Iron Dynasty

Send messengers to the Ottomans?

After the covenant was signed, Li Wei took the envoy of the King of Chu to the Wei family restaurant to rest. At this time, Xiao Ming proposed another plan.

His Royal Highness, where is this Osman? We don't know what he said, why is he going to be an ambassador to Osman? Fiji and Pang Yukun looked at each other and felt that the plan was very risky, and even the messenger could not come back alive.

Of course, Xiao Ming understood what the two of them meant. Such a shocking plan was only tried by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Qian was able to come back by too many coincidences.

However, this time is not the time. The current era of great voyages is not the environment that the Han Dynasty faced at the beginning. This time Xiao Ming plans to send the mission from the sea to the Ottomans, as long as the Ottomans can cause trouble for the barbarians in Central Asia. Pressure on his side will be much smaller.

As for whether it will be successful, you will never know if you don't try.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming said: This Ottoman mission is prepared by this king, don't worry, as for where the Ottoman Empire is, this king also knows, but you have stayed at Bowen College for so long, haven't you? See the knowledge of other kingdoms?

His Royal Highness, the old minister is just looking at some maps of the Great Yu Kingdom, the Japanese Kingdom, and the Goguryeo Kingdom. I haven't seen any of these yet. Fiji seemed to take it for granted.

Pang Yukun was a little embarrassed, and he didn't even look at it, because in his mind there were only two parts of the world, one is the Great Yu Country, and the other is the country outside the Great Yu Country.

As for the history of other countries, he has no interest at all in developing it.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming had a scruple in his heart. After all, in the hearts of the officials of the Great Yu Kingdom, the concept of the kingdom of heaven was still deeply rooted, and they didn't care to know about other countries at all.

Although he is angry, Xiao Ming also understands that people of one era have the ideas of people of another era. Compared with people from Fiji and Pang Yukun, some young officials are more willing to understand the current situation in the world, so he has been planning to put it in the cabinet. Some young and promising officials form a check on conservative officials like Pang Yukun and Fiji, so that no one will help them and talk nonsense with these people in the future.

Xiao Ming took care of the affairs of the mission, and the two were speechless. They were just worried, but if they could really send a mission to Ottoman, they would be very happy to see it.

The covenant was signed and the embassy was finalized. Fiji and Pang Yukun looked at each other, and Pang Yukun stepped forward and said, His Royal Highness, the government of this kingdom needs to be dealt with, but should Your Highness also think about the matter of the continuous descendants?

Successful children? Isn't this the king's private business? Xiao Ming immediately became vigilant, the two old foxes laughed strangely, and there was a sign of singing double reeds.

Sure enough, after Pang Yukun said it, Fiji said bitterly: His Royal Highness, the emperor's family affairs are national affairs, and this continuous descendant is the most important thing. For the stability of the country, I hope Your Highness think twice.

Pang Yukun hesitated: His Royal Highness, it has been almost a year since the princess entered the palace. Do you need to call an imperial physician to check the pulse of your highness and the princess?

No need. Xiao Ming really wanted to kick him when he heard it, but he didn't have any problem. The two old men were overly worried.

Fiji's eyes rolled around, as if he and Pang Yukun had reached an agreement, he said, Your Highness, this matter is of great importance, and the old minister is absolutely selfless...

Seeing that the two of them were endless, Xiao Ming said angrily: Shut up, this king has his own measure in his heart.

After all, Xiao Ming left the government office as if he had fled, leaving only Fiji and Pang Yukun to look at each other.

Pang Changshi, do you think His Highness has another woman in his heart? Why is His Highness so annoyed by this matter? Fiji was very worried, this Fei Yue'er was her daughter, no matter from any point of view, he did not want his own daughter. aggrieved.

Pang Yukun recalled and said: Impossible, His Highness and Princess are very affectionate. People often see the Princess and His Highness going in and out of each other, and there has never been any quarrel between the two in the palace.

This is strange, what did His Highness think? Fiji had a dark cloud, which seemed too abnormal to him, and many clansmen were already secretly talking about it.

Seeing Fiji frowning tightly, Pang Yukun said, I mentioned this to His Highness before, and His Highness ignored it, but His Highness is not worried. We ministers can't help thinking of His Highness. Now that Fei Ge is here, You and I mentioned this to His Highness every three or five minutes, not afraid that His Highness would refuse to accept it, so this is one of the top priorities.

These words hit Fiji's mind. He said, With Pang Shoufu's words, a certain person will do it even if he wants to save his face.

The two looked at each other and suddenly laughed.

Here, Xiao Ming went to Bowen College after leaving the government office. The world is in chaos, and the development of Fengguo cannot be stopped. Instead, it is necessary to speed up the development of education.

And because of Xiao Wenxuan's death, the last shackle on his body has also been untied. From now on, he can boldly develop astronomy in the fief, popularize the current development situation of the world, and clarify the concept of nation and country, without worrying about someone Criticize him.

After all, Confucianism's control over the world is always the weakest during every time of war. Everyone is trying to survive, and whoever comes to him with classics is in trouble. In fact, the Confucian family in Qufu is also in a state of panic.

Therefore, in view of this, Xiao Ming officially sent astronomy books and telescopes to Bowen College, established an astronomy branch, and recruited talented people who have studied astrology in the private sector to participate in the study of astronomy.

At the gate of Bowen College, students in white gown uniforms entered Xiao Ming's eyes.

With Lin Wentao, Lu Tong and other students getting the title, private manor, this folk scholar has gradually changed from resisting to sharpening his head and has to enter the academy. One of the changes in this situation is because Xiao Ming used the last Confucian student to make trouble to cut off There is no way for scholars to enter officialdom without orthodox education, and because of the war, scholars have no chance to participate in the imperial examination.

On the contrary, some scholars seem to have seen the opportunity, and they all want to serve Xiao Ming, looking forward to Xiao Ming being able to sit on the dragon chair one day, so that they can rise to the top.

Of course, these are just some official fans. In addition to this type of scholars, there are also more scholars who like craftsmanship. Under the deliberate guidance of Xiao Ming, there are also some children of folk craftsmen who have also entered the academy to participate in all kinds of scientific knowledge. learning.

And because of the accumulation of two or three years, Bowen College also has a group of students who have mastered all kinds of scientific knowledge. Although their level is only at the level of junior high school and high school, it is more than enough to teach new students.

Therefore, during this period of time, the Bowen Academy was extremely lively, and the number of students also rose to 8,000.