Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 1267 - 3: Grand Minister of Agriculture Zhao Xing and the Revival Plan! (14,000 Words)
At the Spring Festival banquet, Emperor Wu, citing the late emperor's dying wishes, bestowed marriage upon Liu Tianning.
The elder princess of Great Zhou, Ji Anlan, also known as Princess You Ruo, finally got her wish to marry Liu Tianning.
In April, the administration was adjusted.
Emperor Wu, using the excuse that Liu Tianning needed to prepare for his marriage and carry on the Liu Family line, removed Liu Tianning from the position of Grand Minister of Agriculture.
He would make arrangements once he had offspring.
The position of Grand Minister of Agriculture was taken over by the original Minister of Agriculture Zhao Xing!
As there was no dissent within the Ministry of Agriculture, this order did not cause any dissatisfaction.
The Heavenly Time Sect and Earth Advantage Sect even celebrated together!
"Hahaha, Zhao Xing became the Grand Minister of Agriculture, someone come, bring the dance music!" Meng Kun danced with joy. "Today, I'm going to thoroughly enjoy myself!"
"Dean, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
"I'm enjoying myself on my own turf, what's inappropriate about that? Quickly, go please!"
"Yes, yes."
...
The news spread like the wind. The matter of Zhao Xing becoming the Grand Minister of Agriculture soon reached the Sect World, previously known as the Realm of Slumber.
In the Xuantian Divine Sect, inside a magnificent main hall.
Upon receiving the news, the Fog Walker couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Zhao Tianzun finally ascended! My decision was indeed correct!"
"With him becoming the Grand Minister of Agriculture, I now have more persuasive power!"
Upon returning to the sect, the Fog Walker was already acting as the Sect Master.
He began to plan affairs for allying with Great Zhou, and if Zhao Xing were merely the Minister of Agriculture, this alliance would not be as convincing.
Only as the Grand Minister of Agriculture, would people believe that Zhao Xing could handle the entire Divine Sect's alliance, and have the ability to lead and settle them properly.
"I must quicken my pace, follow in Tianzun's footsteps, and rapidly unify opinions within the Divine Sect." The Fog Walker thought to himself.
...
The Southern Barbarians, Golden Feather Royal Court.
"Zhao Xing became the Grand Minister of Agriculture?" The Purple Bone Heavenly Venerate received this news and couldn't help but mutter, "He's truly doing well, I haven't even become State Preceptor, and he's already ahead as the Grand Minister of Agriculture."
"Alas, the limitations of this troubling legacy cannot be lifted, it seems that in the future, I really have to be on the same boat with him."
The Purple Bone Heavenly Venerate felt somewhat melancholy, as before receiving the legacy, he worked for the Southern Barbarians, and after receiving the legacy, he again had to work for Zhao Xing.
"When will I no longer remain under others, free to roam as I please?"
...
The 82nd year of Yuan Shou, Zhao Xing, upon becoming the Grand Minister of Agriculture, immediately became busy.
At most times, he split into over ten thousand doppelgangers, and at the least maintained over a thousand.
Liu Tianning was a diligent person, when he was the Grand Minister of Agriculture, he personally handled many tasks, because he believed others wouldn't do as good a job as he would.
"He only set up nine Junior Agricultural Officers, how can this work."
"Doing everything himself, how can there be any enthusiasm beneath? Knowing how to employ people is the true way."
"I want to implement a revival plan, a single person alone cannot manage it."
The first thing Zhao Xing did after assuming office was to increase the positions of Junior Agricultural Officer.
"During the four Grand Ministers of Agriculture of Emperor Wu's period, Liu Tianning, Mi Fei, Li Guiyuan, Peng Yurang."
"Peng Yurang is not yet born at present, he was the Grand Minister of Agriculture in Emperor Wu's later years, but Li Guiyuan and Mi Fei have already been in the ranks of high officials."
"Wait, where is my Mr. Mi?"
Zhao Xing flipped through the roster and discovered that Mi Fei was missing from the list of high-ranking officials.
"What's the situation here?"
He immediately went to check Mi Fei's transfer records.
He was shocked at what he found.
Mi Fei had actually been demoted to a fifth-rank official once more!
"Who did this, who is responsible for this?" Zhao Xing was instantly furious, grabbing the roster and finding Meng Kun waiting in the adjacent public office: "Mr. Meng, who demoted Mi Fei? Was it the Right Minister Tong Wen Zhuo from the Heavenly Affairs?"
"Does he not know that it was I who recommended Mi Fei to the former Grand Minister of Agriculture?"
"To apply such grave charges of insubordination and slandering court politics, who does he think he is?"
Meng Kun took over the transfer order, recalling carefully: "Grand Minister, please remain calm. This order, although signed by Tong Wen Zhuo, was in accordance with the emperor's decree."
"The emperor?" Zhao Xing was stunned.
"I remember Mi Fei," Meng Kun recalled, "He is indeed very capable. When he initially went with you to the Western Extreme State, this person later participated in the war against the Outer Alliance and performed with divine courage, once promoted to the Central Army Director of Agriculture of the Divine Residence Army."
"Later, at the end of the war, he was transferred back to the Zhu Ling Cave Heaven in the Western Extreme State to farm, where he also excelled and was even ennobled by the emperor as a Guanglu Doctor, raising his rank by one degree."
"And then?" Zhao Xing asked.
"The trouble came with the position of Guanglu Doctor," Meng Kun said, "Mi Fei had the opportunity to write letters to the emperor, expressing his true feelings, advising the emperor every now and then not to engage in extensive warfare."
"He thought that since the Outer Alliance had already signed a peace treaty with Great Zhou, the stationed troops in Western Extreme State should be that numerous, to reduce military expenses and save the national treasury's expenditures."
Zhao Xing: "..."
Well, Mi Fei still repeated the mistakes of the past life.
Although the events triggering the issue were different across lifetimes, the essence was the same, to cut Emperor Wu's military expenditures.
Amid the background of the Western Extreme State at the time, Mi Fei's discordant voice was too jarring.
The emperor was waging war, and he kept saying to cut military expenses, persistently nagging, did he really think highly of himself?
So, the annoyed Emperor Wu had Right Minister Tong Wen Zhuo, who managed official promotions, demote Mi Fei to a fifth-rank official.
Emperor Wu had once briefly interacted with Mi Fei in the Star Ruins, and now demoted him to that place again.
Listening to this, Zhao Xing found it somewhat peculiar.
