As the palace banquet came to an end, the rewards for thirty-seven and thirty-eight were also revealed to outsiders.

In addition to the promotion in official rank and the rewards of gold, silver and jewelry, there is also a house next to Jingyuan Academy.

Qianghua has acquired all the land around Jingyuan Academy. How could she not intervene and leave this kind of school district housing for others?

Jingyuan Academy is about to enroll students, and she plans to use all the surrounding courtyards to cheat... no, rent them out to powerful and wealthy families.

Further away there are five-story single or multi-person building campuses that are rented to other students.

There are naturally no shortage of shops and restaurants.

There are naturally dormitories in the college, but there is a difference between multi-person rooms and single rooms.

As the rewards were announced and the two generals expressed their gratitude, the court officials belatedly realized that the academy built by His Majesty seemed to have been completed.

But who are the teachers who can teach?

Everyone looked at the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Works, whose faces were slightly flushed and filled with excitement.

The academy is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Works is in charge of production. They should know this, right?

They secretly murmured in their hearts that the Jingyuan Academy did a very good job of keeping secrets, and they were unable to find out any useful information.

But before this news stayed in their minds for long, even better news hit them.

The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Agriculture brought two new kinds of grain with a yield of at least 5,000 kilograms per mu!

All the officials with sound brains took a deep breath after calculating in their minds.

Nowadays, the maximum amount of grain grown on an acre of good quality land is no more than 400 kilograms. What does 500 kilograms mean?

Even if each person consumes two kilograms of food a day, five thousand kilograms will be enough to eat for several years!

As far as they knew, it was impossible for ordinary people to have two kilograms of food per day!

All the officials in the court were so anxious that they stamped their feet, wishing that the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Agriculture would tell them more news about the new grain.

But Qianghua was not in a hurry, but brought up the Eighth Prince.

He was conferred the title of Prince of a County and given the new title "Xian", meaning Prince of Xian, his wife was Prince of Xian's wife, and his five-year-old son was the Crown Prince.

The title of Crown Prince means that his branch has an heir.

The newly appointed virtuous prince stepped out under the ardent gazes of his brothers.

"My lord, thank you for your grace!"

He was the most aware of the current situation and surrendered immediately after Qianghua came to power. After thinking it over, Qianghua handed over the task of growing potatoes and sweet potatoes to him.

He also promised him that as long as he grew enough grain seeds so that new grain seeds could be planted in all parts of Jing State during the planting season, he would be made a prince.

This year, he finally did it.

Qianghua sealed the deal straightforwardly, and made no secret of her satisfaction and respect for him.

Give him some sweet treats in advance, and let him focus on food matters in the future.

In this regard, there must be someone who can keep the people under control, and no one would be better than someone with royal blood.

Nowadays, the people naturally fear the royal family, and officials avoid them.

As a person of royal blood, Prince Xian naturally supports the imperial power. No matter how much he fights for power, he will not allow other forces to harm the royal interests.

That is the root of their privilege.

Facing his brothers' murderous gazes, King Xian returned to the group of officials and grinned at his brothers.

He was the first among his brothers to be crowned king. Although he was only a prince of a county, at least he was not so lowly among the royal family.

Qianghua was also generous to other officials and clerks who participated in the planting. They offered rewards, silver, and official positions, and those who reached the top would receive favors for their families.

In short, everyone was so happy that they wanted to have a party overnight!

A series of rewards made the officials' eyes sparkle, as if they saw a bright future beckoning to them!

All the officials were thinking about what else could be done in the court that would allow them to gain some credit, and they unknowingly talked about Jingyuan Academy.

Qianghua's eyes swept over Marquis Changning and several other marquises, and finally fell on the fourth prince, Marquis Liuning and Marquis Xuanning.

"Marquis Liu Ning, Marquis Xuan Ning."

The two were stunned for a moment, then suppressed their excitement and stepped out.

"The minister is here."

Qianghua: "There are 360 ​​professions, and every profession has its top talent. I plan to build Jingyuan Academy into a cradle for the supply of various talents for Jingguo. Every profession that will be useful to Jingguo in the future must have a person as a teacher in the academy."

"You two are responsible for this matter. Can you do it?"

Marquis Liu Ning and Marquis Xuan Ning held their breath and subconsciously looked up at the person on the throne.

Then he realized something was wrong, and immediately suppressed the surprise in his eyes, quickly lowered his head, and said with his hands clasped: "I will live up to your majesty's trust."

If he dares to give, they dare to accept!

Qianghua: "Assisted by the Ministry of Rites."

Minister of Rites: "I will obey your majesty's order."

Qianghua: "Write a plan and submit it."

Marquis Liuning, Marquis Xuanning, and Minister of Rites: "Yes."

Qianghua waved her hand and asked them to return to the team. The details would be discussed in Yanhe Hall later.

No one among the officials opposed it, nor did they dare to oppose it. They were all thinking in their hearts how they could get some of the credit.

Or maybe he was thinking about sending someone to write a letter to his friend after court session, asking him to come quickly to take the assessment for the position of teacher at Jingyuan Academy.

Yes, even though the emperor above did not say that the teachers who joined Jingyuan Academy must be assessed, they still believed that this step was indispensable, even for the great scholars introduced by them.

This is certainly not their fault, but the word "assessment" has permeated them over the past three years!

The kind that makes me lose my appetite for the whole day just thinking about it!

Some things become natural once you get used to them.

But what surprised them was that His Majesty said without any reservation that he planned to train useful people in Jingyuan Academy, and even dared to let Marquis Liu Ning and Marquis Xuan Ning take charge of this matter...

Qianghua: "Do you have anything important to report?"

If it’s gone, just disperse.

An official was pushed out by other officials and reminded them reluctantly: "Your Majesty, the matter of the new grain seeds..."

"Prince Xian is in charge of this matter. If you want to know more, you can ask Prince Xian to take you to the imperial farm to find out." Qianghua said.

Prince Xian smiled and bowed to all the officials.

All the officials returned the greetings without saying anything, but the words were already spoken.

The eldest prince, Marquis Dingning, and others were jealous when they saw this scene.

The fifth prince was even more desperate.

As desperate as he was were Duke Qin and the officials behind him who had not given up and were still thinking of pushing him to the top.

If the grain seeds were true, and could feed the people of the world, who could shake Emperor Jing's position in the future? !

Damn it, how could Chu Ling be so lucky? !

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