Valentine, the Castle of the Emperor stands majestically on the edge of the bay, and the surrounding ruins have been cleared of most of the original hidden ruins, and the stone and wood buildings have been extended, and the city is being revitalized.

On the terrace of the study of the Castle of the Gods, Theresia looked at the scene, and the gloom on her face gradually dissipated.

"Your Majesty, doesn't it mean that the genius is back?"

The voice of the Imperial Prime Minister and her uncle, sounded behind her: "Didn't Aurora and Catherine go? Your Majesty should have a good chat with them, even if you can't persuade them to come back, let them come to see Your Majesty often and chat with Your Majesty." Your Majesty should also give yourself a little more free time, you are still ...... after all"

Realizing that he was too nagging, the prime minister quickly shut up.

Theresia turned around and said lightly: "It's nothing, uncle, I'm just going to confirm the matter over there, since it's started, there's no need to stay longer." ”

She sighed: "As for them, they can be regarded as having a new understanding." I really didn't realize that someone would look down on me and judge me with pity. ”

The prime minister was stunned, he didn't understand what the empress meant, but what made him unhappy was not that he didn't understand, but that the empress had never been so nagging in front of him before.

Did Aurora or Catherine make the Empress angry?

The prime minister thought so, but he didn't dare to ask, so he mobilized his wit and smiled: "Mortals, sometimes it is inevitable to be ignorant and arrogant, and even I sometimes can't help but want to use my uncle to discipline Your Majesty, you, just don't pay attention to your body......"

Theresia chuckled, shook her head and said, "Okay, uncle, your sloppy kung fu has really improved, let's get down to business." ”

The prime minister nodded and began to report.

Talking about ordinary things, the prime minister got to the point, and that's what he came for.

"Your Majesty's Extraordinary Power Accelerated School Project has developed very strongly, and as of this month, more than 600 schools have been built in various Governorate Districts and Territories of the Empire, and the total number of schools established by the various Principalities of the Kingdom with the Empire's self-help funds has exceeded 1,000, with nearly 100,000 students in the first cohort. ”

Theresia nodded, and even though she was one and the same, she was still extremely proud.

She spends an hour or two a day visiting these schools, all of which are connected to the joint communications network through small communication towers, and all the information of principals, tutors and students is stored in the terminals of the communication towers for her inspection.

She also chose a random school the next day to talk to the principal, and even met with the tutor and the student in the form of a projection. The effort and millions of gold bushels she spent on it, she felt it was worth it.

In this matter, she also had to agree with Aurora's point of view, social progress has brought many good changes. With a communication network and her ability to pay attention to herself, she was able to watch the seedling grow and thrive.

The nobles of the Dawning Empire need to be revitalized, and the key lies with these students. They were basically freemen and low-level aristocratic origins, and were not infected by the corrupt aristocracy. Like her knight or priest's apprentice, listen to her teachings up close and receive the first guidance.

After they enter various positions such as the Imperial Legion, the Government Office, and the Court, they will gradually be able to replace the old nobles who still hold the power at the grassroots level, and lay a solid foundation for the future of the Empire, and even the future of the mortal world, as guardians of order and knights of the Empress.

1,000 ...... Such a scale is enough, according to the rate of one year a year, 100,000 people change their fate through this way every year, and become the candidate ranks of the new nobles of the empire, which is already a large number. If it is flooded, when the city guards are reduced to the title of Imperial Knight, the system will also decay.

"The goal of scale has been achieved, and the next step is to improve the facilities and improve the quality," says Theresia. Uncle, you mentioned that you wanted to establish the Imperial Ministry of Education and let the Ministry of Education take care of this matter, and I agreed. I will personally select the candidate for the Secretary of State for Education. ”

The prime minister bowed his head, frowned again, and said cautiously: "But there are still some problems so far, and I think it is necessary to report to Your Majesty." ”

The empress nodded: "Say ......"

The Prime Minister talked about two issues, the first of which was the issue of the accelerated school being held by the aristocracy. Not only in the kingdom district and the principality district, but even in some schools in the governor's district and the direct districts, the principals and tutors were also controlled by the nobles, and the first students were all children of the nobles.

The Empress asked, "How serious is it?

The prime minister hesitated for a moment, and said reluctantly: "It's almost close." ”

The empress seemed to have known for a long time, and said disapprerovitically: "Mortal things are like this, it can't be perfect, and half of the schools come from the grassroots level, I'm already very satisfied." ”

"And those half of the noble children, although the original intention is to rub the educational resources of the empire, and they will not be soldiers and guards, but it may not be transformed into the strength we need. ”

"I'm considering picking a group from the seminaries and magic schools in various places, or building some new ones as public academies supported by the Empire's finances, to select the best people from the accelerated schools into the academies. Those who graduate from the academy will have a higher starting point in their careers, just like the royal colleges of various kingdoms. ”

"Such academies will carry out stricter supervision to ensure that there is no mixed food. If those noble children are really talented, it is the best of both worlds to be able to enter the cadets and make greater contributions to the empire. ”

She instructed: "The empire must resolutely refute such things in form, and in practice, it is enough to properly govern those nobles who ignore the authority of the empire and take the assets of the empire for themselves." ”

The Prime Minister replied: "There is another problem, Your Majesty has called on all parties to establish a crash school, and the momentum is very strong. In addition to the schools under the name of the empire, preliminary statistics show that there are now more than 2,000 privately founded accelerated schools in the empire, enrolling more than 300,000 students. ”

Theresia didn't pay attention to this, and there were no communication towers in those schools for her to visit.

She took a breath, more than two thousand, three hundred thousand!?

The Empress was a little incredulous: "How could it be ......"

The prime minister smiled bitterly: "Everyone wants to be extraordinary, as long as you learn a magic or magic, even if it is only at the apprentice level, you can pull the trigger of the magic guide gun and manipulate the magic guide machine, and your fate will change." So even if the mud-legged people are hungry and even borrow usury, they want to go to school. ”

"In the old days, the children of the little nobles had to be very gifted to be favored by the tutor or chosen by the church, and it cost a lot of money, let alone commoners. ”

"Now, even if the school fees are high, there is a clear way, and it is less expensive and less expensive than it was in the past to follow the teacher and the church. ”

"Your Majesty's advocacy is divine will, and with this divine will, everyone no longer refers to the transcendent and the church to accept apprentices, and many magicians and churches turn the matter of accepting apprentices into opening schools. ”

The empress hadn't figured it out yet: "I did advocate for them, because this kind of thing is unprofitable, so I pushed them to do it." I don't expect them to be able to do anything, and the expectation of them is to pretend. ”

"Do they expect to make money from the students? Aren't they all poor people who want to change their fate, or even mud legs? What do they earn? And what can the people who come out of those schools do? The empire doesn't have that much money, and it recruits all the transcendents. ”

There was a hint of self-smugness in the Prime Minister's heart, and sure enough, there were still things that the Empress couldn't see and didn't understand!

"They are profitable," said the Prime Minister in a low tone, "the magic workshops that have been opened in various places, the trading houses that use magic guides to do all kinds of business, and even the news agencies and the mirage society of Grand Duke Tangus, need a large number of transcendents who can use at least one magic and magic. ”

"The cost of self-training for workshops and commercial houses is too high, and the success rate is difficult to guarantee, so if there is such a demand, of course, all localities will set up their own accelerated schools. ”

The Empress's face sank, and she realized the seriousness of the problem.

This means that there will be transcendents who are several times larger than the Empire's education system, wandering outside the Empire and uncontrolled, because the power does not come from the Empire, and they must have little loyalty to the Empire. They are loyal only to the workshops and trading houses that pay them a salary, like lawless mercenaries and adventurers.

She was annoyed that she had agreed with Aurora's point of view just now, and sure enough, the cost and harm of social progress were here!

The Prime Minister continued: "Other signs are also disturbing: Duchess Hathaway has not only opened several schools of witchcraft and wizardry, but also a school of magic. She treats the academy as a ...... Comptoirs claim to be able to accept commissions from various magic workshops to research various magic guides for them. ”

"A few workshops were the first to acquire the technology of small flying boats and floating cars, and received large orders, and now this model has been copied by other magicians and even some churches, and various academies have begun to be established. ”

The empress shook her head and said, "This is speeding into the abyss of sin, this is not okay!"

The Prime Minister sighed: "I understand Your Majesty's concerns, but there is no way to control it, and the affairs of the empire are spread out, workshops and trading houses are prosperous, and the empire can get more tax revenues." ”

The empress said coldly: "The purpose of the empire's existence is to maintain order, not to make money. ”

The prime minister's face was twisted, and he knew that the empress would be disgusted by this situation, but if it was forcibly suppressed...... From his point of view, how can this be suppressed?

Traders are not allowed to make money?

Civilians are not allowed to grow into transcendents?

Mortals are not allowed to pursue better days?

Are you a good god or an evil god?

"Of course I wouldn't object to people pursuing a good life," the Empress understood his thoughts, and sighed and said, "But this wave is driven by the development of magic technology, and it will eventually damage the order that protects the fundamental interests of mortals. ”

When I said it, I was also thinking about how to deal with it, of course it is stupid to suppress it directly, by the way, why not turn suppression into absorption and guidance?

The Empress suddenly brightened her mind and said to the Prime Minister, "There must be a lot of evil in this momentum, right?"

"Of course", the prime minister smiled bitterly: "Even necromancers have come out to run schools, and there are transcendents who use the name of the school to treat students as private property and humiliate them at will, and the churches of various evil gods also use the name of the school to recruit believers, in short, it is bizarre." ”

"Very good......

The empress said with relief: "Then the empire must supervise the matter of private schools running their own schools!"

"All schools are certified by the Imperial Ministry of Education, and nobles, workshops, and trading houses can run schools, but in addition to collecting taxes, the Empire must also select students first, and the rest have the right to choose. ”

"All schools that are not accredited are outlawed, even if they have no formality, and are substantively consistent with the school's behavior. ”

The Prime Minister sweats on his forehead, and the empire is about to usher in great turmoil......

He hurriedly said, "This has to be done...... Be prepared in public opinion, otherwise everyone will misunderstand His Majesty's intentions. ”

The Empress agreed: "Leave it to Mordwin, he's very professional." ”

The prime minister was still not at ease, and then asked: "But in this case, the empire's expenses on schools are terrible, and there are so many students trained, can the empire accept it?"

The empress smiled coldly: "Uncle, since the workshop and business are so developed, why hasn't the empire's tax revenue improved much? ”

"As for where the students go, rest assured ......"

The empress's eyes flashed with a cold light: "The war will not stop, and the current tranquility is only the silence before the storm." In the future, the Imperial Legion may not be enough for a million people. ”

"Don't forget, there is a ...... in the way before we hope to return to order No, maybe two enemies. ”

The prime minister wiped his sweat and retired, returned to the Imperial Office, found the Minister of Propaganda Mordwin, and told him about it.

"Great!"

Mordwin patted the table and said excitedly, "Finally, it's time to serve Your Majesty with words, language, and art again!"

He gushed endlessly: "First expose the affairs of those schools! No, the empire can't show up first, we have to find those civil news agencies and bards, let them expose them, and form a tide!"

"Then push all sides to call on the Empire to take care of these schools! At that time, the Empire will officially appear again, and His Majesty will announce those control measures!"

Although the prime minister expected it, he was still shocked by Mordwin's train of thought: "Is this good? Didn't Your Majesty say that she is a man and a god, and will never play with people's hearts?"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister," Mordwin said with a fluttering eyebrow: "The position of public opinion, if we do not occupy the enemy, we will occupy it! On the front of public opinion, we must do everything we can! On this battlefield, we must also implement such virtues as honesty, which is the greatest cowardice!"

This sentence is quite familiar, but the prime minister can't remember who said it before.

He thought about it for a moment and decided not to care about Mordwin's side.

Indeed, even in the Empress's empire, there are always enemies under the will of the goddess.

In the Empress's study, Theresia and the Minister of the Interior, Brinto, were also talking about the enemy.

"Although the Kingdom of Ironshirt and Pegasus have received our assistance, Romerroth's side has also received more assistance from Richie. Their Salmon Fighters and Dragon Armor made it difficult for Mosmut's planes to parry, and they had to have a sufficient numerical advantage to pose a sufficient threat to Romulus. ”

The Dawning Empire, through the Temple of Commerce, is secretly supporting Romerus' enemies on the northern and southern fronts of the Holy Will Empire, with Brinto presiding over the matter.

Judging by Bryto's face, the situation is not very good.

"I have also secretly inspected the workshops of Mosmut and Zold, whose production capacity cannot meet the needs of both the Empire and the aid, and His Majesty should push more workshops to join the research and production of magic weapons. ”

Brynto said this, and Theresia frowned again as she thought of what the Prime Minister had just said.

This is simply a vicious circle, if the empire wants to contain the enemy and accumulate strength for the next step of destroying the enemy, it must first damage the order it adheres to.

When the strength is enough, I'm afraid that the order within the empire will also be pushed to the brink of collapse, right?

This kind of thing, it seems that I heard Li Qi say it, and he also used a proverb to describe it, what is it?

Oh...... Drink poisoned wine to quench your thirst......

No...... No......

Theresia shook her head slightly, no, she is one and the same, and she can pull the loose order back at any time.

The most important thing now is not to let Romulus unite Sifern, so that he can free up his hands to start a decisive battle with the tyrannical god behind him.

Therefore, let's first follow the strategy just formulated and channel this restless force within the empire to war.

Seeing her shake his head, Brynto asked puzzledly, "Your Majesty?"

"Oh, nothing," said Theresia, "I'll move this forward, you try to help the two countries from other directions first, and tell them that they have to do something about it." If I continue to shrink back, I will assume that they have the intention of making us both lose, and I will not show mercy at that time. ”

Brinto politely complied, and when he was gone, Theresia rubbed her forehead. It's really hard to use the spirit of mortals to solve government affairs.

She activated the communication ring and asked, "Mentor, how are you doing over there?"

Medi's voice came from the ring: "The materials are ready, I am refining in the magic tower, and I will come over tomorrow to deal with it." ”

He paused and asked with some concern, "Your Majesty, are you sure you will thaw now?"

Theresia thought for a moment and said with a firm expression: "Sure, if I delay it any longer, I'm afraid I won't have that much time." When the time comes, I will make one last effort, and if it doesn't work, I will give up completely. ”

Medi sighed: "Well, no matter what Your Majesty decides, I will support you, and I will help you if you need anything." ”

Theresia smiled faintly, "Maybe you need to continue teaching a princess." ”

Medi smiled wryly, "It's an honor, this is the Fourth Age...... No, the most noble princess in all eras. ”

The communication ended, and Theresia began to froze in her seat.

After a long time, she sighed lowly: "Li Qi, if by that time, I still fail, it will also be your failure, as the price of your arrogance, you will lose forever before you get it." ”

As she spoke, her eyes were a little red, and she shook her head bitterly: "As a mortal, I really have nothing, why ......"

Just as the nasal voice came out and she was gasping for air, the other ring on her hand glowed and heated.

Confirming that it was the ring, Theresia's expression suddenly became solemn.

She pressed the crystal ball on the desk and said urgently, "Serensara! Meteor!

In a moment, two girl figures, one red and one silver, condensed in the study, which were a red dragon and a silver dragon.

"Sylvie's matter on Bled's side has come to light, she needs help, let's go together!"

Theresia waved her hand and changed into her uniform, standing with the two dragon maidens, activating the ring, turning into a virtual shadow and gradually dissipating.