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Li Shimin got angry, and Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wanche didn't care about the duel anymore. They quickly knelt down to apologize. The others also knelt down when they saw this.

Looking at these warriors who had fought for Datang for many years, Li Shimin didn't know what to do.

The atmosphere in Tai Chi Hall was as solemn as this palace. Li Shimin thought for a long time, looked at Qin Hao and Yun Ye, and suddenly had a thought in his mind.

"Qin Aiqing, Yun Aiqing, when will your academy recruit the second batch of students?"

Now Xue Wanche and Cheng Yaojin no longer care about staring at each other. They all looked at Qin Hao and Yun Ye, their eyes full of expectation.

Just as Yun Ye was about to speak, Qin Hao stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it's not up to me to decide when the academy will expand its enrollment, but up to Your Majesty."

Li Shimin was so angry that he finally thought of a way to get the best of both worlds, but this kid actually kicked the ball back to him.

"Oh? Then tell me, why am I the one who wants to expand the academy's enrollment?"

At this time, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong no longer cared about the disrespect before the emperor, and kept winking at Qin Hao, indicating that he should not be stubborn with the emperor.

But Qin Hao said calmly: "First of all, the full name of Yushan Academy is Datang Royal Yushan Academy, which is the Royal Academy. The one who can make the decision is naturally His Majesty."

Hearing this, Yun Ye secretly gave Qin Hao a thumbs up, high, really high. This hand not only supported Li Shimin, but also bound Yushan Academy to the royal family. In the future, these nobles will have to think carefully if they want to interfere with the academy. I was considering whether it would offend Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was originally angry, but when he heard what Qin Hao said, he suddenly felt a little funny.

"Slippery!"

When Xue Wanche and others saw Li Shimin's attitude towards Qin Hao, they couldn't help but be secretly shocked. This was not the emperor's attitude towards his courtiers, it was clearly the pampering of the elders towards the younger ones.

Qin Hao then raised his hand to Li Shimin and said, "Secondly, please forgive me. If the imperial court's employment system remains unchanged after three years, perhaps Cheng Chumo and the others will be the first and last batch of students in the academy."

When it came to the imperial court's employment system, Li Shimin immediately sat up straight and said with a serious expression: "Men in Qin County, don't talk nonsense. The academy is where teaching and educating people are done. Why is it related to the imperial court's employment system?"

Qin Hao also stood up straight, neither humble nor arrogant, and said loudly: "The academy is indeed a place for teaching and educating people, but your majesty might as well think about it from the perspective of students. After three years of studying hard, when these students graduated, they found that they What I learned has no use at all.”

"Let me ask, what will the academy's existence be at that time?"

Acquiring literary and martial arts is a good thing for the emperor's family. This has been the case since ancient times. Even if he takes the public examination in 2024, countless highly educated talents will still flock to him, let alone in the feudal dynasty.

After people have a basic material foundation, they will begin to pursue the spiritual level. The more talented people are, the more so. That is why so many poets in ancient times felt that their talents were not appreciated and wrote many famous poems through the ages.

Qin Hao knew very well that under the academy's education system, those who could successfully graduate after three years of study were definitely rare talents in the Tang Dynasty. However, once these people graduated, they found that they could only go back to live a life of being treated as such. The life of raising pigs is actually a kind of torture for them.

When everyone is asleep, the one who is awake feels the most uncomfortable. This is also the original intention of Yun Ye to establish the academy. He wanted to wake up more people, but if the imperial court's employment system does not change, everything will be in vain. , their efforts will not get any reward, and will only make more people fall into this kind of pain.

At the same time, Qin Hao also knew very well that any emperor would be cautious when it came to the appointment of officials, because this was the basis of the rule of the feudal dynasty. If he were in the world of Zhifou, Qin Hao would definitely advise Yun Ye on the initial stage of this plan. He gives up.

Qin Hao is betting that the emperor in front of him has enough ambition and courage to organize an unprecedented change.

Li Shimin looked at Qin Hao with piercing eyes, and suddenly the image of himself when he was young appeared in his mind, with the same high-spirited and sharp edge.

"Li Er, Li Er, why are you so worried about gains and losses now? Where are you who led three thousand cavalry to defeat Dou Jiande? Are you worse than a baby?"

In an instant, Li Shimin stood up, stared at Qin Hao, and said word by word: "What if after three years in the academy, the students have nothing to learn?"

"My lord, let your Majesty handle it." Qin Hao bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

Yun Ye also stood up: "I am willing to be punished together with my senior brother."

"Okay, then it's settled!" After Li Shimin finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and said in a deep voice to Xue Wanche and others: "You go back first and let the children concentrate on their studies. When the academy enrolls students next year, you can send your legitimate son to the school. Go ahead."

"I thank you, Your Majesty." Seeing this, Xue Wanche and others quickly knelt down and kowtowed. Upon seeing this, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong also kowtowed obediently and left.

Not long after, only Li Shimin, Qin Hao, Yun Ye and a serving eunuch were left in the entire Tai Chi Hall.

Seeing that everyone had left, Li Shimin said to Qin Hao with a straight face: "Tell me, what exactly do you think?"

"Reporting to your majesty, since ancient times, the imperial court's employment system has been nothing more than officials and officials. However, those who are officials are so high above others that they are often too busy with work and unaware of the sufferings of the people. But those who are officials, no matter how good they are, they will never get ahead. If things go on like this, they will naturally collude. The evil gentry steals the people's fat and anointing, and runs rampant in the countryside."

"The only way to break the situation is to break the official promotion system. The court no longer selects officials, but selects officials. If officials do well, they will be promoted to officials. In the long run, officials will have experience as officials and will not be anointed by their subordinates again. If there is no need for it, the officials will have hope for promotion and will definitely devote themselves to people's livelihood. In this way, the Tang Dynasty will be able to prosper for generations to come."

Qin Hao talked eloquently, but Li Shimin became more and more frightened as he listened, and in the end he stood up suddenly.

"You are so brave!" Li Shimin took a while to wake up from the shock.

But to be fair, although Qin Hao's proposal seems ridiculous, it turns out to be reasonable upon closer inspection.

"Let's not talk about whether your plan can be implemented. Let me ask you, where does the money come from?"

As the emperor of a feudal dynasty, consolidating power is what every generation of emperors wants to do. However, production resources in ancient times were limited. If we relied entirely on officials dispatched by the court to manage local areas, the national finances would collapse within a few years.

Delegating power to local governments is actually a helpless move. The imperial power does not go to the countryside, not because it does not want to, but because it cannot.

Qin Hao said calmly: "First of all, officials are different from officials. The salary does not need to be too generous. In fact, the money and food spent by the imperial officials currently supported by the imperial court are enough to support the official system, and after appointing capable officials, the local government will If the common people are not exploited, they will naturally have extra money in their hands. This money can also form consumption power, and the government can replenish the national treasury from commercial taxes, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

Li Shimin's heart moved: "Is this the tax reform system you mentioned last time?"

"good."

Li Shimin looked at Qin Hao's demeanor that was neither humble nor arrogant, and secretly admired it. However, the next second, a horrifying thought flashed through his mind.

"Could it be that he started planning from that moment on?"

In fact, Li Shimin was very interested in the tax reform mentioned by Qin Hao. After returning, he discussed it with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other civil servants for a long time, but finally gave up.

The reason is also very simple. We go to states and counties across the country to collect data, and then analyze the data to formulate tax plans.

The workload is so huge that even if all the officials of Datang were to put aside what they were doing to do this, it would take at least five to ten years to complete.

However, the emergence of the academy has given hope to this matter. Although the academy has only admitted 63 students this year, what about next year? If we take the example that the college will produce 100 students every year in the future, it will be 1,000 students in ten years!

Moreover, these students who graduated from the academy must be far superior to most officials in terms of arithmetic. If they were allowed to collect, count, and analyze the data, would the tax reform plan be implemented?

"Qin Aiqing, are you really the only two people in your sect?" Li Shimin was horrified but also a little afraid. If this school was full of monsters like this, it would be easy for just one of them to establish a force.

Qin Hao shook his head solemnly and said: "At least in the more than ten years that I can remember, Master has never said that there are other brothers."

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but at the same time he felt a little regretful. If there were more talents like Qin Hao serving for Datang, wouldn't it be even more powerful?

"You should go back first. This matter is of great importance and needs long-term consideration."

"I'll take my leave."

Qin Hao bowed and left. He didn't expect that just one suggestion could make Li Shimin make up his mind to reform. After all, this was a feudal society, and any reform would affect the interests of the conservatives. If too much force was used, war might break out, even if Li Shimin continued. Even if you have the guts, you won’t bet on Datang’s foundation.

All he had to do was plant a seed in Li Shimin's heart. He believed that according to Li Shimin's ambition, this seed would take root and sprout into a big tree in the near future.

After Qin Hao and Yun Ye left, the Tai Chi Hall fell into a dead silence. Li Shimin sat in silence for a long time, and suddenly said to the eunuch beside him: "It is said that Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui have come to visit."

"promise."

On the other side, Qin Hao and Yun Ye came out of the palace gate.

Yun Ye could no longer hold back and said to Qin Hao: "Brother, what is the tax reform your Majesty just mentioned?"

Qin Hao didn't hide anything and simply told what happened.

"Brother, are you taking this step too far? Those who have reformed since ancient times have not had a good end." Yun Ye said worriedly.

Qin Hao said calmly: "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid and won't rush to the front. Besides, do you think His Majesty is the kind of emperor who is hesitant and needs to push people out as a shield?"

The reforms of the past dynasties, whether it was Shang Yang or Wang Anshi, were actually executing the emperor's will.

It's just that the emperor was worried that he would end up personally if the reform failed, and there would be no room for maneuver, so he had to push an agent out.

If the reform succeeds, the credit will naturally belong to the emperor. If it fails, the agents will be pushed out to quell public anger.

Yun Ye thought so, and then heard Qin Hao say quietly.

"Wouldn't it be too sad if the Tang Dynasty wasn't even worthy of us making changes?"

"Well, senior brother, no matter what, I will fully support you."

Qin Hao couldn't help but smile when he saw Yun Ye's slightly childish face full of determination.

"Let's go, those kids are probably ants on a hot pot now."

"Hey, senior brother, wait for me."

Yushan Academy.

Xue Er and his party were sitting on the steps behind the academy gate, looking eagerly at the gate.

"Li Sanlang, can you please stop walking around? It makes me dizzy."

"I really can't sit still. Mr. Qin and Mr. Yun have been gone for so long, why are there no news at all? Is this possible?"

"Bah, bah, bah, Li Sanlang, you have a crow-like mouth. Mr. Qin is in the emperor's heart, and he will definitely be able to intercede for us."

While everyone was arguing, the academy door was suddenly pushed open. Xue Er and others thought it was Qin Hao and Yun Ye who had returned, but they saw an old man coming in.

"Students pay homage to the mountain leader."

Li Gang was stunned when he saw these students: "The college is on vacation tomorrow for the Double Ninth Festival. Why are you back so early?"

Xue Er and others explained the situation with a mournful face. Li Gang was so angry that his beard almost blew off. He turned around and was about to board the carriage again and head to Chang'an City.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came.

"Hey, what is this, Chief Shan?"

Seeing Qin Hao and Yun Ye, Li Gang shouted loudly: "I'm going to Tai Chi Hall to complain."

Qin Hao understood it as soon as he heard it: "Complain to the emperor? There is no need to go, the mountain chief. My junior brother and I just came back from there."

Li Sanlang burst into tears when he heard this: "Is there nothing you can do about it, gentlemen?"

When he cried, several teenagers started crying too.

"Woo~~~My father must have sent someone to arrest me."

"I really can't bear to leave the academy. Pei Laowu. I will never compete with you for the starting spot again. Can you forgive me?"

Seeing these children crying like tears, Li Gang's heart ached and he stamped his feet fiercely.

"Today, I have risked my life to make His Majesty take my life back!"

After saying that, he was about to ask the driver to turn around. Qin Hao quickly stopped the driver, dismounted and came to Xue Er and others.

"Why are you all crying? When did I say His Majesty wanted you to go back?"

Li Sanlang and the others, who were crying loudly, were stunned for a moment, with tears in their eyes. They looked at Qin Hao with an incredible look. They were very aware of their father's status in the court. This was what they had done before. The confidence to run amok in Chang'an City was why he was so desperate.

"Mr. Qin, what did you just say?"

Qin Hao smiled and patted Li Sanlang on the shoulder: "Don't worry, His Majesty said that you can study in the academy with peace of mind. When the academy recruits students next year, your father will send you your legitimate son."

"Haha, Pei Wulang, did you hear that? We don't have to go home. We can still study in the academy."

"Mr. Qin, please accept my greetings."

Yun Ye muttered sourly as he watched Li Sanlang and all the students bowing to Qin Hao.

"I've done my best too."