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Chapter 147 Building a Military Academy

Those officials will also kill them, and they will have a quarrel with the aristocratic families. If that is the case, it would be better to send them all to Liuqiu Island. In Li Yan's words, it should be called waste utilization. It is estimated that those officials' opinion that this kind of punishment is even more cruel than beheading. After all, in the eyes of most people, Liuqiu Island, which is across the sea from Lingnan, is naturally a wilderness with malaria. It will be a life-and-death place where you will die. It would be better to be chopped in Chang'an with a knife.

The father and son had already decided the life and death of more than a dozen people while talking and laughing, which fully reflected the terribleness of power. But this is also the tempting thing of power. Because every ambitious person is unwilling to let others decide their own life and death, he will climb up desperately, in order to one day take life and death into his own hands.

After dealing with these people, Li Yan asked about the promotion progress of each new policy. As a result, he learned from Li Shimin that the only policy of promoting the Chameng rice he offered was implemented very smoothly. Many pilot points have been set up in various roads in the south of the Yangtze River, and the rice has been planted. I heard that it grows well and does grow faster than the original rice seeds, and it is also very drought-resistant. As long as the yield is not low, large-scale promotion will definitely not be a problem.

As for other land replacement and coarse seed methods, various problems encountered during the promotion process, such as being obstructed by officials and not being accepted by farmers, etc. However, the court had already predicted these problems before the new policy was promoted, so it was not discouraged. It has been increasing the intensity of publicity and promotion. Among them, there have been more than 20,000 households, and there are nearly 100,000 people in total, most of these people are aiming for the ten times the fertile land.

Compared with the voluntary nature of land replacement, the method of coarse seeds has a great compulsiveness. However, this compulsiveness is not imposed by someone or the court, but is forced by a general trend. As more and more farmers go out to work, and some poor farmers are attracted by the new policy of land replacement, it has led to the land of some large households without renting seeds. In this case, if they do not want the land to be deserted, they have to adopt the method of coarse seeds promoted by the court. Therefore, the promotion of the method of causality is much simpler than land replacement.

After Li Yan had a rough understanding of the implementation of several new policies of the Tang Dynasty, he finally felt relieved. Although he encountered various problems, overall, it was quite smooth. The four strategies he offered at the beginning were now the only one who captured slaves had not been implemented yet. However, this was not just the court's business. He and the big slave traders such as the Cheng family were the main executors of this strategy. It seems that he had to discuss it with Cheng Yaojin and other old guys.

After finishing the matter of the new policy, Li Yan finally had time to bring up the military academy. After hearing this, Li Shimin slapped his head. After returning to Chang'an, he was entangled by the broken affairs of Li Chengqian and Li Tai. Later, he was worried about the Western Turks and Gaochang, and even put such an important matter of the military academy behind him. If Li Yan hadn't reminded him, he really didn't know when he would have remembered it?

"The military academy is related to the inheritance of my Tang Dynasty. I almost forgot it as my father. It seems that I am really old!" Li Shimin rubbed his swollen temples and sighed with a wry smile.

"The father is so serious. You are in your prime. Where can I talk about the old-fashioned words?" Li Yan hurriedly comforted him. "Besides, there are too many things some time ago, and the national treasury is empty, so it is not a good time to open a military academy."

After hearing this, Li Shimin nodded, patted Li Yan on the shoulder and said, "What Liu Lang said is good. If you don't do a military academy, you will have to do it as soon as you do it. In this way, it will definitely cost a lot. You just made so much income for the national treasury. In addition, there is no big deal during this period, which is a good time to start a military academy!"

Seeing Li Shimin agreeing, Li Yan was relieved. However, Li Shimin was obviously impatient. After walking back and forth between the hall for two times, he immediately sent someone to call Li Jing and Li Xiaogong. They were rare handsome men, but because they made too much contribution, they removed their military power in order to avoid suspicion. It was a pity to stay at home all day, and the Military Academy was a good place for the two to use their remaining energy.

When Li Jing and Li Xiaogong rushed over, before they could take a breath, Li Shimin was impatient to tell the two of them about the military academy. Li Xiaogong was not surprised after hearing this, because his son Li Yong had already told him about the military academy, so he was mentally prepared. Moreover, he had been staying at home for so many years, which made him feel that he was about to be ruined. Now he could have a place to show his strengths, which was exactly what he wanted. Therefore, after hearing this, he immediately praised him and said that he would also support himself fully and was willing to enter the military academy to teach what he had learned.

Compared to Li Xiaogong's early preparation, Li Jing first heard about the military academy. So after hearing this, he carefully considered the impact of the military academy on all aspects. After a while, he let out a long sigh and said to Li Shimin with a firm look on his face: "Your Majesty, the military academy is related to the inheritance of my Tang Dynasty for thousands of generations. Even if the old minister is heartless, he will still start the military academy!"

"Okay!" Li Shimin saw the two veterans express their opinions, and also slapped the table excitedly. He turned the table and walked to the two of them. He patted each other's shoulders with both hands, and said sincerely: "Senior Brother Yao, cousin, you two killed the enemy bloodily on the battlefield and helped me conquer the Tang Dynasty. Today, the matter of my general school is fully in your hands. I believe that under the joint efforts of you, you will definitely be able to lay the foundation for the eternal foundation for the Tang Dynasty to protect my Tang Dynasty!"

"I will definitely work hard!" The two old men with gray hair were also moved and held their fists together to salute.

Li Yan waited patiently for the performance of the three monarchs and ministers next to him. Then Li Shimin finally talked about the topic and began to discuss the details of opening a military academy. When he was in Pyongyang City, Li Yan had already discussed this with Li Shimin. However, after hearing this, two veterans who had been in the water city, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing, who had been doing half a lifetime in the water city, he put forward a lot of his own suggestions to add more complete details of the entire military academy.

Both military bosses agreed to the school's plan, and the details had been discussed, so the next thing was much simpler. Li Shimin issued an order on the spot, appointing Li Xiaogong and Li Jing as the vice principals of the military academy, and he personally served as the principal of the Tang Dynasty Military Academy. As for the proposer of the concept of Li Yan, he was only temporarily appointed as the military academy. In addition to being responsible for the construction of the military academy site, he also had to obey the two vice principals. He would be responsible for solving any problems. To put it bluntly, he was a errand and a coolie.

Li Yan naturally did not dare to be dissatisfied with this. Li Xiaogong and Li Jing are both elders, and they are both so old. Of course, they are all young people, as a hard and tiring work. Besides, he is not stupid. If he has something to tell him, he will leave it to others. As the saying goes, those who work hard to govern others, he has always regarded this sentence as his own code of conduct.

After being appointed, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing held Li Yan for a small meeting. The three of them temporarily assigned their respective tasks. Among them, Li Xiaogong was responsible for contacting all veterans who had retired from the army and persuaded them to teach in the military academy. This is a top priority. In the future, the teaching quality of military academy will depend on those veterans.

As for the issue of Li Jing being responsible for the source of students, the students in the military academy naturally cannot directly recruit from the people like those academies. Instead, they must be selected from the army. When Li Yan and Li Shimin were in Pyongyang, they had already discussed this issue. The source of students in the military academy was given priority from the soldiers who made meritorious service on the battlefield of Goguryeo, and then from the young soldiers who performed well and had development potential in the Tang Dynasty. The quota for the first phase of the student was initially set at about 2,000.

Although Li Jing retired, he was usually Li Shimin's military advisor and knew very well about the affairs of the army, so it was just right for him to go to the army to choose. In addition to selecting students, Li Jing was also responsible for formulating relevant disciplines and regulations for the military academy, and even making a rough plan for the course arrangements in advance. It is not easy to add up all the tasks.

As for Li Yan, he was responsible for more. The most important thing was naturally the selection and construction of the military academy site. This was ordered by Li Shimin and could not be pushed away. In addition, he also had to assist the work of Li Xiaogong and Li Jing. For example, some stubborn veterans were unwilling to take action. At this time, Li Yan had to rely on his good popularity to start from the younger generation in the other party's family and help Li Xiaogong be a lobbyist in both ways.

In addition, Li Yan also had to participate in the military disciplines and military academy courses that Li Jing was responsible for. Although he was a military novices, he often put forward many constructive opinions based on his experience in later generations. It was precisely because Li Jing valued this point that he strongly asked him to help him. In fact, this point was exactly what Li Yan hoped, so despite the heavy burden on his body, he still agreed resolutely.

After the meeting ended, Li Yan immediately went to find Yuwen Hu, who had just returned from Dengzhou. After the Battle of Goguryeo, Yuwen Hu did not come back immediately because the Pili Courtyard in Dengzhou had only been built for a short time and there were still some problems in all aspects, so he had to stay there to deal with it.

In addition, because of Li Yong's on the battlefield, his brother-in-law helped a lot, so he was afraid that his father-in-law and mother-in-law would blame him, so he hid in Dengzhou to avoid the limelight. Until Li Yong returned to Chang'an, he knew that Li Xiaogong was not angry about this, so he hurried back from Dengzhou. However, Li Xiaogong, the father-in-law, was not angry, but the mother-in-law of Hejian, was not so generous. I heard that he called Yuwen Hu and his wife over and scolded him.

Li Yan felt relieved when he heard this news. If it weren't for Yuwen Hu, Li Yong wouldn't have run to the battlefield, and he wouldn't have been criticized by the Princess of Hejian last time.

However, when Yuwen Hu heard Li Yan's request to build a military academy, he frowned and said something that made Li Yan laugh and cry.
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