The Imperial Palace, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

Wu Mingkong's good-looking eyes looked at Fang Xiu, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and said, "You mean to let the princes and the wealthy merchants of the Jingshi take out a sum of money to build the academy?" ”

"Your Majesty can think so, too."

Fang Xiudao.

"But...... How could they be willing to take out the money and build a college that had no income at all? ”

The little empress hesitated for a moment and said: "In the past two years, the imperial court has also got a lot of silver from their hands, and the dog is still in a hurry to jump off the wall, not to mention them, if they use strong means again this time, I am afraid that it will cause public anger." ”

Fang Xiu said: "Your Majesty still doesn't understand what the minister means, the minister wants them to exchange silver for a place in school." ”

"The rich merchants' mansions have invited gentlemen, and most of the sons and grandchildren of the princes are studying in Guozijian, how can a newly built academy attract them to enroll?"

The little empress said very bluntly: "In the end, I still found an excuse to snatch their silver." ”

Fang Xiu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty's words are wrong, even though the doctors of Guozijian are erudite and talented, they can only teach them the Four Books and the Five Classics, but the newly built academy can teach them more knowledge......

When the little empress heard this, she was even more speechless, and said angrily: "The imperial examination is the Four Books and Five Classics, what is the point of learning anything else, besides, studying in the Guozijian can also have the identity of a tribute student, and no matter how poor you are in the future, you can be released as a petty official, what can you do in your academy?" ”

Fang Xiudao: "I forgot to tell Your Majesty that the minister intends to take the name of His Majesty and the minister, name the academy, with Your Majesty as the president of the academy and the minister as the vice president of the academy......"

“......”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he was a little confused, and he didn't understand his intentions.

Fang Xiu explained: "In this way, the students who enter the academy are the nominal protégés of the Son of Heaven, and in this respect they are no different from the Jinshi of the palace examination. ”

Wu Mingkong didn't expect Fang Xiu to use this way to get the silver, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily, and said, "It's just a false name, will anyone be willing to give this silver?" ”

Fang Xiu said: "Countless businessmen in the world will earn and rush to give this silver in exchange for this false name. ”

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

Fang Xiu said: "Whether it is reliable or not, you can only know after you try it." ”

Wu Mingkong thought for a moment and said, "Just do as you say." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Fang Xiu smiled and arched his hand.

"You entered the palace to see me, just for this one thing?"

Wu Mingkong sat on the dragon chair and asked.

Fang Xiu said: "In addition, the minister does have something to tell Your Majesty, the general trend of the Zhou State has been decided, Xie Qian has already imprisoned the Zhou Emperor, seven days later, the minister will send Li Yingyue's personal maid, dressed in disguise, to go to Jinnan to participate in the Zen Concession Ceremony." ”

Wu Mingkong listened, his eyes showed a touch of excitement, and said, "I didn't expect this matter to go so smoothly." ”

Fang Xiu arched his hand and said with a smile: "It's all Your Majesty's wisdom!" ”

"I know that if you can win the next Zhou country, ninety percent of the ten successful jobs 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: "Whatever reward Fang Xiang wants, as long as I can do it, I will promise you." ”

"Anything you can say yes?"

Fang Xiu glanced the little empress up and down, and asked as if confirmed.

Wu Mingkong noticed his undisguised eyes, his pretty face was slightly red, and he nodded lightly.

Fang Xiu stared straight at the little empress's red lips, the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile, and said, "That minister wants to ......"

Wu Mingkong saw his eyes, he didn't know what he thought, his pretty face turned even redder, and he took a sip in his heart, thinking, this hateful traitor, thinks about some unserious things all day long!

Right now.

Fang Xiu continued: "The minister wants to borrow 200,000 taels of silver from His Majesty's internal funds. ”

“......”

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

"You've been holding back for a long time, just want to borrow money from me?"

Fang Xiu looked at her with a smile and asked, "Otherwise?" What does Your Majesty think the minister is going to do? ”

"I thought it was ......"

Wu Mingkong's face was flushed, and he said angrily: "I didn't think anything...... I don't have any silver, and besides, all the money in my inner money is stored in the Royal Bank, and you can withdraw it directly from Daji! ”

Looking at the little empress who was a little annoyed and angry, Fang Xiu chuckled, reached out and pinched her little face, and said softly: "Your Majesty is still so cute......

Wu Mingkong glared at him, but did not refute.

"The silver of the Royal Bank is to be bookkeed, and no one, even a minister, can dispose of it at will."

Fang Xiu explained with a serious face: "Any rule cannot be easily broken if it is established, especially a yamen like the Royal Bank, which is in charge of silver, if it ignores the rules and controls the silver at will, the final result is unimaginable." ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, his expression became a little strange, and he said, "You understand this truth, you were still greedy for so much silver from the treasury at the beginning?" ”

“......”

The corners of Fang Xiu's mouth twitched, he didn't know how to refute.

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong didn't be aggressive anymore, but just asked: "The dividends that Zhenbao Zhai gave to the princes are more than 200,000 taels of silver, why do you want to borrow from me?" ”

Fang Xiu explained: "All the minister's silver is useful, not one or two are idle, if you want to use the silver, you can only borrow it from Your Majesty, if Your Majesty is not willing to lend it to the minister, the minister can only borrow a loan from the Royal Bank." ”

“......”

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

Fang Xiudao: "Part of the research and development and production of steam engines, and the other part of the purchase of cotton from Wu Guo for business......"

The voice fell.

Wu Mingkong looked puzzled and asked, "What is a steam engine?" ”

"The steam engine is a machine that uses steam, and it is a drawing designed by the minister, and the uncle of the country developed ......"

Fang Xiu gave a general description of the role of the steam engine.

After Wu Mingkong heard this, a look of doubt appeared on his face, and he said, "Is this steam engine really as important as you say?" ”

"It's more important than what the minister said!"

Fang Xiu cut the railway.

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

Wu Ming empty road.

The corners of Fang Xiu's mouth hooked into a smile, reached out to take her in his arms, and kissed her fiercely on her pink lips.

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

"Phew!"

The little empress who was suddenly attacked, her face turned red, she took a few sips, and said angrily: "Look at your villain's face, if Li Yingyue gives you silver, do you also want to hug her and kiss her." ”

Fang Xiu's smile became brighter and brighter, and he hugged her horizontally and said:

"The minister only needs His Majesty's silver......"

"Color! Stay away from me! ”

Wu Ming nestled in his arms and symbolically struggled twice.

Fang Xiu gently placed the little empress on the dragon couch, supported her hands on both sides, looked at her affectionately, and said softly: "In order to repay Your Majesty, the minister has decided to serve Your Majesty for a day and a night." ”

The voice fell.

The little empress was really frightened, and she was busy trying to get up.

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

Fang Xiu pushed her back, who wanted to escape, and said with a smile: "The minister will pay attention to proportion. ”

The little empress struggled violently and tried to escape.

"The minister advises Your Majesty to save some effort, and then deal with the minister later."

The voice fell.

Fang Xiu pounced.

Just a moment.

The little empress's voice became a little wrong, and she trembled slightly.

"Mmmmmmmm

............

Coming out of the palace.

It was already early in the morning of the next day.

Fang Xiu looked refreshed and returned to Xiangguo Mansion.

It's summer.

The sound of cicadas is endless.

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

A year of time.

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

Ordinary well-in-class people can occasionally buy some smoothie drinks for their children to get over their mouths.

Fang Xiu walked on the cool path, and after a while, someone came up to greet him.

"Master, you are here, and you are waiting for you in the main hall."

"Got it."

Fang Xiu nodded and walked towards the main hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw all the princes standing up and saluting.

"Meet Fang Xiang."

"Sit down!"

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

picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said leisurely: "This time I summoned all the princes for a matter that is beneficial to all generations." ”

Hearing this, the princes subconsciously glanced at each other, and they could all see a trace of apprehension and uneasiness in each other's eyes.

They know in their hearts that, in general, what is good for future generations is not good for the present.

Did Fang Xiang want to find some reason to get the silver from their hands?

However, it has only been less than three months since they got the dividends!

The silver is stored in the Royal Bank, and before it is hot, it has to be taken back by Fang Xiang, who can stand this?

Just when they were nervous.

Fang Xiu spoke again: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that Benxiang plans to build several academies, namely Ming Xiu Academy, Construction Academy, Engineering Academy, Medical Academy, and Agricultural Academy......

As you know, it costs money to build a seowon, so sir, building a house is very expensive, so I plan to raise a sum of money from the private sector for the construction of the seowon.

Those who are willing to support the construction of the academy can enter the Mingxiu Academy for future generations! ”

As soon as this remark came out.

All the princes' hearts chuckled.

What kind of academy is Ming Xiu Academy?

How come they never heard of it?

What are the benefits of studying in this college, and how much money is it worth?

There was a moment of silence.

Or Zhou Zheng, the young master of Honglu Temple, opened his mouth and asked, "May I ask Fang Xiang, what is the difference between this Ming Xiu Academy and ordinary academies?" ”

Those present were all members of the Fang Party.

There are some things that don't need much thought to be said.

Fang Xiu looked around and said leisurely: "Mingxiu Academy is a academy built by His Majesty and Benxiang, named after His Majesty and Benxiang, with His Majesty as the dean and Benxiang as the vice president!" ”

The voice fell.

All the princes were stunned.

In this way, entering the academy to study is not equivalent to the protégé of His Majesty and Fang Xiang?

In this case, if there is not much money to be produced, you can consider it.

The ladies are thinking about it.

Fang Xiu said again: "After the academy is completed, His Majesty and Benxiang will take time to give lectures to students...... The students of the Ming Xiu Academy, whose status is equal to that of the Gongsheng of the Guozijian, can also participate in the township examination. ”

When the princes heard this, their eyes lit up.

Someone couldn't wait to ask, "May I ask Fang Xiang, how much silver do you need to donate if you want to enter the academy to study?" ”

Fang Xiu stretched out three fingers and said lightly, "Three thousand taels." ”

"This ......"

At this moment, all the princes were stunned.

It costs so much money to read a book!

Three thousand taels is enough to invite how many teaching gentlemen!

Fang Xiu noticed their expressions and waved his hand:

"If you are too expensive, you can not enter the academy, I summoned you to let you spread the news!

I know that there are many wealthy businessmen in your hometown, who try their best to send their children to study and participate in the imperial examinations, and even go so far as to violate our Daqian law!

Now Benxiang has given these wealthy businessmen a chance, as long as they pay 3,000 taels of silver, they can send their children and grandchildren to study in the Ming Xiu Academy, not only have the status of protégés of the Son of Heaven, but also participate in the imperial examination.

The son of a merchant to participate in the imperial examination, except for building official roads, there is only one way to go! ”