Li Yang didn't know that a word from him would make Meng Tian have so many dramas in his heart.

The reason why Li Yang said he was guessing was that there was nothing he could do. He could never tell Meng Tian that I had traveled through time. The history book says that Maodun killed his father in 209 BC and became independent. The King of Donghu sent envoys to ask for Qianlima and the Yan family?

Even if he really said this, Meng Tian probably won't believe it, and maybe he would think that Li Yang was teasing him.

At this time, Li Yang also remembered something and asked, "By the way, General Meng, I wonder what you think about Your Majesty's fight for dominance in the world?"

Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty has made great achievements in unifying the six kingdoms, and has surpassed the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Now, Your Majesty wants to bring the world back to the same level and promote the power of our Qin. We civil and military ministers are also excited to hear it. Your Majesty is right. If you can insert the black black flag of our Qin State all over the world, not only will your Majesty's achievements be unprecedented, but even these civil and military officials will be famous for thousands of histories. This is the opportunity for us to make achievements and show our ambitions!"

When Meng Tian talked about this topic, he seemed very excited and excited, as if he was full of passion and could not wait to lead thousands of troops to sweep the earth. No, it was Qin Qiu.

Hearing these words, Li Yang was even more worried.

Thinking of the passionate scene of the ministers in the morning court, Li Yang finally understood why none of them opposed fighting for dominance in the world, because now that the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, there was no chance to make achievements.

Can you be promoted to a title by governing the country? Can you be granted a title?

Obviously, it is impossible.

It is even more impossible to leave a name in history.

Only by expanding territory can one establish unparalleled achievements, be granted marquis and generals, and be famous throughout the ages. Isn’t this what a person lives for for a lifetime?

This time the emperor wants to fight for dominance in the world is an opportunity that everyone has been looking forward to.

Especially for the generals like Meng Tian, ​​this is a great opportunity for them to return to the center of power. After all, there has been no wars over the years, and the warriors in this court have been left aside and have no say because they do not understand the study of governing the world.

Once the emperor wants to continue to expand his territory, the people in the army will be able to regain their voice in the court.

After understanding that the ministers could not oppose the world of hegemony, Li Yang continued to ask: "Will the soldiers at the bottom support?"

Meng Tian smiled and said, "Prime Minister, don't know why our Qin army is invincible and swept across the six countries? All because of our Qin State's military merits and titles. The soldiers all hope to be able to fight and make achievements, but how could they not support it?"

Speaking of this, Meng Tian said with a profound meaning: "I'm not to hide it from it. Last time I went to the south to quell the rebellion, I was robbed of the prime minister of the Central Committee. The soldiers in the army were all indignant."

Hearing this, Li Yang couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seemed that Qin Shihuang wanted to fight for hegemony in the world. This matter was not only what the civil and military officials in the court wanted, but also what the soldiers below wanted.

But it is correct to think about it. Today's Qin State has not launched the imperial examination system. If the people at the bottom want to get rid of the fate of the bottom and change their lives, their only hope is to make military achievements.

Because the only way for Qin State to advance was to open fields and defeat the enemy, and defeat the enemy was its main way. Most officials after the Qin unified the country were due to military merits. Most of the civil officials were due to military merits, so civil officials did not oppose wars, which was also a major reason.

This is like, under the later imperial examination system, it is the same for talents in the world to study hard, because studying can achieve the goal of being successful through the imperial examination.

In Qin, military merits are the only way to make a name for themselves, and wars are naturally sought after by the lower classes.

To put it bluntly, if you don’t fight, the lower-class people will lose hope of improving the class. Only by fighting can you have hope in life.

"Central Prime Minister, don't you support Your Majesty's ambition to fight for hegemony?"

Meng Tian asked curiously when she saw Li Yang's wry smile.

Li Yang naturally did not dare to say he did not support him, and said, "I am just worried that Your Majesty is too anxious. It is not the time to fight for dominance in the world!"

Meng Tian nodded: "Indeed, as the Prime Minister said in the court, if you want to go to the Western Regions, you must go to the West. Therefore, you still need to eliminate more than 20 countries including the Huns, Donghu, Qiang, Yuezhi, Loulan, Wusun, Hujie, etc. in order to plan the expedition with peace of mind."

"General Meng believes that in how many years can he wipe out the countries in the Western Regions?" Li Yang asked curiously.

Meng Tian pondered for a moment, stretched out a palm, and said, "Five years, there is the national integration strategy you gave by the Prime Minister of the Central Committee. It only takes five years to completely clear the four barbarians of the border."

"Five years?"

Li Yang muttered, it seemed that there was not much time left for himself to develop his national strength!

In five years, can guns be built?

In five years, can we build advanced warships?

Li Yang did not have much confidence in this. He only knew that things became more and more urgent. He had to seize the time to quickly and comprehensively develop Qin. Only in this way can the Qin State compete for hegemony in the future, the smallest price can be exchanged for victory.

…………

After chatting with Meng Tian about the Huns, Li Yang said goodbye to Meng Tian and returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

As soon as I returned to the mansion, I saw Xiao He, Cao Shen, Zhang Cang, Li You, Fusu and others gathered in the prime minister's mansion and waited for him.

"Sir, the five strategies of integration offered in the court today are unprecedented and no one comes later. If the Prime Minister of the Central Committee had entered the court a few years earlier, his Majesty would probably not have to build the Great Wall. The Master's intelligence is really shocking, and the ghosts and gods are weeping, and everyone else is fascinated!"

Xiao He, Cao Shen and Zhang Cang began to flatter when they saw Li Yang.

Li You was not willing to give in and praised him, "Are you just fascinated by the intelligence of the adults? I have long been full of admiration for the Prime Minister."

Xiao He smiled: "The same is true for us. Before our admiration for adults, even the surging rivers and the flooding of the Yellow River cannot be described."

When Li You and Fusu heard this, they were unhappy because the surging rivers and the Yellow River were flooding, which were often spoken by them, and used to describe their admiration for Li Yang. Now that Xiao He said this, wouldn’t it mean that they admire Li Yang more than themselves?

At this moment, Li You was very dissatisfied, but he couldn't think of a better word to describe the meaning of admiration, so he said, "In short, I have a little more respect for the Prime Minister than you."

Fusu said, "I'm the same."

Xiao He and the other two: “…………”

Li Yang: “…………”

These guys are getting cheaper.

but……

I like it!

Li Yang smiled with satisfaction, was very happy, and said to everyone: "Low-key, low-key, you must learn to be low-key in life."

Everyone nodded, and Li You said innocently: "We also want to be low-key, but the strength of the adults does not allow it!"

If Li You hadn't had any knowledge of this era, Li Yang would have doubted whether this guy would have been a Dou friend who had traveled through time.

"Do you two have something to do?"

Li Yang rolled his eyes and asked Li You and Fusu.

Fusu said: "The Lord asked me to search for carving craftsmen in Xianyang City before. I have done this. Now more than 200 craftsmen are about to be the Shaofu. He Zhang asked the student to ask the Taifu, what should I do next?"

Li Yang nodded and turned to look at Li You: "What about you?"

Li You: "I heard that the adults are going to make new inventions again, so I was unable to participate in the last papermaking period. This time... hehe, the official also wants to follow you to make inventions."

Well, this guy wants to make a name for himself.

Li Yang asked Xiao He and the other two again: "What about you? What's wrong?"

Xiao He seemed to remember his important business at this moment, and couldn't help but rush to say: "Sir, the textbook has been compiled, but I haven't seen anyone who ordered the copying to be issued for a long time. We are already in a hurry, so we have to come to you directly."

"Yes, there are only four months left to promote compulsory education. Time is tight, so there can be no delay." Cao Shen and Zhang Cang also said anxiously.

In the eyes of the three of them, it was actually difficult to complete the copying of textbooks in four months.

Because Li Si sent the latest child population, more than 100,000 children aged six to ten, and the three teaching materials for the total number of three subjects is 300,000.

Although this is several times less than the total number of textbooks expected at the beginning, 300,000 to 400,000 books are also an astronomical figure.

To complete the heavy task of copying 300,000 to 400,000 textbooks, how many people need to collect for copying?

Ten thousand people? Fifty thousand people? Hundred thousand people?

Qin State did not lack military men, but only literati who knew how to read and write.

Take Xianyang City as an example. It would be good to recruit a thousand literati. This is because the gentry and wealthy businessmen gathered in Xianyang. If it were other counties, it would be difficult for a hundred literati to find them.

Moreover, even if we can collect 10,000 literati from across the country, how much time will it take to get all of these people in place?

It will take at least more than a month from issuing a solicitation order to reach these literati.

In other words, there are only three months left for copying.

Ten thousand people have to copy out 300,000 to 400,000 textbooks, but this is simply impossible to complete.

Thinking of these situations, to be honest, Xiao He and the others were not very hopeful and could make each student a textbook at the beginning of next spring.

However……

What made the three of them even more speechless was that at this time, Li Yang looked calm when he heard this, as if he was fine. This made the three of them even more anxious.

Could it be that the Prime Minister of the Central Committee gave up?

Or does it matter to him at all?

"Don't worry, it's just some textbooks, small things." Li Yang smiled and comforted.

Xiao He and the other two looked at each other and suddenly felt like they were playing the piano of cows.

The copying of 300,000 to 400,000 textbooks actually said it was a small matter?

Xiao He was afraid that Li Yang didn't know how huge the number of books he wanted to copy was, so he stretched out four fingers and said, "Sir, I want to copy nearly 400,000 books, 400,000 books, and only four months left. Are you really not in a hurry at all?"

Li Yang smiled: "Who said that these books must be copied?"

"……………” Xiao He, Cao Shen, and Zhang Cang were all confused.

If you don’t copy hundreds of thousands of books, will you change?

Just a breath and you will create hundreds of thousands of identical books?

Zhang Cang said: "Sir, what does this mean?"

Li Yang smiled: "Textbooks are so important that hand-copying is time-consuming and trouble-free, and it is easy to copy mistakes and misses. It not only hinders the development of culture, but also brings undue losses to the spread of culture. Therefore, I didn't think about using manual copying from the beginning."
To be continued...