So, in the Wenhua Hall, the little rascals who were having class were suddenly given homework.

Each person wrote a policy essay, with two main points: first, how to ensure the loyalty and service of the soldiers; and second, how to increase the revenue of the national treasury.

Considering that some of the princes and princesses in the Wenhua Hall were still too young, the emperor did not make things difficult for them. Those under ten years old were only required to write one or two points.

As for those over ten years old, the emperor required a minimum of three hundred characters.

Even Ye Jingshu, who had already left the palace to establish her own residence, and Ye Jingming, who was on duty at the Ministry of Personnel, were notified by the emperor.

The emperor only gave them one day. The next day, when they went to Chengqian Palace to pay their respects, they had to submit their assignments.

The timing was set by Ye Jingchen. The supply of military provisions to the northern frontier was urgent, and Ye Jingchen certainly wouldn't let this matter drag on for too long. He had to get the emperor to make a decision as soon as possible.

Moreover, he had confidence in the little ones; a day would be enough.

When the emperor assigned homework, it was almost time for school to end.

When school ended, Ye Jingchen returned to the East Palace, where he taught the little ones to 'speak freely'.

That evening, some people racked their brains, some wrote furiously, some didn't care, and some were completely unaware that they had homework to do.

The next day, several students in the Wenhua Hall had dark circles under their eyes.

Ye Jingyu, Ye Jingyu, and Ye Jingan all had very obvious dark circles under their eyes. However, although the evidence of staying up late was still on their faces, Ye Jingyu and Ye Jingan both looked confident.

Only Ye Jingyu was filled with worry.

Of the two arguments set forth by the emperor, he felt he knew very little about the army of Da Yuan and did not know how to ensure the loyalty of the soldiers, so he only offered some suggestions on the issue of 'increasing revenue for the national treasury'.

He stayed up half the night, writing and revising, filling several pages, until he was finally too tired to go to sleep.

But when he woke up in the morning and saw what he had written yesterday, he felt that none of it was good enough.

It's not that he has no ideas; in fact, he has many ideas, but he just can't write them down, and what he can write down, he's not satisfied with.

If he himself is not satisfied with something, his father will certainly be even less satisfied.

You only realize how little you know when you need to use it; you don't know how difficult something is until you've experienced it!

He finally understood the meaning of those words.

Just as he was struggling with this, he saw Gu Beichen and Yun Shu.

Although Father assigned them homework, he didn't stipulate that they couldn't ask for outside help, did he?

The Analects says: "When three people walk together, one of them will be my teacher."

Moreover, Gu Beichen is a child prodigy known throughout the entire Great Abyss!

So, during the break between classes, he took out the manuscript that he had worked on for half the night but which he had rejected entirely, and asked Gu Beichen and Yun Shu for their advice.

He wasn't cheating; he just asked them to polish his work!

Seeing Ye Jingyu asking Gu Beichen for advice, Ye Jingyu and Ye Jing'an couldn't sit still any longer and joined in.

Although they were quite satisfied with their policy essays, they could still polish them a bit more.

Even Ye Jingyu was openly eavesdropping on their discussion.

Although Yun Shu was a poor student, she had passed the county and prefectural examinations and had the title of a student of the Imperial Academy. She was more experienced in writing policy essays than most people in the Wenhua Hall, so she was consulted by several princes who were not ashamed to ask questions.

Although Gu Beichen and Yun Shu didn't have to do homework, they still participated in it in another way.

Most of the youngsters in the Wenhua Hall were somewhat distracted during the day's lessons.

Of course, there are also those who disdain this teaching examination, such as Ye Jinghe.

Although the emperor had clearly stipulated that those over ten years of age must write more than three hundred words in their policy essays, Ye Jinghe was never one to obediently listen to others, so his policy essay only had a few words.

The same policy proposal was not difficult for Ye Jingming, who was already involved in court politics. However, in accordance with the consistent tradition of the Wenhua Hall, although he had many ideas in mind, he only wrote down one point of view for each argument.

Ye Jingshu was the same.

She recently happened to be looking for jobs for the students of Fengming Academy, and she had a lot of dealings with the female relatives of officials and merchants in the capital. She happened to have some ideas on how to increase the national treasury's revenue.

As for Ye Jingchen, he did write policy essays, and more than one, but he didn't intend to release them at the beginning.

He would have the emperor read the policy essays written by the youngsters first, and then decide which one to show the emperor based on the youngsters' viewpoints.

In order to make his policy proposal more appealing to the emperor, he even went to Xie Chang'an, a former emperor, to discuss it overnight. He didn't sleep for most of the night, and today at the government office, he took a day to catch up on sleep before the dark circles under his eyes disappeared.

After finishing their shift, Ye Jingchen and Ye Jingming had just stepped out of the government office when they saw the carriage of the Princess's residence.

Ye Jingshu waited for her two younger brothers outside the government office before returning to the palace together.

On the carriage, Ye Jingchen explained the origin of this assignment.

"I knew it! Why did Father ask us to write policy essays? It turns out you were the one pulling the strings behind the scenes! You're really something, brother! Father gave you a difficult problem, and you've dragged us all into it!" Ye Jingshu rolled her eyes at him upon hearing this.

“My problems are your problems too. We are brothers and sisters, so naturally we should share the good times and the bad times!” Ye Jingchen said confidently.

"So this policy proposal is to persuade Father Emperor to agree to allocate 30% more military supplies to the Northern Frontier than in previous years?" Ye Jingming asked.

“That’s right!” Ye Jingchen nodded.

"If that's the case, then the main argument of this policy essay should be how to ensure the loyalty of the soldiers in the northern frontier, and secondly, how to increase the national treasury's revenue," Ye Jingming said.

"Jingming is right." Ye Jingchen gave him an approving look.

What the emperor was most worried about was that if too much weaponry was given out, the generals in the northern frontier would develop disloyalty and become too powerful.

As for the national treasury, not to mention that the money collected from the Jiang family can sustain the national treasury for a few more years, the tax revenue in recent years has clearly increased year by year.

It should be noted that many prefectures and counties in Kyushu have broken free from the control of powerful families, and the land has returned to the hands of ordinary people. Moreover, the grains used by the people in those areas have been improved, and the government has also built water conservancy projects. Everything is developing in a better direction.

"However, of these two arguments, the younger brothers and sisters are clearly more familiar with the aspect of 'increasing the national treasury revenue,' while the army and military power are their blind spots."

Ye Jingming was somewhat worried about this.

“Sometimes, their lack of understanding is actually their advantage. Because they don’t understand, they can speak freely, and Father won’t mind their childish words,” Ye Jingchen said with a smile.

Most importantly, an emperor can be suspicious of a particular prince, but he cannot be suspicious of all his children. Even if he were to be suspicious of them all, the amount of suspicion would be much less.

"I was overthinking it." Ye Jingming smiled and took out his own policy essay, handing it to Ye Jingchen. "Would you like to take a look at mine, Your Majesty?"

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