Mu Tianbo is also difficult to ride a tiger at this time, Zhou Mubai knows best, since he instructed Zhao Wending to come out to fight for the country, there will definitely be no good thing, Mu Tianbo is really unwilling to take the lead for this insidious guy. However, these officials cannot but be saved, he is a cabinet assistant, and these officials are also his juniors, if they watch from the wall, they will definitely be criticized at that time, and the Qingliu family must have internal strife.

In desperation, Mu Tianbo could only stand up and be a gunman for Zhou Mubai: "The emperor is angry, you Aiqing are also worried about state affairs, even if the words are inappropriate, but the truth is still not wrong, the emperor is the backbone of tens of millions of Li people, but if the emperor does not have a prince, it is really a matter of enmity and happiness." There is neither a mother nor a prince in the country, how can we calm people's hearts? The emperor thought twice. ”

In the face of Mu Tianbo, Zhu Jun's anger dropped a little, in fact, he knew better than anyone else, what the ministers said was not wrong at all, in this era of hereditary monarchy, it is indeed a very worrying thing for the emperor to have no children, and Jinyi Wei secretly reported that there are already rumors that the new first emperor accidentally bumped into his lower body on the way to escape into Myanmar, and it has become a ridiculous and nonsensical rumor of impotence.

The problem is that Zhu Jun is also very distressed, queen? Imperial Concubine? At least you have to find a suitable one, most of the women in this era are going to get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, Zhu Jun, who has received modern education, really can't bear to play a strange uncle's game with a little girl, hey, Zhu Jun also sighed, in his mind, Qu Ci and Zhou Xue'er are not bad, their backgrounds match, and they are also dignified. One is empathetic, the other is cheerful and lively. It's just that they are too young, and the eldest Qu Ci is only less than sixteen years old, although he is already slim, but Zhu Jun can't say it awkwardly when he thinks of the three words underage.

Boss Mu Tianbo stood up. Several other Qingliu bigwigs can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, and after a while, Yang Side, Dali Siqing, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials and others stood up one after another, and said together: "Please take back the emperor's order." In the middle of the palace, the foundation of the country, in order to settle the people. ”

The hulala hall knelt on the ground at once, and almost all the local officials participated in it, and said loudly in unison: "The ministers seconded the proposal!" ”

Zhu Jun sat back on the Luan chair dejectedly, from ancient times to the present. The rights of the Ming Emperor should be the least one in the past dynasties, and it is said that the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, but the ministers also have the right to compete with the emperor, in the face of the so-called righteousness, it is difficult for the emperor to compete with these guys who are proud of the court staff.

Emperor Zhengde wanted to travel to the south of the Yangtze River, but hundreds of officials dissuaded him, and one hundred and sixty-eight people were beaten and fifteen people were beaten with canes, and finally Zhengde had to give up.

Emperor Wanli wanted to change the crown prince. Establish a concubine as the prince. It was dissuaded by hundreds of officials again, but Wanli stopped fighting. Instead, play strikes and not go to court for decades. didn't look at the excerpts of the ministers, and in the end, Wanli still didn't toss the past, and still didn't let the most beloved prince inherit his throne.

In the Ming generation, all the scholars were more courageous than Zhao Zilong, who had eaten gunpowder, one after another, and the rod was killed, and there were dozens or hundreds of people stretching their necks waiting for their turn, who insulted the emperor the most, who was a loyal and upright minister, who could be recorded in the history of the Qing Dynasty. If you flatter the emperor, even if you get a high-ranking official, you will be despised, unless you are thick-skinned enough, otherwise there is only one way to resign and return to your hometown to be scolded.

In the Ming Dynasty, the public patting the emperor's sycophants in the court will generally become the target of the court the next day, and countless impeachment recitals will reveal that you are suspected of flattery, clever words, fresh and benevolent, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty had Wei Zheng and ruled the country, Xuanzong used Li Linfu and the country declined, and the emperor was invited to be a virtuous minister. Yes, you flattered the emperor with a sycophant, but offended the minister, and you should not be a man from now on, because all the scholars in the world are scolding you.

Therefore, Zhu Jun knows that this kind of person is unconvincing, and the more you beat him, the happier he is, the greater his reputation, and the glory of the whole family.

The ordinary court discussion is easy to implement, and the national policy is also implemented by the emperor, but once it involves the national capital and the name, the Qingliu people are transformed and immediately possessed by Rambo, invulnerable, and never die.

"Ahem......" Zhou Mubai realized that it was time for him to appear, he coughed softly, relieving the tense atmosphere in the court, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the matter of the country is urgent, and please think twice." ”

When Zhou Mubai said this, his words changed: "But since it is the queen, of course, it is to be personally selected by the emperor, and if you have a favorite person, you can first establish it as the imperial concubine, if you can give birth to a prince for the emperor, and then add it as the queen, in this way, the officials have no worries, and the emperor has one more person to take care of in the inner palace, manage the affairs of the harem for the emperor, and let the emperor have one less layer of concern." ”

Zhou Mubai's abacus is a ticking sound, the emperor wants to set up a concubine, his niece and Qu are naturally popular candidates, but there is only one queen, Qu is a martyr, and he has a good reputation in the court, his father is a country, and the world's scholars are very respectful, so if it is directly established, Qu is fully qualified. And although Xue'er is the niece of a university scholar, she has fallen to the lower level in terms of life experience and morality, and the virtue here is not the woman's morality, but more of the family's morality, and most people firmly believe in the truth of a lady, so Zhou Mubai simply encouraged the emperor not to stand first, and then set up a side concubine first, and then to see if Xue'er can compete for the prince, who is the prince, who is the queen, compared to Zhou Mubai, this is the most beneficial way for him.

"Well, what Zhu Qing said is not completely unreasonable." Zhu Jun planned to delay the time, first dragged the little girls in the palace into big girls, Zhu Jun made a contemplative look, and saw that the fire was almost over, so he said leisurely: "If this is not the case, the establishment of a concubine is also a big deal, Rong Zhen chooses a good choice, and then talk about it after the construction of the gallop road, well, retreat from the dynasty!" When I am tired, go back to recuperate and recuperate. ”

Zhu Jun fled and hurried away, leaving behind a group of officials with a smile of victory and some eagerness.

In any case, the emperor at least relented, and the officials finally found a sense of victory.

Mu Tianbo coughed lightly in front of everyone: "Everyone disperses, the Ministry of Industry should hurry up, the road should be built as soon as possible, the emperor has not had a big wedding for a day, and everyone has no bottom in their hearts." ”

At this time, if he doesn't say a few bold words, I am afraid that he will be drowned by his colleagues with spit, and he will get married if he repairs the road, and if he gets married sooner, he will have a prince sooner, and if he has a prince, he will be able to establish a prince one day sooner, and the matter of this country will fall on the shoulders of you, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry stood up with his sleeves rolled up and said: "Grandpa Mu is at ease, the next official will ask for an order to inspect the progress of the galloping roads in various provinces tomorrow, this construction period must be reduced and reduced, but it is necessary to rush to work day and night, and more craftsmen must be recruited, and there is still a lot of silver missing." ”

Everyone turned their attention to the head of the household department in charge of money and food, the household department of the book was already red, and said loudly: "Chidao is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, and now it is related to the country. ”

"Lord Wang said it well." Everyone was appreciative.

The next day, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu to Zhu Jun on the Chen, asked to inspect the provinces of the gallop construction, Zhu Jun played, the 50-year-old Ministry of Industry Shangshu only with seven or eight soap Li did not make a sedan chair, riding a fast horse to the provinces, non-stop supervision of the progress, it is said that this Shangshu has eleven hours without closing the eye record, half of the road directly from the horse planted, the old bones almost fell apart, fortunately by the soap Li support, Shangshu Lord pointed to the distance and shouted: "Lord Ben is fine, don't stop, go get a rattan chair for Lord Ben, It's important to keep going. ”

The spirit of Lord Shangshu's willingness to be a son of a cow immediately infected the engineering construction officials in various provinces, and the galloping project was in full swing and continued to accelerate the progress.

In Haidu City, the Yamen of Fengtiankai District was officially established, Zhou Mubai, a cabinet scholar, personally sat in charge, and all the tribute students of Xinxue Academy came out of the college as soap li, and the Confucians of Xinxue were also arranged to be in charge of various departments.

Soon, hundreds of Xinxue Gongsheng began to go to various cities in the nine provinces, first posting notices at the gate of the city to open the district, and then pulling people, they put the name of Gongsheng on their heads, if they wanted to visit the homestead of a gentry and landlord, someone would immediately greet them.

Gongsheng began to visit the landlords and gentry one by one, repeatedly explaining to them the necessity and profits of opening a workshop, these Gongsheng who debated with other schools on weekdays were like a river, from the three emperors and five emperors to the present Shenwu, and then constantly knocked on the side to quote, repeatedly explained how to open a workshop is a means of glorifying the ancestors, accumulating money, every visit made the master listen to it with relish, and constantly nodded, although these Burmese gentry also read poetry and books, but most of them are vassals and elegant people, and they can still mix in front of the villagers. In front of Gongsheng, there was no momentum immediately, and the Gongsheng could talk endlessly for an hour or two at a time, and then they would take a sip of tea to moisten their throats and ask the master, "Sir, do you understand?" ”

"Understood, understood!" This was the first answer of the squires.

"So are you planning to open a workshop in Fengtiankai?"

"This... Well, this one. The gentry began to hesitate, and most of their answers were strikingly similar: "It is better to discuss this matter calmly, and we will talk about it later." ”

The gentry can accumulate a certain amount of wealth is not the kind of owner who listens to the enthusiasm and then takes out the white money to invest in what workshop, everyone understands that although Gongsheng said it well, but no one knows how it actually is, this kind of thing is better to let others do it first, and when they make money, it is not too late for them to go out again.

The faces of the Gongsheng changed, and then they took their leave, and then ran to the next house.

In fact, such a visit similar to the salesman of later generations is not without effect, there are many people who ask, naturally there will be a few dizzy and stunned people who are willing to get on the thief ship, hundreds of tributes, a full seven or eight days of work, has recruited more than fifty squires who are willing to take money out to run a workshop.