Back in the East Palace, Li Hong summoned Liu Yizhi to the study. **Top**point**|Novel Liu Yizhi saw that His Royal Highness the Prince's face was a little ugly, and he behaved very carefully. Although Li Hong rarely gets angry in front of everyone, as he continues to make achievements, his prestige has also improved a lot among everyone, and the pressure on everyone is naturally much greater.

"Your Highness is looking for a minister, and I don't know what to order?" Liu Yizhi asked.

"How about the income of Egret Bookstore?" Li Hong did not answer Liu Yizhi's question, but asked Yan Zhuang on the side.

"Last month's income was 130,000 copper coins, and this month it is estimated to reach 200,000." Yan Zhuang thought for a moment and replied.

Li Hong pondered for a moment and said, "In addition to opening two more bookstores in Chang'an City, there are also two bookstores in Yizhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Bingzhou. ”

"The minister understands!" Yan Zhuang bowed down to receive the order. has been by the prince's side for ten years, and the prince's trust in him is still something that Yan Zhuang can bear. However, he also knows that the opening of bookstores in these four states is only the beginning, and in the future, Egret bookstores will be opened in every state of Datang, and it will be really powerful when the time comes.

Liu Yizhi was shocked when he heard Li Hong's words, now the two bookstores in Chang'an City have already let the craftsmen of the Classics Department work overnight, and now they will open two bookstores in Chang'an City, and two bookstores will be opened in Yizhou, Bingzhou, Jingzhou and Yangzhou, that is, eight bookstores, plus four bookstores in Chang'an City, a total of twelve bookstores, which requires how many craftsmen to work hard.

"In addition, you find a place in Chang'an City, and you plan to move out the printing workshop of the Classics Department, so that you can expand the scale, otherwise the printing speed of books will not be able to meet the needs of the twelve bookstores." Li Hong said lightly, "Of course, the core book proofreading and selection of the Classics Department still needs to be placed in the Chongwen Pavilion. ”

"No!" Yan Zhuang bowed down to receive the order.

"Yan Zhuang, how much does it cost to open a large printing workshop in Chang'an City?" Li Hong asked again.

"130,000 guan is enough, but to hire skilled craftsmen, it may cost 60,000 kan." Yan Zhuang thought for a while and replied.

"I won't give you money this time, so you can use the money from the Egret Bookstore. By the way, we must be kind to the craftsmen and let them work all night, and we must also pay them wages, it doesn't matter if they are less, we can't say nothing. Li Hong said with a look in his eyes.

"No!" Yan Zhuang and Liu Yizhi bowed down to receive the order, because the Classics Department was also within Liu Yizhi's jurisdiction.

After talking about building a new printing workshop and continuing to expand the Egret Bookstore, Li Hong put the topic on Empress Wu's order, "Today, the Queen Mother instructed her sons to let us print 200,000 copies of Buddhist classics within half a year and put them on the Egret Bookstore for sale. ”

Liu Yizhi didn't answer immediately, but after thinking about it for a while, he asked Li Hongdao, "What is His Royal Highness's attitude towards Niangniang's will?" ”

Li Hong said with a gloomy expression, "Lone is very reluctant to do this, but his mother's life is difficult!" ”

Liu Yizhi understood what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant, so he smiled and said, "Since His Royal Highness said so, the minister has an idea." The Tao Te Ching sells out quickly, and everyone has one copy because it has a small number of words and is cheap, so anyone can afford it. If the Buddhist texts we print are very thick and more expensive than the Tao Te Ching, who will buy them? In this way, won't the queen's purpose be achieved? Of course, we printed heavy Buddhist classics, and when the book could not be sold, His Royal Highness could answer when Niangniang asked, and said that in order to attach importance to Niangniang's will, he deliberately selected the scriptures with detailed and rich content, but the people did not buy them, and His Royal Highness had no choice! ”

After Liu Yizhi finished speaking, Li Hong smiled.

Because Liu Yizhi's method is too cheating, and there is no way for the martial arts queen to be a pit.

Many Buddhist scriptures in the scriptures are long to several volumes to be recorded, if such scriptures are printed, it is probably necessary to print several books, and the price of several books is several times more expensive than the price of a book, who will definitely not understand if they buy a single book, but if they all buy home, a book is cheap, but a set of books is expensive, and the children of the poor family can't afford it, so Li Hong is to print a lot of Buddhist classics, ninety percent of the Tang people can't afford it, and the goal of the martial arts queen has not been achieved. Isn't this the result Li Hong wants?

"Liu Yizhi is really worthy of it, this method is amazing!" Li Hong exclaimed. At the same time, he was also happy in his heart, because Liu Yizhi came up with such a vulnerable way to deal with Empress Wu, which showed that he was truly obedient to himself and sincerely thought about himself.

"Lone has always had clear rewards and punishments, Liu Qing's attention is good, and the reward is a thousand yuan. Yan Zhuang, you will send it to Liu Qing's mansion in the evening. Li Hong said loudly.

"Your Highness, this-" Liu Yizhi didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be so generous, and he wanted to refuse it, but after thinking about it for a while, he still bowed down and thanked, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!" ”

The reason why Liu Yizhi accepted Li Hong's reward was because he suddenly understood what Li Hong meant. Li Hong investigated corruption during this time, and he was very disgusted with the corruption of state money by officials who were officials, and the income of Tang officials was not very high. Therefore, Li Hong wants to use rewards to make Liu Yizhi and other poor children live a decent life, and at the same time, he doesn't want them to embezzle the country's money because they have no money.

This is the so-called high salary, incorruptible!

"Liu Qing, don't be in a hurry Xie Gu first, Gu still has a task to hand over to you." Li Hong said.

"Your Highness, please command." Liu Yizhi came to the spirit all of a sudden, because he has the talent of the prime minister, he is familiar with the management of the Classics Department, and he also only lets him manage the Classics Department, which is a bit of a murderous knife, so he also hopes that Li Hong can arrange more things for him and fully display his talents.

"Lone is going to establish an academy, in addition to cultivating talented children from poor families, but also preparing to cultivate some special talents, such as arithmetic, calligraphy, painting, mechanical arts, invention and creation, etc., Lone is ready to hand over this task to Liu Qing, I don't know if Liu Qing is willing to do it?" Li Hong consulted Liu Yizhi's opinion, in fact, he just wanted to establish a comprehensive academy, not only to cultivate talents for the imperial examination, but also to cultivate scientific and technological talents, and also to cultivate cultural talents.

"In addition, Lone is still thinking about establishing an academy of sciences in Chongwen Pavilion, which is specially used to study some unknown things, and Lone also needs Liu Qing to manage it, I don't know what Liu Qing wants?" Li Hong continued to ask.

Because this matter is very relevant and is a key factor affecting Li Hong's future plans, Li Hong can only let Liu Yizhi do it with Liu Yizhi's consent, so that the college and the academy can be more perfect and meet his own requirements.

Liu Yizhi was such a smart person, he immediately heard the meaning of Li Hong's words, he didn't answer Li Hong immediately, but thought for a moment, and then asked, "Your Highness, where did the students come from after the establishment of the academy?" Where did the Academy's teachings come from? Do they have official positions and salaries? And the people in the Academy of Sciences who study these things, do they have official positions and salaries? ”

"Naturally, students must be selected from all states and counties across the country, and they can only be admitted after passing examinations, and in terms of exam questions, let's talk about it after the college is built. The same is true of the researchers of the Academy of Sciences, who can give them grades and receive their salaries, but not give them official positions. However, as long as they contribute and can make meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty, Lone will give them official positions. Li Hong thought for a while and replied.

Seeing Liu Yizhi nodding slightly, he continued, "Of course, the teachings in the academy must also be divided into high and low grades, and the researchers of the Academy of Sciences also have high and low ranks, and at the same time, the professors in the academy have interests in this area, and they can also serve as researchers of the Academy of Sciences at the same time. ”

Li Hong's idea was very simple, that is, he wanted to establish a comprehensive university in Chang'an City, and then set up a research institute. Because he knows very well that if you want to develop science and technology, you can't do without research. At the same time, he also knew that before the Qing Dynasty, China had always been at the world's leading level in scientific and technological research. Therefore, he believes in the talent and intelligence of the Han people, and now what he needs is to give everyone such an environment.

"The minister is willing to establish an academy for His Highness, the Academy of Management Sciences, and the minister will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations, and I ask His Highness to give this task to the minister." After listening to Li Hong's story, Liu Yizhi immediately understood what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to do, if this thing is successful, it will definitely be a big thing for future generations!

"Lone's idea is not mature enough, as for the specific details, Liu Qing still needs to think about it himself, if you can't think of it, you can ask Zhang Khan Zhi and Li Qiao, Di Renjie, and Fan Lubing, but Lone only gives you a month, and within a month you come up with a charter, if Lone is satisfied, immediately order Yan Zhuang to cooperate and start implementation." Li Hong said in a serious tone.

"Obey orders!" Liu Yizhi respectfully accepted the order and left in a hurry.

After Liu Yizhi left, Yan Zhuang said in a low voice, "Your Highness, Wei Chi Xunyan has already handed over the Night Pearl to the minister, but the minister wants to ask, is His Highness really going to let the caravan be brought to Loulan to sell?" If it is placed in a shop in the east city of Chang'an City, a night pearl is indeed only worth 200,000 copper coins, but if it is sold separately to the children of the Shi clan, it is not difficult to sell it for 300,000 copper coins? ”

Li Hong smiled, "Yan Zhuang, do you know what Gu's goal is in the future?" ”

Yan Zhuang shook his head slightly, how could the prince's thoughts be guessed by him?

"Conquer the world." Li Hong said domineeringly, "And Loulan is also among the countries conquered by Lonely." Sell the Night Pearl to the Loulan people, but ten years, when Gu conquers Loulan, the Night Pearl will return to Gu's hands, if it is sold to the children of the Shi clan, can the Night Pearl still return to Gu's hands? ”

Yan Zhuang heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this, and suddenly realized. At the same time, he was also stupid by the domineering of His Royal Highness the Prince, conquered Loulan, conquered the world, and then looted the wealth of the country.