin, but there were also a few uninteresting guys who didn't come, such as this Gaochang King Koji Wentai is one of them, but during the Chinese New Year, Li Xiu heard the news that Koji Wentai might come to Chang'an, but he didn't expect to meet each other here.

Gaochang is located in the area of Turpan, Xinjiang in later generations, is a famous Buddhist country in the Western Regions, the Western Han Dynasty used to be here in Tuntian, many Han people settled here, and the local Western Regions people live together, it can be said that a considerable part of Gaochang is Han people, but because of the mixed living with the Hu people in the Western Regions, the Han people here appear Hu, and the Hu people also appear Sinicized, such as Gaochang Wang Lu Wentai, is a Hu Han people, the appearance looks like the Han people, but in fact, the customs and habits are very different from the Han people.

Originally, there was just a Gaochang king, Li Xiu didn't take it to heart, but he has always been thinking about a treasure of Gaochang, that is, cotton, don't look at the planting of cotton in the Central Plains in later generations is very common, but in the era of the Tang Dynasty, there is no one in the Central Plains to grow cotton, there is cotton cloth on the market, but all of them are produced in Gaochang, known as Gaochang cloth, also called white cloth, the price is even more expensive than ordinary silk.

Cotton is the foundation of the textile industry, the first industrial revolution in Britain in later generations, the textile industry has played a great driving force, although Li Xiu is not interested in the Tang Dynasty to engage in any industrial revolution, but also wants to introduce cotton to the Tang Dynasty, not to mention, he can at least wear cotton clothes, although silk is also very comfortable to wear, but he prefers cotton, in addition to cotton can also be made cotton jacket, for the poor who can not afford to wear fur, cotton jacket is simply an artifact to keep out the cold.

However, Datang is not the origin of cotton, this thing is native to Central Asia and India, and later passed through the Western Regions to Xinjiang, that is, the Gaochang Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, it can be said that cotton is a specialty of the Gaochang Kingdom, there is no one in the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiu also thought about introducing cotton to the Tang Dynasty, but he never found the opportunity, but he did not expect that now the King of Gaochang took the initiative to come to the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu didn't go home again, directly let the carriage turn the horse's head, and then went straight to the palace to ask to see Li Shimin, and when he came to the Liangyi Palace, he happened to see Li Shimin smiling and talking to the eldest grandson Wuji, it seems that he is in a pretty good mood.

"See Your Majesty!" After Li Xiu came in, he immediately saluted Li Shimin.

"You're welcome, I heard that you have set up a school near your house, and you have taken in many peasant children to study, and even Sun Simiao has been deceived by you to become a gentleman of the school?" Li Shimin was in a good mood, and as soon as he saw Li Xiu, he immediately said half-seriously and half-jokingly.

"How can it be called a lie, it is obvious that Sun Daochang wants to accept a few disciples, and the students in the school can be chosen by him, so he went to the school to be a temporary gentleman, and occasionally went to the school to give students some medical lessons and teach children some health knowledge." Li Xiu heard this, but his face was full of innocence.

"Haha~, you have a lot of ideas, but speaking of which, I'm very interested in your school, don't you want to train your tenants to become scholars, and then participate in the imperial examination to gain fame, right?" Li Shimin also laughed when he heard Li Xiu's explanation, and then asked again.

"Your Majesty misunderstood, the school built by the minister is just to enable the children of tenant families to be able to read and write, so that they will have many ways out in the future." Li Xiu replied with a smile.

"The horse is really generous, but your tenants will be literate in the future, who will help your family farm?" At this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly asked with a smile.

"This ......" Li Xiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, he really hadn't thought about this problem, but then he smiled indifferently and said, "Brother Wuji is too worried, now that I Datang encourages childbearing, the population will only increase in the future, and it is still easy to recruit some tenants." ”

Li Shimin is very curious about the school, although the school has been opened as early as the beginning of spring, but this is only a trivial matter after all, so Li Shimin didn't inadvertently learn about it until today, and he also asked Li Xiu about the school, and Li Xiu also answered one by one.

"Pony, do you think the school can be promoted nationwide?" Li Shimin pondered for a moment after listening to Li Xiu's story, and then asked Li Xiu excitedly, in fact, Datang also has public schools in various places, which can allow local children to go to public schools to study, but the teaching quality of public schools is extremely poor, and there are not many children who are willing to go to school, so public schools everywhere are almost in a state of existence in name only.

"This ...... I'm afraid it's hard! Li Xiu thought for a while and said honestly, "The school built by the minister is funded by himself, so that the children of the tenant farmers can go to school for free, and also provide a lunch, even so, the vast majority of tenants are still unwilling to let their children go to school, on the one hand, they want their children to help the family work, on the other hand, they are too short-sighted and do not know the importance of reading, so even if the court is really willing to spend a lot of money to build schools in various places, I am afraid that at the beginning, there are not many people who are willing to go to school." ”

Li Xiu is not alarmist, how many years of compulsory education has been implemented in later generations, but even so, there are still many people who do not want their children to go to school for various reasons, until the compulsory education of the imperial court later, which began to improve, but there are still many children who drop out of school after receiving compulsory education.

In addition, although the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty is strong, but after just experiencing a major war, the treasury is almost consumed, and if you want to promote the free education of the school in various places, you will also provide a lunch at noon every day, I am afraid that it will not take long to bankrupt the Tang Dynasty, so Li Xiu is not optimistic about Li Shimin's idea.

"The horse's worries are very reasonable, now that my Tang Dynasty is empty, I'm afraid I can't afford to promote the school nationwide, but Your Majesty can establish a few schools in Chang'an and Luoyang to see the effect, of course, there is no need to provide lunch like the horse's school, after all, the imperial court is now short of financial resources, it is better to minimize some unnecessary expenses!" The eldest grandson Wuji's brain turned fast, and he came up with a compromise solution again at the moment, in fact, he was a master of the mud.

"Mowgli's method is good, the population of Chang'an and Luoyang is increasing, and compared with other places, the people of Chang'an and Luoyang are also richer, I believe that after the school opens, there will definitely be many people who are willing to send their children to the school to study!" Li Shimin immediately agreed, his temperament is a bit similar to Yang Guang, and he is a little happy, but he has the biggest difference with Yang Guang, that is, he can listen to other people's opinions, and his mind is far broader than Yang Guang.

Li Xiu did not object to building a few schools in Chang'an and Luoyang as pilots, but he didn't come to Li Shimin today for the sake of the school, and he also interrupted Li Shimin at the moment: "Your Majesty, the minister actually has an important matter to discuss with Your Majesty when he came here today. ”

"This is not in a hurry, Chang'an and Luoyang want to build a school, which can be completely modeled after your family's school, so you also have to support the horse, for example, how about I send someone to your school to study for a period of time after a while?" Li Shimin's mind was all on the school at this time, and he waved his hand to Li Xiu.

"This ...... Your Majesty wants to build a school, and the minister naturally has to fully cooperate, but what the minister wants to say may be more important than the school, so please listen to your majesty! Li Xiu saw Li Shimin grabbing the school hall, and couldn't help but smile bitterly at the moment.

"Oh? More important than the academy? What is that? Li Shimin couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Li Xiu's words, at this time he finally put the matter of the school behind him, and even the eldest grandson Wuji next to him stared at Li Xiu with blazing eyes, wanting to hear what he was going to say next?

"Your Majesty, when the minister was on the official road just now, he happened to meet the team of King Gaochang entering Beijing, presumably he is about to enter the palace to see Your Majesty, right?" Li Xiu said with a serious expression on his face at this time.

"Yes, I knew the news that King Gaochang was going to enter Beijing a few days ago, and today is also the day they entered Beijing, I have sent officials from Honglu Temple to greet them, and it is estimated that they will be met in a few days." Li Shimin nodded immediately, but he still couldn't understand why Li Xiu suddenly mentioned King Gaochang.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Gaochang is rich in white fabrics, and the white fabrics on the market are even more expensive than silk, I don't know if it's true?" Li Xiu asked again at this time.

"Yes, the white cloth is indeed a specialty of Gaochang, this time the king of Gaochang entered Beijing, there are a lot of white cloth in the tribute, what, do you like white cloth, want to go from here to some?" Li Shimin couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"Your Majesty misunderstood, the minister is not interested in white stacked cloth, but the raw material for making these white stacked cloth, cotton, that is, the white stacked seeds planted by the Gaochang people." Li Xiu explained with a smile at this time.

"White stacks? Do you ...... Do you want to introduce white stacks? Li Shimin couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then he reacted and asked.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the minister wants to introduce white stacks, but that the minister, on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, asks His Majesty to make a plea to introduce white stacks for the people of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xiu saluted Li Shimin with a solemn face at this time.