Chapter 493 Decision
This is a lovely era for careerists, but it is a terrible era for ordinary people.
There are warlords fighting inside, and Turks and Tibetans are looking at them outside. The wars are endless, wars are endless, rituals and music are broken, and ethics are abnormal. Life is hard, but it continues.
War broke out in Luoyang, beacon fire covered the city, and the sound of killing was loud.
The fight started. This was the only thought in Luoyang people's minds. It was terrible.
After making pots for dinner at around seven o'clock in the morning, Li Mi waved his hand, and three thousand pioneers came up carrying ladders. Even if there are stones and arrows in front of them, their morale is still high. It’s just that some people are bound to miss dinner later.
Li Mi was sitting in the Chinese army camp, looking confident.
In Luoyang City, although Li Shimin helped, he didn't have the personality to go to the front line. Luoyang is under siege. At this time, as the boss of Luoyang, he should wait for the city wall to boost his momentum. It is better for him to hide in the mansion in the city and send troops to guard it. Secretly, he even asked his family members to pack up their belongings, bury them, and hide them.
Li Shimin shook his head secretly and could only do it by himself. It happened to be a small show of strength in front of Du Lan, just to defend the city.
It is indeed powerful. After Li Shimin took over the army, he quickly organized defense on the city wall, distributed bows and arrows, and also organized the evacuation of the people near the city wall.
Li Shimin's familiarity with Luoyang is really extraordinary. At first glance, he seems to be a man with the world in mind. If Kou Zhong really wants to compare with Li Shimin, he probably only has three advantages: youth, good martial arts, and being able to talk about emotions. As for the fighting level, it should be about the same.
In three waves during the day, none of the soldiers in Wagang Village climbed onto the city wall. This made Li Mi furious. He lost more than 600 men, but he could not even touch the top of the wall.
Duran is not good at fighting, but he is good at level suppression. The longer you stay in contact with Li Shimin, the more you know how powerful Li Shimin is. Leaving aside the fact that Li Shimin did something to his brother, there is no way to find any shortcomings in him.
If Li Shimin managed politics and finance, and Kou Zhong commanded the army, the country of the Central Plains would rise to the top of the earth, and maybe it could become a colonial country. That series of chain reactions might make the Indians wish for some happiness.
If you want to implement an advanced system, you must first improve the education of the people. Although the Central Plains advocates education and civilization for thousands of years, nothing has changed over time. The ancestors' things are too good, and the descendants have no fighting spirit. When your home is shattered and the memorial tablets of your ancestors are trampled in the mud, it will be too late to awaken to struggle. After being knocked down, getting up will involve all the pain in your body, and that's not worth it.
Therefore, Dulan wants to promote education for all, promote mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and practice the six arts in parallel. Four years of compulsory primary school, two years of compulsory junior high school, two years of compulsory high school, and three years of college. In this way, after ten years, there will be many qualified workers.
Don’t look down on primary school students and junior high school students. When the Soviet Union first started, it relied on the wrenches in the hands of junior high school students.
Only a few talents are needed to become scientists, but there are many workers who can lay the foundation of the entire industry. Both are indispensable.
That guy Li Shimin came again, but after Shazhi left, Dinisha had also left to get busy, leaving Dulan bored.
"Sir." Li Shimin was already very polite, and not many people asked him to call him sir.
"Are you asking for advice on how to lead an army? Or do you want to learn how to govern a country?"
"Sir, I, Li Shimin, asked myself sincerely in my heart. I am willing to sacrifice my life and blood for the country and the people. Why do you, sir, value Kou Zhong and despise me?" Li Shimin performed very well today, but Dulan didn't even show his face, so He was not convinced.
"You and Kou Zhong, Li Mi and Wang Shichong, Du Fuwei and Wang Bo..." Dulan Balabala mentioned a bunch of warlords, big and small, "Only you and Kou Zhong have the potential to unify the world. I think Kou Zhong is Because he has no brothers and sisters, there will be no fight for the throne, and he can accept a country without an emperor, can you? "
Li Shimin remained silent. He had a brother, and he was the kind of brother who would definitely become a stumbling block on the road to becoming emperor. And he wants to be the emperor, which is the goal of his efforts.
Li Shimin thought for a long time and suddenly raised his head, "Without the emperor, can the world really be stable for a long time?"
"Of course it's more likely than you to give birth to a good son." Du Lan smiled and said, "I've seen too much about tiger fathers and dog sons, and I don't think your son will do well. If Li Shimin becomes emperor, I believe you are a good emperor, and I also believe that you will be another Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. But after you have governed the country, what do you want your son to do? If the country is ruled by the land, it will be impossible for him to surpass you, and the country will be like a stagnant water. If it is an unfilial son who is greedy for pleasure or is eager for great achievements, then it will be another Yang Guang country. If the monarch is defeated, he can still enjoy the power of life and death, but by the time war breaks out, it will be too late. If a multi-party president governs, one party's government is wrong, and other parties will point out that equality is different from the monarch. If you die, you have to die, that’s the biggest difference.”
"Equality?" Li Shimin finally heard the key from Dulan's mouth. He chewed carefully and suddenly fell to his knees. "Li Shimin is willing to help you build an equal country."
Duran hasn’t talked about freedom and democracy yet. In fact, Li Shimin didn't just lower his profile, he actually knew that Dulan was powerful. If he didn't express his stance this time, maybe the Li family would really stand against Dulan. Dulan is a deity who descended to earth. Is there any benefit from working against a deity?
So Li Shimin made a choice. Anyway, as long as he became president, he could govern the country. Although the president's power was not as great as that of the emperor, he could also benefit the people.
"Well, actually, I'm already doing it. No matter who gets the world between you and Kou Zhong, I won't let you be the emperor. When your respective strengths are similar, I will let people vote. The one with more votes can become president, and the other will become vice president. At the same time, I will improve the laws of the election system and provide you with technology so that you can realize the dream of all nations coming to pay tribute."
All nations coming to pay tribute, this is Li Shimin's dream, no, this should be the ultimate dream of all emperors. So for this goal, all dynasties of the Celestial Empire have bestowed favors on neighboring countries, for this reason. On the one hand, it is a matter of face, and on the other hand, it is also the attitude of a big country. If a small country respects me, the Celestial Empire can give protection and benefits.
It's just that the offerings given by small countries in the past were given to the emperor, and being placed in the treasury did not benefit the people at all. But the favors given to small countries were collected from the people, and if they were given to outsiders, the people would have nothing. This kind of tribute from all nations has no material benefits for the people, except for the pride of being a citizen of the Celestial Empire.
However, the tribute from all nations mentioned by Duran is not a loss-making business where a small country gives a hundred gifts and the emperor has to return a thousand. It is economic trade. Duran wants to let the ancestors of those European capitalists know what a Celestial Empire merchant is.