Li Shimin smiled.

"And what do you think?"

He asked rhetorically, spread his hands and said,

"The poor are down, it is difficult for people to study, and ordinary people are not to mention, how to read and read in order to have enough to eat?"

"Only the wealthy and those big families can provide the clan with education and select good seedlings to cultivate."

"Therefore, ninety percent of the scholars in the first batch of imperial examinations are from big families and prominent families, one percent are from poor families, and there are so many folk wizards left, which are almost negligible."

"That's the status quo."

Xu Fenglei held the music and was silent for a while before he sighed lightly.

"The inspection is also from the scholars, and the promotion is also from them, and now when it comes to the imperial examination, they have to be selected."

He couldn't help but say,

"So what's the point of the imperial examination? It's the same to choose and choose! ”

"In this world, they still have to be controlled!"

Li Shimin laughed.

"That's not all, isn't there a hundred percent of poor people, and a few folk wizards?"

He was more optimistic, waved his hand and said,

"Not bad! They used to be ten out of ten! This time it can be regarded as a tear open. ”

Xu Fenglei shook his head.

"If the proportion of this scholar official does not decline, His Majesty's imperial power will not be so supreme."

He pointed out sharply,

"This world is not the world of the Li family, but the world of the Li family and the scholars!"

This was originally said in the Song Dynasty.

But when applied to the Tang Dynasty, it is more applicable!

In the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination system was perfected, and among the elected officials, the proportion of children of non-wealthy officials was not low.

Datang is still in the exploration stage, and the first imperial examination ...... It's nothing!

"Sharing the world with scholars and doctors......"

Li Shimin's face sank slightly, and he said with some displeasure,

"That's a terrible thing to say...... However, it is also true. ”

"Here, there's one more thing, you see."

As he spoke, he handed another excerpt to Xu Fenglei.

Crash.

Xu Fenglei took it apart and looked at it, and suddenly felt a little nervous.

"Amazing, this family ranked first is actually the Boling Cui clan."

He laughed,

"Where is the Li family...... I'll see, oh, here! ”

"In third place! It's not bad hahaha, at least it didn't fall out of the top three. ”

When Li Er heard this, his face turned dark.

"If you dare to be sarcastic, I will beat your board!"

He rebuked,

"I asked someone to prepare for the compilation of the "Clan Chronicles", and they were good, the first draft was submitted, and the Cui family was ranked first, and my royal family was placed third!"

"What is this? To put it mildly, this is contempt, and to put it mildly, this is to bully! ”

"Also Cui's first ...... They are so powerful, why don't they become royalty? What a joke! ”

Xu Fenglei touched his chin.

"To be reasonable, if you don't have a royal family, you must be powerful."

He said seriously,

"From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present, the imperial dynasty has changed, and the life span of the royal family is not long."

On the contrary, it is these warriors who have continued to grow in troubled times, and have been able to produce people for hundreds of years and endure for a long time. The height may not be as good as the royal family, but if it is compared to the long-term and the heritage, it is really better. ”

The corner of Li Shimin's eyes twitched.

"Someone!" He waved his hand.

"Oh, okay, okay!"

Xu Fenglei saw that Li Er was really going crazy, and he didn't dare to play any more, and said,

"I'm not done yet!"

"And throughout the hundreds of years, the Li family in Longxi has its heritage and its length, and at the same time, His Majesty has ruled the world, making the Li family a royal family, and it has also reached a height!"

"It's tall and hard! No matter how it is arranged, it should be the first in Longxi Li! There is no doubt about it! This person who wrote the first draft should hit the board, hit the board eighty! ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his expression softened.

"You are also a master who does not clean up, and you don't cry when you don't see the coffin." He waved his hand to signal the guards to stand back, and snorted coldly.

Xu Fenglei smiled.

He skinned it, and he was very happy.

"This incident also gave me a wake-up call."

Li Shimin pointed to the "Chronicles of the Clan" and said in a deep voice,

"The family is powerful, you can't guard against it, you can't cut it!"

"I want to be arbitrary, and I don't want to share the world with scholars! Otherwise, if they are not satisfied with my royal family one day, won't they want to overthrow my royal family? ”

"This is unacceptable to me!"

"Do you have any ideas? Give me an idea, I'm going to free up my hands and suppress their arrogance! ”

Xu Fenglei spread his hands.

"The family has a deep heritage, and they are intertwined with each other, and rashly suppressing and weakening will definitely arouse their vigilance."

He said,

"Once these people are united, their strength can definitely fight against the imperial court!"

"Your Majesty, you should know what the cause of the fall of the Sui Dynasty was, right?"

Li Shimin's expression was grim.

Of course he knew.

It was because the family was dissatisfied with Emperor Yang of Sui's indiscriminate expropriation and punishment, starting with Yang Xuangan, and directly rebelled, and the scholars responded one after another, and the war swept the world, and finally caused the destruction of the Sui Dynasty!

The Li family is also from the big clan, so they naturally know how deep the heritage accumulated by these big clans is over the centuries!

It's okay for a family, but if they join forces...... It can definitely be described as terrifying! Even the royal family is hard to resist!

"So, all we can do is boil the frog in warm water."

Xu Fenglei said again,

"Slowly, subtly weaken them, and by the time they react, they are already cooked, and they have no ability to resist, they can only become a dish."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.

"Elaborate." He lowered his voice.

The south study is unattended, which is just right for 'conspiracy'.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the greatest advantage of the scholar clan?"

Xu Fenglei asked.

Li Shimin thought for a moment and responded:

"Talent? Money? Asset? ”

Xu Fenglei shook his head.

"No, no, neither."

He said,

"These are the strengths and the important ones, but they are not the most important."

"The core is knowledge and cultural level!"

"If you want to be an official, you must at least have some culture and be able to understand those classic books, right? The most basic thing is to be literate, right? ”

"If you don't even know the words, you are absolutely not qualified to be an official and govern one party!"

"Therefore, ordinary people have no chance to be officials, but those children of the scholar clan, someone will teach them to learn literacy and literacy, as long as they are not too stupid, they can have a passable cultural level."

"This is the qualification to be an official."

Li Shimin looked serious and listened attentively.

Xu Fenglei continued:

"In this way, among the broad masses of the people, very few can choose officials; Among those families with a small number of people, there are very many who can choose officials. ”

"This has also caused the court to only select officials from among the children of the scholars and let them help govern the world, which is what His Majesty finds unpleasant 'sharing the world with scholars'."

"It's hard to hear, but it's a fact, and it's a fact that can't be changed in the short term."

According to the original historical trajectory, the influence of the scholar clan will not gradually disappear until the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the key point is naturally that Huangchao "stepped on the bones of the princess in the heavenly street", launched a riot, and wiped all these guys......

"So, we're going to take a long-term view."

Xu Fengleidao,

"First of all, we need to improve the literacy rate of the people, especially the children! Because children are always the fastest to learn things, as long as they get a good education, they can catalyze a large number of knowledgeable young people. ”

"But if you want to get an education, the price is very expensive, and those private schools are not for ordinary peasant children, so I propose that Datang should open an office school."

Li Shimin's pupils shrank.

"Public school?"

He asked,

"You mean that the imperial court will set up schools for ordinary children to go to school?"

Xu Fenglei nodded firmly.

"Yes."

He said,

"Public school, you can use my upcoming 'Chang'an School' as a template to set up in various provinces, prefectures, and prefectures,"

"The imperial court allocated funds to recruit teachers to improve the cultural level of children, so that in just ten years, the average education level of the people in the Tang Dynasty will be raised."

"When knowledge is no longer monopolized, the advantages of the family will naturally gradually decrease, and perhaps they can still maintain their lead through high-quality education, but after all, the base is too small, and one day it will be surpassed by the children of the people with a huge foundation."

Li Shimin touched his chin.

"Appropriations, see also Appropriations ......"

He said helplessly,

"It's easy for you to think about it, if you really do what you say, the court doesn't know how much more expenses will be added."

"Why don't you dial?"

When Xu Fenglei heard this, he nodded without hesitation.

"Yes."

He said,

"If the court is in difficulty, I can give a helping hand and give financial support."

"In the next few years, the profits of Fenglei Qian Zhuang should be very considerable, of course, Your Majesty's dividends will definitely not be taken out, and I don't mind using my own dividends to subsidize public schools."

Li Shimin's expression was slightly embarrassed.

"You're right...... It's like I'm not pulling out a hair. ”

He said,

"You can pay this money as a courtier, and I will naturally not be stingy!"

"I think it's okay to go to the public school, but this can only be a plan, and you have to take your time...... Now that the construction is hastily built, there is nowhere to raise the teachers who teach the training. ”

Xu Fenglei smiled slightly.

He knew that if he said that, Li Er would definitely not be cheeky enough to let himself pay the full amount.

"You have to take your time, it's a plan for 30 years, 50 years, or even a hundred years!"

Xu Fenglei said seriously,

"First of all, I have to run Chang'an Academy well and cultivate a group of talents first!"

"Among these talents, the slightly weaker ones can be used as future public school teacher reserves, and the strong ones can enter the officialdom through the imperial examination and compete with the children of the scholars."

"Speaking of which, please also ask Your Majesty for permission, the minister wants the best graduates of Chang'an Academy to directly obtain the qualification for the imperial examination, do you think it's okay?"

Li Shimin bowed slightly.

"You can't do it."

He said,

"You are in charge of the imperial examination, and you just toss. I believe in you. ”

"However, the name of this Chang'an School is not good, and it is a bit too childish...... It is not only a place to cultivate talents, but it simply imitates the 'Jixia School Palace' in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and is renamed the 'Tang School Palace'! How is it? ”

"In this way, it is also a benchmark."

When Xu Fenglei heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!"

He said,

"Please also ask Your Majesty to write down the words 'Tang Xue Palace', and I will frame it as the signboard of the Xue Palace!"

Li Er said so, then this wave of wool must be picked!

Li Shimin: "......"

"You kid, you're pretty good at stitches."

He rolled his eyes and said,

"Okay! I'll write you a pen! ”

"Take pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!"

Xu Fenglei smiled, and slipped his hand for Li Shimin, seeing that he waved his own hand and wrote the four elegant characters of 'Tang School Palace', he nodded with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty's font is elegant and smart, even if you cover your name and sell it in the bazaar, you can sell it for a lot of silver."

He carefully put away the words, and said with a smile,

"For me, I'm willing to buy ten taels of silver!"

Smack.

"Humph!"

Li Shimin threw down his pen, wiped his hands with a towel, and hummed softly,

"I am flying white body, and the artistic component can be high! Is it worth ten taels of silver? ”

"At least a hundred taels!"

"Uh...... Then you may have to sell for a while, and you have to wait for someone who is destined......" Xu Fenglei touched his nose.

"Come on!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said,

"Don't play tricks with me! I have been preparing for the sealing of Zen, and I plan to set off in half a month, and the route has been set, avoiding the two that Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty walked. ”

"When will your funds be available? As soon as this team is opened, it will get 200,000 taels of silver! ”

Xu Fenglei was secretly shocked in his heart.

Just the start-up capital, you have to get 200,000 taels of silver?

It's more expensive than fighting!

Fortunately, it is still within his tolerance...... As long as you can be famous and famous, this money is not a loss!

"You don't have to worry, I'll say hello to Qingquan tomorrow and ask her to get the money."

Xu Fenglei said with a smile,

"Of course, it's the public account."

Li Shimin frowned.

"What? What do you mean...... In this money, there are also dividends that originally belonged to me? ”

He shouted,

"You didn't say it sooner!"

This is like the beauty of publicly-funded tourism, but now it has suddenly become half-public-funded and half-self-funded, Li Er is of course a little unhappy in his heart.

My money!

"Your Majesty, take in your miser smell."

Xu Fenglei rolled his eyes and said angrily,

"Originally, it was the money that was paid by the bank, and it was also for the development of the bank, which can be regarded as an investment."

"You can't refuse to invest just because a portion of your investment belongs to you, right? This is also too short-sighted! ”

"This year's dividends may be less, but after that, they will be more! Don't worry about it. ”

This Li Er, it's too picky!

"What nonsense!"

Li Er was a little embarrassed and reprimanded,

"I'm not short-sighted, I'm just ...... Just ask! ”

"Okay, okay, so be it! Half a month later, go to Mount Tai with me! ”

"Stand down!"

The corners of Xu Fenglei's mouth rose slightly, but he no longer ridiculed Li Er.

After all, our majesty is a good-looking person and has never disdained to be a miser.

If you continue to be more serious with him, if you can't keep him, you will be embarrassed and angry, and you will have to be beaten by the board.

See good, you have to take it!

"The minister retired."