In Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo, there have always been many men singing and shouting, but there are few loud books.

But in recent years, in a newly built pavilion near the Liaoyang Palace, there are immature sounds of reading from time to time.

This is the sect of the Khitan royal family, and hundreds of noble kings and grandsons mainly from the Yelu and Xiao families study here.

Although it is a newly established school, its size and status are unprecedentedly high.

Even Emperor Yelu Yixin is here now, walking into the classroom, pulling a schoolboy to ask questions.

"How much is seven times eight?"

The answer blurted out, "Seven-eight-fifty-six." ”

"Eighty-seven divided by five, what's the remainder?"

The elementary school student thought for a moment, "The remainder is two." ”

"From Xijin Mansion to Liaoyang Mansion 1,500 miles, you can walk 250 miles a day on horseback, how many days do you have to walk the whole way?"

The elementary school student picked up a pen and paper, quickly made an equation, and then told the emperor: "Six days." ”

Yelu Yixin nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Good answer." ”

The sacrificial wine and the lecturer who listened to the exam next to him were relieved, quietly wiped their sweat, and reminded the elementary school students who had successfully answered the three questions to kneel down and thank God.

They knew that Yelu Yixin's bowl had returned to Liaoyang, but they didn't expect the emperor to attach so much importance to Zongxue, not only to come to the school in person, but also to personally assess the students regardless of dignity and humility. Fortunately, the question was not difficult, and fortunately, the child who was picked out was a smart one.

While they were rejoicing, Jereusin chose another student,

"How many are there in Da Liao?"

"There are Gokyo Province in Middle-earth, and there are Goryeo Province and Japan Road outside."

"Where is the Xijin Mansion?"

"Nanking Road."

"How many words do you know?"

"I have learned the three-character scripture and the thousand-character text, and I can also read and write the national language."

"Write steel, coal, muskets, artillery, a few words."

Brush brush brush, elementary school students in their early teens wrote a few Chinese characters on the blackboard.

Luckily, fortunately, the good students with excellent grades are in this class.

In Zongxue, according to the high grades, it is divided into outer houses, inner houses, and upper houses, which is a system learned from the south.

Now the emperor is in the classroom where he is shutting down. When Yelu Yixin came in, he deliberately led him here, so that the outhouse students who were in the back did not miss the horse.

Four students who passed the school examination in succession, whether it was mathematics, geography, nature, or sinology, each of them answered very well.

Yelu Yixin was overjoyed, and when he turned around, he praised the sacrificial wine and the lecturer, "Teaching well, it is with heart." ”

A compliment from the emperor represents the benefits that fell from the sky.

The students who were asked the question had a silk horse for each person, a string of silver coins, and ten sheep outside. In the sect, students who were not drawn also had a string of silver coins, which were new coins minted from silver dug up from Japan. Not only was it very popular in the Liao Kingdom, but it also became the currency that many families saved in the Song Kingdom.

And the teacher of these students was a Goryeo maid, a Japanese slave, a hundred pieces of silver, a hundred sheep, five horses, and in addition to official positions and rewards.

As for the sacrificial wine, it was even rewarded with the title of Yili Sumire - although this title is not as important as it used to be, it still has a very high status.

The emperor personally visited Zongxue and rewarded him generously, which was to show the world the importance he attached to education.

In the past, there were no such schools in Liao, but now there are. And not only with the sect, Yelu Yixin also recruited the school-age children of the nobles of all ethnic groups in the country into a bowl and organized them into an army, called the Shenhuo Army. Teach guns, arches and horses, drill day and night, and reward every five days and ten days, so that everyone in these young people will return to their hearts.

'Who said the Khitans were not as smart as the Han Chinese?' Jeruyisin was in a good mood as if he were flying.

Although he knew that Zongxue's sacrificial wine played a trick, the students of Zongxue were not as hard working as those poor students, and some of them could reach the current level, which showed that they were still attentive.

After visiting the students' bow and horse performances, Yelu Yixin, who was even more satisfied, summoned all the scholars in the sect, and after praising them greatly, he instructed: "In addition to exams and announcements of results, we must also conduct their own exams in different subjects. To sue them, I will always look at their watch. As long as they learn well, my Golden Horde will have a place for them! ”

"Han horse racing is running in circles, and our Khitan horse racing is running in a straight line. The Han people play football, and we play archery. The Han people are reading those useless scriptures, and only part of the mind is divided into learning qi, so we have to use all our minds to learn qi. As for this ......" he picked up a thick booklet, and the word "Science" was very distinct on the cover, which Yelu Yixin had discovered in the sect, "it is worse than silk, and better than toilet chips." ”

After becoming the emperor, Yelu Yixin's life became more and more extravagant, and he learned from the emperor of the Southern Dynasty and wiped it with silk after convenience. However, he has gold mines, silver mines, and fields, and more importantly, this country with a territory of thousands of miles, even if there is no New Year's coin, his net worth is still soaring like a balloon. Moreover, the benefits brought by the coinage are also in his hands, and he has abundant wealth and military strength, which makes Yelu Yixin's position more and more stable, and also makes his words full of words, and no one in the country dares to disobey.

With a loud snap, he slammed the book on the table, "I'll put it in the latrine in the future!" ”

One of the professors who had subscribed to Science looked like dirt. This sentence of Yelu Yixin sentenced him to death for the future.

Returning to the royal tent outside the city, Yelu Yixin told his son and Zhang Xiaojie about "Science" again: "Actually, he is also a smart person, but unfortunately he is not in the right place." ”

Learning Han Gang's methods, using Guò "Science" to develop new learning, gathering the wisdom of all people, and confronting Han Gang in turn is of course a good means to turn defeat into victory. Yelu Yixin also heard rumors in the Southern Dynasties that the examiners selected for the imperial examinations in the future might all come from the authors who published articles in Science. So the sales of "Science" will catch up with "Nature" in a few months.

Are Han Chinese stupid? Not at all, but they just put their mind to it in this kind of place.

Like the Great Liao, it was already a place to work together to learn the excellent scriptures of the Southern Dynasty - not including the tattered scriptures, of course.

A fine worker learned the practice of honeycomb coal from the Southern Dynasty and began to trade after returning to Liaoyang.

The pulverized coal from the coal field, mixed with yellow mud, does not cost money at all, the embryo is made first, and then pressed and formed, and it is enough to use manpower and animal power in the middle. The price of honeycomb coal is also surprisingly low. The structure and shape of the honeycomb coal stove are also very simple and the cost is very low. Now in Liaoyang City, almost every household has begun to use honeycomb coal to boil water.

If the ministers of the Southern Dynasty could divide half of their intrigue thoughts into business, the Great Song Dynasty would become richer, and the Great Liao would be in danger. Fortunately, none of this qiē exists.

In order to immigrate to the frontier, Han Gang could only catch beggars. And Yelu Yixin wants the Khitan nobles to let their Han slaves as civilians, as long as there is an edict, this is the difference.

It was not that those nobles could understand state affairs, but that they did not dare, afraid of the army in the hands of Yelu Yixin, and afraid of the coal and iron in his hands.

"Coal and iron are a qiē."

Even Zhang Xiaojie knew that this was a sentence in "Travels to the Nine Domains", and it was widely circulated.

On the side of the Song Kingdom, this sentence was heavily criticized, no people, no food, what is the use of empty coal and iron?

But they don't want to think that if there is no coal and iron, there is nothing.

Others have coal, iron, steel, and all kinds of utensils made of steel, knives, guns, armor, artillery, vehicles, and boats. When the enemy comes with steel weapons to rob people and food, and there is no coal and iron, how can they resist?

Wasn't the Dali Kingdom newly destroyed by the Song people destroyed because there was no steel! Just swept the northland, and a new batch of palace guards was formed, not also relying on the support of coal and iron!

In the Liao Kingdom, from Yelu Yixin onwards, Han Gang's sentence of 'natural selection, survival of the fittest' is a guideline. Excluding the clichés of Confucianism, it is definitely one of the best wise sayings in the ages.

Harsh natural environment, strong winds, blizzards, robbers, living on the prairie, only to adapt, the one who survives is the winner.

"That's, it's a pity that he's just a courtier, and that's the most fortunate thing." Yelu Yixin stroked his beard and laughed loudly, "If he is the emperor, I can only take off the crown, put on white clothes, and go to Kaifeng to worship." Thankfully, he wasn't. ”

When that little emperor ascended the throne, it was impossible for Han Gang to return to the court. Even if he wanted to learn from himself, could he have the guts? Can you master enough troops and ministers? Can the atmosphere of the Southern Dynasties be tolerated?

took out the position of the festival envoy to offer a reward, and there was already a master craftsman who cast cannons for Yelu Yixin as a festival envoy, and gave him the head of the military state, and now he is a noble official who lives in eight seats. Now the Han people on Nanjing Road either learn to be craftsmen themselves, or let their children and grandchildren learn.

"But if it weren't for His Majesty, even if Han Gang was gone, Da Liao might also be destroyed by the Southern Dynasty." Zhang Xiaojie praised Yelu Yixin's foresight, "But now, after ten years, there will be endless skilled craftsmen in the country, so why fear the sharp firearms of the Southern Dynasty?" ”

"That's not enough." Yelu Yixin shook his head firmly, "Tell the world that if anyone can bring me a steam engine to use on the ship, I will not hesitate to reward the prince and seal the territory!" Whether it is the Great Liao or the Southern Dynasty, you must spread this reward to me all over the world! ”

In the surprised eyes of his son and confidant, Yelu Yixin repeated that since it was said by Han Gang, then the steam engine must be of great use, and instead of fighting with the Southern Dynasty, it is better to open a bargaining chip that people can't refuse.

"The Golden Terrace can be built, but what about the Southern Dynasty?"