Service office.

Ning Weimo sat back on the chair slightly tiredly, as if he was thinking about something, or as if he was staring at the thick pile of memorials on the table in a daze, with a rare erratic look in his eyes.

The second assistant, Yao Xinyuan, placed a cup of tea in front of Ning Weimo, and then sat down opposite Ning Weimo.

"Ning Gong?"

Yao Xinyuan shouted softly.

Ning Weimo finally came back to his senses, looked at Yao Xinyuan and asked, "What's the matter with Mr. Yao?"

Yao Xinyuan said: "It's nothing important. I just saw that Ning Gong has been a little uneasy since he came back. I would like to ask, what is it that makes Ning Gong so entangled?"

Ning Weimo shook his head slightly: "I'm thinking how narrow-minded we are."

Yao Xinyuan was slightly startled: "Narrow-minded?"

Ning Weimo nodded, and said in a calm but extremely solemn tone: "We were all very relieved to see Eunuch Gu behave like this in the palace, but after we came back, I couldn't help but think, Eunuch Gu really didn't

Are you qualified to be a secondary assistant?”

"The Holy Lord once said that as long as there is no problem with a person's moral character and knowledge, why bother worrying about his origin?"

"We all feel that it is wrong for the harem ministers to interfere in politics, and Eunuch Gu feels the same way, so he would rather die than break Dayu's rules... and we think it is right for him to do so."

"He did the right thing and deserved himself and the world. What about us? We feel sorry for him."

Yao Xinyuan fell into deep thought because of these words, and after a long time he exhaled a breath of turbidity.

"Yes, we are sorry for him."

Yao Xinyuan said: "When a person makes a choice at the expense of himself, we can all affirm him and praise him from the standpoint of rules or morality, but we forget that he sacrificed himself."

Ning Weimo said nothing, as if he didn't know what else to say in such a state of mind.

It took a long time for him to recover from such self-blame and guilt. He looked at Yao Xinyuan and asked, "When can the school be implemented at the earliest?"

Yao Xinyuan answered truthfully: "Ning Gong actually has the answer in his heart. If Dayu wants to run a school nationwide, there are only three words... he can't do it, even in richer places, in every place."

It is extremely difficult to run a school in every village in the town."

He looked at Ning Weimo and said: "Ning Gong asked me when the fastest implementation could be implemented. I can only answer... ten years from now."

Ning Weimo nodded.

Yes, why doesn't he know the answer?

Dayu couldn't afford that much money to do this now. Even if he had that much money, he couldn't spare that much money to go to a rural school to learn to be a teacher.

Scholars have spent ten years in poverty seeking fame, and if you put them in rural schools or village schools to be teachers, how many of them would be willing to do so?

"It's difficult."

Yao Xinyuan said: "Your Majesty, it would be better if we set a ten-year plan for this matter. If we try to do it now, we will get nothing."

He looked at Ning Weimo and asked tentatively: "How about we do it now in Jingzhou? It's close to Geling. If your majesty asks, it will be easier for us to talk."

"Yao Gong!"

Ning Weimo's face immediately turned cold: "Have you forgotten the great meaning of Gu Gong's outspoken words?!"

Yao Xinyuan was shocked in his heart, and then his face became ashamed.

"Yao Gong, such an idea is unacceptable."

Ning Weimo said in a serious tone: "Today your purpose of running a school in Jingzhou is not to run a school but to perfuse His Majesty, then tomorrow the people below will be able to perfunctory you and me!"

Yao Xinyuan stood up quickly and bowed down: "Mr. Ning, I was also impatient for a moment. This was not my intention, but since the words were spoken, I should accept the punishment and ask Mr. Ning to deal with it."

Ning Weimo sighed and said, "The matter is big and urgent. I know you can't handle it anymore, but if you can't handle this matter, you can speak to Your Majesty directly, but you can't be perfunctory about it."

Yao Xinyuan nodded: "I know I was wrong."

Ning Weimo pulled Yao Xinyuan to sit down

After he came down, he said: "I have thought about it. Mr. Gu can be honest and forthright. I am not as broad-minded as him, but I am not courageous to follow suit. I will ask your Majesty again tomorrow to state the matter truthfully."

Yao Xinyuan immediately said: "I am with Ning Gong."

Second Assistant Zhao Miaoxin, who was sitting not far away, also

He stood up and said, "I am also willing to join Ning Gong!"

The assistant ministers in the office stood up one after another, clasped their fists and saluted, saying, "We are willing to join forces with Ning Gong!"

At this moment, Ning Weimo felt that his nose was slightly sore. He looked at the ministers in the office and suddenly realized another impact of Gu Gong's outspoken words.

Based on this incident alone, it is not an exaggeration to say that Gu Gong’s reputation has been passed down through the ages.

"Ning, thank you sir!"

Ning Weimo stood up and bowed to many ministers in return.

At the same time, the imperial study room.

Xin Yanque looked at Gu Xiujin who was standing aside. Gu Xiujin just lowered his head slightly.

After a long time, Xin Yanque sighed and said, "I finally understand one thing now, and you taught me to understand it."

Gu Xiujin asked: "What is your Majesty referring to?"

Xin Yanque laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "I heard that those wealthy families and merchant families among the common people would rather their children idle around, but are also afraid that they will suddenly want to prove their abilities..."

When he said this, he laughed at himself even more.

"Why am I not such a person? I want to do something to prove myself on a whim. Both of my intentions are good, but I have never thought about whether it can be done. It is not practical in reality."

Gu Xiujin said: "Your Majesty is wrong."

Xin Yanque asked: "Am I wrong again?"

Gu Xiujin said: "Your Majesty, if you don't think about anything, you are really wrong. If your Majesty starts to think about it, it is good."

【In view of the general environment,

Xin Yanque sighed: "But unrealistic ideas will always harm others and yourself."

Gu Xiujin said: "The courtiers know that your Majesty wants to accomplish great things that will last forever. This is more important than anything else."

Xin Yanque looked at the steward who was not very young but had some gray hair on his temples.

The years have left traces on his face like a carving knife, and those wrinkles are carved with the insights of life.

"I want to know, do you want to be a minister?"

"Your Majesty, I think so."

Xin Yanque breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, thinking that he had not guessed his mind wrong after all, that's good, that's good.

"so......"

Xin Yanque leaned on the chair and muttered to himself: "I now understand why the Supreme Sage wanted to let people go out for training in the first place. For someone like me, who grew up in Shangyang Palace since childhood, everything has changed.

There are people protecting him everywhere, but after leaving Shangyang Palace, he acts recklessly without anyone restraining him. As time goes by, he becomes what the common people call a playboy."

Gu Xiujin did not dare to respond to this sentence.

"Good."

Xin Yanque said: "For me, it's experience from the moment I sit on the throne. For him, it's all experience before he sits on the throne."

Gu Xiujin did not dare to accept this sentence.

"Probably the Supreme Sage has long seen what my character is like and what my abilities are."

Xin Yanque said: "This matter is really annoying."

Gu Xiujin actually nodded: "Yes, it's really annoying."

Xin Yanque now does not lack an outspoken father-in-law Gu, but what he lacks is a good friend who can express his true feelings.

So Gu Xiujin can be a little more unrestrained when he can answer the phone.

Sure enough, Xin Yan gave him a blank look, and then couldn't help but smile, but it was no longer the self-deprecating smile.

"What do you think Ning Weimo and the others will think?"

The ancient show and the present are slightly curved

He bent down and replied seriously: "It's really annoying."

Xin Yanque was stunned.

Then he smiled bitterly again.

"You, the Supreme Saint, have said countless times that Ning Weimo, the best flatterer in the world, is not as good as you. I feel that you are the best at making fun of people."

Gu Xiujin smiled and said: "Your Majesty asked me, I dare not deceive you. When I think of Lord Ning's face when he left, I can understand how uncomfortable he was."

Xin Yanque said: "Then tell me, how long will it take for the school to be implemented?"

Gu Xiujin was cautious.

He thought about it carefully, more than once, but when the emperor asked him about it, he still had to think about it again with great caution.
To be continued...