Inside the Hall of Eternal Life.

Li Si began to consider how to popularize the school

A few months ago, Li Si discovered that the Tang Dynasty's imperial examination system cultivated too one-sided talents

There are two types of imperial examinations.

Hearing and martial arts.

The martial arts are a little better.

The Minister of War of the Ministry of War was born as the top scholar of martial arts in a certain term.

But

Li Si shook his head secretly.

The content of the exams mentioned all come from the Four Books and Five Classics, and they are the same.

Unless a few students touch on the other hand, learn from one example and get out of the shackles of the Four Books and Five Classics.

Most students are studying hard.

Li Si thought of popular education in future generations

Although popular education in later generations can be called exam-oriented education, at least it can allow students to learn a lot of other things.

For example, the historicization of heaven and geography.

"Your Majesty, it is quite difficult to open the school to various counties."

"There are more than 2,000 counties in the Tang Dynasty. If we want to open so many schools, the silver expenditure is a huge amount."

"And, after the school is opened, you have to hire a teacher, which is another problem."

Taiwei Yang Qinglin said carefully.

The Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin naturally knew that His Majesty had the purpose of doing this.

However, in the view of Taiwei Yang Qinglin, it is not easy to open so many schools.

Upon hearing this, Li Si did not explain to Yang Qinglin why the school was opened.

People in this era simply cannot realize the importance of education.

Li Si's eyes turned and fell on the Minister of Revenue, and asked, "My dear, calculate how much silver you need to open the school to all counties in the world."

The Minister of Revenue heard the emperor's question and thought for a while.

"Your Majesty, it is not a big cost to open a single school, but if the school is opened to various county towns, even if it is not considered daily expenses, it will cost at least 20 million taels of silver."

The Minister of Revenue said with a bitter face.

Since His Majesty asked him to calculate the cost, he obviously has decided

The Minister of Revenue finally understood why His Majesty called him here.

It turned out he was asking him to take the money

And it's a huge sum of 20 million taels of silver

Before, whether it was the Ministry of Works or the Academy of Sciences, His Majesty only allocated hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

But now, I actually get 20 million taels at one time

The Minister of Revenue only felt his heart tremble

You should know that the tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty was only a few million taels a year ago.

"I understand."

Li Si nodded slightly.

In Li Si's view, not to mention 20 million taels, even 200 million taels of silver should be popularized.

Let’s talk about it.

The Tang Dynasty's treasury is very sufficient now.

The treasure of the former dynasty that Yuan Zai dug out alone exceeded 100 million taels of silver.

Twenty million taels were not kept in Li Si's heart at all.

"Zhang Juzheng, I will leave this matter to your cabinet."

"If you are short of money, just ask the Minister of Revenue."

When Li Si said this, he paused for a moment and continued, "Also, the content taught in the school this time is not just about the Four Books and Five Classics."

"What are you teaching specifically? I will give you a scope in the future."

"You follow the scope above and find people who are good at the field to be teachers."

Li Si looked to Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet, and spoke.

The popularization of school education is related to the great plan of the Tang Empire for generations, and Li Si only gave it to Zhang Juzheng with confidence.

It is not that Li Si does not trust Yang Qinglin and the Minister of Revenue.

But Zhang Juzheng's ability is there.

Moreover, Zhang Juzheng is the god and demon summoned by Li Si.

Absolutely loyal to Li Si.

Of course Li Si knew how to choose.

"I obey the order."

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng, bowed.

Li Si waved his hand: "You all go down."

"Abide by the order."

Zhang Juzheng and the other three quit the Palace of Eternal Life.

Outside the Hall of Eternal Life.

The Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin couldn't help but ask Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

"Mr. Zhang, what's the point of opening the school to the county town?"

"Is it just to train some students?"

Yang Qinglin's tone was filled with confusion.

"significance?"

When the cabinet chief Zhang Juzheng heard this, he looked at Yang Qinglin and said, "Who can guess his thoughts?"

Zhang Juzheng just finished speaking.

Yang Qinglin was struck by lightning.

Almost instantly, Yang Qinglin's back collar was soaked.

Yang Qinglin suddenly realized that from the beginning, he had fallen into a misunderstanding.

Yang Qinglin cares too much about His Majesty’s purpose.

So much so that Yang Qinglin ignored that as a minister, the most important thing he should consider is how to fulfill His Majesty's orders.

The cabinet chief Zhang Juzheng said it right.

Who can guess your majesty’s thoughts thoroughly?

It certainly makes sense to speculate on the holy will.

But if you don’t even finish your Majesty’s orders, you will try to guess the will of the holy people. Wouldn’t it be put before the horse?

Yang Qinglin was sweating profusely.

Since His Majesty let him enter the cabinet and serve as the second auxiliary of the cabinet, Yang Qinglin has indeed had a hint of complacent thoughts in his heart.

The holy family is in her body, which almost made Yang Qinglin lose his most important thing.

That is obedience.

Listen to the emperor.

The reason why Yang Qinglin was able to enter the cabinet was that he was the minister of life left by the late emperor, but more so that he would not doubt the emperor's orders.

Yang Qing wiped his forehead and sighed softly.

Yang Qinglin has made up his mind to keep in mind his identity and everything he has given him at all times in the future.

Otherwise, if His Majesty is dissatisfied, he may have life worries.

Are there few ministers in the court who are dissatisfied with His Majesty?

Shortly after Zhang Juzheng and the other two left, Cao Zhengchun entered the palace to ask for a meeting.

"Your Majesty, this is a secret report sent by the leader of the Xiong Gang."
To be continued...