chatted with the prince about the opening of the official school, and when they were sent away, the two aunts kept their heads down the whole time.

Li Yue comforted: "The imperial brother doesn't care, the two aunts don't worry." ”

Aunt Yang's expression was a little better.

In addition to the news of the imperial examination, this year is also a bumper harvest year for Guanzhong.

Aunt Wang recounted what she had seen, and Li Yue said worriedly: "Are the millet and millet piled up into a mountain? ”

"There are rumors outside that this is the case, and there are also rumors that the court is ready to collect grain."

"My father has indeed accumulated some silver money in the past two years, but the taxes in previous years were not very abundant."

Li Yue opened a file, which recorded the number of taxes paid in various parts of the Central Plains.

This kind of dossier is not seen by ordinary people, but the emperor's left treasury is different.

The taxes paid during the heyday of the former Sui state were recorded in eucalyptus.

Open the file and put it in front of you, holding a pen in one hand and tapping on the abacus in the other.

Xiao Wu looked at the teacher's skillful appearance of knocking on the abacus with a look of envy, she had not yet learned how to use the abacus.

At night, after dinner, Li Yue was still calculating the taxes, the total amount of land was unchanged, and the total amount of cultivated land was also unchanged, and he learned that there were two fixed amounts.

Although the population of Li Shimin's Zhenguan was not as good as that of the former Sui Dynasty.

Using the number of acres of land in the former Sui Dynasty, we can calculate the amount of taxes paid by the court.

Li Yue looked at the negative number calculated and came to a conclusion that the DPRK was going to run out of money.

In addition to his mathematical attainments, Li Yue is also a good hand in accounting and accounting.

This also has to be based on mathematics.

The matter of the reopening of the Chongwen Hall in the DPRK and China has been separated from the East Palace, and the matter involving the imperial examination is certainly not something that the East Palace can participate in.

Zhang Da'an watched from the sidelines, writing a chapter urging the grasp of official learning.

After writing a long note, Li Chengqian let out a sigh of relief, "There are a lot of magical things in this world, since he left the East Palace, he found that every time he talked to him, he gained a little. ”

After saying this, Li Chengqian looked at Zhang Da'an, "What do you think?" ”

Zhang Da'an nodded, "The significance of the imperial examination is very significant, but it is more important to look at the opening of official schools aside from the imperial examination, and the more children who are educated, the greater the significance will be for the next few decades." ”

Li Chengqian nodded.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the Lishan Order only mentions the official school, and does not mention the specific regulations and rules for the establishment of the official school, it would be better if there were specific rules and regulations."

Li Chengqian put down his pen and frowned and pondered, "You mean that even if you write this note, it is just to remind my father." ”

Zhang Da'an nodded, "The minister thinks so." ”

Li Chengqian handed over the recital of the East Palace to the guards in front of the East Palace.

The guards trotted all the way to Zhongshu Province with the recital, and after checking it from Zhongshu Province, this recital written by the prince of the East Palace was also handed over to Li Shimin.

The summer harvest has begun, and the emperor is very worried about the bumper harvest of grain.

Seeing the prince's performance again, Li Shimin put it aside and didn't pay much attention to it, and what was more of a headache this summer was the problem of grain collection.

Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji also discussed, so much grain was placed outside, and it was very likely that the grain would hurt the peasants.

At the time of the harvest, the official warehouse collects grain and reserves it, and buys grain from villagers in various places.

Wait until the disaster year to release all these stored grains, even if there is a disaster, the DPRK can calmly deal with it.

It is a good thing to have a good year, and this kind of good thing can inspire the villagers everywhere.

In the face of such a good thing, what worries the emperor is still the money.

According to Fang Xuanling's estimate, just the grain situation in various parts of Guanzhong, the grain that can be harvested is 500,000 stones.

What is the concept of 500,000 stones, even if the hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City do not work and produce, even these grains alone will not be able to eat them in a year or two.

In the early years of Wude, the price of a bucket of rice was 70 yuan, and it was because of the war that the price of grain was so expensive.

In the early years of Zhenguan, the price of a bucket of rice was controlled at ten yuan.

In the second year of the drought in Zhenguan, the price of a bucket of rice rose again.

Up to now, it is four dollars for rice.

In order to prevent the wanton release of grain in various localities, the DPRK and China will need more money to buy grain in order to stabilize grain prices, and the amount of money will be spent is more than 10,000 yuan.

Fortunately, a few days ago, the temple was raided and tens of thousands of pieces of money were confiscated, so that the household department allocated another 100,000 yuan to collect grain, and it will be replenished in the future.

A few pieces of music will let me go out 100,000 times.

The money I have saved up with great difficulty in the past two years has been spent, and my money bag is empty.

The emperor is short of money, and Li Shimin has a headache about running official schools, where does he not need money?

Li Shimin thought of it again, and still owed Zhang Yang 30 million yuan, and pledged the entire Lishan and even the surrounding 3,000 acres of land to him.

The original shame came to my heart again, and Li Shimin rose up.

The eunuchs and palace maids on the side were so frightened that they knelt down on the spot.

The Emperor has been getting more and more moody lately.

It has been seven years since Duzhenguan, and Li Shimin, who is short of money, is walking back and forth in a hurry, and the emperor is in debt and the treasury is empty.

The palace began to shrink food and clothing again.

Li Shimin walked to the Lizheng Hall and was preparing to eat, when he saw half a scallion duck on the table, and a group of children were eating the meat deliciously.

There are also a lot more toys in the Rikkeijeon.

Empress Changsun poured a drink for Li Shimin, "Qingque sent a lot of things, some precious mountain ginseng, and yesterday I also sent hundreds of silver coins, and these foods were also sent by Qingque." ”

Li Shimin tore off a duck leg and bit it fiercely, "Qingque let people send hundreds of pieces?" ”

"Hmm." Empress Eldest Sun nodded, "Qingque is a sensible child, he is following Zhang Yang's business to get bigger and bigger, knowing that the palace is tight, he will send money and food toys every three or five times, and he is rich in the house and does not forget these younger brothers and sisters." ”

The son is sensible, and Li Shimin is of course happy in his heart.

Thinking that my hard days were still to come, Li Shimin became more and more unhappy, how much money could Qingque and Zhang Yang run Lishan earn every month every year?

The Lizheng Palace shrunk down on food and clothing, and there were green finches to help, at least you could live a more comfortable life.

Zhang Yang and Qingque are both rich.

Of course, Li Shimin also wants to turn Lishan into a money bag for the court, and he also knows that Zhang Yang is not a good lakeman, judging from his various behaviors in handing over Gaochang.

If you want to get the benefit from him, it is the flesh that you have to rip up.

The children dispersed after eating, and Li Shimin drank tea.

Empress Changsun said again: "Today, Qingque and Zhang Yang took out another 3,000 yuan and contracted 1,000 hectares of Turkic land, saying that they would use it to operate pastures. ”

"Three thousand? How can they come up with so much money at their fingertips? ”

Empress Changsun nodded, "I've heard Qingque say before that after ten years of contracting, if the business is good, maybe the capital can be recovered in two or three years, and the future operation will be profit." ”

Seeing that Li Shimin was silent, Empress Changsun said again: "The concubine thinks this is a very risky thing, the cold winter of the past two years has repeatedly come early and retreat late, so that the Turks have lost forty percent of their cattle and sheep in the past two years. ”

Li Shimin snorted coldly: "With their family background, even if it is a free Turk, it is just a trivial matter for Lishan. ”

"The concubine is still worried that Qingque's business is getting bigger and bigger, and he is young and lacks experience, so he is afraid that something will happen if he continues like this." Empress Eldest Sun poured tea for Li Shimin again, and said in a low voice: "If Your Majesty is free, you might as well go and see Zhang Yang again and tell him a few more words to avoid accidents in the future." ”

"You're reminded that I do want to meet him."

Husband and wife know each other, and the emperor's difficulties are very clear in the queen's heart.

Li Shimin naturally couldn't bow his head to his son-in-law.

The queen gave a step down, and Li Shimin walked down.

Zhang Yang's life is very simple, either he goes to Lishan and is at home, or he is in Qujiangchi to relax.

This person is not good at hunting, not good at drinking and drinking, and he has no friends who come and drink in groups.

This man's life was outrageously simple.

It was also easy to find Zhang Yang, knowing that Zhang Yang had gone to Qujiangchi again, Li Shimin left the palace.

From August to September, the busy season of the summer harvest made Chang'an City not as lively as it used to be, more and more people left Chang'an City, and those who had fields at home did not come to Chang'an City to find work to make money, but rushed to sell the surplus grain to the official warehouse, and the silver money in exchange for it could also prepare for the livelihood of the second half of the year.

At this moment, Qujiangchi is also very calm, and Li Yue and Xiao Wu are sitting on the embankment.

Barefoot soaked in the cold pool water, feeling this cool summer has subsided a lot.

Zhang Yang is correcting Xiao Wu's math homework, and recently there are always groups of monks making trouble with the government, and people from the government can often be seen in Chang'an City holding a group of monks.

Don't try to challenge the emperor's determination, the consequence is that there is no place to die, and the arrest of the leaders of several temples will attract the resistance of so many monks.

The more they resisted, the more the court would feel that the temple was poisonous.

The means of controlling people's hearts are always terrifying.

The emperor left the lives of these monks, which was already the greatest mercy, and sent them to the border to do hard labor for three years, and when they returned, they were returned to the world.

After correcting Xiao Wu's homework, there are still a lot of mistakes.

Now that Xiao Wu is still young, Li Yue has already tried to teach her four arithmetic.

In terms of comprehension, it is okay, compared with her daughter-in-law's terrifying talent, Xiao Wu's learning ability is not as good as hers.

The two aunts hurriedly returned, "Your Royal Highness Princess, Lishan Ling, Your Majesty is here." ”

His thoughts were interrupted, Zhang Yang put down the booklet in his hand, and raised his eyes to see Li Shimin walking towards here.

Li Yue and Xiao Wu also stood up and saluted.

Walking closer, Li Shimin nodded and said, "No need to be polite, I came to see Zhang Yang." ”

Xiao Wu and Li Yue still stood stiffly, no matter what, they were Your Majesty, and the number of courtesies was indispensable.

Avoiding the sun, Li Shimin walked into the water pavilion, "There is a lake and green shade, so it's no wonder you often come here to walk around." ”

"The lake and the shade can bring a lot of heat." Zhang Yang swept around the entire Qujiang Pond, "There are only three or two places that can be used as a summer retreat." ”

Hearing this, he sat down and talked to this son-in-law every time, Li Shimin didn't like his attitude.

When he talks without being humble or arrogant, he always thinks of Wei Zheng.

"I read the prince's recital, and I still advise me not to slack off on the opening of official schools."

The two monarchs and ministers sat opposite each other, Zhang Yang held his hands and said wistfully: "Talking with Your Majesty will involve political affairs from time to time, and now it is outside the court, Your Majesty is Yue'er's father, and he is also my father-in-law. ”

"You and I are Weng sons-in-law, and even more so, how can you not talk about state affairs."

Xiao Wu carefully put down the kettle, and the kettle was boiling water.

Zhang Yang took the kettle and put chrysanthemums and mint into the two tea bowls, "That's right, I am Your Majesty's son-in-law, I care about the cause of Datang and my father-in-law, I will do my best to assist Zuo, and the matter of opening an official school is indeed what I told the prince." ”

Li Shimin nodded.

"Your Majesty has thought about what is the root of not having an imperial examination?"

Li Shimin bowed his head and said: "Talent! Talent for the use of the country. ”

Zhang Yang shook his head, "The imperial examination is the official school, and the opening of the official school in the DPRK and China has encountered many obstacles, I think Your Majesty is in the wrong direction." ”

"You treat me as a father-in-law, just like half a father, you don't have to be too taboo if you have something to say."

"The teacher told me not to get too close to the emperor, even if it is my father-in-law, you have to keep your distance." Zhang Yang hesitated: "I think the teacher's words are not wrong, people should still keep some distance between people, distance produces beauty." ”

"Zhang Gongjin is a cautious person, I also admire him, you are you, Zhang Gongjin is Zhang Gongjin."

"Yes, I am me, the teacher is the teacher, I will not live like the teacher." Zhang Yang tea is poured and cooled before drinking.

"Since you said official studies, you said that I am in the wrong direction, what is wrong?"

Zhang Yang waved his sleeves and sat upright, "The imperial examination is a formality, and the most fundamental thing in the opening of official schools is not progress, but teaching and educating people, and education." ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a while, "Teaching and educating people? ”

Zhang Yang nodded: "Say a thousand ways and ten thousand, opening an official school is also a teaching career, the imperial examination is the top priority, but the more important thing than the imperial examination is teaching and educating people, this is the foundation of the family's cultivation of scholars, Your Majesty should grasp this fundamental instead of opening an official school for the imperial examination." ”

Li Shimin pondered, "How to implement it?" ”

"Teaching requires a master, the master must be arranged by the court, and the court will give money, and remote places can arrange to support teaching, and make teaching and educating people into a system, in which all the masters are one of them, instead of building a Chongwen Hall like Your Majesty, and then holding the imperial examination with great fanfare, the pace is quite fast, but it is not stable and solid."

"I have no objection to holding the imperial examination now, I hope Your Majesty can walk more steadily on this road, and the emperor also makes mistakes, as long as he returns to the right path, it will naturally be fine, just buy a lesson."

Zhang Yang smiled, "If Your Majesty still has the heart to expand the territory and have the ideal of conquering the world, I am still very happy, if Your Majesty does not have this ideal, I can introduce to Your Majesty how beautiful it is to conquer this world." ”

The weak-crowned young man opened his mouth to conquer the world, his words and deeds were so arrogant that he wanted to build a teaching system, and he said it lightly.