"Your Majesty, the minister wants to set up a school of all nations."

Li Er was talking with Empress Sun in the Lizheng Palace, and after listening to Wang Xiang's words, he immediately asked curiously, "Wanguo Academy?" What do you want to do? ”

Empress Changsun leaned on the bed, holding a new novel book from Linglong Bookstore in her hand, and she seemed very curious when she heard that she put down the book in her hand.

Wang Xiang pondered in his heart for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, do you remember that Fusang envoy?" ”

"Fuso emissary?" Li Er frowned and thought for a moment and said, "Isn't that what ......?"

Looking at his appearance, he couldn't remember, Wang Xiang hurriedly said, "Matsudaira Ichiro." ”

"It seems to be such a name, what, what does this Academy of Nations have to do with him?"

Wang Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "Did Matsudaira Ichiro mention to His Majesty that he wanted to send someone to study at the Gewu Academy?" ”

After he reminded him like this, Li Er also remembered a little, nodded and said: "It seems that there is such a thing, I remember to let him go to you, you can just look at this matter." ”

Li Er, a remote and small country like Fusang, really didn't take it to heart, not to mention that compared with the Turkic, Tubo and other powerful Fanbangs, I'm afraid that even Gaochang and Yanqi are far inferior, and there are countless Fanbang missions that come to the Tang Dynasty every year, and I can have a little impression of Matsudaira Ichiro because of the ancient knife he offered at the birthday banquet.

Wang Xiang shook his head when he saw Li Er's indifferent appearance and said, "The minister didn't promise him. ”

Why is that? Could it be that the Fusang envoy has offended you? ”

Damn, can you not think so badly of me, Wang Xiang looked depressed.

Seeing Wang Xiang's depressed appearance, Empress Eldest Sun pursed her lips and smiled: "Zixin, are you afraid that they have learned the knowledge of the Gewu Academy?" ”

"The queen is wise!"

Regarding Li Er's unkind gaze, Wang Xiang only pretended not to see it, and continued: "That Matsudaira Ichiro has pestered the minister many times, and the minister thinks that it is not a matter to refuse him like this all the time, but it makes people think that our Tang Dynasty does not have the bearing of the country of Shangbang. ”

Li Er said casually: "Then let him send a few people to study in the Gewu Academy." ”

"No way!"

"Huh?"

Wang Xiang hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, you want to. What is taught in the Gewu Academy is not those poems and scriptures, they are all the knowledge of the rich country and the strong people, if they are allowed to learn it, it will not be a problem to raise tigers. ”

I thought that Li Er would be alert when he heard it, but he didn't expect him to laugh out loud: "Remote place, the country of projectiles, Zixin overestimates them too much." Even if they learn our Datang's knowledge, will they still be stronger than my Datang? "This is the self-confidence of being a great power for thousands of years.

Empress Changsun also smiled, she heard the meaning of Wang Xiang's words, his Gewu is the knowledge of a rich country and a strong people, and the poetry and scriptures are not, if the people in the world know about it, I am afraid that they will drown him with saliva.

Wang Xiang saw that Li Er and Empress Changsun didn't seem to take their words to heart, and sighed secretly and said with a serious face: "The minister is not joking. ”

"Maybe in the eyes of Your Majesty, places like Fusang are barbarian lands, small countries, but even if the poisonous snake is small, it can kill people, Your Majesty still remembers Tianleizi?"

Hearing the smile on the face of Tianleizi Li Er, he suddenly retracted, and his murderous aura burst out.

"It's useless for Your Majesty to stare at me. The minister will not reveal the production method of the heavenly thunder, but if they have mastered the study of things, others will be able to figure out the method of making the heavenly thunder sooner or later, so the minister is reluctant to let them send people to the academy to study. ”

Tian Lei Zi can be said to be Li Er's biggest hole card now, there are only three people in the entire Tang Dynasty who know the production method of Tian Lei Zi, one is Li Er himself, one is Wang Xiang who invented this thing, and the other is Yuan Tiangang who is responsible for the production, even the eldest grandson queen does not know. It can be seen how cautious and important Li Er is to it.

"Are you saying that others can also figure out how to make Heavenly Thunder?" Li Er finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and the territory of Datang was vast. The soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the swords, horses and arrows are not afraid of those small barbarian countries, but if those small barbarian countries have mastered the heavenly thunder, then as Wang Xiang said, the poisonous snake is small but can put people to death, he has seen the power of the heavenly thunder with his own eyes, and it is not a lie to open the mountain and crack the rocks, and the defeat of the 80,000 Tang army and the Turkic 300,000 cavalry is a testament to the power of this thing.

Wang Xiang nodded and said, "The knowledge in the world can be explored. It's just that the length of time is different and the difficulty is different. ”

Seeing Li Er's ugly face, Wang Xiang hurriedly spoke: "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry too much, if you don't have a recipe, you want to find out the production method of Tianleizi by yourself, I'm afraid you can't succeed without hundreds of years, Datang is the biggest advantage to have gunpowder first." ”

"It takes hundreds of years to be successful?" Li Er's face finally looked a little better, but he was also a little skeptical of Wang Xiang's words.

Wang Xiang smiled: "Flowers and trees." Gold, silver, copper, iron, cloud cement stone...... There are so many big things in the world, if there is no formula, I don't know how many years it will take to find the right material, and it is even more difficult to match the geometry of each material, and it may not be possible to achieve it for hundreds of years. ”

He remembered that it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that gunpowder was transmitted to Arabia through the Mongol expedition, and then to Europe through Arabia, that is to say, no other country developed gunpowder until the Yuan Dynasty, and it was eventually transmitted by the Yuan Dynasty, so he was so sure.

After listening to Wang Xiang's words, Li Er really realized what an amazing thing Tianleizi was, and looked at Wang Xiang a few more suspiciously, what has been difficult to find out for hundreds of years has been easily made out by you like this?

Li Er's gaze made Wang Xiang feel a little uncomfortable, and he continued with a dry cough: "Actually, the production of Tianleizi also belongs to Gewuxue, so the minister did not let the envoy of Fanbang enter the Gewu Academy to study. ”

"Well, you've handled this well." Li Er pondered for a moment and said: "Tianleizi is a big matter, not only that, but my knowledge in the Tang Dynasty can't let those Fanbang barbarians learn it, I want to issue an order to strictly lock the borders and sea areas, and not allow Fanbang envoys to stay in the Tang Dynasty." ”

Damn, is this the rhythm of closing the country? Wang Xiang was stunned for a moment, it seemed that it was overkill.

In fact, with the knowledge of later generations that Wang Xiang has, it is not harmful for Datang to close off the country, and he does not think that there is anything worth learning and exchanging in other countries now or in the next few hundred years. However, it is not easy to unravel the country once it begins, and the Tang Dynasty can still be far ahead now or hundreds of years later, but the lack of communication with the world will sooner or later fall behind, which has left a bloody lesson in the history of later generations.

Wang Xiang was unwilling to be the initiator of the opening of the retreat and the closure of the country, so he hurriedly told Li Er the key points, and Li Er hesitated to give up the plan to close the country.

Li Er glanced at him, and said angrily: "What kind of hall is the School of All Nations?" "After all that, I still don't know what the Academy of Nations does......

Wang Xiang smiled: "It is a place specially for Fanbang envoys to learn our Tang culture." ”

Looking at Wang Xiang's smiling face, Li Er really wanted to slap him, let's talk for a long time, I didn't dare to let the envoys of Fanbang stay in Datang, but you got a Wanguo Academy for them to study? Is this so funny!

Wang Xiang saw that Li Er's forehead was exposed, and he didn't dare to make a fool of it, and hurriedly explained: "Of course, the Wanguo Academy will not teach them the study of physical things. ”

"Is it possible to teach them poetry and scriptures?"

Wang Xiang shook his head and pretended to be serious: "The most taboo and impetuous in research and learning, it is necessary to take it step by step, and the minister intends to teach them the way of self-cultivation." ”

"What's that?"

"Buddhism." (To be continued.) )