Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

"However, there is one thing we need to do first, the population census!"

Su Chen suddenly said seriously.

"Population census?" Li Shimin asked in confusion.

"Boy, the population census is to count the current population of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Shimin asked after a moment of thought.

"That's right, and we need to count carefully, every county and every village must be counted, and it is best to count once every three to five years.

With accurate population statistics, it will be convenient for the court to customize various policies in the future."

Su Chen said very seriously.

Li Shimin nodded, "Lord Dai, this matter will be handed over to your Ministry of Revenue for statistics. Make sure not to miss a single household or a single person."

Dai Zhou stepped forward and saluted respectfully, saying, "I obey your order!"

Li Shimin was still worried about the land issue, and then asked:

"Boy, how can the noble families willingly return their land to the court? This is of no benefit to them.

Do you want to send troops to suppress them? Forcibly take back their land?"

Su Chen shook his head, "That won't happen. They will figure it out.

Your Majesty, don't forget that after two more harvests of sweet potatoes and potatoes, the Tang Dynasty will no longer lack food. It is meaningless for them to hoard so much land.

In addition, don't we have two big businesses that are about to go public?"

Su Chen smiled mysteriously, and he said it was books and iron smelting.

"If they cooperate, we can also cooperate with the noble families in these two businesses. Otherwise, the noble families will lose their market share in these two businesses."

Li Shimin had guessed that it was papermaking and iron smelting, but he couldn't figure out why Su Chen would cooperate with the noble families in these two important industries.

"Boy, do you mean that we can also cooperate with the noble families in the papermaking and pig iron businesses in the future?"

Su Chen nodded, thought about it and said:

"Your Majesty, in fact, if you think about it carefully, aren't those noble families the foundation of the Tang Dynasty?

There are many things that will be twice the result with half the effort if the noble families cooperate with the court. For example, the cooperation in road construction and fine salt this time is very illustrative, isn't it? In the final analysis, it's just an exchange of interests."

Li Shimin thought about it carefully, then nodded, and stared at Su Chen for a while.

"Boy, I'll leave this matter to you. Just like the last time we built the road, you and the prince can go and talk to them."

Li Shimin still had a lot of things that he hadn't thought through, so he simply gave up and left it to Su Chen.

"Okay, I'll find a time to talk to them." Su Chen nodded in agreement.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction. It was great that this boy had no official position or salary.

Although he was a little lazy, he was never vague when doing things.

"Boy Su, what do you think of this autumn examination?" Wei Zheng suddenly wanted to hear Su Chen's opinion on the imperial examination after seeing that everyone was silent.

"Autumn examination? Uncle Wei is talking about the imperial examination! I wonder what your imperial examination mainly tests?"

Su Chen didn't know what autumn examination was, but he knew about the college entrance examination.

"The imperial examination is mainly based on Confucian classics." Wei Zheng answered concisely.

Su Chen nodded, thinking that the imperial examination was quite comprehensive, and suddenly frowned and said:

"Doesn't the imperial examination test Tang law? How can you be an official if you don't understand the laws of the Tang Dynasty? Isn't the county magistrate supposed to judge cases?"

Everyone heard it, yes, why doesn't the imperial examination test Tang law?

Wei Zheng turned his head and looked at Li Shimin, just about to bow and ask for advice.

"Xuancheng, make Tang law a compulsory test and add it to the future imperial examination questions." Li Shimin immediately announced that from then on, students of the Tang Dynasty would have another exam.

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers said respectfully in unison.

"Boy, if you have any suggestions, please tell me. You are such a bad person. You have to be good at finding problems and solving them proactively is the right way, don't you know?"

Li Shimin advised earnestly.

Su Chen rolled his eyes after hearing it, "Uncle Wei, I don't know how you prevent candidates from cheating." He looked at Wei Zheng and continued to ask.

Wei Zheng thought about it, and first talked about the confidentiality of the test questions. The candidates were checked in the examination room to prevent them from carrying personal belongings.

It was impossible for the candidates to copy other people's answers when answering the questions, because each seat was separated by a partition.

Su Chen nodded after listening, "Do candidates need to sign their answers?"

Wei Zheng was stunned and nodded to indicate that they needed to sign. If they didn't sign, how could they know who answered the questions?

"After the candidates' results came out, do they need to take the palace exam?" Su Chen remembered that the palace exam was created by Wu Zetian, so there should be no such exam at this time.

"What is the palace exam?" Wei Zheng asked back.

"It means that the examiners select the best candidates, and finally the emperor personally selects the top three in the hall, so as to prevent the examiners from cheating for personal gain."

After Su Chen finished speaking, Li Shimin slapped his thigh and shouted, "Okay, okay, let's do it this way in the future!"

"It's best to cover up the names of all the candidates, leaving only the editorial"The examiners will not know who wrote the answers, so there will be no favoritism or fraud."

Su Chen continued to suggest, "Be more ruthless and cover up the examinees' handwriting on the answers and rewrite them."

"Okay, Xuanling, Xuancheng, this autumn exam will be prepared as Su Chen said just now." Li Shimin immediately ordered.

"Minister, obey your order!" Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng respectfully accepted the order.

Li Shimin looked at Su Chen and nodded with satisfaction. This imperial examination suggestion was really good.

"Boy, do you have anything else to do in the palace today besides delivering those glasses?"

Su Chen was about to shake his head and say no, but suddenly remembered to find cotton.

"Your Majesty, have you heard of cotton? "While Su Chen was talking, he walked to Li Shimin, picked up a pen and paper and started to draw.

He was not sure what the Tang Dynasty called cotton now, so it was better to draw it.

However, the cotton drawn with a brush could not accurately express the characteristics of cotton.

Everyone shook their heads, saying that they had never heard of cotton.

After the painting was finished, Li Shimin picked up the painting and looked at it carefully.

"Hiss~" Li Shimin suddenly raised his head, as if he was recalling, because he felt as if he had seen this thing before.

"Boy, is this flower as white as white clouds and soft to the touch?" Li Shimin asked.

Su Chen's eyes lit up when he heard it, isn't that cotton!

"Yes, that's cotton! Where is it?" Su Chen asked excitedly.

Li Shimin thought again and recalled carefully, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

"Boy, tell me, what is the use of this thing? ”

“Let me tell you, this thing is very useful. It can be made into cotton-padded clothes and quilts, which are very warm in winter. Nowadays, clothes are like dumplings and cannot keep out the cold in winter. This cotton-padded clothes are different.”

Is there such a benefit? Li Shimin racked his brains to recall.

Li Chengqian and several ministers also stepped forward to check the cotton in the painting.

“Su Chen, this is called Bai Diezi. I have seen it.” Li Chengqian picked up the painting and said to Su Chen with a smile.

White Diezi? Never mind, they call it coal or black stone!

“Where have you seen it? Take me to see it!” Su Chen pulled Li Chengqian and was about to go out.

“You are so lucky. The Bai Diezi is blooming and now it has spread out. This Bai Diezi was planted in the month when I first met you.

At that time, I bought some seeds from a Hu merchant outside the palace. I didn’t know what kind of flower it was. The Hu merchant said that this thing was Bai Diezi.

It is different from other flowers. "

Li Chengqian said with a smile, this cotton was planted by him personally.

Li Shimin suddenly remembered that he had seen this flower in the Imperial Garden.

"Boy, this white flounder is in the Imperial Garden."