Chapter 58: Everything is ready
Wang Jinyuan stretched out his hand, swearing and swearing with confidence, especially his admiration, even Fang Jifan began to doubt whether his reputation showed signs of recovery?
No matter what, Wang Jinyuan's franchise was half successful. After all, he has been engaged in business for a long time, has many connections and rich experience. Whether it is Zhu Houzhao or Fang Jifan, it is more suitable to retreat behind the scenes and let such professionals deal with the problem.
Fang Jifan was the big boss, and Wang Jinyuan was the big manager. As for His Royal Highness, he naturally became the most suitable promotion spokesperson.
When I heard about the three words spoken by spokesperson, Zhu Houzhao tilted her neck and was thinking about any words and sentences related to the spokesperson. In the end, she had only a few understandings: "Speaker is the main or the main boss is the main?"
Fang Jifan gave a thumbs up: "As big!"
"Oh." Zhu Houzhao was immediately happy: "Although this person is not domineering enough, I thought about it. It's good to do business. It's better to be approachable. The spokesperson... It doesn't seem easy to scare people. But what does the spokesperson do?"
Fang Jifan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile and said, "I would like to publicize our coal industry, which represents the image of our Zhenguo coal industry."
Zhu Houzhao suddenly had a fierce spirit and a shiny eyes, "I am heroic and sturdy, this is the most appropriate thing. You still know me the best!"
Fang Jifan immediately raised his thumbs up: "Your Highness's image is so majestic, it's so compatible with our Zhenguo Coal Industry."
I couldn't help but scold in my heart, shameless!
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The cabinet is located in an inconspicuous corner of the Forbidden City.
But although this place is inconspicuous, it is the center of the whole world.
Countless memorials in the world will be sent here first for the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet to read. After these prime ministers have made a vote on the memorials, they will be sent to the emperor for review.
The so-called ticket plan is the suggestion of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. For example, if an official in a certain place reports something, the Grand Secretary will write a suggestion in the memorial based on his own experience and then send it to the emperor. The emperor will first read the content of the memorial, then look at the advice of the Grand Secretary, and make the final ruling.
Out of respect for the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, under normal circumstances, suggestions will be adopted. Therefore, the emperor only needs to draw a red circle under the memorial and handle the matter according to the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.
Because of this vote of great power, the Cabinet Grand Secretary was known as the prime minister in the Ming Dynasty. Although they were not prime ministers, they had the same status and power as the priest.
The Chief Auxiliary of the Cabinet, Liu Jian, Grand Secretary Li Dongyang and Xie Qianhui entered the palace early in the morning every day, then paid a visit to the emperor and discussed affairs with the emperor in the warm cabinet.
Then, we returned to the cabinet to write a memorial. At noon, the three old guys, who were both colleagues and close friends, would go to the tea room next to the duty room to drink tea, eat some pastries, and talk about their respective opinions on recent current affairs.
Outside this warm tea room, heavy snow was flying, and the snow was already one foot thick. In this fashion, this natural vision was enough to make the three great masters worried.
Liu Jian took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, sighed and said, "For some reason, since the nine years of Hongzhi, the weather suddenly became cold every Mid-Autumn Festival, and spring was not like spring, and autumn was not like autumn. It would be fine if the production of grain was reduced. In recent years, Your Majesty worked hard to govern the government. There was enough grain in the treasury, which was fine for the court, but it was just a pain for the people. I heard that many refugees are still on the streets, not to mention that so many poor people don't even have a warmth. If this is the case every year, what can you do?"
Xie Qian sighed, and there was no intention to drink tea: "I heard the rumors, is there any evil in the court?"
"Cough cough..." Li Dongyang coughed. Xie Qian was good at talking. He would be quick to talk when he caught anyone. He couldn't hide things in his mouth. Li Dongyang seemed cautious: "Mr. Xie was cautious, and the rumors in the market were not trustworthy."
Liu Jian just smiled bitterly and shook his head.
God's affairs are not something that the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet can do.
But at this moment, Liu Jian noticed someone outside the room and looked at him. Liu Jian raised his eyelids slightly, revealing a majestic look: "Come in."
The person who came was a little eunuch, hunched over. When he raised his face, Liu Jian still vaguely remembered this person. This person was Liu Jin, the eldest companion in front of the prince.
Liu Jin smiled flatteringly and said, "I have met Mr. Liu, Mr. Xie, and Mr. Li. These days, it has changed and it has suddenly snowed heavily. His Royal Highness is worried about the three masters, so he sent a special servant to add some firewood to the three masters to keep warm."
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.
His Royal Highness usually hides when he sees three people, let alone take the initiative to get close to him. What's wrong with this today? He actually takes the initiative to care about the three old guys and gets up.
Liu Jian suddenly showed relief and stroked his beard and nodded: "Okay, okay, your prince is sensible." Liu Jian is not only the chief minister of the cabinet, but also the Grand Tutor of the Prince. Although the Grand Tutor of the Prince is a false position, he is still the teacher of the Prince in name. As the Prince, it is necessary to respect his teacher.
What does this mean? His Royal Highness has grown up and knows how to love others.
Liu Jian's eyes were bright and the corners of his eyes were a little wet. The prince was the hope of the country's future. This child has finally become sensible. Such considerate ministers have the spirit of being a father, which is gratifying.
Xie Qian also grinned, but Li Dongyang seemed to find something strange. He looked as usual and just said, "Please tell the prince, please tell the gift from His Highness Xie."
Liu Jin, however, still refused to leave with his eyes, and said with a smile: "Your Highness said that you should watch the three masters add firewood before leaving."
Liu Jian raised his hand and said, "Then let it go."
"Okay, Your Highness the Crown Prince has also instructed me to change the brazier for the three masters himself."
As he said that, he happily left the room. After a while, he carried a brazier in with another eunuch from the Zhanshi Mansion, Ma Yongcheng. The "firewood" in the brazier was already lit, and the heat was sizzling.
"Let's wait!" Li Dongyang's heart was the most meticulous. He always felt that things were not that simple. He stared at the brazier and frowned and said, "Isn't this charcoal? This is coal!"
It's coal!
Suddenly, the teahouse was like a frying pot. There was no difference between burning coal and committing suicide. It would kill people, let alone Liu Jian’s three old bones.
Liu Jian's face suddenly changed. Is this... a joke?
Xie Qian was so angry that he almost vomited blood. His Royal Highness, this is about to kill people, it is not moral but not moral. It is so at a young age.
The coal of this era was different from the coal of later generations and could not be refined. The sulfur content in this coal was extremely high. Once it was burned, a large amount of sulfur dioxide would be produced. If it was inhaled too much, it would really kill people.
Burning coal to keep heating is like committing suicide, which is common sense.
Xie Qian was angry and was about to scold him.
Liu Jin smiled and said, "Several adults are worried and will not be poisoned. This is anthracite. It does not produce smoke, so it is naturally non-toxic. Look, where is the smoke here?"
After saying this, Liu Jian and others looked closely and found that when the coal burned, it was not as smoky as ordinary coal, but it only emitted a curling white air, as if... there was no pungent smell.
Well? There is such coal in the world?
Xie Qian narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but say, "This thing must be extremely expensive, right?"
"It's not expensive, not expensive." Liu Jin smiled and said, "But a few large pounds per kilogram, anthracite can be burned for a long time, so it's enough to use it for a day."
As soon as this said, Liu Jian suddenly became excited...
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Chapter completed!