"Of course I'm afraid of being beheaded." Ren Hao smiled and shook his head.

After all, we only have one head.

Xu Yating rolled her eyes at Ren Hao and pointed her index finger at his head: "If you are afraid, how dare you?"

"If I don't keep retainers, I will definitely be killed by the aristocratic families. If I keep retainers, the emperor may become suspicious of me. In any case, I can't escape death. So why don't I just let go and make friends with heroes all over the world?" Ren Hao spread his hands, showing a helpless look as if he had no other choice.

How do you describe the prosperity of the capital city? There is silver everywhere in the capital city, but this silver can be devastating.

Without sufficient strength to protect these riches, they will be eaten up.

Even if the former prime minister possesses half of the wealth and is second only to the emperor, so what?

He is not dead yet.

The reason for his death was that he had no intention of cultivating disciples for the court, and was only focused on finding ways to make money.

He couldn't keep all the silver he earned, and in the end all his property was handed over to the emperor, and became the emperor's food and wages for his continuous conquests of the ancient Wei Dynasty.

Then, he will be branded as a corrupt minister for all eternity.

Xu Yating was silent at this time, and after a while, she spoke with a firm look: "Husband, no matter what you do in the future, I will definitely support you with all my strength."

"Even if we really are going to be beheaded in the future, we must die together." Xu Yating threw herself into Ren Hao's arms and pressed her face against his chest.

Ren Hao didn't say anything, but just hugged Xu Yating tightly.

After a while, Ren Hao let go of Xu Yating and told her, "It's getting late. Go back to your room and get some rest."

"Husband, are you going back to the master bedroom tonight to accompany Sister Wan'er?" Xu Yating looked up, with a hint of loss and regret in her eyes.

"No, I'll stay in the study tonight. I still have a lot of things to plan." Ren Hao shook his head. He didn't have the mood to go to sleep now.

It felt like as soon as I closed my eyes, there were a dozen invisible dark swords hanging above my head.

"Then I'll accompany you, and I can also give you some advice." Xu Yating suggested.

Ren Hao hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay, then I'll trouble you, madam."

Ren Hao picked up the teapot next to him, made a cup of tea for Xu Yating, and then told Xu Yating about his plan.

The first step he had to take was to break the monopoly of the major families on literati and poets and open schools to provide a way out for children from poor families.

In this era, there were no children from poor families in the court, and there was no such thing as imperial examinations.

The poor people nowadays cannot afford to go to school, and most of them are destined to become farmers, merchants, peddlers, craftsmen, coolies, or join the bandits and rob people.

Those who can read and write are either from a wealthy family or sons of wealthy families.

After they have completed their studies, if someone in their family is an official in the court, they can take up the position directly through recommendation.

This is what is called selecting filial and honest people to enter officialdom.

If there is no one in the family serving as an official in the court, then one would seek recommendation from a certain noble family and seek an official position.

After hearing Ren Hao's plan, Xu Yating took a breath of cold air and felt that all the hairs on her body were standing on end.

"Madam, what do you think of my plan?" Ren Hao looked at Xu Yating with ambition.

"How about it?"

"Husband, how many heads do you have?" Xu Yating widened her eyes.

She naively thought that Ren Hao was just spending money to support some retainers and disciples and to build relationships with them.

But after listening to Ren Hao's ambitions, this is simply a plan to eliminate the nine clans, a blatant rebellion under the imperial city!!!

"I only have one head." Ren Hao touched his forehead.

"You also know that you have only one head? I thought you had three heads and six arms." Xu Yating rolled her eyes at Ren Hao and continued, "Husband, if you open a school without any job, I'm afraid it will offend all the noble families in the capital, and even the emperor."

"Don't be afraid, I have definitely offended all of them." Ren Hao said affirmatively.

"Husband, let's not do this, as nine heads are not enough to chop off. " Xu Yating shook her head as she advised. Isn't this just stealing lives from the God of Hell and seeking death?

"If we don't take the risk to build our own power, we will definitely die a more miserable death in the future." Ren Hao sighed and shook his head.

Xu Yating was silent for a while before she spoke: "Husband, what are you going to do?"

"Do it blatantly." Ren Hao said casually.

"Isn't this a blatant rebellion?" Xu Yating was speechless.

"If we do these things secretly, that would be blatant treason, but if we do it openly, it won't be a capital crime," Ren Hao explained.

"Why isn't the crime punishable by death? This is already considered treason." Xu Yating was puzzled.

"The current court seems to be the emperor's court, but in fact..." Ren Hao pointed to the roof and then pointed to the ground.

Xu Yating was so smart that she immediately understood Ren Hao's metaphor.

From top to bottom, the court is filled with the prime minister and people from aristocratic families.

Ren Hao opened a school. Although it was to build up his own power, it was also a disguised way of helping the emperor.

Ren Hao picked up a pen and wrote down the school recruitment on the paper.

Renfu Academy: Recruits students from all over the world, and teachers from various schools.

The students paid for their own food and lodging without paying for their studies, and the teacher provided them with ten taels of silver and three shi of food every month.

Ren Hao handed the paper to Xu Yating and instructed: "Madam, tomorrow morning you take Hui Lixue and post the notice in the most conspicuous place in the capital."

"Husband, this...are you sure you want to post this?"

"Once this is posted, there's no turning back..." Xu Yating took the paper and hesitated.

"Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. I'm ready." Ren Hao nodded, having made up his mind.

"Okay, then I will do my best to help you." Xu Yating nodded and put away the paper stickers.

After Xu Yating left the study, Ren Hao sat in the chair and sighed.

He began to feel uneasy, not knowing what kind of sensation the recruitment post would cause, or what kind of trouble it would bring him.

Everything became unknown.

……

Beijing city, South Gate city wall.

Xu Yating brought Hui Lixue and, according to Ren Hao's instructions, posted the school recruitment notice in the most conspicuous place on the city wall.

In ancient times, city walls were not only used to defend against enemies, but also served as the largest billboards in the city.

The civilians in the city are different from the civilians in the countryside outside the city. The civilians in the countryside outside the city go straight to the fields as soon as they get up, while the first thing the civilians in the city do as soon as they get up is not to eat, but to run quickly to the city wall to read the notices.

In addition to officially wanted criminals, these notices also included recruitment notices for coolies, servants, grooms, and craftsmen.

But today was different from the past. Everyone's attention was not on the notices for coolies and prisoners, but on the notice for school recruitment.

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