“How is the progress of railway construction?”

For the entire Tang Dynasty, railways have great significance, so he never forgot them for a moment.

Even when the college was founded, when Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong were recruited back, the railway still did not stop working.

"I am preparing to report this to Your Highness. If nothing unexpected happens, the railway will be completed before the New Year."

Li Junxian said proudly, such a huge project would not be completed without three or five years.

"Oh? It's going so fast?"

Xiao Zhengtai was very shocked. The matter was far beyond what he thought, but he was trusting the soldiers, so he did not consider the quality issue.

"Your Highness is kind-hearted, and many people volunteer to come and help. They don't want to earn money, but just want to have enough food..."

Li Junxian hurriedly explained why the construction period was greatly shortened.

It turned out that those simple people believed that they had taken advantage of His Highness so much that they felt very sorry, so they expressed their gratitude to His Highness in this way.

In response to this, Xiao Zhengta just nodded, showing that she understood and felt very warm. If such a person does not care about him, he would be sorry for his conscience.

I was secretly calculating the time in my mind. If I wanted to try the train, I probably had to wait until the college recruited students before it could proceed.

"Maid Li, I don't know if you are interested in this prince's academy. If you are willing to study in the past, this prince can make an exception for you, exempt from the assessment and pay the tuition directly!"

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Zhengta still felt that he would give Li Junxian such an opportunity. He saw everything he showed since he followed him.

"Really? I can do it too?"

After hearing Xiao Zhengtai's words, Li Junxian pointed at his nose in disbelief. He really didn't expect that he could have such qualifications.

"Of course, don't you?"

Xiao Zhengtai was very puzzled. She never lie. Since she said he could, it would definitely be OK. Why should she question her?

"No, no, no! My subordinates just can't believe that are rough people like us qualified to enter the academy?"

Li Junxian waved his hand excitedly and said with a very inferiority complex that he had never dared to expect such a thing since he was a child to adulthood.

Especially the Lishan Academy is now well-known, and the major wealthy families and noble families want to squeeze their heads and send their children in. It is conceivable that the quota of Lishan Academy is valuable. I never dreamed that such a good thing would fall on my head.

"Who said you are not qualified to study, this prince must break this rule. Not only can you enter the academy to study, but this prince even plans to recruit a group of academies in the military camp to train together!

Studying is not the patent of aristocrats. No matter how poor or rich you are, you have the qualifications to study. The final assessment of the college is to speak with grades, not the background and influence behind him.”

It is not surprising that Li Junxian has such an idea, but this idea made Xiao Zhengtai very angry.

At the same time, this is also why he wanted to establish the college. It was not bad for Imperial College, but for students within it, only those with prominent families can enter the study.

Those poor students who are devoted to studying can only be discouraged when facing the strict threshold of the Imperial College.

The talents from the Imperial College can directly serve the court after the college comes out, which can be said to be the ladder to enter the official career.

Therefore, some students often have their shadows of family members before they even leave the academy.

Over time, when they finally entered the official career, it can be said that the influence of aristocratic families in the court is very huge, because these new officials are all minions of aristocratic families.

No matter what happens to the court, they can learn at the first time that even if they do something that is sorry to the court, they can escape danger with the help of these people.

Therefore, Xiao Zhengtai must completely break this tradition and cultivate talents who can truly benefit the Tang Dynasty, rather than others' watchdogs.

"Remember, when spring is in full bloom, come to the college to register!"

Xiaozheng was too lazy to explain more to him. The good mood had long disappeared in these few words.

"yes!"

After hearing Xiao Zhengtai's order, Li Junxian quickly agreed respectfully, with an excited expression on his face.

After eating something casually, Xiao Zhengtai set out to walk towards Xuanzheng Hall. Even if his thoughts were mature, the final decision was still required by Li Er to implement it.

The result was the same as Xiao Zhengtai guessed, Li Er did not study it in depth at all, just do everything according to his inner thoughts.

The suggestion made by Xiao Zhengtai never disappointed Li Er, so this time is no exception. All he wants is the result.

As for whom to choose to enter the academy in the military camp, he didn't want to ask about it at all. Of course, Xiao Zhengtai didn't have the leisure to ask about it, and directly kicked the ball to Cheng Yaojin.

It can be said that this decision was the first to start, and it was also considered the face of the entire military camp, so the screening of talents is definitely quite strict.

If the first batch of talents who were experimenting became frustrated in the end, then this suggestion will be completely cancelled.

So Xiao Zhengtai doesn't need to be asked. Cheng Yaojin will definitely consider it carefully when choosing his subordinates.

This is not only Cheng Yaojin's face, but also the stepping stone for all the soldiers to change their destiny in the future.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and the railway to the Lingnan area in Chang'an was finally completed.

Li Er was very happy about such news. He threw away all the work in his hands and wanted to kill him to experiment.

Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong also had joy on their faces and could not be expressed in words.

During the whole year, the Cheng family and the Qin family have taken out all their old capitals. Even the Changsun family has not taken a single order in this year, and the money in the mansion has been paying for no money.

The court was also constantly paying for money. Dai Zhou, the first steward of the Tang Dynasty, strongly opposed the construction of the railway. Shi Chang ran to Li Er to request that such a waste of money and money be stopped.

This is just the beginning. Everyone knows that this huge gold-swalking beast will continuously absorb wealth from the Tang Dynasty.

No one understands the role of railways. In the eyes of ministers, the court is completely wasting if it is not possible to make any waves.

However, this suggestion was proposed by His Highness the Crown Prince, so even if someone objected, he would not dare to express it in front of the Crown Prince. He could only come to His Majesty to persuade him with kind words.

This made Li Er very upset and could only announce that the court would withdraw from the railway from Chang'an to Lingnan, and all the shares were divided equally by four families. Of course, the money for the construction of the railway would also be paid by the Cheng family, Qin family, Changsun family and the prince.

The court's announcement of withdrawal is a great thing for several companies. Once the railway is opened, the benefits will be clear. At that time, even if the officials of the court repent, they will have no use, and they can only watch them earn money.

The four said there was no problem, and they would build the railway even if they were to sell the goods in the end.
Chapter completed!