Chapter 801: Not even a sweet date
Give the order here and have the trap camp go out and deliver the message directly.
The officials of the old dynasty, who had been making small moves behind the scenes, were suddenly silenced.
Their Majesty's slap in the face didn't even bring a single sweet date.
This demotion made these officials of the old dynasty deeply realize their own powerlessness.
What could they do? What dared they do? How long had it been since the war ended? Did they really think that the sword in their majesty's hand was no longer sharp? Zhou Xu's tolerant attitude earlier gave many officials of the old dynasty an illusion that their majesty still had to rely on them to govern the Great Zhou, and they did not dare to take heavy measures against them. This was their confidence.
And now, Zhou Xu's thundering method has undoubtedly completely shattered their fantasy.
Their existence may have some impact, but the Great Zhou has long escaped from the situation where it could not move forward without them.
If you really piss off that emperor, he will show no mercy when he wields the knife.
At this moment, they couldn't help but think of the words Li Bowen left before, and couldn't help but reveal a trace of a miserable smile on their faces...
"Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all the grace of the emperor. So that's how it is. Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all the grace of the emperor!"
After reading the report Zhou Chongshan wrote after completing the task, Zhou Xu shook his head speechlessly.
The most striking thing about these guys is that they are mean.
If you treat them nicely and tolerantly, they will become arrogant and forget their own weight.
Now that the knife is shining, he can be slapped without making a sound. Now he knows to be obedient.
Compared to these guys who only behaved themselves after being slapped in the face, Li Bowen's recent state is that of a very proud person.
He had thought about it a lot, but he had never expected that their Majesty would actually promote him directly to the Qinzheng Palace! Now that he thought about it, he was so excited.
He didn't sleep well that night. The next morning, he got up before dawn, dressed himself up, and then went to the palace to take up his post on time with an excited look on his face.
When Li Bowen arrived at the Qinzheng Hall, Zhou Xu and Huo Qubing had just arrived and were sorting out the documents that had been delivered in the morning.
"Bo Wen is here, come, let's sort out the documents that were delivered this morning."
When he saw Li Bowen, Zhou Xu smiled and waved at him, acting quite friendly.
Li Bowen was immediately flattered and hurried over to lend a hand.
Organizing files is not a complicated task in itself. The more people there are, the higher the efficiency.
The documents were sorted out quickly, and Huo Qubing went straight into work, while Zhou Xu was introducing some things here to Li Bowen.
"From today on, this is your desk. In this Qinzheng Palace, Qubing is my first assistant, and you are my second assistant..."
Zhou Xu had long planned to promote Li Bowen to assistant officer. After all, his double three-star panel, coupled with the talent of "good at internal affairs", can basically be comparable to some four-star characters in the work of internal affairs. It would be a pity not to promote him.
Under this premise, Huo Qubing really needed someone to help him share the work pressure.
However, according to the original plan, Zhou Xu did not intend to promote Li Bowen so early.
But since his surrender, Li Bowen's performance has been good, he has been conscientious in his work, and this time he took a stand and expressed his views promptly and directly. It would be unreasonable if he did not express his opinion.
Under this premise, Li Bowen's loyalty to him officially reached eighty points, entering the ranks of loyal ministers, so he took the opportunity to promote him up.
After taking his seat and opening the file in front of him, Li Bowen quickly got into work mode.
After all, he had served as prime minister in the old dynasty, and similar work was not unfamiliar to him. The work ability demonstrated by Li Bowen made Zhou Xu feel that the burden on his shoulders was lightened a little, which felt quite good.
Documents were processed quickly one after another. As it was approaching noon, Silk came over with a report that had just been delivered.
Generally, reports like this that were not delivered directly in the morning would be scheduled for the afternoon. But in the case of this one, which was brought in directly by Silk, it meant that either the report was very important or urgent, or Zhou Xu was very concerned about the content of the report.
This report belongs to the latter.
This is a report written around our new compulsory education policy, mainly reporting on the implementation progress.
It is naturally a good thing that people are willing to send their children to school, but the problem now is that the effect of this wave of publicity is too good. If this momentum continues, there may not be enough teachers.
For a moment, Zhou Xu didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.
In response to this situation, he could only ask Wang Dong to work harder.
Zhou Xu did not feel any pressure at all when urging Wang Dong on such matters. Teacher Wang loved to do this anyway and never got tired of it. He liked people who loved to work.
Of course, Zhou Xu did not treat him unfairly. After the education business was officially launched, he immediately ordered the establishment of a Ministry of Education and appointed Teacher Wang as the Minister of Education, allowing him to shine in this position and contribute to the education cause of their Great Zhou.
"Your Majesty, Minister Kong is here."
"Okay, let him wait for me in the meeting hall next to it."
After all, the Qinzheng Hall is the place where government documents are handled. If a conversation were to take place here, it would inevitably have an impact on Huo Qubing and Li Bowen.
Taking this into consideration, Zhou Xu specially opened a meeting hall nearby. If there was anything to discuss, they could go to the meeting hall and talk without disturbing each other.
"Your humble servant pays respect to His Majesty."
When Zhou Xu went over, Kong Daqian was already waiting there.
"No need for gifts. You have done a great job in promoting the new policy this time. I am very satisfied. I will arrange the relevant rewards for you later."
Kong Daqian heard this and quickly said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner...
"This is the responsibility of our Propaganda Department. We dare not ask for a reward."
"Just take it if it's given to you. Don't think too much and focus on your work."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu quickly changed the subject to business.
"I called you here this time because I have something to tell you. I plan to set up a diplomatic department, but after much thought, I think you are the most suitable candidate for the director. What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, the Propaganda Department has only been established for a short time. If I am transferred to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs, I am afraid it will be difficult to arrange things for the Propaganda Department."
Hearing this, Zhou Xu smiled slightly.
"I think so too, so I plan to merge the Ministry of Foreign Affairs into your Propaganda Department."
Now the only diplomatic need of their Great Zhou is with the Wood Elves. At the same time, the workload is not too heavy, so it is just right to incorporate it into the Propaganda Department.
After all, if you think about it carefully, isn’t diplomacy essentially a form of external propaganda?
(End of this chapter)
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