Many of the courtiers did not understand Zhao Zhen's road construction, including Wang Mengzheng, a vested interest in building the road, and he built the road purely because he saw the business opportunities in it, and this road was a cash cow for him, as long as the capital and interest were not returned, he could ask the official family for money in a high-sounding manner......

But now Wang Mengzheng didn't have the heart to be happy, and bowed to the inner servant in front of him, this is not to worship the inner servant but to worship the imperial power again, for no other reason, the inner servant's hand is Huang Cancan's holy decree......

After the chamberlain read out the edict, he took the hard-earned money and left, leaving Wang Mengzheng looking at the holy decree in a daze.

Jing Shu, a staff member on the side, comforted: "The head of the family doesn't have to suffer from gains and losses, the official family has performed a play of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, which is done for the courtiers to see, but also for other businessmen to see, as long as your identity is still there, as long as your daughter is still the queen of the middle palace, no one will move you, it's just a false title, when this cement road from Tokyo City to Zhengzhou Guancheng is repaired, the official family will inevitably compensate you for your loss, after all, it is the dead and injured Many people always have to explain to the ministers in the court." That's more than the crows of the Imperial Observatory staring at you, right? ”

Wang Mengzheng nodded slightly and said: "What Zishi said is reasonable, it is the old man who is in good shape, Yu Yan is pregnant, and the old man can understand the deep meaning of the official family's doing." ”

Jing Shu nodded: "So very good, since our cement road has been repaired over Niuwei Mountain, it is not far from Zhengzhou Guancheng, and it should be completed before the summer tax this year, so that the civil and military and officials in the court can see the convenience brought by the cement road!" ”

Wang Mengzheng frowned slightly and said: "Jingshu, you are knowledgeable, this cement road is good, but can you really tell the officials, can it become a heavy weapon of the military state?" ”

Jing Shu laughed and said, "Master of the family, don't you think that the speed of our road construction is getting faster and faster?" ”

Wang Mengzheng thought for a moment and said: "It seems to be the case, since we left Tokyo City, our speed has slowed down, but why is it getting faster and faster now, and we can repair more than three miles every day?" ”

Jingshu stepped on the hard cement road on the ground: "When I was in Tokyo City, of course, it would be twice the result with half the effort to replenish in time, and after leaving Tokyo City, it would be very troublesome to replenish the daily stones, cement, wood, food, etc., but now you are looking at how many vehicles come and go every day, and it takes three days for the cement road to become completely hardened, and now we can use the cement road three days ago as a transportation channel, and the speed is naturally very fast." ”

Wang Mengzheng said in surprise: "So cement roads can really improve the speed of transportation? ”

Jing Shu laughed: "Not only can it be improved, it is simply a god speed, as long as there is this cement road, from Zhengzhou Guancheng to a fast horse, it only takes an hour to reach the Friends Pavilion outside Tokyo!" The official family has opened a better road than the Qinhuang Straight Road! ”

Obviously, Wang Mengzheng was frightened by Jingshu's words, in the past, it would take at least half a day to go from Zhengzhou Guancheng to Tokyo City unless it was delivered in a hurry, if there was a slight delay on the road, maybe it would arrive the next morning, but now it will arrive in an hour, isn't it as fast as thunder? No wonder the officials have to build cement roads, which is too much faster.

Thinking of this, Wang Mengzheng's mood suddenly improved a lot, and at the suggestion of Jingshu, he wrote down a note about the cement road for the first time in his life and sent it to Tokyo City, he wanted to help his emperor's son-in-law, so that the civil and military staff in the court could see the effect of the cement road.

At the court meeting, Zhao Zhen looked at Zhang Sheng, who was still arguing with Ding Wei in the Vertical Arch Hall yesterday, and said, "How does Zhang Zhongcheng feel after watching the recital of the national master?" Do you still think this concrete road is tyranny? ”

Zhang Sheng's class said: "The old minister is ashamed, the cement road is indeed the important weapon of my Great Song Dynasty, and it will benefit from it for thousands of generations!" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "It's good that Zhang Zhongcheng can think like this, and I want to tell you that the cement road is the infrastructure of the Great Song Dynasty, even if it costs manpower and material resources, it will not be used in vain, and I don't plan to use all the labor on the cement road." ”

Zhao Zhen's words surprised the ministers in the court, could it be that the official family planned to use merchants to build a cement road for the entire Great Song Dynasty?

"You ministers must be worried that the Shangjia road repair is not as proper as the imperial court's road construction, but I want to tell you that the Shangjia road repair has many benefits!"

Zhao Zhen stood up and walked down the throne, touched the exquisite carved railing on the imperial steps and said: "The most important thing is to solve the problem of labor, the merchant is to pay for workers to build roads, and the imperial court will only use free labor to build roads, who of the two will arouse the dissatisfaction of the people more?" This is one of them, the second is that the imperial court can designate the giant merchants around the country to build roads, once there is a quality problem, it is easy to be held accountable, which is much more convenient than the local officials cutting corners and then transferring to other places, and avoiding the local officials' private pockets, the third is simple, the court and the merchants are very clear, and the court does not have to empty the treasury all at once. ”

The three points listed by Zhao Zhen blocked the vast majority of objections, no need for the imperial court to pay, no need for free labor, no need to worry about quality, the most critical imperial court is almost a short glove white wolf's unfunded business......

Who else objected to this, Ding Wei came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty's policy of building roads is the best choice, and it will benefit future generations!" Moreover, the minister felt that he could let the merchants hire the victims to live and the poor people to build the road, so that the expenses of the imperial court could be reduced, and the poor people could save a sum of money to find another way out after building the road! ”

Zhao Zhen nodded with a smile and said, "Ding Xianggong's method is very good!" ”

Lu Zongdao also went out of the class, and this time he did not pour cold water on it but put forward constructive suggestions: "Qiguan Jia, whether to set up a new yamen in the court to specialize in the construction of the cement road of the Great Song Dynasty, after all, planning the road, selecting the right businessmen, and supervising the quality of the road are all a big project." ”

Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up and said: "Lu Zhengzheng really knows his insight, and the cement road is named the highway, taking the world as the meaning of the public!" The yamen that specializes in highways is called the Road Administration Yuan! ”

Zhao Zhen's words made the courtiers below tremble, the world is public! This is not what the emperor should say, the king once kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty is cautious! It is contrary to the principles of heaven for the public in the world, and it is really a word of destroying the country, I hope Your Majesty will take it back! ”

Zhao Zhen suddenly became embarrassed, and saying that the world is public in front of the courtiers is really a slap in the face, unless he doesn't plan to pass the throne to his son......

The so-called world for the public means that the world is public, the position of the Son of Heaven, passing on the virtuous but not the son, can be since the end of the era of Yao Shunyu's Zen, the hereditary system of the family has become a consensus, no emperor wants to pass the throne to outsiders, even Zhao Zhen, the descendant does not want to do this!

People are basically selfish, it's just a matter of selfishness, even the saints are no exception, Confucius also selfishly promoted monarchy, patriarchy, and husband power for his ideals, and advocated foolish loyalty, foolish filial piety, and foolish festivals, how could Zhao Zhen be an exception?

"What I said about the world is public is not my original intention, but that the world is the world of the people of the world, not one of me, this is Jiang Shang's words."

The hundred officials breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Zhen was soaked behind him, and he almost lost face in front of the courtiers, fortunately, Jiang Taigong said something similar, but the second half of the sentence he omitted, he wants to serve himself with the world, not the son of heaven, but a single husband!