The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2454 A Gift Every Day

All the officials looked at Fang Yun, their eyes changing.

They all had the same idea, and Fang Yun's true purpose could never be to honor the old man.

Just like it, Fang Yun's real purpose before was not to drive away Jiang Hechuan and Li Wenying.

Those officials who support Fang Yun are still speculating on Fang Yun's true intentions, but those who are opposed or neutral have already reached conclusions.

If Fang Yun wants to expand his power, he naturally needs to find an effective entry point to remove some officials. Now it seems that ethics will become Fang Yun's main means to eliminate dissidents.

However, no one can object until Fang Yun officially takes action.

After all, Jingguo has the Hall of Ceremony and the human race has Confucianism. As long as Fang Yun strictly follows Confucian standards, it will be difficult for everyone to fight back.

not to mention……

Many officials looked at the Grand Bachelor of the Lidian behind Fang Yun.

No one knows how much support the Li Palace gave Fang Yun. Even the Left Prime Minister did not receive such clear support from any palace in the Holy Academy.

Fang Yun glanced at the ministers and said: "After the war with the barbarians, Jingguo is in ruins and waiting for rebirth. The fruits of victory that we all worked together must not be usurped. In order to stabilize Jingguo, in order to make Jingguo more stable and prosperous, in order to In response to the next invasion of the demon world, the prime minister called on the officials of Jingguo to start with themselves and restore the etiquette once a day. When every official can abide by the etiquette, we will move on to the second step, which is to restore the etiquette. Promote it to the whole people.”

The officials immediately pondered the new term "daily ritual".

Fang Yun looked at the censor in charge of the Supervisory Yuan and asked: "Master He, the Supervisory Yuan monitors the words and deeds of its officials. If an official violates etiquette, will all the censors participate in the performance?"

He Mingxiang, the censor of the Supervisory Yuan, said sternly: "The human race values ​​etiquette and laws. If an official violates etiquette and breaks the law, we, the Supervisory Yuan, will take part in the performance."

He Mingxiang only talked about etiquette, not etiquette.

Fang Yun nodded, not paying attention to He Mingxiang's word play. He looked at Right Prime Minister Cao De'an and Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen on the spot and said: "Sir Cao, Mr. Yang, I want the Supervisory Yuan to mainly accuse officials of violating etiquette in the future. And included in the evaluation, do the two cabinet ministers object?"

Cao De'an immediately said: "Respecting etiquette is the most important thing for scholars. I second my opinion."

Fang Yun stared at Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen again.

Fang Yun is not in charge of the Supervisory Yuan. If an order is issued forcefully, the Supervisory Yuan can disobey it openly or covertly, and even has the right to resist the order. However, if the cabinet reaches a consensus and drafts an imperial edict with a jade seal, and the Overwatch Council dares to do nothing, Fang Yun will have an excuse to take down the Overwatch Council's censor.

After all, Jingguo nominally still governs the world with the cabinet and the king. If you oppose the cabinet's unification resolution, you are opposing the entire Jingguo.

Yang Xuwen was silent for a few seconds and said: "I will not object to this matter, but does this matter still need to be discussed further?"

Fang Yun nodded and said: "Since Mr. Yang does not object to this matter, the three ministers of the cabinet have reached an agreement. As for the details that Mr. Yang is worried about, the cabinet can discuss it later and will trouble Mr. Yang."

Yang Xuwen was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

Some officials who supported the royal family secretly said that Fang Yun was too treacherous. He knew that Yang Xuwen would never stand up to object at this time, so he asked Yang Xuwen if he objected, rather than whether he agreed. This led to Fang Yun taking the initiative and unifying the will of the cabinet.

After all, Fang Yun is not a leftist prime minister, but a great Confucian of the Four Realms and a virtual saint. The key is that Jingguo has made great contributions to the human race. Yang Xuwen cherishes feathers very much. At least for now, he cannot risk offending so many people and forces. Oppose Fang Luck in such trivial matters. Moreover, Fang Yun also showed mercy to him. He would not be excluded from this matter, and he would still have the right to participate in the future.

Fang Yun looked at the curtain and said, "The ministers of the cabinet have reached an agreement. We can draft the edict today and ask for your approval."

After closing the curtain, Jing Jun didn't answer immediately.

However, all the officials have understood that it is basically impossible for the Queen Mother to object, because Fang Yun occupies the name of righteousness. Once the Queen Mother objects, it will be equivalent to denying the entire cabinet. After that, Fang Yun and Cao De'an will definitely join forces to use the cabinet method to fight against the royal family. , but the Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen has already agreed, and he can no longer oppose Fang Yun and Cao De'an.

The officials even suspected that there must be a very high-level old bureaucrat behind Fang Yun who was making suggestions. Otherwise, no matter how talented Fang Yun was, he would not have been able to master the methods of fighting in the court so quickly.

After all, the cabinet’s fighting methods are completely different from those of the county magistrate.

Many people looked at the Right Prime Minister Cao De'an, suspecting that he had become Fang Yun's shadow staff, and sighed secretly in their hearts, which meant that Cao De'an had abandoned the independence of the Right Prime Minister and completely turned to Fang Yun.

This also means that even now Fang Yun's power is close to the peak of Liushan, and he only has to turn some yamen supervisors into his people.

They didn't know that Fang Yun had a deep understanding of what collective will was and what the overall situation was very early on. He would naturally use this method after becoming the left prime minister, and it had nothing to do with Cao De'an.

After hundreds of breaths, Jing Jun's voice came from behind the curtain.

"This matter cannot be settled overnight. I will make a decision not later than when the cabinet drafts an edict."

After hearing this, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the Queen Mother was well versed in the method of struggle. She knew that she could not refuse Fang Yun directly, so she would postpone it for a while. If there was a change, it would be better. If there was no change, she could only agree, which would be far better. Agree on the spot.

Jing Jun's decision later also represented the Queen Mother and the royal family's message to Fang Yun that the royal family was not weak and could be bullied.

Fang Yun nodded and said, "Then I will order the secretariat to draft an edict, and wait for the news tomorrow."

Some officials frowned. Fang Yun's words seemed ordinary, but in fact, he issued a deadline warning, which was a bit overbearing. Later, they were relieved, which meant that Fang Yun's methods of doing things would not be as vicious as Liu Shan's, and many things would be put on the table.

Sheng Boyuan, the Minister of Personnel, snorted coldly and said, "Prime Minister Fang has become famous at a young age, and he is full of vigor and blood. He should consider the court when speaking and doing things."

"I know." Fang Yun said.

Several censors hesitated for a few breaths, but they did not report Fang Yun in the end. After all, Fang Yun did not directly order the Queen Mother and the King to give the result tomorrow, which was not a handle.

After the court was dismissed, the officials returned to their respective offices.

The secretariat of the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion became busy and began to draft two edicts, one to implement a daily ritual, and the other to order the Supervisory Council to report the officials' unceremonious behavior and include it in the evaluation.

As for the main hall of the Supervisory Council, it was in a heated discussion.

The Supervisory Council was formed by the founding emperor Taizu reforming the Metropolitan Censorate. The first chief official was the Chief Censor, followed by the Left Chief Censor, the Right Chief Censor, the Left Deputy Chief Censor, the Right Deputy Chief Censor, and then the Censors of each prefecture.

At the beginning of the founding of Jingguo, each state was divided into two prefectures, one for the capital, and then one for each of the six ministries, and the rest of the government offices were combined into one, with frequent additions and subtractions.

At present, there are eleven prefectures in Mizhou, Jiangzhou, Xiangzhou, Yanzhou, Dongyunzhou and the capital, plus seven prefectures, and a total of eighteen prefectures in the Supervisory Council, each with a censor.

Except for the two prefecture censors, the twenty-one censors of the Supervisory Council are all gathered together.