Mu Xi didn't have time to think. She hurriedly stepped forward to pat Shen Yu's back. Shang Junlin strode in and took Shen Yu into his arms, "What's wrong?"
Shen Yu coughed a few times. Mu Xi brought some water over. Shang Junlin took it and fed it to Shen Yu, "Drink some water."
Shen Yu lowered his head and drank the water in Shang Junlin's hand.
"How long has His Majesty been here?"
"Not long. Is A Yu feeling better?"
Shen Yu nodded. He was choked by himself. Now that he had calmed down, he was naturally fine.
Several ministers consciously lowered their heads and stood outside. They didn't dare to look inside.
Seeing Shen Yu's uneasiness, Shang Junlin waved his hand to dismiss the ministers. Eunuch Meng hurriedly asked the ministers to go elsewhere.
These ministers were all promoted by Shang Junlin. Today, they came to discuss some matters about starting a primary school. They had heard about Shang Junlin and Shen Yu's relationship. They had also seen with their own eyes how the two interacted at the banquet. However, those were different from what they saw today.
Especially the words that the maid had said today.
It turned out that His Majesty had always been sticking to His Majesty …
The ministers had different emotions in their hearts.
"Why didn't His Majesty announce his arrival?" Shen Yu twisted his body and sat down.
"I originally just wanted to see if you were awake. I didn't expect to hear the conversation between you and your servant girl. A Yu is telling the truth. Why are you blushing?" Shang Junlin bent his finger and rubbed Shen Yu's cheek.
Because of what happened just now, Shen Yu's face was still red.
Shen Yu thought, "Is my face red because of what I said? It's obviously because these words were heard by those ministers."
Shen Yu didn't feel anything when he said these words in front of Shang Junlin. But when he thought that the ministers brought by Shang Junlin would also hear these words, he just wanted to bury himself.
"Does your leg still hurt?" Shang Junlin moved his palm down, wanting to touch it.
Shen Yu hurriedly reached out to stop her, "I'm much better, thanks to the ointment Your Majesty brought."
"Are you hungry? Why don't you ask them to serve us food?" Shang Junlin was not annoyed when his hand was stopped. He held Shen Yu's hand in his palm.
"Have you finished your discussion with His Majesty? Are we just going to leave them like this? " Shen Yu was already delayed for so long because of him. If he ignored the other ministers because of him, he would feel bad.
"We've finished our discussion. A Yu, you don't have to worry. After dinner, they will go out to ride horses." Shang Junlin brought them here with the intention of letting them relax.
With the natural horse farm obtained from the Northern Desert people, Shang Junlin wanted these ministers to be familiar with the operation of the horse farm. Although the area of the pasture was not big, the operation inside was very mature. There were many things worth learning.
The ministers also knew the other reason why Shang Junlin brought them here. After dinner, they learned about the operation of the horse farm under the guidance of the servants.
Shen Yu and Shang Junlin finished their dinner together and lay back on the bed.
In fact, he really wanted to go out for a walk, but the position of his wound was too awkward. The friction of the cloth when he walked would rub the ointment away and worsen the injury. He could only walk less for the time being.
Shen Yu and Shang Junlin stayed outside for two days. Except for the first day when Shang Junlin was not around, he vaguely felt that someone had appeared in the room. After that, he did not have this feeling again.
He asked the guards around, but no one noticed a stranger coming in. Shen Yu could not find any clues. He wondered if he had taken his dream as real when he was in a daze.
He did not tell Shang Junlin about this matter.
After returning to the palace, nothing similar happened again. Shen Yu slowly put this matter to the back of his mind.
The imperial court acted quickly. Shang Junlin gave the order. Before the deadline of half a month was up, they had already come up with a general plan.
Shang Junlin mentioned this matter in the morning court. The specific implementation needed to be discussed in the imperial court before a detailed plan could be made.
The weather gradually became hot. Shen Yu took off his clothes again and again. He leaned against the bridge and casually threw the bait in his hand into the pond.
There were many ornamental fish of different colors in the pond. They followed the smell of food and swam over.
The sun was dazzling, and the water was sparkling. The fish leisurely swayed their tails and jumped out of the water from time to time, waiting to be fed.
Shen Yu threw another handful of bait.
This was Shen Yu's new pleasure. When he had nothing to do, he would come over to feed the fish.
"Gongzi has been here a few times. These fish seem to recognize you." Mu Xi looked at the fish swimming in the water and sighed. "They are getting bigger and bigger."
"They don't recognize me. They recognize the food in my hand." If he did not have food to feed them, no fish would swim out of the pond even if he stood there for a long time.
Shen Yu had seen enough. He handed the bowl of fish food to the palace servant behind him. "Okay, let's go back."
The place where Shen Yu came to feed the fish was located between Yuzhang Palace and the imperial garden. When he first entered the palace, Shen Yu almost never left Yuzhang Palace. After a long time, he took the palace servants to walk around.
"With Gongzi's feeding, these fish have grown especially fast this year." The palace servant holding the fish food said flatteringly.
Shen Yu smiled and did not speak. There were people in charge of every place in the palace. Even if he did not come, the palace servants would feed the fish. It was just that the master did not care and did not feed the fish so diligently.
The wind in the palace changed quickly. Seeing that Shen Yu cared about the ornamental fish, the palace servants in charge of feeding them would also be more attentive. Shang Junlin did not care about these things at all. He did not ask about it. In the long run, the palace servants were happy to be idle.
"Why does A Yu like to feed the fish recently?" When Shang Jun Lin returned to the Jade Gate Palace, Shen Yu was not there. After asking the people of the Jade Gate Palace, he found out that he had gone to feed the fish. Just as he was about to look for him, he bumped into Shen Yu and his group.
Shen Yu waved his hand and motioned for the palace servants to leave.
"If I didn't go to feed them, I wouldn't have known that there were so many beautiful fish in the palace."
Shen Yu was right. The ornamental fish that could be raised in the palace were carefully selected by the Imperial Household. The ordinary ones would not be sent to the palace at all.
"If A Yu likes them, let them send some to Yuzhang Palace."
"Your Majesty always indulges me like this. Didn't Imperial Physician Gu say that if there is a chance, let me walk outside more often? This trip can be considered as training."
"No matter what, A Yu is right. The court has discussed the basic regulations of the elementary school. Does A Yu want to come with me to see it?"
Although it was a question, Shang Junlin did not give Shen Yu any other choice other than to agree. He took him to the inner room and took out the booklet that the Prime Minister had sorted out and presented.
Although the aristocratic families were dissatisfied with Shang Junlin's proposal of the elementary school, they could not say anything. They had planned to wait for the specific method to be released and then find fault with it to prevent it from developing further. They did not expect that this method, which had been discussed by the court officials, did not give them any leeway to find fault.
Every possible outcome was prepared with a countermeasure. Even if they raised doubts, it would be quickly resolved. In the end, it didn't seem like they were looking for trouble. Instead, it seemed like they were working hard to perfect the specific method of doing elementary school.
When Shen Yu heard Shang Junlin talk about what had happened to the aristocratic families, he laughed out loud: "They probably did not expect that in the end, the result would be like this."
Shen Yu could imagine the expressions on the aristocratic families' faces when they realized that something was wrong.
After the news of the imperial court's plan of elementary school was revealed, it caused a heated discussion among the people in the capital.
"Elementary school? Are they going to teach children how to read? "
"Not only that, as long as they want to learn, they can learn. I am quite tempted."
"Is it expensive? If it is too expensive, it will be difficult to afford. "
"It is not clear for the time being. Let's wait for further news from the imperial court. It is said that it is to let people who want to learn how to read, so it should not be too expensive."
"It is hard to say. Look at the money spent on books, ink, paper, and inkstone. None of it is cheap."
There were people who were optimistic about what the imperial court was going to do, and there were also people who were not optimistic about it. On the contrary, some merchants seemed to smell a business opportunity from this.
Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue received many letters from big merchants saying that they were willing to help.
"Since the implementation of the new commercial law, these merchants have become more active than before." Shang Junlin looked at the booklet presented by the Ministry of Revenue and said.
Shen Yu stretched his head: "What are they thinking about?"
"They said that they are willing to contribute money and effort to the new school."
"If they are willing, it is not impossible. However, they cannot be allowed to interfere too much. The main authority must be in the hands of the imperial court."
The Minister of Revenue wrote a memorial because of this concern. If the people who contributed money and effort were all merchants, there would be a lot of hidden dangers.
Shen Yu pointed at the memorial with his fingertips: "Some of the unimportant things can be distributed, but the important things still have to be done by the imperial court."
Because it was just an elementary school, there were not many classes, and there was not much time for classes every day. The existence of this school was purely to let the people learn how to read. If they wanted to learn more, it would still be the same as before.
This matter was not something that could be done in one or two days. Seeing that there were not many places that could threaten them, the attention of the aristocratic families was slowly diverted.
Compared to the affairs of the people, they were obviously more concerned about what happened in the imperial court.
With the arrival of summer, the weather gradually became warmer. After washing up, Shen Yu walked to the desk in light pajamas.
Shang Junlin lowered his head, his brows furrowed tightly.
"What is it, Your Majesty?" Shen Yu stretched out his hand and wanted to smooth the man's frown.
"It's raining heavily in Lin County. I'm afraid there will be a flood." What was spread out beside Shang Junlin's hand was the report from Lin County. Ever since the establishment of the Great Huan Dynasty, there had been countless floods in Lin County. Just after Shang Junlin ascended the throne, there had been no less than five floods.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Nothing will happen." Shen Yu walked to Shang Junlin's side and sat down, rubbing his forehead.
"I hope so."
However, things did not develop as they had hoped. For the next few days, the news from Lin County was not good. In just a few days, the water level of the river near Lin County had risen a lot.
The atmosphere in the imperial court was getting colder and colder. Lin County was very far from the capital, so it took a lot of time for the news to arrive. No one knew what the situation was in Lin County now.
Shang Junlin had already issued the order to migrate. In the face of a natural disaster, they had to save as many people as possible.
Shen Yu lived deep in the imperial harem, so he could feel that the atmosphere was not right recently.
For a few days, there was no news from Lin County. About five days later, the latest news finally came.
— — There was a flood in Lin County.
Fortunately, the response was timely and the damage was minimized.
The ministers in the imperial court heaved a sigh of relief.
However, Shen Yu did not let down his guard so quickly. He remembered that the fierce epidemic in his previous life happened after the flood. He was not sure if it was this time.
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