Sons of noble families are not necessarily unusable.

Compared to military talents selected through the imperial examinations, they also had their own advantages.

For example, knowing the root cause and the bottom line.

For example, their families were all under the emperor's control, and their fates were intertwined with that of the royal family.

Besides reforming the military examination system, Ye Jingchen had another important proposal.

Whether they were sons of noble families or military graduates, anyone who wanted to earn military merit was not accepted by the Imperial Guard or the armies under the jurisdiction of various prefectures. They were all first sent to the northern frontier for three years of training, and were granted official positions based on their performance during the training.

Human potential is limitless; after experiencing life-or-death trials, everyone undergoes a transformation.

If they still cannot improve after all this, it only means that they are not suitable for the battlefield, and the court has no need to train such people.

The biggest problem his father faces in training talented individuals is that, to ensure their loyalty, he only dares to place people under his watchful eye.

However, the Imperial City Guards were undisciplined and pleasure-seeking. The people who came out of there were more like hooligans than soldiers, and they couldn't learn any real skills at all!

Without a military spirit, the guard battalion would naturally lack loyalty.

Meanwhile, the soldiers of the northern frontier were risking their lives to protect the people and land of the northern frontier. In such an environment, it was easier to cultivate their loyalty to the Great Yuan and to the emperor.

Regarding increasing national treasury revenue, Ye Jingchen's suggestion is: increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

Regarding open source, the princes and princesses have already raised many opinions, while Ye Jingchen has only mentioned cost-cutting.

The imperial court's official system is too complex, and some unimportant positions are unnecessary. Eliminating those positions would save a significant amount of salary expenditure.

Even if the food, clothing, and daily necessities in the palace were reduced by half by today's standards, they would still be very luxurious.

These two points represent the national treasury's revenue in one province and the emperor's private treasury in the other.

"I wonder if Your Majesty is satisfied with my policy proposal?" he asked after the emperor had finished reading it.

Although this assignment was given to all the princes and princesses, based on his understanding of these little brats, he could roughly guess what aspects they would approach it from.

In fact, apart from Ye Jingyan's plan and Ye Jinghe's murderous seven words, the strategies written by everyone else were almost exactly as he predicted.

The strategy he wrote last night was based on his predictions, filling in the gaps and omissions in the arguments of the younger generation.

He was not a diligent person to begin with, so although he prepared several policy essays just in case, each one was not very long, with only one or two arguments, and the main point was to stop there.

Just like how top students control their exam scores, although he wasn't a top student, he was much older than these youngsters and had the added benefit of five thousand years of historical experience in China, so his mind was a little more flexible than theirs. In addition, he had Xie Chang'an as a cheat code, so every one of his policy essays was concise, clear, feasible, and not too outstanding.

"It's acceptable." The emperor was somewhat satisfied, but his face and words betrayed his reluctance.

He didn't want to see Ye Jingchen looking so smug!

By this time, Zhang Shunde had also found all the reports from various prefectures and counties regarding the autumn harvest over the past month.

"Father, I'm hungry. Let's have dinner first, and you can take your time reading after we finish eating," Ye Jingchen said quickly.

His father had already wasted a lot of time reading so many policy essays; if he were to read more memorials, who knew when he would be able to have dinner!

Besides, once his father sees the report, he might realize all the tricks he's been up to and might hold him accountable later. So, he should have dinner first, and then he can take the kids and slip away while his father reacts!

"Are you a reincarnated starving ghost?!" The emperor couldn't help but curse, but still did as he was told and ordered the meal to be served.

"Father, you have read all my policy proposals. Could you approve my memorial from yesterday?" Ye Jingchen asked during the meal.

The emperor had made up his mind, but he didn't want Ye Jingchen to be too smug, so he said, "We will discuss this at the morning court tomorrow and then make a final decision."

Ye Jingchen understood his brothers and sisters, and he also understood the emperor. Since the emperor said so, he had probably already agreed and was just trying to see him get anxious.

"We still need to discuss this? What if some people just can't stand to see Dayuan doing well and don't want Dayuan to win, and deliberately try to sabotage it?" Ye Jingchen asked worriedly.

This satisfied his father's perverse tastes while subtly sowing discord in front of his father towards the ministers who would oppose his memorial the following day.

“Your Majesty, you’re overthinking it. If even you can see it, how could Father, who is so wise and powerful, not see it?” Ye Jingshu gave a helpful assist.

The emperor was amused by the siblings' coordinated attack. "What? Does that mean everyone who disagrees with your memorials is a traitor? Are you trying to turn the court into your personal fiefdom?"

This is a serious crime! Ye Jingchen dared not be careless!

“Father, I rarely speak in court, so how can you say I have a one-man show?” he protested.

Ye Jingshu had already faced numerous impeachments for leaving the palace to establish her own residence and opening the Fengming Academy, so to avoid suspicion, she rarely paid attention to matters of the court. Upon hearing Ye Jingchen's words, she glared at him and asked, "Why do you rarely speak? You are the Crown Prince, is there anyone who dares to prevent you from speaking?"

She acted as if she would go after someone if Ye Jingchen mentioned a name.

"Ha!" The emperor sneered. "Jing Shu, don't be fooled by him! You said it yourself, he's the crown prince, who would dare stop him from speaking? He's just afraid that if he speaks, the gold will leak out!"

Ye Jingshu looked at Ye Jingchen with a puzzled expression.

"Your Majesty, I simply don't like to waste words. I am a man of few words, and isn't it Father who benefits from this? Jingming, tell me, aren't court officials much simpler and more direct when they submit their memorials now?" Ye Jingchen asked Ye Jingming.

“That’s true,” Ye Jingming replied.

So it's still the Emperor who's amazing; he cured many court officials of their habit of talking nonsense in one fell swoop.

Ye Jingchen raised his eyebrows and looked at the emperor with a smug expression.

"Since you entered the court, Prime Minister Wang has visibly become much more silent and aged, and has even shown signs of wanting to retire. I haven't even asked you what you did to him yet?" the emperor asked irritably.

Anyone with eyes could see that the Prime Minister's despondency was related to the Crown Prince, yet even his imperial guards couldn't find any evidence that the Crown Prince had privately contacted the Prime Minister.

Even if the emperor racked his brains, he couldn't understand how Wang Xiang, a veteran of two dynasties, could be so easily manipulated by the Crown Prince, a mere child!

"Your subject didn't do anything to him. On the contrary, your subject is extremely grateful to him every day! Prime Minister Wang is truly a good person!" Ye Jingchen sincerely gave Prime Minister Wang a "good person card".

"Achoo!" In the Prime Minister's residence, Prime Minister Wang, who had already eaten dinner and was taking a walk, sneezed loudly.

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