At least, the emperor is doing his best to support Yu Yunwen.

Some people are speculating whether Xu Churen, who is 72 years old this year, is slowly starting to retire.

After eight years of reforms, Xu Churen's protégés were all over the country, and countless officials inside and outside the court were promoted by Xu Churen.

A new political party is clearly forming.

When it came to promoting new talent, the emperor avoided Xu Churen's people.

This is enough to show that Xu Churen is definitely not the one to be chosen as the future prime minister.

Some say that it was Minister Xu who interfered in the selection of the crown prince and is being alienated by the emperor.

Some even privately speculated that because Minister Xu supported the Duke of Chongguo's succession to the position of Crown Prince, which differed from the Emperor's ideas, he was neglected by the Emperor.

You must understand that the position of Crown Prince is a matter of great importance to the stability of the country.

If the emperor is unwilling to establish the Duke of Chongguo, Xu Churen, who is eager to support the Duke of Chongguo, will naturally be in an awkward position. In order to balance the future situation of the court and the country, the emperor plans to gradually distance himself from Prime Minister Xu.

Even the construction of railways was not actually the emperor's intention to develop railways, but rather to divide the power of the Council of State.

Of course, these were all just the ministers' private speculations.

No one knows what the emperor is thinking.

In fact, Zhao Huan's thoughts were very simple, but he just didn't show them.

He established the Railway Department separately, naturally because railways are of very high strategic importance, and its separate establishment was to ensure the normal progress of railway construction.

Secondly, Yu Yunwen should be involved in civil affairs as soon as possible, since Zhao Huan has high hopes for him, while Xu Churen is old and may fall seriously ill at any time.

Zhao Huan preferred to bring in young and fresh blood among the ministers of the prime minister's office.

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