Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 228 Unique Surprise, Advanced College System

Li Yuanji asked someone to put the items he brought on the table. Yang Qingwan and the other two immediately shifted their gazes and slowly walked to the table.

Wu Mei looked at the exquisite wooden box in front of her with curiosity. It was more like a box to be precise, because the surface was very well polished. It not only had accessories but also patterns on it. Even the material was made of rosewood.

Looking from the front, Wu Mei was immediately surprised. She covered her mouth, turned her head to look at Li Yuanji, and threw herself directly on Li Yuanji.

Yang Qingwan and Wu Shun were both a little stunned. It was just the outer packaging that looked exquisite. Was it necessary to be like this?
The two of them then came to the table and immediately discovered the reason, but after seeing it, they seemed a little melancholy in their hearts.

Wu Shun felt both disappointed and happy, while Yang Qingwan's phoenix eyes looked at Li Yuanji tenderly with a hint of resentment in them.

At this moment, Yang Qingwan was a little jealous.

You can’t even see what’s on the wooden box from the side, but you can clearly see from the front that there’s a portrait on it, and the person in the painting is none other than Wu Mei.

Wu Mei in the portrait is standing in front of a branch of peach blossoms. She is holding the blossoms to her nose with her right hand. She is wearing a green brocade dress and has a smile on her face, which seems to be looming. Although it cannot be said to be exactly the same, the resemblance is very similar and you can tell it at a glance.

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Qingwan's resentful eyes and grinned. He had been prepared for this situation.

"Wan'er, I have prepared something for everyone, but I didn't know you were all here. I'm going to send yours to you later.

You guys wait here for a while, I'll go get yours, I guarantee you'll all like them."

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, Yang Qingwan retracted her gaze and immediately smiled.

Li Yuanji looked at Wu Mei who was holding him and rubbed her beautiful hair.

"Mei'er, you can let go now. I'll go get it for your sister Wan and the others, otherwise your sister Wan will be angry later."

Wu Mei then raised her head with a red face, but quickly lowered it again, seeming to be very shy.

Yang Qingwan on the side rolled her eyes at Li Yuanji.

"Sister Mei'er, come quickly. The king has been trying to sow discord between us all day. I won't be with him."

Wu Mei covered her face and ran to Yang Qingwan, continuing to bury her face, as if she didn't dare to see anyone at all, and didn't say a word.

Li Yuanji looked at Wu Mei like this, smiled immediately, and then walked out.

After a while, Li Yuanji came back with two identical wooden boxes. The styles of these wooden boxes were the same, except for the colors.

Yang Qingwan's is red, Wu Shun's is pink, and Wu Mei's is blue-green.

These colors are almost the same as the colors of the clothes worn in the image.

"How is it? Do you like it? I had someone start making this a long time ago, and now that it's done, I brought it here.

Don’t just look at this wooden box. The small items inside the wooden box are the real goodies. Why don’t you open it and take a look?”

Li Yuanji saw the three girls looking at the wooden box with smiles on their faces and eyes full of obsession. Li Yuanji had to remind the three girls.

However, after this reminder, not only Yang Qingwan, but also Wu Mei and Wu Shun all rolled their eyes at him, and Li Yuanji was suddenly speechless.

Li Yuanji was stunned. Why? On what basis? Was he reminding the wrong thing? Or were the three women too engrossed in watching and were interrupted by him?

The three girls gradually opened the wooden box, and neatly arranged inside were the things needed for daily makeup, including eyebrow pencils, lipsticks, rouge and powder, etc. In the groove on the left, there was also a bar of soap.

In the groove on the right, there are some jewelry, including jade earrings, hairpins, necklaces, etc. There are three kinds of head ornaments. In addition to those made of jade, there are also some jewelry made of gold and silver in the groove above.

Behind the opened wooden box, that is, the side of the box connected to the groove above, is a mirror. It is extremely clear and much clearer than the glass mirror made before.

The mirror is round, and at the four corners of the mirror there are two pendants and two sachets.

This pendant is used to be worn around the waist.

The fragrance of the sachet was also specially prepared by Li Yuanji, a lighter scent with a main orchid scent. The appearance of the sachet is mainly blue-green with a few green embellishments, making it look elegant.

The other type has a stronger fragrance and a darker appearance, making it look more noble.

The three of them were stunned when they looked at the things in the wooden box. Yang Qingwan looked at the things inside, some of which she didn't recognize, especially the jewelry and mirror, which she liked very much.

Yang Qingwan kept touching every object. No matter what it was, Yang Qingwan liked it very much. No matter its appearance or practicality, Yang Qingwan liked it from the bottom of her heart.

Wu Mei on the other side had already started to get started and had started to tinker with the headdress. There happened to be a clear mirror in front of her. She tried on the headdress, then the jewelry, and then began to tinker with the sachet and pendant.

She kept admiring herself in the mirror, then started to match her clothes freely. After matching them, she started to apply rouge and powder, and was busy and happy.

Li Yuanji stared blankly, and when he saw that none of the three women paid any attention to him and they were all dressing themselves up, the corner of his mouth twitched.

Helpless Li Yuanji found a chair to sit down, but as soon as he touched the chair, Yang Qingwan's voice came.

"Husband, come and see how to use this?"

Li Yuanji immediately came to Yang Qingwan, looked at the soap and eyebrow pencil, and then told the girls about it, and then was ruthlessly abandoned.

After an unknown amount of time, Yang Qingwan took the lead in putting away the box and came to Li Yuanji.

"My dear husband, I like what you prepared this time."

Looking at Yang Qingwan's eyes that were about to melt, and then at Wu Mei and Wu Shun who were still in the room, he had no choice but to endure it. Now not only were Wu Shun and Wu Mei still there, but they were in Wu Mei's room.

"As long as Madam likes it, it's worth my preparation for so long."

Li Yuanji originally wanted to take action, but because Wu Mei and Wu Shun were there, he had to hold back.

At this time, Wu Mei rushed over and hugged Li Yuanji's right arm.

"Your Majesty, I like all of these very much. Thank you, Your Majesty."

Rubbing Wu Mei's head, Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Okay, since you like it, that's good."

Wu Shun also came closer at this moment: "Thank you, my king."

Li Yuanji tapped Wu Shun's forehead helplessly.

"What are you thanking me for? Haven't we already agreed on this with you? From now on, this will be the business you are going to do." The three girls were stunned when they heard this. After a moment, even Yang Qingwan blushed.

"My dear husband, my two sisters are still young, how can they be so indecent? It would be bad if the portrait on the wooden box were to be spread out like this. I do not agree to it."

Li Yuanji's face suddenly turned black. How could they put the faces of the women on the wooden boxes they were selling? How could that be possible!

"Wan'er, you're overthinking it. How could there be portraits of you on them? These dressing boxes are specially prepared for each of you, so there are portraits on them.

The ones that are put up for sale will not have these portraits. You can add some landscape paintings or other portraits later, or you can even add no portraits.

As for this dressing box, you can see that the materials used are very good. This kind of material is sold to wealthy families.

There are also some items made of inferior materials, which have lower prices. The various items in the dressing box can be sold separately, and those that are packed together like the dressing box can also be sold together.

This is the badge of the dressing table. Shun'er, you take care of it. From now on, this dressing table will be managed by you and Mei'er together.

As for what to do, ask your sister Wan more. She is already familiar with these things. If you don’t understand, just ask more.”

After arranging this matter, Li Yuanji stayed for a while before getting up and leaving. After Li Yuanji left, Yang Qingwan also left in a hurry.

Li Yuanji seemed to know that Yang Qingwan would follow him, so he waited for a while. Sure enough, Yang Qingwan came, and then the two of them walked towards Yang Qingwan's bedroom.

In the morning, after doing regular exercise, Li Yuanji lay down on a chair and took a nap. He had tossed and turned last night, which caused him to sleep very poorly.

I don’t know how long I slept, but I vaguely heard someone calling me in my ear. Li Yuanji opened his eyes and saw a familiar face.

"Yang Jianhe? You're back so soon?"

Yang Jianhe touched his head and smiled innocently: "Greetings, my king. After Li Xiang's place was stabilized, I started to return. I arrived at dawn today. I heard that there was no one to serve the king, so I volunteered to come."

Li Yuanji also smiled after hearing this: "Since you are so interested, then do it first. There is really no one here now, so you can train the army."

After Yang Jianhe agreed, he immediately got down to business.

"Your Majesty, the Minister of Education Kong Yingda is here and is waiting in the main hall."

Li Yuanji was stunned. Kong Yingda? Why did this guy come to him if he didn't teach and educate people and make educational plans?
Then he straightened his clothes and walked out.

"Let's go. If we're too late, this old man will nag us again."

Kong Yingda, the pedantic old man, was extremely reluctant when he first came here. He was lectured a lot. Since he took over the education and college affairs, he finally calmed down a little. Later, after he became familiar with the place, he suddenly became enthusiastic.

Now Kong Yingda is in charge of education, college establishment, training and other matters in his entire fiefdom. Logically, he should be very busy. After all, many places are waiting for him to provide training and to open up the language.

When Li Yuanji arrived at the main hall, Kong Yingda bowed solemnly upon seeing him.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji helped Kong Yingda up and said with a smile: "It's an informal occasion, Chongyuan doesn't need to bow, sit down."

Li Yuanji came up and Kong Yingda stood up again.

"Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be abolished. This has been the rule since ancient times. The king is above and the ministers are below. The king sits and the ministers stand. Please do not break the rules."

Li Yuanji twitched immediately. He really wanted to slap this man a few times. Couldn't this man see that he was being polite? Couldn't he see that he let him sit because he thought he was old enough?

Then he was too lazy to pay attention to the matter anymore. If he argued with Kong Yingda, Kong Yingda would chatter endlessly. But if he said he won, Kong Yingda would go through ancient and modern books and try to find the flaws in what he said.

Li Yuanji had experienced this firsthand. He convinced Kong Yingda at the time, but Kong Yingda refused to say anything to him. Then, for the next half month, Kong Yingda pestered him and kept coming up with theories.

What can Li Yuanji do? In some aspects, he really can't win the argument with this man who is truly full of knowledge. The knowledge he has is really not as much as others.

Li Yuanji's face straightened and he said, "Chongyuan is thoughtful. Now all the prefectures need Chongyuan to take responsibility. Why did Chongyuan come here?"

Li Yuanji was really curious and worried. Kong Yingda would never come to see him if there was nothing wrong. He didn't want to see him if the problem could be solved by Cen Wenben. However, this time he came on his own initiative, which was rare. Something big must have happened.

Kong Yingda said solemnly: "Your Majesty, my Ministry of Education is currently short of staff. Please, Your Majesty, please dispatch some staff to come here, otherwise the affairs of the various prefectures cannot be carried out effectively."

Li Yuanji looked at Kong Yingda in astonishment. He really wanted to know if this man was joking.

"Chongyuan, I put you in charge of the Ministry of Education so that you can train talents so that they can be assigned to various prefectures as officials and clerks. Now you want me to assign you personnel. Are you serious? Tell me what happened."

Li Yuanji was really speechless. If he really had so many talented people, why would he be in such a hurry? Now that Hikvision has established the Tiantang College, it can be said that as long as you enter this college, you will directly enter the official career after graduation.

As for the assessment?

I'm sorry, there really isn't one now. You can be directly assigned to local positions. If you do well, you will be well trained. If you don't do well, you will be transferred back to the Ministry of Education. If you can't even do the work of the Ministry of Education, then you are really not suitable to be an official.

Of course, if someone commits a crime, he will be punished directly regardless of whether he has done it before. In serious cases, he will be beheaded.

He had no other options. He was really short of people. Originally, he could barely handle the five prefectures in Lingnan. How many prefectures did he have now? If they were evenly distributed, that number of people would not be enough.

Kong Yingda seemed not to have heard it and didn't care about the first half of Li Yuanji's words at all.

“Your Majesty, I and my colleagues in the Ministry of Education have now made plans to build academies in six prefectures, namely Leizhou, Guangzhou, Liuzhou, Jiaozhou, Nanzhou, and Quanzhou. Due to many problems, I finally decided to establish a training method from childhood to adulthood.

That is to establish enlightenment academies in the six prefectures. Anyone who is five years old or over six years old will enter the enlightenment academy to study. The enlightenment academy is responsible for enlightening these children.

Subsequently, a type of academy was established, called the State Academy. This academy was set up in each state. After three to five years of enlightenment studies, students would transfer to the State Academy according to their learning progress.

In the state academy, students will learn some scriptures, which means reading a lot of prescribed books and teachers will teach them so that students can understand the meaning.

After the state academy, the prefectural academy was established, which means that each prefecture would have only one academy. In the prefectural academy, students would learn about politicians, how to govern, read books on governance from past dynasties, and at the same time, they would be provided with some important current issues so that students could conduct theoretical research and expand their abilities.

In the government, students learn relatively less knowledge from books, and more of it is about improving their local governance capabilities and selecting the areas in which they are good at to teach them.

To enter the Prefectural Academy, one must have studied in the State Academy for at least five years, have good performance in the State Academy, and pass the Prefectural Academy test before entering the Prefectural Academy.

After the Palace Academy, there is the National Academy. Those who enter the National Academy are all outstanding students from various palaces. They also need to take tests to select the outstanding ones to enter, so that the king can directly use talents and continuously fill the court."

(End of this chapter)