Chu Fan didn't accept the prince's file. Since he had handed over most of Wei's political affairs to the Royal Government Office, he naturally trusted their ability and judgment. However, if he didn't conduct an in-depth investigation, it would be difficult to uncover the problem of collusion between ministers to exchange power.
In this matter, too many court ministers entered this circle of interests. Even if there were court ministers who did not participate in this mutual recruitment of each other's family descendants into their own departments, when they knew about this situation, they would choose to remain silent and would not report it to the Royal Government Affairs Office or His Majesty the Emperor himself.
In fact, if the royal government office he set up was not composed of royal family members, but a cabinet composed of court ministers, even if someone discovered such a thing and submitted a memorial to the cabinet, it might be directly suppressed by the cabinet ministers.
You must know that in history, although the power of cabinet ministers came from the emperor, the cabinet would have to be replaced within a few years, and by then you would most likely only be a small official. Since you will not have much power in the future, why don't you seek more benefits for your family while you are a member of the cabinet?
Therefore, in many cases, when the interests of cabinet members are consistent with those of court ministers, the cabinet will no longer be the sharp knife in the hands of the emperor to manage the court, but will instead become a tool to restrict imperial power. At that time, the emperor's decrees may not be able to be transmitted out of the palace, and the memorials to be submitted by local officials will also be intercepted by cabinet members and cannot reach the hands of the emperor.
As for the Royal Government Affairs Office he established, because of the Wei Kingdom's peculiar system of imperial succession, the competition for the throne among the royal family members was not fierce, and many of the royal family members had no desire for the throne.
Those who aspired to become the next emperor would work even harder for the Wei Kingdom after joining the Royal Affairs Office. After all, only by performing well in the Royal Affairs Office could they gain the support of the elders in their families. Therefore, no matter what, the overall interests of the princes in the Royal Affairs Office were closely tied to the emperor. This way, even if the court ministers wanted to erode the princes in the Royal Affairs Office for personal gain, they would not be able to sway.
Finally, another point is that even if the members of the Royal Government Affairs Office were all princes of Wei, even if they had their own ideas and selfish motives, or even rebelled, the throne of Wei would still belong to the royal family of Wei. There would be no chance of someone else usurping the throne.
When the prince from the Royal Government Affairs Office saw that Chu Fan had not accepted the file he had handed over, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, although our Royal Government Affairs Office did not discover the problem at first, after receiving Minister Mu's reminder, our Royal Government Affairs Office quickly launched a detailed investigation and evaluated all newly appointed officials to confirm which officials were appointed based on their true talents and which ones entered the court through the relationship of their elders."
Chu Anran thought that Chu Fan did not take the file because he was disappointed with the princes in the Royal Government Affairs Office, so Chu Anran hurriedly explained.
Chu Fan looked at Chu Anran's anxious expression and said, "Since I have given your Royal Government Affairs Office the power to handle the affairs of the Wei Kingdom, I naturally trust you completely. I didn't check this file because I can't find any problems even if I take it and check it now. If I carefully check this file and then sort out the relationship between the officials involved in this matter, it will delay me even more.
What I want to know now is how you, the Royal Government Affairs Office, plan to handle this matter, and how you plan to deal with the officials involved in this matter."
Chu Fan then turned to Cao Mengde and the others and asked, "Are you sure you've thoroughly investigated this matter? Are you sure there's no frame-up?"
Although Chu Fan was certain that such a situation would occur, he also needed to give Cao Mengde and others a warning that everything must be handled based on solid evidence, and not to think that just because there were so many officials and students involved this time, they could take the opportunity to retaliate against those who were not on good terms with them.
Cao Mengde and the others, of course, understood the deeper meaning of Chu Fan's words and quickly nodded in response, "Your Majesty, rest assured. We have strictly investigated those officials and students who violated your majesty's orders and have absolutely not wrongly accused anyone. We have also obtained solid evidence to ensure that not a single student among these members will be wrongly accused."
Chu Fan nodded and said nothing, but just wanted to know how to deal with this matter.
At this time, Chu Fan thought of the time when he was still on Blue Star. Even though the country had introduced many policies to restrict capital and families, these capital and families were still able to circumvent supervision through various means and recruit each other's children into their own companies or institutions. In this way, not only did both parties exchange personal connections, but their children could also have a good future.
Chu Fan had not expected that under the new education and official selection policies that Wei had just implemented, some officials would dare to use nepotism so boldly and openly undermine the court's fair selection mechanism.
Chu Fan sighed in his heart and thought: "Fortunately, the current Wei Kingdom is a feudal dynasty, an era where imperial power is supreme. Moreover, I have established the Royal Government Affairs Office and allowed many members of the royal family to enter the court this year, so that I will not appear to be so passive.
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