In the Shangshu Province, the children's laughter is still there. It is leisurely time recently, and the princess and the prince are playing takraw ball.
After Zhang Yang finished writing his approval of the Hexi Corridor, he put down the pen in his hand and raised his eyes to look at the prince, "Does your highness have any other ideas about the government policy?"
Li Chengqian nodded and sat down, "I have selected some better experience methods based on the experience of opening bookstores in previous dynasties, as well as relevant classics on the establishment of Imperial College."
Taixue was founded a long time ago, and now the Tang Dynasty has continued the founding of Guozijian and included Taixue, Guozixue, calligraphy and law.
Most of those who achieved Jinshi rank and enjoyed literary names were born in Liangjian.
During the Han Dynasty, I wished that Your Majesty would establish the Imperial Academy and appoint enlightened teachers to educate the people of the world. During the Han Dynasty, the Imperial Academy reached its peak with more than 30,000 people.
In the past dynasties, after the world was stabilized, the emperor would create a place for cultivating scholars similar to Taixue in selecting officials.
Li Chengqian's official policy was mostly based on experience gained from these aspects.
Zhang Yang took the scroll handed by the prince, opened it and looked at the contents, "His Royal Highness, what does your highness think the significance of our teaching support is."
"Let there be many scholars in the court, and let there be more people in the imperial examination."
Li Chengqian finished speaking without thinking, but when he saw Zhang Yang smiling, he asked curiously: "Is there something wrong?"
Zhang Yang shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness is really down to earth."
Li Chengqian said in surprise: "Isn't it supposed to be like this?"
Zhang Yang put his hands on his knees, "Teaching is not just for the imperial examination, it is a big undertaking."
"Big business?"
"Yes, a big cause!"
Zhang Yang picked up the bamboo water cup he carried with him, took a sip of hot water, and then covered it, "If the education is just for the imperial examination, the utilitarianism will be too strong, which will lead to students only reading about the imperial examination and not knowing about agriculture and mulberry."
and life."
"Your Highness, how many people do you think can take the imperial examination in one study room?"
Li Chengqian was speechless for a while and didn't know how to refute.
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "I conservatively estimate that only three or two students out of a hundred can pass the imperial examination, and these three or two people will have to face thousands of troops and horses to cross the single-plank bridge, and they will have to squeeze their heads from all over the country.
Among the students, less than a hundred can stand out among the tens of thousands of students participating in the imperial examination."
"Indeed it is."
Li Chengqian nodded in agreement with this statement.
"So I think that the significance of supporting education should be to educate people first, and the imperial examination is second." Zhang Yang said with emotion, "To allow students to adapt to this era and let them know the changes that will happen in this era in the future, and in the teaching process
What’s more, we want students to understand how to behave in society and treat others, and to advise them to follow the right path and become good people so that they can have a better life in the future.”
"Educating people is a bright light, letting thousands of people know what the Tang Dynasty is like and what the world is like. This is what students in remote areas need more, to broaden their horizons and let them understand the vastness of the world.
The Central Plains have the courage to go out, and their direction is the direction of our teaching."
"Students should develop all-round morally, intellectually, physically and aesthetically. They can also work in the fields. They are strong and able to pick up a hoe to cultivate the land, pick up books and talk to others about the past, and they can live as much as they want."
Li Chengqian was silent for a long time, "Before... I was lonely and narrow-minded."
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't be offended. In fact, my teacher did the same thing back then. He found the students who had made mistakes, let them continue studying, and let them go back to the right path. This is the most important thing."
of."
Li Chengqian took a deep breath, "I understand, teaching and educating people is the right path in the world, and the imperial examination is the second best."
"That's it. In the future, I also want to open a technology-related academy to teach crafts-related and technology-related courses, or to overcome technical problems, so that Datang will have more talents with related technologies." Zhang Yang thought, "I
Call this a technical college, so that the children of Datang will have a place to learn technology in the future, and it will also allow them to learn a skill that they need to survive."
Li Chengqian praised, "Shilang Zhang has always been a visionary, and I am looking forward to having such an academy."
"This is all for the future, let's talk about it next time." Zhang Yang opened Li Chengqian's charter, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that one master should be sent to one place. I think this is not enough."
"How many people are needed?"
The Tang Dynasty was no better than later generations.
Now that the Tang Dynasty has just been established, there are still people in more remote places who don't even know the surname of the owner of this land.
Not to mention randomly sending a teacher to the local area and saying that he is here to teach, hoping that the villagers in the area will cooperate.
This is unrealistic and can easily lead to local rejection.
Zhang Yang continued, "We can send an official to the place in the name of inspecting the place and checking the fields, and let the master accompany him. We can also send three or two more officials to lobby, so that the local villagers can respond."
"On the one hand, you can check the land and households, and on the other hand, you can open official schools. It is indeed a good way to kill two birds with one stone." Li Chengqian nodded heavily, feeling that the country of the Tang Dynasty was more stable.
"If you just send a master to teach, the local county magistrate might not pay attention to it, let alone how the local villagers should cooperate..."
The sky was once again cloudy. This year's winter has been long and the weather is changeable. The weather was fine in the morning, but in the afternoon the wind was freezing to the bone. The half-thawed snow began to slowly solidify with water droplets.
In the Shangshu Province, Zhang Yang told His Royal Highness the specific steps of opening an official school, from the initial fee of 3,000 guan to 18,000 guan a year.
Another huge expense.
Li Chengqian recorded the key points of this conversation and walked out of Shangshu Province again. He turned to look at Li Anyan, who was standing straight at the door.
"Your Highness, do you need a humble position to capture him now?"
With these words again, Li Chengqian tapped his forehead with the scroll in distress, "You go back to the East Palace with me."
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After seeing the prince off, Zhang Yang took out a boiled tea egg from the pot, opened the shell and took a bite. It was very delicious.
Then he fished out a few and took them back to his wife and two little girls to eat.
"His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, the tea eggs are ready to eat."
"Here we come!" Li Zhi hurried over.
Zhang Yang wrapped the tea eggs in a piece of cloth, put them in his arms, and quickly left Shangshu Province.
At night, it was still snowing heavily.
At home, the family is sitting around eating hot pot.
Li Yue picked up a spinach and ate it while holding the scroll in her hand.
You cannot talk or do anything else while eating at home. This is the rule of the family.
The two girls always abide by the family rules, but the teacher can eat and read at the same time.
Family laws and regulations seemed to have no impact on the teacher, and the master didn't say anything.
Xiao Wu and Xu Hui continued to eat their meals.
After dinner, Zhang Yang calculated the current accounts of the Central Government and the Hexi Corridor and allocated another 10,000 guan. Only then did he realize that the money was not enough again. After including next year's salary, there was still a shortfall of 50,000 guan.
If Xue Yantuo's battle can recover the cost and make a surplus, the minerals from there can be shipped to make up for the gap. Lishan also lacks coal mines.
It could be a turnaround.
The Chen Liang matter was only arranged in the autumn, but it has not yet yielded any results.
The little bear was lying at his feet and snoring. Zhang Yang put his washed feet on the bear's back and looked through the arrangements for the next year's imperial examination in Zhongshu Province.
After washing up, Li Yue whispered: "Husband, it's time to rest."
"Well, rest."
At night, the cold wind howled again, and whispers came from inside the house.
Li Yue whispered: "This new pajamas is not easy to wear at all."
"Why is it hard to wear..."
"It's so tight..."
"Really? Let me see."
"Husband, don't make trouble!"
On the morning of the next day, Li Yue took away her husband's clutches and got up to comb her hair.
Zhang Yang sat up sleepily, "Is there anything else you haven't done today?"
Looking back, she glared at her husband's lazy look, "Today a batch of old grain will be shipped to Chang'an City, and I still need to arrange for manpower to deliver it to the Hexi Corridor."
"Yes, this is what happened."
Zhang Yang got up, put on his coat, and ruffled his wife's newly combed hair again.
Under her angry eyes, Zhang Yang walked out of the room contentedly.
When I opened the door of the house, I saw a thick layer of snow. The little bear immediately rushed out and jumped happily in the snow. The snow was still falling.
I washed briefly, cooked porridge with last night's leftovers, ate a whole meal, and went out early.
At this moment, outside Chang'an City, a group of officers and soldiers were escorting grain and grass at the city wall. Horse-drawn carriages were lined up in a row. There were nearly a hundred horse-drawn carriages in the long queue.
Cen Wenwen was leading people to approve it.
Seeing this, Zhang Yang hurriedly stepped forward, "Huh? Brother Wenwen, is it so early?"
Cen Wenwen snorted coldly, "I have arrived before dawn, and I have verified that it is correct. I would like to ask Mr. Zhang to take a look at it."
Zhang Yang opened the account book and took a look at the number. This was the first batch of official grain in Taiyuan, worth five thousand shi.
"When can I leave for the Hexi Corridor?"
"You can do it now." Cen Wenwen put his hands behind his back, "Does Mr. Zhang need to weigh it again?"
Zhang Yang put away the account book and said with a smile: "Brother Wenwen is very relieved to be able to handle things."
Then I gave some instructions to the escorting officers and soldiers, letting them rest for a day before setting off to escort them to the Hexi Corridor.
Cen Wenwen added: "Please also ask Mr. Zhang and your subordinates to go to Zhongshu Province to report back."
"Brother Wenwen please come first."
The two walked back to Chang'an City together. Cen Wenwen glanced at Zhang Yang next to him from time to time, "Why don't you wear an official hat or official boots?"
"I woke up too late and forgot in a hurry to go out." Zhang Yang lowered his head and looked at his cloth shoes.
"It's okay to be Xiumu now. If we usually go to court early in the morning, Shilang Zhang can't do this."
"Brother Wenwen, that's right."
Everyone in the court was preparing for the imperial examinations in the coming year, and the emperor also had to pay attention to people's livelihood. The snow fell sometimes and stopped these days.
It's not bad, but it's freezing enough to make you shiver.
Under the escort of Li Junxian, Li Shimin took Li Lizhi and Li Zhi and walked along the Jinghe River. The siblings' cheeks were red from the cold.
Even sticking your hands out of your sleeves is a kind of torture. At this time, I really want to go back to the palace, go to Shangshu Province, sit by the stove to keep warm, and boil tea eggs to eat.
We came to a place upstream of the Jing River, where there used to be a sluice.
The water is stored when the flow is strong, and when there is a drought, the sluice can be opened to release water to irrigate the fields.
Because of the heavy snow these days, the sunny weather in the past two days caused the snow to melt a lot.
This also results in greater water flow in the river.
Yan Liben stepped forward to report, "Your Majesty, I will take people to repair it now, but it is the season when the water flow is heavy. Even if the sluice is reinstalled at this time, it may not be stable. Once the water upstream comes down, the gate will definitely collapse."
The cold wind brought snowflakes down, the river was not frozen, and the water flow was fast.
Li Lizhi looked at part of the salvaged gate and asked curiously: "Are all gates like this?"
Yan Liben nodded, "Your Highness, it's just an ordinary water gate. This style is often used to facilitate opening and releasing water."
Li Lizhi smiled and said, "Young slave, do you still remember the principle of the tip of the boat that your brother-in-law taught you?"
Li Zhi nodded, "Of course I remember it. My brother-in-law also talked about the relationship between the force-bearing area."
As soon as the words passed through his mind, Li Zhi suddenly remembered, "Father, in fact, I heard from my brother-in-law that there is a related principle, and there is actually a stronger water gate."
Yan Liben smiled and thought it was Tong Yan Wuji, "Did His Royal Highness the King of Jin talk about iron sluices?"
"Of course not." Li Zhi picked up a stone and drew on the ground, "This is a triangular cone-shaped gate. Its width is equivalent to the width of the river, but the water force it receives is smaller."
While drawing, Li Zhi added: "And with the help of water power, the sluice can be made stronger, because it is triangular in shape, with the pointed side facing the direction of the large flow of water. It serves as the gates of two sluices. They open and close.
The space is a triangular pyramid."
"And because of the water impact upstream, the two doors will be buckled together under the impact of this water flow. The stress on the inclined surface is smaller than that on the front, and it is more stable."
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Yan Liben understood the reason and nodded clearly, "Although this method is good, His Highness King Jin has neglected something."
Li Zhi stood up again and saluted: "Master Yan, please speak."
Yan Liben held the scroll in his hand and lowered his head to look at the picture drawn by King Jin. The picture was quite decent. Is this what Zhang Shilang taught him?
He immediately said: "Your Highness, Prince Jin, since there are two interlocking cone-shaped sluice gates, once too much water is stored upstream, how can manpower be greater than water power to open this triangular cone-shaped sluice gate?"
When there is too much water above, it will press against the sluice gate, making it difficult to open it again.
This is a horizontal gate, and it will still receive full pressure when it is opened, which cannot be pushed by human power.
Li Zhi squatted down and continued to draw the picture, saying, "What Master Yan said is related to water pressure. Because the water level difference between the upstream and downstream will form a huge water pressure, it is easy to solve this problem. We only need to add water to the sluice gate."
There are two small windows designed at the bottom. Before opening the gate, open the small windows to release part of the water flow."
"When the water levels at both ends tend to be the same, it will naturally reduce the water pressure upstream. The smaller the water level difference, the smaller the water pressure."
Li Zhi suddenly raised his head, "On the contrary, when closing the sluice, you can open the lock, and the two sluice gates will close naturally with the flow of water, without spending too much manpower."
Yan Liben said with emotion: "The clever use of water power has the power to move a thousand pounds. It is so exquisite that I admire it deeply."
Li Lizhi nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, "I am usually very attentive when listening to my brother-in-law's lectures."
"Those are all small experiments given by my brother-in-law, and I learned from them. Maybe this is what my brother-in-law often said, applying what I have learned."
Li Shimin looked at his son and daughter in surprise. What is Zhang Yangping teaching my children?