At this time, Li Chen glanced at the people below and said: "In addition, I want to build a school in the western suburbs of the capital."
"The purpose of running the school is to provide a place for accommodation, study and living for aspiring students from all over the world, with free tuition."
"The first batch will recruit one thousand students. There is no threshold for admission. All students must be 13 years old or older and be able to read and write."
"In addition, there are 500 places available. Skilled craftsmen are required, and anyone with good skills in craftsmanship is welcome."
Compared with the news about Tan Taijing's appointment, this matter seems trivial.
But some people still smelled something unusual.
In the court, every sentence and every word must be considered carefully. Once you miss the details, the meaning you get may be completely different.
Immediately, an official who noticed something unusual came out and said: "Your Highness, as I just said, this school established by the imperial court will enroll a total of 1,500 students, so the area will not be small. The cost of the entire construction will not be enough for the students."
The cost of living is a huge expense, and now the imperial treasury is empty..."
"I understand your concerns. From construction to subsequent maintenance, students' living expenses will all be borne by the East Palace." Li Chen said calmly.
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. They all couldn't figure out why Li Chen did such a thankless job. They all thought it was because the prince had started to play some new tricks.
The money in the imperial treasury is different from the money in the royal family, and Li Chen also said that if the money comes from the East Palace, then it is the prince's personal money and no one can control it.
As a result, there was no objection to this matter.
After explaining two important things, there was nothing special in the morning.
Half an hour later, the morning came to an end.
From beginning to end, the cabinet expressed no opinions and seemed to be watching Li Chen's personal show with a cold eye like an outsider.
After the morning court ended, Su Zhenting followed Li Chen to the Xi Zheng Hall in the East Palace.
"Your Highness, something is abnormal."
This was the first sentence Su Zhenting said.
"Of course there are exceptions."
After receiving the tea from Wan Jiaojiao, who was almost recovering from her injuries and had already started to go back to work, Li Chen took a sip and said casually: "I invited Dantai Jingzhi out, we can't hide such a big thing.
They, and they have plenty of time to consider countermeasures."
"But in the court, they didn't respond at all."
"No reaction is the biggest reaction. This Zhao Xuanji... haha."
With a sneer, Li Chen put the tea cup in Wan Jiaojiao's hand, turned to Su Zhenting and said, "I really want to know what they want to do."
Su Zhenting cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, does Tantai Jing's appointment as an official have something to do with the school that Your Highness wants to build?"
Li Chen nodded and said, "Yes, the first president of this academy is Tantai Jingzhi. This is also one of the deals I reached with him."
"This is a matter that benefits the country and the people, and is also good for the East Palace. Even if Tantai Jing doesn't tell me, I will do it."
Su Zhenting said worriedly: "But Your Highness, the construction cost of this school to accommodate more than 1,500 people is an astronomical amount of money, plus the subsequent money to support those students, it will certainly gain a good reputation for Your Highness."
, but where does this money come from?”
Su Zhenting didn't know how much money the East Palace had, but he was sure that Li Chen would never be able to afford the hundreds of thousands of taels of construction costs. The subsequent expenses of raising more than a thousand people would have to be spent every year.
It would be an understatement to say it is a bottomless pit.
Li Chen laughed and said, "General, have you forgotten that I am about to get married?"
