Chu Fan had learned some planting techniques back on Blue Star. After all, how could farmers in a country with such a large agricultural population not know how to grow crops? Not to mention that Master Yuan's hybrid rice technology had already become popular. Chu Fan decided to introduce this technology to the State of Wei, writing down his planting methods and having students from Zhonghua University practice and verify their feasibility.
Moreover, Zhonghua University was managed by Zhonghua City, which was a joint venture between the imperial family and the Wei court. Therefore, if these students had research results, the imperial family and the court would be the first to know about them.
However, there was also a possibility that students could be bribed by those aristocratic families and hand over their research results to them. Chu Fan believed that such situations would definitely occur, but it was unlikely to happen too often, and Chu Fan also believed that the mayor of Zhonghua City could properly handle these problems.
If the academy jointly controlled by the royal family and the Wei court cannot even solve such a problem, then the ability of the Wei royal family and the court to control Wei is really too poor.
Chu Maoshi's eyes filled with respect. He knew His Majesty valued the people deeply, but he had never imagined His Majesty would value the people of Wei so much. Chu Maoshi replied solemnly, "Your Majesty, I will follow your instructions and build Zhonghua University into a university that truly works for the benefit of the people."
Chu Fan said to Chu Maoshi earnestly, "Prince Deng, since you have chosen the Zhonghua City College as a place where the people of Wei can have enough food to eat, then Zhonghua College is doomed to not be accepted by students. Moreover, it is difficult for students of Zhonghua College to become officials after graduation. Therefore, Zhonghua University will definitely not be accepted by students who want to become officials through studying.
I hope you understand that while it may be difficult for future students of this academy to enter the imperial court, their contributions to the State of Wei are immeasurable. Furthermore, I will have the Ministry of Revenue increase its investment in this university to ensure that all students who enter this academy will acquire a skill and contribute to the development of the State of Wei.
Chu Maoshi also knew that it would take a lot of effort to build this academy, but he did not think it was a troublesome thing. Instead, he believed that it was his responsibility as a member of the royal family to seek benefits for the people of Wei.
He knew very well that only when the people lived and worked in peace and contentment could the country be truly stable and the royal family could have their own transcendent status. If the people lived in hardship and the country was in turmoil, then the royal family's status in the country would also be in jeopardy.
In addition, the royal family members did not need to compete with the ministers on the court list for their official positions in the court, but were granted by His Majesty the Emperor himself. This made Chu Maoshi and other royal family members serving in the Wei court work with His Majesty the Emperor and the people of Wei as the center, so they would not be like those aristocratic families who only cared about their own interests and ignored the suffering of the people.
Of course, because Chu Fan had allowed members of the royal family to serve as officials in the court, not many members of the royal family actually entered the court. Most of them joined the Wei army, held important positions to defend the border, and made contributions to the Wei state.
This is because the royal family has elders. The elders will not allow too many royal family members to enter the court to disrupt the original balance of power. They will strictly examine every royal family member who enters the Wei court as an official to ensure that they are both virtuous and talented and will not do anything to damage the reputation of the Wei royal family.
Chu Fan was already feeling a bit tired at this point. He had done so much today that he began to speak. "Prince Deng, I leave Chung Hwa University to you. If you need any help from the court, you can go to the Royal Government Affairs Office for consultation. The prince of the Royal Government Affairs Office will discuss with the six ministries and provide full support. I'm a bit tired, so I'll return to the palace first."
Chu Maoshi responded respectfully, "I respectfully escort Your Majesty back to the palace."
When Chu Fan walked towards the carriage, the sun was about to set. Chu Maoshi looked at Chu Fan's figure in the sunset and the long shadow on the ground, and felt a myriad of emotions in his heart.
It was already dark when he returned to the palace. At this time, Chu Fan was writing about the planting techniques of hybrid rice and other crops in the imperial study. Chu Fan didn't know how much land in Wei was suitable for such technology, but Chu Fan believed that there must be suitable land for planting.
Liu Ruyan looked at Chu Fan, who was already very tired, and saw that he was still so diligent after returning to the palace. She couldn't help but feel very moved. Moreover, what Chu Fan wrote was indeed about the knowledge of ordinary farmers' planting, which made Liu Ruyan admire him even more.
You have to know that the emperors of many countries in the Shengwu Continent actually have no idea how ordinary people grow crops. Even she, Liu Ruyan, has never learned about these things. However, as an emperor, Chu Fan knows how to cultivate the land better than many farmers. This is why Liu Ruyan admires him so much.
In fact, there has always been a joke on the Shengwu Continent that when a farmer was discussing how the emperor cultivated the land, the farmer said that the emperor must use a golden hoe to cultivate the land. However, this joke was used by everyone to laugh at the farmer's lack of knowledge.
But which emperor actually knew how farmers cultivated the land? Many emperors even believed that the people could simply plant seeds in the ground and expect them to grow, completely ignoring the hardships of farming. Of course, no one dared to accuse the emperor of not understanding farming, as this would be seen as questioning the imperial power.
Another point is that the court ministers and aristocratic families who rule the country do not know how the common people grow crops. So if someone laughs at them for not knowing how to farm and being ignorant, they will be extremely angry and think that this is a challenge to their authority.
However, the Wei Kingdom had an emperor who understood farming better than the peasants. Chu Fan had demonstrated with his actions that if an emperor wanted to understand the hardships of the people, he could do so. Meanwhile, Liu Ruyan decided to fulfill the promise she had made that evening.
As the night deepened, Liu Ruyan reminded him, "Your Majesty, it's late and you should rest. There's still plenty of time to establish Chung Hwa University. Your Majesty can continue writing tomorrow."
After hearing Liu Ruyan's words, Chu Fan gently put down his pen, rubbed his brow, and replied, "Ruyan is absolutely right. It is indeed time to rest. Will you accompany me in cultivation today?"
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