"What do you mean by this, Aiqing? Am I the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong?" Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood at this time, and he made a rare joke to Shen Tingyun.

"My beloved, you work so hard for the country and the king. You are a model official and a pillar of the country. I feel very sorry for you, and I am also very happy at the same time." Zhu Youxiao said with admiration on his face.

He changed the subject and said with concern: "Chen Hong, bring a cup of ginseng soup to Shen Aiqing, and also give Shen Aiqing a box of my Changchun Pill."

Chen Hong bowed to the side and agreed: "I'll go right now, slave."

Changchun Pill? Shen Tingyun was stunned.

Seeing that Shen Tingyun was a little confused, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Shen Aiqing, my Changchun Pill is a very good elixir. It can prolong life and restore energy. It is very effective after taking it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shen Tingyun said quickly with a grateful face, but no one knew what he was thinking.

What is the Changchun Pill mentioned by Zhu Youxiao?

In fact, Han Li made ordinary hawthorn pills with a little tonic added to them, which can stimulate appetite and make people eat more. Other than that, it has no other function.

Seeing the tired look on Shen Tingyun's face, Zhu Youxiao knew that he had stayed up late recently, had not rested well, and probably had lost his appetite.

Give Shen Tingyun some hawthorn pills. He has no health problems. It's not a big deal to take some hawthorn pills to whet his appetite.

This is of course Zhu Youxiao's ambush for the future.

Once you need to use other elixirs one day, it will make you look less obtrusive.

Zhu Youxiao should try to give some elixirs to ministers frequently, so that it becomes his habit, and no one will feel strange when he uses them again in the future.

Otherwise, I unexpectedly rewarded a minister with a pill and asked him to eat it, and then he died. What is this? If the first person died after eating it, and then rewarded him with the pill, would other ministers dare to eat it? ?

Zhu Youxiao didn't know if Shen Tingyun dared to take this elixir. Anyway, he chewed one when he had nothing to do in the past two days, and it felt good.

This is also the first elixir made by Han Li. The most important thing is that it tastes sour and sweet.

Things were brought quickly.

A long wooden box looked very plain and simple. After opening it, there was a layer of red velvet cloth inside, which contained nine black and red pills.

In addition, there is a can of purple sand soup cup on the tray, which is filled with attractive aromatic ginseng soup and is still steaming slightly.

Zhu Youxiao originally thought that Shen Tingyun would not be able to take pills, but who would have thought that he would drink one pill with ginseng soup in front of him.

After seeing this scene, Zhu Youxiao laughed.

Whether Shen Tingyun did this on purpose or did it for himself, it doesn't matter.

Taking the elixir in person is a sign of loyalty, and Zhu Youxiao must give full recognition to this behavior.

"My dear, I see that you look very tired. Why don't you give me a few more days off and go home to have some rest." Zhu Youxiao said with concern on his face.

Before Shen Tingyun could speak, Zhu Youxiao turned to Chen Hong and said: "In a moment, you will arrange for a few imperial doctors to go to Shen Aiqing's house and ask them to give Shen Aiqing a good look. If any medicinal materials are needed, , tell the palace and get it from the palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Hong respectfully agreed from the side.

Shen Tingyun said with a grateful face: "I thank Your Majesty for your concern. I have been preparing for the academy these days. I have stayed up late at night, so I look a little tired. But I am in good health."

"That's the best. Aiqing has just assumed the post of Minister of Rites. It's time to show off your talents. You must not waste your body." Zhu Youxiao smiled and nodded, and then said: "Since Aiqing has been preparing for a long time, , I think it’s quite effective, so let me take a look.”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shen Tingyun agreed and respectfully presented a notebook in his hand.

Taking the notebook presented by Shen Tingyun from Chen Hong's hand, Zhu Youxiao began to read it.

In this book, Shen Tingyun discussed the construction of the academy in detail.

First of all, detailed planning has been done on everything from site selection to building scale to architectural style, and there is even a general budget behind each plan.

After seeing this, Zhu Youxiao had to sigh, such an official is really rare. He works clearly and thinks about everything, which is really worry-free.

At the back of this booklet, Shen Tingyun also wrote some other things, such as the selection of teaching materials, the staffing of teachers, and the classification of courses to be taught.

He wrote a lot of things on it, such as some methods of strengthening the body including archery, horse riding, and archery. The subjects also included military, mathematics, etc.

If it is built according to this setting, then this will be a comprehensive university, which can be said to be all-encompassing, covering all subjects, including even the military.

Zhu Youxiao raised his head, looked at Shen Tingyun, and sighed in his heart again, these people are really talents.

"Shen Aiqing is really a talented person. She can handle such a huge thing in a clear and orderly manner. He is worthy of being my favored minister. He has not let me down after all!" Zhu Youxiao said with admiration on his face.

Naturally, Zhu Youxiao would not be stingy in praising officials who could do things for him.

After listening to Zhu Youxiao's words and getting the emperor's approval, Shen Tingyun's face was not only happy, but also relieved.

Zhu Youxiao continued to look back. Later, Shen Tingyun even wrote about the matter of admission to school, which is actually how to collect tuition fees.

Free education is definitely impossible. Shen Tingyun explained in detail how to collect money, how many students to enroll, and how much to charge for each student.

Next is the school's annual accounting expenditure. After calculation, there will be some surplus every year, which can be invested in the operation and expansion of the school in the next year.

In Shen Tingyun's calculations, the entire school is an independent entity and it will not increase the burden on Ming Dynasty's finances.

Of course, the annual tuition fees are also relatively high, which makes this academy unaffordable for ordinary students.

However, Shen Tingyun later also gave a solution, that is, during the annual enrollment season, students can apply for royal subsidies, which are the subsidies given by Zhu Youxiao.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao will not come up with this money, the academy will use part of the money to do it alone.

Of course, such a thing was done in the name of Zhu Youxiao. This kind of thing to win people's hearts naturally had to be done by the emperor.

After seeing this, Zhu Youxiao felt helpless. This was clearly a trick played by Shen Tingyun.

You Shen Tingyun came up with such a thing. In the name of the emperor, how could this Qian Zhu Youxiao really let the academy come out?

It must come from one's own internal treasury, which obviously adds an expense to oneself, but it is not enough if the money is not paid out by oneself.

As mentioned above, for all students who apply for subsidies, the Royal Academy and the college will send special personnel to verify the situation of their families.

If it is indeed a poor family, then the royal family will provide a subsidy, which allows them to study the entire academy without spending much money.

After seeing this thing, Zhu Youxiao felt like building a university. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also saw some other deeper thoughts of Shen Tingyun.

For example, this school is located in Beijing, and its fees are relatively expensive, but the talents from this school can be distributed into the military and civil service fields.

So who here will come out of it? Who will be most beneficial?

The answer is very simple, they are the children of those nobles and relatives in the capital.

These people's families are not short of money and status, and they are also officials in the capital. If His Majesty really founded this academy, they would be very willing to send their own children to it. More than one and a half.

As for the objections of civil servants, they don't care at all about nobles and relatives. What can they do to them?

It's nothing more than confiscation of a little money and food, a scolding, and dismissal from office and seduction of titles?

Besides, we are supporting His Majesty, so what will happen to those civil servants even if they are impeached?

This is not like going to the battlefield and dying, what a good thing!

This clearly shows that Shen Tingyun wants to attract a group of allies to support their innovation.

Zhu Youxiao has already understood that Xu Guangqi, Shen Tingyun, Li Zhizao and the others have begun to think about reforming the Ming Dynasty, and not just in a day or two.

After Xu Guangqi and the others all came to power, this kind of thinking may no longer be suppressed.

This kind of thinking is naturally not for themselves. At this point, it is impossible for them not to know what innovation means to individuals, and it may very well end up being shattered to pieces.

But for the sake of this country, they were still willing to do this, and Zhu Youxiao was also a little moved in his heart.

There are loyal people in any era.

It's just that people like Xu Guangqi, Shen Tingyun and others are not idealistic people. They also have their own ideas and methods.

After entering the court, Xu Guangqi and the others found that they were alone. Although His Majesty reused the three of them, they still did not have much strength to implement their ideas and policies, so they simply needed to recruit some people.

If the ministers in the court want to win over, then the nobles and relatives who are standing aside and watching the fun should also win over, but it cannot be too obvious.

If it is done too obviously, it will make people feel that they have lost the integrity of civil servants; colluding with nobles and nobles will also make His Majesty feel that people like him have formed a clique for personal gain and have actually colluded there.

This will not end well.

Therefore, Shen Tingyun adopted a very simple method, which was to bring the children of distinguished relatives to study in the emperor's academy.

I will not have anything to do with them. As long as they study in the academy and accept my own theories and ideas, then they are one of my own.

There is no need to be linked together by interests, we can be linked together by ideals.

What can Zhu Youxiao say about Shen Tingyun's thoughts and actions?

All I can say is well done!

Regardless of the royal scholarship mentioned earlier or the following things, it can be said that Shen Tingyun's ideas are comprehensive. No wonder he is so tired.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao also felt that this was not done by Shen Tingyun alone, but by Xu Guangqi and others together.

The part about budget and finance should be done by Li Zhizao, and the part about subject setting should be done by Xu Guangqi.
Chapter completed!