Fang Xiu hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "Body." ”

Delving into the body?

Wu Mingkong was slightly stunned, he didn't know what he thought, his delicate face showed a touch of blush, and he said: "The imperial court spent so much money to establish a medical school, is it just to do this kind of thing for them?" ”

"What kind of thing is this?"

Fang Xiu listened in the clouds and saw the expression of the little empress, only then did he realize that she had misunderstood what she meant, and explained: "They study the body, which is different from the two of us, they separate the prisoner's body and then study the structure. ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he was stunned again.

It took a while to realize what he meant, and her pretty face turned red, and she couldn't speak for a while.

【Mood 3000】

An icy system prompt sounds.

Fang Xiu glanced at Wu Mingkong, and inexplicably felt that she was quite cute at this time.

After being silent for a few breaths, he took the initiative to change the topic and relieve the siege for the little empress.

"There are many diseases in this world, which need to be diagnosed and treated with a sharp knife, cutting the body for diagnosis and treatment, for example, it was mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that the divine doctor Hua Tuo wanted to cut Cao Cao's head open and remove the root of the disease.

The process of cutting open the body and then suturing it is called surgery, and surgery requires a certain level of proficiency, and medical students can use those prisoners to hone their surgical skills. ”

It was the first time Wu Mingkong had heard the word "surgery", and his eyes showed a look of curiosity, and he asked, "Can the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital know how to operate?" ”

Fang Xiu hesitated: "The minister thinks, some of them will do. ”

After a pause, he said: "Some of the teachers in the medical school are the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital, they have read the medical techniques published by Zhu Feng Xuan, and they have gained a lot of inspiration from them, and they have decided to try to treat diseases and save people according to the methods of Zhu Feng Xuan's medical skills, they call it a new type of medical technology!"

The main research of medical school is the new medical technique, and the surgical method is the most important method in the new medical technique, and any medical school student must be proficient in it. ”

"A new style of medicine. Unexpectedly, there are new types of medical skills. ”

Wu Mingkong pondered for a few breaths, looked at Fang Xiu, and said, "Since the students of the medical school are busy studying their bodies, I won't bother them, let's go back to the palace." ”

Fang Xiu responded: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

After a stick of incense.

Wu Mingkong and Fang Xiu returned to the luxurious carriage.

On the sandalwood table, there are all kinds of fresh melons and fruits.

Wu Mingkong picked up an orange, peeled it, put it in his mouth, and said while eating: "The four academies are indeed of great benefit to the imperial court, especially the engineering academy and the agricultural academy, you can allocate more silver to them." ”

When Fang Xiu heard this, he hesitated for a moment, but still said his thoughts.

"Compared with other academies, the scale of the four major academies is not small, but the talents cultivated are still not enough for the imperial court, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the Royal Bank and Zhenbao Zhai need a large number of men who are proficient in arithmetic.

Among the four major academies, only Mingxiu Academy can cultivate students who are proficient in arithmetic, and it can train less than 100 people a year, and these 100 people are not enough for the Royal Bank and Jumbo Zhai at all!

In fact, it is not only the Royal Bank and Jumbo Zhai that lack arithmetic talents, such as the household department, the engineering department, and the military department, but also the arithmetic talents. ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he thought about it, his face showed a look of recognition, and said: "You are right, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War and the Royal Bank, many of the things they deal with on weekdays have to be used in arithmetic, in this case, it is better to expand the Mingxiu Academy and recruit more students."

As soon as the words fell.

Fang Xiu sighed and said leisurely, "Your Majesty, how many students can Ming Xiu Academy recruit?" ”

Wu Mingkong thought for a few breaths, and said with a serious face: "I heard that a few days ago, many businessmen and hundreds of officials rushed to send their children to Mingxiu Academy, and they were even willing to spend an extra thousand taels of silver for a place to enroll, so in my opinion, it is not a problem to recruit another hundred people." ”

Fang Xiu said: "Then Your Majesty thinks that these 100 people can make up for the shortage of the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War and the Royal Bank?" ”

Wu Mingkong heard this question and fell silent.

Truly.

Compared with the lack of people, even if you recruit another 100, it is a drop in the bucket.

"So what are you going to do? Build another arithmetic college, like the other three colleges, and charge only a small fee for students? ”

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu and asked curiously.

Fang Xiu shook his head lightly and said, "The reason why the other three major academies were able to recruit students was because the students they recruited were themselves engaged in related matters, or they were quite interested in agriculture, engineering, and medical skills, and secondly, the number of recruits was small, and there was also the money allocated by the imperial court to create research and development for them.

Arithmetic is different, not to mention that arithmetic itself is boring and boring, let's just say that after this thing is learned, it has almost no effect on readers, and if the imperial examination is not examined, how many people are willing to learn? ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, his willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and said: "You are right, arithmetic is a miscellaneous science, and it is impossible for the imperial court to allocate a lot of money to study it, if it is not for the special interest in it, the vast majority of scholars will not be willing to learn it." ”

Speaking of this, Wu Mingkong raised his eyes to look at Fang Xiu and asked curiously, "In that case, how do you plan to cultivate talents in arithmetic?" ”

Fang Xiu looked solemn and said slowly: "In the heart of the minister, the importance of arithmetic is no less than the knowledge of a saint, and it is worth investing more

Therefore, the minister planned to build academies in various states and prefectures, so that children of the right age could enroll in them, and only learn three subjects, one is language, the so-called language is language and writing, mainly the four books and five classics and some classic sage classics, the second is arithmetic, and the third is physics, the so-called physics is the truth of all things in the world, and the minister once said to His Majesty. ”

Building academies in various states and provinces?

How much money does it cost?

The most important thing is that if the imperial examination does not take these tests, who would want their children to study these useless miscellaneous studies?

As soon as he thought of this, Wu Mingkong frowned, looked at Fang Xiu, and said what he thought in his heart.

"If the academy teaches three disciplines, I'm afraid that not many people are willing to send their children to study."

Fang Xiu said: "Then what if you enter the academy to study, you don't charge a penny of silver, and you also provide three meals for one person?" How many parents who don't have enough to eat themselves would be willing to send their children to school? ”

The voice fell.

Wu Mingkong's mouth opened slightly, and he suspected that he had misheard.

Students are not charged money, and they are provided with free meals!

This does attract a considerable number of poor children, but the cost of money is also unimaginable.

The most important thing is to do this, what's the point?

Is it just to get a group of arithmetic talents after many years?

After being silent for a long time, Wu Mingkong still couldn't help but say, "I think you're crazy." ”

Fang Xiu's reaction to the little empress had long been expected.

In today's academies that implement similar compulsory education, there is really no difference between being crazy and crazy.

But.

If you don't do this, if you want to develop science and cultivate talents, you can only change the imperial examination.

And changing the imperial examination involves a lot.

At present, the two countries have not stabilized.

Doing so rashly is likely to cause instability.

Thus.

Think about it.

Fang Xiu still decided to build a small number of academies in various prefectures and prefectures to carry out compulsory education, first train a part of the scientific reserve talents, and then carry out a thorough reform when the army of the great cadres will unify the countries in the future.

"The minister is not crazy, in fact, the idea of opening academies in various states and prefectures has been thought about countless times to open academies that do not charge silver, and it will indeed bring a lot of pressure to the treasury in a short period of time, and it will not be able to achieve any results, but after a few years, the benefits brought to me are indeed incalculable with silver!"

Fang Xiu's tone was extremely firm, with a pair of deep eyes, he stared at the empress, and said solemnly: "After many years, Your Majesty will know that for the imperial court, the most important thing is talent!" The talents here are not only those who can read the books of the sages, nor are they only the talents who can handle government affairs, but also the talents who know science! ”

Wu Mingkong hadn't seen Fang Xiu show such a look for a long time, he was stunned at first, and then fell silent.

Although she doesn't understand what science is, she can probably understand it in context, which is nothing more than arithmetic, physics, medicine, agriculture and other general terms.

These are indeed important, but are they really more important than anything else as Fang Xiu said?

In her understanding, it is impossible to judge at this time.

But she trusted Fang Xiu's judgment.

Since Fang Xiu said so, then it should be right.

After all, in the past two or three years, Fang Xiu had not made a wrong decision.

That's it.

Wu Mingkong no longer hesitated, looked at Fang Xiu, and nodded: "Since you said so, according to your ideas, we will open academies in various states and capitals." ”

In fact, even without her permission, Fang Xiu could do many things.

However, on many key matters, she and Fang Xiu always had to discuss and reach an agreement in advance.

In fact, it was Fang Xiu who used various means to persuade her.

Then, she agreed to Fang Xiu's request.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Seeing that the little empress agreed with his idea, Fang Xiu had a warm smile on his face, reached out and picked up an orange and peeled off the skin.

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong's little face leaned up and opened his small mouth.

"Ahh

Fang Xiu smiled and put the orange to her mouth, and then quickly stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

【Mood 2000】

"You!"

Wu Mingkong glared at him angrily, and scolded angrily: "Dog thing! ”

After being scolded, Fang Xiu was not annoyed at all, but felt inexplicably cute, and couldn't help laughing.

Seeing this, the little empress felt like she had punched the cotton, and she was even more annoyed, so she couldn't help but lean in and fight with him.

In the carriage.

The two frolicked and played.

Chang'an City, Treasure Zhai.

Li Yingyue threw it in carefully browsing the reports submitted by various branches.

I looked at it for a moment.

She put down the report and put pen to paper.

At this time.

A fellow man walked over, first saluted, and then said respectfully: "Madam, there is a letter from Buzhuang, saying that I want you to see it for yourself!" ”

Li Yingyue's expression was cold, she stretched out her hand to take the letter, and after opening it, she looked at it from top to bottom.

Just a moment.

Her expression changed, and her expressionless face showed a hint of surprise.

The letter said that the batch of cotton yarn that was transported from Gusu some time ago has now been woven into cotton cloth, and asked what to do with it.

According to common sense, although the quantity of this batch of cotton yarn is not large, it is impossible for the cloth village to weave it all in just a few days.

But.

There was no need for Buzhuang to deceive her.

Li Yingyue pinched the letter, and was a little in a trance for a while.

After a while, she suddenly thought that a few days ago, when cotton yarn first arrived in Chang'an, someone from the Engineering Academy sent something called Feishuo, saying that it could increase the efficiency of weaving several times.

At that time, she didn't pay attention to it, but now that she thinks about it, it is very likely that it is the existence of the shuttle, so that the cotton yarn was woven into cotton cloth in such a short time.

"I didn't expect a small shuttle to play such a huge role."

Li Yingyue sighed in her heart, looked at the guy, and said coldly: "Let the steward of Buzhuang come to see me." ”

"Yes, ma'am!"

An hour later.

The steward of Buzhuang came to Zhenbaozhai, and after saluting, he said respectfully: "What does Madame command?" ”

Li Yingyue glanced at her and asked, "What is the quality of the cotton cloth woven with flying shuttle?" ”

The steward hurriedly replied, "Mrs. Hui's words, the quality is not much different from the original, that is, the woven cloth is wider." ”

Li Yingyue asked again: "If you are given ten times more cotton yarn, how long will it take for you to weave all of them into cloth?" ”

The steward thought for a few breaths and replied, "One and a half months." ”

A month and a half, almost on the eve of the New Year, the people's demand for cloth is the largest, and it is also the time when the price of cloth is the highest.

Li Yingyue said lightly: "I know, let's go down." ”

"Yes."

The steward saluted and turned away.

Li Yingyue thought for a moment, looked at the guy, and ordered: "Send a caravan to Wu to buy cotton yarn." ”

When the man heard this, his face showed hesitation, and he said, "Madam, is it a little late to buy cotton yarn at this time?" ”

Li Yingyue glanced at him coldly and did not speak.

Seeing this, the guy trembled in his heart, and hurriedly said: "It's the small one who has a lot of mouth, and the small one will do it." ”

As soon as the words fell, he was stopped by Li Yueyue.

"Wait!"

The man stopped and said in a trembling voice, "Madame, you command." ”

Li Yingyue said coldly: "Tell the leader of the caravan that the price of purchasing cotton yarn can rise by up to one percent, and you can collect as much as you can." ”

"Little one understands."

The man saluted again and turned to leave.

Li Yinyue looked at his back and calculated silently in her heart.

With this batch of cotton yarn, using the improved loom to make cloth, it can bring a part of the profit to Zhenbao Zhai.

If nothing else, after the Chinese New Year, the Lilan of the Treasure Exhibition will be able to double.

I only hope that Fang Xiu will be able to fulfill his promise and allow himself to go to Jinnan at that time.

Li Yingyue thought so, picked up the report of the branch shop again, and read it carefully.