Chapter 449 Old Liu was persuaded again
Liu Yitong has always known that the Queen is particularly good at persuading people. For example, now, he feels that he seems to have been persuaded again.
"This, this is the work of the second daughter of the Jiang family?"
"No, she is Pavilion Master Jiang."
Handing the bottle over, Ren Liu Yitong held it and looked at it with fanatical eyes, and the queen looked at him with a smile.
"The winery has brewed a new kind of liquor. I think if I use this bottle to store it, while the guests from various countries are here, I will definitely be able to get a good price from the Ministry of Revenue.
In this way, the Ministry of Works can solve the problem of money for river repair. Liu Aiqing, do you think Jiang Han is worthy of the position of Pavilion Master?
Nothing sounds better than money. As the Minister of Works, he has been arguing with the Ministry of Revenue these days over money for river repairs. Now, when he heard the Queen's plan, his eyes lit up instantly.
"Of course I can afford it!"
Liu Yitong stroked this rare treasure that was more transparent than crystal. Although he didn't know how it was made, he was knowledgeable and could immediately appreciate its value.
He carefully put the bottle back. The Minister of Works, who was already weak-willed and now felt he had to take advantage of others, immediately turned against him.
"Even if the Ministry of Works is willing to accept talented women as officials, how can the Ministry of Rites and Personnel agree?"
"This depends on you, Minister of Industry, to do your best!"
“…I’ll go?”
"Of course it should be you, my dear. This time, the candidates are all from your Ministry of Works. If you, the Minister of Works, don't step forward, who will?"
The queen looked at him with a smile that was both encouraging and alluring.
“Think back to when the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites were undergoing reforms. Minister Chu and Minister Liu braved the criticism and condemnation of thousands of people, yet they stood up and took the lead. That’s how they earned their current reputations.
In the history of the future, they will definitely have a strong and colorful record! Minister Liu, who is also the Minister of the Six Ministries, don’t you feel the slightest bit moved? "
Old Liu blinked fiercely several times.
How could I not have ideas? Every day I think about how to crush those two pretentious guys, okay?
The Queen's pie is still being painted.
"Dayu is now on the rise, and we should be more flexible in employing talents. As long as we can achieve outstanding results, those doubts will eventually disappear.
In everyone's perception, the Ministry of Works has never been considered the most important of the six ministries. Do you think you can't match the power of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Justice, or the wealth of the Ministry of Revenue, or the prestige of the Ministry of Rites?"
Liu Yitong smiled bitterly.
"You don't need to think about it, this is simply the truth. The world divides people into three classes: scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans, and then into all sorts of different classes. Compared to my colleagues in other ministries, my Ministry of Industry is indeed insignificant..."
"Wrong!"
The Queen interrupted the Minister of Works' self-mockery, picked up the big bowl filled with chicken soup for the soul, and began to drink it skillfully.
"There's no shortage of talented people in this world; what's lacking is talented people. Since the Ministry of Works is one of the six ministries, it must be very important!"
For example, if we don’t have your Ministry of Works to help build this river embankment, what else will we be able to do when the flood comes?
Speaking of dam construction, I suddenly remembered something Jiang Han had just reported. She said one of her female workers had created a special type of clay that was twice as effective for building dams and houses. Most importantly, it's easy to use and incredibly durable. If used properly, it should last for ten or eight years without requiring dam construction.
"Is what Her Majesty the Queen said true?"
The surprise came so suddenly that Minister Liu was shocked and couldn't believe it. If it weren't for the fact that the Empress never fooled people, he really wouldn't have been so tempted.
"Whether it's true or not, you can go and see for yourself and find out."
"Yes, I will go to Qianji Pavilion right away. I'll take my leave!"
The queen smiled and stopped him.
"If that's true, then Lord Liu...?"
"If that's true, then regardless of whether these talents are male or female, my Ministry of Industry will decide. No one else's opinion will matter!"
The eyes of the Minister of Works were full of high spirits.
"My Ministry of Works has the final say on its own affairs. If the Ministry of Rites insists on interfering with my Ministry of Works' selection of talents, then I will hang myself on the gate of their Ministry of Rites!"
If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked too. The upright Minister of Works also learned the emperor's rogue tactics from the influence of his surroundings.
The queen looked at his back as he hurried away and laughed happily.
So you see, no matter what we say, in the end it all comes down to strength, right?
He returned to his work with a smile, flipping through one memorial after another and carefully reviewing them.
I don't know when it started, but from the emperor to the ministers, everyone tacitly agreed that the empress should have the right to participate in politics.
Even in today's grand court meetings, the emperor and empress sometimes appear on the dragon throne at the same time. Such a small matter is not considered important by the Dayu court officials who have experienced and seen it before.
In contrast to the emperor, who was a tragic and incompetent ruler, people were very accepting of the queen, the mother of the country who had the potential to be a wise ruler.
After all, with the queen in charge of the grand court meeting, the emperor didn't dare to sit there shaking his legs and cursing the ministers' ancestors.
The couple were busy and chattering all morning, and it was rare for them to see each other during lunch.
"Wife, let me tell you, I've really broadened my horizons today, don't you know?"
Li Chengxiu waved his hand to send away all the palace servants, then moved closer to his wife in a frivolous manner, whispering in her ear.
"You have no idea, this little Duan Turtle is really good at playing tricks. Hey, he's much more awesome than his brother! The secret guard just passed on a message saying he saw them in the Sifang Pavilion..."
This and that, and this and that. He poured out all the news he had received, as well as the brothers' speculations, to his wife. At the end, the chatterbox was still smacking his lips, still not satisfied.
"Tsk tsk tsk, maybe it's really because of different customs and national conditions! Anyway, from my childhood to adulthood, I've never seen anyone with this unique hobby of sharing a wife with others. Hey, it must be the perverts of the old Duan family!"
"What are you blabbering about again?"
Jiang Wan saw that this guy was becoming more and more like the late emperor, being both talkative and fond of watching other people's fun. She found it quite funny.
"Everything has to have a reason. It's not as simple as it seems. Let's get the secret guards to investigate!"
"I've already given the order, isn't this just a quick chat with you?
Anyway, as my eldest brother said, if an enemy comes, we will fight him with our troops; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. This is on our Li family's one-third acre of land, so I don't think Duan would dare to raise his claws.
"But we can't figure it out. Why did he bring that woman surnamed Gu here so openly? With her pretentious and hypocritical attitude, how can we expect her to regain the throne?"
There was something wrong with Li Chengxiu's tone, so Jiang Wan turned to look at him.
"You and that princess from the previous dynasty..."
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