EBE Chapter 130 Come prepared
Chapter 130 Come prepared
After finishing his business with Chu Fuchi, Ye Wuwei stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wushuang has sent someone to follow me. You can go out later."
"He's so worried about you?"
"That's right, otherwise I wouldn't need you to prepare those things for me."
As he opened the door to the private room, Ye Wuwei suddenly remembered Chu Jianghe's five hundred taels of silver. He closed the door and turned back to sit down.
"Chu Jianghe gave Anli five hundred taels of silver for the store's opening. What does he mean by that?"
Chu Fuchi was silent for a moment and then said:
"I can't go back to Yingdu from Chamdo. My father is old, and the governance of Yingdu must be handed over to another person.
Chu Jianghe wants to follow your path to gain governance."
"Didn't Tai'an take over your father's military power?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Wuwei knew he was wrong.
Although Qi Wushuang and the others had decided to let Chu Taian return to Yingdu to take over the military power of Prince Chu, Chu Jianghe and the others did not know.
In the eyes of Chu Jianghe and others: Chu Taian is the future queen!
Thinking that this matter had something to do with him, Ye Wuwei felt a little embarrassed:
"It seems that I am not worthy of Chu Jianghe's money."
“Just take it with peace of mind.
Since you plan to go to the North, it's not appropriate to mention Tai'an breaking off the engagement now. As for Jiang He, I have other arrangements."
Hearing this, Ye Wuwei asked, "What kind of person is Chu Jianghe?"
"He's not a bad person, he's just a little mediocre in ability and a little too bold."
……
When we returned to the palace, it was lunch time.
Ye Wuwei was wondering whether to have lunch with Qi Wushuang, but he saw a eunuch jogging towards him.
"Minister Ye, if His Majesty tells you to come back, go find him."
"Where is your Majesty?"
"The side hall of Taiji Hall."
Ye Wuwei walked towards the side hall of Taiji Hall.
In the Taiji Hall, all five elders except Chu Fuchi were present.
Ye Wuwei saluted formally and asked, "Your Majesty, I wonder why you summoned me here?"
Seeing Ye Wuwei wearing a mask, Qi Wushuang felt guilty yet somewhat complacent: "Minister Ye, why are you wearing a mask?"
Thanks to Ye Wuwei's "cheating", Amway stores were the first to sell masks, and now no one in Changdu City does not know what masks are.
Ye Wuwei despised Qi Wushuang in his heart: You clearly know what's going on, yet you still ask deliberately!
"I was training a dog last night and accidentally got hurt on the face. I wore a mask to cover it up because I didn't want to bother His Majesty."
Qi Wushuang almost choked.
Little Dengzi looked at Ye Wuwei with complicated eyes: Is it really okay for Minister Ye to scold His Majesty in front of so many people?
Your Majesty, too, teasing Minister Ye in front of so many people, given Minister Ye's personality, how could he be willing to suffer any loss?
Qi Guangren believed it and asked with concern:
"Minister Ye, being bitten by a dog is no small matter. I'm afraid it was a mad dog. Have you consulted a doctor?"
Qi Wushuang's face darkened instantly: Is Qi Guangren making a veiled attack on someone else?
If Qi Guangren knew what Qi Wushuang was thinking, he would definitely cry out in injustice:
Your Majesty, I really didn't know it was you who bit Minister Ye's mouth!
Ye Wuwei also sincerely thanked Qi Guangren: "Thank you for your concern, Minister Qi. I have just seen the doctor."
In order to prevent the two from arguing further, Qi Wushuang got down to business:
"Minister Ye, I have been discussing your proposal for the imperial examination with several elders. They are somewhat confused and would like to ask you for advice."
Ye Wuwei deliberately asked: "Where is Prime Minister Chu?"
"Fu Chi needs leave after leaving the court."
Ye Wuwei introduced the "Imperial Examination System" to the five cabinet ministers.
The Minister of Personnel is the most sensitive:
"According to Minister Ye, officials in the future cannot be recommended by local officials?"
The Minister of Personnel came from a noble family and was from the faction of Grand Tutor Zhuang.
After the Minister of Personnel finished speaking, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Works and Qi Guangren all looked at Ye Wuwei.
Qi Guangren was lucky; he had already heard about the imperial examination system from Chen Shusheng. Although he felt that its implementation would undoubtedly be opposed by the aristocratic families, he personally did not oppose it.
But the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Works are different.
Both of them came from aristocratic families, and many local officials were from their faction. Therefore, the officials recommended by local officials also belonged to their faction.
After being exposed by the Minister of Personnel, the two men immediately realized that the imperial examination system would have a huge impact on their power.
The Minister of Rites immediately rebuked Ye Wuwei:
"Minister Ye, how could you come up with such a ridiculous idea?"
Seeing the Minister of Rites scolding Ye Wuwei, Qi Wushuang became unhappy. Just as he was about to scold the Minister of Rites, he received a hint from Ye Wuwei asking him to "calm down".
Ye Wuwei was not angry, but smiled and asked the Minister of Rites:
"Excuse me, what's so absurd about the imperial examination system?"
The imperial examination system was certainly not absurd. The Minister of Rites was unable to come up with a rebuttal and could only say, "It is not in accordance with etiquette."
“I think what the Shangshu wants to say is that it is not in line with the interests of the aristocratic families, right?
The imperial examination system did infringe upon the interests of the aristocratic families, but Your Majesty is the ruler of a country.
But look at the court today. How many officials are from your three factions: Qi, Zhuang, and Yuwen?
The officials from your three factions together account for more than 70% of the total number of officials in the court. If you subtract some neutral factions, the officials from Your Majesty's faction account for less than 20%.
Do you want His Majesty to give up the throne to you?"
Not only did the Minister of Rites not dare to respond to this, even General Qi and Grand Tutor Zhuang did not dare to respond to this.
Ye Wuwei continued to talk to himself:
"I'm not afraid to tell you that the reason I proposed the imperial examination system was to fight for power on behalf of Your Majesty.
It is also possible not to implement the imperial examination system. The Qi, Zhuang, and Yuwen clans will each give up one thousand official positions, including two hundred positions of seventh rank and above.
As soon as Ye Wuwei finished speaking, the Minister of Personnel sneered:
"Minister Ye is so arrogant! Do you know how many officials there are in the court right now?"
Ye Wuwei's expression remained unchanged:
“The number of officials registered in the imperial court who have ascended the throne is 840, and the number of officials outside the capital is , a total of .
Among them, there were 1995 officials of the seventh rank and above.
The ratio of civil and military officials is not much different.”
After hearing what Ye Wuwei said, the Minister of Personnel was shocked.
The Minister of Personnel only remembered the approximate number of people, not as precise as Ye Wuwei said, but he knew that Ye Wuwei was right.
It seems that Ye Wuwei came prepared!
Note: There was an error in the military officer's rank before, which has been corrected.
For example, a thousand households is of the seventh rank, not the fifth rank, while a hundred households is of the ninth rank.
Qi Wushuang and Chu Fuchi had previously agreed on a seventh-rank captain position for Ye Wuwei, but after meeting her, he was seduced by Ye Wuwei's "beauty" and changed it to deputy captain, promoting her to the third rank and fifth level.