It's winter.
It is very cold in Taining City during snowy days.
Chu Yi had already put on a thick cotton coat over his bright red official uniform. Standing at the door, he saw a group of people coming from afar, and then he shook off the snowflakes on his body.
“Big Brother!”
Chu Yan did not stop his horse until he arrived in front of the Chu Mansion.
This time he went to Menghu Pass to do business, and it took him many days. Because of the special timing, he didn't even have time to attend his eldest brother's wedding.
There is no way. In this precarious Chu family, someone will always sacrifice themselves.
Chu Yan also didn't want his elder brother's wedding to be disrupted by the little emperor, so he could only bear the humiliation of being the one who got in trouble.
When the two brothers met at this time, Chu Yan seemed to clearly find that his elder brother's whole temperament had obviously changed.
As expected, he is a married man, feeling very fulfilled!
Chu Yan is an experienced person and can see the changes in married people very clearly.
Seeing his third brother coming, Chu Yi patted the armor that he had not yet taken off.
"How is it? Is everything alright?"
"It's not bad. Anyway, I have delayed your wedding for a few days. However, the little emperor must have known about my forging of the imperial edict. It depends on when the little emperor will punish me."
Seeing this reply, Chu Yi nodded slightly.
"The little emperor probably knew about it the day Mu Ci came back, but it's been a few days now and he's been very calm."
Chu Yan nodded, but he was too lazy to care about these things.
Seeing that everyone around him was his own people, he also moved closer to his eldest brother and whispered:
"Brother, when will we rebel?"
Chu Yi: “…”
This third brother is really...
I can't wait.
However, Chu Yi knew that the time for rebellion was almost right.
After all, the situation between him and the little emperor was already tense.
But he still wanted to make some final preparations.
"Next spring, if the little emperor doesn't move, we'll let him have another peaceful year. Of course, if the little emperor plans to use those 6,000 border troops to cause trouble early, I won't be polite."
"Okay! Brother, if you say so, I'm really relieved."
Upon hearing this, Chu Yan's brows were filled with joy, as if he had seen himself leading the Chu family army to force the palace tomorrow.
Then, as expected, the eldest brother ascended the throne and became emperor as he wished.
Because he held military power, he was named the only Grand Marshal of the Army in the world, expanding the territory for his elder brother.
Chu Yan’s idea was very simple. He also felt that since the young emperor was sending troops to the capital, the threat to the Chu family would not last too long.
The little emperor will surely be unable to hold back and take action first soon.
At that time, it was naturally the time when the Chu family rebelled and forced the emperor to abdicate.
Chu Yan was not polite and walked towards the mansion after saying that.
Looking at Xu Yuan standing behind his elder brother, he couldn't help but feel strange.
"Brother, where is my sister-in-law?"
Chu Yi raised his eyebrows, "Your sister-in-law is in the backyard. It's freezing cold. Can I let her stand here and wait for you?"
"Oh, that's true."
Chu Yan also smiled, then gave a thumbs up and praised:
"I really didn't expect that big brother has such a compassionate side to women."
The group also entered the mansion.
They arrived at the living room, and Chu Yan got to see his sister-in-law once, which was a rare opportunity.
He was usually so carefree, but this was a rare occasion for him to be polite when facing Chen Tang, greeting him and giving him gifts.
But Xiao Ling was a little unhappy.
She is the wife of Chu Zei, and at least Chu Zei is quite good to her.
But Chu Yan?
Xiao Ling couldn't help but think of all the humiliations he had endured in the court over the past few years.
Chu Yan, the reckless man in the army, made her much more angry than when she faced the Chu bandits.
However, Xiao Ling had a good temper and did not show any past grudges at this time.
After all, she is someone's sister-in-law now.
I should be able to discipline Chu Yan properly in the future.
…
Chu Yi took a carriage to the Ministry of Personnel in the afternoon.
It is already the end of the year and the Chinese New Year is just around the corner.
The once-in-three-years imperial examination is about to begin. As the Minister of Personnel, Chu Yi can delegate matters to two subordinate officials, but some matters still require his personal attention.
For example... performance evaluation and performance.
The imperial examination first required all officials in Beijing to be assessed, and then the officials were ranked according to the results.
Those who fail the assessment will either be demoted or suspended.
Since this year, the performance of these officials will also need to be taken into consideration in the assessment after the imperial examination, which is called performance evaluation.
Those with excellent performance will be awarded material or salary rewards.
Chu Yi had brought up this idea with the young emperor last year.
The young emperor also thought that this performance evaluation method was quite clever, and originally planned to implement it nationwide, with an annual test.
But unfortunately, the national treasury was exhausted, and the young emperor finally agreed with him to carry out the performance evaluation system at the same time as the imperial examination.
The purpose is to reward those with excellent performance.
Of course, as the Minister of Personnel, Chu Yi is not so kind as to seek benefits for officials all over the world.
He simply wanted to empty the little emperor's treasury.
After all, the current Minister of Revenue Cheng Xunyi is his mortal enemy.
When the performance evaluation system was proposed last year, the person who opposed it most strongly was the Minister of Revenue.
Because of this, Cheng Xunyi was almost scolded to death by all the officials in the court. If the young emperor had not tried his best to protect him, Cheng Xunyi would have lost his position as the Minister of Revenue.
There is no way. As a beneficiary of the test results, why do you dare to oppose such a good policy?
Cheng Xunyi obviously had no other intentions, he just simply wanted to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
The national treasury is barely recovering now and cannot withstand any turmoil.
Now, it is already December, and the imperial examination has begun as scheduled.
Chu Yi was still very happy.
"grown ups!"
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard of the Ministry of Personnel, the officials around him who were busy in a mess hurriedly put down their work and bowed to him.
Chu Yi didn't look at it any further and just waved his hand.
"Has the silver promised by the Ministry of Revenue been delivered?"
"My Lord, it seems not yet."
"No?"
Chu Yi's face changed.
"The imperial inspection has been going on for five days. Are the Ministry of Revenue planning a strike? Bring a few clerks and follow me to the Ministry of Revenue!"
"Now, immediately, right now!"
"Yes, sir."
The hall was once again in a commotion, and then ten minor officials in green robes came over.
Chu Yi personally led people to the Ministry of Revenue's office.
The group arrived at the Ministry of Revenue very quickly.
Outside the Ministry of Revenue, people had long seen Chu Yi and his men coming with ill intentions, and soon the matter alarmed Cheng Xunyi.
"Huh?"
"Lord Chu, it's a rare occasion for you to come to the yamen in person today to do some business. Why did you come to the Ministry of Revenue to cause trouble right after you arrived?"
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