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Ministry of official affairs.

The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel flipped through the roster, which was filled with officials who had recently been appointed, dismissed, or promoted.

With cold eyes, he scanned the names on the roster. When he spotted Secretary Lang Zhao Wujiang, his eyes paused for a moment, and then he looked away.

His eyes kept moving up to the name of Chen Anbang, Minister of the Ministry of War. At this moment, Chen Anbang's name had been crossed out, indicating that this seat would be vacant.

"Bang bang."

There was a knock on the door:

"Master Shangshu, the Minister of Hubu asked me to send a message saying that Zhang Shangshu agreed."

The Minister of Civil Affairs said in a deep voice:

"knew."

The sounds outside the door receded.

The official's eyes flickered and he snorted. Zhang Tuizhi actually agreed to even the unreasonable demands he made. It seemed that there was something extremely detrimental to Zhang Tuizhi in Chen Anbang's mansion.

If a Minister of the Ministry of War is vacant, if there is another Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, tsk tsk... The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel shook his head with sarcasm in his writing. He has other thoughts in his heart. He doesn't want to give up the position of the official in charge of the property raids.

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In recent years, the new emperor's accession to the throne has been shallow, and he has been involved in the changes in the positions of many officials in the court.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he was in charge of the promotion and evaluation of officials. He mixed a lot of tricks into it and made a lot of money.

Moreover, he never cooperated with Chen Anbang, and he was not worried about having any clear clues in Chen Anbang's hands.

He always believed that Chen Anbang was a vulgar martial artist and was not worthy of being associated with a wise man like him.

Facts have proved that I was right, Chen Anbang has no brains... The Minister of Rites's eyes were dark, and he tapped the table with his fingers, thinking about the matter of confiscating the house.

Many courtiers in the court were favored by him, and he could take advantage of these courtiers to promote himself as the chief official of the house raids. At that time, he would not only be able to gain access to the details of Chen Anbang's mansion, but also control Zhang Tuizhi, the Minister of Household Affairs.

Isn't this much better than taking a share of Zhang Tui's benefits from you? Ruth, the Minister of Staff, wrote sarcastically.

The Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Personnel have always been competing for positions among the six departments. One is in charge of money, the other is in power, and they compete with each other for the position of the boss of the Shangshu Province.

As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, as long as he wins the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he can dominate the six departments and even sit on the long-vacant position of the Minister of Order.

You must know that Shangshu Ling is a second-rank official in the court, not the Prime Minister, but the Prime Minister is the Prime Minister.

Nowadays, there is no chance for a prime minister in Daxia. If he becomes a minister, he will be truly powerful and powerful, one person is inferior to ten thousand people.

The Minister of Civil Affairs' thoughts were racing, his eyes became darker and darker, and he murmured softly:

"If I want to compete for the position of the person in charge of property seizure, you Zhang Tuizhi are nothing!"

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Ministry of Industry.

Yan Anshen, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, moved the model of the ingenious instrument in his hand and said with a faint smile:

"Zhang Tuizhi asked me to help him? Why did he go already?"

The Minister of Household Affairs buried his head:

"Master Shangshu promises that if you help, he will pay you double the price as usual."

"Haha, he usually spends all the money to build bridges, pave roads, water conservancy projects, etc., but why is he so generous this time?" Yan Anshen fiddled with the equipment model:

"Help, that's okay.

But I don’t want the money, I want his treasured painting of Wang Sheng’s “Lanting Preface”!”

"I'm going to ask..." the Minister of the Ministry of Finance said respectfully. He knew that the Minister of the Ministry of Industry had already coveted the "Lanting Preface" by the Minister of the Ministry of Industry since he was obsessed with calligraphy and painting.

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For two hours, the Minister of Hubu kept walking around, conveying information to other ministers' houses or to the offices and study rooms of the Shangshu Province. Except for the Minister of Libu, most of them got accurate answers.

Zhang Tuizhi, the Minister of Revenue, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that as long as he had the help of his colleagues in the Ministry of Finance, he could prevent his disaster.

The Minister of Personnel kept submitting letters one after another, all of which were written to those officials who had benefited from his favor in recent years. He wanted to seize the position of the official in charge of property seizures in one fell swoop, so as to realize his plan to take another step forward.

He has been in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel for too many years. He wants to be an extremely popular minister, to be the Prime Minister and Assistant who is under one person and above ten thousand people.

Taking advantage of the house raids to seize the positions of Minister of the Ministry of War and Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs will be an important step.

At the same time, the other officials of the fourth rank and above are also ready to take action.

They did not think that the officer in charge of the family copying must be from one of the six departments, because they believed that the emperor would definitely consider that the six departments of Shangshu were one family, and would exclude people from the other five departments to demonstrate fairness.

They kept writing memorials, thinking about the words on paper, recommending themselves or other colleagues.

But they never imagined that the position of chief officer had already been decided.

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When the high officials in the DPRK started fighting openly and covertly over the confiscation of Chen Anbang's house, the huge harem was also shaken.

This shock was something that had never happened since the new emperor ascended the throne, that is, the queen Dugu Mingyue was pregnant.

Although Dugu Mingyue followed Zhao Wujiang's instructions and kept the news of her pregnancy sealed.

But there is no airtight wall in the world, and this matter was still exposed.

I don’t know who leaked the news. I just know that the news was conveyed to the entire harem in a certain tone.

The harem erupted in an instant, and Liu Meier, Xiao Wanjun and others were even more shocked.

In order to verify the news, they rushed to Dugu Mingyue's Qifeng Palace for various reasons.

Dugu Mingyue wanted to refuse and cover up, but all ended in failure, because after she became pregnant, her demeanor completely changed.

Maybe ordinary people can't see it, but Liu Meier, Xiao Shufei and others who have been competitors in the harem for many years still keenly caught it.

They associated many recent details, such as Dugu Mingyue's refusal to sleep with him due to illness, the emperor's refusal to turn over the signs for several days, Dugu Mingyue's previous proud telling of Zhao Wujiang to help her figure out her life, etc.

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At this moment, they suddenly realized, and at the same time they were all shocked, that Dugu Mingyue, with the help of Zhao Wujiang, was actually pregnant with a dragon seed.

They became eager and quickly set their sights on Zhao Wujiang.
Chapter completed!