The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1210: Impeachment

The night falls, the cold moon is dim, and a light mist surrounds the palaces;

The lights are shining, the stars are twinkling, and the bright light illuminates the palace road.

The road between the red walls was long. Two teams consisting of dozens of palace servants holding copper lanterns, guarded the queen's phoenix sedan, and walked slowly out of the palace, one in front and one behind.

However, Sheng Ran was not sitting on the sedan chair at this moment.

She walked side by side with her sister Sheng Yuan in front of the Phoenix Chariot.

"You are very free, but I still have to comfort the bear baby later." Sheng Ran smiled and looked at the night sky.

"The princess is always easy to coax, and she is the closest to me. I don't need you to make any plans. Just accompany me for a while, and the princess will be so happy that she won't be sad anymore."

"You really make it sound easy!" Sheng Ran naturally understood the implication of Sheng Yuan's words, but she had so many things to take care of. It would be easy to deal with a few of them in a short time, but if there were more, she would be powerless.

"After Xiong Wa is conferred the title of Princess, the selection of a teacher for her will be put on the agenda." Sheng Ran did not mention her limited energy, and talked about the matter of choosing a teacher for Xiong Wa. "If Xiong Wa is a man, just follow the rules. Not to mention the detailed records of the Yan and Chen dynasties for reference, even the precedents of this dynasty are enough."

"Sister, please don't be so superficial. In my opinion, the difference between a princess and a prince is not as big as the difference between a girl and a man!" Sheng Yuan felt that the problem should not be over-complicated. The more complicated the problem, the more it should be stripped off.

"Sister, when you choose a tutor for the princess, you should choose one based on the standards of a tutor for the prince or even a tutor for the future emperor. Great scholars are indispensable, but you don't need too many. Just pick one or two with flexible minds and broad vision.

The rest can be selected according to actual needs and stages. After all, the princess does not need to take the imperial examinations or compete in the literary world. She only needs to improve her ability to govern the country, master the ability to distinguish right from wrong, and have the skills to not be fooled by court officials. "

"You are right. It is exactly what I thought. But you should know that such a choice is not easy." Sheng Ran turned her head to look at her sister's bright eyes, which were sparkling.

"When selecting a tutor for the princess, one must not only examine the candidate's knowledge and vision, but also their character. It is necessary to select those who are truly open-minded and have no prejudice against girls, so as to avoid someone taking advantage of the situation and teaching the princess a bad lesson."

"What my sister said is indeed a necessary selection criterion, but the question is, when choosing a teacher for the prince, don't you consider the teacher's character? Aren't you afraid that the teacher will teach you in a pedantic way?!"

“……” Sheng Ran was speechless after hearing this.

Sheng Yuan continued, "In my opinion, a teacher's character, knowledge, and ability are important, but good teaching materials are equally important."

"From selecting editors to planning and arranging the compilation, to proofreading and checking, to checking for omissions and gaps, to reviewing and printing, textbooks are not simple tasks." Sheng Ran did not lack this plan, but it is not easy to just select talented people to compile. Until now, she has not gathered all the trustworthy people.

"Sister, are you only selecting people from the Imperial Academy?"

"I'm not stupid. There are so many ministers in the cabinet who have nothing to do. If possible, I will use them."

"You don't like any of these people?" "Not bad, after all, they are all talented. If it were someone else, they would be overwhelmed by the choices, but I want to pursue perfection..."

Sheng Yuan understood that her sister was the one who couldn't find anyone she liked.

“Actually, this is easy to do.”

"Tell me quickly!" Before Sheng Yuan could finish her words, Sheng Ran excitedly grabbed her wrist, shook it, and asked her to speak quickly.

"Sister always feels that appointing a crown princess as the heir is unprecedented, but why don't you think about the fact that this is also an important, novel, and special thing for the people of Da Chu."

Sheng Yuan said this while looking at Sheng Ran's profile: "Pinwa often says that sister loves me too much. I think sister's love for me is not just based on sibling love, right? More importantly, it is because of our childhood companionship and sister's care for me, right?"

"Well, go on." Sheng Ran nodded slowly.

Sheng Yuan continued: "Common people may not understand the majesty of the empress due to inherent prejudice, and court officials may develop delusions due to contempt... From this point of view, the princess has to face more problems and potential crises than the prince. However, if the crown prince is too young and a child is in charge of the country, the problems that the princess and the prince need to solve are almost the same."

"So, what should we do?" Sheng Ran silently exhaled and made a gesture to Sheng Yuan that he was all ears.

She knew her sister very well. Although this girl was talkative, she was not the type to just raise questions without solving them. Now that she mentioned this, she must have already thought of a solution.

As expected, the moment Sheng Ran's gesture fell, Sheng Yuan started to talk: "Sister, if you want the princess's textbooks to be classic and reliable, you can't just rely on the group of ministers in the court... Even courtiers with different positions may temporarily unite."

"You mean to recruit scholars?" Sheng Ran hesitated. "In that case, there will be more things to be screened. Even if we ignore those who are seeking fame, it will take a long time just to check the background of the candidates."

"Sister, compiling the princess' teaching materials means adding or deleting learning content and direction, adjusting the focus and progress of the learning stage... He is a descendant of the Qi Dynasty and a barbarian. Even if his purpose is not right, can he change the knowledge of the ancient sages? Moreover, our goal is broad. We want the opinions of the people in the territory of Da Chu, the opinions of the knowledgeable people who care about the stability of the country."

As Sheng Yuan spoke, he took out a booklet and flipped it to her sister. "At present, these are the newspapers and magazines that are popular among the common people, students in official schools, the elite in the literary world, the business community, the descendants of various schools, and minor officials and craftsmen. Their popularity covers almost the entire Great Chu."

Sheng Ran took it and asked Zhiyu, who was holding the copper lamp, to slightly adjust its direction while she carefully flipped through the words in the booklet. Many of the newspapers and magazines in the booklet were very familiar to her.

"The two newspapers and periodicals organized by the Ministry of Rites were extremely popular among the illiterate people because of the promotion and cooperation of local government offices, official schools and Liyuan Book Club."

Sheng Ran couldn't help but frowned slightly when she heard this: "Illiterate people are stupid themselves, how can they provide valuable suggestions for textbooks?"

"Even though they can't read, it doesn't stop them from crossing many bridges, walking through countless roads, and wading through many rivers! Moreover, although we don't expect them to come up with viable opinions, if we set a range and let them choose viable options within it, most of them are still capable of doing so. In my opinion, the ideas of some pedantic old officials and scholars are not necessarily better than those of the illiterate people."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Ran was so angry that she could not help laughing and nodded at her outspoken sister: "Girl, do you know that if what you just said gets out, I'm afraid that all the officials in the court will report you!"

"That can't be! At least our father, Yu Ge'er and Sheng Ge'er won't criticize me. Well, I won't criticize myself either!"