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Chapter 1419: The Difference between the First-Legal and the First-Legal
"Mother, Jin Shanling gave Fang'er the map and the key, which was a pendant. Later, Fang'er discovered the secret and gave the pendant to Li Chenghua. Li Chenghua led the army to the mountain and took out all the wealth. Now they are on their way back."

"Oh - the wealth accumulated over seventy years must be quite a lot, right?"

Li Ye nodded, "Fifty million gold coins and more than ten million taels of silver, but the silver has been delivered today."

Pei Sanniang was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. "With so much gold and silver, the Tang Dynasty must have made a fortune."

"Yes! It is equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years. This gold and silver can indeed change the fate of the Tang Dynasty!"

Pei Sanniang laughed, "It seems that Fang'er is a kind-hearted boy who will bring you wealth. You should treat him well."

"What are you talking about, mother? He is my son!"

Pei Sanniang burst out laughing. At this moment, she remembered something and said, "Go to Xingqing Palace if you have time this afternoon. Your father wants to see you!"

At this time, Qingyu walked out quickly and whispered to her mother-in-law: "Sister, I guess your husband hasn't eaten yet, let me arrange for your husband to have a meal!"

Pei Sanniang nodded, "We have all had lunch, Qingyu, take your husband to eat!"

Qingyu took Li Ye's hand and left. Pei Sanniang laughed dryly and said, "My grandson is still my dear. I won't care about my son anymore."

She turned and went back to the palace.

After lunch, Li Ye went to Xingqing Palace to find his father.

In the study, Li Dai asked his son to sit down and said with a smile: "I took your mother to travel around the world, enjoying the mountains and rivers while investigating education. I originally wrote a detailed investigation report, but there are too many luggages and I can't find it for the time being. Let me talk to you first! I will give it to you when I find it."

Li Ye smiled and nodded, "There's no rush, father will take his time to find it!"

"There's no rush!"

Li Dai smiled and said, "I remember you told me before that you wanted to split up the students in the county school, with half continuing to study literature and the other half studying technology, right?"

Li Ye nodded, "This has always been my idea, and it will be implemented sooner or later."

Li Dai pondered for a moment and said, "To be honest, I didn't understand it at first, but halfway through the investigation, I suddenly understood. In the past, there were few educated people, and it was a waste to let the few educated people learn technology. Now I don't think so. Since education has been popularized and everyone has studied, there is no problem of few educated people. It is completely fine to let half of the children learn technology! Let them master a skill to make a living.

Now I think that half of the people are studying literature, which is too much. We don’t need so many people studying Confucianism. In the end, they are all lazy and don’t know how to distinguish grains. The court can’t support them. We should let 80% of the people learn technology and master a skill.”

Li Ye smiled and said, "Father saw the root of the problem, which is that there are too many people studying. In fact, after finishing elementary school, most people will not continue to study. What the court needs to do is to ensure that children from poor families can complete five years of elementary school, regardless of gender.

But at the county school level, they are basically all children of wealthy families. Of course, wealthy families hope that their sons will become officials. We cannot force them to do so, but we can guide them and make all the people understand that learning skills can also lead to becoming an official, and the possibility of becoming an official is greater. In this way, at least half of the families will let their children learn skills. Even if they cannot become officials, they can become clerks or even open workshops to make a lot of money. "

Li Dai nodded and said, "I suggest encouraging private schools. I went to Jincheng to visit the Lanzhou Shipbuilding School. This is the shipbuilding school run by the Dugu family ten years ago. They donated it to the state government and changed its name to Lanzhou Shipbuilding School. In the past ten years, it has trained thousands of shipbuilders. At least half of them were poached by large shipyards along the southeast coast or the Yangtze River at high prices. The remaining half supported the shipbuilding industry in Lanzhou. Now Lanzhou can build large ships of 5,000 shi, becoming the leading shipbuilding state in the northwest region and changing the entire Yellow River water transportation.

In addition, driven by the Lanzhou Shipbuilding School, more than 40 shipbuilding schools have emerged throughout the country, with more than 10,000 students. The Tang Dynasty will surely become the most prosperous dynasty in the shipbuilding industry. "

Travel thousands of miles and read thousands of books.

Li Dai was once the leader of the civil servants and the biggest opponent of Li Ye's educational reform. Li Ye asked his father to go out and see for himself. Li Dai went to Jincheng County and saw with his own eyes the tremendous changes that the shipbuilding school had brought to the entire northwest. The rafts of the past were gone, but now they were large ships. The entire Tang Dynasty's shipbuilding industry was driven by it.

Li Dai also saw many tea schools, silk schools and other technical schools in Jiangnan, all of which were established with private investment. They trained a large number of technical talents and promoted the development of the Jiangnan region.

Li Dai was deeply touched. In the past, he looked at issues from the perspective of a civil servant and was very hostile to the erosion of Confucianism by technology.

Now, as the emperor emeritus, he looks at the problem from the perspective of the ruling class. He finally realizes that Confucianism establishes order for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and technical talents are the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's prosperity.

He now fully supports his son's education reform plan. He took out a memorial and handed it to Li Ye, "This is an educational idea I wrote, you can take a look at it when you have time!"

Li Ye smiled and nodded, "I'll go back and see how father feels about his new grandson, Li Fang."

Li Dai smiled faintly and said, "I think your mother's words hit the nail on the head. She said there's another Li Nan!"

Li Ye laughed, "They should have a good relationship!"

"It's OK. They have similar personalities and hobbies. Before I introduced them, they got to know each other and chatted for more than an hour."

At this point, Li Dai said solemnly to Li Ye: "You have to think carefully. Now that Li Fang has become the eldest son, you have to distinguish the difference between a concubine's eldest son and a legitimate eldest son."

The reason why Li Dai reminded Li Ye was because of Li Ye’s own experience. He was also an illegitimate son who returned to the family and finally replaced Li Huan.

He was worried that Li Ye would make the same mistake again among his descendants.

Li Ye nodded, "I decided to make him the King of Shu, train him to study hard, and let him be in charge of education and history in the future."

"You don't plan to let him take charge of the Western Region?"

Li Ye shook his head and said, "I will use an iron plate to set a rule. After me, all royal families will only be responsible for industries regardless of region, except for overseas."

Li Dai pondered for a moment and gradually understood his son's far-reaching intentions.

At night, Li Ye lay on the bed, and his wife Dugu Xinyue massaged his shoulders and neck.

"I heard that Li Chenghua presented you with a peerless concubine?" Dugu Xinyue asked with a smile.

"If you don't like it, I can refuse!"

"What are you thinking? Now the whole court is blaming me for not giving you a concubine. How do you know the pressure I'm under? I'd love to have a new concubine."

Li Ye smiled and said, "Did everyone think of Dugu Jialuo?"

"how do you know?"

Li Ye chuckled, "I don't know why, but I suddenly thought of it."

Dugu Xinyue hit her husband's head hard, "How can I compare with Dugu Jialuo? Dugu Jialuo only allowed Emperor Wen of Sui to marry one Lady Xuanhua, or was it because of political needs? How many did you marry?"

Li Ye was silent for a while, then said: "Marrying the princess of Shiguo is also a political necessity. I need to reduce the political pressure of annexing Bukhara and controlling Shiguo, and at the same time win over the countries in Hezhong."

"What about the pair of Silla princesses that Guo Ziyi persuaded you to marry last time? Why don't you mention political needs?"

Li Ye sighed, "It is indeed a political necessity. I agreed, but the two Silla princesses are only fifteen years old. They will not enter the palace until they are seventeen."

Dugu Xinyue reminded him earnestly, "My husband, the proportion of foreigners in the harem is too high. This won't work. We should select candidates from aristocratic families! This is the custom of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Ye was silent for a moment and said, "There is still a long way to go!"

Dugu Xinyue changed the subject and asked with a smile, "How do you plan to accommodate Fang'er, my husband? Are you going to build a mansion for him?"

Li Ye shook his head. "Now is not the time to build a mansion. I decided to let him live in Xingqing Palace and study hard. When he is 20 years old, I will let him marry and start a family, and then build his own mansion!"

(End of this chapter)