The next day, si time.

The Wenyuan Pavilion next to the Wenhua Palace is as busy as before.

A room in the middle of Wenyuan Pavilion holds statues of academic masters from all generations, including the founder of Confucianism, the founder of the Legalists, the founder of the Mohist school, etc.

In the important places of the imperial court, the children of all families were competing for beauty, hoping to build a country for their own doctrines.

But from beginning to end, Confucianism and Legalism still dominated. Most of the prime ministers and deputy prime ministers came from their two factions.

The office area of ​​the four chiefs and deputy prime ministers is just around the saint statue and is divided into six rooms. This means that the most is that there are six chiefs and deputy prime ministers, but now it is a normal four-person configuration.

The imperial edict house on the east side of Wenyuan Pavilion is equipped with a small building to store various books and materials, while the imperial edict house on the west side is a three-volume shed to be held in various official letters.

The so-called rolled shed is in today's terms, an open-ended general office, where everyone is crowded together to do business.

It is not easy to handle the official secretaries who can enter and exit here. They are usually subordinates who are easy to use by the prime ministers. After leaving, even if the official positions are not high, the six ministries and major yamen must be polite.

Everyone knows the position of Prime Minister, and he is the head of the court's government affairs.

But what are their responsibilities?

That is, "prepare flights, cashier the emperor's orders, lead the Zuxian, follow the rules and regulations, give Moyou, point out the brief questions, and propose a reply to the proposal to prepare for consultants and pacify the common affairs."

To describe it in the simplest words, the prime ministers take charge of all the affairs of Dakang, theoretically come up with solutions to all memorial problems, or give opinions, and then hand them over to the emperor for approval.

If the emperor agrees, then just tick and leave it to the prime ministers for execution.

If the emperor disagrees, he will hand it back directly to the prime ministers for further discussion.

If the result is not achieved after repeated attempts, you can wait until the grand dynasty meeting to discuss with all the officials.

As long as the emperor's bottom line is not involved and all officials stand on the Prime Minister's side, the memorials can be passed.

Of course, it is okay if your emperor insists on vetoing it.

However, if this happens several times in a row, it will make people doubt the emperor's ability to control the court - you see, the prime ministers are not the same as you!

So at that time, the prime ministers had to submit their resignation collectively and ask the emperor to choose another Gao Ming.

Since the founding of the Great Kang Dynasty, this has never happened to embarrass the emperor.

Overall, all the emperors of the Dakang Dynasty were quite listened to, and even if they had mediocre qualifications, they did not cause any uncontrollable things.

Specifically, Emperor Jinghe now has a discussion with the prime ministers, and it is absolutely impossible for him to do it alone.

In other words, the prime ministers have never been united, otherwise they can work together to become puppets.

In one of the rooms, Nangong Ji, who had been reading the memorial for half an hour, put down the object in his hand and rubbed his eyes.

As an old minister who is already sixty years old, it is undoubtedly a very heavy burden to handle at least four hours of official duties every day.

But Nangong Ji couldn't let it go at all, because opposite the heavy burden was he enjoying the joy of the peak of power.

"How long has Prince Yu been teaching?" Nangong Ji waved and asked the official around him.

The subordinate official replied immediately: "It has been five quarters of an hour. A quarter of an hour ago, Bei Zhi asked Qianniuwei, and it is said that it has not ended yet."

"It's been so long!" Nangong Ji nodded, looked at a certain direction outside the window, thinking.

Another person around him whispered: "Prince, Shangshu Wang has been listening with the emperor."

"hehe."

Nangong Ji shook his hand, "This is nothing, it's not your business, so don't guess it."

"yes!"

"You go there and wait. Once everyone comes out, you can call those people over."

"yes!"

The official ran away.

...

At this moment, in a room next to me, a thin middle-aged man was in a good mood.

"Qiu Xiang, do you think Nangong Ji, the old fox, isn't you restless now?" An official chuckled in a low voice: "I saw it just now, and everyone in his room has run out several times."

"It would be strange if he could sit down!" Another official was not afraid of it and said directly: "His Royal Highness Yu suddenly adopted such a duplicate accounting method. No matter how you look at it, it seems to be a bad debt stall for their Ministry of Revenue and this group of people!"

"Don't say that." Ma Haoqiu shook his hand gently and said calmly. "I just briefly understood the simple numbers and the characteristics of the duplex accounting method. This is indeed a very excellent accounting method, which is enough to eliminate all the current accounting methods. This is purely for the sake of the world and the country. How can it be linked to Nangong Xiangye? It's inappropriate or not!"

He said that, but the smile on his face could not be hidden.

Ma Haoqiu and Nangong Ji are both deputy prime ministers, coordinating the two most important departments of the court - the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue. In order to compete for the greatest power, of course they can't pee in a pot.

The Ministry of Personnel is very strong. Another title of Minister of Personnel is "Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel". It controls the power of almost all officials to be promoted and demoted. How can it not be overwhelming?

The Ministry of Revenue is not weak at all.

You can take charge of the future of officials, but no matter which official, you have to have to have a meal and receive a salary, right?

This is what our Ministry of Revenue has to do.

Besides, if you are an official, you cannot afford to ask the court for various expenses. If you don’t have money, you can’t do anything. What political achievements can you achieve?

On weekdays, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue themselves do not deal with each other. Today, the Ministry of Revenue may undergo a major change, and it is impossible for people from the Ministry of Personnel to gloat about it.

"But what happened to Prince Yu? He was just a dude, but suddenly he got it and came up with such a novel but simple and practical thing!" The official sighed, "Is there really something like enlightenment?"

"I don't know if there is a master behind him." Another guessed.

As Ma Haoqiu heard them say, his only few contacts with Prince Yu Liu Mingqi.

They all met in various grand celebrations, and the prince Yu had nothing outstanding at all.

Wen is not as good as the prince of Prince Li’s Mansion, Wu is not as good as the prince of Prince Yi’s Mansion, and his focus is not as good as the prince of Prince Su’s Mansion.

It’s a bit like saying that he is a masculine person.

But which one of the simple numbers 0-9 and duplex accounting methods is not something that can only be figured out by a wonderful person?

It is actually unreliable to say that Liu Mingqi has an expert behind her.

If someone has the ability, he will directly take the formal way of giving treasures to the emperor. How can he get less benefits?

It’s useless for a clan to make him show off.

If you don’t have any chance to participate in the government affairs, you will be a useless person!

Which expert is willing to invest such important resources in the useless person?

So there is only one answer.

Prince Yu is very wise and foolish, and now he truly shines with his own light!

For Ma Haoqiu, the more radiant Prince Yu is, the better!

Once the accounting method can be improved, can many accounts of the Ministry of Revenue be hidden?

If you find out any major matter, I see how Nangong Ji explains it to the people in the world!

...

The middle between Ma Haoqiu and Nangong Ji's house happened to be the place where the prime minister Cao Yi did his business.

Like the two deputy ministers, Cao Yi's room was also discussing the lectures of Prince Yu.

Early this morning, before dawn, people came to the palace to Liudu, Shuntian Mansion, Dali Temple and other on-duty yamen, and explained the matters to listen to the lecture.

So these relevant officials and officials gathered in the palace to listen to Prince Yu's teaching on accounting law.

Not only were they, Emperor Jinghe also led the palace clerk and others to listen.

The whole big house, at least hundreds of people listened to the lecture, which made people feel like they were going to Beijing to participate in the palace examination.

As the first minister, Cao Yi is not the most outstanding in his ability, but doing things is the most stable. It is his greatest ability to make the political situation run smoothly.

During the years when he was the prime minister, he coordinated with matters such as Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of the Six Ministry, Governors, and the Imperial Guards of the Six Guards. He did not need to worry about Jing Hedi at all.

This is why so many people criticized him as a pot maker, but Emperor Jing He never wanted to replace him.

"Zhao Ye, do you think Nangong Xiang will be hit hard by Ma Xiang this time?" asked a trusted official.

"The key to the problem is not the double-entry accounting method, nor the simple numbers, but our Majesty." Cao Yi, who was a little fat, checked the memorial and gave his own opinions, and replied: "If Your Majesty wants to clean up the Ministry of Revenue, then Nangong Xiang will feel uncomfortable. If Your Majesty just let them be diligent in the future and be more honest and cautious from now on, then there will be no problem."

An official who has been following him for more than 30 years asked, "What do we need to do?"

"No need." Cao Yi said slowly, "Even if Your Majesty wants to investigate, it is just a flash of water. If we cooperate with Ma Xiang to make trouble, it will make Your Majesty unhappy. Nangong Xiang has outstanding abilities and is deeply trusted by Your Majesty. The current Minister of Revenue Wang Shaoyi is even more a minister of Your Majesty's residence, and it is no different from Ma Xiang."

Listening to Cao Yi's words, several officials secretly complained.

The prime minister's first half of the words were correct, but the latter was deliberately practicing Tai Chi.

Why does Nangong Ji have outstanding abilities?

Isn’t he just able to make money for His Majesty?

Your Majesty has a peaceful personality and is sincere. He never injures or kills.

The shortcomings that can be found in personality may be that His Majesty sometimes speaks very violently, which will make those who make mistakes unable to get out of the market.

Also, he likes beauty and has a lot of concubines in the palace over the years.
To be continued...