Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 295 Datang's First Five-Year Plan

Yizheng Hall, the mansion of Bianliang Jiedushi
Shi Pu, Jing Xiang and Du Rangneng entered one after another.

Li Ye said to the princes, "The south of the Yangtze River has been settled, the four seas are at peace, the world has gone through wars and turmoil, I should rest with the people, but I still have a few things on my mind, I will discuss it with all my loves, and come out according to the priorities!"

"Please speak, Your Majesty!"

Li Ye nodded and said, "The first is water transport. It has been half a year since the dredging of Sishui and Bianhe rivers, but they are still not open to navigation. The canal from Yangzhou to Huaihe River also needs to be dredged. This is an urgent matter. What do you think?"

Du Rangneng said: "What Your Majesty said is very true. The north-south water transportation is related to the transportation of taxes in the south of the Yangtze River. After the autumn harvest, corvees can be used to dredge."

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

Li Ye looked at Shi Pu and said, "What does Shi County King think?"

"My minister agrees!"

No matter how unwilling Shi Pu was, he could only express his agreement. Taxation in the south of the Yangtze River was the most important thing. He had no reason to object, but Sishui flowed through the hinterland of Wuning Army, and Xuzhou, Suzhou, Sizhou, and Haozhou were all bordered along the way.

It can be said that the canal controlled by the imperial court controlled Wuning Town. This Surabaya can transport food, of course, it can also transport troops.

But from the emperor's point of view, the lifeline was grasped by the Wu Ning army, so it was like a stick in the throat, and he wanted to pull it out quickly.

Li Ye said: "The progress of the dredging of Surabaya has slowed down. I heard that there are many bandits in Wuning, and there are many looters. I'm afraid it may be Sun Ru's remnant bandits. If Wuning's army is unable to advance and suppress, the imperial court will send troops to help. OK!"

Is there banditry in Wuning?I do not know how?
Shi Pu shook his head, well, His Majesty said there must be.

"Your Majesty, the Wuning Army has [-] soldiers, and the banditry can be quelled overnight, and the Imperial Heavenly Army can't be bothered!"

Li Ye nodded. After the canal is dredged, troops will definitely be stationed on the Surabaya line. This has to be done slowly!

"Water transportation is a major event. Another thing is to build roads and bridges. The roads from Chang'an to Luoyang and from Luoyang to Bianliang will also be repaired. I still want to restore the roads in the south of the Yangtze River and the post stations in the states along the way. If the road is damaged, it must be restored as soon as possible, what do you think?"

Jing Xiang said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter can be delayed for a while. The bridge can be used as a floating bridge first, and the road can be repaired year by year. If it is carried out at the same time, the people may be overwhelmed!"

Li Ye also said: "I want the world to have no hungry people, the people to be supported by the old, and the young to be educated, those who are over [-] years old are exempt from tax, and children with good qualifications can go to school for free.

I want to set up elementary school in every state, five-year semester, pass the examination at the end of the period, you can go to less school, and the less school period will last for three years, those who pass the examination at the end of the period can go to school, two years, and those who pass can be an examiner, what do you think? Sample? "

This……

The princes looked at each other in blank dismay!

Li Ye said with a smile: "I know that the Ministry of Household Affairs can't support the expenses. I will use my internal funds to do this matter. As for how many students I can accept, it depends on how much I have in my internal funds!"

call!
Zhang Chengye breathed a sigh of relief, just don't need the court to pay for it. Just now I thought that children in the entire Tang Dynasty went to school for free. How much would it cost?

Now it's just the royal family's money, it's His Majesty's money, he can spend it as he wants, it doesn't matter if he discusses it or not!
But Du Rangneng is sensitive to the deep meaning of the emperor.

His Majesty used internal funds to run the school, so these students are naturally the emperor's disciples. After decades, these people will go to various places to become officials, why...

And what His Majesty the Emperor said next made him confirm this even more.

"Some of my princes are getting older, and there are quite a few of them in the clan. I ordered them all to go to elementary school, to study less, to go to school..."

call!
Your heads are buzzing.

"Students with the princes, these princes must have future kings, if this is the case, the learning is so worthwhile!"

Shi Pu said: "Your Majesty, there are rules for recruiting students!"

Li Ye said: "The offenders are not allowed to be heirs, the rest can choose the best ones to enter, and those with titles can shade their sons, there is no need for selection, they can directly enter the school."

This is to include the poor family.

"Those who inherit the title cannot inherit it unless they go to school. The same is true for the clan, including my emperor's son. After completing his studies, he can be an examiner. What do you think?"

Jing Xiang sighed secretly: "So, it is not easy to live in Chang'an. The heirs of the imperial family must be in Chang'an, and the school must be in Chang'an. Those who pursue meritorious deeds must go to Chang'an!"

Where the prince goes to school, the nobles must follow him, and the school where the emperor's relatives and Tang Xungui's children are located must be a holy place in the eyes of the big businessmen. They will squeeze in by any means. Knowing a few people is also beneficial!
His Majesty the Emperor intends to ignore poor families and nobles, but in fact it is normal to be out of shape. For Li Ye, selecting talents and accepting the hearts of the world, for the prince, those who are capable can naturally accept some capable people.

There are benefits, so naturally you have to get involved yourself, everyone has their own thoughts.

But for His Majesty the Emperor, it was more than that.

He also had a different idea for such a new school. The imperial examinations emphasized Confucian classics, and the new school was run by the emperor's internal funds. Naturally, what to study was up to the emperor.

Li Ye doesn't deny Confucianism either, but it's okay to talk about the study of things.

In addition to enrolling students, there are universities to be set up. One is to abolish the Secretary of Agriculture and establish Datang Agricultural College; the second is to set up a college of mathematics, specializing in mathematics; steel, machinery.

In addition to universities, vocational schools will be set up.

One is the School of Accounting, which implements the new bookkeeping method, the other is the School of Political Science, which implements the new official system, and the third is the Military Academy, which Yushanying currently has, and can continue to improve and perfect the rules and regulations.

Easier said than done!
"Five years, I want you to make a plan for five years. In the first year, the water transportation will be opened. In the second year, the cultivated land will be increased by [-]%. Roads will be built for five hundred miles, bridges will be built, and all roads and stations will be completed. In the third year, one thousand miles of roads were built, two hundred bridges were erected, and post stations in various states were to be completed. In the fourth year, the arable land was doubled, and two thousand miles of ditches were built in total. Gather a year's worth of food!"

"As for the establishment of schools, one hundred schools a year, more will be built if there is spare capacity, and less will be built if there is no capacity. Although this uses my internal funds, the implementation is still done by the school administration of each state. The Ministry of Industry has set the school system, gentlemen. , it takes ten years to grow trees, and a hundred years to grow people, I entrust you all!"

His Majesty's words are nothing more than dredging water transportation, building roads and bridges, building water conservancy, and setting up schools.

The ultimate goal of five years is to gather food and grass for one year.

As for light industries such as weaving, the Datang Weaving Bureau can be said to lead the entire weaving industry of Datang. The new looms and spinning machines are beyond this era.

The five-year plan is to build a million looms.

(End of this chapter)