After listening to Li Zhi's words, Li Shimin laughed and said, "The archery technique of being a father is not practiced in vain.

Although the aiming method of this rifle is different, the principle of shooting remains the same.

There is still a little resilience for the father. ”

Yan Lide said on the side: "Your Majesty has underestimated your talent too much.

Although the rifle has a long range, it is difficult for ordinary people to see the target at such a long distance.

His Majesty can not only see clearly, but also accurately hit, such a result can be said to be one in a million. ”

Li Zhi opened his mouth and said, "What Lord Yan said is true.

In the future, if there are any officers and men in the army who can achieve such achievements, they can be used as the target of key training.

With only one or two people in an army, you can easily annihilate all enemy generals on the battlefield. ”

After Li Shimin listened to Li Zhi's words, a trace of anticipation flashed in his eyes.

I only heard him ask: "With this gun, will my Tang army be invincible in all directions?" ”

Li Zhi nodded solemnly and said, "My Datang only needs 10,000 people equipped with this gun to easily sweep any country."

From now on, I, Datang, will not be afraid of any foreign enemy. ”

Li Shimin trembled with excitement after hearing this.

He patted Yan Lide on the shoulder and said, "Aiqing, you have worked hard, you can be regarded as laying the foundation for everything for my Datang." ”

Yan Lide bowed down and said, "The ministers are just putting the thoughts of His Royal Highness King Jin into practice.

If there were no drawings from His Highness, how could a dull person such a minister come up with such a divine object? ”

After listening to Yan Lide's words, Li Shimin raised his hand and groped Li Zhi's head, and said with a smile: "You are all good."

I am very relieved, I am very relieved! ”

Li Shimin had already learned from Li Zhi's mouth about the difficulty of producing rifles.

Li Zhi's ideas are important, but if it weren't for the efforts of the prisoners, how could those ideas be realized so quickly?

Next, Li Shimin visited the workshop that produces rifles and bullets.

He looked at the constantly running machinery and said, "These are the magic weapons of my Datang invincible world.

Don't let outsiders get it easily. ”

Li Zhiyi said: "Father, rest assured, no one in other countries has learned the doctrine of his sons.

Even if they were given away for nothing, no one would be able to use them. ”

After listening to Li Zhi's words, Li Shimin smiled happily: "Okay, being a father like this can be regarded as completely relieved." ”

Li Zhi took the opportunity to speak: "Father, if today's students are still mainly studying the Four Books and the Five Classics.

I Datang Technology doesn't have enough talent reserves if I want to develop! ”

After hearing this, Li Shimin said: "If Wu'er has any ideas, you can say it, come and listen." ”

Li Zhidao: "Erchen wants to popularize mechanical production as soon as possible.

In this way, it is necessary to have a large number of students to learn the doctrine of the sons.

However, Erchen's ability was limited and he was unable to recruit so many students. ”

Li Shimin thought for a moment and said, "The doctrine you created is too important.

If it is learned by too many people, it will inevitably spread to other countries, and at this time, if it is promoted throughout the country, is it not good? ”

Li Zhi said: "Erchen has already thought of this.

I, Datang, can widely promote some of the general knowledge, and then retain the most cutting-edge knowledge separately.

At that time, it is only necessary to do a good job of keeping cutting-edge knowledge secret, which can effectively curb the speed of other countries from catching up. ”

Li Shimin said: "My Datang is already a lot ahead of other countries.

Wouldn't it be better if we tried to keep it a secret, so that these talents are developing slowly? ”

Li Zhi said: "Now Erchen has felt that the way of learning things is as vast as a sea of smoke, and now this knowledge is just a drop in the ocean.

If there is no large number of talents to study together, I am afraid that Datang's technology will soon fall into a bottleneck.

In this way, once other countries acquire this knowledge, we will soon be chased by the other party. ”

Li Shimin frowned and said: "In your opinion, if you want to avoid bottlenecks, how many talents do you need to cultivate?" ”

Li Zhi replied without hesitation: "It is not enough to sustain development if it is not a few million people. ”

"How much?" Li Shimin said in surprise.

Li Zhi replied again: "Millions of people. ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Zhi in a daze, and Yan Lide and the others next to him also looked at him with shocked faces.

After a long time, Li Shimin asked with a look of surprise on his face: "Why do you feel this way?" But there's something new? ”

Li Zhi said: "There are still countless ideas in Erchen's mind, and many of them have already been realized.

It's a pity that there is a lot of knowledge in these paths, and even Erchen has no clue.

If no one conducts research, I am afraid that it will only stay in the imagination. ”

Although the difficulties mentioned by Li Zhi at this time are somewhat exaggerated, if there are not enough talents, the subsequent scientific and technological progress will indeed be much slower.

He has all the memories of the achievements of his past life, but he does not have the knowledge to achieve them.

This knowledge can only be researched by more people, and it cannot be studied at all in a short period of time without a large talent pool.

Li Shimin frowned tightly after listening to Li Zhi's words.

If what Li Zhi said is true, then it means that Datang must completely abandon the current imperial examination from now on.

Only by popularizing new education throughout Datang can we meet the demand for talents in the future.

And this will inevitably seriously affect the interests of those students, Confucians, and families today.

These people now influence almost the entire court.

Once their interests are seriously damaged, then there will be no peace within Datang, and they will do everything they can to sabotage this matter.

Li Shimin did not dare to agree to Li Zhi's request at this time, otherwise Datang would most likely fall into civil strife.

When the time comes, the peaceful and prosperous world that has been won so hard will dissolve in an instant.

After thinking about it for a long time, he said to Li Zhi: "This matter is too big, and it needs to be carefully discussed with the ministers.

It's important to think of a complete strategy before you can start implementing it. ”

Of course, Li Zhi himself knew the seriousness of this matter, otherwise he would not have delayed until now.

Now that the Tang army has powerful thermal weapons in their hands, even if those families themselves launch a rebellion, they can quickly quell it.

The only thing that is difficult is the family officials who are scattered all over the place.

As long as they have enough guts, they can continue to create all kinds of troubles for the imperial court.

At that time, the policies of the imperial court could not be implemented in the state capitals, and these people spread some unfavorable news to the imperial court at will.

The ignorant people will surely be easily incited by these people.

At that time, large-scale rebellions will continue to break out throughout the country.

The father and son returned to the Taiji Hall in silence, and Li Shimin immediately summoned Fang Xuanling and others to discuss the reform of education.

When Li Shimin said the proposal to everyone, everyone fell silent.