Joy of Life: I dressed as a woman and became the Queen of Northern Qi!

Chapter 247 Shang Yang's Reforms, what kind of person is Wang Xu?

Although this is true, how can we get them to agree to the reform?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Unless they all die, the reform will never succeed!

Even if Chen Luo and Zhan Doudou support the reform, they will not agree!
The operation of a dynasty depends not only on the king, but also on the ministers!

They didn't believe that Chen Luo could kill them all for the sake of reform!
If they were really killed off completely, Northern Qi would be destroyed in less than ten years!
"The Queen doesn't need to be angry. The ministers are just worried for a moment!"

"Reform is a matter of great importance, and we need to consider it carefully!"

"Today, my queen has brought two great sages to Northern Qi. I believe in the queen's vision, and I believe even more in the talents of these two great sages!"

"Pass on my decree, appoint Shang Yang as the left prime minister, grant him a residence in the south of the city, a hundred taels of gold, and a hundred slaves!"

"Appoint Guiguzi Wang Xu as the right prime minister, grant him a prime minister's residence in the west of the city, a hundred taels of gold, and a hundred slaves!"

"If there is nothing else, let's end today's morning meeting here. We can discuss other matters tomorrow!"

After saying this, Zhan Doudou didn't wait for the ministers to react, and turned around and left with Chen Luo, without giving the ministers any chance to protest!
It’s not that she doesn’t want to reform, nor is it that she is trying to smooth things over, it’s just that reform cannot be achieved overnight!
It is simply a fantasy to expect those ministers to agree to the reform!

Only gradual progress can lead to reform!

She understood this principle, so she directly appointed Shang Yang and Wang Xu as prime ministers, giving them power second only to the emperor and above everyone else!
All that remains is to see whether these two can suppress all the court officials and make the power in their hands more than just a title!
But since Chen Luo has high hopes for these two people, she believes that this matter will not be difficult for them!
"My Lords, this is my first time here. I hope you can teach me more in the future!"

"General Shangshan Hu, Chief Priest Zhuang Mohan, I wonder if you two are free? How about coming to your house to chat with us?"

Shang Yang greeted them with a smile, and ignoring the glares from the ministers, he looked at Shang Shan Hu and Zhuang Mohan.

Chen Luo had said before that in the court of Northern Qi, the civil officials were headed by Zhuang Mohan, and the military generals were headed by Shang Shanhu!
These two people belong to Chen Luo's faction, but whether they will agree to the reform is not a question of which faction they belong to!
Today, he has already told the people of the world in advance why Northern Qi wanted to reform, and according to the original plan, he obtained the position of prime minister!

Now all he has to do is to get Uesugi Tora and Zhuang Mohan to agree to the reform!

As long as these two people can agree, the ministers who follow them will also become helpers of the reform!

Then they will be able to solve the problem of having no one available!
"Since the Left Prime Minister has invited me, I will naturally accompany you!"

Uesugi Tora looked sullen but did not refuse the invitation.

He really did not agree with the reform because it was too risky and might very well provoke war again!
The current Northern Qi cannot stop the army of Qing!

But Shang Yang and Wang Xu were Chen Luo's men, so he had to agree to the invitation even if he didn't want to!

Otherwise, you are not giving face to Chen Luo!

"Even if the Left Prime Minister doesn't invite me, I will!"

"I have achieved nothing in my life. I am determined to teach and educate people, to cultivate pillars for our Northern Qi, and at the same time I want to explore profound knowledge!"

"Both of you are talented people recognized by the Empress, and are called talents of governing the country by the Empress. I think I will be able to gain a lot of knowledge by chatting with you two!"

Zhuang Mohan stroked his beard and said with a smile, his cloudy eyes occasionally sweeping over the silent Wang Xu.

For some reason, he always felt that there was an indescribable aura around Wang Xu!

Give him a feeling that there is nothing that Wang Xu can't solve!
In addition, Shang Yang's words today made him look at him with new eyes! If Shang Yang didn't invite him, he would take the initiative to invite him!
First of all, I wanted to test the waters and find out whether there must be changes this time!

Secondly, he wanted to see these two great sages who were praised highly by Chen Luo!
The third is selfishness, I want to ask the two of them some questions!
There is no end to learning, and the wise are the teachers!
At his age, there isn’t much left to teach him, and there isn’t much left for him to learn!
His only hope now is to learn more knowledge before he dies, so that he will have no regrets when he dies!

"Mr. Guiguzi, I wonder if you..."

Shang Yang looked at Wang Xu, and stopped talking halfway as if he wanted to say something but stopped. However, the smile on his face showed that he was not hesitant, but did it on purpose!

When he opened his mouth, Zhuang Mohan and Shang Shan Hu also looked at Wang Xu. Although they had secretly glanced at Wang Xu before, this time they looked at him openly!

Until now, all they knew about Wang Xu was a title and a name!

I don’t know anything else, not even what Wang Xu’s voice sounds like!

"Since all three of you have made your decision, how can I spoil your fun?"

"Let's go then!"

Wang Xu put his hands behind his back and spoke with a smile. His tone was calm, but it gave people a very friendly feeling, making people want to believe him involuntarily.

He enjoyed watching today's drama very much and was also very interested in Shang Yang!
He knew that Shang Yang, like him, was summoned by Chen Luo!

But he was sure that today's drama was not arranged by Chen Luo!
This drama directly put the reform on the table, telling others about the reform in advance!

This is to cut off the retreat, and it is also a means of "self-protection"!

Shang Yang obviously wanted to tell the people of Northern Qi why he needed to reform, the purpose of the reform, and the current situation of Northern Qi!

This might hit some people hard and shatter the hopes they had just had because of Chen Luo!
This will also make some people angry and curse him for spreading false information and misleading the people!

Similarly, there will be people who understand what Shang Yang said, understand the importance of reform, and support the reform!

Shang Yang's approach may seem reckless, but it is actually ingenious!
The biggest obstacle to reform is not the ministers in the court, but the people and the aristocratic families!

That is the real resistance to the reform, and these ministers can just be replaced with ministers who agree with the reform. They are not resistance at all!

The reason why the reform cannot be accomplished in one go is that rash reforms will make the people panic and allow the aristocratic families to take the opportunity to cause chaos!

Shang Yang staged this drama to tell the people and the aristocratic families in advance that Northern Qi was going to reform so that they could be prepared!

Then, the reforms will be carried out little by little until finally, the people realize the benefits of the reforms and the aristocratic families are curbed. That will be the time when the reforms are successful!
It's not a very sophisticated calculation, but it is very useful, especially because by doing this, those ministers and aristocratic families will focus their main energy on preventing the reform!
They will try every possible means to prevent their orders from being completed smoothly, instead of thinking of assassinating them directly!

This can be considered as "protecting yourself" while cutting off your retreat!

"The three of you please come in!"

Shang Yang smiled and stretched out his hand, motioning the three to go first.

Wang Xu didn't say anything polite and walked straight ahead. Shang Shanhu and Zhuang Mohan followed him, looking at Wang Xu's back with some curiosity.

From their actions just now, they could tell that Wang Xu was arrogant. It was not the arrogance that came from being ignorant of the immensity of the world, but the arrogance that came from self-confidence!
Now they are even more curious about what Wang Xu is capable of!

(End of this chapter)