Xia Yuhui had originally wanted to coordinate and try his best to get things done, but now that he knew Yan Shiyue's thoughts, there was no need to be polite.
After all, he was born into a family of scholars and was well-educated. He was just cursing without using any dirty words. He was very good at it! He was sure to make people roll their eyes at him, and they would not be able to find fault with him.
After Xu Wenqu arrived, he still felt unsatisfied and said with a smile, "It's comfortable to follow a confident master. You don't need those you don't like! You don't need those with bad character! You don't need those who are troublesome! You don't need them if you don't want to! I haven't felt so happy in all these years!"
"It should be so." Xu Wenqu said with a smile: "If you compromise, people will look down on you."
He smiled at Yan Shiyue and said, "We are here to give you confidence."
He unfolded it and saw a plaque written by Emperor Ming Yan himself: "Northern Academy."
In this way, the cards are bigger and there are more options.
Moreover, how should I put it? When they come forward to recruit talents, they really need to be "respectful and courteous". If they encounter unreliable people, they can't just confront them directly, but have to take a roundabout way. But in this way, it is equivalent to the imperial court's assessment, and they can be picky as much as they want.
Yan Shiyue reiterated her ideas to them again and again.
What made her happier was that these three people were all good people who understood and agreed with her ideas.
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Therefore, they can handle the future matters, and she won’t have to listen to the heavenly book anymore.
Xia Yuhui complained to her: "You get angry every time you don't understand when others show off their knowledge, why don't you stand up?"
"I stood up!" Yan Shiyue said, "I stood up and scolded you and spurred you on!"
Xia Yuhui smiled and said, "You should study harder!"
"I don't want it," Yan Shiyue said, "I am perfect except for my poor academic performance. I have to be a little ignorant to give you useless scholars a chance to survive!"
The two of them were sitting in the restaurant at the moment, bickering and waiting for someone.
They were not sitting in a private room and did not avoid others when talking. An old man not far away smiled at them, then turned back slowly.
The person they were waiting for was Meng Jinyou, the owner of Meng’s Money House in Qinzhou.
There were already money houses in the Dayan Dynasty, but currently, most of them only dealt in currency exchange, with a small amount of lending business.
Most of her cooperation now is with Meng's, which means she is half the boss of Meng's. Although it does not involve the money house, it is not difficult to call someone over.
Meng Jinyou came in hurriedly, and bowed repeatedly: "Your Highness, please forgive me, I am late."
"It's okay," Yan Shiyue also stood up and returned the greeting: "We came early."
The two sides exchanged a few pleasantries and introduced themselves to each other. Meng Jin had heard of her temper, so she asked directly, "I wonder what your Highness wants me to do by calling me here?"
Yan Shiyue said: "I want to ask you if you want to open a bank here."
To be honest, she had originally been thinking about whether Butterfly should come out of a bank, but on second thought, a bank is a long-term project and it would take time to do it, so she could only do it slowly, so it would be more appropriate to open a chain of money houses first.
She said, "Here's what I'm thinking. I want to open a college here. If the college is successfully opened in half a year, there will be one or two thousand more students here. This kind of thing will have a chain reaction... For example, if there are many students in a place, naturally there will be more bookstores and more study stores. Clothing, food, housing, transportation, everything that is needed will increase accordingly, and there will be people running these things."
She gestured, "It's like a snowball. There will be more and more people, and this small Longmen County will become more and more prosperous. So, in preparation, I will ask people to 'recruit investors' after the school is almost done. I will give some preferential policies to let locals or outsiders come here to run businesses and open shops. Because of this, a large and reputable money house is indispensable."
Most of the people she met in Chang'an City understood politics but not economics, so she explained it in great detail. Meng Jinyou was originally in this line of work, so he quickly understood what she meant and nodded slowly.
After a long while, he said, "I understand what your Highness means. I will report it to my superiors. But your Highness..."
He looked at her.
Yan Shiyue was stunned for a moment before coming back to her senses: "You misunderstood, I have no plans, and I don't want anything, I just thought of this prospect, so I'll pave the way first. If you need any help later, I can also find someone to cooperate with you."
Meng Jinyou was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses. He bowed and said, "Your Highness, please do me a favor. I am sorry for being so rude."
The three chatted for a while, and Yan Shiyue asked Xia Yuhui to take him around Longmen County.
As soon as they left, the old man at the next table came over and said with a smile, "Your Highness, can I sit down?"
Yan Shiyue had noticed this old man just now, and he kept looking in their direction. But seeing that he looked friendly, she said, "Okay," and waved to have someone change the teacup: "What's your name, old sir?"
"My last name is Wen, and I am Wen of the Way." The old man said directly, "I would like to ask Your Highness a question."
"Um?"
He asked, "Why did Your Highness build the academy here? Is it just because this is where Your Highness was born?"
"Not entirely," she said, "Let me put it this way. If we divide Dayan into four parts, Qinzhou happens to be in the center of the northwest. This location is really well connected, and it has beautiful scenery and a suitable climate. We used to worry about the monsters in Mobei, but now we don't have to worry about Mobei. This location has become a real Feng Shui treasure land, and it is very suitable for both economic and cultural development."
"Besides, as you just said, this is where I was born. The people here like me very much and trust me. This allows me to get everyone's support whenever I do something, saving me a lot of persuasion work. So a lot of new crops can be planted here, and that's why I want to build my school here."
She drew a circle on the table: "Longmen County is like a point, shining from this place to all directions, step by step. This way of development is the fastest and most labor-saving."
The old man nodded.
After a while, he asked again: "I heard that your highness's Northern Academy can only teach but not accept disciples. I wonder why?"
Yan Shiyue said, "Because I want talents who can serve the country. They should be upright and aboveboard from beginning to end, serving the country, the people, the monarch, and the righteous path, instead of repeatedly considering one thing over and over again. This person is my senior brother, so I should show some leniency. This person is my master's political enemy, so I should punish him more severely... I don't want such selfish 'talents', and Dayan doesn't need such talents."
The old man was slightly startled.
After a long while, he sighed and said, "It's a good idea indeed, but... it's very difficult, very difficult."
He looked at her with a very gentle gaze: "Since Your Highness has such intention, why not let the court do it? Like another Imperial College?"
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