These officials, who were more cunning than sieves, did not realize that the new emperor Kong Xun was asking them at this time, obviously wanting to take back the money that had been loaned out from the national treasury.

Kong Xun looked at the group of ministers who were pretending to be cowards, and sparks flashed in his eyes.

The longer he sat in this position, the more Kong Xun could understand why his deceased father had trained a group of new ministers like Li Ziyu for him a long time ago.

He also went against the majority's opinion and allowed the woman, Xiao Shanchang, to enter the court as an official. Of course, this was because of what his father told him before he died, saying that An Xin was the reason for his and the entire Daqian Kingdom's good fortune.

If this was the only reason, the royal family would just need to worship Xiaoshan like a Bodhisattva. Why would his father entrust his son to her for assistance before his death?

Kong Xun looked at the ministers below with his deep eyes narrowed. He was afraid that his father had already guessed that most of these court officials were unreliable.

When it comes to their own interests, they will never support the new emperor with an unstable foundation.

Just like now, knowing that the treasury is empty, I want to get back the loans.

These people are all pretending to be deaf and dumb, but they are unwilling to offend those powerful families and work for him, the emperor.

An Xin was standing in the front row and caught the look in Kong Xun's eyes.

She sighed secretly, wondering what she had done wrong to be treated like a donkey by her father, and now she had to work hard to help him secure the throne.

She wanted to live a bad life, but why was it so difficult?

An Xin walked to the center of the hall helplessly, holding the imperial sceptre in front of his face, and began to speak: "The competition for the position of prime minister has yet to produce a result.

Why doesn't the emperor use this opportunity to get the money back for the treasury to see how capable they are. Whoever can successfully get the money back will get the position of prime minister.

Others are not capable enough to handle the matter, so even if they have opinions, they should keep them to themselves.”

The two who had been competing fiercely with Li Ziyu for the position of prime minister were Lord Gao, who had once provoked An Xin in the hall, and Lord Taiwei, who had been dealt with by An Xin.

When the two heard An Xin's proposal to let them pass so that they could collect debts from the powerful families and demonstrate their abilities, they did not want to offend anyone, so they wanted to raise objections.

He was also choked by An Xin's last words.

If they strongly object, it would confirm what An Xin said, that they lack the ability to get things done.

Let's not talk about whether they can sit on the position of prime minister this time. If they really give the new emperor the impression that they are incompetent, then what kind of career will they have in the future?

Leng Xiangbai, Zhu Shijing, Jiang Zhou, An Rui, who are already qualified to attend the morning court...

There is also Jiang Chenxi, who successfully became the Minister of the Ministry of Justice by virtue of his own abilities and because he is a close cousin of Kong Xun.

After An Xin said this, they lowered their heads slightly and glanced at Li Ziyu, who was still standing there with an expressionless face, like a green pine or cypress.

A group of fellow disciples standing in the court twitched their lips.

The head of their own mountain village had some dignity now, and instead of openly engaging in nepotism, he used covert tactics to support their eldest senior brother in ascending the position of prime minister.

The longer you stay in officialdom, the more relationships you will be involved in.

As far as they knew, among the high-ranking officials and wealthy families who owed money to the national treasury were their in-laws and friends.

It is much more difficult for them to collect debts than for Senior Brother Li, who has no relationship with those people.

However, if Senior Brother Li was a coward, even if the headmaster handed him a ladder, it would only make him fall louder the higher he climbed.

In this matter, everyone is working together with great enthusiasm, and their ability to get things done is obvious. If you want to operate secretly, you have to pay the money yourself.

Even if Lord Gao and Lord Taiwei wanted to do this for the sake of their careers, I'm afraid the financial resources of their two families would not allow it.

If we can't come up with money to fill the gap in the treasury, everything will be in vain.

"!!!" Jiang Zhou and others thought that their little chief had used this conspiracy well, cleverly and brilliantly.

Once this matter was accomplished, even though Li Ziyu's seniority in the court was slightly inferior to that of the two ministers, Lord Gao and Lord Taiwei, no one else could say anything.

Li Ziyu's cold eyes were slightly warm.

He knew very well that his own headmaster was trying to gain opportunities for himself.

After the morning court session, he left the Golden Palace.

An Xin met Li Ziyu's dark and deep eyes, raised his arm, and patted his shoulder to show his support and encouragement.

He whispered, "If you don't fight, you're fighting," and went about muddling through life.

The corners of Li Ziyu's mouth gradually rose, showing that he was in a good mood. Then when someone approached, he restrained his expression and walked towards the government office where he was on duty.

What happened next was just as An Xin and his classmates had expected. In the process of debt collection, Lord Gao and Lord Taiwei were entangled by many human relationships.

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When they went to ask for the money owed, the two of them almost knelt down in front of the debtors.

However, those who had borrowed money from the national treasury never thought about repaying the money.

The two of them talked until their lips were hoarse, but those people remained indifferent.

After a long time, the host didn't even serve them a cup of tea.

The two ministers, Lord Gao and Lord Taiwei, went around among the powerful families in the capital, but not only did they become disliked, they were also very angry and did not get back even a single tael of silver.

The two of them are busy like grandchildren collecting debts every day, looking people down and not wanting to get the money back.

When he saw Li Ziyu who received the same task as them, he did not compete with them to collect debts from various households. Instead, he completed the task as soon as possible to demonstrate his ability.

He goes to his own yamen to work as usual every day. When he has free time, he is in the mood to go to the teahouse to drink tea and listen to music. His leisurely life makes people grit their teeth and itch.

And in a place they couldn't see, the people that Li Ziyu had trained for so many years finally came in handy.

A large amount of evidence was collected from those families who owed debts and did not want to pay them back, as well as many evidences of crimes committed by them. Even if there was insufficient evidence of crimes committed by some families, their homes would be confiscated, and they would be exiled, sentenced to death, etc.

But it is definitely not a problem to take off the skin of those powerful families.

As long as these people are not crazy and do not want to be really disliked by the new emperor, they will repay the silver owed to the national treasury even if they really have no money at home.

Li Ziyu's behavior of not competing with the two ministers, Lord Gao and Lord Taiwei, to ask for money in a hurry to become the prime minister was praised by many officials in the court.

An Xin's theory that not fighting is fighting is brought to its extreme in Li Ziyu.

Only after Lord Gao and Lord Taiwei had completely given up on getting the money back, did Li Ziyu begin to take action.

When the other officials saw that Lord Gao and Lord Taiwei gave up so easily, they also felt that the two were not as capable and wise as they usually showed.

He also expressed deep doubts about whether Li Ziyu, who had just entered the officialdom, had the ability to really get back the bad debt that even the two old ministers could not get back.