Chapter 304 Zhao Hao: Why don’t my father divide the power? [Please subscribe]

Author: Wang Shushu

Chapter 304 Zhao Hao: Why don’t my father divide the power? [Please subscribe]

The work of firing porcelain has been going on, but Zhao Hao only went there on the first day.

The rest of the time, Bai Zhong is taking care of it.

Fortunately, Bai Zhong worked conscientiously and did not complain. Otherwise, Zhao Hao would have given up his stall sooner or later, just like firing cement and moving to the pottery workshop to supervise it.

It's not that Zhao Hao wants to be a hands-off shopkeeper. There is not much difference between firing pottery and firing porcelain. As long as the temperature and glaze are controlled well, it is only a matter of time before the porcelain is fired.

During the two days he didn't go to Taofang, Zhao Hao was directing people to build windmill water power.

That's right, it's a wind powered waterwheel.

He was surprised to find that the fields near Yongcheng were irrigated by manual labor. There was obviously a tributary of the Wei River nearby, but this primitive irrigation method was still very inefficient.

Moreover, due to wars and enslavement, the native population of the Qin State decreased sharply, and it was difficult to see adult men in the fields, which also greatly reduced production efficiency.

If there is no way to improve production efficiency, Qin's development will be very slow.

Therefore, Zhao Hao wanted to change this situation, so he used Yongcheng as a pilot to persuade Yingzheng to build more water conservancy projects.

At this time, the study room of Yongcheng Old Palace.

Ying Zheng sat behind the desk, reviewing the assessment list submitted by Gongyang Gan, while asking Li Si and others for their opinions.

Before the eastward tour, he ordered Gong Yangdaang to preside over the first batch of recruitment examinations. Currently, there are nine people who have passed the examination.

Seven of them are children of aristocratic families, and two are children of poor families.

No one in Qianshou passed the examination.

It can be seen that the talents of Da Qin are mainly in the hands of aristocratic families.

Although Ying Zheng has continuously suppressed the aristocratic families in the years since he took the throne, the aristocratic families still occupy most of the court.

It is almost impossible to change this situation unless New Confucianism is promoted for 20 to 30 years.

"Tingwei, do you have any thoughts about the people on this list?"

Ying Zheng put down the list in his hand and asked Li Si.

Li Si pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that these people have no talent, nor that they are disloyal to the Qin Dynasty. The main reason is that the current situation does not allow them to be far away from politics!"

"Oh? Please tell me in detail and let me hear it."

"It's your Majesty!"

Li Si calmly replied:

"The world is in urgent need of talents. The implementation of the New Deal also requires talents. However, talents alone cannot govern a place. They must be trained in a unified way and then adjusted according to their talents!"

"How should we arrange the meeting with Tingwei?"

"Set up a new government office and let these talents become His Majesty's staff!"

"Advisor?"

Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up: "I would like to hear the details!"

"Your Majesty is aware of this!"

Li Si was obviously confident and without any hesitation, he continued:

"The purpose of rebuilding the Doctor's Palace before was to give full play to the role of Lu Buwei's academic palace at that time and recruit talents from all over the world for the Qin Dynasty. However, the recruitment method was wrong, which resulted in a mixed bag of good and bad doctors in the Doctor's Palace, and this was the disaster of the Confucianism case!"

"Now that there is a brand new assessment system, the old minister thinks that a new government office should be established to reserve officials and talents for the Qin Dynasty!"

"good!"

Ying Zheng clapped his hands enthusiastically: "Tingwei's strange plan has won my heart, so now I will leave it to Tingwei to plan!"

"Your Majesty, this matter is related to the overall situation of the court and is not within the scope of the Tingwei's authority!"

"Ting Wei, please sit down!"

Ying Zheng raised his hand to indicate, turned to Zhao Gao and ordered: "Zhao Gao, ice tea!"

Soon, a palace maid walked into the study holding a clay pot wrapped in thick cloth and reported in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, the Zhao Palace has ordered the young prince to attend classes for an hour every day. It is not yet the hour, so the servants will serve your majesty."

"I know, let's pour some tea."

Ying Zheng smiled lightly and waved his hand. The maid carefully filled the tea and stepped aside.

Li Si picked up the tea unceremoniously, drank a slurp from the bowl, raised his hand to wipe the sweat and said with emotion: "It's just the beginning of spring, and it's so hot. The journey ahead will be difficult for Your Majesty!"

Ying Zheng smiled and said: "What's the problem? Let's see the new world along the way and find a few cool places to rest. Wouldn't it be nice?"

"."

Li Si sighed in his heart and didn't know how to respond.

Ying Zheng suddenly stopped smiling and said seriously, "What Ting Wei just said is that he is dissatisfied with the position of Ting Wei?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. The old minister is not dissatisfied. It's just the method proposed by the Young Master for the assessment of officials. I think the Young Master knows better about how to arrange these talents!"

Li Si was startled by Ying Zheng's words and quickly raised his hand to him.

After finishing speaking, he seemed to think of something again and added: "No matter what, the most important thing now is to consolidate the foundation of Da Qin, and the rest should be done step by step."

"good!"

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he nodded: "Since Tingwei mentioned that boy, let's go talk to him!"

The last time he mentioned Zhao Hao, he wanted to make Zhao Hao understand what his responsibilities were.

Now that I encounter a problem related to Zhao Hao, I naturally have to find Zhao Hao to solve it.

After all, in Ying Zheng's heart, his son's responsibility is to share his worries, and he doesn't need to worry about anything else.

"Someone, prepare a car!"

Not long after, Ying Zheng got on the carriage and drove all the way to Qianshui Pavilion.

When he came to Lishui Pavilion, the first thing he saw was not Zhao Hao, but a group of people busy walking back and forth by the Lishui River.

"Huh? What happened? What are these people doing?"

Ying Zheng asked doubtfully through the car window.

Meng Yi, who was sitting in front of the carriage, saw Zhao Hao in the crowd at a glance, and quickly said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, the young master is over there, let's go take a look?"

"Okay! Stop the car and let's go take a look!"

Ying Zheng nodded and walked towards Zhao Hao with Li Si and Meng Yi.

"Father, why are you here?"

Zhao Hao was instructing the people to dig ditches. When he saw Ying Zheng walking towards him, he smiled and said hello to him.

It was the first time that Ying Zheng heard Zhao Hao call him 'father', and he immediately felt a little proud. He smiled kindly and greeted him, "What are you doing, you're a coward?"

"?"

A black question mark slowly appeared on Zhao Hao's forehead. He couldn't help but take three steps at a time and came to Ying Zheng. He curled his lips and said: "Father, why are you like this? You are so dishonest!"

"hehe."

Ying Zheng smiled noncommittally, raised his hand and pointed forward: "I see you have gathered a lot of people here, what do you plan to do?"

"It's nothing, I just have nothing to do and dig some canals to irrigate the farmland!"

"Oh? You know how to irrigate farmland? The terrain here is high, so it's not easy to divert water!"

Zhao Hao chuckled: "It's not easy to divert water, but it's not impossible!"

"What method? Where is your water source?" Ying Zheng asked curiously.

Zhao Hao said confidently: "The source of water is naturally Qishui. As for how to irrigate, my father will know later!"

"this"

Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment and looked at Li Si, who shook his head slightly and didn't understand why.

But Meng Yi suddenly pointed to the distance and said, "Sir, what is that wheel?"

"Wheels? What wheels?"

Zhao Hao looked in the direction of Meng Yi's finger with confusion.

Ying Zheng and Li Si also looked at it at the same time.

I just saw a windmill-like wheel, which was dropped in mid-air with a rope, and its specific function could not be seen.

"Oh, that's a windmill"

"Wind-powered waterwheel?"

Ying Zheng and the three men looked at each other and couldn't help but look at each other.
To be continued...