We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Seeing that Emperor Qing had begun to talk about serious matters, Li Che silently put down his chopsticks:

"Replying to Father, Fengguo still uses the civilian nobility system. Most of the barbarian people have a lower status than the Qing people."

Li Che briefly explained to Emperor Qing the nine-rank civil nobility system of Fengguo.

Over the past two years, Feng State has absorbed a large number of foreign populations. Most of them do not live in Chaoyang City, but in the grazing areas in the surrounding areas. After all, they are better at grazing.

The barbarian residents in Chaoyang City were either the first to surrender to Li Che and had accumulated enough titles.

They are either the families of barbarian generals, or foreign races like the three tribes of Sauron who have never been enemies of Feng State.

"Now?" Emperor Qing keenly noticed the key point in Li Che's words. "From what you said, you plan to give them the same status as the Qing people in the future?"

Li Che paused, nodded, and said, "Father, I believe that this is something that must be done if Fengguo is to maintain stability."

National integration is a major trend. For Daqing, Fengguo is a frontier area and it may not care about the lives of foreigners.

But Li Che is different. The area outside the Great Wall is his rear base, and he must ensure that it is impregnable.

If one wants to achieve this, one must make foreign tribes such as the Mohe and Khitan identify with and feel a sense of belonging to the Feng State. Otherwise, these people will rebel every few days, and even the best policies will be difficult to implement.

Emperor Qing was silent for a moment, then said, "The resentment between the Qing people and the foreign tribes is deep. How will you quell it?"

Li Che smiled and said, "When you reach the mountain, there will always be a way out. Besides, in the past two years, the foreign tribes have paid a much greater price than Fengguo. They have no choice."

Emperor Qing suddenly realized and looked at Li Che with a little more envy.

Compared to himself, Li Che's position in Fengguo is truly one of autocracy!

Emperor Qing has an iron-blooded hand and has made great contributions to establishing the country and quelling the chaos. This is why he has made the Daqing court an ironclad entity, and no one dares to question his will easily.

Even so, he would still weigh the pros and cons when issuing government decrees and it was impossible for him to completely ignore the aristocratic families.

However, Li Che had no such confusion at all. He had already killed all the people from the noble families in Feng State.

In addition, he repeatedly wiped out entire families of noble families in Daqing, so the noble families of Daqing did not dare to come to Fengguo at all. Therefore, Fengguo is now the only place in Daqing without noble families.

"Eat." Emperor Qing retracted his gaze. "After dinner, take me to visit your Fengguo University."

"Here."

Emperor Qing enjoyed the meal very much, and Li Che also had a full stomach. Only Li Lin was timid and didn't dare to eat a few bites.

After dinner, Emperor Qing summoned civil and military officials to prepare for a visit to the university.

Just as he was about to set off, Zhu Chun came with a group of military generals to ask for a meeting.

"what happened?"

Emperor Qing looked at the commercial street extending from the gate of the government office.

Zhu Chun bowed and whispered, "Your Majesty, the brothers want to go and see the Fengtian Army."

"Oh?" Emperor Qing turned around and looked at the generals, "Why?"

Zhu Chun chuckled and said, "I don't even understand the science of what Your Highness said yesterday, let alone these crude ideas."

"On the contrary, I have long admired the training methods of Fengguo since my time in the Imperial Capital, but I have never had the chance to see them. Now that I have the opportunity, I would like to take them to observe and learn."

"Yes." Emperor Qing nodded slightly and added, "Before you go, ask Lao Liu."

Zhu Chun was slightly stunned, then bowed in response, but he was extremely shocked in his heart.

Given Emperor Qing's personality, why would he need to discuss things with others?

Not to mention his own son, Emperor Qing has always maintained absolute majesty and right to speak in front of the princes.

But now he asked him to seek the opinion of Prince Feng. It was obvious that Prince Feng's position in his heart was completely different from that of other princes.

It is not a pure father-son relationship, nor a monarch-subject relationship, but a relationship similar to win-win cooperation.

Hearing that Zhu Chun and a group of generals wanted to visit Chaoyang Army, Li Che agreed without much hesitation.

The Chaoyang Army has no secrets at all. The training methods they use are actually the same as those used in the previous life, combined with some of Yang Zhongsi's military tactics.

These things cannot be learned in a short period of time. Even if Zhu Chun and others learned them, they would not be able to apply them.

Just providing soldiers with three meals a day and making them train every day would be a challenge for 99% of the armies of this era.

This also meant that no one except the Fengtian Army could train troops in this way, not to mention that the Fengtian Army also had political commissars who could implement the obedience of tenacious combat consciousness.

Zhu Chun left with the military generals and was entertained by He Conglong, while Emperor Qing came to the outside of the city with the civil officials.

On both sides of the road, there are endless fields. The young crops are rolling in the wind, like a green ocean, sparkling in the sun.

In the distance, several tall water wheels slowly turned, bringing clear river water to the fields.

Villages are dotted among the fields, with smoke rising from the chimneys.

It is the slack season now, and there are no farmers working in the fields. Only young children are chasing each other on the path, creating a peaceful and tranquil scene.

"What a bucolic scenery!" Emperor Qing couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. "All along my journey, I've seen only desolate and barren lands, but here, the people of Fengguo live and work in peace and contentment."

The accompanying officials also echoed the sentiment, praising Fengguo for its proper governance and the prosperity of its people.

Li Che smiled along, but he was secretly complaining in his heart.

It was only a few months when you left Beijing. The crops had not yet grown, so of course they looked withered.

Of course, although he complained in his heart, Li Che was not stupid enough to destroy his own plan.

He pointed to a building vaguely visible behind a forest in the distance and said:

"Father, Fengguo University is ahead."

Emperor Qing looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large-scale building complex hidden among the green trees, with blue bricks, black tiles, carved beams and painted rafters.

Fengguo University covers a large area and was designed by Li Che himself, completely matching the universities of later generations.

Therefore, the school was not located in the city, but outside the city, right in the middle of the people's farmland.

This is also to allow students studying here to get close to farming, so that they can accompany the working class and peasant class from the moment they enter school, so as to avoid becoming bureaucrats who are ignorant of farming after graduation.

"Is Fengguo University here?" Emperor Qing was a little puzzled. "Why not build it inside the city?"

"Replying to Father, there is no room in the city for you."

Emperor Qing's eyes narrowed: "How big is Fengguo University?"

Li Che smiled and said, "It is expected to cover an area of ​​2000 acres, and only half of it has been built so far."

Emperor Qing's eyes widened, and the Daqing officials behind him also looked incredulous.

Two thousand acres? My goodness, is this still a school?

The officials of Feng State also felt the same way. When Li Che proposed this estimated area, they also found it difficult to accept.

It’s just a school, why does it take up so much space?

You should know that Chaoyang City is currently the largest city in Feng State and the absolute center.

Even though the capital may be moved in the future, Chaoyang City will still be an important city in the south of Feng State, and the land here is extremely valuable.

But Li Che disagreed. Most universities in his previous life were of this size, and it was normal for them to occupy two thousand acres of land.

The main campus of Peking University covers an area of ​​4127 acres, Tsinghua University covers an area of ​​more than 7,000 acres, and the "Northeast Forestry University", also located in the Northeast, covers an area of ​​acres and can be called a "university in the forest."

"Father, Fengguo University cultivates talents for Fengguo and welcomes aspiring people from all over the world. All are welcome to enroll, regardless of status."

Li Che explained, "There were 3,000 students in the first batch, and the enrollment is still expanding, so the campus naturally needs to be larger."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qing became even more curious and immediately urged his horse to head towards Fengguo University.

After crossing the fields, the group arrived at the main gate of Fengguo University.

There are two huge vermilion doors standing tall, and two huge stone lions in front of the doors are lifelike and majestic.

In the middle of the gate was a huge bluestone with eight characters engraved on it in a flamboyant style:

Strive for self-improvement and be virtuous!