The two people mentioned by the Tang Emperor Li Shimin are those who are accomplished in farming, and the other is a grandmaster who repairs bridges.

In addition to these two, there are also people who study steam engines, including Li Dejian, who was born as a literati, but the rest of the people who have great merits, ninety percent of whom were former blacksmiths, and the three who are particularly outstanding can only be said to be blacksmiths who know how to read.

When Tang Jian heard this, he immediately said: "Sage, I have judged before, and ghost workers are scholars. ”

"Good!" Li Shimin nodded, obviously this has a good beginning, and continued to ask: "Then, the worse ones, such as the students who are studying, are learning the art of ghost work, but if you want to become a ghost worker, you don't have thirty years of hard work, even if you have a small achievement, I am afraid that there is still a gap from the ghost worker." ”

"This ......" none of the three dared to answer.

After Li Shimin broke the barriers of small farmers in Datang, it is obvious that this is to comprehensively change the pattern of Datang.

Li Shimin continued: "Let's talk about business, it used to be said that business is cheap, and speculative business is hateful, but whether Datang has a righteous businessman or a businessman who benefits the people, whether this company is considered a businessman. ”

Strictly speaking, it is business, another form of business.

This recognition has been recognized by the entire Tang Dynasty, whether it is the nobles or the common people.

"And." Only then did Li Shimin say what he was thinking: "Some people are unwilling to farm, they are not good at farm work, and they can't read the classics and have no talent, but they can be excellent shippers, and the officials should have a record." ”

"That's true." Fang Xuanling understood this situation, so he did not avoid it.

Li Shimin asked again: "An excellent manager must be literate, and he must be able to read and write, be proficient in arithmetic, be familiar with astronomy, geography, local customs, and read human skills. Such people are afraid that they will never go to farming again, and they may not be suitable to be officials, so what about their identity. ”

Without waiting for the three ministers to speak, Li Shimin asked again: "The first yarn mill in Cixi County, the age of the manager of the yarn mill I remember is about fifty years old, he is not good at being an official, he is the county order of Xia County who has been evaluated by the Ministry of officials three times in a row, but the head of the yarn mill 4,000 yarn machines, more than 30,000 people inside and out, is not this talent." ”

"Ministers need to be discussed." Fang Xuanling didn't dare to answer.

Li Shimin's meaning is obvious, this is to change the hierarchical structure of the Tang Dynasty, how much can be changed, and how to change it.

This world is talking about it, how to discuss it next.

Li Shimin can be said to have given the Tang Dynasty a difficult problem, a very difficult problem.

You said yes, the first yarn mill that has managed 30,000 people, isn't it a talent, such a person is considered a worker, or a scholar?

Cui Junsu spoke at this time: "Sage, have you ever thought that music, painting, cooking, medicine, etc., are actually not included in scholars, agriculture, industry, and commerce. ”

"Qing, I am very satisfied."

"Then the ministers understand, this matter really needs to be discussed. The minister has a family matter that he wants to tell the saint. ”

Cui Junsu said that he had family affairs, which made Fang Xuanling and Tang Jian a little surprised.

Li Shimin motioned for the three of them to sit down: "Speak slowly, I am happy to be able to mention family matters to me." ”

Cui Junsu sat down and said, "The saint, the son of the minister, and several nephews don't want to come out to be officials. My son has been writing to his ministers for several months, every ten days or so, asking why he has not openly recruited people since the preparation of the South China Sea Shipping Division, the first and second shipping divisions of the Ocean Shipping Division, has not been completed. ”

"I don't remember this, I only know that the two ocean-going shipping divisions were temporarily in charge of maritime trade in the Mediterranean Sea and beyond the Mediterranean, and the personnel seem to have been transferred from the East Port and the West Port."

Cui Junsu continued: "Sage, the minister is not asking about this, the minister means that the minister is also a high-ranking official and important minister of the Tang Dynasty, but his son does not want to be an official, he just wants to follow the boss to do things. Among the other sons and nephews, one of them stayed in Huating, hoping that the nephew of the minister could recommend him to go to the second hemp weaving workshop in Cixi as an apprentice as a chief plumber. ”

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

Although Cui Junsu said just now that he wanted to discuss, he actually told the Tang Emperor about this family matter.

Getting ahead is no longer just about being an official.

Then, Datang will face another impact next, and what kind of changes this impact will bring, no one intends to guess, because the results of speculation cannot be used as a reference for government affairs.

Li Shimin asked again at this time: "This year, the birth rate of each state capital, the household department should issue an official document, so that the state capitals will pay more attention." ”

"Yes." Cui Junsu bowed.

Li Shimin waved his hand lightly, and the three courtiers retired.

On the other side, willows.

Liu Mu is lying on the beach, this island was named Rongnan Island by Feng An, and the meaning is to guard the border guard of the South China Sea of the Tang Dynasty. In later generations, the name of the island was Riau Island.

Su Dingfang originally named the place Nancy Island because of the countless tin mines found on this island.

Whatever it's called, this is the northern exit of the Temasek Strait and the southern exit of the South China Sea. The main island is almost as large as the urban area of Chang'an, and according to the calculations of later generations, it is more than 3,000 square kilometers.

Chang'an, together with the surrounding area, covers an area of more than 10,000 square kilometers.

Sitting alone on the beach, Liu Mu kept dialing the abacus and jending down some numbers from time to time.

For several days in a row, the willow was like this.

Emperor Li Yuan, who was cruising in the South Seas, returned to Lingnan to replenish supplies and repair ships, and when he passed by the North Port of Boluo Prefecture, he heard that Liu Mu had returned, and specially ordered the fleet to go to Rongnan Island.

He wears a linen shirt of flowers, knee-length dark blue beach pants, wooden sandals made of linen, a pair of dark stone mirrors on the bridge of his nose, a straw hat dyed bright red, a cigar in his mouth, and a silver flask in his hand.

Such a swaggering man walked towards Liumu, who didn't recognize who it was after looking at the tea.

"Hahaha, have I become younger?"

Yes.

Liu Mu reacted at this time, and he couldn't believe it at all, the old man in front of him was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan sat on the beach chair of Liumu with a smile, drank all of Liumu's coconut in two sips, and then shouted: "Take a few more coconuts for Teng, and then bring a bottle of weak wine." ”

After a servant girl trotted to deliver what Li Yuan wanted, Shi Li retreated.

Liu Mu sat on the newly moved beach chair on the side and complimented Li Yuan: "Father and Emperor look very good, and he is indeed still in style." ”

"Happy, people are happy, and naturally they are in good spirits. A few days ago, someone was unhappy with me, and I let them learn the rules. It's the island I discovered first, but they don't say it's theirs. Originally, I thought it was taking someone else's place, but it turned out that some more people came, and I finally figured it out. ”