Chapter 801: Not Even a Sweet Date

Give the order here, and directly send out the order from the Xianzhen Camp.

The officials of the old dynasty who were still making small moves behind the scenes were instantly silent.

Their Majesty's slap did not even bring a sweet date.

This demotion made these officials of the old dynasty deeply realize their powerlessness.

What can they do? What dare they do?

How long has it been since the war ended? Do you really think that the knife in their Majesty's hand is not 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 hands on them. This was their confidence.

And now, Zhou Xu's thundering means have undoubtedly completely shattered their fantasy.

Their existence may have some influence, but the Great Zhou has long been out of the situation where it cannot move without them.

If the Majesty is really mad, he will definitely not show mercy when he swings the knife.

At this moment, they couldn't help but think of what Li Bowen had said before, and couldn't help but smile bitterly...

"Thunder, thunder, rain, and dew are all the grace of the emperor. So that's it, thunder, rain, and dew are all the grace of the emperor!"

After reading the report written by Zhou Chongshan after completing the task, Zhou Xu shook his head speechlessly.

These guys are all mean.

If you treat them better and more tolerantly, they will be arrogant, forgetting their own weight.

Now that the knife is shining, a slap is given without a sound, and now they know to be honest.

Compared to these guys who know to be honest only after being slapped, Li Bowen's recent state is so proud.

He thought about it a lot, but he never thought that their majesty would directly promote him to the Qinzheng Palace!

Now that he thinks about it, he is so excited.

He didn't sleep well all night, and got up early the next morning before dawn to tidy up his appearance, and then went to the palace to take up his post at the right time, with an excited face.

When Li Bowen arrived at the Qinzheng Hall, Zhou Xu and Huo Qubing had just arrived and were sorting out the documents sent this morning.

"Bowen is here, come, let's sort out the documents sent this morning."

Seeing Li Bowen, Zhou Xu smiled and waved to him, showing a rather close attitude.

Li Bowen was flattered and hurried to help.

Sorting out documents is not a complicated job 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 Hall, Qubing is my first assistant, and you are the second assistant..."

Zhou Xu had long planned to promote Li Bowen to an assistant. 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, and he can be regarded as conscientious in his work. Moreover, he has also made a clear statement this time. If he did not express it, it would be unreasonable.

Under this premise, Li Bowen's loyalty to him has officially reached 80 points, and he has entered the ranks of loyal ministers, so he will promote him.

After taking a seat, Li Bowen opened the file in front of him and quickly entered the working state.

After all, he was a prime minister in the old dynasty, and similar work was not unfamiliar to him. Li Bowen's work ability made Zhou Xu feel that the burden on his shoulders was a little lighter, which was quite good.

One document after another was quickly processed. It was close to noon, and Silk came over with a report that had just been delivered.

Generally, reports that were not delivered directly in the morning would be arranged in the afternoon. As for the reports that were brought in directly by Silk, either the reports were very important or urgent, or Zhou Xu was very concerned about the things in the reports.

This report belongs to the latter.

This is a report written around his new compulsory education policy, which mainly reports the implementation progress.

It is naturally a good thing that the 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 trend 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 had no pressure at all to urge Wang Dong on such matters. Anyway, Teacher Wang loved to do this and never tired of it. He liked people who loved to work.

Of course, Zhou Xu did not treat him badly. 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 of their Great Zhou.

"Your Majesty, Minister Kong is here."

"Okay, let him wait for me in the meeting hall next door."

After all, the Qinzheng Hall is a place for handling government documents. If a conversation is held here, it will inevitably affect Huo Qubing and Li Bowen.

Considering this, Zhou Xu also specially opened a meeting hall on the side. If there is anything to discuss, go to the meeting hall to discuss it without disturbing each other.

"Your Majesty, I am here to see you."

When Zhou Xu went over, Kong Daqian was already waiting there.

"No need to be polite. You have done a good job in promoting the new policy this time. I am very satisfied. I will arrange the relevant rewards for you later."

Kong Daqian listened and quickly said neither servile nor arrogant...

"This is the responsibility of our Propaganda Department. I dare not ask for rewards."

"Just take it if it's given to you. Don't think too much. Put all your energy into work."

While speaking, Zhou Xu quickly brought the topic to business.

"I called you here this time because I have something to say. I plan to set up a diplomatic department, but I think you are the most suitable candidate for the minister. What do you say?"

"Your Majesty, the Propaganda Department has just been established not long ago. If I am transferred to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs, I am afraid that it will be difficult to arrange 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."

The only diplomatic need of their Great Zhou now is to deal with the Wood Elves, and there is not much workload, so merging it into the Propaganda Department is just right.

After all, if you think about it carefully, isn't diplomacy essentially a group of external propaganda?