In the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Jue, who transmigrated and became the son of the废太子 (cancelled crown prince) Li Chengqian, secretly returned to the longed-for Chang'an from Qianzho...
"Even food can't shut you up!"
"If you don't like it, then don't eat it. I'll save it to have with my drinks tonight!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jue immediately stuffed all the beef jerky into his mouth, bulging his cheeks like a squirrel.
Upon seeing this, Li Shimin laughed and scolded.
"Our Li family has long produced a glutton like you, hahaha!"
"Eat slowly, don't choke!"
As Li Shimin spoke, he poured Li Jue a cup of tea. Only when he saw Li Jue's cheeks hollow did he ask a question.
"I heard you went to give the Treasure King some homework?"
"Um!"
"What kind of homework did they assign? They're not going to make him write a thousand large characters a day, are they?"
Li Jue did not rush to answer, but first drank a cup of tea and swallowed all the beef jerky in his mouth before speaking.
"Of course not!"
"The task I assigned him was to train 10,000 scholars who could speak the language of the Tang Dynasty and write the characters of the Tang Dynasty within three years!"
"oh?"
Li Shimin immediately became interested upon hearing this.
"This might be a bit difficult for the Treasure King, right?"
"Don't say he can't do it; this wouldn't be an easy thing even in the Tang Dynasty."
"Ten thousand scholars mean ten thousand wealthy families. Could Goguryeo find so many wealthy families?"
“Grandpa, the scholars I’m talking about are different from the scholars you’re talking about.”
"My requirement for Goguryeo is that anyone who can read the Thousand Character Classic fluently and recite it from memory is considered a scholar!"
"If he can't even handle this small matter in three years, then the Treasure King has no reason to live!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin suddenly realized what was going on.
"So you didn't intend to cultivate scholars for Goguryeo, you just wanted them to be able to read a little?"
"certainly!"
"But his grandson gave him more than just this much homework..."
"Anything else?"
"Yes, I have!"
"For example, building a mausoleum for the Sui people, collecting the remains of all those who died in battle in Liaodong during the Sui Dynasty, and having the Treasure King lead civil and military officials in offering sacrifices every year..."
"this……"