area51novel Chapter 382
Chapter 382
A week has passed in a blink of an eye, and it is the first day of November.
Li Chengqian has set off for the manor early this morning. He stays in the manor for the first half of every month.
Taiji Hall, morning court.
Five minutes ago.
Li Shimin publicly announced the establishment of the Ministry of Finance of the Tang Dynasty, and Dai Zhou was appointed as the Minister of Finance.
Then, Dai Zhou explained to the ministers the matters under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance and the new candidate for the Minister of Revenue, Liu Zhenghui.
"My dear ministers, the Zhenguan Hope Primary School has been in operation for two months, and I believe you should have heard about it.
I have decided to establish primary schools in various prefectures and counties, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty can be educated when they are young."
"What do you think?"
Li Shimin's loud voice rang out in the hall, and his tone was full of unquestionable meaning.
The ministers below were whispering, and Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji looked thoughtful.
They certainly agreed with the emperor's move, but they had all seen the scale of the school run by Su Chen.
If the court took drastic measures to build so many schools at the same time, the treasury would be emptied.
Not to mention that they would provide free food and accommodation for students.
Not everyone can be as arrogant as Su Chen, the dog rich man.
Li Shimin saw all the actions of the people, and when he saw that no one answered, his face was slightly unhappy. Even the most loyal "fans" in the past were not as supportive as before.
"Everyone, if you have free time, you should go out and take a look at what the Tang Dynasty looks like now."
When Li Shimin said this, he was obviously a little angry. These high-ranking court officials who usually take the court salary and do nothing every day are far inferior to Su Chen, an idle person.
"Three days.
I will give you three days to come up with an excellent plan on how to quickly set up new schools in various parts of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin looked at the ministers below who were like dumb, and was very angry.
I had originally thought about discussing the establishment of the first university in the Tang Dynasty with the ministers.
Now it seems completely unnecessary.
"Fortunately, the construction of the reservoir was confirmed in mid-October. Otherwise, the court would not be able to accomplish any of the major events that Su Chen had recently proposed.
I might be laughed at by that kid then."
Li Shimin thought indignantly.
"Dai Zhou, the salary of teachers in Zhenguan Primary School is allocated by the Ministry of Finance and must be paid at the beginning of each month."
Immediately, Li Shimin remembered the salary of school teachers.
I think it is necessary to remind the Ministry of Finance.
"I obey your order!" Dai Zhou respectfully accepted the order.
Li Shimin usually calls ministers "Aiqing" in the morning court, and rarely calls them by their names.
It can be seen that the emperor is very unhappy now.
Finally, Li Shimin glanced at Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji with a very unfriendly look.
"Dismiss the court!"
Li Shimin turned around and left.
"Farewell, Your Majesty!"
The ministers bowed.
"Assistant, Your Majesty is angry!" Fang Xuanling looked at Changsun Wuji and smiled helplessly.
Changsun Wuji knew why his childhood friend was angry. It was nothing more than that no one cooperated with him, which made him lose face.
"Xuanling, let's go, Your Majesty is waiting for us to apologize!"
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In the imperial study.
"Asshole!"
"Go and call those old killers!" Li Shimin couldn't help but slam the table in anger.
Fang Xuanling and others just walked to the door of the imperial study, and heard Li Shimin's angry words inside.
They stopped and smiled bitterly, then stepped into the study.
"See Your Majesty!"
Li Shimin looked up and realized that the extremely rude words just now should have been heard by them.
"No need to be polite, please take a seat!"
Li Shimin asked Fang Xuanling and others to take a seat with a gentle smile, looked at Wang Defa, and shouted: "Old killer, why don't you serve tea!"
Old Wang stood there at a loss, because when Fang Xuanling and others came in, eunuchs had already served tea.
Li Shimin called Old Wang 'Old Killer', just to make him take the blame!
"Your Majesty, I think it is better to build schools slowly. There are more than a thousand counties in the Tang Dynasty. If the construction starts at the same time, the national treasury may not be able to afford it.
I heard from Su Xiaozi that the construction of Zhenguan Hope Primary School cost more than two thousand strings of cash."
The main cost of building a school is red bricks, cement, and labor.
Fang Xuanling went straight to the point and carefully persuaded Li Shimin.
Li Shimin suddenly became alert when he heard about money. He had forgotten that it would cost money to build a school.
Just a rough calculation of the counties in the Tang Dynasty shows that the 9 million strings of cash in the national treasury are far from enough. In some counties, one school is obviously not enough.
These are just elementary schools. If there are middle schools and high schools as Su Chen said, the fees will be even more frightening.
"Xuanling's reminder is very good. I almost missed the big thing because of my lack of consideration." Li Shimin bowed to Fang Xuanling.
"I dare not!" Fang Xuanling replied repeatedlyetiquette.
Although Li Shimin and them were monarchs and ministers, they were also good friends, so it was not surprising that they often exchanged etiquette.
At the same time, Li Shimin secretly cursed Su Chen in his heart for only asking him to build a school, but not telling him how to build it.
"Xuanling, how do you think this matter should be carried out?" Li Shimin humbly asked Fang Xuanling for advice.
"Uh, Your Majesty, I am incompetent. There is no way to accomplish this matter!"
Fang Xuanling replied awkwardly.
Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others again.
"May I ask Your Majesty, who proposed to build a school in the Tang Dynasty? In my opinion, this person must have a good way to solve this matter."
Changsun Wuji asked knowingly, they all knew that this kind of thing could only be proposed by Su Chen.
"I second the motion!"
"I second the motion!"
As soon as Changsun Wuji said this, others followed suit.
"Okay! I'll go find that guy this weekend. He advised me to build the first higher education institution in the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time set up primary and secondary schools in all prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin slammed the table and said loudly.
At this moment, a eunuch outside the imperial study room looked inside.
Wang Defa mostly stayed outside the imperial study room, and occasionally served in the study room.
Seeing this, Lao Wang walked to the door of the study room.
The young eunuch handed Lao Wang a letter wrapped in a bamboo tube.
Lao Wang took the letter tube back to the study room, opened it in front of Li Shimin, took out the letter inside and respectfully presented it to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin glanced at the letter tube. In the past, Su Chen had never used a bamboo tube to send a message.
Shaking the letter, Li Shimin saw that it was written by Li Tai.
The content of the letter was very simple, saying that he and Su Chen had recently improved the prescription, and the efficacy was six times better than before, and the effect was super fast.
Li Shimin frowned after reading it. He had never heard of Li Tai and Su Chen researching a prescription.
"Prescription? Medicine? Gunpowder?"
Li Shimin muttered to himself, and suddenly understood the meaning, and read the contents of the letter again.
"The efficacy of the medicine has increased six times?"
Li Shimin remembered Li Jing's report that the explosives could blow up big rocks, and now it has increased six times.
What kind of power is that?
Li Shimin stood up excitedly and walked around in the study with the letter.
"Good, good, good!"
He stopped, looked at his watch, and said:
"Ke Ming Xuan Cheng will stay in the palace, and Fu Ji and Xuan Ling will follow me out of the palace." Li Shimin thought that he was going to the manor to ask Su Chen about building a school, so he might as well go out of the palace today to see the power of the new explosives.
"Ministers obey your order!" The ministers left one by one.
"Old Prince, go and inform the Queen to meet at Zhuque Gate at 9:30." Li Shimin remembered that Empress Zhangsun had said before that he would take her with him next time he went to the manor.
This time, he just happened to satisfy her.
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