Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

"Your Majesty, the selection of officials for the imperial court is a major matter. If we use the lottery method, even if the person being selected is talented, it is possible that someone without moral integrity will be selected!"

"Talent without virtue will lead to great disaster!"

Yang Dechang hesitated for a moment and said.

"What a joke! Could it be that the previous system only found people with virtue? The ones I found through the exam are all without virtue, right?"

Ye Chen stared at Yang Dechang with a deep gaze. He exuded the aura of an emperor and his clothes were gorgeous.

Yang Dechang felt a surge of pressure, but his eyes darkened before he said, "Your Majesty, the system of selecting filial and honest officials may have flaws, but there are reasons why it has lasted for hundreds of years."

"After all, most of those selected as filial and honest officials are talented and virtuous people. However, the exam only tests talent and not morality. This is already a major flaw. Now, using the golden urn to cast lots is even more like child's play!"

"Your Majesty, this precedent must never be set!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen was slightly stunned. What Yang Dechang said did not sound completely unreasonable.

If Ye Chen was a young and inexperienced person, he might really be scared by it.

However, as a time traveler, Ye Chen could tell at a glance that Yang Dechang was confusing people.

In this world, there may not be one saint who is selfless, loyal, brave and kind-hearted among tens of thousands of people.

What can truly drive out human motivation is interest.

To put it simply, just one sentence.

Only interests are the tool to bind others.

In addition, you can only add one relative at most, and that must be a direct relative. Even if it is a direct relative, as long as interests are involved, your brothers may stab you with a knife.

Therefore, whether it is selecting filial and honest people or taking the imperial examination, the purpose is not to find some virtuous people.

"Prime Minister Yang, whether they have moral integrity or not, we will have to wait until they become officials to observe. If they truly do something that harms the country and the people, I will naturally punish them severely and show no mercy."

"But Prime Minister, if these people haven't even taken office yet, and you're judging them as someone who will abuse their power and pervert the law in the future, that's pretty wildly speculative!"

"My dear ministers, there is no need to say more. I have made up my mind!"

Ye Chen waved his hand and decided to make the final decision.

"His Majesty!"

Before Yang Dechang could say more, Su Mengjiao's voice could be heard from behind Ye Chen.

"I also think the emperor did the right thing! I will fully support the emperor!"

"The Emperor's meaning is what I want!"

"My dear ministers, please stop talking!"

As soon as Su Mengjiao finished speaking, some ministers in the court stood up.

"The Queen Mother and Your Majesty are right. This law is very fair!"

"The Queen Mother is wise, Your Majesty is wise!"

"If we use this method to select virtuous people and appoint capable people, Dayu will surely prosper!"

Many officials, led by the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Revenue, have begun to come out to support Ye Chen.

Although some of the military generals and nobles were Yang Dechang's die-hard fans, a large number of them also supported Ye Chen. Even if they did not express their stance, they were on Ye Chen's side in their hearts.

After all, there were not many official positions for military generals. If the emperor suddenly wanted to use the new examination system to redistribute official positions, most of the military generals and nobles would naturally be very happy.

They had no objection to the Jin Ping Tou fortune sticks, and even felt it was fair.

Who will be drawn now depends entirely on luck rather than Ye Chen’s personal likes and dislikes.

Even the most picky nobles could not find fault with Ye Chen at this moment.

Even in the court, Yang Dechang's side still had the majority of voices, but with Ye Chen and Su Mengjiao's firm attitude, some ministers also stood firmly on Ye Chen and Su Mengjiao's side.

Yang Dechang can no longer cover up everything and completely refute Ye Chen's plan.

In the end, Ye Chen wrote the imperial edict and cast the lottery from the golden urn in front of Yang Dechang.

And handed the drawn jade stick to the eunuch who made the call.

"Liu Chengyu!"

Liu Chengyu knelt on one knee and clasped his fists excitedly: "I thank your Majesty for your grace!"

"You two will both serve in the Imperial Guards from now on. In addition, you will go to the Beijing Camp every three months to help General Liu handle the affairs there."

Ye Chen looked at Xu Wei and Zhang Deyu and said.

The two of them also knelt on one knee and clasped their fists in excitement.

"Thank you, Lord!"

Seeing the three of them like this, Ye Chen's mouth corners quickly raised up.

He was already confident that he could bring all three of them under his command.

Especially the chief general of the Beijing Camp, Liu Chengyu. Ye Chen deliberately arranged Xu Wei and Zhang Deyu to go to the Beijing Camp to help at all times, just to tell Liu Chengyu that he could replace Liu Chengyu's official position with another person at any time.

Ye Chen also believed that Liu Chengyu, who had passed the previous exams and ranked at the top, was definitely not a fool. He would definitely be able to guess Ye Chen's intention.

"If there's nothing else, let's leave!"

Ye Chen waved his hand.

Although Yang Dechang was unwilling, Ye Chen didn't care about his expression at all.

Yang Dechang had no choice but to take his leave along with the other ministers.

"Empress Dowager, please arrange for Xu Wei and Zhang Deyu to be taken to the Imperial Guards. I believe they will be fully qualified to lead them."

"General Liu, please follow me. I have something to tell you."

Ye Chen said so.

Hearing this, Su Mengjiao's response quickly came from behind him.

"it is good."