Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

After the Lantern Festival, there were not a few days left for Zhou Xingzhi's holiday. After dealing with some papers for greetings, it was almost time to resume the court meeting.

"Your Majesty, I have a book to play..."

"Your Majesty, the Jiangnan area..."

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Finance this year..."

Zhou Xingzhi was sitting on the dragon chair in front of a toolman. These ministers were probably for the sake of performance, and basically every department had something to report. After a round of talking, Zhou Xingzhi's head started to buzz.

Because it was the first big pilgrimage after the vacation, the pilgrimage lasted for a long time, and it didn't end until lunch.

"Dear dears, I asked the imperial dining room to prepare some food. The court meeting will be suspended first, and we can continue in an hour." Zhou Xingzhi let out a sigh of relief. Even if she was sitting, she was very tired after half a day.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." The minister was actually tired, and after hearing Zhou Xingzhi's words, he retreated to the side hall in an orderly manner, began to eat and rest, and prepared to continue the court meeting in the afternoon.

After the next court, Zhou Xingzhi went to the imperial study with a sleepy look, and saw Ye Ningxuan sitting directly beside her after reviewing the memorial, and buried her head in the hollow of her neck.

"Have you been bullied by a minister?" Ye Ningxuan put down the memorial, turned around and pinched Zhou Xingzhi's earlobe.

"No, I'm just a little tired from listening." Zhou Xingzhi emptied his mind, "The rest time is too short, and it feels like these 20 days have passed in a blink of an eye."

After enjoying the holidays when he didn't need to manage the government, Zhou Xingzhi, who was forced to return to work, was a little bit unmotivated.Especially after thinking that this kind of long vacation only happens once a year, I feel even more unhappy.

"Okay, okay, I'm here to help you." Ye Ningxuan was a little amused, and patted Zhou Xingzhi's shoulder like a child, "Are you hungry, do you want to have lunch?"

Zhou Xingzhi raised his head, glanced around aimlessly, and nodded.

After receiving comfort from Ye Ningxuan, Zhou Xingzhi pulled himself together, and after a quick lunch, he took Ye Ningxuan to take a nap for a while.

"I plan to spread the method of building greenhouses to the whole country, where is the Minister of Industry?" Zhou Xingzhi said after the minister had reported everything.

"The minister is here." The Minister of the Ministry of Industry stood up from the queue.

"The greenhouse was researched by Concubine Zhong. If the Ministry of Industry encounters any problems in the research, you can ask her for advice." Zhou Xingzhi paused, "In order to reward Concubine Zhong, I decided to appoint her as Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Industry to assist the Ministry of Industry." Complete the promotion of the greenhouse."

After hearing Zhou Xingzhi's words, Minister of the Ministry of Industry was stunned for a moment, did he hear wrong just now, did His Majesty put the concubine in the Ministry of Industry?Want to assist the Ministry of Industry?Is this reasonable?

"Your Majesty, this..." Minister of the Ministry of Industry subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but thinking that the greenhouse was indeed researched by Zhong Qingyi and the Ministry of Industry took other people's technology, he couldn't say anything bad.

"Minister, I obey the order." After hesitating for a while, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry decided not to say anything. As a subject, he can do whatever His Majesty asks him to do.

"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate." A censor stood up, "There has never been a precedent for a woman to be an official in this dynasty."

Zhou Xingzhi raised his eyebrows, "Are you from the Ministry of Industry?"

The censor was stunned for a moment, "I'm not, but as a censor, I have the duty to advise His Majesty."

"Oh, you can persuade me." Zhou Xingzhi said calmly, "But whether you say it or not is your business, and whether you listen or not is my own business."

"..." The censor didn't expect Zhou Xingzhi to play tricks like this, and looked at Zhou Xingzhi hesitantly.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let Concubine Zhong's elder brother concurrently serve as Yuanwailang in the Ministry of Industry? If the Ministry of Industry has any questions, you can entrust the other party to ask Concubine Zhong." There is a compromise.

"Okay, I'm notifying you, not asking for your opinions." Zhou Xingzhi deliberately left this at the end to avoid arguing with these people, "I've finished what I want to say, let's retreat."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Xingzhi stood up directly, without giving any more glances, just came and walked away.

"I will send you off to Your Majesty." The Minister of Rites showed a helpless look on his face, but when he saw Prime Minister Liu bowing to His Majesty as if nothing happened, he could only follow suit.

"I'm Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Industry?" Zhong Qingyi was very happy when he heard the news, "Then do I have an official uniform? Do you want to go to...the Ministry of Industry to brush your face? Is there anything I need to do?" ?”

"The official uniform will be delivered to you in a while. If you want to go to the Ministry of Industry, you can go. You just need to guide the Ministry of Industry so that they can quickly promote the greenhouse technology." Zhou Xingzhi leaned on the soft bed, how could he relax? How come, "Tsing Yi, let me ask you, do you like to do business, or do you want to be an official?"

Zhong Qingyi blinked, "Your Majesty, what does it mean to be an official? Does it mean that I can have real power in my hands like those male officials? Or is it just a name?"

Zhou Xingzhi smiled, "Of course you are really an official, but if you want to take an official career, you have to share some formulas that are beneficial to the people. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhong Qingyi thought for a while, "Your Majesty, you want me to contribute the formula of soap?"

"You have already started producing the soap, so you can keep the recipe for yourself. When I transfer you to the household department, you can contribute the recipe. You can try to start with other buildings or basic tools." Zhou Xingzhi said, The formula of soap is very mature, and its main function is to sell it as a commodity, which is more suitable for the Ministry of Households than the Ministry of Industry.

"Ah, I still have to go to the household department?" Zhong Qingyi was a little surprised, "Your Majesty, what am I going to the household department for?"

"You'll know when the time comes." Zhou Xingzhi didn't tell Zhong Qingyi all about her plan, but just told her to deal with the people in the Ministry of Works, "Besides, there are many skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Works, if you need it, you can take the official seal Go call a few."

Zhong Qingyi's eyes lit up, "Okay Your Majesty, I understand what your Majesty means!" This is to continue to open the back door for yourself and expand the scope of your research.Woohoo, Your Majesty is such a good man!

Zhong Qingyi couldn't guess Zhou Xingzhi's plan, but Ye Ningxuan guessed most of it from what she hadn't finished saying, "You want Qingyi to work in the Ministry of Households after gaining a firm foothold in the Ministry of Industry, and use the convenience of his position to do business and make money ?”

Zhou Xingzhi nodded and corrected, "It is to make money for the treasury of the Ministry of Accounts. Some of her inventions can be completely undertaken by the Ministry of Accounts, so that the national market can be easily opened."

"In this case, will it squeeze the survival of other private industries?" Ye Ningxuan asked. After all, even if an individual is rich, he is definitely not the opponent of the entire household department.

Zhou Xingzhi thought for a while, "I think Tsing Yi will handle this problem well. If it really doesn't work, those industries will be open to individuals, and the Ministry of Households will get dividends and supervision rights."

Ye Ningxuan nodded, "Take the route of Yantie official camp?"

"Almost." Zhou Xingzhi said.If she remembered correctly, this method was mentioned in the textbook, and it was called a public-private partnership.

After waking up early to attend the court meeting for several days, Zhou Xingzhi also resumed her previous routine of working as a worker. The only difference is that she handled fewer and fewer memorials, and Ye Ningxuan basically reviewed them, and then picked out a few important memorials to discuss with Zhou Xingzhi. For a moment, as for those trivial matters, Ye Ningxuan arranged them all according to her own ideas.

Zhou Xingzhi is happy to see the success of this, she is not greedy for power, she prefers to read books with Ye Ningxuan, go for a walk or even change into fancy clothes to discuss with Ye Ningxuan rather than reviewing memorials in the imperial study.

At the end of January, Liao Xian's second memorial finally arrived in the capital, and appeared on Zhou Xingzhi's desk immediately.

Zhou Xingzhi frowned and began to read the memorial. When she read halfway through, the expression on her face slowed down a little. After reading it, there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Ning Xuan, look, Liao Xian has done one thing right this time." Zhou Xingzhi's mood can be seen by the naked eye.

Ye Ningxuan was a little curious, took the memorial in Zhou Xingzhi's hand and looked at it, and then she also showed the same smile on her face, "Liao Xian is abandoning the dark and turning to the bright."

It can be seen from the report that Liao Xian checked the main generals in the five cities adjacent to the Xiongnu, and the generals in two of the cities were found to have large amounts of cash from unknown sources.Liao Xian was in a hurry to take power, and directly joined forces with Marshal Zhong to punish them for their crimes, and then temporarily gained military power in these places.

At the end of the memorial, there are more than a dozen names attached. These are the names Marshal Zhong recommended to replace the defenders.

"I'm not familiar with these people, Ning Xuan, help me choose one from them," Zhou Xingzhi said.

"One?" Ye Ningxuan frowned, and said in a declarative sentence, "You want to hand over the command of another city to Liao Xian."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded with a smile, "Ning Xuan is the one who knows me."

"I don't know if I'm thinking too much. I always feel that what Liao Xian did was too smooth. There are a lot of soldiers in the two cities. Will Prince Jia give up so easily?" Ye Ningxuan asked.

Zhou Xingzhi rubbed his chin, "According to Prince Jia's character, he probably won't sit still. But he is still in the capital, so maybe he doesn't have that strong control over the border?"

In Zhou Xingzhi's view, all conspiracies and tricks are useless in the face of absolute strength.As long as her artillery is successfully developed, she can conquer the royal court of the Huns by herself.At that time, no matter whether Prince Jia wants to rebel or force the palace, he will not be able to jump up once the gun is fired.

The reason is this, but Ye Ningxuan always feels that there is something wrong, she seems to have overlooked something, but she just can't remember.

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