The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Officials from the left prime minister's party wanted to share Xiangzhou's official positions, but thinking that one of the ten elders of Jinshi was in charge, the success rate of Fang Yunwen's war in Yizhou was extremely low, so the officials suppressed their irritability and anxiety and waited for the left prime minister's reaction.

After a while, the left prime minister did not speak.

Fang Yun continued: "As for the fourth harm, the so-called disharmony between human races is even more deceiving. How have human races ever lived in complete harmony? Even during the war between the two realms, there were a few people who cheated, were greedy for life, and were afraid of death. Gentlemen. thought those Where did the reverse species come from? Our human race not only needs to compete with the external monsters, but also have healthy competition internally! This civil war is the way to reduce internal friction. Will the Holy Spirit allow it?”

Ou Mo said: "The official reiterates that the current time is not suitable for civil war, because the second war between the two realms will happen soon!"

"Decades ago, Qingguo knew that the Millennium No-War Treaty was about to expire, but still continued to fight against me, Jingguo! Has Minister Ou completely forgotten about this matter?" Qiao Juze said.

"That moment is the same as this moment!" Ou Mo reluctantly quoted a famous quote from "Mencius".

"Hmph!" Some officials kept snorting coldly, showing disdain for Ou Mo.

If today's North Korea meeting was not of great importance, some people would have ridiculed and even criticized him.

Fang Yun ignored Ou Mo, glanced at the civil and military officials, and said: "I am fighting for a state alone as the governor of the country. It involves a lot of things. It needs to be approved by the cabinet and the king issues an order. I think it is better to invite the four cabinet members sooner rather than later. Make a decision today to avoid long nights and endless dreams.”

Fang Yun showed his hand.

The air in Fengtian Hall suddenly solidified, and everyone breathed carefully, observed carefully, and thought carefully.

After dozens of breaths, Fengtian Palace was still silent, and no one spoke.

There are four prime ministers in the cabinet: the left prime minister, the right prime minister, the assistant prime minister and the literary prime minister. The actual status of the literary prime minister is the highest, but the left prime minister has the greatest power. Unless the right prime minister, assistant prime minister and literary prime minister join forces, they will never be able to threaten the status of the left prime minister.

However, Assistant Prime Minister Si Yueqing is a die-hard leftist.

Si Yueqing took a step forward and said: "To inform the monarch and the queen mother, I believe that the library is the library of Fang Xusheng, not the library of Jingguo. Jingguo's first priority is to fight against the grass barbarians in the north, not the civil war." Qingguo, it’s not appropriate to make enemies with Qingguo this year!”

Right Prime Minister Cao De'an, who rarely expresses political opinions, said: "My minister, I agree with Fang Xu Shengwen's war against Qingguo!"

Two of the four prime ministers spoke, leaving only Liu Shan, the left prime minister, and Jiang Hechuan, the literary prime minister.

Jiang Hechuan said: "I think Fang Xusheng's move is beneficial to Jingguo, so I should fully support it. Liu Shan, what do you think?"

All the officials looked at Liu Shan.

Liu Shan smiled calmly and said: "Since the four prime ministers of the cabinet cannot make a decision, according to the usual practice, the four prime ministers and the cabinet counselors will vote together."

Many officials in the field sighed.

There is a rule for cabinet voting, that is, it must be approved by more than 70% of cabinet councilors. If less than 70% of cabinet councilors agree, the vote will fail.

The left prime minister has great power.

Liushan, the left prime minister, controls the official department, and 90% of the entire official department is from Liushan.

The evaluation and promotion of all civil servants in Jing State were determined or influenced by the Ministry of Personnel. However, civil servants were the largest in number and had the greatest influence in Jing State.

The evaluation of officials in liberal arts departments is still the responsibility of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. If the Ministry of Civil Affairs has sufficient evidence to prove that an official in a certain liberal arts department cannot be promoted, even if the Minister of Literature personally comes forward to do so, it will be useless.

Only the military is not affected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The military is divided into two parts. The evaluation is decided by the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War also has certain recommendation rights. However, the agency that mobilizes troops and appoints officers is not the Sixth Ministry, but the Generalissimo's Office.

The Generalissimo's Palace actually directly delegates orders to the monarch, allowing the royal family to firmly control the military power of a country.

If nothing unexpected happens, the general marshals of various countries will be people from the Holy Family, because most of the Holy Family want the stability of the country far more than the royal family. This can also better prevent civil servants or bloodlines from the royal family from seizing power.

However, different generals have different temperaments. In some countries, the generals are power-hungry, often doing things personally, and even neglecting the king. However, Marshal Chen of Jingguo, on the contrary, faded out of the government after making great achievements and stabilizing his position. From last year At first, she even complained of illness, and all orders were issued by the monarch or the queen mother.

Marshal Chen is a great scholar, and one of the most likely scholars in Jingguo to become a great Confucian within ten years. For him, the significance of a country's generalissimo is far less important than that of a great Confucian.

The Generalissimo's Mansion has been built up by the royal family and the Chen family for more than a hundred years, and there is no way for anyone from the left prime minister to break into it.

There are three senior officials in the Ministry of War, including one minister and two ministers. Originally, only the right minister, who had the lowest status, was a member of the left minister's party. However, after Tong Luan forced his grandson to defect to the left minister due to Fang Yun, both ministers of the Ministry of War became members of the left minister's party.

Once the Minister of War resigns, there is a 90% chance that the new Minister of War will choose one of the two ministers, which means that the Left Prime Minister Party will have greater influence in the military.

Since the liberal arts department is relatively loose, the leftist minister does not need to deliberately infiltrate it. After years of layout, it has a certain influence in the liberal arts department.

The most powerful force of the Zuo Prime Minister lies in the official department, followed by Mizhou. Ninety percent of the officials in Mizhou are personally promoted by the Zuo Prime Minister.

In Yanzhou, which borders Wu State, King Kang can be called the earth emperor.

Once the Zuo Xiang and King Kang join forces, even the Queen Mother can only avoid their edge.

The title of cabinet counselor is an additional title with no actual duties. Only important court ministers whose status is second only to the four prime ministers are eligible. Everyone has the power to slightly influence the entire Jingguo.

Fang Yun counted silently. Li Wenying and Marshal Chen were not there. There were a total of 29 people in the cabinet, including the four ministers and the cabinet councilors, but the left minister had two votes, which means that at least 21 votes in favor would be required for him to be qualified to fight against Qing.

If there were less than 21 votes, Fang Yun would not be able to represent Jing in the war against Qing. Even if he won, he would only suppress Qing and would not be able to take back Xiangzhou.

Fang Yun wanted to kill three birds with one stone by fighting against Qing. First, he wanted to avenge Qing last year, second, he wanted to warn other families and countries not to ban the library, and third, he wanted to take back Xiangzhou.

Now it seems that the possibility of taking back Xiangzhou is extremely low.

However, before the final result came out, Fang Yun was not discouraged at all and said, "Then the voting will begin. Voting left means support and voting right means opposition."

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he threw his official seal to the left.

The four ministers and the cabinet councilors took action one after another, and official seals flew away from the officials, either to Fang Yun's left or to Fang Yun's right.

Official seals of different sizes and materials were suspended in the air.

There were obviously more official seals on Fang Yun's left side, and they flew away quickly, soon reaching fifteen official seals, while there were fewer official seals on the right side, only ten, and some people had not voted yet.

However, neither the left prime minister nor the right prime minister moved.

Before the vote was over, there were ten votes against, which meant that the total number of votes in favor would definitely not reach 70%.

Fang Yun's heart sank deeply.

Suddenly, the Minister of Literature said: "Jianmei Gong could not come to Fengtian Hall, and he asked me to support Fang Yun. Now, there are sixteen official seals on the left."

Time passed slowly, and the officials who were still hesitating finally made the final decision. Except for the left prime minister Liu Shan and the minister of literature Jiang Hechuan, the rest of them had voted.

There were eleven official seals against, and only seventeen official seals in favor.

Liu Shan said: "Lord Minister of Literature, now that things have come to this, you and I don't need to vote. The cabinet has decided that the Duke of Zhenguo cannot represent Jingguo Wenzhan Qingguo!"