Martial: I Started The Technological Revolution In Ancient Times

However, none of the officials pointed it out. They were all watching, as if they were watching a fight.    

    

The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked down, especially at Elder Qiu, waiting for him to roar and fight back.    

    

In reality, Elder Qiu did not say anything.    

    

He just stood there with his body bent, not moving at all, not saying a word.    

    

His Majesty sighed and curled his lips. Then he said, "Do you have a way to prevent it? Regardless of whether the locust plague will happen, you must be prepared. Zhen... Do not wish to appear again."    

    

He let out a long sigh, causing all the officials to immediately raise their heads to look at him.    

    

They remembered that back then, when the locust plague struck, there was no way to cure it. His Majesty directly issued an Imperial Decree and ascended the platform, roaring, "If you want to eat, come and eat me! I will use this body of flesh and blood to exchange for the people of the world!"    

    

At that time, the locust plague rushed into the capital and hit His Majesty, almost lifting him off the platform.    

    

That scene back then shocked many people.    

    

Countless families had fought to use their methods, donating money, and distributing food. Finally, the disaster had been alleviated a little.    

    

But...    

    

A disaster. Two hundred million civilians in Qin Country had died, and fifty million had died!    

    

Hunger, natural disasters, and chaos.    

    

Many villages had disappeared, and not a single living person was left. They had all been abandoned.    

    

The impact of this disaster had actually affected the current day. The total population was actually not even as large as it had been twenty years ago.    

    

The momentum of a revival... In the eyes of His Majesty, it was a compliment, but it also revealed a trace of helplessness and falsehood.    

    

When Prime Minister Qiu heard His Majesty's question, he said loudly, "In this old subject's opinion, when faced with such a disaster, there should be the courage of a valiant warrior to lose an arm!"    

    

"A strong man losing an arm? Solve?"    

    

"It's an arm, not an arm."    

    

Prime Minister Qiu corrected him, which made the king's face turn ugly.    

    

It was not that the right thing was embarrassing for the king, but the "arm" and "arm, 'there was a weight to it.    

    

A broken arm and an entire arm were naturally heavier.    

    

His Majesty took a deep breath and asked, "Why did you lose an arm?"    

    

Prime Minister Qiu said, "Now that we have discovered the eggs, although the area is wide, it did not affect the entire Central Plains. Why not use this opportunity to burn all the areas with eggs and kill the locust plague in its cradle?"    

    

"What? "    

    

Before the king could say anything, Zhao Wuji and Imperial Tutor Zhao shouted at the top of their lungs.    

    

It was not that he was not calm, but everyone in the hall was in disbelief!    

    

His Majesty asked in a deep voice, "How about the area that needs to be burned?"    

    

Prime Minister Qiu said, "Half of Huang Nan said."    

    

"Hiss..."    

    

His Majesty sucked in a breath of cold air and gritted his teeth, "Half of Huang Nan Dao? Even though there are nine in this world, only Huang Nan, Huang Bei, and Jiang Huai are amongst them. It takes up half of the entire nation's grain production, and you want half of the Huang Nan Road? Then how many people will be hungry this year? "    

    

Prime Minister Qiu said, "As long as the Imperial Court opens the warehouse to distribute grain, the various large families will contribute some of their accumulated grain. They will be able to survive this crisis."    

    

"Ah!"    

    

Imperial Tutor Zhao said coldly, and said, "It's true that you have surplus grain in your family, but we are officials from Qingshui City. Do you have a lot of grain in your house? Do you want to open the warehouse and distribute it? Why don't you ask the people of the Ministry of Revenue if there is still so much food in the treasury?! You can produce ten thousand stones of grain out of thin air? As expected of Prime Minister Qiu!"    

    

Prime Minister Qiu said softly," This old official knows that this matter is very difficult, but in the end, it will be easier than the locust plague. This old official said that to prevent the locust plague, it is impossible to not pay the price. The price of losing an arm is better than the suffering of the entire country once again! "    

    

This time, he finally paid attention to Imperial Tutor Zhao.    

    

Imperial Tutor Zhao sneered and said, "Let's not talk about whether the locust plague will come or not, those eggs are bugs that can be seen everywhere. Or the locusts. Just burning Huang Nan Dao is a human disaster! What about the civilians? Half of the road, a million households, what about those people? If they are forced to rebel, what should we do?"    

    

Prime Minister Qiu said," When soldiers come, they will block when the water comes. When our upper class policy is implemented, the civilians will naturally be puzzled. If it affected them, they would naturally take the risk. Do whatever you want to do, but... these are the price you can pay! If they wanted to govern the locust disaster, they had to pay no price. How can that do?"    

    

Imperial Tutor Zhao changed the topic, which made sense. Prime Minister Qiu's argument was also very convincing.    

    

The two of them started to argue just like that.    

    

The result of a dispute was often "to discuss again."    

    

After all, there was still some time.    

    

Even if most of the things in this world were things that were ruined because of procrastination!    

    

They had been arguing for too long, but there was still no result.    

    

Furthermore, the matter of burning down half of Huang Nan Dao, His Majesty actually also wanted to avoid it.    

    

He sighed and said, "Let's put it aside for now. If any of you have a good method, why don't you bring it up? Moreover, you can enter the palace at any time to explain!"    

    

Enter the Palace to meet the Sage at any time?    

    

The officials below were shocked.    

    

In reality, the officials in Qin Country were huge, but there were not many who could meet the Sage. Other than those scholars with excellent evaluations who were demoted after meeting him, there were almost so many people present.    

    

And these people could not see the Emperor at any time.    

    

They all took a look at this court assembly.    

    

All the officials wanted to build a good relationship with His Majesty. After all, His Majesty was the one who could change a person's life with a single sentence!    

    

And to face His Majesty alone, the significance of this matter was very great.    

    

This was a chance.    

    

However, they could not think of any way to deal with the locust plague. It seemed like... after returning, they would have to look for some capable people and see if they could find a suitable method.    

    

His Majesty continued, "Now, let's move on to the next topic. It's also what all the ministers are waiting for, right?"    

    

Everyone was naturally waiting.    

    

Actually, the most important content today was the evaluation!    

    

As for the locust plague?    

    

After all, it had not happened yet, and it might not really happen.    

    

And the evaluation was right in front of him.    

    

In an instant, everyone's gaze locked onto a few of the major generals.    

    

They did not keep them in suspense. According to the seniority, the first person to come up was the current Grand Tutor. He took out a scroll from his bosom and spread it out, reading it carefully from top to bottom.    

    

One. A name and a comment.    

    

It was that simple, with a total of 20 words.    

    

It decided a person's life!    

    

After reading it, each of the 36 young people's names had an extremely fair evaluation. Many of them were disciples of the Hundred Officials. When they heard the answer, they all heaved a sigh of relief.    

    

There were neither too high nor too low. They were all within the acceptable range in their hearts.    

    

It was not that they were not surprised. For example, one of them, Situ Ping'an, had actually received a second grade evaluation!    

    

He could directly become a fourth grade official and reach the level of an upper palace's Ming-Saint!    

    

And this name was something that everyone was unfamiliar with.    

    

Rank Two, even though there was still a Rank One pressing down on his head, it could already be considered to be the highest rating.    

    

The highest was Rank-2.    

    

Among the 36 people, there was only one Rank-2.    

    

However, it was surprising to see an unfamiliar name on it.    

    

As for why there was no Rank-1.    

    

That was because rank 1 was the "Saint Grade." Since Saints could not become officials in the court, the so-called Saints should not be involved in worldly affairs, the secular world, the government, or the Jianghu.    

    

As the saying went, extraordinary and extraordinary.    

    

Since they were out of the ordinary, they naturally could not do such a mundane thing as becoming an official.    

    

Of course, saints did not say that there were no benefits at all. There was one thing, not bowing to an official, not kneeling to an emperor, and the crime of treason was not shackled.    

    

His status was naturally extraordinary.    

    

Unfortunately, it was all an undeserved reputation.    

    

Without an official position, the respect of others was useless.    

    

Therefore, Rank One was also publicly acknowledged as "trash."