Spoiling Li Shimin

He didn't finish his sentence, but the crowd naturally weren't fools. At this moment, they understood why Li Shimin had just said that the Great Tang army would no longer use flag signals when marching into battle.

Indeed, with such a device, things like flag signals were obviously going to become obsolete.

Qin Qiong could not help but ask, Your Majesty, I wonder how far this walkie-talkie can transmit voices? If the distance could be a bit further, reaching two or three hundred paces, then it would truly be perfect.

Two or three hundred paces?

Hearing this, Li Shimin first smiled, then shook his head.

Seeing him shake his head, looks of disappointment immediately appeared on everyone's faces.

Can it not even reach two or three hundred paces?

However, although it was a bit of a pity, a distance of a hundred paces seemed quite good as well. At worst, they could just arrange more scouts when the time came, holding walkie-talkies and relaying messages back and forth. No matter what, it was still more convenient than flag signals, wasn't it?

After all, the information conveyed by flag signals was too brief, whereas the walkie-talkie allowed people to speak directly.

Hehe, what is two or three hundred paces?

At this time, Li Shimin was heard laughing, The maximum effective communication distance of this walkie-talkie reaches fifty kilometers, oh, which is a hundred li as you understand it.

A... a hundred li?

As soon as he said this, the entire crowd was first startled, and then they all gasped in shock.

So the meaning of His Majesty shaking his head just now was not that this device could not reach two or three hundred paces, but rather that two or three hundred paces was simply child's play for it?

Cheng Yaojin said, Your Majesty, I see that there must be at least a thousand walkie-talkies on the ground here, right? If one can reach a hundred li, ten would be a thousand li...

These thousand or so units... are completely enough for us to lay them out in a straight line from Chang'an to the various major border towns. Once there is a war at the border, wouldn't Chang'an be able to know about it immediately?

Sigh, laying them out in a straight line like that is too wasteful, and passing messages by word of mouth is too troublesome.

Li Shimin chuckled, I have something even simpler. It only requires two units to directly communicate with the border from Chang'an.

Saying that, he pointed to the radio transmitter on the ground, and then explained its usage to the crowd.

After hearing this, the crowd was once again astounded.

Zhangsun Wuji said excitedly, According to what Your Majesty has said, sending a message via the radio, receiving it, and then translating it takes less than a quarter of an hour in total. This is indeed too convenient. Your Majesty, this old subject believes that we should immediately gather a group of people and teach them how to use these radios and other devices.

Li Shimin nodded, I have already thought about these matters, and I have also brought a few teachers. They will enter the city tomorrow. When the time comes, we only need to select people and let the teachers instruct them.

Furthermore, it is not just for radios and walkie-talkies. In the future, I will also establish a Great Tang Academy, setting up various departments and industries, such as the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and so on. People will be needed to study in all fields.

My beloved subjects, after you go back later, you can start selecting a group of people to gather in the palace tomorrow. The first batch of students does not need to be large, but they must be smart and have flexible minds. This is because, once this first batch learns, I also plan to have them serve as teachers. Later on, when the academy is fully established, they will have to teach the commoners and children recruited from the public into the academy.

This was a web-weaving model, slowly expanding, turning one into two, two into four, and four into eight.

Then, combining the past and the future, it would be promoted throughout the entire Great Tang over a few years or even longer.

Soon, Li Shimin had people move all these items into the imperial palace for safekeeping.

Qin Ning drove him and Empress Zhangsun back to the palace. He was in no rush to leave, staying overnight in the palace. It was not until early the next morning that he went to the suburban base again to inspect the progress of Wang Yousheng and the others' work.

He also brought the teachers dispatched by Elder Zeng from the portal side into the imperial palace.

The first batch of selected students had now gathered within the imperial palace, totaling over a hundred people.

Aside from some children of noble families, there were also some peasant farmers from the public, as well as some young officials of the Great Tang.

Under Li Shimin's arrangement, the crowd was quickly divided into several groups. One group specifically studied agriculture, another studied radio and walkie-talkie knowledge, and there were also various other majors like electrical work and geography.

In Taiji Palace, at noon, Li Shimin was reviewing memorials.

Qin Ning, on the other hand, was sitting to the side, cracking melon seeds and watching downloaded shows on his phone, occasionally answering some of Li Shimin's questions, all of which were about events that would happen later in the Tang Dynasty.

Impossible! How could Chengqian rebel? He is the Crown Prince of the Great Tang! The entire Great Tang will be his in the future. He would rebel against me? When Li Shimin heard this from Qin Ning, he felt as if struck by lightning, his face full of disbelief.

Erlang, do not get agitated. Those are things in the future. They haven't happened yet, and there are many things we can still change. Empress Zhangsun had also just arrived not long ago. She had heard these words between Qin Ning and Li Shimin from outside the door, and walked in at this moment.

In the tenth year of Zhenguan, Li Tai was conferred the title of Prince of Wei. To show his exceptional favor, Emperor Taizong issued an edict ordering him to move into Wude Hall.

Qin Ning spoke, You should know better than I do what kind of place Wude Hall is. Li Tai moving into Wude Hall undoubtedly became a massive threat to Crown Prince Li Chengqian. This was also the fuse that led to the discord between the two brothers.

Qingque and Gaoming at odds with each other? How is this possible? Li Shimin did not believe it and frowned.

Qin Ning chuckled, How is it not possible? Then explain why your eldest brother, Li Jiancheng, suffered from acute iron poisoning at Xuanwu Gate back then?

In the hall, there was silence for a very long time. Li Shimin did not speak for a long while.

Empress Zhangsun said, Erlang, now that we know the reason, there is still time to make changes to everything.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and then nodded.

There are quite a few more explosive revelations later on. Do you want to continue? Qin Ning asked with a smile.

Don't.

Li Shimin hurriedly waved his hand, Let's stop here for today. I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it and will die from anger right here.

Qin Ning shrugged, continued cracking melon seeds, and went back to watching his show.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

At this time, outside the palace doors, a voice laced with sobs could be heard, and then an elderly official over fifty years old stumbled in.

My beloved subject Fu Yi, what has happened?

Li Shimin frowned and looked at the other party. This was the Grand Astrologer of the Astrological Bureau, Fu Yi.

The so-called Astrological Bureau was actually the equivalent of the Directorate of Astronomy in later dynasties, specifically in charge of astronomy and the calendar, including things like observing the stars at night, observing the weather, and recording celestial phenomena.

Boohoo, Your Majesty, they said... they said there is no Moon Palace on the moon, and Chang'e flying to the moon is also fake...

Grand Astrologer Fu Yi cried as he spoke, They also said... they also said the earth beneath our feet is a sphere. This is impossible!

Since ancient times, there has been the theory of a round sky and a square earth... How could the earth, how could the earth be round?

This completely defies common sense, Your Majesty!