The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 522 Miss Xiao

In the imperial study, the emperor was reading the letter sent by Zhao Yao. This letter details the production, use, and maintenance of various water mills.

After the emperor read it, he excitedly shouted "Okay" several times.

Sun Kui was very curious when he saw the emperor looking excited and excited. He thought to himself: What did His Highness the King of Han do to make the Emperor so happy?
"Sun Kui went and called He Xiang, Taishi Liu, the Minister of Hubu and the Minister of Industry."

"Yes, Your Majesty." It seems that His Highness the King of Han has done something big again this time.

After a while, He Xiang and the others appeared in the imperial study. The emperor showed them Zhao Yao's letter.

After reading it, Taishi Liu and others said "ok".

The Minister of Industry held Zhao Yao's letter in both hands and stared at the various figures of water mills on the letter with burning eyes.

The things written and drawn in this letter are all treasures. His Highness the King of Han was so smart that he actually figured out how to use water power to make tools for grinding rice and flour. Water power was also used to make spinning wheels.

Genius, His Highness the King of Han is a genius.

Taishi Liu also thought of this: "We must not allow the common people to do business."

It was not that the emperor had not thought of this, nor did he intend to encourage people to use water mills to do business like Zhao Yao did.

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry glanced at the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and thought to himself that he was indeed an old man, he had figured out a way to make money so quickly.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry was so excited that his old face turned red.

The Minister of Household Affairs agreed very much with what He Xiang and the others said, "Your Majesty, we must not allow private construction of water mills to become a common practice."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue said: "Your Majesty, the Yamen built a water mill and can lend it to the people for use. The people can just pay a fee for use."

The emperor looked at the Minister of Household Affairs and said, "Write a charter carefully."

Every time His Highness the King of Han made something, it would open his eyes and even shock him.

"Your Majesty, scholars, farmers, and merchants must never let merchants outnumber farmers." After reading Zhao Yao's letter, He Xiang couldn't help but think too much, "His Royal Highness the King of Han can encourage people to build water mills and do business in his fiefdom, but the imperial court cannot do this. "His Royal Highness the King of Han wants to build Marsh Mansion into a port and trading city, and there is nothing wrong with encouraging people to do business, but if the court does this, the power of the Zhou Dynasty will be shaken.

"Your Majesty, these water mills should be promoted vigorously."

"Do you think the water mill Xiao Shi built is feasible?"

The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue added: "You can also let merchants build water mills, but merchants must first apply to the local government office, and then the local government office will send people to help the merchants build it. You can also let businessmen bid for the construction and use of water mills, and then you can Collect usage fees from merchants, and also collect taxes from the money they make from water mills.”

The Minister of Industry agreed: "Your Majesty, the water mill must be built by the Yamen."

Taishi Liu continued what Xiang He said: "It is not a good thing for people to build water mills privately to do business and make money."

"Yes, Your Majesty." When the water mill is built, there will be more money in the treasury, which is really great.

Taishi Liu said: "With these water mills, we can save a lot of manpower and increase the production of food and textiles."

"Your Majesty, you can vigorously promote these water mills, but they can only be built by local government offices and cannot be built privately by the private sector." When He Xiang said this, his expression suddenly became very serious, "If the private sector is allowed to build these water mills, by then Many water mills will appear on major rivers or riversides, which may affect farmers' ability to irrigate rice fields."

He Xiangdao: "It is feasible, especially in the Jiangnan area, where there are many water and rivers. It is most suitable to build a water mill on or near the river."

He Xiang and Taishi Liu felt that the proposal of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance was good: "Your Majesty, this method is feasible."

The Minister of Hubu said with a bright face: "Your Majesty, these water mills can bring a lot of money to the court." In the eyes of the Minister of Hubu, these water mills are a steady stream of money. "His Royal Highness the King of Han is worthy of being our God of Wealth in the Great Zhou Dynasty." With His Highness the King of Han here, he, the Minister of Household Affairs, does not have to worry about the lack of money in the treasury.

The emperor nodded slightly and said, "That's what I meant."

"Xiao Shi suggested in the letter that the imperial court should open grain processing factories, tea factories, and textile factories. What do you think?"

Prime Minister He frowned and objected: "Your Majesty, no. If officials don't compete with the people for profit, how can the court open these factories to make money from the people."

"Your Majesty, you can let the imperial merchants open grain processing plants, tea factories and textile factories." The imperial court can't do it, but it can let the imperial merchants do it, and then the imperial court can collect taxes from the imperial merchants. “We can also let imperial businessmen bid to open these factories.”

"You have a good idea. You can write it together."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Minister of Household Affairs does not mind that there are too many things to do. As long as it can make money for the treasury, there is no problem in asking him to write ten articles of association.

"Your Majesty, by doing this in Lingnan, aren't you afraid that the people will not farm the land and run to do business to make money?" Although He Xiang knew that he was not qualified to interfere in Lingnan's affairs, he had to worry about this matter, "Your Majesty, In the past few years, Lingnan's grain production has already surpassed that of Jiangnan and has become the largest granary in the Zhou Dynasty. If the people in Lingnan go to business to make money and no one grows grain, the consequences will be disastrous. "

"Don't worry, Xiao Shi has a way to deal with it and won't let the fields in Lingnan go to waste."

Hearing what the emperor said, He Xiang felt relieved.

The emperor said something to He Xiang and the others before letting them leave.

Sun Doudou, who was guarding the door of the imperial study room, saw the Minister of Hube smiling like a flower, and wondered if His Highness the King of Han had come up with something to make money, otherwise the Minister of Hubu would not smile so brightly.

At this time, a gentle and beautiful palace maid came over carrying tea.

Sun Doudou saw her and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello. "Miss Xiao."

Xiao Siyun responded politely: "Little Eunuch Sun."

"He Xiang and the others have just left. Miss Xiao, you can bring the tea in."

"Thank you, little Eunuch Sun."

"Miss Xiao, just call me Doudou."

Xiao Siyun smiled slightly: "Then I'll go in first."

"You walk slowly."

When Xiao Siyun walked into the imperial study, a guard guarding the door asked Sun Doudou curiously: "Sun Doudou, why are you so polite to Miss Xiao?" Sun Doudou, the turtle grandson, treated Xiao Siyun as if he were his master.

Sun Doudou glanced at the guard and said arrogantly, "What do you know?" Miss Xiao was not an ordinary palace maid, she was the future Princess of Han and the future Empress. He is also his future master, so of course he has to be respectful.

When the guard heard what Sun Doudou said, he immediately thought wrong, his face instantly became shocked, and then he lowered his voice and said, "Miss Xiao is going to become a queen..." Before he could finish speaking, Sun Doudou kicked him hard in the calf. He covered his legs and said dissatisfiedly, "Why did you kick me?"

"Who told you to talk nonsense?" Sun Doudou couldn't help but kicked the guard again, "What you just said could make your head move."

The guard was frightened by Sun Doudou's words, his face turned pale, and he said tremblingly: "I..."

Sun Doudou reached out and poked the guard on the forehead, "What are you thinking about all day long? What do you think of the emperor?"

"Brother Dou, I was wrong..." The guard was so frightened that his two legs trembled.

"I didn't hear anything just now, and you didn't say anything."

"I didn't say anything." The guard looked at Sun Doudou with a grateful expression, "Brother Doudou, thank you."

Sun Doudou said to the guard in the tone that his master often spoke of him: "Be careful what you say in the future."

"Yes, Brother Dou." The guard closed his mouth and did not dare to speak any more.

In the imperial study, Sun Kui took the tea cup from Xiao Siyun and immediately brought it to the emperor.

The emperor glanced at his future daughter-in-law and thought of the tea tea mentioned by Zhao Yao in his letter, "Xiao Shi has recently come up with a new way of drinking tea called tea tea. There are quite a few tricks. Take a look." After speaking, He handed the letter about ordering tea to Sun Kui, who took it and gave it to Xiao Siyun.

Xiao Siyun took the letter with both hands, and what came into his eyes were the words written like a dragon and a snake. The handwriting of His Highness the King of Han was not the best she had ever seen, but it was the most... freest calligraphy she had ever seen. Yes, it is freedom. From the words of His Highness the King of Han, you can know that he is a free and easy person.

After she read the letter, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Your Majesty, this..." Is it possible to paint on tea?

"I want to try the tea that Xiao Shi made. Can you make it?"

"I will try my best." How did His Highness the King of Han come up with such a wonderful way to drink tea?
"I'm waiting for your good news." After the emperor finished speaking, he waved to Xiao Siyun.

"My slave, please leave." Xiao Siyun withdrew.

"Your Majesty, why do you let Miss Xiao wait in front of you?" Miss Xiao is the Princess of Han selected by the Emperor for His Highness the King of Han. In the past few years, Miss Xiao has been taking turns working in the harem, and she is very familiar with the etiquette, rules and errands in the palace. Some time ago, the emperor asked Miss Xiao to leave the palace and go home to prepare for marriage. Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly changed his mind. Not only did he not let Miss Xiao leave the palace, he also called Miss Xiao to serve in front of the emperor. Next year, His Highness the King of Han will be getting married to Miss Xiao. If Miss Xiao is not allowed to go home to prepare, it will be too late.

"She has not passed the last test yet. When she passes, I will naturally let her go home to be married." Transferring Xiao Siyun to serve in the imperial court is the final test for her. "I asked you to watch her every move before, don't forget it."

Sun Kui felt nervous and said hurriedly and respectfully: "I have not forgotten you." It turned out that the emperor deliberately asked Miss Xiao to serve in front of the emperor. Indeed, there are many temptations and tests before the emperor, and I don’t know if Miss Xiao can resist them.

"I hope she won't disappoint me." He carefully selected this daughter-in-law and specially allowed her to study in the palace. So far, she's doing pretty well.

"In the past few days, many people have secretly asked Miss Xiao for help or to please Miss Xiao, but they have all been rejected by Miss Xiao." Serving in front of the emperor means being able to see the emperor every day, which makes many empresses in the harem hope to use Miss Xiao through , learn the emperor’s whereabouts, or some things about the emperor.

"Keep staring."

"Yes." In recent years, Miss Xiao has gained good popularity in the palace. Both the ladies and the eunuchs and maids had a good impression of her. Also, Miss Xiao is also very good and does all her errands very well. Many empresses in the harem were full of praise for her, especially Concubine Liang. Speaking of which, Concubine Liang didn’t know that Miss Xiao was her future daughter-in-law. His Highness the King of Han also doesn’t know.

Miss Xiao's appearance is not that outstanding, her temperament is gentle and steady, even a little mature. I wonder if the lively and lively His Highness the King of Han will like her?
Another point is that Miss Xiao is just an ordinary citizen. After His Highness the King of Han finds out, will he dislike his future princess's low background?

Miss Xiao was chosen from thousands of miles away. If His Highness the King of Han Dynasty doesn't like her, then wouldn't it be in vain that the Emperor's cultivation of Miss Xiao over the years has been in vain.

"Your Majesty, aren't you worried that His Highness the King of Han doesn't like Miss Xiao?"

"That brat hasn't figured it out yet. He doesn't know what liking is." Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't laugh or cry. "I choose a princess for him, not the one he likes, but the one that suits him."

"I hope His Highness the King of Han can understand your painstaking efforts." The Emperor secretly did a lot of things for His Highness the King of Han. It can be said that he took great pains. I hope His Highness the King of Han will not let down the Emperor's painstaking efforts.

Sun Kui had a bad feeling when he thought that Zhao Yao's temperament was very similar to that of the emperor. For some reason, he felt that His Highness the King of Han did not appreciate the Emperor's painstaking efforts and disdained everything the Emperor had planned for him.

Kawen has been stuck for the past two days, so there is no update. However, it's almost smoothed out.

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