Waste prince: Why do you force me to be emperor?

now!

The atmosphere in Tianxia Palace is relatively subtle, just like the subtle layout of the court!

Now, the prince does seem to be very powerful. Before the war, he was a prince and the right minister of the court. During the war, he was appointed as the prince to lead thousands of troops. After the war, he was responsible for checking the rebellious wealthy family and controlled the world's wealth!

Now he is supervising the country as the prince. He has great power and can be said to be the first in the founding of the Xia Dynasty!

These days, the emperor has been staying in the palace. All government orders come from the East Palace. The emperor seems to be the supreme emperor!

The ministers took a deep look at Xia Tian!

It is undeniable that the prince does have the extraordinary ability to clean up messes and govern the world. The promulgation of a set of decrees not only allowed countless rebels in Daxia to surrender, but also prevented the remnants of the rebellious wealthy families from making waves, ensuring that the Daxia Empire The stability!

Set up your mind for the heaven and earth, set up your life for the people, set your mind for the sages of the past, and create peace for the world!

The prince seems to be fulfilling his grand ambition!

Make all people admire you!

Let the name of the Holy Prince spread throughout the world!

But why does the prince want to block the path of these upstarts from becoming officials?

Why exactly?

At this time.

The imperial censor in red robe narrowed his eyes, glanced around, and murmured in his heart: "In the past few days, the emperor has delegated power to the prince. Is he deliberately letting the prince stand out?"

Is it to allow the prince to stabilize the situation in Daxia and at the same time make him more jealous of the princes?

If this is the emperor's conspiracy, the prince will indeed not be able to hide from it!

Is the emperor going to burn bridges across the river today?

The imperial censor frowned and looked at Zhou Yuan thoughtfully.

Now, Zhou Yuan has two choices before him:

One is to show loyalty to the emperor, stand with the second prince, third prince, and fifth prince, and then oppose the prince in the future, betting that the prince will never become emperor!

The second is to side with the prince and bet that the prince can become emperor!

How would he choose?

While everyone is thinking.

I saw Zhou Yuan bowing respectfully to Xia Tian, ​​the fat on his fat face trembled, and said loudly: "Your Highness, Zhou Yuan does not dare to be dissatisfied with you, and has no disobedience, but..."

Zhou Yuan changed the subject: "But Zhou Yuan also said it frankly. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will not blame you!"

"Hehehe..."

Xia Tian smiled so calmly that he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry: "When Zhang Shu led his troops to rebel, you were able to respond to the court's call to raise troops to put down the rebellion. You were not afraid of the power of the wealthy family headed by Zhang Shu, and the sons of the family fought bravely to kill the thieves. You went to the battlefield and made great achievements. You performed very well on the battlefield, and everyone saw it!"

"This time I will not be appointed as an official, not to erase your merits!"

"I'm not trying to burn bridges by crossing the river!"

"On the contrary, now that the chaos has begun, the imperial court needs all of you to contribute to the construction of the Great Xia Empire. It doesn't matter if you have something to say. This is the Palace of Heaven, and it is the court meeting of the imperial court. It is not an isolated hall. Gu guarantee... you Zhou Yuan will never be punished for what he said!"

"Your Highness is generous!"

Zhou Yuan seemed to be relieved.

"Speak!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Yuan then said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the three princes, the Prime Minister Zuo and all the other superior officials, Zhou Yuan's father also served as the Minister of War in our Great Xia Dynasty, but my father died suddenly due to illness ten years ago. After the Zhou family's children returned home to observe filial piety, the family slowly declined."

"When I, a disciple of the Zhou family, had observed his filial piety for three years and wanted to come back to serve the country, he found that his original official position had been occupied by those children of wealthy families, and there was no vacancy at all. After the disciple of the Zhou family reported to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he fell into an endless dilemma. The wait!”

Hearing this, all the important officials in the palace fell into thinking!

There are countless such things in the Daxia Empire!

The Great Xia Dynasty governed the world with "benevolence and filial piety", and filial piety was the first priority when recommending officials. Character was judged by filial piety, and official positions were awarded based on character!

If a person is unfilial, he cannot be an official.

Therefore, when the head of the Zhou family passed away, the children of the Zhou family who were officials in the court had to resign and go back to observe mourning for three years. Only after the period of mourning was over could they return to official positions, so as not to be criticized!

If you do not resign from office and observe filial piety, it is unfilial. If you become an official before the period of filial piety is completed, it is also unfilial!

Then you can never be an official again!

But if you resign and go back to observe filial piety, the court needs people, and new officials will take office!

When an official who observes filial piety returns to the court, he must report to the Ministry of Personnel and wait for reassignment of positions!

But in the Great Xia Dynasty before Zhang Shu's rebellion, all important positions in the ministries were occupied by major wealthy families, and they would not give good official positions to outsiders.

Therefore, the officials who returned from observing filial piety had no choice but to wait.

If your family has a good foundation and wealth, you can use money to buy a good official position!

If the family has no foundation and wealth, waiting indefinitely will end the official career!

This was the reality before!

As for the death of an old man from a wealthy family, wealthy officials will also go back to observe mourning!

But they are not worried about comeback!

Because wealthy and aristocratic families have long formed interest groups to help each other, officials from wealthy and aristocratic families will have good official careers after observing filial piety!

This is the difference between a poor family and a wealthy family!

Zhou Yuan continued: "So, my disciples of the Zhou family fell into a long wait, waiting for the officials to recommend them for official positions!"

"We have been waiting for this for seven years... In these seven years, no one from my Zhou family has been recommended as an official!"

"But I, a disciple of the Zhou family, are still loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and have learned literary and martial arts. I still want to dedicate all my talents to the court and to our Great Xia Empire!"

"For aspiring disciples of the Zhou family, the days of waiting are difficult and even more torturous!"

"It wasn't until His Majesty sent a secret order...ordering us to raise troops for the country to quell the rebellion among the wealthy families that the Zhou family had the opportunity to show their loyalty and ability!"

"In this battle to quell the rebellion, ten of the direct men of my Zhou family were killed, and countless members of my clan were killed and injured!"

Speaking of it.

Zhou Yuan raised his eyelids and said, "Your Highness, the Zhou family from such a poor family wants to recommend an outstanding disciple of their own clan to be an official... Is that okay?"

"A disciple of the Zhou family has studied quietly for so many years. Can he be given an official position to serve the country?"

After listening.

Everyone turns their attention to Xia Tian!

Fatty is very good at talking this week!

Speaking of which, if the prince doesn't grant an official title to the Zhou family...it seems like he will be treating his loyal ministers harshly!

at this time.

Emperor Xia's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he looked at Zhou Yuan, a fat man, with admiration!

the other side.

The Second Prince, the Third Prince, and the Fifth Prince took a deep look at Zhou Yuan and felt that this fat man was a character. Although he was fat, he was quick-thinking and eloquent. He was a talent worthy of support!

Stinky Lao Jiu has nothing to say, right?

Now, Stinky Laojiu has taken the initiative to treat the meritorious officials harshly!

Let’s see how he explains it?

The third prince raised his eyelids, his face full of arrogance... From today on, the title of Holy King belongs to him!

Stinky Laojiu is no match for him!

lame......