Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Inside the principal's office of Dongjiao University.

Fang Zheng Yi was buried in his work, holding a pen and trying his best to write as quickly as possible on a blank thread-bound book.

Due to the speed, the handwriting appeared extremely潦草 (liáo cǎo -潦草 means careless/scribbled).

He wrote for two hours, from the composition of cells to genetic inheritance, then to the law of universal gravitation...

Finally, he directly used a ruler to draw a semblance of a periodic table on the white paper...

And then filled in completely wrong elements in a completely wrong table...

Because the font was extremely large, this slightly thin thread-bound book was quickly filled.

After finishing writing, Fang Zheng Yi carefully lifted the book over the oil lamp.

Watching the flame gradually devour most of the book, Principal Fang began to swing his arm and shake it vigorously.

Ashes flew everywhere, and the fire went out.

After burning, only less than half of the book remained, and the words "Fang Zheng Yi's Study of Things - Elementary Edition" were still clearly preserved on the cover.

Opening the remaining book, the content vaguely revealed only a few words and phrases, and many places were dark...

At this point, Principal Fang smiled contentedly.

From now on, this will be the Fang family's heirloom!

But this fire of mine... has set back world civilization by hundreds of years.

The rest will have to wait for future generations to follow the clues left by the Most Sage Teacher and rediscover the wisdom of the ancients...

After thinking about it happily for a while, Fang Zheng Yi opened the drawer.

He put this masterpiece of collected works, which would cause countless scholars and experts around the world to weep bitterly, feel extremely regretful, and regret for the rest of their lives, into it.

The room was a bit messy, and Fang Zheng Yi got up to clean up.

Just as he was about to do something, the door of the principal's office was pushed open.

Li Yuan Zhao walked straight into the room with a fishing rod on his back, frowning and sniffing.

"What's that smell? Did you have a fire here?"

"Oh, oh, I accidentally burned some scrap paper just now. Why are you here again, Your Highness? Can you find another place to fish? You come here every day, and those students are starting to imitate you."

Li Yuan Zhao didn't care at all, he smiled and took out a letter from his pocket: "You're so stingy, you act like it hurts to lose two fish to me."

"I have a letter for you, it was sent from the Jin Kingdom. I heard about it this morning from the Honglu Temple, so I made a special trip to bring it to you."

"Please sit down, Your Highness."

Fang Zheng Yi took the envelope, opened it, and began to read carefully.

Five minutes later.

Fang Zheng Yi looked a little dazed as he held the letter. Li Yuan Zhao asked when he saw this: "What's wrong?"

"Ali Bai is dead... Your Highness, take a look for yourself."

Li Yuan Zhao took the letter and read it once, half-believing: "This... did he die from that piece of poisonous jade, or from the medicine?"

Fang Zheng Yi rubbed his brow and sighed: "Maybe both, who knows what he was thinking? Maybe he really was too stupid."

Hearing of Ali Bai's death, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Although his own hidden dangers had been eliminated with his death, he was still a disciple he had personally taught, even if he had gone down the wrong path.

Moreover, the way he died felt so stupid that it was hard to accept.

The bizarreness of the content in the letter made him feel even more surprised.

The letter was written by National Master Paba himself. The content said that Ali Bai was seriously ill, and the imperial physicians' medicine was not effective.

In the end, Ali Bai took it upon himself to find someone to customize needles and syringes... and injected the medicine into his blood vessels. As a result, he died suddenly that day!

This should be the first person in history to die from an unknown herbal injection.

He invented this kind of freak that neither side of later generations would recognize and even put it into practice himself. One can only wonder where he got such strange ideas...

As for the rest of the content, it was Paba talking about how he had stabilized the situation in the country, and some other meaningless words of reminiscing about old times.

"Has the palace received this news?" Fang Zheng Yi asked, putting down his worries.

"It should have. Besides the letter for you, there's also a letter for the imperial court. Such a big thing couldn't be notified to you alone, right?"

Fang Zheng Yi nodded slightly: "Your Highness, come with me to the palace. This letter still needs to be shown to His Majesty."

Li Yuan Zhao blinked: "Father Emperor definitely knows, there's no need for that, right? Then I came for nothing?"

"Let's go! Let's go fish in the palace, the fish are bigger there."

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The two rushed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Emperor Jing was busy with government affairs, and only slightly raised his eyes when Guo Tianyang reported.

He glanced at Fang Zheng Yi casually, and then continued to lower his head, picking up his pen to sketch.

"Your son greets Father Emperor," the two said at the same time.

Emperor Jing said lightly: "Alright, it's rare that you know to come back to the palace to visit. What's the matter that you've come to see me for today?"

Fang Zheng Yi was embarrassed.

Indeed, except for the last time he was summoned into the palace, he had never come again since.

Firstly, there was no real reason, and secondly, he was having a good time at home.

The establishment of the Dongjiao University Women's College, Chu Qing Han had no objections at all.

Although they haven't officially married yet, it doesn't stop him from playing around with some暧昧 (ài mèi - ambiguous/dubious) first... experiencing Tifa's kicks.

Unexpectedly, his old father-in-law was actually dissatisfied!

He hadn't taken care of him, it seemed that he had been living too comfortably recently, and his business skills had declined seriously.

"Your son has received a letter from Paba, and has come to present it to Father Emperor for viewing."

"Since it's a letter written to you, what's the point of showing it to me?"

"It concerns state affairs, and your son doesn't think it's appropriate," Fang Zheng Yi's tone was calm.

Although his old father-in-law was dissatisfied, the more this was the case, the more he couldn't show any timidity!

"Alright, take a seat. It's nothing more than the matter of Ali Bai's sudden death. This matter has already been discussed during the court meeting today, there's nothing to see."

Emperor Jing put down his pen, pushed aside a stack of memorials, raised his head and said: "You've come at the right time, I was just about to talk to you about something."

"Please speak, Your Majesty."

"Originally, you strongly advised to choose Pingwan County as a pilot for commercial liberalization, and now it should have some results. Moreover, I heard that a new official has been transferred from the Hanlin Academy to Xin Zhang County, the neighboring county of Pingwan County, and his governance is quite methodical, his political achievements are outstanding, and the court above and below greatly praises him. I also heard that their tax revenue this year has increased by as much as 20% compared to last year."

"The tax revenue of Hengjiang Prefecture this year has not yet been reported, and I have decided to personally go and take a look on an auspicious day. You will accompany me on this trip."

"I know that you won't give up until you achieve your goals. If Pingwan County doesn't succeed, then do less tinkering in the future, and don't stir things up randomly in the newspaper."

After Emperor Jing finished speaking, Li Yuan Zhao began to roll his eyes.

Going out... going out would be interesting, going to Pingwan County to take a look in person!

"The Crown Prince will supervise the country."

"......"

Fang Zheng Yi felt a little uneasy in his heart.

After he came back, he had been inquiring about news about Pingwan County. It was said that it was developing well, with a relaxed commercial environment.

As for how good it was, he was still unsure, after all, he couldn't be sure whether the people collecting the news were reliable.

But Xin Zhang County being able to increase its tax revenue by 20% in one year was a remarkable achievement.

It seems that a capable person has indeed emerged from the Hanlin Academy.

Then he can only see the real results!

"I wonder when Your Majesty is planning to set off?"

"It should be soon, I will notify you when the date has been chosen, you can go back and prepare first."

"Then your son will take his leave first."

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