But Zhao Xin brushed the matter aside and continued, "Apart from that, do you have any other questions?"

Kou Zhunren was about to speak, but when he heard the emperor ask this, he could only shake his head.

The others also shook their heads.

"Since there are no problems, then the construction of the workshop is settled. Sanniang, go back and summon the two master craftsmen and some of the outstanding craftsmen. I want to talk to them in person.

Remember to be credible.

From now on, all technical matters will be handed over to you for safekeeping, and you must keep it confidential."

Qiao Sanniang was shocked when she heard this and quickly bowed in response.

"We also have people ask the locals to see if there are any mineral deposits like lime, coal, and iron around here. If they find any, we'll go explore and if they find any, we'll organize the refugees to mine them.

The wages can be higher than those for ordinary jobs."

Zhao Xin said again.

Everyone had no problem with this and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's move on to the next topic."

Seeing that no one had any questions and Zhao Xin had nothing to add on this matter for the time being, he jumped directly into the next topic.

"I previously said that I would let Consort Ming educate the sons and daughters I adopted. After some thought, I decided to build a school.

It was placed in the abandoned Duanhua Palace.

Do you have any rules?"

"Building a school?"

Liu Muzhi and the others were startled when they heard this, thinking to themselves, "Why are all the proposals His Majesty made today so unconventional?"

It was already unorthodox to let concubines teach the children of refugees.

Fortunately, there is the title of adopted son or daughter, so it can be said that the mother is raising the child.

Now they are talking about building a school.

"I'm afraid this will cause controversy, right?"

Yu Qian said hesitantly.

Liu Muzhi and others also nodded.

This is not a fear, but it will definitely lead to criticism.

Zhao Xin grinned upon hearing this and said, "Don't worry. While there will be some criticism, the opposition shouldn't be too loud or too intense."

Zhao Xin said this with a chuckle, "They'll just say this was a foolish act by a fool like me, just to please a beautiful woman."

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Everyone was speechless when they heard this.

How can I put this? He was already a tyrant, isn't that enough?

Everyone was considered to be quite knowledgeable, but they had rarely seen an emperor like Zhao Xin.

You say he is wise, and he is wise. You say he is intelligent, and he is intelligent. In fact, he is so intelligent that his subordinates feel they can't keep up with him.

He is also very self-aware and never interferes in things he is not good at.

Even if it is something he is good at, he will be happy to delegate power. He can be said to know how to use his subordinates and trust them.

These are undoubtedly wise monarchs.

But the only special thing about him is that he doesn't care about his reputation at all. As long as it doesn't have any actual impact on his rule, he is not even afraid of being called a tyrant in history books.

There is even a feeling of self-satisfaction.

This is simply unbelievable.

However, after a moment of hesitation, everyone said, "Your Majesty may not care, but I'm afraid this will also affect Ming Fei's reputation."

"That's a problem."

Zhao Xin frowned slightly.

He himself didn't care about being called a tyrant, but he didn't want Lin Yuyan and Su Qingyu to be called beautiful women who bring disaster.

But this is his second step in dealing with the aristocratic families, which is to start from the children, from the future, and to pull up a group of grassroots backbones who can go deep into the grassroots and understand his ideas.

If you want to change the world and eradicate the cancer of the aristocratic family, you must destroy the soil in which it survives.

Change the numb attitude of the lower-class people towards the aristocratic families.

Otherwise, when you want to suppress those aristocratic families, those lower-class people who have been harmed by the aristocratic families will become your enemies instead.

This was the feeling he gained after personally facing those ordinary people in Dahuang County this time.

As for why he asked Mingfei to participate, it was because Mingfei had such an ideal before, and Zhao Xin did not want to confine them all in the deep palace.

Since she has such an ideal, Zhao Xin must of course support her.

It is also a kind of paralysis towards the aristocratic families and those mainstream Confucianists.

Letting concubines teach a group of refugee children is definitely considered heresy in the eyes of some old scholars and Confucian scholars.

But precisely because of his unorthodoxy, those people would not really care, because in their eyes, this was nothing more than an absurd act of a tyrant like him.

If they don't think too deeply about it, they naturally won't think that this will affect their foundation.

Since it has nothing to do with their interests, they certainly won't really fight him to the death for such a ridiculous act.

In the final analysis, all they talk about is ideology, and all they think about is interests.

Without any vested interests, only a fool would offend this tyrannical "tyrant".

But when they came to their senses, the group of people under his command had almost grown up.

But if Lin Yuyan and the others were also scolded because of this, he would feel a little guilty.

"Then let's do this. Consort Ming will serve as the deputy headmaster, and I will be the headmaster myself.

The school is divided into two parts. One part is the inner school, located in Duanhua Palace, which only teaches outstanding students under the age of twelve.

One part is an external school, which will be located in the future workshop area.

All students over the age of seven are eligible to enroll. The number of places will be determined at the time, and children of workshop workers will be given priority.

In addition to literacy, they mainly learn mathematics and knowledge of various trades.

The inner school is under the charge of Ming Fei, and the outer school is under my nominal charge, so you, my dear Kou, will have to worry about it."

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