“I have decided to build a ‘Dayan Royal Academy’ here!”
“Royal Academy?” Both ministers were stunned.
"That's right." An Ning nodded, his eyes shining with wisdom.
h "This academy does not teach the Four Books and Five Classics, nor does it teach poetry and poetry."
h "It only teaches three things."
h "First, arithmetic and the investigation of things. I What I want to cultivate are practical talents who can design water conservancy, build cities, and improve agricultural tools. "
"Second, laws and people's livelihood. What I want to cultivate are officials who can go deep into the grassroots, understand the sufferings of the people, and enforce the law fairly."
"The third and most important point is military strategy and battle formations. I want to train a steady stream of generals who are loyal and good at fighting for my Dayan!"
An Ning's words made both ministers take a breath.
They have never heard of such an unorthodox educational concept!
Don't teach the words of saints, but teach those "strange and obscene skills" and "the evil deeds of soldiers"?
This is simply unheard of!
"Your Majesty, is there something wrong with this move?"
"The Minister of Hubu asked cautiously, "Since ancient times, Confucianism has been the basis for educating all peoples. If we act like this, I'm afraid it will attract criticism from scholars all over the world."
"Criticism?" An Ning sneered, "What I want is not a group of rotten scholars who only quote scriptures and empty talk and harm the country!"
"What I want is a man of action who can make our country of Dayan rich and powerful, its people fed and clothed, and its army in Dayan invincible!"
"The world is conquered, not negotiated! Peace is guarded by swords, not by articles!"
"General Ye is fighting bloody battles at the front. If those of us in the rear still hold on to those old ideas, how can we live up to him? How can we live up to the thousands of people in Dayan?"
The two ministers blushed at An Ning's words and lowered their heads in shame.
"Your Majesty is wise! I, my ministers...are stupid!"
"I, my ministers, are willing to obey your Majesty's will and supervise this matter with all your strength!"
An Ning nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good."
"Shang Shu of the Ministry of Industry, you are solely responsible for the construction of the college. I have only one request, it must be fast and good! If the money is not enough, it will come from my internal funds!"
Tell the people in the world that everyone who enters our Dayan Royal Academy will have free tuition and full board and lodging.
After completing the course, they will be selected and directly awarded official or military positions!
I want all the wise people in the world to see that I, Dayan, is the stage for them to realize their ambitions!"
"Yes! Minister, obey the order!"
The two ministers took the order and retreated.
They can already foresee what earth-shaking changes this national policy will bring to Dayan once implemented.
In the imperial study room, only An Ning was left.
She walked to the window and looked into the distance with a confident smile on her lips.
An Qing, do you think you can shake the foundation of my country, Dayan, with your scheming?
You are wrong.
The strength of a country does not lie in the temporary popularity of its monarch, but in its continuous supply of talents and its system that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
You are acting, trying to win people's hearts.
And I am laying an unshakable foundation for your and my future.
When your false stage collapses, you will find that the gap between us is already as big as clouds and mud.
Wancheng, the county governor's mansion.
After the meeting in the square, Ye Cheng declined "An Qing's" invitation to have a dinner together and returned to the mansion alone.
He needs to be alone.
What happened today had a great impact on him.
He was sitting in his study, replaying An Qing's every expression and every word on the stage in his mind.
Those familiar eyes, those sincere tears, that overwhelming hatred, that calm analysis...
All of these point to one conclusion, she is An Ning.
A peace that emerges from suffering and is reborn, stronger and stranger.
In his heart, the hatred towards the "Fake Empress of Zhou" had completely dissipated.
Instead, there is a complex emotion, mixed with sympathy, guilt, appreciation and pity.
"General."
Hong Xuan's voice sounded outside the door.
"Come in, Your Majesty."
Hong Xuan pushed the door open and entered with a solemn expression.
"General, do you...really believe her?" He couldn't help but ask.
Ye Cheng glanced at him and did not answer directly, but asked: "You don't believe it?"
Hong Xuan was silent.
What should he say?
Intellectually, he felt that the woman's performance was flawless and could not find any flaws.
Her answers to all questions were perfect.
But intuitively, he felt that something was wrong.
Things that are too perfect often have problems.
"I remember how she used to be. She couldn't act like that. No demon can do that."
"After all...most of the demons have no humanity and do not understand at all what kindness is, what a city is, and what the world is."
Hong Xuan understands this truth. In their perception, those demons are hateful and inhuman.
The same is true for the Chonglou who was killed by Ye Cheng in the Demon Suo Tower of Da Zhou, and the same is true for the Demon Emperor who was killed in the Demon Suo Tower of Dayan.
"Moreover, it is true that only the souls of the most kind people can withstand the devastation of demon possession, I know this.
In other words, An Qing is really not our enemy now. What we should be thinking about now is how to help An Qing deal with Yun Zhongzi and Chongyang."
The safest way is to wait for a year for his cultivation to fully recover, and then go up and eliminate all those monsters, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, and monsters.
However, An Qing may not be able to hold on for that long, so...
"Kong Xuan, you immediately select outstanding talents from Jiangzhou Prefecture Academy and transfer them here overnight."
"General, you Want? "
—— — — — — — — — — — — — " I shall use elixirs to raise their cultivation to the point where they can compete with those old men of Yun Zhongzi, and then send them to Great Zhou."
- - " Dazhou; Ye Cheng even changed his name to Pseudo-Zhou;
"Why send them to the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
"Enter the puppet Zhou court to check and balance those people in Chongyang."
"Chongyang's ability is to control the demon clan. His magic power is actually not strong. To put it bluntly, he can't even defeat Yun Zhongzi."
Hong Xuan felt a headache. He was already looking forward to An Xin's early return.
After the meeting ended today, An Xin hurriedly used the Five Elements Escape Technique to rush back to Phoenix City.
Just at this moment, a soldier came to report, "General! An Qing, the Puppet Zhou Empress...asks to see you again! At this moment, she is outside the mansion!"
"She's here again?"