The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"The second thing is..."

"Nationwide waste management and environmental beautification."

A glint of light flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes, and he spoke in a deep and powerful voice.

"Nationwide waste management and environmental beautification?"

Upon hearing Chu Xiu's words, everyone looked surprised, not quite understanding what he meant.

"I have discovered that in our Great Zhou Dynasty, whether it is a county town, a prefecture town, or a state town..."

"Even in the capital, it was the same; the streets were piled with garbage and the roads were muddy."

"After the rain, the ground is full of dung and mud, splashing up to your waist and belly. After a long period of sunshine, the wind rises and dust flies, making you unrecognizable."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and said, "And so much garbage is causing diseases among the people, so it must be cleaned up."

In fact, Chu Xiu had already discovered this problem and wanted to solve it.

The first step was to establish public toilets nationwide.

Then came the construction of water conservancy projects, and with the Huangtian Sect uprising and the Maitreya Sect uprising following one after another, Chu Xiu had no time to deal with this problem.

"My lord, what do you mean?"

Ximen Jue's heart stirred, and he asked Chu Xiu.

Fang Heng and the others also stared intently at Chu Xiu.

Although they are all martial artists with profound cultivation levels, walking on snow without leaving a trace is no difficulty for them. Even if the outside world is dirty and messy, they can still remain spotless. However, if it can really greatly improve the environment of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty and make it clean and tidy, they would be happy to see it.

“Establish sanitation stations in all prefectures and counties of our Great Zhou Dynasty.”

"The sanitation department oversees multiple garbage stations."

“Divide the area into zones, specifying how many garbage stations are in each zone and how many people are responsible for collecting garbage daily.”

"Recruit a group of residents to work as sanitation workers, who will be responsible for collecting the garbage generated by residents' homes every day."

"Then all the collected garbage will be transported to the outskirts of the city every day for centralized incineration or burial."

"Moreover, the sanitation workers are divided into two groups: one group is responsible for collecting garbage and transporting it outside the city for centralized incineration or burial; the other group is specifically responsible for cleaning the city and county every day."

“In villages, instead of establishing sanitation stations, garbage stations are built, and residents take their garbage to the stations themselves for daily incineration or burial.”

"I will go to the palace to meet Your Majesty and request that Your Majesty reduce the taxes levied on the villagers to a certain extent."

"Furthermore, our Embroidered Uniform Guard allocates a sum of money each year to subsidize villagers for purchasing grain crop seeds."

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then spoke solemnly.

"My lord, is the establishment and management of the sanitation stations the responsibility of our Embroidered Uniform Guard, or..."

After thinking for a moment, Ximen Jue clasped his hands in a fist and asked Chu Xiu with a serious expression.

If it weren't for the fact that the Embroidered Uniform Guard was in charge, many unexpected things might have happened.

"Such matters must be handled personally by our Embroidered Uniform Guard."

"At most, in the beginning, the local government helped us recruit people to set up sanitation stations and garbage dumps."

"The amount of money needed will all be covered by our Jinyiwei Public Welfare Special Fund."

Chu Xiu smiled lightly and said calmly, "What we need to do is, after I enter the palace to meet the Emperor, as long as I receive His Majesty's decree..."

You are responsible for dispatching our Imperial Guards to the various prefectures and counties to relay this order, and to establish sanitation stations, recruit workers, and build garbage dumps as quickly as possible.

"Your Excellency is wise!"

Upon hearing this, Ximen Jue's face showed admiration as he spoke.

This way, a lot of unnecessary trouble can be avoided.

Chu Xiu stood up, waved his sleeve at Ximen Jue and the others, and said, "Alright, that's all. You can go about your business."

"Yes, we will take our leave."

Ximen Jue and the others bowed and then disappeared into the main hall of the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters.

Chu Xiu took a step and disappeared into the main hall of the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters.

After a cup of tea.

The Imperial Palace, Taiji Palace.

Chu Xiu stood outside the Taiji Palace, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Your humble servant Chu Xiu has come to request an audience with Your Majesty."

"Minister Chu has arrived?"

"Jiang Wan'er, go out and greet Chu Aiqing."

Upon hearing this, Empress Murong Si, who was reviewing memorials at her desk in the main hall of Taiji Palace, put down the memorials in her hand, a smile appearing on her pretty face, and said to Jiang Wan'er.

In fact, even if Chu Xiu didn't come, she would still order him to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

She just hadn't expected Chu Xiu to enter the palace so quickly.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Jiang Wan'er responded and walked out of the main hall.

Not long after.

Jiang Wan'er then led Chu Xiu into the main hall of the Taiji Palace.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Chu Xiu bowed to Murong Si.

"Minister Chu, there's no need for such formalities."

Murong Si waved her hand and said, "Someone, bring a seat."

"Yes."

A palace maid responded and moved a chair behind Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu thanked Murong Si, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

He thanked him and sat down in the chair.

“Minister Chu, if it weren’t for you holding Yangzhou, Yangzhou would not have been able to stop Yang Xuance before the great strife began.”

"You've done a great service, what do you want?"

"Whatever you want, I will grant it to you."

Murong Si looked at Chu Xiu with a smile and said.

"Your Majesty, I do not want anything."

Chu Xiu shook his head and said.

He naturally knew that Murong Si had just bestowed upon him the title of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Central Military Commission, and also granted him permission to wear a sword and shoes in the palace, not to bow when entering the court, and not to use his name when being praised!

It is not appropriate to continue bestowing official titles upon them in the short term.

"Minister Chu has rendered a great service; how could I not reward him?"

"In that case, Jiang Wan'er, you will be responsible for drawing a batch of cultivation resources from my imperial treasury."

"One hundred thousand pills for martial artists in the Ascension Realm, fifty thousand pills for martial artists in the Celestial Realm, and five thousand pills for martial artists in the Human Immortal Realm."

"A martial artist at the Earth Immortal Realm needs one thousand pills to cultivate, and a martial artist at the Heaven Immortal Realm needs one hundred pills to cultivate."

"Send them all to the headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

Murong Si frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then spoke in a deep voice to Jiang Wan'er.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Jiang Wan'er said with a solemn expression.

"In addition, Minister Chu is permitted to enter the Immortal Martial Pavilion to select martial arts techniques."

"Any martial arts technique that Minister Chu desires can be chosen."

A glint of light flashed in Murong Si's eyes as she spoke with a serious expression.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin both stared blankly.

What kind of place is the Immortal Martial Pavilion?

Forbidden area of ​​the Great Zhou Dynasty's Imperial Palace!

It's a place not everyone can set foot in.

Although in every imperial examination of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the top three in the civil service examination were allowed to enter the Immortal Martial Pavilion to select martial arts.

The reason we mention the civil service examination is because the Great Zhou Dynasty has now added a military examination.

However, even the top three in the civil service examinations could only enter the third level of the Immortal Martial Pavilion, and were not even qualified to enter the fourth level.

The fifth floor of the Immortal Martial Pavilion is a place that only the emperor of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty can set foot on!

Murong Si's words meant that Chu Xiu could at least enter the fourth floor of the Immortal Martial Pavilion to choose martial arts!

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your great kindness."

Chu Xiu's eyes lit up, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. He cupped his hands in thanks to Murong Si.

He certainly couldn't possibly be unaware of the Immortal Martial Pavilion.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard has information on the Immortal Martial Pavilion.

Although there isn't much information, it only states that the Immortal Martial Pavilion is a forbidden area within the Great Zhou Dynasty's imperial palace, where all the divine martial arts techniques collected by the Great Zhou Dynasty are stored.

"Minister Chu, you must not know much about the Immortal Martial Pavilion, right?"

Murong Si smiled and looked at Chu Xiu.