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Summon the consort Yan Chun to the palace and go to Wuying Hall."

After receiving the order, the Jinyiwei quickly left.

Emperor Tiantong stood up and walked out, his tone was majestic without anger.

Xu Yanmiao only read the text version through the system, and couldn't help but sigh with a piece of nonsense literature: [Wow! The old emperor is really impressive when he gets up. ]

The emperor walked like a dragon and a tiger, and the emperor was so imposing. The emperor picked up the winter peach on the ground, washed it with warm water in the kettle, and took a bite: "Fortunately, the flesh is not broken."

Xu Yanmiao: "..."

Is there something wrong?

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The frugal emperor was chewing a winter peach while getting on the carriage. When the passing Yu Shi saw this scene, he was briefly shocked and quickly turned his back, pretending not to have seen this scene, so as not to be seen by his colleagues and impeached for the crime of flattery of "finding that the emperor disregarded the etiquette and law but not impeaching him".

The emperor arrived at the Wuying Palace and found that his "son-in-law" was already waiting at the door.

"Humph!" He flicked his sleeves and walked past her: "Get in."

[Wow! So fierce!]

The old emperor looked around inconspicuously and did not see any trace of Xu Yanmiao. This is the imperial palace, and he could not be sneaky, so... The old emperor's mouth curled up.

What? Can't get in from outside the palace? There is no way to watch the excitement in person.

--Look at the distance, he is either sneaking around the palace gate or looking around the Ministry of Personnel.

[Wow! The prince!]

The old emperor's smile froze, and his eyes froze.

The prince, who was caught, tried to play dumb but failed, and was invited out by the Jinyiwei.

[Wow! The prince's face is so pale --]

The prince's eyes lit up, and he immediately took out a handkerchief and covered his mouth: "Ahem, dad, I..."

His body was shaking and he was about to fall down, and he was extremely weak.

The surrounding palace people were in a bad mood, and the female prince consort was worried.

The old emperor wanted to get angry at first, but when he saw his son so weak, and remembered that he was so tired that he vomited blood some time ago, his face, which was always dignified without anger, softened a little: "Why did you run out?"

"... Ahem, Dad. I heard that there is a child prodigy test today..."

If it were in the past, the old emperor might have directly said, "What does the child prodigy test have to do with you? Do you have a child prodigy in your family?"

But thinking of the blood vomited by the prince and his pale face now, he hesitated again and again, and finally chose to be a private person: "Let's talk inside first."

[Oh, your face is so pale because you vomited blood and you were not honest. You secretly ate spicy beef jerky and were caught by Qin Zheng. She poured a lot of medicine. No wonder you are so weak. ]

[I'm not saying, Prince, your health care is obviously getting half the result with twice the effort. The face is so pale, I wonder how long it will take to regain its rosy color. 】

Oh, that won’t take too long.

The old emperor thought.

He glanced at the prince’s face and saw that it almost immediately became rosy - because it was too "surprising".

As for what he was surprised about...

The old emperor’s calmness on his face suddenly turned into false calmness, and his smile turned into a fake smile: "What are you standing there for? Come in, Prince."

The prince subconsciously forced a smile: "Dad, I suddenly remembered that I haven't taken my medicine yet. I want to go back..."

[Huh? Why is the prince in such a hurry to leave? Not even having time to take the medicine, but when he heard that his sister's son-in-law had entered the palace, he rushed over to see the excitement and to see what was going on. Can he protect someone? ]

"Hehe..."

The prince laughed dryly.

He had been planning to do so, but now, rather than protecting his brother-in-law, he should take care of himself first.

The old emperor also laughed twice: "No, it doesn't matter now. Didn't you not take the medicine on time before?"

[Hey! The old emperor actually knew? ]

The old emperor: )

didn't know, just a lie.

The prince tried to struggle: "Actually..."

The old emperor said coldly: "If you don't vomit blood, go and help me review the memorials."

Xu Yanmiao curiously added: [What about vomiting blood? ]

The prince was also curious and asked tentatively: "What if I vomit blood?"

The old emperor sneered: "Then you vomit blood and help me review the memorials."

Throughout the whole process, the female consort looked at her nose and her heart, pretending not to see the scene in front of her. After the emperor entered the Wuying Hall, she followed quietly. The prince went in directly and found a place to sit down with a righteous look. The

old emperor was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned a blind eye. He just found Yan Chun's policy and threw it in front of her: "Explain it."

Yan Chun immediately became alert and spoke every word carefully.

First, she sincerely expressed her feelings for this country, then talked about the good and bad aspects of the current national policy, and finally talked about what goals this country needs to achieve in order to become stronger, and what crises it is currently facing.

What she said was all true, which is why the old emperor was still anxious even though he knew that the other party had selfish motives.

Yan Chun had no shame and said frankly: "For this, the solution I can think of is - the power of one person is limited, but the power of ten thousand people is unlimited."

In short, the more talents there are, the richer and stronger the country will be. If you want talents, the most fundamental thing is to set up academies.

Moreover, it is best to set up academies that are targeted, such as the Academy of Literature that specializes in teaching Confucianism, the Academy of Martial Arts that teaches military tactics and martial arts, the Academy of Medicine that teaches medical skills, the Social School that teaches agriculture, and so on. It

is very expensive, but...

Yan Chun lowered his eyes slightly and handed over the budget: "I have calculated that with the current national strength of Daxia, it is just right to do it."

The old emperor certainly knew this.

In fact, he also wanted to vigorously develop education, so a few years after he ascended the throne, he wanted to restore the social schools and charity schools of the previous dynasty to provide children and teenagers who had no money to study with the opportunity to receive education.

Then, the Minister of Revenue took up the abacus and kept counting the beads in his ears all day, muttering until his ears were hoarse, and the central idea was never far away: Your Majesty, it costs money to run a school, and we don’t have money now. Unless you don't mind these academies being the same as in the previous dynasty.

——The Zhou Dynasty also vigorously promoted education, and similarly ordered that every fifty households must build a community school to provide a place for farmers' children to study. However, except for the community schools and charity schools located in the capital, which did not have to worry about money and had transfusions from the national treasury, other community schools and charity schools were jointly funded and donated by county officials and scholars.

But there were still a few people like this who spent their family wealth to give farmers the opportunity to go to school. Most county officials and scholars were not keen on donating money to help the people. Even if there were enthusiastic people, it would be okay once or twice, but the school needed to be maintained, and they could not be asked to pay all the time. Therefore, many community schools and charity schools later declined and closed due to lack of funds to maintain the school.

"I know that Your Majesty is definitely not setting up community schools or charity schools for such an outcome."

At that time, the Minister of Finance Yuan Zheng seemed unusually gentle and calm, and bowed slightly: "But now the treasury is indeed empty, so Your Majesty can only be patient for a while."

- This patience lasted for almost thirty years.

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"Thirty years..."

The old emperor knew how expensive and difficult this matter was: "How many times can a person have thirty years in his life?"

Now he did have enough money, but he could not wait any longer.

The old emperor looked at Yan Chun, the female consort, and raised his eyebrows, revealing her thoughts: "It's more than that, right? You also proposed in the policy to recruit female officials appropriately?"

Yan Chun lowered her eyelids slightly, and said slowly: "Yes, it's appropriate. Just like the previous dynasty, there were more female merchants, and it was inconvenient for men to collect taxes from them. The previous dynasty established the position of female column head to collect taxes from female merchants."

"I think that men should be men, women should be women, men should manage men, and women should manage women. This is the truth of heaven and earth, and this is the true harmony of yin and yang."

The old emperor: "Only a few positions?"

Yan Chun: "Yes, only a few positions."

The old emperor was indeed persuaded.

If only a few positions were taken out, the country would be more stable and run more conveniently. That's not impossible.

——Besides, if the previous dynasty could do it, so could he. Isn't it just female guards and similar official positions? He can give them too.

Yan Chun gave a demonstration: "Your Majesty, if there are no female guards but only male guards, then when the male guards go to collect taxes from female merchants, they must choose the time, it must be in broad daylight, and there must be people around them. Otherwise, it will be difficult to explain and it will be easy for others to calculate and take advantage of you."

For example, if your opponent says that you molested female merchants, you have to find a way to prove that you didn't.

For example, between male officials and female merchants, will the male official be unable to control his desires because of the convenience of his position and ask the female merchants to sleep with him, and maliciously collect more taxes if they don't accompany him?

For example, would a female merchant seduce a male official to evade taxes and use her body to achieve her goal?

In response, the old emperor said, "We have our own laws in Daxia."

Yan Chun: "But it will take a lot more time and manpower." It takes

time to find out that the other party has violated the law?

It takes time to legislate?

It takes time to try the case?

After the verdict is made, if the column head needs to be changed, it will take time for the new column head to take office, and it will take time for the new column head to get familiar with the work after taking office. If they are unfamiliar with tax collection, they may be exploited or inefficient. The previous person could collect taxes in three days, but the new person will take five or seven days -

"However, employing female column heads can relatively avoid these things. The same is true for other official positions that need to deal with women from the private sector."

[Beautiful! For a leader who is full of anxiety, irritability and eager for quick results, you tell him how to improve efficiency, which is like hitting the snake at its weakest point! 】

The prince nodded.

【Hit him hard! 】

The prince nodded vigorously.

【What does the old emperor want the prince to do? 】

The prince raised his head stiffly and saw that his father was already standing in front of him.

"Dad..."

"duang——"

The old emperor retracted his fist, and the prince fell down with a big bump on his head.

The old emperor sneered.

As an emperor, he did have the heart to allow ministers to plot against him for their own selfish reasons as long as it was good for the country - of course, writing in a little notebook was another matter.

But, as my own son, you still nodded? Where is your elbow going!

【Wow! 】Xiao Bai Ze exclaimed: 【What a powerful and accurate punch, it hurts but doesn't hurt the root! Beautiful!】

The prince felt very, very uncomfortable.

Xu Yanmo, don't exaggerate at this time.

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After the old emperor beat his son, the displeasure of being plotted against was slightly relieved. He looked at Yan Chun and said lightly: "This is indeed more efficient. You go back and write a memorial, listing those official positions that can be divided into male and female officials."

Yan Chun's eyes have always been very bright. It was because of this that she was spotted by the eldest princess, who was also very competitive in choosing a husband.

At this moment, the old emperor could see that the other party's eyes were obviously brighter.

"Yes! I will definitely screen carefully!"

The old emperor made a note of Yan Chun in his little notebook in his heart, but he smiled and said, "Thank you for troubling me, my dear."

【Great! Perfect job! 】

The old emperor sneered imperceptibly.

It's not perfect...

【In that case, there's no need for me to provide any three-year or five-year plans! 】

【Wuhu! Happy! Today is still a day for salted fish! 】

The old emperor: "!!!"

His heart skipped a beat.

The old emperor took a breath of cool air.

Wait a minute!

Today is indeed not perfect!