Chapter 330 Your Highness will think about it again

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 330 Your Highness will think about it again

The more Zhu Houzhao thought about this, the more he felt that it didn't sound right. What do you mean if you can't give birth to a son and come to you?

So he looked at him with a critical eye.

Xia Yuan frowned and said, "What do you mean by looking at me like this? Do you think I look like a thief? Am I the kind of casual person?"

Seeing that his expression was so confident, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "Then what did you mean by what you just said?"

"I like to read medical books and never let go of them. Maybe I can help you."

"Isn't it a lie that you like to read medical books?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned. This guy likes to read medical books with his mouth open all day long, but he never lets go of the book. But in fact, he reads a shitty medical book.

"And even if you have really read any medical books, it is not appropriate. You are a man, how can you show this disease to your female relatives?"

Xia Yuan's expression was hard to describe. Even though he was talking about it, this boy still thought it was the palace maid's problem.

It's a pity that this matter cannot be explained clearly, as it involves a man's most basic dignity and bottom line.

"Your Highness, please think about it yourself. I will leave first."

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Zhu Houzhao looked at his back, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, wondering what?

Suddenly, his body shook. Could it be that

As soon as a terrible thought flashed through his mind, he immediately threw it out of his mind. Bah, how could there be something wrong with me?

fart!

In fact, according to Xia Yuan's guess, there is something wrong with Prince Xiao Zhu, but not completely.

He just doesn't have any heirs, but it's definitely not that he can't support himself or is impotent in some way.

Even he may not really have any heirs.

Historical records record that during the Zhengde period, an incident occurred - Zhu Houzhao brought back a pregnant woman from among the people, and claimed that the woman inside her belly was his flesh and blood.

But none of the ministers believed it, and they concluded that this was a bastard.

Whenever an emperor meets a woman, he must record it in his daily life notes: when he got into bed, how long he was tossing about, and how he was called.

Cross out the last one, there is no need to record this. In short, the emperor has a record of opening rooms.

As for this pregnant woman brought back from the private sector, there is naturally no record of her daily life in the palace, so she is a wild species.

Even if it is biological, but it is not legal, it is still a bastard.

So, is Zhu Houzhao capable of having children?

Xia Yuan felt that there was a high probability, but the ability was not high, and it might be congenital asthenozoospermia.

It's also possible that the penis is too long, which can also affect fertility.

If it's the former, then having a son can only depend on luck. But if it's the latter, it's easy, just do a circumcision.

You have to find an opportunity to observe it.

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At the court meeting on the second day, the matter of building roads was still discussed, and the courtiers still expressed their opposition.

But in this wave of opposition, the three cabinet elders remained silent, as if they were mute.

This trend changed inexplicably, and many courtiers could not understand it, but it did not affect their doubts.

If the world's officials were assigned a rank, those in the temples would definitely be those with the highest rank, and their IQs would be at least above the horizontal line.

Seeing that the three ministers were silent, many courtiers who were planning to object also shut up.

During the last morning meeting, these three people had clearly stood up to oppose, but they became silent overnight.

There is definitely an inside story here.

Incomplete guarantee is a dirty deal.

So many ministers, even though they couldn't understand, still kept silent and prepared to wait and see.

As more and more people became silent, the court gradually turned from noisy to quiet, and then at a certain moment, it suddenly became silent.

Like a large-scale thriller documentary, the face on the glass window of the back door of the classroom.

The expression on Emperor Hongzhi's face was always gentle, "Why, all of you members of the Qing family suddenly agreed to the road construction without saying a word?"

While speaking, his eyes swept over the ministers, and finally looked at the three cabinet ministers headed by Liu Jian. Although the rest of the officials in the court were still silent, they all looked at the three cabinet ministers in unison.

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At this time, Liu Jiancai finally stood up slowly, saluted Emperor Hongzhi first, and then said: "Your Majesty, I think that this road construction has both advantages and disadvantages, needless to say the advantages. And the disadvantages are nothing more than wasted money.

If it is too big, it will be difficult to maintain the national strength, and it may even destabilize the country."

"After going to court yesterday, the old minister has been thinking about this matter. Later he asked about Xia Zhan. According to what he said, the cost of building one mile of road should be around a hundred taels. Moreover, the old minister Lapis Lazuli also took a look at it.

, If we can really lay this lapis lazuli road all over the world, it will be a tribute to the country and will be passed down for thousands of years."

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Hearing this, the ministers had already turned their gaze away. There was no need to wait and see, the wind direction had indeed changed.

However, building one mile of road only cost more than a hundred taels of silver, which is not much.

Extending this question, many people were already pondering with their own thoughts, so that they became a little absent-minded. Until Liu Jian said that 70% of the proceeds should be handed over to the national treasury, everyone was shocked.

What did you hear just now?

"And Xia Zhan also talked a lot with the old minister. According to what he said, if this lapis lazuli stone can be used in the future, the national treasury may be able to add tens of millions of taels of revenue every year."

Upon hearing this amount, the courtiers immediately became commotion, partly because of this unbelievable amount. After all, the Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue was only tens of millions of taels.

The second is, if he can really earn tens of millions of taels of silver every year, but this person named Xia just gives it to the state treasury, will this person be okay?

Emperor Hongzhi's expression changed slightly, and then returned to normal. He sighed in his heart that the three ministers in the court had been deceived by this boy.

You can only earn a few cents per stone, but even tens of millions of taels are enough.

"I don't know much about this business, but what Xia Zhan said is conclusive. Although I am still worried, I also hope that this matter will come true."

Liu Jian's words are impeccable. If you don't make tens of millions of taels in the future, don't talk to me. This is what the Xia man said.

Moreover, I didn’t just have my IQ suppressed by someone and then be deceived stupidly. In fact, I don’t believe it either. It’s just out of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty that I have hope.

"If what Xia Zhanshi said is true, I think this road construction project may be implemented. However, this is a major national event and must be cautious. I feel that we should take it slow and implement it first in the capital and Beizhili to observe

Results."

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a moment, "This statement of the Liu Qing family is a theory of country planning, so they first implemented it in Beizhili, and then spread it to all provinces in the world."

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at the other ministers and asked, "Do you have any objections?"

At this point, the officials naturally knelt down and shouted long live.

In this way, the matter is settled.

Emperor Hongzhi continued: "This road construction is a new national policy. It involves the foundation of the country, no less than the canal road. I want to set up a land governor like the canal transportation governor to be responsible for road construction.

After considering this matter, we have initially decided that the official rank should not be too high, so we set it at the fourth rank. Who do you think can be elected?"

After hearing this, all the officials from the Ministry of Industry immediately looked up, while the other officials were already ready to make a move. You must know that anyone who has served as the governor of water transportation has an additional 30% chance of joining the cabinet.

And although this land governor has a lower official rank, he still

At this moment, Liu Jian spoke up and said: "Your Majesty, I recommended Xia Zhan to do this. It was him who proposed the road construction. I think there is no one more suitable than him."

"What the Liu Qing family said makes sense." Emperor Hongzhi pretended to ponder for two seconds, then decided directly, "Then the Xia Qing family will also serve as the land governor."
Chapter completed!