"My body is almost at the point where the oil in the lamp dries up. I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until next spring..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Feng immediately knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands vigorously and said.
"Your Majesty, you are blessed with great blessings. I will immediately find the best doctor to treat your Majesty!"
Zhou Zhen waved his hand and said with a frown.
"Well, I am already over fifty years old. Don't I still know my physical condition?"
"As the saying goes, you know your destiny at fifty. I already know that I don't have much time left."
When Zhou Zhen said this, there was a hint of loneliness in his expression. Although he was the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, everyone had to face the challenges of life, old age, illness and death.
But Zhou Zhen didn't have any fear. He just wanted to bring different changes to the Zhou Dynasty before his death.
Zhao Feng sighed deeply. He didn't expect Zhou Zhen's body to be in such a bad state.
To be honest, Zhou Zhen was really good to him as a minister. He not only supported him in implementing the new policies against all opinions, but also took good care of him.
The two of them were not just monarchs and ministers, but more like sworn friends. Now Zhao Feng felt that his heart ached slightly.
"There is no need to say more about these things. Since you have returned to the court this time, I must fulfill my previous promise."
"You have done well during this period. Even the four major families have regarded you as a thorn in their side and want to get rid of you with my help."
After hearing Zhou Zhen's words, Zhao Feng nodded slightly.
"Your Majesty, I have given my opinions on how to deal with those memorials. Your Majesty can take a look."
Zhou Zhen immediately laughed. During the time when Zhao Feng was away from the court, he had to quarrel with these ministers every day, and he also had to work hard to deal with the memorials. Now that Zhao Feng came back, he felt that Zhao Feng was in the court. Benefits in class.
Zhou Zhen picked up the memorials and looked at them, then couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"Are you sure you want to do this? But you are equivalent to being an enemy of the four major families!"
Zhao Feng nodded vigorously. He was no longer afraid of the four major families. What's the harm in being an enemy of the four major families?
Seeing Zhao Feng's appearance, Zhou Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly, then nodded slightly and said.
"Forget it, let me help you one last time!"
After saying this, Zhou Zhen directly picked up his jade seal and covered the memorials, which was equivalent to agreeing with Zhao Feng's handling method.
During the court session the next day, Zhou Zhen directly announced two pieces of news.
"Emperor Fengtian Chengyun issued an edict: Zhao Feng, a member of Zhongshushe, has worked conscientiously since taking office and has brought about great changes in the Zhou Dynasty. It has made obvious changes in the lives of people all over the world, making the national treasury rich and the national strength strong."
"Now Zhao Feng is promoted to the rank of Zhongshu Ling and appointed as the Zuozai!"
After the eunuch said this, Zhao Feng knelt down and raised his hands vigorously.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Feng, thanks the Emperor for his kindness!"
The eunuch smiled and put the imperial edict into Zhao Feng's hand. At this time, the officials in the court finally came to their senses, and the court hall suddenly remembered the sound of continuous gasps.
"Oh my god! Isn't this a joke?"
"How could he be allowed to become a scribe?"
"In this way, wouldn't he be on an equal footing with the Prime Minister?"
Feng Shen's face was as dark as water, and he looked at this scene indifferently.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Feng would immediately initiate a big event as soon as he returned to the capital, and even suddenly become equal to himself, the prime minister.
Feng Shen was the Shangshu Ling of the Shangshu Province and was responsible for the six departments. Zhongshu Ling and him were also called the left and right prime ministers.
Seeing Zhao Feng stand up, these officials knew that Zhou Zhen had killed first and told later, without consulting them at all, just to silence them.
For a moment, even though they were very dissatisfied, they still didn't know what to say.
In the end, Feng Shen stood up directly and expressed his congratulations to Zhao Feng.
"Congratulations, Mr. Zhao. I didn't expect that after you left the court for so long, you suddenly became Zuo Zai when you came back, even half a rank lower than me."
Zhao Feng nodded with a smile, bowed his hands to Feng Shen and said.
"It's just His Majesty's love. We are all sharing His Majesty's worries."
Feng Shen frowned slightly and turned to Zhou Zhen.
"Your Majesty, now that the appointment is over, have you dealt with the memorial I handed in earlier?"
Zhou Zhen nodded slightly, pointed at Zhao Feng and said.
"Prime Minister Zhao, you have just been promoted to Zhongshu Ling, it is up to you to announce this matter!"
Zhao Feng nodded slightly, took out the memorial from his arms and said.
"Prime Minister Feng, you and many ministers wrote a letter earlier, saying that commerce is too developed and will affect agriculture. There is already a solution to this matter."
"I have proposed a new policy before that allows these people to rent out the land they hold. Not only can they carry out unified management and planting, but it can also increase grain production and increase their income."
"We only need to continue to restore this policy to increase the world's food supply..."
Feng Shen waved his sleeves when he heard this.
"That's sheer nonsense. The yield of those lands is only more than 200 kilograms per mu. Originally, it was not enough for these people to plant so much land. Now there is a lot of land that is uncultivated. How can we have enough food?"
Zhao Feng smiled and clapped his hands gently.
Some Royal Guard soldiers outside carried a whole box of things to the hall. After opening it, everyone immediately stretched their heads to take a look.
"My lords, please take a look. This thing is called sweet potato. It was cultivated by me in the greenhouse of Her Royal Highness the Princess. According to our statistics, the yield of this sweet potato per mu can reach more than 1,000 kilograms!"
Hearing this, the officials all took a deep breath.
Zhao Feng raised another object.
"This thing is called potato. If planted in the ground, it can also produce a yield of eight to nine hundred kilograms per mu!"
"Both of these things can be eaten as food, and apart from these things, I also made some very high-yielding seeds!"
Zhao Feng pointed at the remaining seeds in the box.
"I have cultivated these seeds, selected the ones with the highest yield from each batch of armor, and then planted them. Then I cultivated them from generation to generation. The yield per mu can reach more than 600 kilograms!"
"As long as these things are promoted and allowed to be planted by the people, our food shortage dilemma can be solved. Therefore, this policy must be implemented, because only by handing over these lands to the state for planting can unified management be carried out!"
Hearing Zhao Feng's words, Feng Shen was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Originally, he wanted to focus on agriculture and suppress business, but he didn't expect that Zhao Feng's words would stop agriculture from being affected.
Zhou Zhen couldn't help laughing, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied.
