Daqin: My weak and virtuous minister

Chapter 110 Zhao Gaoling Mission

After Zhang Yuanqing and Fusu rested for a while, they walked into the hall again.

Some court officials noticed the two of them and did not hide their envy.

They were also hungry and wanted to be rewarded with a meal by the king.

Of course, this is impossible. The king is sitting in the palace and hasn't had a sip of water yet.

"Your Majesty, this Commercial Code is already very complete. We have not found any major errors, and have only slightly increased the penalties in a few areas."

At this time, Li Si had to admire Zhao Ping's talent.

I am even more motivated.

Zhao Ping is talented and I, Li Si, am not bad either.

In the future, I, Li Si, will definitely sit in that position.

Thinking of this, Li Si's eyes fell on the position of Left Prime Minister, which was still vacant.

"Okay, then the Ministry of Commerce Code will be implemented after the Ministry of Commerce is established."

"Your Majesty, I have something else to report."

After everyone nominated some people from the Ministry of Commerce, Zhang Yuanqing spoke again.

Court official: Right Prime Minister, we are still hungry.

Ying Zheng: Today's morning court is so busy. Zhang Qing has prepared so many things.

Fusu: Should we ask Shi Yi to prepare dinner in advance?

"allow."

Workaholic Ying Zheng never refuses political affairs, so let's all continue to starve together.

"Your Majesty, the Great Qin Academy has been successful. However, the territory of our Qin State is so vast that we cannot have only one Great Qin Academy. We can first open a branch academy near Xianyang. This way, we can benefit more people and cultivate more talents for our Qin State in the future."

"Just imagine, if the Qin State unified the world in the future, and every Qin citizen was proficient in both civil and military affairs, how could foreign enemies dare to bully and humiliate the Qin people?"

A blueprint for the future was spread out, and not only Ying Zheng, but even the court officials began to enjoy it.

By then, the Qin State will be feared by all directions, and the Xiongnu, Donghu, Baima, and Yelang will pay tribute to the Qin State every year. What an honor that will be.

"Your Majesty, I second the motion."

"I second the proposal."

"I second the proposal."

This time, Li Si didn't even need to take the lead, as others took the lead.

Everyone was so excited that they wanted to build the academy right away and cram all the poetry, books, strategies, military tactics and martial arts into the students' heads.

"allow."

"Li Si, Feng Quji, and Meng Yi, the construction of the academy will be primarily undertaken by you three."

"promise."

"Do you have anything else to say?"

After Ying Zheng asked this question, he subconsciously glanced at Zhang Yuanqing.

The court officials all looked over.

However, Zhang Yuanqing did not make any report.

"Grrrrrrrr."

I don’t know whose belly started singing the song.

Today's morning court finally ended.

The court officials returned home quickly with hungry stomachs and ate from their bowls.

After eating, we started to work on the matters discussed in the morning court.

In particular, Li Si, Feng Quji and Meng Yi wanted to agree on the location of the branch of Daqin Academy. After the three of them discussed, they left Xianyang City in a carriage and each chose a direction to go.

At the same time, Zhao Gao also came to Zhang Yuanqing's house.

Last time, Zhao Gao handled the matter of Changping Jun very well, and Ying Zheng specially rewarded Zhao Gao. This made Zhang Yuanqing feel relieved again.

After much deliberation, Zhang Yuanqing felt that it was not very safe to keep Zhao Gao in Xianyang City, so he decided to send Zhao Gao away.

This time, the establishment of a paper mill and a branch salt factory was a good opportunity, so after leaving the court, Zhang Yuanqing specifically asked Ying Zheng to borrow Zhao Gao.

"Gao meets the Right Prime Minister."

"You are too polite, Eunuch Zhao. Please take a seat."

Zhang Yuanqing was sitting at his seat writing something. When he saw Zhao Gao coming, he put down his pen.

"Thank you, Right Prime Minister"

"I invited Eunuch Zhao here this time because I know that he is very talented, so I specifically asked the king for him."

"I have some things here that require the help of someone like Eunuch Zhao."

Zhao Gao's eyes lit up when he heard this.

I originally thought that after the incident with Lord Changping, the king would use me. Who would have thought that after the king rewarded me with some treasures, he did not ask me to return to serve him. I did not expect that today he would ask me to come here to serve the Right Prime Minister.

Working for the Right Prime Minister means working for the king.

"Right Prime Minister, please give your instructions. Gao will definitely see to it."

Zhang Yuanqing saw that Zhao Gao had no objection and smiled. "It's true. The paper mill in Xianyang City is in short supply, so we need to open a branch."

"I don't have a suitable candidate right now, but considering Eunuch Zhao's loyalty to the king, I want him to take charge of this matter."

The paper mill is the king’s gold bag.

Moreover, the king is going to open an academy now. As more and more people become literate, the demand for paper will also increase.

The Right Prime Minister actually entrusted me with such an important matter.

The king must value me.

"I wonder if Eunuch Zhao is willing?"

Seeing that Zhao Gao seemed to be daydreaming, Zhang Yuanqing reminded him.

Zhao Gao came to his senses and happily agreed.

"Of course I am willing. Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Right Prime Minister, for trusting me. I will definitely see to it."

"That's great." Zhang Yuanqing was also happy and became more polite to Zhao Gao: "Eunuch Zhao is indeed loyal to the king. It is most appropriate to hand him over to the king at this time."

"Then the paper mill affairs will be fully handed over to Eunuch Zhao."

"promise."

Zhao Gao left Zhang Yuanqing's place with a smile on his face all the way. When he got home, he began to think carefully about where to set up the factory.

In the next few days, the scholars who came to Xianyang City to take the examination set off for their posts one after another.

Because Qin first conquered Zhao and then seized a large area of ​​land from Chu, there was a shortage of officials in various places. At this time, these more than 500 people just made up for the shortage of talents in Qin.

In the autumn, Daqin Academy enrolled another group of students. The people of Xianyang City now have enough food to eat, warm clothes to wear, and their children can even read. Every household feels like they are dreaming, afraid that one day they will wake up and find that such good days are gone.

The Ministry of Commerce is also gradually improving, and merchants who got the news are starting to get excited.

They gathered together to discuss whether this matter was good or bad for them.

Some people also began to think of ways to recommend themselves to Zhang Yuanqing. Don’t you see that Liao Wu, Fu Ke and Li Yuji have begun to surpass them because they are on the right prime minister’s boat.

Zhang Yuanqing has not been idle recently because Fusu recently brought several princes to Zhang's house.

"Sir, please accept Jianglu as your disciple. Jianglu also wants to learn from you."

Jiang Lu has been pestering Zhang Yuanqing for two days, but Zhang Yuanqing has not agreed.

Although studying at Daqin Academy is easier than before, it is still extremely painful for the active Jiang Lu.

It would be different if I followed a teacher. It would be so interesting to learn from a teacher.

The teacher will let you learn whatever you like, so you don’t have to learn those poems and books that give you a headache.

Especially the Confucian books, which are really not very praiseworthy. It is not as enjoyable as learning martial arts.

In his opinion, courtesy and benevolence are not as satisfying as knocking the opponent down with one punch.