Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

Ning Fan still trusted Wang Huayun, the Minister of Household Affairs, because Wang Huayun did not belong to any aristocratic family. Ning Fan had also secretly investigated this person. In addition to being upright and clean, everything he did in his life was completely fair.

"Your Majesty, with such a large amount of money, it would not be appropriate to give it all to the Ministry of Revenue. Please take a look first."

Fang Zhengming hurriedly ordered his men to open these boxes. As soon as he opened the boxes, the jewels Ning Fan expected did not appear. Instead, a whole box of silver notes appeared.

Ning Fan randomly took out one and discovered that the denomination of the banknote was actually ten thousand taels.

This is a bit exaggerated. A random one is worth 10,000 yuan. Ning Fan randomly picked out two pieces and found that the smallest denomination was at least 1,000 taels.

At this time, Ning Fan finally realized that these boxes were not simple. If all these boxes were filled with banknotes, then the wealth would be astonishing.

"Where did you find so many banknotes?"

After Ning Fan realized that this was a huge fortune, he was very excited. As the saying goes, it is difficult for a good woman to make a meal without rice, and the household department was crying for poverty. With this money, the entire Dakang and the imperial court's expenses would be greatly enriched.

"Li Cun's family accounted for the majority of the imperial family at that time. The wealth accumulated by the Li family for the Guanzhong clan for generations is still very amazing. Your Majesty, the welfare of the Li family not only exceeded a large number of banknotes, but also many were melted into All the ingots of silver were buried underground under the Li family."

Fang Zhengming didn't dare to hide anything and quickly answered Li Ningfan's questions.

Ning Fan was completely shocked after hearing what Fang Zhengming said. He did not expect that the family behind Li Cun had so much wealth.

"Okay, okay, okay, okay, keep half of the money in the internal treasury, and leave the rest to Wang Huayun for the time being."

Ning Fan was in a good mood. With this money, many things that he had never dared to think about before could now be started.

Ning Fan actually spends money mainly on modern industrial research. The industrial production line Ning Fan wants to build is extremely grand, and naturally requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

And in order to lay the future foundation for Dakang, Ning Fan has set a national policy of rejuvenating the country through education. Now the Imperial College has started drafting new teaching materials in accordance with Ning Fan's requirements. In the future, more schools will be built throughout Dakang.

After Fang Zhengming left, Ning Fan looked at several large boxes full of banknotes, and his heart gradually calmed down.

The war in the northwest has no results for a while, but one advantage of the war in the northwest is that it does not cost much, because the overall intensity of the war in the northwest is not high, and both sides are in the stage of testing each other.

Now, what Ning Fan should consider is planning for the future. There are currently two most important things in Ning Fan's mind, and he is eager to solve them.

The first question in Ning Fan's mind is naturally that of officials. As an emperor, officials are like soldiers in his hands and swords in his hands. If he does not have a group of capable generals, he will not be able to manage the entire court in an orderly manner. , no less than a fool’s dream.

In order to select and appoint talents, Ning Fan invented the imperial examination system. Of course, Ning Fan's imperial examination system was completely different from the imperial examinations in ordinary feudal ancient society. Ning Fan's imperial examination system was the real one that promoted talents in an eclectic way.

Of course, the most important thing in Ning Fan's mind is to establish a school. A school is a place for orthodox and systematic learning. In his spare time, Ning Fan has written an article about the modern education model, which was published in in newspapers.

Even Cheng Wei, the chief minister of the cabinet, was amazed after reading this article in the newspaper. With this grand idea, if it can be implemented in the future, the talents cultivated within Dakang will appear in a spurt. Dakang will not suffer from talent shortage.

Both problems must be solved, but in Ning Fan's mind, there is a priority, because in Ning Fan's mind, the first thing and the most important thing is the imperial examination.

"Your Majesty, what happened last night didn't disturb your Majesty, did it?"

After the court meeting ended, the chief minister of the cabinet, Cheng Wei, was left behind by Ning Fan, and there was another conversation between the monarch and his ministers.

During the chat, Ning Fan gradually conveyed the two ideas in his mind to Cheng Wei, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

"Mr. Cheng Ge, have you ever counted how many officials are absent from the court today? For some key departments, if replacements cannot be found in a short time, it will become more difficult in the long run."

Ning Fan turned his expectant eyes to the cabinet. Chief Assistant Cheng Weita hoped that at this time he would be able to stand up and take charge of the overall situation, and gradually recommend and promote the two most important things in his mind.

Unfortunately, Cheng Wei's reaction once again disappointed Ning Fan.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the imperial examination is of great importance. This matter cannot be carried out in a hurry. It must be carefully considered."

Cheng Wei, the chief assistant of the cabinet, has indeed not been idle these days. He is busy every day and looks much more haggard than usual.

"Then what's the point? Asking you to select talents is not asking you to select talents. You are only responsible for recommending outstanding people to me. If you encounter problems, I will deal with them."

Ning Fan said calmly.

Although Cheng Weiren is old, his heart is not old. He chats with the students of Fuxing Society every day.

The two discussed for a while and then decided to hold the first imperial examination three months later. Of course, the subjects of the imperial examination need to be carefully considered, especially the test questions, which must be carefully chosen!

In the evening, Ning Fan was still worried and ordered someone to let Fang Zhengming into the palace.

Being summoned twice in one day, Fang proved that he was happy in his heart. This proved that he was now favored by the emperor. In the eyes of others, he was a popular person in the eyes of the emperor.

"Fang Zhengming, regarding the Grand Master's rebellion, how many people were involved?"

Ning Fan asked implicitly.

Fang Zhengming didn't know what Ning Fan meant, so he could only answer honestly with his head down: "Your Majesty, the grand master's rebellion this time has implicated more than a hundred officials, big and small."

When Ning Fan heard that there were only more than a hundred people, he was inevitably a little dissatisfied. After all, he wanted to take the opportunity to purge all the officials. If this incident didn't kill everyone, everyone would be able to rebel in the future.

"We must investigate deeply and severely punish all relevant personnel, especially those officials who participated in the rebellion, their relatives, and the soldiers who participated in the rebellion, and destroy the nine tribes."

Ning Fan stared at Fang Zhengming, fearing that the boy wouldn't understand what he meant.