PFC Chapter 391 The noble families retreat, Tianshu comes to the door!
Chapter 391 The noble families retreat, Tianshu comes to the door!
"In that case..."
"Wei Xuan, you are appointed Minister of Personnel and will join the cabinet. You will work together with the Ministers of Revenue and War... to form the cabinet. You will also select the five Grand Secretaries of the Palace. You will quickly complete the cabinet system and participate in the administration of state!"
"As for the Ministry of Revenue, let the Left Vice Minister take charge for the time being!"
Emperor Xia acted without hesitation. After announcing the establishment of the cabinet, he turned to the generals and said, "Mr. Li, you are the most powerful commander in Great Xia. Naturally, you must lead the Military Affairs Council. Please submit your proposal on how to implement it."
"..."
Li Ye was completely bewildered. "Your Majesty, if you talk about how to fight a war, the old ministers and I do understand. But as for setting up a military council... we are all unsophisticated people and don't understand these things!"
"Then you can go find Gu Qing. I think he understands all this. By the way, call the Crown Prince along and hand over the memorial as soon as possible!"
Gu Jingzhi: “…”
He really wanted to say that he was also very busy, but when the words came to his lips, Emperor Xia glared at him.
"Let the Internal Security handle the list you submitted! As for the rest... you still need to put more thought into promoting the new currency reform as soon as possible. Currently, the currency isn't in circulation nationwide, and it's causing problems in many places. You need to come up with a solution as soon as possible!"
"..."
There was no way around it. He had already done his best to avoid any possible problems, but since the emperor had said so, what else could Gu Jingzhi say? He could only accept the order obediently!
After dealing with these matters, Emperor Xia seemed tired and announced his retirement from court.
After he left, the court was filled with congratulations. The court established the Cabinet and the Grand Council, indicating that these two institutions would become the pinnacle of power for officials.
There is no reason for all officials not to congratulate.
Not to mention the civil and military officials, even the princes had different expressions.
The eldest brother... that is, the prince, naturally had a smile on his face and was full of joy. Except for Wei Zhen, the other two ministers in the cabinet did not defect to him, but Wei Xuan and Dong Zhentang were both confidants of Emperor Xia, so they naturally followed the orders of Emperor Xia!
He had no say in the Grand Council, but he did not favor anyone. For the prince, not being biased was the greatest favor.
After all, the title of crown prince embodies righteousness. The Grand Council has no bias and its natural position is on the side of the crown prince. After all, he is the rightful heir to Daxia.
The second brother's face was black with ugliness. It could be said that his power in the court had been completely wiped out. Song Pu had retired, and the noble families in the capital were almost wiped out because of the old-for-new exchange, which was a serious blow to their vitality.
He knew that the aristocratic families were greedy, but he turned a blind eye to it because he needed them. He didn't expect that it was because of his negligence that he saw the greedy nature of the aristocratic families now.
It was no wonder that his father always disliked him so much because of his involvement with the aristocratic families.
But there is no medicine for regret in this world. His path to supremacy has been completely cut off. Even if he rebels, there is no possibility of success!
He really regretted it.
He regretted being involved with the aristocratic family, and regretted that he did not take the initiative to help Gu Jingzhi when he was in trouble.
After seeing the true nature of the aristocratic family, he truly discovered that Gu Jingzhi was the capable minister who could solve the problems for his country, the Great Xia.
It's really ridiculous to think about it. The eldest brother did nothing. It was only because he was not close to the aristocratic families that he got Gu Jingzhi's help. The key point was that Gu Jingzhi never offered him any strategy, but only assisted him in government affairs, but allowed him to sit firmly on the position of crown prince.
Even though the prince once fell to the bottom... he was able to turn the tide.
This is Gu Jingzhi, a man who can always turn the impossible into the possible. Looking back on what Gu Jingzhi has done since he entered the court, he was horrified to find that, except for the negotiations with the two northern countries, everything else about dealing with the aristocratic families seemed to be pushed by them.
The so-called dealing with him...
It was simply incidental, because the fundamental purpose was to eradicate the aristocratic families. As the second prince of the current dynasty, he had the closest collusion with the interests of the aristocratic families. To deal with the aristocratic families was naturally to eradicate his power.
In other words, he, the second prince, is not someone people take seriously at all.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Sometimes the truth is often the most hurtful. It was really ridiculous that he, a prince, didn't even have the qualifications to be looked at straight in the eye.
Whatever!
From now on, just be a prince with peace of mind!
As for the third brother...
He turned his head to look at the third brother, and his expression seemed to be no different from his own!
Come to think of it, they put in so much effort... and finally sent Wei Zhen to the position of Minister of Revenue. However, due to improper planning, not only was he betrayed by Gu Jingzhi, but Wei Zhen also ended up defecting to their eldest brother.
Now that Wei Zhen has entered the cabinet...
The one who suffered the greatest loss was probably his third brother!
The three brothers were competing with each other. He and the third brother both had the support of aristocratic families. He also learned a lot about some of the third brother's actions through his own channels. It can be said that the third brother was a pure poisonous snake.
There is no bottom line in what he does, and his methods are cruel and unpredictable.
……
After leaving the court.
Gu Jingzhi went straight back to the Ministry of Revenue, where an old acquaintance whom he had not seen for a long time came to his door.
Seeing the person coming, Gu Jingzhi's face was full of smiles: "Lord Tianshu, long time no see!"
"hehe!"
Tianshu's face was also full of smiles: "I came here today, but I am sorry to bother you, my Lord."
Think about a few years ago, although this person in front of me was favored by the emperor, he was still far inferior to him. I never thought that when I see him again, he has become that humble official.
As the saying goes, fortune changes...it's just like that!
Gu Jingzhi smiled and said, "Lord Tianshu, are you here on a mission assigned by His Majesty?"
"exactly!"
Tianshu said, "Your Majesty takes this matter very seriously, but if the Inner Guard wants to intervene, we still need the Marquis's help!"
"Haha! You and I are colleagues, so helping each other is only natural!"
Gu Jingzhi smiled and said, "However, this case involves a wide range of people, and all the details have not yet been submitted. Why don't you and I have a cup of tea and chat for a while, and then we can take them away together after the Royal Bank officials submit the case files?"
"Uh……"
Tianshu thought for a moment and said, "Then I will respectfully obey your command!"
As they talked, the two of them came to the tea table.
Gu Jingzhi brewed tea with a smile on his face: "Today, I invite Lord Tianshu to have tea. One reason is to reminisce about the past, and the other is that I need your help with something!"
"Oh?"
Tianshu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you just speak frankly?"
Gu Jingzhi raised his eyebrows: "I think Lord Tianshu has not forgotten what happened two years ago!"
"I heard that before the annual banquet, the palace conducted a thorough investigation into a poisoning case. I wonder if I could have the case files taken a look?"
"Ok?"
Tianshu frowned subconsciously when he heard this!