Cabinet Signature Room.

Compared with the emperor's majesty and charm, the Xinuan Pavilion is also in the Forbidden City, but it exudes a strong smell of Confucianism.

Several cabinet ministers stared wide-eyed, and they didn't choose to open their mouths first.

A faint ray of sunlight shone through the eaves of the window and into the signing room, causing the drowsy cabinet chief to open his slightly tired eyes.

"Ah——, are all here?"

"Today, I summoned all my colleagues to sign the mortgage room, to discuss the matter of choosing a site to build the academy as soon as possible, let's talk about it, where is the best place?"

"Your Majesty, you're very interested."

As he spoke, Han Yi picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, feeling the warm tea in his mouth, and then squinted his eyes and quietly listened to the whispered discussions of the remaining cabinet ministers.

"Ugh..."

I don't know what to think, Han Yi sighed softly.

In the early years, the Donglin Party was prosperous when the dynasty was prosperous, and now it no longer exists.

Although Han Yi is gentle, he is also a member of the Donglin Party after all.

Looking at the current cabinet, there is a miasma, and everyone is eager for Wei Biao, which really makes him not interested in really discussing anything.

For example, learning from Franco, setting up the Imperial Academy, and so on.

Han Yi, who had a pedantic personality, disagreed in his heart, but he knew that it was useless for him to oppose it, and it might bring death to the whole family and the Nine Clans, so he didn't say anything.

His first assistant is the last fig leaf of the Donglin Party ministers.

Now that the emperor has made up his mind, several "eunuch" ministers in the cabinet have nothing to say, and they directly bypass the issue of whether the Imperial Academy should be set up or not, and jump to where is the best location.

"A while ago, Sun Neng, a wealthy businessman, claimed to oppose the imperial court's increase in mining taxes in Zhili, and was raided by Dongchang, and more than 80 houses in Sun's mansion became vacant land."

"Now it seems that the Imperial Academy can be established here."

As soon as Wei Guangwei, a scholar of Dongge University, finished speaking, he was opposed by Wang Zaijin, and he muttered:

"Sun Mansion is not good, this more than 100 acres of land is very large compared to ordinary people, but it is definitely not enough to build the Imperial Academy."

Gu Bingqian frowned and said:

"More than 100 acres is not enough, do you want to count the more than 200 abandoned houses that have been vacant for more than a year in the nursing home next to Sun's house, which should have almost 300 acres of land."

"It's still not enough," Wang Zaijin still shook his head.

"This is not enough, then how big is the scale of this Imperial Academy?" Gu Bingqian was a little incomprehensible, and sneered a few times, feeling that Wang Zaijin was deliberately exaggerating.

In his heart, although Wang Zaijin is highly regarded by the emperor, this does not represent the fact that he was born in Donglin.

Just being born in Donglin is nothing, Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei, as the current eunuchs, were also important ministers of Donglin.

The most important thing is that Wang Zaijin is in the military engine room, and now he has not yet entered the signs of eunuchs, I don't know if he plans to return to Donglin.

Even if he doesn't return to Donglin, he must have feelings for Donglin, otherwise why don't he give up his name and join the Wei Party like him and Wei Guangwei.

"How old?"

Wang Zaijin glanced at it and said contemptuously:

"You're still a cabinet scholar, how did you come up with such short-sighted words?"

"Your Majesty established the Imperial Academy because Francois first established the Imperial Academy in February this year, and he was inspired by it."

"At present, it will be divided into two academies, the civil and military academies, and the original intention of the martial arts academy is to let all the military attaches in the world further their studies, this scale is small, okay?"

"Wang Zaijin, the same court, why is his speech so rough?"

Gu Bingqian was an important minister that Wang Zaijin looked up to as early as the Donglin period, although he joined the Wei Party, he also entered the cabinet a year before him, and he was scolded back like this, so he was naturally unwilling and disgraced.

Han Yi on top looked at it, and he also sighed fiercely in his heart.

Although the people of this eunuch party are all gathered together to please Wei Gelding, it seems that the quality is uneven now.

Some people have little ability, and they rely on flattery.

Some people who used to have prestige, but now their reputation is not guaranteed, but they are broken, and what they did not dare to do before, what they did not dare to say, now they are easy to say.

And like Wang Zaijin and Xiong Tingbi, who are full of satisfaction and only do things for the emperor, whether Donglin or the eunuchs, they all look down on him.

If there is no emperor's blessing in the future, you can imagine how miserable the fate of the two of them will be!

"Ahem-" Han Yi coughed lightly twice at the right time and asked:

"How's it going?"

Gu Bingqian raised his head, and he also had to give this cabinet chief assistant and Donglin's only card a little face, snorted coldly, and stopped talking.

Wang Zaijin was quick to speak, but he was not at ease, and arched his hand:

"Elder Ge, there is a strategy below that can meet the current needs of the Imperial Academy, and even if it is expanded in the future, it will be enough to accommodate the top students in the world."

"Oh——? Speak quickly! Han Yi looked very interested.

"Two hundred years ago, Emperor Chengzu built the city of Beijing and built the Ten Princes' Mansion in Dongcheng District for the underage prince to live in front of the domain."

"During the time of Emperor Shenzong, these ten princes' mansions were still able to play their own roles, but to this day, only King Rui, King Hui, and King Gui live in the Ten Princes' Mansion."

"The Ten Princes' Mansion covers an extremely large area, and the maintenance cost required for one load is as little as hundreds of thousands of taels, not counting the special officials responsible for the maintenance of the Ten Princes' Mansion."

"Your Majesty now has a younger brother, who was sent to the king last year, and the remaining three kings can be ordered to take up the domain as soon as possible, leaving one palace for King Xin to live in when he becomes an adult, and the remaining nine princes' mansions can be abolished and used for the construction of the Imperial Academy."

"Eliminate redundant personnel, dismantle the raw materials of the Nine Kings Mansion, and use them on the spot to build the Imperial Academy."

"In this way, it can not only save a lot of construction costs, but also reduce the cost of maintaining the Ten Kings' Mansion, killing multiple birds with one stone."

When the words landed, there was a heated discussion in the cabinet.

Han Yi was a little surprised and asked:

"Demolishing the Ten Princes' Mansion, can the princes agree?"

Wang Jaejin sneered.

"You don't need them to agree, your majesty just agrees."

Han Yi was stunned for a moment, and then he was relieved, and his heart was too, the current emperor even said that King Fu would catch it, would he still care about these imperial uncles?

Even King Fu, who is far away in Shanxi, has been caught in Beijing, and these princes in Beijing can still go to heaven.

However, he soon had another question in mind:

"It's easy to demolish the Nine Princes' Mansion, but the maintenance of the Nine Princes' Mansion has a division, and there are hundreds of people who are officially registered, not counting the temporary officials under it, once the officials of this scale are abolished, how can they deal with the aftermath?"

After a little thought, Wang Zaijin became a bamboo in his chest and said:

"The imperial court can temporarily recruit the officials in the Nine Princes' Mansion to build the Imperial Academy, and they will still be paid according to the original salary, and if they perform well during the period, they can be elected as the maintenance department issued by the Imperial Academy."

"What about the bad ones?" Gu Bingqian sneered: "Why don't you let them go home and farm, they won't do it, don't make trouble in Beijing when the time comes." ”

"These officials are the hereditary guards of the Ten Princes' Mansion, and in the past two hundred years, they have long been familiar with the relatives of the emperors from all walks of life, and your king can't hold it in Jin!"

Wang Zaijin didn't reply, and said calmly:

"When they were in the Ten Princes' Mansion, they were just holding the court's money, and they didn't do practical things, and in the past two hundred years, anyone who had a little ability should have some family wealth and enough to live."

"If you don't have any family wealth now, even if you stay, you will be a group of mediocre people, just consuming money and food!"

In the end, Wang Zaijin glanced back.

"What do you look at me, what do you mean, are you saying that I'm a medic?" Gu Bingqian stood up and glared angrily.

Wang Zaijin was unmoved, and snorted coldly, his meaning was self-evident.