Zhao Yueming looked at Zhang Yuhang silently. He wanted to know what this man was thinking. He was so bold and dared to use His Majesty as bait.
But he also admired it, because he was also worried about His Majesty's hesitant and entangled character, but he didn't have such determination. This was no longer burning the boat, but setting himself on the fire.
A little carelessness can lead to disaster.
"Okay, I will take you to see His Majesty. I hope you are right."
In the end, Zhao Yueming chose to support him, because as Zhang Yuhang said before, he, himself and His Majesty are all the same kind of people.
No matter what their thoughts and ideas are, their goals are the same.
And this is enough.
Taking the gifts prepared by Zhang Yuhang, the two of them walked directly towards the palace.
Although Zhang Yuhang had never entered this majestic and huge Forbidden City, he followed Zhao Yueming and walked directly in without any hindrance.
Forbidden City, Imperial Study Room.
King Zhou was currently dealing with the court's memorial. As a wise king determined to help the country, he never dared to slack off in political affairs.
A light footsteps sounded in his ears.
"What's the matter?"
King Zhou asked without raising his head, because if he came in at this time, he must have something to report.
Eunuch Gui bent down and stood in front of King Zhou, and said softly: "Your Majesty, Zhao Yueming, the Supervisor of Heaven, is asking for an audience outside the palace."
"Zhao Yueming." King Zhou raised his head and looked at Eunuch Gui in confusion. He didn't know why Zhao Yueming came to him at this time.
"Let him in."
Although he was confused, he did not refuse and called in directly.
"promise!"
Eunuch Gui bowed and retreated. As someone who had just been promoted to the position of eunuch in charge by His Majesty, he was now working conscientiously and did not dare to make the slightest oversight.
After all, the lessons of the previous senior were still fresh in his mind, so he couldn't help but be careless.
Zhang Yuhang was outside the door, standing aside and waiting silently.
Zhao Yueming, who was summoned by King Zhou, walked straight in.
Eunuch Gui carefully looked at the young man in front of him. He was the son-in-law of the Marquis Xingyong and the concubine of the Marquis Yongchang. He was now a member of the Jiantiansi.
Just when he was thinking wildly, His Majesty's summons came from the house, and he quickly walked in.
After a while, he came out again, looked at Zhang Yuhang and said: "Zhang Qianhu, Your Majesty wishes you to have an audience. Please come."
As he spoke, he glanced at the thing wrapped in cloth behind Zhang Yuhang, very curious.
Nodding, Zhang Yuhang smiled at the eunuch, then stood up and walked into the house. This was his first time meeting the king of Zhou Dynasty, but at this moment, he didn't have the slightest fear in his heart, he was very calm.
"I see your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
Walking up to King Zhou, Zhang Yuhang bowed and knelt down with a very sincere attitude.
King Zhou looked at the young man in front of him curiously. This young man gave him too much surprise.
First, he contacted himself through King Kang and offered him the treasure of spirits. He even gave him almost half of the proceeds, just to get a position as Supervisor of Tiansi Baihu.
After testing, it has been found that spirits are indeed of great help to oneself, both economically and politically, and the deeply purified alcohol is a life-saver for those soldiers on the front line who are currently fighting bloody battles.
But when he arrived at Jian Tiansi, he realized what this young man had gone through and why he did what he did.
He lamented what happened to the young man, but he would not destroy an illustrious Marquis Mansion built by himself just because of a young man's resentment. Even though it was now in decline, the former Xingyong Marquis died fighting for his country.
If I were to attack these orphans and widows, how would the people in the world view me, and how would the soldiers in the army view this matter?
But now, this young man came to find him again, and he also discovered that the Northern Wei Dynasty spies wanted to assassinate him at the birthday banquet, and even wanted to use the trick. He became really curious.
"Stand up and speak!"
King Zhou's tone was calm, and it seemed that his emotions and anger could not be felt in his words.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Yuhang stood up slowly, and for the first time he really saw the emperor of Zhou, standing in front of him.
King Zhou's eyes flashed with golden light: "I heard that you prepared a gift for me as a birthday present. Where are you now?"
"Just outside the palace!"
"Bring it in."
In a moment, the guards around him brought things in from outside.
The thing is not small, and it takes up a lot of space in the royal study.
King Zhou stared at this object closely, with confusion in his eyes: "What is this and what is its purpose?"
Zhang Yuhang's face was heavy: "Your Majesty, this thing is called a Quyuan plow. Its main function is to make plowing and plowing the ground more flexible, saving manpower and livestock needs. Weichen has already tested it and has this thing. It is used for Farming by ordinary people can at least increase the overall output by 30%.”
"What?" After hearing this, King Zhou stood up directly, "Thirty percent, do you know what thirty percent means?"
Everyone in the world cannot live without the word "eat".
Nowadays, the world is in turmoil and uprisings continue. In addition to the troubles caused by aristocratic families, more people are not hungry because they have enough to eat. If this Quyuan plow really has this effect and can increase a family's harvest by 30% out of thin air, how big of a problem will it have to solve? the scourge.
"Your Majesty, the 30% that Wei Chen said can save manpower. It can use more time and effort to cultivate more wasteland. If the family is short of manpower, it can also save manpower. It does not mean that the output will be increased by 30% out of thin air."
Afraid that his words were not clear and that King Zhou would think wrongly, Zhang Yuhang hurriedly explained.
After hearing this answer, King Zhou was still excited. This was enough.
"No matter what, if there is such a miraculous effect as you mentioned, it will always be a hope for the people of my country in Dazhou. It can increase the output by even 10%. For me and everyone in Dazhou , are all commendable things.”
"His Majesty!"
Zhao Yueming heard on the side that this thing had such a miraculous effect, and he immediately stood up and said directly: "This thing should be tested by a dedicated person first. If it is really what Zhang Qianhu said, it must be widely used in Dazhou." Only by implementing it within the country can the people gain more benefits earlier.”
"But once this thing spreads, I think its structure is very simple and can easily be stolen and imitated by enemy secret agents. Therefore, the timing should also be grasped. It is best to stagger the farming time so that even if they get it, they will miss it. A season’s worth of harvest.”
"As for the aristocratic family, once this thing spreads, it will be gratifying to see the people's harvest increase, but I'm afraid that those people will have some clever tricks and increase taxes. In this way, the people will have more harvests. , but we still get the same amount of food as before, and it is easy to cause unrest."
"These are all things that must be taken into consideration. You must not be careless!"
King Zhou's expression changed, and he felt very distressed.
He wanted to refute, but if he thought about it carefully, these things were not impossible, especially the actions of the noble family.
The imperial law has always been that the imperial power does not extend to the county.
And according to the current situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty, where aristocratic families are rampant, there are a few people who really take this majestic imperial power to their hearts.
