Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 598: Victory! Born!
The prince looked at the memorial in his hand, and the expression on his face became more and more strange.

The admission requirements for the Capital Medical School were very strict. Not only did one have to have a clean background, but most importantly, one had to be literate, and it was best if one was a graduate from a public school.

The first point is easy to deal with, but the second mandatory requirement is more difficult to deal with.

Those who were able to graduate from the public school would either be snatched up by various shops or continue their studies to take the imperial examinations. Very few chose to study medicine.

As the saying goes, all other things are inferior, only reading is superior...

"Only eight people signed up in the first half of the day, and six passed the assessment. The number of applicants suddenly increased in the afternoon, and the original quota of 200 apprentices is not enough?"

Soon, the prince found the reason for the sudden increase in the number of applicants in the memorial.

The news that Xiaowu had signed up to study medicine was spread by the old masters in the Imperial Hospital. There were dozens of children of nobles and relatives who wanted to be classmates with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, not to mention the ordinary people.

With a little thought, one can figure out the Imperial Hospital's plan. A prince of the imperial court has come to study medicine. One can tell at a glance that studying medicine has a bright future...

"This is really..."

Liu Hong was becoming more and more at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He was still thinking about how to have a good talk with the civil and military officials in the court to fulfill the wish of his little fifth son. However, he didn't expect that the old man in the Imperial Hospital gave him a perfect reason.

He raised his eyes to look at his brother who was staring at him eagerly, and waved the letter in his hand: "Now even if I don't let you go, those people in the Imperial Hospital will force me to let you study medicine!"

Without the reputation of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, the medical school in the capital couldn't even recruit enough students.

No matter whether it is the royal relatives of the Zongzheng Temple or the ministers in the court, they can't ruin the country's affairs by stopping Liu Shuo from studying medicine.

Hearing the prince say this, Liu Shuo immediately grinned.

"Thank you, Fourth Brother. I will go tell the Fourth Girl the good news..."

"Wait~"

Seeing that Liu Shuo was about to leave the hall, the prince hurriedly called him: "Xiao Wu, have you really thought it through?"

what?
"What? Study medicine? I've made up my mind. The best doctors govern the country, the middle doctors treat people, and the lower doctors treat diseases. I have no interest in government affairs, so I'd rather study medicine and save the world by curing diseases and saving people..."

This guy is so stupid!

The prince had to state his problem directly: "I mean, are you really determined to marry Xi girl? She is not some spoiled girl. You can't beat her."

Back then, Xichun was still a little girl, but she dared to ride on Liu Shuo and beat him. There was no other "tough girl" like her in the whole capital.

It is said that the fourth daughter of the Jia family received the true martial arts from Jia Cong, the Marquis of Yongfeng, and learned the superb slingshot technique that never missed the target, and she is also an excellent swordsman.

Given his own Xiaowu's small physique, the Crown Prince would feel very upset if he really married Xichun.

But what he didn't expect was that Liu Shuo smiled innocently: "Fourth brother, if the fourth lady becomes my wife, who will dare to bully me in the future? If you want to bully me, you must first ask the knife in the fourth lady's hand if it agrees!"

Whose fool is this?
You, Liu Shuo, are a prince of the Guochao Dynasty. Your father is the emperor and your brother is the future emperor. Who dares to bully you?

Also, what's with all the pride on your face?

The more the prince read, the more pain in his head became. He picked up a pen, wrote a line of words on the memorial sent by the Imperial Hospital, and threw it to Liu Shuo.

"You are useless. Go away and give this letter to your future teacher. Don't bother me anymore."

Liu Shuo took it and opened it: I understand. Everything will be as you wish.

……

When the news that King Wei Liu Shuo was going to study medicine at the medical school in the capital spread, not only did those men want to be his classmates, but many ladies from prominent families in the capital also signed up.

Regardless of how many of them really want to study medicine, at least the reputation of the medical school has spread thoroughly.

Unfortunately, the little thoughts of those ladies and noblewomen were soon shattered by an imperial edict.

On the seventh day of the seventh month, when the Jia family was holding a birthday banquet for the eldest daughter of the Rongguo Mansion, Qiqi, the Ministry of Rites delivered the imperial edict that the old sage had originally left for his beloved grandson.

The Empress Dowager followed the late Emperor's will and appointed Ningguo Mansion's daughter, Jia Xichun, as the principal wife of Prince Wei. All matters were handled by the Ministry of Rites and the Zongzheng Temple in accordance with the regulations.

Because both Prince Liu Shuo of Wei and his future Princess Wei were going to study medicine at the Beijing Medical School, the wedding date was tentatively set for five years later...

Although everyone in the family knew about the existence of this imperial edict, they were still shocked when it was finally made public today.

Especially the old lady who raised Xichun like a kitten, kept wiping away tears while holding the imperial edict in her hands.

In the entire Jia family, perhaps only Master Jing is the calmest.

From receiving the imperial edict to sending off the angel, Master Jing simply said "good things" and didn't say another word. He calmly returned to Tianxiang Tower with his hands behind his back.

However, Jia Cong still saw the slightly raised corners of Master Jing's mouth the moment he turned around.

The Ningguo Mansion, which was once in danger, finally escaped the crisis of property confiscation and family extermination.

Now that his grandson has a bright future in the Beijing camp and his daughter has been canonized as a prince's princess, what else could Jia Jing be dissatisfied with?

With the deliberate promotion of the Imperial Medical Service, the legendary story that the Prince of Wei and the future Princess Wei were going to the Capital Medical School to study medicine spread completely, and the enrollment work went very smoothly.

Even though there were many ladies who gave up studying medicine because their dreams were shattered, when school opened on July 15th, the country's first government-run medical school still had its first batch of 350 medical apprentices.

With this precedent in mind, the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Medical Service jointly began small-scale promotion of medical education.

Medical schools were built simultaneously in the six economically developed and populous provinces of Henan, Shandong, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Guangzhou, and higher-level royal medical colleges were built in the capital and Nanjing to prepare for the future.

At the same time, the Ministry of Engineering also began planning for the establishment of science and engineering schools.

Compared to medical schools that have to ask the Ministry of Revenue for money, the Ministry of Industry is really not short of money.

The Minister of Works, Duan Jun, generously took out 10 million taels of silver and spent it from the north of the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River. He built twelve basic technical schools and five royal higher technical colleges at the same time, and established the Mozi Scholarship to encourage and reward outstanding students.

The Ministry of Rites saw that this was not acceptable and said, "The Ministry of Works' behavior is making it very difficult for us to handle this."

There are only so many talented people. Medical schools have snatched some of them. Now your Ministry of Industry is waving silver bills to snatch people. This is too much!
In order to regain the dominant position in education, the Ministry of Rites sent people to block the door of the Ministry of Revenue and forcibly took away cartloads of silver from the Ministry's treasury. They planned to build five branches of the Imperial College in the capital, Nanjing, Chang'an, Chengdu, and Guangzhou as the highest-level educational institutions in Daxia.

A number of scholarships have been established to support and reward outstanding students.

At the same time, the Ministry of Rites once again passively adjusted the imperial examination system and refined the official selection system.

Finally, with the help of Jia Cong, at the first court meeting on July 21, the imperial court officially promulgated the "Imperially-Decreed System for the Selection of Officials in Daxia", which would gradually eliminate the old imperial examination system within five years.

Simply put, the new election system will be centered on Confucian classics, emphasize policy and ability and skills, and assign positions that suit each person's talents.

The specific recruitment process was finalized after the Ministry of Rites and other ministries and government offices debated for three full days in the Fengtian Hall. From the current perspective, although there are some flaws, it is still basically usable.

Jia Cong did not interfere too much in this matter. The system of the dynasty was constantly being improved, and the court had to go down this path itself in order to constantly discover and solve problems.

There was another reason why he did not get too involved. Sister Lin's due date was in these few days, and the entire Rongguo Mansion, including Master Lin, the head of all officials, was now worried.

At the end of July, the capital city not only did not get cooler, but the autumn heat seemed to be even more powerful.

Daiyu's body was now very heavy, and Jia Cong helped her walk around the yard twice, and then they had to lie back on the bamboo couch.

The wind from the small round fan was stuffy and hot, and no one dared to put too much ice in the room. The gauze on Daiyu's body was soaked with sweat.

"Brother Cong, I want to eat iced melon."

"No, you don't!"

Jia Cong felt both distressed and amused. It was not that he was reluctant to part with a few pieces of melon, but the pregnant woman really could not eat too much cold food.

The imperial physician had repeatedly warned Jia Cong that because Daiyu was originally weak, the most taboo thing during pregnancy was to eat cold things.

For this reason, we didn't even dare to put extra ice basins in the room for cooling off. How could we dare let her eat ice so greedily?

Perhaps because she was feeling heavy and stuffy, Daiyu had been feeling unusually irritable recently.

When she saw that Jia Cong rejected her again, she turned her head away angrily and didn't want to pay any attention to this "stinky man".

Jia Cong turned and left the room. Just when Daiyu was still angry that this "stinky man" didn't even come to comfort her, she saw him walk in holding an exquisite little bowl.

"Freshly squeezed juice, chilled with well water, Sister Lin, have a try."

It’s not good if it’s too cold, but well water can also remove some of the stuffiness in late summer and early autumn.

Orange juice is sour and sweet, and is just the right amount of heat-removing and delicious. Daiyu squinted her eyes after taking just a small sip.

With her eyes curved, all the anger she had just felt disappeared, and she smiled sweetly at Jia Cong.

"I was just being petty just now, don't blame me."

Jia Cong picked up the round fan with amusement and fanned Daiyu again and again.

"Hey, you try it too."

Daiyu handed the small bowl to Jia Cong, who leaned over and took a sip. The two smiled at each other, and the years were peaceful.

Perhaps in order to make Daiyu, who was about to become a mother, more comfortable, God also opened the door for convenience.

On July 29th, it rained in the capital for three consecutive days.

With every autumn rain, the weather becomes cooler. The originally sultry weather turns cooler in an instant.

On the first day of August, the court session had not yet ended. When Master Lin was watching the officials spitting at each other, a report from a eunuch came from outside the Fengtian Hall.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the Guangzhou government urgently reports that there is news from His Majesty!"

"Urgent news, Rongguo Mansion sent someone to invite Lord Lin, Princess Wen'an gave birth to a baby boy at 1:00 pm, both mother and child are safe..."

……

The two consecutive pieces of news made the originally noisy Fengtian Hall extremely quiet.

"Master Lin, congratulations! If Master Lin is worried, you can go back and take a look."

After all, she is his adopted sister, so the prince is still very concerned about Daiyu's delivery and gives enough face to Mr. Lin.

However, Lin Ruhai was still very dedicated. When he learned that his daughter and grandson were safe and well, he smiled happily and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. Since everything is fine, it won't take a while. I still want to see the news from Your Majesty."

"Yes, yes, let's first check the news from our father..."

Liu Hong opened the urgent memorial presented by the eunuch, and the first thing he saw was his father's flamboyant handwriting.

"Huh? Tianzhu is destroyed?"

Ok?
Liu Hong's exclamation attracted everyone in the hall. They stared at the urgent music in his hand with curiosity, waiting for the crown prince to speak.

"Master Lin, please read it."

The prince handed the urgent report to Lin Ruhai with a look of joy on his face. Lin Ruhai looked down and his face was also full of surprise.

"On the ninth day of the fifth month of the fifteenth year of Yuanyou, I led an army of 20,000 and joined forces with a French navy of 10,000 to capture Delhi, the capital of the Mughal Empire..."

"We killed 80,000 men in battle, destroyed their country and destroyed their ancestral temples... The reinforcements from England and Portugal were also destroyed by our coalition forces..."

"This... Your Majesty is mighty, Daxia is mighty!"

"Your Majesty is mighty, Daxia is mighty!"

"Long live Long live Long live!"

"Long live Long live Long live!"

Everyone in the hall bowed to the prince on the dragon throne and shouted "Long live the mighty one".

The outrageously careless emperor actually led the navy to attack India, and joined forces with the French to defeat the coalition forces of India, England and Portugal.

It was the merit of destroying a country, or of personally leading the army to conquer a huge empire. Even though this empire was already an old man in its twilight years, it was still large in territory and rich in wealth.

It is said that the floor tiles in the temples and palaces of India are all made of gold.

The officials of the Ministry of Revenue were already drooling, their eyes full of golden light.

"Since Tianzhu has been destroyed, according to what my father said in the letter, our Celestial Empire has occupied 70% of Tianzhu's land. Except for the fiefdom given to Prince Ji's Mansion, you officials must now make a decision on how to govern the rest of the land."

We have conquered it, and it is a rich land, how can we just give it away?
Not to mention the Ministry of Revenue, which civil or military official in the palace would not be tempted?

"I think we should set up a county to govern it. But it is far away from the Central Plains, so we have to think long-term."

"How about we follow the previous plan and rule it by the governor?"

"No, no. The governor-general system is only used in places across the sea or far away. India is adjacent to Jiaozhi Provincial Administration Commissioner's Office, so it can't be that far away. Moreover, India has fertile land and can be used as a major granary for the imperial court. We must never adopt a policy of restraint."

"How about we bring the gold back first?"

"That's right. It is said that all the temples in India are made of gold. This treasure has always been owned by the virtuous. Let's get the gold back first and then talk about other things."

uh~
Seeing that the topic was suddenly diverted, Liu Hong held his forehead and said, "My dear ministers, we have gone off topic. What we are discussing now is the governance strategy for Tianzhu. However, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, you should arrange personnel to go to Tianzhu to get gold... The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites, if there are not enough officials in the court, choose an opportunity to hold a special examination. No matter what governance strategy is to be adopted in the future, talents must be prepared in advance."

"Your Highness's orders will be obeyed!"

There would be no result from the argument in the short term, so after arranging the two most important points, Liu Hong was also anxious to leave the palace to visit his eldest nephew at Rongguo Mansion, so he waved his hand.

"Okay, go ahead and do it. Court is dismissed!"

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　I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)