Before Cao Kesheng could figure it out, Yuan Zhi, who was sitting upright behind the tiger case, had already opened a stack of materials from the desk, which were full of comments on Cao Kesheng's resume and political achievements.

He read aloud:

"Cao Kesheng was a half-brother of Cao Qichang, and was a Jinshi in the imperial examination. In the same year, he entered the Hanlin Academy as an editor. A year later, he was transferred to the local area and served as a magistrate, county magistrate, county magistrate, prefectural magistrate, and court magistrate, and so on.

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"After nine years of training at the grassroots level, with the recommendation of Cao Qichang, you returned to the capital to serve as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. You have a third-rank rank and are a young and promising court official. From then on, you will be very glorious."

"This resume started from the time you passed the imperial examination and entered the government affairs. You have been in the local area. You have served as an administrative official at three levels of counties, counties, prefectures and prefectures. Nine years later, you will be the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel who controls officials. The record of political achievements is detailed.

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"From the perspective of resume growth, you are indeed talented and able to do things steadily. In just ten years, you went from a new Jinshi to a third-rank right minister, and you were thirty-three years old."

"You should know that civil servants are different from military generals. As long as they have military merits, they may be a general with a third-rank military position in less than 30 years. In the civil servant system, they are the third-rank right minister at the age of 33, which is rare in politics."

"It is not difficult to find out from your entire career that every time you make a leap, Cao Qichang recommends and arranges it for you. If nothing unexpected happens, after serving as the Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel for several years, you will most likely be promoted to the Left Minister.

At about ten years old, he would be a minister of the six ministries. He entered the second rank of the dynasty. If he could continue until today, he might be a member of the cabinet."

"However, the problem arose. Just one year after you became the Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, you were suddenly demoted to Hejian as the county magistrate, and later the county magistrate. You were taken from a third-rank official to the end and returned to a seventh-rank official. You had more than ten people.

My career was destroyed in the past year, and I was very curious about what happened in the court that year?"

Cao Kesheng had no expression on his face when the prince read out and commented this long article, but he felt a little nervous.

He must answer the final question raised by the prince immediately.

He swallowed his saliva, took a few deep breaths, and stood up and bowed, saying:

"Reporting to your highness, being demoted back then was the idea of ​​the reform of the official system and not accepted by the current emperor."

Is it really that simple?

Yuan Zhi smiled slightly and said calmly:

"Your idea can be submitted to Your Majesty's imperial case, which means that your master, the eldest brother who is fifteen years older than you, agreed in advance. Why did you become a victim?"

The prince's words came to an acupoint. Cao Kesheng's body trembled slightly, he sighed softly, and said with a lonely expression:

"I have actually forgotten all the past. Looking back, it should be a conflict between the ministers and the government's governance concept. It was just that I was very naive at that time. I argued with reason and angered Your Majesty and was scolded and resigned... But..."

"But you didn't understand at that time. This was actually a mutual game between imperial power and ministerial power. Your plan was clear and the direction was correct. There were only some small flaws that were infinitely magnified by His Majesty and used to attack. Cao Qichang had to bear the pain of cutting off his love.

, push you out to block the emperor's thunder wrath and become cannon fodder for this battle."

Before Cao Kesheng finished speaking, Yuan Zhi took off his skin and cramps without hesitation and came naked.

"Your Highness, it's not exactly like this, some..."

After hearing this, Cao Kesheng's face changed drastically and he quickly explained to cover up.

He never expected that the prince was so merciless that he did not even hide his father's face and revealed the inside story of the court struggle to the point of being sharp.

"Mr. Cao, this is the West Study in the East Palace. No one dares to eavesdrop on the conversation between you and me. So, you don't have to be scruples and be honest, how about it?"

Yuan Zhi's words dispelled Cao Kesheng's concerns.

"I obeyed the order. As Your Highness said, I left the capital in anger, thinking that I had returned everything to my elder brother. From now on, I will not owe each other. I am willing to go from the magistrate to rely on my own efforts.

Soon, you have been recognized by Your Majesty, but..."

"But you soon discovered that without Cao Qichang's support, everyone in the world knew that you had made a mistake and was demoted. Even when you arrived in a small county town, your life was not satisfactory, and it could even be said that you could not move forward, right?"

The prince's words left Cao Kesheng speechless.

In six years, he was transferred to five counties, like a browse, and was all remote and impoverished areas.

After being exposed by the prince, Cao Kesheng looked ashamed and could not bear it. He defended:

"The ministers do not feel regretful. There are many things at the grassroots level. Officials need to conduct extensive research and respond in a timely manner to benefit the people. The ministers are light in their words, but they have the ambition to do things steadily. Those who are ministers will eat the king's salary.

If you can’t do anything about it, it’s just that you can’t go back to your hometown with your seal… It’s just that the wife and children at home suffer, which makes me feel uncomfortable.”

Yuan Zhi just smiled and said nothing when he heard this.

The prince is likely not to believe Cao Kesheng's beautiful words, at least he will not believe them in everything.

Although children of wealthy families like Cao Kesheng are concubines and do not have the right to inherit family power or property, they are the same as those of legitimate children when they are educated since childhood.

I read the books of sages to achieve success and fame in the future, and to become generals and ministers, rather than wandering among the countryside all day long and wasting my time.

After being demoted for six years, he finally realized how serious the sequelae of cannon fodder was.

Cao Qichang failed to invest in him and abandoned him like a dog, and no longer paid attention to him.

In the eyes of Emperor Jiye, the label of Cao Qichang's party has been deeply rooted, and it is absolutely impossible to reuse him.

So in this life, he ended up having no boundaries on both sides, having a tragic fate, and a bleak career.

Then, the desire and magic of power remain, and the six senses are not purified.

People who have never tasted power do not know how good or bad it is, but once they have tried its taste, they are addicted to eating the marrow and can no longer let go.

Cao Kesheng is not a saint, so of course he longs for power.

Although others are at the grassroots level in the countryside, their hearts are always longing for the capital.

He had been in the court for more than two years and often walked in front of the emperor. Cao Kesheng had some experience in speculating on the meaning of becoming a superior.

From the time the prince suddenly recruited him to Beijing, to the time he met him alone in the West Study Room, and read his resume, he saw some clues.

Cao Kesheng took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness can't trust the empress?"

Yuan Zhi was stunned and smiled and said, "Why did Lord Cao say this?"

Cao Kesheng said in a deep voice:

"The relationship between Wei Minister and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet is confusing to the outside world. Although the half-brother of the same father is a branch, he is connected by blood. Wei Minister and his daughter are still fostered in the Duke of Anguo's Mansion. In fact, I and my eldest brother are between me and my eldest brother.

The gap is always tacit, and neither of them wants to point it out.”

But this time, I am going to point out the orders of the crown prince?
Chapter completed!