Shimin continued.

The saint smiled and groaned.

"Whoa."

King Qin continued: "If Xue Lang's policy can be implemented smoothly, it will be beneficial to both the country and the people. However, the biggest problem is also the implementation, whether it can be successfully implemented is the test! ”

The saint nodded in agreement.

The prince said: "What I am concerned about is to carry it out!" If one is not good, the country will be ruined and the family will be ruined. ”

The father and son looked a little solemn, knowing that it was a good strategy, but how to implement it was indeed a big problem.

"Father!"

It was King Qin and Princess Pingyang who spoke together. King Qin smiled and said, "Sister is the elder, Sister will speak first!" ”

Princess Pingyang didn't give in, nodded to her younger brother, and said: "Father, the three strategies offered by Xue Lang, the order is that the salt making technique is first, the papermaking is in the middle, and the book is last?" ”

King Qin smiled and said, "Sister, my brother and you think of the same thing." ”

It seems that what King Qin wants to say is similar to what Princess Pingyang said.

The sage Li Yuan glanced at the prince vaguely, but the expression on his face was not unusual, and said: "When Xue Lang offered the strategy, he also said that these three strategies need to be the first two strategies, and the last one is to build a book. ”

The prince's eyes flashed, he gritted his teeth secretly, and insisted: "Even if the new salt-making technique and paper-making are implemented first, it will not be of much benefit to the establishment of the book, and it is not enough to shake the foundation of the scholar clan, and the establishment of the book is still a dangerous thing. ”

King Qin said: "The method of making salt written by Xue Lang is a layman, and I don't know if it will be successful." However, if we want to succeed, we must first select a suitable site, and then we must try to produce it, and if this method is successful, until the increase in salt tax goes into the national treasury, I estimate that it will take three years at the earliest, and four or five years at the slower. The method of papermaking, if the paper is produced first, should be faster than the salt production, one year is enough. However, it will take a long time to increase the scale, and it will not be short. If there is a buffer at this time, it is not known whether the situation in the world will change at that time, or whether it can be implemented. ”

The prince grabbed Bai and said: "It turns out that Erlang has no certainty that he can implement it." Not to mention anything else, it will take a long time, if this policy can be kept secret, it will be fine, if it is leaked, it will be known by the family of scholars...... The consequences are unimaginable. ”

Before King Qin could speak, Li Yuan, the sage on the throne, had already said in a deep voice: "The left history and the right history have been strictly admonished by me, and now only our father and son know about it. ”

The prince was stunned, and hurriedly said: "The son will definitely keep it a secret and keep his mouth shut." ”

The sage nodded and said, "Even if there is no time to implement the book in the end, just with these three strategies, it can be seen that Xue Lang has a far-reaching vision, and he is a true countryman!" ”

This one is highly rated!

The prince silently glanced at the saint's father and did not say a word. King Qin was full of thought, and said: "Father, I have established the dynasty at the beginning, and the world is not peaceful, so we should implement the policy of lightly punishing the poor, otherwise, I am afraid that the country will be shaken." However, due to the successive wars, the treasury is not abundant, if the art of salt production can be successful, it can be enriched without wavering the policy of lightly paying for the small endowment. This is the best policy! ”

The sage smiled and stroked his beard and said, "Yes! Here's the best part of this strategy! If it can be done, why worry about the lack of national treasury? ”

If the treasury can really increase its revenue......

A smile also appeared on the prince's face: "The purpose of the salt-making technique is this, but what is the purpose of the paper-making technique?" ”

Li Yuan didn't answer, but looked at King Qin: "Can Erlang and Jianling think it through?" ”

King Qin shook his head: "I can't figure it out." ”

Princess Pingyang, who has been silent, replied: "If you ask about the intention of papermaking, my daughter knows a little about it." ”

The sage said: "Since Jianling has thought it through, let me tell Aya and your brother about it." ”

"Whoa."

Princess Pingyang said: "When Xue Langchu was in my mansion, I saw that he was erudite and versatile, and I asked him out of curiosity, and he once told me that in the foreign country where he grew up, both men and women, he went to school since childhood, and the subjects he studied were different from my Tang Dynasty. During the casual conversation, he once talked about the problem of the knowledge popularization rate, and then discussed why the family of scholars can be famous for generations and endure for a long time. ”

The prince asked, "What does the knowledge penetration rate mean?" ”

Princess Pingyang repeated the words that Xue Lang explained to her that day, and she didn't leave a word, and she didn't miss a word, obviously Princess Pingyang is also a well-read and strong person.

The sage, the crown prince, and the king of Qin understood it as soon as they heard it, and the king of Qin praised: "This word is quite wonderful. ”

The sage said: "How does Xue Lang talk about the eunuchs of the family for generations? ”

Princess Pingyang said: "Back to my father, Xue Lang once said that the popularization of knowledge and the opening of people's wisdom, in addition to relying on Mr. to teach, the most basic thing is the dissemination of books. And books and knowledge, from the Han to the Jin Dynasty, through the north and south of the Sui Dynasty, the vast majority of them are still in the hands of the family scholars. Even if you are lucky enough to go to school, the cost of pen, ink, paper and inkstone is a big burden in a poor family. ”

Hearing these words, the eyes of the father and son lit up, and King Qin said: "Father, there are Hanmen scholars in the Tiance Mansion, they once said that thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi. If you want to succeed in studying, you have to be productive for many years, and the poor family can't afford it. ”

Princess Pingyang agreed: "Xue Lang also said the same, in the long run, books and knowledge will be more and more concentrated in the hands of the family scholars, and the children of the poor family have no way to study, so naturally they can only do this from generation to generation." Naturally, it is impossible to find a group of illiterate people in governing the country, and officials can only be selected from the scholars, and after the accumulation of generations of officials, there will naturally be a family of eunuchs for generations, and the government will inevitably be influenced by the family. ”

Speaking of this, Princess Pingyang paused, and suddenly smiled: "Speaking of which, Xue Lang has a wonderful metaphor for this situation. He compared the power of the family and the country to a piece of cake, Xue Lang said, the cake is so big, everyone wants to eat it, naturally the fewer people the better, the more people, the less. ”

The father and son almost gasped when they heard this, and the saint said with a solemn face: "This metaphor is quite wonderful, and it has a sudden sense of enlightenment!" ”

The crown prince frowned, and his expression was gloomy: "Even if it is known that the family clan controls the government and politics, but the court needs to employ people, and there are no talents in the poor family, and only the family scholars can use talents." In vain! ”

King Qin's face was full of contemplation, and he asked: "Sister, what can Xue Lang say to solve this situation?" ”

Princess Pingyang said: "Xue Lang said that the most direct way is to increase the circulation of books and knowledge, reduce the cost of book printing, and give the people more ways to study. In this way, as time goes by, the number of scholars from poor families will inevitably increase, and the situation of the government being controlled by the family will be changed! ”

Speaking of this, the father and son all showed a sudden expression, and King Qin admired: "It turns out that Xue Lang's intention to offer papermaking is here!" Xue Lang is really a national warrior! ”

Even the crown prince couldn't help but be convinced at this time, and his chin expressed his approval of King Qin's words, but his eyes were a little obscure-

Why can't such talents be of my own use?