I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

The fact that Wu Zhao was going to ascend the throne shocked many people, especially those bigwigs.

They knew that now that the Empress Dowager was in power, the emperor was just a display.

But they are still optimistic. After all, the Queen Mother is over 60 years old, which is definitely considered an advanced age in this era. When her body gradually weakens, she will naturally return the power to the emperor. Unexpectedly, instead of waiting for the emperor to take charge, she waited. The queen mother ascended the throne.

After the report was delivered to Jiaozhou, Luo Shixing called everyone over and asked, "As the Queen of Heaven ascends the throne, I, as the governor of a state, must go to participate in the grand event. Does any of you want to go with me?"

The reason why Luo Shixing asked this was mainly because he wanted to let these big bosses go home and have a look. Anyway, they don't have official positions, and everything in Jiaozhou is on the right track. Even the infrastructure construction has been negotiated in all aspects before starting construction. Yes, the last month or two was nothing.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Youdao said very angrily: "There is no reason for this, there is no reason for a woman to be the emperor!"

Especially this woman's surname is Wu!

Luo Shixing laughed in his heart, saying that he was a member of the Li family when he married into the Li family, but now he is picky about his surname Wu, but he also knows that even if Wu Zhao supports his daughter Princess Taiping to take the throne, they will still say that Princess Tianping is Xue Housewife, not the Li family.

Seeing the righteous indignation of the crowd, Luo Shixing knocked on the case: "I have said everything here, and I have to keep my mouth shut when I go out. You are strong, but the people of Jiaozhou still have to live."

Several big brothers looked up at him, Pei Xingben frowned and asked: "Don't you think that..."

He didn't make it too clear, and Luo Shixing's reminder just now had an effect. Didn't they stop being exiled here because they had some anti-military thoughts in their hearts?

Luo Shixing said calmly: "This matter has been foreshadowed for a long time. The Empress has planned it for many years. Now that the time has come, I will naturally not let it go. What are you talking about that has never happened before... Heh, when the first emperor called himself emperor, no one used this before." Calling it, the so-called conventions have to be done before they appear."

Everyone was simply surprised by his calmness. They always thought that Luo Shixing was making compromises when he treated Wu Zhao, for his own life and for Jiaozhou, but now it seems that he is willing?

Cui Shenji frowned and said: "The Wu clan went against the grain and killed the courtiers of the clan, how is it different from a faint king?"

Cheng Jingwei, who was on the side, said: "The Queen Mother acted like this because some people always felt that her name was inappropriate. Now that she is enthroned as emperor and a veritable lord of the world, she will naturally not do this again. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of the matter. It's useless to blame others, why don't you think about the candidate for the crown prince."

It is not important for Wu Zhao to be emperor, what is important is the successor.

However, both Luo Shixing and Cheng Jingwei knew that the country would still be handed over to Wu Zhao's son in the future, and the Li family would still be the royal family, and the Tang Dynasty would still be the Tang Dynasty, so there was nothing to worry about.

Of course, it may also be because the two of them are not so loyal to Li Tang's royal family. Cheng Jingwei is now based on Luo Shixing's behavior, and he will help Luo Shixing do whatever he wants. Not rebelling is already his last tenderness to Datang. Don't even think about it. How loyal he is to this country.

Luo Shixing is pragmatism, whoever is suitable to be the emperor will be in power.

Among other things, Wu Zhao's reform of the imperial examination has a profound impact on future generations, because Wu Zhao made the palace examination and the examiner. Needless to say, the palace examination will require interviews in later generations, and they are all transformed from here. .

And the examiners can be regarded as thinking of the people of the world. Those young people who are new to the officialdom, especially those from poor families, may only know how to study, in order to pass the imperial examination, but they are not familiar with being an official at all.

In the past, these people were allowed to enter the Hanlin Academy. After learning about the ecology of the officialdom, they went directly to become county magistrates, let them be officials close to the people, and understood what it takes to be an official.

But to be honest, this is too risky for ordinary people. If they encounter a bad official, it will be really miserable.

Now that there is an official examination system, these people will be assigned to various positions after they come out of the Imperial Academy. They are usually assistants and other official positions.

All these things, which one is worse than a man?Even better than many foolish kings.

Anyway, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Wu Zhao's ascension to the throne, but if these bosses were really dissatisfied, no matter how much they missed Luo Shixing, they would not dare to take them back. All these years have really been wasted.

Luo Shixing didn't intend to persuade them, and things like notions would not be changed for a while.

What's more, Wu Zhao's reform of the imperial examination, the examination of officials, and the use of talents are not a good signal for the aristocratic family, and they are naturally even more dissatisfied.

This is the difference in the three views, but Luo Shixing is also mature, and will not think that these gentlemen are not good people because of this incident.

They stand on their own ground and have their own ideas, but that doesn't mean they are not good officials. Without them, how could Jiaozhou develop so rapidly?

Not to mention Jiaozhou, even Beidai County is not sure what the situation is now.

After discussing with Cheng Jingwei, Luo Shixing decided not to bring the gentlemen back, but they could bring the wives and children of these gentlemen here. If the children are not convenient to come with them, the grandchildren are also fine, anyway, they must be reunited with their families.

Of course, you have to ask them about this. When they heard that Luo Shixing was going to take their family over, these people were very surprised: "This... can this be done?"

Luo Shixing smiled: "Why not? If they are free, can they be prevented from going anywhere? What's more, family reunions can't be stopped wherever they go."

The gentlemen were suddenly moved. Although they have people who take care of them and even accept concubines, concubines are more useful than slaves for them. They still miss their wives. .

Luo Shixing didn't say much about this way of thinking about his wife without delaying taking concubines. The world is different, and even if it's like this now, he can't accuse these gentlemen of being scumbags.

After deliberation, the gentlemen finally decided to ask Luo Shixing to send a letter back, and then let the family members choose whether to come or not.

They estimated that the old wife would definitely come, not necessarily the children, and not necessarily the grandson.

Fortunately, they are not boring here, and they have long regarded Luo Shixing and Cheng Jingwei as their own juniors, which is fine.

When they were writing the letter, Luo Shixing was also preparing something, he was preparing a refrigerator.

This refrigerator is naturally different from the refrigerators of later generations. It is a simple box that can hold ice, but the ice bricks are placed in the cracks between the walls of the box, and the things that need to be kept fresh are placed inside.

Cheng Jingwei walked around the box strangely and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Bring some seafood to see if His Majesty can eat it."

Cheng Jingwei looked at him a little strangely: "You care about Your Majesty."

There were not many people who could make Luo Shixing think this way, most of them were people who had been with him for a long time, and the Queen Mother was probably the only one who he hadn't met much, but still made him take it so seriously.

This made Cheng Jingwei feel strange.

Luo Shixing thought for a while and said, "I really admire her. I feel that I was able to persevere in Beidai County because I drew strength from Your Majesty."

Wu Zhao's life is nothing short of legendary. She has traveled so many ups and downs along the way, but if she was a little weak in her heart, she would have died of depression long ago.

But she became the emperor in the end, and most people are not as tough as her.

When Luo Shixing was in Beidai County, he felt that no matter how difficult it was, it would not be as difficult as the Empress Dowager back then.

Although he seemed to have no worries about food and clothing in the palace, he was killed on the spot if he was not careful. After all, his life in Beidai County was relatively difficult.

Cheng Jingwei was very curious: "I thought you were against it."

Luo Shixing knew that he was thinking of the original letter, so he couldn't help waving his hands: "At that time, I didn't know anything, and I didn't know much about the situation in Beijing. Of course, I just listened to what the people around me said. Think about those people at that time. If people want to rebel, how can they say good things about His Majesty?"

Cheng Jingwei felt the same way when he heard it, and in the end he just squatted beside Luo Shixing and said, "You haven't even done this for me."

Luo Shixing didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard it, he looked around and found no one else, so he put his arms around his neck and leaned over to kiss him: "Okay, how old are you, you can eat this kind of vinegar, how close are we to the seaside?" , You can go there anytime you want to eat, I will accompany you immediately if you want to eat."

Cheng Jing was a little embarrassed, he was just used to Luo Shixing giving him something new every time he made it, this time he would be jealous no matter who he gave it to.

Of course, this thing is actually made for everyone to use first, but this is not an invention. After all, Bingjian existed in the Zhou Dynasty, but no one used it to keep fresh and transport it before. Most of them are used to freeze melons. Fruit or for indoor cooling.

Luo Shixing made many ice mirrors in one go, and then put seafood bought from fishermen in the ice mirrors, such as conch, octopus, crab, and shellfish, basically these are relatively common things. I also brought a lot of seasonings that I made myself before.

For a while, Luo Shixing deeply felt that there were too many things for sale in Jiaozhou, but he didn't take these things for daily use to heart, forgetting that there might not be these things outside Jiaozhou.

Of course, this was because they were traveling by water, and they also used new vehicles and boats, otherwise he would not dare to transport seafood.

Fortunately, Wu Zhao's enthronement ceremony was in September. At that time, the Central Plains was not very hot. Just make sure that there are no accidents on the road from Jiaozhou to Hangzhou.

Their route this time is to start from Jiaozhou Port all the way to Hangzhou, and then transfer to the Yunhe from Hangzhou.

For this reason, Luo Shixing also specially built vehicles and boats suitable for use in inland water systems.

The boats used in rivers are slightly different from the bottoms of sea boats, and the two cannot be mixed.

And although their newly built vehicles and boats were not as big as Luo Shixing had shown Cui Shenji before, they were not small, with a total length of 60 meters and the capacity to accommodate nearly a thousand people.

Luo Shixing seemed very excited on the day he took the people out. He hadn't been on a sea boat for a long time. Although the boat was not fast enough and the stability was average, it was designed and built by them.

It's just that the sea journey may be exciting at the beginning, but after a long time, the endless sea and unchanging scenery will always make people bored. It was only after arriving in Hangzhou that Luo Shixing became a little more energetic.

When disembarking at the port of Hangzhou, Luo Shixing stood on the pier watching the people coming and going, feeling a little tangled in his heart: he wanted to find King Luo Bin, but he didn't seem to have that much time.