Many of the court officials did not understand Zhao Zhen’s road construction, including Wang Mengzheng, the vested interest who was building the road. He built the road simply because he saw the business opportunities. This road was a money tree for him. As long as the capital and interest were not recovered, he could ask the officials for money with high sound...

But Wang Mengzheng was not happy now and bowed to the eunuch in front of him. This was not a worship of the eunuch, but a worship of the imperial power again. The reason was that the eunuch was Huang Cancan’s imperial edict in his hand...

After reading the eunuch, he took the hard money and left, leaving only Wang Mengzheng staring blankly at the imperial edict. The official family actually removed his position as the Minister of Rites. Although it was a false position, it also represented honor and glory. How could he withdraw it?

Jing Shu, an aide beside him, comforted him: "The head of the family does not have to worry about gains and losses. The official played a show of killing the chicken to warn the monkeys. This is for the court officials and for other merchants. As long as your father-in-law is still there, as long as your daughter is the queen of the central palace, no one will touch you. It is just a false title. When this cement road from Tokyo to Guancheng, Zhengzhou is repaired, the official will definitely compensate you for your loss. After all, it is because of the death and injury. Many people always have to explain to the ministers in the court. This is much more than the crows of the Censorate staring at you, right?"

Wang Mengzheng nodded slightly and said, "What Zishi said is reasonable, it is because I am obsessed with appearance. Yuyan is already pregnant. I can understand the deep meaning of the official doing this."

Jing Shu nodded: "It's so good. Since our cement road has been built through Niuwei Mountain, it's not far from Zhengzhou Guancheng. If you work harder, it should be completed before the summer tax this year. At that time, the civil and military officials in the court can see the convenience brought by the cement road!"

Wang Mengzheng frowned slightly and said, "You are knowledgeable in Jingshu. This cement road is good, but I really told the government that it can become a powerful weapon for the military and the country?"

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

Wang Mengzheng thought for a moment and said, "It seems like this. Since we left Tokyo City, our speed has slowed down, but why are we getting faster and faster now, and we can build more than three miles of land every day?"

Jing Shu stepped on the hard cement road on the ground: "When I was in Tokyo, it would be twice the result with half the effort to supplement it in time. After leaving Tokyo, it would be very troublesome to supplement the stone, cement, wood, grain, etc. every day. But now you are looking at how many vehicles are there every day. The cement road takes three days to completely harden. 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: "Cement roads can really increase the speed of transportation?"

Jing Shu laughed: "It's not just about improving, it's simply awesome. As long as you have this cement road, you can travel from Guancheng, Zhengzhou with fast horses, and you can reach the Shuyouting outside Tokyo in just one hour! The official family has opened a better road than the Qinhuang straight road!"

Obviously, Wang Mengzheng was frightened by Jing Shu's words. In the past, it would take at least half a day unless it was urgent to go from Guancheng, Zhengzhou to Tokyo. If the road was delayed a little, it might not be possible to arrive the next morning. Now it is just one hour. Wouldn't it be as fast as thunder? No wonder the official family had to build a cement road, which was too fast.

Thinking of this, Wang Mengzheng's mood suddenly improved a lot. At Jing Shu's suggestion, he wrote a memorial about cement roads for the first time in his life and sent it to Tokyo City. He wanted to help his emperor son-in-law, so that all the civil and military officials in the court could see the effects of cement roads.

At the grand court meeting, Zhao Zhen looked at Zhang Sheng, who was still arguing with Ding Wei in the Chuigong Hall yesterday, and said, "What do you think after reading the memorial of the father-in-law? Do you still think this cement road is tyranny?"

Zhang Sheng came out of the house and said, "Old minister is ashamed that the cement road is indeed the important weapon of the Song Dynasty. We will benefit from it for generations!"

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "It's great that Zhang Zhongcheng can think so. And I want to tell all the ministers that cement roads are the infrastructure of the Song Dynasty. Even if they consume manpower and material resources, they will not be used in vain. I don't plan to use all labor on cement roads."

Zhao Zhen's words surprised the ministers in the court. Could it be that the officials planned to use merchants to build the entire Song Dynasty's cement road?

"My ministers must be worried that the merchants will not be able to build roads properly as the court has. But I want to tell you that there are many benefits of building roads in merchants!"

Zhao Zhen stood up and walked down the imperial throne, touched the exquisite carved railings on the imperial stairs and said, "The most important thing is to solve the problem of labor. Merchants pay to hire workers to build roads, while the imperial court only uses free labor. Which of the two will arouse the dissatisfaction of the people? This is one. The second is the court can designate huge merchants from all over the country to build roads. Once there is quality problems, it is easier to hold them accountable. This is much more convenient than local officials cutting corners and then transferring them to other places, and avoiding the local officials' personal pockets. The third is simple. The court and merchants' sharing of accounts is very clear, and the court does not have to empty the treasury at once."

The three points listed by Zhao Zhen blocked the vast majority of oppositions, and there was no need to pay the court, no need to work for free, no need to worry about quality. The most important court is almost doing a waste of money and making money...

Who else objected to this? Ding Wei said: "Your Majesty's road construction strategy is the best choice, which will benefit future generations and descendants! Moreover, I think that it is a poor person who can let merchants hire disaster victims to live to build roads. This will reduce the cost of the court and allow disaster victims to live to live to save a sum of money after building the roads!"

Zhao Zhen smiled and nodded, "Gong Gong Ding's method is very good!"

Lu Zongdao also went on duty. This time he did not pour cold water again but put forward constructive opinions: "Whether to set up a new yamen in the court to specialize in the construction of the Dasong cement road? After all, planning the road, selecting suitable merchants, and supervising the quality of the road are a big project."

Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up and said, "Lu's political participation in politics is indeed very clear. The cement road is named highway, which means the world is the public! The yamen that specializes in highways is called Lu Zhengyuan!"

Zhao Zhen's words made the court officials below tremble, and the world is the Lord! This is not what the emperor should say. Wang Zeng kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty is careful! The world is against the laws of heaven and the rules of the rule of law, which is actually a destruction of the country. I hope your Majesty will take it back!"

Zhao Zhen suddenly became embarrassed and said in front of the court officials that the world is really slapping his face, unless he doesn't plan to pass the throne to his son...

The so-called world as a public means that the world is the public, and the position of the emperor is passed on to the wise but not the son. However, after the abdication era of Yao, Shun and Yu, the hereditary system of the family and the world has become a consensus. No emperor wants to pass the throne to outsiders, and even Zhao Zhen, a later generation, does not want to do so!

People are basically selfish, but they are just a matter of selfishness. Even saints are no exception. Confucius also selfishly promoted the monarchy, patriarchy, and husband's power for his ideals, and advocated ignorance, ignorance, and ignorance. How could Zhao Zhen be exceptional?

"What I said about the world as a public servant is not the original intention, but the world is the world of the people of the world, not one of my people. This is what Jiang Shang said."

Only then did the officials breathe a sigh of relief, while Zhao Zhen was soaked behind his back, almost embarrassed in front of the court officials. Fortunately, Jiang Taigong said similar words, but the second half of the sentence he omitted was that he wanted to be the emperor, but the only husband!
Chapter completed!