The five hundred and fifty-ninth chapter of the official way
"There was some misunderstanding before, and we talked about it some time ago."
Hearing this, Qi Jiahan nodded, not paying too much attention or asking further questions.
After Zhao Xingzhi and Qi Jiahan left, Zhao Jin rested for a while and sobered up.
When he opened his eyes and opened the curtain, dusk had already fallen.
"Your Highness."
Hearing the commotion, the attendant came over with a low eyebrow and helped Zhao Jin change his clothes.
Zhao Jin's eyes were half-closed and he was still not very awake. He opened his hands and let the two attendants move.
"What time is it?"
"We just arrived in Youshi not long ago." The palace servant who was adjusting Zhao Jin's sleeves whispered.
That's around five o'clock.
After changing his clothes, the eunuch serving Zhao Jin whispered: "Your Highness, would you like to have dinner?"
"No need for now, I'll do it later when I give way."
While drinking with Zhao Xingzhi and Qi Jiahan, Zhao Jin ate a lot of vegetables and was not hungry yet.
Zhao Jin stepped out of the palace door and was about to loosen his bones, but someone came up from below to report: "Your Highness, the Prime Minister is here."
Zhao Jin paused slightly, shook his head and said with a smile: "They really all came together."
"Call him in." Zhao Jin turned around and stopped going to the martial arts field.
Cen Qianyi doesn't know martial arts, so he can't be asked to stand still in the martial arts arena.
After a while, the attendant brought Cen Qianyi in and said, "See His Royal Highness."
"Why are you here today, Prime Minister?" Zhao Jin was too lazy to beat around the bush and asked directly.
Cen Qianyi hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I don't want to hide it from Your Highness. I am here just for the matters concerning the Yao family today."
"His Highness and the lower officials are aware of the Yao family's affairs. In fact, it is a game between His Highness and the aristocratic family because of the scientific examination."
"Your Highness is determined to carry out scientific examination reforms?"
Zhao Jin's face darkened, and he did not directly respond to Cen Qianyi's question about the scientific examination, but asked: "Why did the Prime Minister become an official in the first place?"
"For power? Or for what?"
Cen Qianyi looked slightly startled and could not come back to his senses for a while.
Why become an official?
When he first entered his official career, Cen Qianyi also had great ambitions. He wanted to make a big impact in the court, so that the main line of the Cen family should not be underestimated, even if it was a side branch.
At that time, Cen Qianyi was not only for power, but also for the common people.
Cen Qianyi recalled in a daze that at the beginning he also wanted to punish gangsters and eradicate evil, clear seas, rivers, and bring justice to the people.
But for many years in the court, I have seen a lot of intrigues, a lot of darkness, and a lot of helplessness.
Gradually, we become drifting with the tide, we have more and more things to worry about, and we put more and more things before the common people.
Cen Qianyi asked himself, he could not be called a corrupt official, nor had he committed any crime, but he was not a good official either.
Over the years, he has made more and more compromises, worrying about this and that, looking forward and backward. When encountering something, he first considers whether it is suitable for him to do it.
But in all things in the world, how can we talk about the inappropriateness of harmony? Once we discuss the inappropriateness of harmony, we are just putting a rope on ourselves, tying our hands and feet.
Zhao Jin glanced at Cen Qianyi's expression and tapped the table with his fingertips, "Prime Minister, regardless of whether the Yao family's case is a game between an isolated family and a wealthy family, the Prime Minister should not ask about this case."
"Even without this game, should the Yao family stay?"
Cen Qianyi closed his eyes. The numerous crimes committed by the Yao family flashed through his mind. He opened his lips with difficulty, "You shouldn't stay."
Once again, Cen Qianyi's tone was more firm, "The Yao family should not stay."
"The Yao family is a cancer in our Zhao country. If you remove just one Yao family, I don't know how many people have been saved."
Zhao Jin looked at Cen Qianyi and said word by word: "Prime Minister, the Yao family has nothing to ask."
Cen Qianyi smiled bitterly, "Your Highness is right."
But in the blink of an eye, Cen Qianyi was completely at a disadvantage in this conversation.
"If too many aristocratic families are not eliminated at once, it will cause unnecessary panic and chaos. Those who have committed evil deeds will not be spared."
The expression between Zhao Jin's brows and eyes was very light, "Since the Prime Minister is here for those wealthy families, let me tell them by the way that if they know the truth, I don't need to pursue the case."
"But if you don't repent, I won't mind. I will spend more manpower to find out everything."
Cen Qianyi's eyelids twitched slightly, the warning in Zhao Jin's words was too obvious.
He sighed lightly, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely convey it to you."
"Your Highness, are you determined to reform the scientific examination?" Cen Qianyi asked again.
"I think this is already obvious." Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows on the right side, "The scientific examination reform is imperative."
"Prime Minister, this matter is beneficial but not harmful to the State of Zhao. It is not enough to have only some scholars who come from aristocratic families and only immerse themselves in studying."
Starry eyes were cold, Zhao Jin raised his hands and gently waved his wide sleeves. The fine brocade silk was spread on the table, "Everyone in the court is from aristocratic families."
"The situation of officials protecting each other will only become more and more serious."
Zhao Jin spoke with dissatisfaction in every word, "You have always put your family before the common people, putting your family's interests first and ignoring the laws of your family and country."
"Prime Minister, you and I both know that if this situation is not changed, the State of Zhao will only become more and more decadent."
Cen Qianyi was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "What His Highness said is absolutely true."
He did not stay too long in the East Palace. After getting the news he wanted, or having an excuse to block the wealthy family, Cen Qianyi left.
When we returned to the mansion from the East Palace, it was already dark.
"Sir, Mr. Cen and the heads of other families are here."
As soon as Cen Qianyi stepped into the door of the mansion, a servant came over and whispered in his ear.
"It came so quickly."
With that said, Cen Qianyi walked towards the side hall.
"Just came back from the East Palace?" As soon as Cen Qianyi walked into the side hall, Mr. Cen's questions came straight to Cen Qianyi.
Cen Qianyi nodded and did not say hello to the other family heads.
After all, Cen Qianyi is now the prime minister, and the other officials are not as high as him.
"Prince, what do you mean?" Mr. Cen asked in a deep voice.
Cen Qianyi raised his eyes, "Don't the old man know clearly in his heart?"
"Du!" Mr. Cen knocked on the ground hard, "Is he so determined that he won't give in even a step?"
Recalling what Zhao Jin said when he was in the East Palace, Cen Qianyi shook his head, "His Highness said that this is already the result of his concession."
"Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince joking?" A family head next to him said uncontrollably, with a hint of sarcasm.
Cen Qianyi glanced at him and said, "In that case, you have to ask His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Qian Yi." Mr. Cen slowed down his voice.
"You have a good chat with His Highness the Crown Prince, and each of you takes a step back."
Cen Qianyi made no move and smiled slightly, "Old man, His Royal Highness is determined to implement the scientific examination reform."
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