Chapter 333 What makes Xianger like you so much

Upon hearing this, Li Xiang couldn't help but start to reflect.

Is it really because I am too much and don’t pay attention to the way I speak?
But I've been very tactful, okay? Could I still use the tone of coaxing a child like a kindergarten teacher?
By not directly telling Zhongdeng that your plan is a bullshit, you are already considering my father's face!
Of course, why is it Zhongdeng? That’s because there is an Laodeng above it, and he, Li Xiang, is Xiaodeng.

When it comes to seniority, Li Xiang has always been very clear about it.

Then again, since his aunt has spoken, Li Xiang is still willing to reflect on it.

Before he could finish reflecting, he heard Li Mingda speaking up to defend Li Chengqian.

"I think your plan is feasible."

When Li Chengqian heard his good sister trying to save her face, his eyes lit up.

"What can Sizi teach me?"

"Actually, what Xiang'er said just now is not wrong, but you two have overlooked an important issue." Li Mingda smiled and said, "Building a school is not something that can be done overnight. It takes countless years of accumulation before it can be completed."

"If we build a school in every county across the country and plan to complete it within ten or even twenty years, then the pressure on the Tang Dynasty will be much less. At the same time, the Royal Academy also has regulations that students must pay tuition to enroll, which will undoubtedly save costs for the court."

"Yes, yes." Li Chengqian nodded continuously: "This is exactly what I wanted to say before."

"So this is a gradual process. In my immature opinion, it is better to build colleges in the states of Guannei Dao. After training a certain number of teachers, we can promote it to other states." Li Mingda said here and turned to look at Li Xiang: "Xiang'er, do you think it is feasible?"

"Aunt, your wise words on state affairs are admired by your nephew." Li Xiang bowed to Li Mingda sincerely.

Li Mingda raised his head slightly, with a smile on his face: "Really?"

"As the saying goes, old ginger is spicy, and my aunt is getting stronger with age." Li Xiang gave a thumbs up and continued to do stupid things.

After all, there were so many people here, Li Mingda could only glare at Li Xiang and ignored this bastard.

After some consideration, Li Chengqian realized the shortcomings of his idea, so he decided to adopt Li Mingda's not very radical strategy.

"Xiang'er needs to pay more attention to the training of teachers." Li Chengqian looked at Li Xiang and began to issue the highest instructions: "Without teacher resources, even if you want to run a college, it will be difficult for a good cook to cook without rice."

"Please rest assured about this, Father." Li Xiang nodded and said, "As early as three years ago, I ordered people to train teachers and reserve teaching staff in case of emergency."

"Xiang'er is very thoughtful, I can't compare to him." Li Chengqian said with emotion.

Normally, Li Tai would have responded to this and would have given Li Chengqian a good rubbish.

But now Li Chengqian has obviously been rejected by Li Xiang in front of so many people. If Li Tai continues to be sarcastic, not only will he be punished, but Li Xiang may also be punished.

So for the sake of his nephew, Li Tai decided to keep his mouth shut.

However, what he never expected was that Li Zhi's voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Second brother, I think you have something to say?"

Li Tai turned around and found Li Zhi looking at him with a sly smile.

He realized it slowly and immediately saw through what the boy was planning.

This pink-and-black little bastard... Li Tai thought with gritted teeth, but said, "Nothing, what can I say? Sizi's suggestion is of course very good, big brother is quick to follow the advice, and has the style of an ancient wise king."

Upon hearing his second brother, who had always been at odds with him, praising him so much, Li Chengqian stroked his beard and laughed.

It feels so good! It feels so good!

Looking at Li Tai again, he suddenly found that this chubby brother was so pleasing to the eye.

"Qingque actually thinks so too? It's worth it that I take such good care of you every day." Li Chengqian patted Li Tai's shoulder with relief.

Li Tai was still muttering in his heart, are you the only one who takes care of me?

Grandma!

I’m so angry, but I still have to keep smiling.

"When there is money in the treasury in the future, even the Han Kingdom, the third brother, will have to build schools." Li Chengqian said here and raised another finger: "No, I think we should not wait. The Western Regions are a foreign land. The land occupied by the Anxi Protectorate is already the limit of the pre-Han Dynasty. Moreover, since the Wei Dynasty, the power of the Central Plains has gradually faded from the Western Regions, and the people there have not known the king's rule for a long time."

"If we can get a group of teachers to follow the Third Brother and go to the Western Regions to set up academies in the Han Kingdom to teach the local people Han culture, in the future local officials will also be those local people who have been assimilated by the Tang Dynasty. Their degree of identification with the Tang Dynasty will definitely be higher than that of the local people who have not learned Han culture."

Li Xiang's eyes lit up. Yes, don't say it, you really shouldn't say it.

This idea of ​​Huo Die is really good.

"No one is wiser than you, Father." Li Xiang immediately cupped his hands and said, "I still have more than 200 teachers. I will go back later and ask them if any of them are willing to follow the King of Han to teach in the Kingdom of Han."

"The Western Regions are so far away, are they willing to go?" Li Su frowned and asked, "If it were me, I would not be able to abandon my parents and go to such a far place to be a teacher with just some empty slogans..."

"Yes," Li Ke said with some concern, "I also think we should give them some visible rewards to encourage them to go to the Western Regions to teach."

"That's easy." Li Lizhi said with a smile, "Just like the missionary group that Xiang'er had set up in the caravan before, we can make a similar rule. If I remember correctly, the close ministers of the Eastern Palace, Lu Zhaolin, Luo Binwang, and Xiang'er's favorite Di Renjie, are all from the missionary group, right?"

Li Xiang: …

What is my favorite Di Renjie?

But...hehe, Fatty Di is really good.

At the same time, Di Renjie, who was yawning and handling government affairs in Jingzhao Prefecture, sneezed twice. "Master, have you caught a cold?" the lawyer asked.

Di Renjie rubbed his nose and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, maybe it's because I haven't had a good rest recently."

"My lord, you should pay more attention to rest." The master reminded with concern.

"Well, that's fine." Di Renjie put down his pen and looked towards the direction of Daming Palace: "I don't know what His Highness has been busy with recently."

Di Renjie certainly didn't know that Li Xiang was now competing with his living father in a battle of wits and courage. In fact, considering Li Chengqian's reputation, Li Xiang didn't want to reveal his living father's great ideas.

After hearing Li Shu's words about Di Renjie, who was Xiang'er's favorite, Li Mingda curled his lips imperceptibly and chuckled in his heart.

She is actually quite curious, what makes Xianger like you so much?
"I have heard of Di Renjie." Li Chengqian said with a smile, "Since Xiang'er became the crown prince, he has divided up most of his powers. If I remember correctly, Di Renjie should be the Jingzhao Yin now, right?"

"Yes." Li Xiang nodded.

In fact, it was not just Di Renjie. Liu Rengui took over as the Protector-General of Andong, and the position of Grand Marshal of Dengzhou remained vacant, but Feng Qing was still the Chief Secretary; and Su Dingfang succeeded as the Grand Marshal of Youzhou, and Xu Jingzong was still the Chief Secretary.

Li Chengqian had no objection to this. After all, he was Buddhist enough and trusted Li Xiang enough.

"I didn't know that this good young man was from the missionary group." Li Chengqian said with some emotion: "It's just that he is too fat. You should urge him to lose weight, so as not to be like Qingque--"

Li Tai suffocated in the back and almost died.

Damn it, I knew you, a bastard, couldn't spit out ivory from your mouth.

What does it mean to avoid being like the greenbird?
I am fat... Is he fat? He is obviously round and plump!
Li Chengqian simply didn't say what he had said in private in the Eastern Palace, otherwise Li Tai would not be able to sleep for several days and nights.

"But Li Zhi's words just now have inspired me," Li Chengqian said with a smile, "But the Western Regions are different from the grasslands after all. On the grasslands, I can return home every year, and the intensity of the teaching tasks is not too great; but in the Western Regions, it is completely different, so I think... should the treatment of these teachers also be improved accordingly?"

"Yes, Aye." Li Xiang nodded and said, "I think that teachers who go to the Western Regions to teach must teach for at least nine years. After all, the teachers in junior colleges, middle colleges, and senior colleges are rotated every three years. A group of teachers is responsible for several classes, from first grade to third grade, from third grade to sixth grade, and from sixth grade to ninth grade, and so on."

"These teachers can have the following options. The first option is to teach for nine years and then return to Chang'an. The government will give them a house and grant them a seventh-rank official position. The second option is to give the house and official position to their children if they have taught for four years and have excellent performance in the examination."

"What if they choose the second option and don't teach hard after receiving the reward?" Li Ke suddenly asked.

"After the reward is given, the school will still evaluate the student. If the student fails to perform well, the government will have the right to take back the reward." Li Xiang said in a deep voice, "As for the evaluation, Uncle San needs to take good care of it."

"That's good." Li Chengqian nodded and said, "If that's the case, the teachers' enthusiasm will surely increase."

"Of course, some other conflicts are unavoidable, but we can find solutions when problems occur." Li Xiang shook his head and said, "Also, Aye can hold a court meeting to come up with some specific plans, and we can work together to solve the loopholes in this plan. What do you think?"

"Okay." Li Chengqian nodded with a smile.

"There is another problem." Li Xiang scratched his head and said, "That is the money for this academy...Aye, will you pay for it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Chengqian's face suddenly became troubled.

He also knew that the national treasury was really out of money. There were only more than 20 million strings of cash left in the national treasury - this amount of money was not too little, but for a country the size of the Tang Dynasty... it was indeed a bit too little.

Besides, in the eyes of the Minister of Civil Affairs, this issue is definitely not the top priority.

If he were to take out the money and use it to build a college in Han, the Minister of Civil Affairs would definitely look at him as if he were a fool.
After thinking it over again and again, Li Chengqian nodded fiercely: "Don't worry, I will pay for this money from my personal treasury. When I was in the East Palace, I also saved a lot of private money. As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade. If not now, when?"

Since Emperor Li Chengqian has paid the money, Li Xiang will definitely not show his debt and refuse to pay it.

"How much does Father intend to pay?" Li Xiang looked at Li Chengqian suspiciously.

"I'll give you one million strings of cash for now." Li Chengqian sighed. This one million strings of cash was half of his savings. "The third brother guarded the country's borders for me, the eldest brother. How can I, as the eldest brother, not be more generous?"

"Brother!" Li Ke stepped forward and grasped Li Chengqian's hands, looking at each other with tears in his eyes: "You are really my dear brother!"

"Hey, Third Brother, that's too formal." Li Chengqian pulled his hand away unnoticed and patted Li Ke on the shoulder: "In fact, this matter is not only for your Han country, but also for the long-term plan of the Tang Dynasty - perhaps this policy will not produce immediate results, but after years of implementation, it will definitely have a significant effect in the future."

Li Xiang secretly admired in his heart that although his father's tactical vision was not very good, his strategic vision was still very far-sighted.

Well, he really is worthy of being Emperor Yonghui. He once again gave Li Chengqian a thumbs up in his heart.

"But here comes the question." Li Tai looked at Li Chengqian: "Where did you save up more than one million strings of cash, big brother?"

"None of your business is my fault!" Li Chengqian glared at Li Tai. This stinky younger brother always comes out to bother him when he can't help but keep on asking for trouble. It's so annoying!

"That's not right. As the saying goes, there is no private affairs in the royal family." Li Tai crossed his arms and said, "As the King of Wei in the Tang Dynasty, I certainly have the right to know where my elder brother got the more than one million strings of cash."

"I know that." Li Su smiled and said, "This money is the dividend that Big Brother got from the Chamber of Commerce. It's all the share that Xiang'er gave him."

"Oh~" Li Tai looked at Li Chengqian again: "Then you can't have saved more than a million strings of cash over the years, right?"

It would have been fine if he hadn't said this, but as soon as he said this, Li Chengqian sighed.

He was not angry with Li Tai. After all, if Li Tai hadn't asked about it, he wouldn't have dared to complain to others.

"You don't know this. Every time dividends were distributed, Aye would come to the East Palace and say to me with a smile, 'Gao Ming, congratulations on your wealth?'..."

"It's always like this. I originally asked him whether he had asked you two for it, which was actually a rejection of him - but guess what Aye said?" Li Chengqian glanced around at his brothers and sisters.

This sentence immediately aroused everyone's curiosity.

Li Tai, in particular, raised his eyes and asked, "So, what did Aye say?"

(End of this chapter)