Li Ye is very idle now.

Since the beginning of autumn, he has suddenly become idle.

There are no major events in the country, and there are no plans to go out to fight this year, and there are Li Zhen, Cui Keli and others who share the worries of trivial military and political affairs.

When he learned to be lazy at the right time, he found that he had a lot of free time.

When he had nothing to do, Li Ye wrung a pot of wine and sat on the roof of the palace with a wide field of vision, watching the increasingly prosperous market in Chang'an, and carefully feeling the luck of the people from all sides.

These are all his political achievements, and they are also the foundation of his life.

After subduing Hexi and defeating Tibet, people with lofty ideals and hot-blooded sons and daughters in the country did not return to their hearts; for more than half a year of governing the world, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and most of the people who paid attention to practical interests no longer complained.

Li Ye has checked his immortal garden, in addition to the frontier, the territory of the Tang Dynasty has been basically outlined, and the stars of the people everywhere are all densely lit, and there is really the trend of the stars on a summer night.

And his cultivation has also improved steadily, although he is still in the Golden Immortal Realm, it is not the same as a year ago, and he is not too far from the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Li Ye carefully estimated that even if he did not expand his territory, as long as the Tang Dynasty recuperated for three years, most of the authority of the feudal towns was taken back by the imperial court, and there was no longer the ability to exploit the prefectures and counties, the good situation of Guotai and the people's peace would be basically realized. At that time, his cultivation may be able to break through the Great Luo Jin Immortal Realm.

King An's Mansion is very close to King Qi's Mansion, and sometimes King Qi will come over, but it is Sheng Ji who comes much more.

After more than half a year, Da Shao Si Ming finally found out that these two guys were one person.

Because there is no war in the world, Li Maozhen does not worry about political affairs, so she is idle on weekdays, and when she has nothing to do, she comes to Li Ye for a drink, often not drunk and does not return, and does not return when drunk.

There are many times like this, and there are always times when you can't help yourself.

So, late one night, the two kings shared the same bed, the lightning and thunder outside, the heavy rain poured, the dragon and phoenix in the house were auspicious, and the yellow oriole sang a long song. In the dim and uncertain light, the eldest young priest pierced the window paper, and saw the picture that made them feel like they had been struck by lightning.

Since then, Shao Si Ming's eyes have changed when he looks at Li Ye, and he has become normal, and he is no longer a little weird.

is the eldest young commander, although most of the time he has the same look as the young commander, but occasionally he shows a more resentful look, which makes Li Ye often uncomfortable.

He didn't care about these little things.

Chang'an Cultivation Academy is still about to open after all.

This is one of Li Ye's national policies to recruit monks on a large scale and expand the ranks of monks in the Tang Dynasty.

Once the Chang'an Academy was built, it marked the end of the practice of the Qin Heavenly Prison, and the relationship with the Daomen was completely cleared up—to be precise, with the Quanzhen Concept.

Since then, the practice of cultivation is no longer limited to the Qintianjian, Shimen, Daomen and major families, and ordinary people have also had the possibility of stepping into the door of cultivation.

"The Cultivation College has three branches, the Basic College, the Qi Training College, and the Great Monk College. ”

In the political affairs hall, Li Zhen reported to Li Ye on the affairs of the cultivation college, "The basic college has the largest number of students, and the first phase recruits 8,000 people, half of whom are selected from the army with meritorious soldiers, and half are selected from the civilian sector with excellent qualifications. All of them are voluntary.

"The former is directly under the control of the Ministry of War, and the latter is sent by the three provinces and six ministries to send officials, in cooperation with the gentlemen of the cultivation college, to go to the state and county every year for selection. The affairs in the early stage will be a little complicated, but after a few years, the system will be formed, and the court and local officials will become familiar with it, and it will be much more convenient.

"The basic college is in the civilian sector, only admitting students under the age of 16, and the number of years in the army can be relaxed to the age of the crown, which is also conducive to stimulating enthusiastic children to join the army.

"The Qi Training Academy only recruits monks below the third level of Qi training, and they will basically be promoted from the Basic Academy. Once the cultivation level exceeds the third level of Qi training, it should be delegated to the military or local prefectures and counties. Of course, you can also enter the Gate of Empty Liberation and the Quanzhen Temple, go to foreign countries to preach and preach, and inquire about the customs and folk conditions of the enemy country, important military and political affairs, and so on.

"The Qi Training Academy itself is not only about teaching cultivation, but also into civil officials, military generals, craftsmen, religions, and other parts, so that they can improve their cultivation and prepare for the direction of life they will choose in the future.

"The Great Monk Academy only recruits monks who practice qi at the eighth or ninth level, provided that they have made enough meritorious deeds. After obtaining the student qualification, the college will help them break through the real realm, and then take on more important official positions and become a pillar. ”

After saying this, Li Zhen kept silent and waited for Li Ye to express his opinion.

Li Ye actually has no opinions, these programs are the result of his long discussion with everyone, Li Zhen has only further improved, and he is the builder of the academy.

However, Li Ye still had something to say, and he knocked on the case a few times: "The two parts of the civil officials and military generals in the Qi Training Academy, I believe that they can recruit many students, and they are also what the teenagers want to enter when they break the door of their brains." There are two parts, craftsmen and religions, but I am afraid that there are not many people who voluntarily enter, so you should publicize it well.

"These are two key parts, how is the energy of the former, Yangguan's magic weapon bed crossbow is proof, if it is developed, it will even change the face of life, I want to see the magic weapon plane...... Flying mages appear as ordinary objects.

Although the latter is a meticulous work, it is highly suitable for young people from poor backgrounds, good minds, and ambitions. ”

Li Zhen listened frequently.

He said: "That has to be done with the cooperation of the three provinces and six ministries, the farmers and industrialists, and the craftsmen have always been inferior, and those who have aspirations disdain to do it, and the court needs to improve their status."

"The religious part depends on whether the teenagers are smart or not, and whether they can see through the essence of religion. If they can make good use of this weapon, they will definitely understand that it is an artifact that they are rampant in a foreign land, and meritorious promotion is just a backhand. ”

Li Ye nodded, "Regarding the affairs of the three provinces and six ministries, you go and discuss with Cui Keli and come up with a charter." Now that you are all prime ministers, you should have this kind of heart. ”

Li Zhen made a note of this.

Li Ye continued: "Chang'an Cultivation Academy, the enrollment of 8,000 people is still too small, and in three years, it will be expanded to at least 30,000 people. Five years later, there were more than 300 states in the Tang Dynasty, and each state had to have a cultivation academy, so that all the heroes and talents in the world could be trained by the imperial court and then have the opportunity to serve the country.

"Wait until ten years from now, the number of Qi cultivators in my Tang Dynasty will be more than ten times that of now! At that time, don't say restore the territory of our ancestors, even if we fight to the edge of the sky, we will be able to see this hope.

"If, at that time, the craftsmen have developed a huge flying magic weapon that only needs to be controlled by Qi cultivators, can carry dozens of people and hundreds of people, and travel hundreds of miles a day, then the world of Datang will be the real world!"

Li Zhen was stunned.

He didn't expect the blueprint in Li Ye's heart to be so broad and thrilling.

Li Zhen was about to get up and salute to express his admiration and worship for Li Ye, but Li Ye waved his hand and asked him to continue to sit down, and his words were not finished.

Li Ye looked at Li Ye and said: "You have followed me for many years, and I won't hide some ideas from you, I want to see that in a decade or two, Datang will open an era of national cultivation...... I know that everyone has different qualifications, and those who can achieve Qi cultivation are all one in a hundred. But even if they can't achieve Qi cultivation, I want them to practice.

"If you can't become a martial artist, then you can become a martial artist, and a martial artist is also an official position in the army. If you can't become a martial artist, then you can become a samurai, it's not difficult, right? Half of the Tang people in the world can become samurai when they have cultivated to the age of the crown, this is not an exaggeration, right?"

"If the ordinary soldiers in the army are all in the realm of samurai, how can the army of the Tang Dynasty not win all battles?

"I know what you're trying to say, resources, cultivation resources are not enough. But that's exactly what we're trying to solve. The world is actually very large, and the cultivation resources that we in Datang do not have can be found outside the territory. If we can't amass wealth and cultivation resources and strengthen the national strength of the imperial dynasty, what are we going to do to expand our territory and what are we going to do when we wage war?

"Ten years from now, I want everyone in the Tang Dynasty to have food to eat and clothes to wear, and twenty years from now, I want everyone in the Tang Dynasty to have books to read and everyone to be able to practice! How many people are there to read now? Printing books is not cheap, I know that the things in the farmland are too busy to finish, and they all go to study and practice, and the fields will be wasted, and I also know that."

"The average farmer's home, right now is not able to afford these. But I'm talking about a decade or two later. What did I do when I set up a spiritual academy? Printing books is not cheap, so let the craftsman academy study it and make it cheap, and let them solve this problem if the agricultural tools are not strong enough.

"If the grain production is not enough, then hit the edge of the sky, there is always high-yield grain outside the region. What does the army do? I might as well tell you that in the south, there is rice that crops three times a year, and when you lay down there, Datang will have a better granary than Jiangnan.

"Let me tell you again, at the eastern end of the East China Sea, there is still grain with a yield of 50 stone per mu! Not to mention that the army of the Tang Dynasty occupies there, as long as we arrive at that place and bring back grain seeds, we farmers of the Tang Dynasty will no longer be short of grain!

"When the farmer is not short of food and clothing, and can easily survive, they will naturally want to study, and if they can't read, they will let their children read, and if they can't practice, they will let their children practice.

"Do you think I'm talking in my dreams? I'm telling the truth, it's twenty years later, the people of Datang will not only have enough food and clothing, but also be proud of the world!"

Li Zhen is already completely stupid.

As a scholar, an aspiring scholar who has national affairs in mind and wants to serve the country with enthusiasm and make the country strong and invincible, the future described by Li Ye is a scene he wants to embrace even in his dreams.

It is not impossible to improve the art of printing books and make them cheaper, and there was no paper before the Eastern Han Dynasty! Looking for new fabrics and improving the weaving process, so that everyone does not have to suffer from freezing in winter, although this is an exaggeration, it is not completely hopeless.

But!

Fifty stone of grain per mu?

What's that?

Datang's current grain yield per mu can reach five stones, and the farmer will wake up in the middle of the night laughing!

Ten times the yield, what kind of grain is that?!

Is there still this kind of food in the world?

Li Zhen is not a pedantic scholar who is stupid in reading, in fact, there is no such scholar under Li Ye. Whether it is the officials of Li Zhen's family or the Confucian scholars of Qingzhou Confucianism, they all attach great importance to reality, and they are not at all comparable to Yangzhou Confucianism on paper, and they are very clear about the affairs of the world.

Whether it is agriculture, water conservancy, or the army or soldiers, they all have the most basic understanding.

Because of this, Li Zhencai knows very well that whether it is the rule of Zhenguan or the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, many people in the world are hungry!

Eating porridge when you are free and eating dry rice when you are busy, this is the life that ordinary people yearn for the most. What is that, when you eat a meal every year, you will smile so much that you can't see your teeth, that's the prosperous age!

There is not enough food to eat, which is the biggest problem of the dynasty, an eternal trouble.

To be able to feed most of the people, and to make the people starve to death a few less in a disaster year, that is the lifelong goal of aspiring officials!

And now, Li Ye actually said that there is grain with a yield of fifty stones per mu?

If there really is, there will be no one in the world who can't eat enough!

Once you can eat and dress warmly, you won't go hungry in the summer, you won't freeze in the winter, and the books will become cheap and affordable, so that fools will not be able to read and write, and will not practice!

If there really is a day, under Li Ye's governance, will the Tang Dynasty not enter the era of national cultivation?

Datang ...... How can you not dominate the world?!

Li Zhen trembled with excitement when he thought about it.

He forgot the etiquette, forgot the humility, rushed to Li Ye, grabbed Li Ye's arm, stared at each other with scarlet eyes, and asked urgently: "Your Highness, Your Highness...... Is there really a grain yield of fifty stone per mu?!"

"Yes. Li Ye could understand Li Zhen's mood, patted his hands, and said kindly, "It's just that the distance is farther." If we want to get there, we need ships that can sail thousands of miles at sea and can withstand big storms......"

"Research, research! Let the craftsman department do the research!" Li Zhen shouted like crazy, "What is ten thousand miles? Our Datang caravan has not traveled west for thousands of miles!"

"It's not to the west, it's to the east, it's different, the ocean situation is different......" Li Ye said this, and was interrupted by Li Zhen.

He reddened his neck and roared, "Let the Great Monk go! Let the True Realm Monk go! Let them go and bring back the grain seeds!"

Li Ye: "......"

Isn't there a great monk in South America who can match the real realm?

Even if the True Human Realm monks of the Tang Dynasty were able to follow the land route all the way north, to the Bering Strait, then to North America, and finally to South America, they would still have to bring back the seeds of potatoes and corn......

Wait a minute.

Li Ye's pupils suddenly shrank.

It's not impossible.

As a traverser, of course he knew that potatoes, which are native to the Andes Mountains of South America, would definitely have no problem yielding fifty stone per mu. Before he crossed this thing, the eastern soil had already been planted all over the land, and it was very cheap.

Potatoes are also food and vegetables, although it is said that it is a bit painful to eat it as a meal all day long, but at least it can ensure that no one will starve to death.

And once the corn seeds from Central America were brought back......

On the earth, the population of all dynasties was only about 80 million at most, but why did it increase to 400 million by the end of the Qing Dynasty? The biggest reason is that because corn and potatoes appeared, everyone had something to eat......

The yield of corn per mu is estimated to be more than a dozen stones, which is still a lot less than potatoes, but it is real grain. When Li Ye was on the earth, he was a farmer's child, and when he was a child, he didn't eat less corn rice, commonly known as bud rice.

To put it bluntly, bud rice is much more fragrant than rice, and the elderly in rural areas are especially accustomed to eating it.

But to be honest, bud rice has a rough taste, which is not as soft and delicate as rice, and it was gradually eliminated.

Now you don't have to worry about the taste, with corn, no one in Datang will go hungry, if it is served with potatoes...... Hehe, let's all go and practice.

Li Zhen is gone.

When he walked, his face was full of red light, and he was full of spirit.

It seems that the craftsman branch of Chang'an Cultivation College, or the Baigong branch, should become the most important branch.

Li Ye pondered for a while: Organizing dozens of True Realm Great Cultivators, with the map he had drawn, to reach South America, in fact, ...... It's not that hard. There is also a high chance of finding corn and potato seeds.

After all, it was not the invaders in the past, and the people over there probably would not have taken the liberty of making a move with their own people, and maybe they would be able to establish stable diplomatic relations......

The only problem, and the biggest one, is that to go north to the Bering Strait in the Arctic Circle, you need to pass through the control of Silla and Khitan.

Silla is not too much of a problem, but the Khitan is in trouble.

Li Ye thought about it again: Do potatoes and corn have to be obtained, and whether they must be obtained as soon as possible.

No matter what he thinks, the answer is yes.

The country is strong, time is running out!

For Li Ye personally, this is related to the improvement of his cultivation realm.

This is how things are in the world, Li Ye can get the respect of eighty percent of the Tang people, but he can't get the luck of all the Tang people. You can't expect an old and weak woman or child under your rule who can't even fill her stomach and can't even survive the cold winter to have any absolute loyalty to you.

With a full calculation, he may be able to achieve Da Luo Jin Immortal in three years.

But there are a lot of Da Luo Jin Immortals in the Daomen Immortal Court.

Not only that, but there is also a higher saint realm. For example, Lao Jun.

Who knows what they think?

Allah from the west, even the Holy Buddha has been defeated, and perhaps he is also a saint.

Under the saints, they are all ants. No matter how strong Da Luo Jin Immortal is, he is still in two worlds with the saint, facing each other, and it is estimated that he will only be ravaged.

According to such a realm ascension speed, even if Li Ye recovers the Western Regions, destroys the Khitan, and deters the grassland, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve the saint realm. Whether it is the Western Regions or the grassland, in fact, compared with the Tang Dynasty, there are too few people.

And if you want people in these places to be completely loyal to Datang, the difficulty is not as good as Li Ye going to find potatoes and corn.

Only by completely obtaining the luck of the Tang people, supplemented by the expansion of territory, can Li Ye achieve the realm of saints.

It is only a guess of the probability based on the trend.

Now it seems that bringing back the seeds of potatoes and corn, and at the same time improving the printing and weaving processes, so that everyone in the Tang Dynasty can read and practice when they are well fed and clothed - at least let them see this hope, which is not only to enhance the strength of the Tang Dynasty, but also the key to enhance Li Ye's own strength!

"In the final analysis, we have to solve the Khitan first, and open up a way for the real human realm to go to South America to find food seeds. Thinking of this, Li Ye already had a plan in his heart.

Khitan is a problem he has always wanted to solve.

The question is whether he is ready or not, whether he can do it all.

And to solve the Khitan, we have to face up to the problem of the fairy war.

Li Ye decided to take a look at the battle situation in the Immortal Realm first, and then decide on the affairs of the mortal world.