If you were originally a child of an aristocratic family, and relied on your family, you would have become a general of the first rank in the court.
Those who were recruited could become generals of the same rank without doing anything.
How do you feel?" Ji Wan slowly guided.
Jin Lie frowned: "Of course I don't want to!
Although I did nothing, I became a general of the first rank.
But if they do nothing and still become generals, wouldn't that be stealing my things?"
"Then I'll ask you again, what will you do if you don't want to?"
Jin Lie understood what Ji Wan was going to say: "Of course I will do my best to prevent these people from entering the court.
If they couldn't stop it, they would just banish them to remote places to serve as officials, or just give them small official titles like centurion...
Anyway, we must never let the emperor know how powerful they are."
Ji Wan nodded and continued to guide: "You are teachable, your current thinking is the same as those of the noble families in the capital.
Even if Ji Qin tried his best to support him, the final result could only be that the court would gradually split into two factions.
One group consists of the sons of noble families in the court, and the other group consists of officials hired through job fairs.
Moreover, it was impossible for Ji Qin to give up the sons of the aristocratic families in an instant, disrupt the situation in the court, arouse their dissatisfaction, and finally threaten his throne.
It was also impossible for him to expect the people he recruited to grow into someone capable of competing with the children of aristocratic families within a few days.
Do you understand?
Jin Lie nodded. "I understand, but... we're also holding a job fair. So, it's no different from Ji Qin's job fair."
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