Jiang Li only knew that the Xue family had two uncles, but they were both assigned to other places, and she didn't know that there was such a past.

Seeing the old woman's eyes turn red, Jiang Li's heart ached and she asked, "Since I'm here, can I go and burn some incense for my grandmother?"

Logically speaking, Jiang Li was now a princess, and it was somewhat unreasonable for her to do this as a royal daughter-in-law. However, Daning was a person who valued filial piety, so Grand Tutor Xue did not stop her and directly brought her to the small ancestral hall.

Before going in, Jiang Li took out the newspaper from his sleeve and motioned for Master Xue to take a look first.

When she came out of the small ancestral hall, Grand Tutor Xue was already very excited and invited her directly to his study.

Before Jiang Li could speak, Grand Tutor Xue spread the newspaper on the table and picked up a book from the shelf. He then said, "Ah Li, are you saying that the words here weren't copied like this book?"

"Yes, Grandfather, look," Jiang Li took out a woodcut from his arms. "With the help of the Lu family, the woodcuts produced are exactly the same as those written by the literati. In other words, as long as the article is prepared in advance, the Lu family can use the woodcut technique to print it out in a very short time."

Grand Tutor Xue took the wood carving and examined it repeatedly. "What if we use this technique to make books..."

Jiang Li gave Grand Tutor Xue a thumbs-up. "Grandfather, you are so talented! This is exactly what I was thinking. If we use this technique to copy books, then students won't have to copy them by hand anymore. This way, the price of books will drop quickly, and more students from poor families will be able to afford books."

"good!"

Grand Tutor Xue was not only the emperor's tutor, but also the teacher of several well-known academies in the capital. As a great scholar, he never boasted about his high position. On the contrary, he often went to various places to give lectures in recent years and valued talents the most.

When he heard that more poor students could afford books, he felt like his old bones were burning.

"But Grandfather..." Jiang Li frowned slightly, "Although this method can benefit more scholars, many scholars from poor backgrounds rely on copying books to earn money to make a living. If we promote this method, wouldn't it be..."

This is also the reason why Jiang Li must come to see Master Xue.

Everything has two sides. Her method helps the poor, but it also hurts them. She doesn't know whether pushing the course of history so quickly is a good thing.

"My child, you must understand that since ancient times, you cannot have your cake and eat it too."

Grand Tutor Xue knew that Jiang Li was very capable, but he didn't expect that she had such great talent.

But this girl is kind-hearted. If it were anyone else, they would have put their own interests first and would not have considered the interests of the people in the world.

"Have you ever considered that promoting this method will not only allow more poor children to read books, but more importantly, those hard-to-find rare books, those treasures that ordinary students will never see in their lifetime, will now be available to everyone."

"As for those children who can no longer make a living by copying books, they can also focus more on academic research..."

Before Grand Tutor Xue finished speaking, Jiang Li suddenly had an idea. "Grandfather is right. If they focus more on academic research, they can write more brilliant articles. Then I can let them submit their articles to the newspaper, so that they can get royalties!"

Having said that, the matter that had troubled Jiang Li for several days was completely resolved.

"Submission?"

Grand Tutor Xue was stunned for a moment.

Jiang Li pointed at the contents of the newspaper and said, "Grandfather, look, each issue of the newspaper will print a lot of content. These contents need to be written by someone, and then the Lu family will carve and print them. Later, I will place advertisements on them, which will bring in good profits."

After explaining his ideas in detail, Grand Tutor Xue felt sorry that Jiang Li was not a man, otherwise, his career would be limitless.

"Grandfather, although I am not a man, I am the first female official in Daning."

Jiang Li said proudly after taking a sip of tea.

Upon hearing this, Grand Tutor Xue simply clapped his hands and laughed, "Yes, yes, it was Grandpa who forgot, it was Grandpa who was pedantic."

"Oh, Grandpa, Ah Li came here today and I have something I want to ask for your help." Putting down the teacup, Jiang Li said respectfully, "I want to publish an annotation of one of Grandpa's famous articles in the first issue of the newspaper so that the newspaper can be quickly accepted by famous people."

She had already found several storytellers to provide street gossip every day. In this way, the people would naturally be very receptive to the newspaper.

However, scholars have always been particular about this. If newspapers with textual content were to circulate among the people and only contained some eye-catching stories about family matters, they would be difficult for scholars to accept, and unnecessary trouble would be inevitable.

"Grandfather, please don't blame me for being too anxious. The truth is that I have agreed with the Emperor that as long as the newspaper makes a profit, 50% of it will be used to establish a charity private school."

"Grandfather, you are a great scholar of our time, so you naturally understand the importance of reading and gaining wisdom. Therefore, I want all the people of Daning to be able to read, so that every child has books to read and an education to attend."

"Bang—"

Grand Tutor Xue dropped the teacup in his hand, his face filled with surprise.

It is day and night.

In the imperial study, the emperor and Grand Tutor Xue looked at each other. After a while, the emperor finally stood up and paid great respects to Grand Tutor Xue.

"Your Majesty, you cannot do this!" Grand Tutor Xue stood up to stop him. "The princess said, Your Majesty, since you agreed to establish a public welfare private school, it's me, this minister, who should be grateful to you on behalf of all the students in the world!"

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Grand Master, please stop talking. I have been so ashamed these past two days."

After Jiang Li left that day, he finally realized that what Jiang Li meant was that 50% of the newspaper's revenue should be donated to the national treasury, and in the name of the royal family, public private schools should be established in various places to enable more children from poor families to learn to read and write for free.

This was something that emperors of all dynasties had never thought of, but he actually did it.

The emperor had been getting more and more excited these past few days. He couldn't even imagine it: if one day every one of his people could read and understand etiquette, and even the poorest children could study and take the imperial examinations, then why would Daning not prosper, and why would it not produce talented people?!

"This is all thanks to Princess Jingling. I am just..."

Grand Tutor Xue quickly stopped him, "Your Majesty, please do not say that. As the daughter-in-law of the royal family, the princess naturally contributes to Daning. However, the greatest achievement belongs to Your Majesty. The whole world belongs to the king. Your Majesty's agreement to use the money for the construction of the school is an unprecedented act of grace and will surely be recorded in history books."

The two became more and more excited as they talked, and they chatted until late at night. Only then did Grand Tutor Xue leave the palace.

"Master, didn't the princess ask you to rest early? Why are you in such a hurry to enter the palace?"

The housekeeper poured out a Qi-nourishing Pill that Jiang Li had sent him during the day and handed it to Grand Tutor Xue, saying in confusion.

"That child is truly talented," Grand Tutor Xue sighed. "Although the current emperor is a wise ruler, he still needs to restrain his edge. Moreover, she is married to Prince Jingling. If she is exploited by someone with ulterior motives, trouble is inevitable. Therefore, the primary credit for establishing a public welfare private school must go to the emperor."