Chapter 753 That Yan Sheng, you are a tyrant!
While sorting out his thoughts, Zhou Xu directly picked up the pen and wrote down this order.
However, before sending the order, he suddenly had a new idea.
There are undoubtedly blacksmiths in the New World, as well as departments that specialize in forging military weapons.
Putting aside the crystal iron weapons, just talking about the technology of manufacturing iron weapons, Zhou Xu had no idea which side was stronger.
In this case, let's just engage in some communication and learning.
Anyway, they now have hot air balloons to use, so they can just send one or two exchange students over to learn from each other and improve each other. It won’t do any harm anyway.
The more Zhou Xu thought about this matter, the more he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he immediately wrote another order and asked the personal soldier in charge of delivering the message to take it away together, and then he buried his head again in the mountain of documents and reports in front of him.
On this day, Zhou Xu got up an hour earlier than usual because today was the day for the court meeting.
He had no interest in attending court every day. It was not that he was neglecting state affairs, but Zhou Xu felt that there were not so many things to do in a day, so he had to ask for instructions and report to him in person at the court meeting.
So according to his arrangement, the court meeting is now held once a week.
Of course, if there are particularly important matters, a court meeting can be held temporarily to discuss them.
At this moment, sitting on the dragon throne in the court hall, Zhou Xu was supporting his chin with one hand, listening boredly to Li Bowen's passionate flattery of him below, and then he couldn't help yawning.
"That Yan Sheng, you are a tyrant! He dared to call himself the First Emperor. The other kings of the countries died at the hands of the tyrant Yan Sheng, and they are even more mediocre! What a heroic ruler the ruler of our Great Zhou is! With your heroic stature, how can you be given the same title as the tyrant Yan Sheng and those mediocre rulers?!"
"I second this motion!"
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As soon as Li Bowen's impassioned words came out, all the ministers in the hall responded, and Zhou Xu, who was sitting on the upper floor, rolled his eyes.
[Damn it, I have to add another rule in the future: the morning meeting will be held once a week, but if there is nothing else to do on the day, it can be cancelled! Isn't it good to sleep for this hour? Listen to you guys flattering me here?! ]
Although these compliments sounded pleasant, they also depended on the time. Zhou Xu really had no interest in getting up an hour early to listen to these idiots flattering him.
Just as he was thinking about this, Li Bowen's excited voice once again reached Zhou Xu's ears.
"The titles of Emperor and King are really not enough to reflect the King's bravery and wisdom. For this reason, I have been unable to sleep at night and have been thinking hard for several days. Now I dare to propose the word 'Emperor' as the King's new title!"
At this moment, Zhou Xu only felt a throbbing pain in his temple.
[Why don't you just work hard all day and night and think about this? ]
But he just complained casually in his mind.
What about sleepless nights and pondering for days? Zhou Xu is not stupid enough to take this nonsense seriously. He came up with the word "emperor". Li Bowen may have really pondered for a while, but it is definitely not that exaggerated.
Just when Zhou Xu was about to say something, all the ministers below knelt down and began to shout "Long live the emperor!", which made Zhou Xu's eyes twitch.
Now he suddenly understood the feeling of some ancient emperors who wanted to lose their temper but couldn't when faced with their ministers kneeling and forcing them to abdicate.
Not to mention that these guys below were not here to force him to abdicate, but were instead praising him, which made it even harder for him to save face.
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. In the end, he could only smile dryly and spit out two words.
"Okay."
While speaking, Zhou Xu quickly winked at the personal soldiers beside him, signaling them to quickly start the "report if there is something to report, and dismiss if there is nothing to report" phase.
I quickly adjourned the court session and calculated the time so that I could go back and take a nap.
But at this moment, Li Bowen, who had not returned to the line at all, shouted again...
"I have something to report!"
Zhou Xu's expression froze instantly.
[You better be in trouble! ]
"Yes."
"Your Majesty! After more than half a year of development, all the cities in our Great Zhou have now been put on the right track, and the country is becoming more stable. Here, I think Your Majesty should quickly expand the harem, give birth to heirs as soon as possible, and establish a crown prince, so as to stabilize our Great Zhou country!"
As he spoke, all the ministers knelt down in unison.
"Your Majesty, please expand your harem, give birth to a child as soon as possible, and establish a crown prince! To stabilize our Great Zhou Dynasty!!"
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Not to mention, although it was a bit embarrassing for a modern man like Zhou Xu to hear these words advising him to quickly start a harem and have children, it was indeed a serious matter from the perspective of national development.
After all, in their Chinese land, this kind of thing has always existed since ancient times, and this is even more so for a ruler of a country.
This is to prevent the emperor from suddenly dying one day.
Under this premise, if there is a crown prince, he can immediately succeed to the throne, thus minimizing the impact of the emperor's death on the country.
Zhou Xu had already turned thirty two years ago. Even in modern times, he would be old enough to get married.
He doesn't think he can live forever. In this age when medical care is not yet developed, living to sixty or seventy years old is considered a long life, right?
From this point of view, half of my life is almost over, and it is indeed time to think about future generations.
After all, the Great Zhou that he had worked so hard to build must be passed down, right?
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu also became serious.
"OK!"
Zhou Xuke had no plans to find a woman to date or anything like that, so how could he have the time?
Since ancient times, there has always been only one way for the emperor to expand his harem, and that is to select concubines.
The specific matters will naturally be done by the ministers under his command.
It must be said that this group of old court officials are indeed experienced in this area.
After all, when Yan Sheng was alive, he would look for beauties all over the country to expand his harem every now and then, which allowed the ministers below to accumulate a lot of experience.
After briefly explaining the matter, seeing that the ministers below had nothing else to do, Zhou Xu announced the adjournment of the court.
On the way back to his own palace, Zhou Xu couldn't help but sigh in his heart...
[Before I knew it, I had become a man in his thirties. ]
In this era, there were no mirrors that could reflect very clearly. If one wanted to confirm his or her appearance, one could only look at a bronze mirror or look at his or her reflection in the water.
But whether it was the bronze mirror or the reflection in the water, it was not that clear after all. In addition, he had been extremely busy in recent years, so he really didn't pay much attention to whether he was getting older.
Just as Zhou Xu was thinking about this, a burst of hurried footsteps came from behind.
Zhou Xu turned his head and saw a personal soldier leading Jie Liancheng walking towards him quickly.
"This humble general, Jie Liancheng, pays respect to the Emperor!"
At the end of the conversation, Xie Liancheng, who was still bowing, raised his head and raised his eyebrows teasingly at him.
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(End of this chapter)
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