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

Chapter 353 The Empress's Mind

back from the countryside.

Along the way, Wu Mingkong, who was in the same carriage with Fang Xiu, was a little absent-minded, as if his mind was wandering.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu thought she was still immersed in the shock of seeing the steam locomotive, so he stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes.

As a result, nothing happens.

Wu Mingkong was still staring straight ahead, wondering what was going on in his mind.

"His Majesty?"

Fang Xiu was worried that she was unwell, so he called softly.

"Ok?"

Wu Mingkong looked blankly and looked at Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu asked, "What is His Majesty thinking?"

"I'm thinking"

Wu Mingkong opened his mouth and was about to answer subconsciously. As soon as he opened his mouth, he realized that some words were too unpleasant to say, and marriage was always brought up by men. How could a woman rush to ask others to marry her? Your majesty the Empress!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel arrogant again, but just for a moment, the desire for marriage overwhelmed everything, making her feel like a peacock who had lost the courtship, and became depressed.

"Thinking about what?"

Seeing that the little empress was silent, Fang Xiu showed doubts and asked again.

"No, nothing."

Wu Mingkong felt a little guilty for some reason when he looked at Shang Xiu's concerned eyes.

Fang Xiu looked at her, lost in thought.

After a while, he seemed to think of something, and said, "Your Majesty is thinking about His Majesty's birthday, what gifts will the officials give?"

Hearing this question, Wu Mingkong was slightly taken aback.

After being in a daze for a while, I suddenly remembered that it will be my birthday again in half a month!

Thinking of that early autumn night three years ago, and the gorgeous fireworks in the sky.

A smile appeared on Wu Mingkong's exquisite pretty face, as charming as a flower.

Immediately, he was in a trance again.

In an instant, three years passed.

In the past three years, although Fang Xiu bullied her from time to time, most of the time he took care of her like a husband, not to mention meticulous, but also considerate and meticulous.

Although there is no status as husband and wife, both the queen mother and the royal family, as well as civil and military officials, all know in their hearts that the marriage between Fang Xiang and the Great Zhou Empress is just a means of concealing people's eyes. In fact, Fang Xiang and our majesty are the same. right.

Even the old and foolish Minister of Rites who had been writing to let His Majesty accept the harem before gradually came to his senses and never mentioned the draft again, but he still wrote a memorial from time to time to make His Majesty and Fang Xiang pay attention to the country.

The content is nothing more than, Fang Xiang!Your Majesty!You are not young anymore, you should have a child, the country cannot live without a heir, someone must inherit our great achievements!

In the past, when Wu Mingkong saw such memorials, he would only blush and scold the Minister of Rites for being so shameless.

But gradually increase with age.

Wu Mingkong, who is now 21 years old, also began to think about Guoben.

After all, among the people, many women who are twenty-eight years old are pregnant with children.

And in a few years, she will be in her prime.

As soon as he thought of this, Wu Mingkong couldn't help but a picture appeared in his mind.

Suburbs.

Among the gorgeous flowers.

Two pink and cute half-old children are playing and playing.

And she was wearing a long skirt with a hairpin on her head, standing not far away, looking at them with a smile, beside Fang Xiu was holding the freshly skewered beef, telling the children to run slowly while offering treasures Dangling the skewers in front of her, teasingly asked her to call her father.

For an emperor, especially the emperor of the Daqian Empire, which is flourishing today, such fantasies are undoubtedly a hopeless performance.

If all the officials knew about it, they would definitely talk about it behind their backs. They are short-sighted, have no ambitions, and are not worthy of being a hero of the generation.

Wu Mingkong also often reminded himself that she is the king of a country, as long as she works steadily, she will be able to unite the countries in a short time, how can she have such depressing fantasies.

Can.
Even so, she still thinks so often.

Perhaps, from the very beginning, she was not suitable to sit in such a high position.

Fighting for the throne may just be her obsession under the influence of her ears and eyes as the only daughter of her father and emperor.

"I"

Thinking of this, Wu Mingkong felt inexplicably panicked, and wanted to say something, but there was no one to talk to.

Because she knew that Fang Xiu's ideal was to unify all countries and achieve hegemony.

Although as long as she asks Fang Xiu to marry her, Fang Xiu will definitely do so.

But this is not what Wu Mingkong wants.

She didn't want to be a stumbling block on Fang Xiu's way to realize his dream.

Therefore, in the carriage, facing Fang Xiu's concerned eyes, Wu Mingkong finally chose to remain silent.

But Fang Xiu seemed to have some insight and fell into deep thought.

Until the carriage stopped in front of the palace gate.

Fang Xiu suddenly asked:
"Your Majesty, what kind of congratulatory gift will I send you on His Majesty's birthday this year?"

Wu Mingkong didn't think too much, just shook his head.

Fang Xiu saw that she seemed exhausted, so he didn't ask any more questions, but said: "If Your Majesty is tired, I will carry His Majesty into the palace to rest."

"do not want!"

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong's pretty face instantly turned red, and he said angrily, "You can figure it out, I am the Son of Heaven, and you are the Prime Minister, so how decent it is for all the officials to see it."

Fang Xiu looked completely indifferent, smiled and said: "If you see it, you will see it. It's not like they don't know the relationship between the minister and His Majesty."

"I and you are monarchs and ministers, what relationship can we have?"

Wu Mingkong was still stubborn.

Fang Xiudao: "The minister is talking about the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

[Emotion value +1000]

Wu Mingkong rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Finally, under the strong resistance of the little empress.

Fang Xiu still failed, and in the end he just took His Majesty's hand and returned to the palace.

After resting in the Hall of Mental Cultivation for less than an hour, Du Chen'an and others hurried over.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Fang, the eight hundred miles just received should be expedited!"

Minister of War Qian Haonan took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu stretched out his hand to take it, and looked at it from top to bottom.

After a while, after reading the letter, he handed it to the little empress again, and said, "Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Wu sent [-] elite soldiers with artillery to march towards the south of Dagan, and they have already crossed the borderline."

When Wu Mingkong heard this, his face became serious, and he said, "I didn't expect Wu Guo to act faster than expected."

aside.

Qin Xingyan said: "It's understandable, if the Wu people don't send troops, I'm afraid it won't be long before the whole country of Wu will fall into turmoil because of the treasure banknote!"

Wu Mingkong nodded, looked at Fang Xiu, and asked, "Fang Xiu, what is the plan now?"

Now she has not shy away from relying on Fangxiu at all.

Sometimes even in her opinion, as long as Fang Xiu is there, everything will be fine!

Fang Xiudao: "The Huben Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty has already formed a coalition army with some elites from the Shenji Battalion, and they are currently on standby in the southern states. As long as that Majesty arrives in Huizhou, they can all go south to fight against the Wu army!"

Wu Mingkong nodded and said, "I hope everything goes well."

Qian Haonan said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Wu army is just a mob. Even if they have artillery, they are not the opponents of the coalition forces!"

Seeing Qian Haonan's self-confidence, Wu Mingkong felt more at ease, but he still said: "Don't take it lightly, you must know that arrogant soldiers will lose."

Qian Haonan cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty taught me the lesson."

Seeing that the few people had no intention of leaving, Wu Mingkong asked again: "What else is there?"

Du Chen'an hesitated for a moment, stood up, and said: "Your Majesty, the Six Departments are in urgent need of officials who are proficient in mathematics. I wonder if it is possible to transfer some people from Mingxiu Academy to work in various departments to relieve the urgent need."

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong was a little dazed, and said, "I've never heard you mention the lack of manpower in so many years, why are you asking my important people at this time?"

Hearing this question, Qin Xingyan stood up, bowed first, and then explained: "Your Majesty, the method used to calculate the commercial tax by the Ministry of Households is very simple, and you don't need to know too much math to handle it, but now that the new commercial tax is implemented, You must be proficient in mathematics before you can handle related matters. When you were busy before, you would borrow some people from the mathematics department of the Imperial College.

However, now that my business is getting more and more prosperous, and I am collecting more and more business taxes, even borrowing people from Guozijian is not enough, so I can only hope that Mingxiu Academy can provide some people to serve as officials. "

Du Chen'an followed closely and said, "Your Majesty, not only the Ministry of Household Affairs, but also the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry are also short of computing talents. The tools newly developed by the Academy of Engineering and the methods of building buildings newly researched require a lot of calculations. Many projects would not be possible without people who are proficient in arithmetic."

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he couldn't help but think that just two years ago, when Fang Xiu wanted to establish Mingxiu Academy, where mathematics was a major subject, she had expressed her opposition.

He believes that arithmetic is of little use in governing a country or a family.

Who would have thought that in just two or three years, arithmetic has transformed itself into a skill that officials must be proficient in.

"Fang Xiu actually expected this situation. Is he still human?"

At this moment, such a question appeared in Wu Mingkong's mind.

After a moment of silence, the little empress said helplessly: "Mingxiu Academy does have people who are proficient in arithmetic, but they have to teach students on weekdays, and there is no time to work as officials in the sixth department, and there are not many people. There are less than ten people, so I can't solve your urgent needs."

Hearing this, several important officials were startled slightly, and after looking at each other for a while, it was Du Chen'an who explained: "Your Majesty, I think you have misunderstood."

Misunderstood?
Misunderstanding what?
Wu Mingkong frowned slightly, quietly waiting for him to continue talking.

"The ones you want to borrow are not the mathematics masters from Mingxiu Academy, but the students from Mingxiu Academy."

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong was a little dazed.

"Students of Mingxiu Academy? They have only studied arithmetic for two years, and some have less than two years. What can they understand?"

aside.

Fang Xiu frowned, and said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. The students I recruited at the beginning were all intelligent people. After studying for a year, even if they are not proficient in arithmetic, they can still get started. For the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry, Introductory mathematics can already solve most problems."

After one or two years of study, you can use mathematics to solve most problems?
How can this be?

"Basic mathematics can solve problems, so why don't you go to the Imperial College to borrow students taught by doctors in mathematics?" Wu Mingkong expressed a little dissatisfaction with Fangxiu's overconfidence.

Fang Xiu did not refute.

Du Chen'an and Qin Xingyan said in unison: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not slandering the doctors of the Imperial College, but in the eyes of the ministers, the students of Mingxiu Academy are better than those doctors!"

Wu Mingkong was taken aback when he heard this, and then his first reaction was that these Fang Party guys were afraid of hurting Fang Xiu's face by saying this.

However, looking at the sincere expressions of a few people, it doesn't look like they are talking nonsense, and for a while, I don't know whether to believe it or not.

at this time.

Fang Xiu explained: "What I said just now is not to praise the students of Mingxiu Academy, but to explain the fact that the students of Mingxiu Academy, except those who paid money to come in, are all geniuses from various states and prefectures. Otherwise, it is different from ordinary people's diligence and hard work.

Using the textbooks and teaching methods of Mingxiu Academy, and giving them two years, they can completely reach the level of a doctor of mathematics.

Guozijian is far better than Mingxiu Academy in Confucianism, but in miscellaneous studies, compared with Mingxiu Academy, it is indeed too far behind! "

The reason why he has the confidence to say this is because Fang Xiu went to Mingxiu Academy a few months ago to test the students' level.

Most of them can reach the mathematics level of the second year of junior high school, and a small part can reach the level of third year of junior high school. There are also two or three children who can solve the problems of the first year of high school after two years of study.

In Fang Xiu's view, Guozijian's Ph.D. in mathematics is at the level of the second and third grades of junior high school.

Because of this, Du Chen'an wanted to borrow a group of students from Mingxiu Academy.

Seeing that Fang Xiu didn't seem to be joking, Wu Mingkong finally believed in what she thought was extremely absurd, nodded and said: "In that case, according to what you said, let the students of Mingxiu Academy go to the sixth department to assist."

The voice just fell.

Suddenly, a magnetic female voice came from outside the hall.

"I beg to see Your Majesty!"

In the entire imperial court, Daji was the only one who was an official as a woman.

Therefore, as soon as he heard the voice, Wu Mingkong knew it was Daji.

"allow!"

"See Your Majesty, see Fang Xiang!"

Daji, who was wearing a scarlet robe, came to Wu Mingkong and Fang Xiu, first saluted, and then explained the purpose of coming.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Fang, I kindly request some students from Mingxiu Academy to join the Royal Bank!"

As soon as these words came out, several people were all dumbfounded.

Especially Wu Mingkong felt a little dazed, thinking, why is there another important person?Are the students of Mingxiu Academy already so popular?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Daji explained the reason, which was no different from what Du Chen'an and others said.

The little empress did not expect that Mingxiu Academy, which had only been in operation for two years, would become comparable to the Imperial College. After the imperial court approved the requests of several people, after they left, she looked at Fang Xiu and asked questions that had been buried in her heart for many years.

"Fang Xiu, can you tell me why you can always predict what will happen in the future?"

Wu Mingkong's watery peach blossom eyes looked at Fang Xiu seriously, and his tone was very solemn.

If we talk about the invention of cement, commercial tax, colored glaze, etc., it can be attributed to his accidental acquisition of a certain ancient book on miscellaneous studies.

Then, the various exquisite books used by the four major academies, including Mingxiu Academy, cannot be obtained by accident anyway.

It is even less likely that it was written by Fang Xiu himself.

Even if he is a peerless genius, Wen Quxing came down to earth, thinking about these things from his mother's womb.

It is absolutely impossible to do it!
It's not that she hasn't asked similar questions before, but Fang Xiu always avoided it, so she didn't ask the bottom line.

This time, she hoped to get an answer from Fang Xiu.

Because, from the founding of the four major academies, she felt indescribable uneasiness.

This anxiety stems from Fang Xiu's omniscience and omnipotence.

Is he really a fairy?
(End of this chapter)