Prince Consort

Zhao Chongzhao is practicing riding and shooting on the school grounds.

The arrival of Xie Ze'an made Zhao Chongzhao put down the bow and arrow in his hand, got off his horse, and strode up to meet him: "Sanlang, are you here?"

Xie Zean nodded.

He raised his hand to touch Zhao Chongzhao's maroon horse, and the horse let out a very unfriendly breath at him.

Xie Ze'an laughed and said, "Is this a tribute from the Western Xia Mission?"

Zhao Chongzhao said: "Sanlang, do you recognize this?" He handed the reins to Xie Ze'an, "Do you want to ride and see?"

Xie Ze'an paused, and said, "That's fine." He got off his horse, took the longbow thrown up by Zhao Chongzhao, clamped his legs, and Lu Di Lu, who was on the horse, started to gallop.

The palace people who had been guarding the side of the school grounds stood quietly in twos and all eyes were on Xie Ze'an.The summer wind passed by, blowing the black hair around Xie Zean's ears.With a handsome figure, a handsome nose bridge, dark eyes, and slightly curved lips, it seems that she was born so dazzling.

The servants who were far away from Zhao Chongzhao carefully whispered: "There are so many people coming and going around the prince, Xie Sanlang is the prettiest."

Zhao Chongzhao didn't have time to worry about so many people staring at Xie Ze'an, because he couldn't move his eyes away.Xie Zean was naturally lazy, and even practiced martial arts, fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, but riding and shooting was the only thing Xie Zean liked very much, he never slacked off, and his accuracy was better than him.

Just as everyone was staring at Xie Zean, Xie Zean saw Zhang Gong.

A sharp arrow pierced through the air and flew to the target when Xie Zean reined in his horse.

Right in the bull's eye.

Zhao Chongzhao laughed and said, "Sanlang, you are still so arrogant that you don't even look at how you shoot."

Xie Ze'an said: "There is no turning back arrow when the bow is fired. Since it has already been shot, there is no way to change whether it hits or misses. It is useless to look at it. It is not a battlefield. You have to see if you miss it so you can make up for it. But on the battlefield If not, I’m afraid I won’t have a chance to make up arrows—so there’s no need to look at it.”

Zhao Chongzhao said: "Sanlang, your fallacies are always one after another."

Xie Ze'an smiled: "I have practiced enough, shouldn't I have confidence in myself?"

Zhao Chongzhao nodded.

Zhao Chongzhao took Xie Zean's hand and went to the study.

Xie Ze'an took a sip of tea and got straight to the point: "I'm here because I want to discuss something with His Highness."

Zhao Chongzhao became interested: "What's the matter?"

Xie Ze'an blinked, and said: "Actually, it's nothing. I just want to set up a school with Your Highness. It's similar to a school, except that it doesn't teach classics and history, but only teaches some practical ways."

Zhao Chongzhao said, "Is it like my aunt's girls' school?"

Xie Ze'an said, "It's different." The women's school has been in operation for several years, and it has actually produced a few good female officials to serve in the palace, but it is not as good as Xie Ze'an imagined, after all, women's careers are much less.

Xie Ze'an said: "I hope that this school can call the officials from the counties and counties near the capital to attend the lectures. These people can read and count, and they have a little foundation, and they are real people who do things, and what they learn can be quickly applied. And with them here, we can also understand what will happen to the township and county government affairs, which can be regarded as exchanges."

Zhao Chongzhao's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea."

Xie Ze'an said: "This is a special aspect of it. Others are the same as normal schools, recruiting students from the outside world. In addition, there will be an open day every ten days, and people from outside can come in to observe and teach things that can be used on weekdays. s things."

Zhao Chongzhao thought for a while and said, "Doesn't it have to be built very big?"

Xie Ze'an said: "It is true that it needs to be made bigger, but it is not difficult. I have a ready-made space."

The place Xie Zean mentioned was bought by him four years ago. It is not far from the capital and can be passed in half an hour.It was a small county called Shengping County, which was so close to the capital but never developed. Xie Zean once went there for an outing. Seeing the beautiful scenery, he bought a hilltop and nearby wasteland for research.Yunniang figured out a new steelmaking method based on King Qi's method, and the steel produced was of high quality. Xie Zean did not hesitate to use the public to help his own interests, and made a large number of them to the mountain he bought. house.

With steel bars, Xie Zean naturally thought of cement.This thing is easy to make, and the method is very simple. Two grindings and one firing, the limestone is collected to grind the raw material, and then the ground raw material is burned to the clinker, and finally it is ground again to produce the finished cement.Xie Ze'an was not in a hurry to move in. He demolished the building and tried it many times. He found the most suitable formula and trained a large number of experienced "construction workers".

The circle of land that Xie Zean bought is surrounded by natural forest belts, which just cover the secrets inside, so few people find out that a group of "modern buildings" have been unknowingly built under the mountain—made of reinforced concrete , with glass windows and tables and chairs with legs.

Xie Ze'an originally thought that he had nothing to do with himself in the capital, so he simply led Princess Yan Ning to live there, so that Princess Yan Ning could also experience the life of "later generations".Of course, he didn't dare to design buildings that were too tall for his half-baked level. The tallest building was only the wind-powered clock tower as soon as he entered the door, and the other "teaching buildings" were only more than two floors high.

Xie Ze'an didn't mention this place to Zhao Chongzhao. If he didn't have to save some foundation for the future, Xie Ze'an would not take out the "Xanadu" he had designed for so long to run a school.

Why did Yao Dingyan insist on recommending Shen Jingqing, who had such a poor character, to the East Palace?Because Shen Jingqing is talented, and Yao Dingyan is short of people who can do things for him.

Yao Dingyan's practice of using talents instead of character is likely to turn his new law into a tool for some people to seek personal gain.Xie Ze'an thought that Zhao Chongzhao could really understand the situation below, and by the way get to know some people who can really obey Zhao Chongzhao's orders and can really do some practical things.

If you listen to one side, you will be dark, and if you listen to both, you will be bright. Xie Ze'an does not want Zhao Chongzhao to be surrounded by only Yao Dingyan's voice in the future.

Xie Ze'an handed Zhao Chongzhao the handbook that he had written before arriving at the East Palace, and said, "This is the charter that I have sorted out in the past few days. Please see if it works, Your Highness. If your Highness agrees, we will go there together at that time." I beg your father to agree."

Zhao Chongzhao originally wanted to agree, but swallowed the words after seeing Xie Zean's serious face.He promised: "I will definitely watch it!"

Xie Ze'an smiled and said, "There is no rush, there are still many things to prepare."

Zhao Chongzhao grabbed his hand and said, "I will prepare with you."

Xie Ze'an said, "That's fine, then I'll take you there to have a look."

Zhao Chongzhao nodded.

After Xie Ze'an left, Zhao Chongzhao opened the notebook written by Xie Ze'an, fondly fondling the lines of familiar handwriting on it, but couldn't calm down, the word "Sanlang" filled his mind.He wished he could immediately put Xie Zean under his body and completely possess Xie Zean over and over again, this thought drove him to the point of going crazy, and the consequences of the "looking for plums to quench his thirst" not long ago forced him to stay awake again.

He can't ruin Saburo.

Zhao Chongzhao tried to calm himself down, and read Xie Zean's notes back and forth several times.He was no longer Wuxia Amon, and Xie Zean's scripture was clearly written, and he quickly understood Xie Zean's intentions in doing so.

Xie Ze'an wanted to save some useful people for him.

Zhao Chongzhao took the booklet to find Xu Juncheng.

Xu Juncheng, the prince and tutor, did not do it easily, and none of the four students he taught was particularly worry-free.Qin Ruliu was the oldest, and originally he didn't need to worry the least, but in the past two years, he became obsessed with arithmetic, became less interested in classics and history, and was obsessed with doing "statistics" all day long.The old master Qin was so angry that he almost broke his legs to prevent him from going out.Not to mention Yan Lin, this guy didn't have this ambition in the first place, and as he got older, he only read military books and history books, and didn't even look at other things.

As for Zhao Chongzhao, anyway, he has always been able to cause trouble, Xu Juncheng has long been used to it.

In the final analysis, Xu Juncheng's biggest headache is Xie Ze'an.Xie Ze'an has a lot of ideas, and he doesn't care about thinking about it, and throws a lot of things to them to worry about.Seeing that the new printing technique has been developed, the dictionary has been produced, and the newspaper is almost ready, Xu Juncheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course these things are good, and it is precisely because they are so good that his heart hangs all day long until he finishes them.It's hard not to worry about it, of course he is relaxed!

So when Zhao Chongzhao said, "Sir, Saburo has a little idea", Xu Juncheng took a deep breath.

What kind of "little idea" does this kid have?

Zhao Chongzhao told Xu Juncheng in detail about Xie Zean's going to run a school.

Xu Juncheng also served as a subordinate in the early years. Hearing this, he nodded and said: "The officials are indeed real workers. There are many capable people and strange people among these people. If Your Highness can take this opportunity to gather them together and listen to them Experience, and definitely a better understanding of what's going on underneath."

Zhao Chongzhao said: "Then we will go and talk to Father Huang tomorrow!"

Zhao Chongzhao was happy when he heard someone push the door open, and it was Zhao Ying who came in from the outside.

Zhao Ying asked, "What did you tell me?"

Xu Juncheng and Zhao Chongzhao attended the ceremony together, and then Zhao Chongzhao quickly handed Xie Ze'an's booklet to Zhao Ying, and said, "Father, this is written by Sanlang, you can see if it can be done!"

Zhao Ying took a seat, so Xu Juncheng and Zhao Chongzhao also sat down, and then took the booklet and read it.Xie Ze'an's writing is always concise and direct, with a clear center. Zhao Ying quickly read it and said, "Saburo's idea is not bad, but I don't know where you plan to set up this 'school'?"

Zhao Chongzhao said: "Sanlang said he already has a place, and he will take me to see it some other day!" He boldly asked, "Father, do you want to go with your husband?"

Zhao Ying said: "That's fine, if it's not far away, I'll go." He closed the booklet, "Maybe I haven't been out of the palace for a long time. Xu Qing, let's go to Xie's mansion together tomorrow morning to scare that kid Saburo."

Zhao Chongzhao boasted confidently: "Sanlang is so courageous, I won't be frightened by you!"