I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 274 Mingxiu Academy
Palace, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu with his beautiful eyes, frowned slightly, and said, "You mean to let the princes and wealthy businessmen from the capital contribute a sum of money to build an academy?"

"Your Majesty may think so too."

Fang Xiudao.

"But... how could they be willing to spend money to build an academy that has no income at all?"

The little empress hesitated for a moment and said:
"In the past two years, the imperial court has also obtained a lot of money from them... If you are in a hurry, you can jump over the wall, let alone them, if they use strong methods this time, I am afraid it will cause public outrage."

Fang Xiudao: "Your Majesty still doesn't understand what I mean. I want them to exchange money for a place in the school."

"The rich merchants have invited their husbands. Most of the descendants of the princes are studying in the Imperial College. How can a newly built academy attract them to enroll?"

The little empress said very bluntly: "At the end of the day, I found an excuse to grab the money."

Fang Xiu shook his head, and said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. Although the doctors of the Imperial College are erudite, they can only teach them the four books and five classics. The academy I built can teach them more knowledge."

Hearing this, the little empress became even more speechless, and said angrily, "The imperial examinations are all about the Four Books and Five Classics. What's the point of learning anything else? Besides, if you study in the Imperial College, you can still have the status of a tribute student. In the future, no matter how bad you are, you can also be released to the outside world." As a petty official, what can I gain by studying in your academy?"

Fang Xiudao: "I forgot to tell Your Majesty that I intend to name the Academy after Your Majesty and the Minister, with Your Majesty as the Dean of the Academy and the Minister as the Vice-President of the Academy."

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Wu Mingkong was a little dazed when he heard this, and didn't understand his intention.

Fang Xiu explained: "In this way, the students who enter the reading academy are the emperor's disciples in name, and in this respect they are no different from Jinshi in the imperial examination."

Wu Mingkong didn't expect Fang Xiu to use this method to get money, the corner of his mouth twitched, and said:
"It's just a false name, will anyone be willing to pay this money?"

Fang Xiudao: "Countless merchants in the world will struggle to grab this money in exchange for this false name."

Wu Mingkong was silent for a while, and said, "I still don't think it's very reliable."

Fang Xiudao: "Whether it is reliable or not, you will know after you try it."

Wu Mingkong thought for a moment, then said, "Let's do as you said."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Fang Xiu smiled and cupped his hands.

"You entered the palace to see me just for this matter?"

Wu Mingkong sat on the dragon chair and asked.

Fang Xiudao: "In addition, I do have something else to tell Your Majesty. The general situation of the Zhou Kingdom has been decided. Xie Qian has already imprisoned the Emperor Zhou. After seven days, I will send Li Yaoyue's personal maid to go to Jin Dynasty in disguise. Nan, to participate in the abdication ceremony."

After Wu Mingkong heard this, his eyes revealed a touch of excitement, and he said, "I didn't expect this to go so smoothly."

Fang Xiu cupped his hands and said with a smile, "It's all His Majesty's wisdom!"

"I know that to win Zhou Guo, [-]% of the [-] successes will be yours."

Wu Mingkong stood up from the dragon chair, walked up to Fang Xiu, stretched out his slender fingers, drew a circle on his chest, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "What reward does Xiang Xiang want? As long as I can do it, I promise you."

"Can you promise anything?"

Fang Xiu looked the little empress up and down, and asked as if confirming.

Wu Mingkong noticed his undisguised eyes, blushed slightly, and nodded slightly.

Fang Xiu stared straight at the red lips of the little empress, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "That minister wants it."

Seeing the look in his eyes, Wu Mingkong thought of something, his pretty face turned even redder, and he spat in his heart, thinking, this hateful traitor is thinking about some unscrupulous things all day long!
Just now.

Fang Xiu continued: "I want to borrow 20 taels of silver from Your Majesty's internal funds."

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Wu Mingkong obviously didn't expect that Fang Xiu would make such a request, and he was a little dazed.

"You held back for a long time, just want to borrow money from me?"

Fang Xiu looked at her with a half-smile, and asked, "Otherwise? What does Your Majesty think I'm going to do?"

"I thought"

Wu Mingkong's pretty face was flushed, and he said angrily: "I didn't think anything. I don't have any money, and besides, the money in my pocket is stored in the Royal Bank. If you want to get it out directly from Daji!"

Looking at the little empress who was getting angry from embarrassment, Fang Xiu chuckled, stretched out his hand to pinch her little face, and said softly, "Your Majesty is still so cute."

Wu Mingkong glared at him, but did not refute.

"The money in the Royal Bank needs to be kept in accounts. No one, even the minister, can control the money at will."

Fang Xiu explained with a serious face: "Any rule, once established, cannot be easily broken, especially the Royal Bank, which is in charge of money, if it ignores the rules and disposes of money at will, the final result will be disastrous."

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong's expression became a little strange, and he said, "You understand this truth, why did you still greedy so much silver from the treasury back then?"

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The corner of Fang Xiu's mouth twitched, not knowing how to refute.

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong stopped being aggressive, and just asked: "Zhenbaozhai gave you more than 20 taels of silver in dividends, why do you still want to borrow from me?"

Fang Xiu explained: "All of my silver is useful, there is not one or two of it idle, if you want to use silver, you can only borrow it from your majesty, if your majesty is not willing to lend it to me, you can only borrow a loan from the Royal Bank. "

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Wu Mingkong was silent for a while when he heard this, and asked curiously, "What do you want so much money for?"

Fang Xiudao: "One part develops and produces steam engines, and the other part buys cotton from Wu Guo for business."

The voice fell.

Wu Mingkong showed doubts and asked, "What is a steam engine?"

"A steam engine is a machine that utilizes steam. It was designed by Chen and developed by Uncle Guo."

Fang Xiu roughly described the function of the steam engine.

After hearing this, Wu Mingkong had a look of doubt on his face, and said, "Is this steam engine as important as you said?"

"It's more important than what I said!"

Fang Xiu made a firm decision.

"In that case, I will lend you this silver."

Wu Mingkong said.

The corner of Fang Xiu's mouth curled up into a smile, he stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and kissed her hard on her pink lips.

"The minister knows that His Majesty is the most sympathetic to the minister."

"Bah bah bah!"

The little empress who was suddenly attacked blushed, spat a few times, and said angrily: "Look at your villain's face, if Li Yaoyue gives you money, don't you want to hug her and kiss her?"

Fang Xiu's smile became brighter, he hugged her horizontally, and said:
"I only want your majesty's money."

"Sex embryo! Stay away from me!"

Wu Mingkong nestled in his arms and struggled symbolically twice.

Fang Xiu gently placed the little empress on the dragon couch, put his hands on her sides, looked at her affectionately, and said softly: "In order to repay His Majesty, I decided to serve His Majesty for a day and a night."

The voice fell.

The little empress was really frightened and wanted to get up in a hurry.

"I don't want you to serve me! You want me to die!"

Fang Xiu pushed her back who was about to escape, and said with a smile, "I will pay attention to propriety."

The little empress struggled violently and wanted to run away.

"I advise Your Majesty to save some effort and deal with the minister later."

The voice fell.

Fang Xiu rushed forward.

Just for a moment.

The voice of the little empress became a little strange, trembling slightly.

"Ugh—a beast!"

Come out of the palace.

It was already the next morning.

Fang Xiu looked refreshed and returned to Xiangguo Mansion.

It is summer.

The sound of cicadas is endless.

The roads on both sides of the Xiangguo Mansion were re-placed with ice made from saltpeter.

A year's time.

The price of ice cubes in Chang'an is not as expensive as before.

Ordinary wealthy families can occasionally buy some drinks made of smoothies for their children to satisfy their cravings.

Fang Xiu was walking on the cool path, and after a while, a servant came up to him.

"My lord, your lords are here, waiting for you in the main hall."

"understood."

Fang Xiu nodded and walked towards the main hall.

As soon as he entered the main room, he saw all the princes stand up and salute one after another.

"Meet Fang Xiang."

"Sit all!"

Fang Xiu waved his hand, walked to the first seat, and sat down.

Picking up the teacup, he took a sip, and said leisurely, "This time, the lords are summoned for a matter that will benefit the generations to come."

Hearing this, the princes subconsciously looked at each other, and they could see a touch of anxiety and uneasiness in each other's eyes.

They know in their hearts that generally speaking, things that are good for future generations are not good for the present.

Is Fang Xiang trying to find some excuse to get money from them?
However, it has only been less than three months since they received their dividends!
The silver is stored in the Royal Bank, and it has to be taken back by Fang Xiang before it is warmed up. Who can bear it?

Just when they were uneasy.

Fang Xiu said again: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that I plan to build several academies, namely Mingxiu Academy, Construction Academy, Engineering Academy, Medical Academy and Agricultural Academy
You also know that it takes money to build an academy. Please sir, build a house. These are very costly, so I plan to raise a sum of money from the people for the construction of the academy.

Those who are willing to support the construction of the academy, future generations can enter Mingxiu Academy to study! "

As soon as this word comes out.

All the princes' hearts skipped a beat.

What is Mingxiu Academy?

How have they never heard of it?
What are the benefits of studying in this academy, and how much money can it be worth?

There was silence for a moment.

It was Honglu Temple Shaoqing Zhou Zhengxian who asked: "May I ask Fang Xiang, what is the difference between this Mingxiu Academy and ordinary academies?"

All present were members of the Fang Party.

There are some things that don't need to be taken into account too much.

Fang Xiu looked around and said leisurely: "Mingxiu Academy is an academy built by His Majesty and Truth, named after His Majesty and Truth, with His Majesty as the dean, and Truth as the vice-principal!"

The voice fell.

All the gentlemen were startled.

In this way, isn't it tantamount to being a disciple of His Majesty and Prime Minister Fang to study in the Academy?

In this case, if the money paid is not much, it can be considered.

You guys are thinking about it.

Fang Xiu said again: "After the academy is completed, His Majesty and the Prime Minister will spare time to give lectures to the students. The students of Mingxiu Academy, whose status is equivalent to the tribute students of the Imperial College, can also participate in the provincial examination."

When the princes heard this, their eyes lit up.

Someone asked impatiently: "Excuse me, Prime Minister Fang, how much money do you need to donate if you want to study in the academy?"

Fang Xiu stretched out three fingers and said calmly, "3000 taels."

"This"

At this moment, the princes were all dumbfounded.

It costs so much money to read a book!

3000 taels is enough to hire so many teachers!

Fang Xiu noticed their expressions, waved his hands and said:
"If you think it's too expensive, you don't have to enter the academy, the truth summons you because I want you to spread the news!

I know the truth, there are quite a few wealthy businessmen in your hometown, who tried every means to send their children to study and take the imperial examination, even violating my laws!

Now the truth is giving these wealthy businessmen a chance. As long as they pay 3000 taels of silver, they can send their children and grandchildren to study in Mingxiu Academy.

The son of a merchant, taking part in the imperial examination, besides building an official path, is the only way to go! "

When the princes heard this, they all showed thoughtful expressions.

After a while, they all cupped their hands and said: "Xiaguan understands. After returning, Xiaguan will inform the merchants who have this intention."

"The truth summoned you all for this purpose, just remember it, let's all go back!"

Fang Xiu waved his hand and said so.

"Yes, Fang Xiang!"

The princes got up one after another, turned around and left after saluting.

While Fang Xiu was busy working for Mingxiu Academy.

Qing'er, who was thousands of miles away, had already arrived in Jinnan City under the escort of Xuanjia cavalry.

In a luxurious carriage.

Dressed in a black long dress, the graceful and luxurious maid Qing'er lifted the curtain and looked at the street scene outside the window with a complicated expression.

A year ago, she accompanied His Highness from here to Chang'an.

At that time, He never thought that one day he would come back here as His Highness, accept the abdication, and become the Great Zhou Empress.

Qing'er lamented that the world is impermanent, and at the same time, there was a look of worry in her eyes, thinking, I don't know if His Highness is still safe now.

Just as she missed Li Yaoyue.

The roofs of the houses on both sides.

A masked assassin holds a long sword tightly in his hand, waiting for an opportunity to move!

The carriage continued on.

When passing by a shop, I don't know what was pressed on it, and it bumped violently.

"what happened?"

In the carriage, Qing'er frowned and asked.

The guard on the side said: "The wheel seems to be stuck by something, I will deal with it!"

The voice fell.

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps all around.

Immediately afterwards, a loud shout was heard.

"kill!"

Almost at the same time.

The guard shouted: "There are assassins! Protect Madam!"

"Yes!"

The rest of the guards responded in unison.

Just for a moment.

There was a clash of swords and swords outside the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Qing'er picked up the long sword hidden under the blanket, a sharp light burst out from her eyes, quietly waiting for the arrival of the assassin!
After a while.

An assassin broke through the line of defense formed by the guards, lifted the curtain of the car, stared at Qing'er, and said through gritted teeth:

"Traitor! Die!"

(End of this chapter)