"Su Chen, you suddenly mentioned the prisoners in the jail this time. Do you want them to participate in the road construction?" Li Shimin asked curiously.

Su Chen shook his head and smiled: "No!"

"Speak properly!" Li Shimin said angrily.

He was used to Su Chen's previous way of speaking. Suddenly answering questions with one or two words, Li Shimin felt uncomfortable.

He thought Su Chen was perfunctory.

"I'm not asking them to build a road. I want to build a school in the manor. The King of Wei's papermaking workshop also needs manpower. Now most of the people in Chang'an go to build roads, and we can't recruit so many people." Su Chen answered seriously.

"Build a college?" Li Shimin thought for a moment and said in surprise.

"That's right. After the school is built, it will only recruit children aged six to 12 for the time being. Enrollment will start on the first day of September, so more manpower is needed to quickly build the school."

Building a school is not the same as building a paper workshop. First of all, the campus site must be leveled and the foundation of the teaching building must be more solid.

Su Chen plans to build a primary and secondary school that can accommodate 2,000 teachers and students.

"Boy, it's good that you have this intention, but most people in the Tang Dynasty can't afford it now!" Li Shimin said with a slightly sad face.

Su Chen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? King Wei made paper and printed books, isn't it to solve the problem that people in the Tang Dynasty can't afford to read books?"

"What's more, my school is free, and food and accommodation are free."

Some ministers present didn't know about papermaking and printing books, and they were confused when they heard it.

When did King Wei make paper and print books?

"Boy, are you serious?" Li Shimin asked seriously.

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, ask the prince. This matter was advocated by the prince. I just gave some ideas and suggestions."

Su Chen suddenly threw the pot to Li Chengqian.

Li Shimin's eagle eyes swept over Li Chengqian, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, which was imperceptible to others.

Just as Li Chengqian was about to explain, Li Shimin suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, okay, the prince has such a heart of love for the people, I am very pleased!"

The ministers followed and bowed, saying in unison: "Your Highness the prince cares about the people, it is the blessing of the Tang Dynasty and the people!"

Li Shimin's face was full of smiles and he laughed loudly.

Li Chengqian knew that he could not explain any more, so he could only bite the bullet and acquiesce, and said with a cupped hand: "This matter was not done by Gao Ming alone, Su Chen was the leader."

After speaking, Li Chengqian gave Su Chen a look.

"Okay, you two will do this. If the school is effective, I will open a larger college in Chang'an.

Boy, how much it costs to build the college will be paid by me." Li Shimin waved his hand and said heroically.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't cost much to build a school. This is also a pilot. If it succeeds, similar schools can be established in various parts of the Tang Dynasty in the future."

Su Chen said frankly that he had calculated that the account was at most 10,000 guan.

When Li Shimin heard that it would not cost much, he was even more willing to pay for it. This money was a small matter, but the reputation was not small!

"No! How can I let you pay for this money?

Dai Aiqing, the money for Su kid to build the academy will be borne by the Ministry of Revenue." Li Shimin directly ordered Dai Zhou.

"I obey your order!" Dai Zhou bowed and accepted the order.

Su Chen did not say anything else, looked at Li Chengqian and nodded, then sat down and stopped talking.

"Father, please allow me to report that the school still has three things that need your assistance!" Li Chengqian bowed respectfully.

"Whatever you want, just bring it up, I will fully support it!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said.

"Thank you, Father. First, the school will have a course called history in the future. After discussing with Su Chen, I hope that a great scholar in the court will personally write a history textbook.

Second, the school also has a subject called Tang Law, and the ministers are also needed to compile the perfected Tang Law into a book as a textbook."

Before Li Chengqian said the third thing, Changsun Wuyi, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui shouted at the same time:

"Good!"

Li Shimin looked at the three of them and asked with a smile: "You three all said it's good, then you can tell me what's good about it."

The two hinted that Fang Xuanling should answer Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, I will first talk about the second thing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said. I think Tang Law should be learned from children. If everyone learns Tang Law, the people of the Tang Dynasty may be able to know the law and abide by it, fear punishment, and the probability of crime will be greatly reduced."

Li Shimin nodded frequently after listening.

Fang Xuanling then continued, "As for the first thing, I think that the great scholars in the court will certainly compete to participate in the compilation of this history textbook. This is an opportunity to spread your name."

"Hahaha, Xuanling is right. Since the Tang Law was established by you and Keming, I will hand over the Tang Law textbook to you two."

"I obey your order!" Fang and Du bowed to receive the order.

Li Shimin nodded and looked at Li Chengqian, "Prince, please continue to talk about the third thing."

"Yes, FatherEmperor!" Li Chengqian bowed respectfully and continued:

"After the school is built, there will inevitably be a shortage of teachers. Now that the imperial examination is imminent, my son and Su Chen plan to select the candidates who failed this time to serve as school teachers.

I beg my father to grant those selected candidates who failed the exam an assistant teaching position at that time."

Before Li Shimin made a reply, other ministers nodded frequently, thinking that such an arrangement was very thoughtful.

"Okay, I'll take note of these three things!" Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.

After the business was over, Changsun Wuji began to think about the glass.

"Su boy, your colored glass will not crack if you put it in the sun, right?"

Changsun Wuji asked casually.

"Haha, Uncle Changsun, don't worry, that thing is not afraid of wind and sun. If you have nothing to do, go and pick it now. "Su Chen said with a smile.

All the ministers looked at Li Shimin. They didn't dare to leave until the boss said so.

"Hmph!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, then stood up and walked out of the imperial study. He also wanted to choose the glass he liked and couldn't suffer a loss.

Everyone immediately followed Li Shimin out of the imperial study.

But there was one person who didn't follow him out. Zhang Liang knew that colored glaze was very expensive, and he didn't have much contact with Su Chen, so he thought he couldn't take advantage of him.

"Why don't you pick it up, Uncle Zhang? Some glass products are still very practical." Su Chen looked at Zhang Liang and asked with a smile.

"My dear nephew, colored glaze is too expensive. I don't have to go." Zhang Liang waved his hand and declined.

"Hahaha, Uncle Zhang, you don't have to do this. The so-called colored glaze is glass, which is made of sand. It is not valuable." Su Chen laughed.

"Are you serious, my dear nephew? "Zhang Liang asked in surprise. His family had bought a small glass bottle for several thousand strings of cash.

"Uncle Zhang will know at a glance. I used a carriage to pull it. There were several carriages."

Zhang Liang half believed and half doubted, and walked out of the palace with Su Chen.

The ministers selected their favorite glass products under the sun.

In addition to the dragon, there were several sets of the twelve zodiac animals.

"Boy, why did you bring so many into the palace?" Li Shimin asked, looking at the three carriages, all of which were glass products.

"After everyone has chosen, I plan to give the others to the heads of the dozen or so families." Su Chen said bluntly.

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