After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Seeing that other officials were unwilling to step forward, Master Zhuang had no choice but to step in personally:

"Although there are rules for your Majesty's ascension to the throne, the previous princes all had fiefs, but your Majesty refused to give them his fiefs now. This will inevitably lead to people criticizing your Majesty for being harsh towards your nephew."

Qi Wushuang didn't care: "I don't care what others say."

Ye Wuwei took over the conversation:

“What the Master said is biased.

Before the Qi Dynasty, there had only been one prince and one duke, so they were naturally given fiefs readily.

Now there are three princes, and in the future the princes will have their own sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons to continue the family line. If all the princes of the counties were to be granted land, how could the Qi Dynasty have so much land to grant? "

Ye Wuwei knew very well that Qi Wushuang was not good at arguing, and was afraid that Qi Wushuang would make things worse if he continued.

Master Zhuang looked deeply at Ye Wuwei: He is quite good at talking! He knows how to get to the point.

"That being said, how are the three princes supposed to live without any fiefdoms?"

"What the Grand Tutor said is really interesting. Don't the three princes have salaries? Why can't they make a living?

The salary and benefits of a prince are more than 15,000 taels of silver a year. For someone like me, a fourth-rank captain and county earl, the salary and benefits of the two ranks combined only amount to a little over 2,000 taels of silver.

The prince's salary is more than seven times mine. If the prince can't live like this, what should I do?

What's more, there are many soldiers who only have 20 taels of silver a year. What are you going to do with them?"

Ye Wuwei's words made Master Zhuang's already bad expression even worse.

"You are just a lowly person, how can you be compared with the prince?"

“Yes, I am a pariah, so I can only rely on my own ability to work hard from nothing to my current annual income of two thousand taels of silver.

Because the prince was born into a good family, he could earn 15,000 taels of silver a year without doing anything.

Originally, this was extremely unfair, and the prince should be satisfied. So what else could he say?

Besides, where is the real distinction between noble and humble? Going back hundreds of years, how many of the nobles in the palace were nobles at that time?

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the Yuwen family.

The rise of the Yuwen clan has only happened in the past few decades. A hundred years ago, the Yuwen family was just craftsmen. Doesn't that make them lowly?

So it’s just that the previous generation plants trees and the next generation enjoys the shade, so don’t talk about innate superiority or inferiority.”

Thinking about the assassination attempt by Prime Minister Yuwen on them yesterday, although it is not appropriate to settle the score with them at the moment, it is still possible to disgust them.

Sure enough, after Ye Wuwei finished speaking, Prime Minister Yuwen and Qi Yuchang looked very unhappy.

The officials in the palace all understood what Ye Wuwei said, but once they climbed to the aristocratic class, they would automatically ignore the history before becoming aristocrats.

There are very few people like Chen Shusheng who come from aristocratic families but care about the suffering of the people.

But precisely because they are so rare, they are particularly precious!

When Ye Wuwei said these words, Qi Guangren, the son of General Qi, had been looking at him.

Qi Guangren thought:

No wonder my wife's brother-in-law (Chen Shusheng) highly praised Ye Wuwei after returning from Prince Qi's Mansion. His argument is exactly the same as my wife's brother-in-law's!

Seeing Ye Wuwei come forward to speak for him, Qi Wushuang was very happy, so he started talking more.

He said to Qi Yuli and the other two:

"Wu Wei is right. You were not named a prince because of your ability, but simply because your father is the emperor.

So you should be thankful that you were born into a wealthy family rather than a commoner's family.

Don't mention the fiefdom anymore. I won't give it to you no matter what you say.

However, I will not take possession of your father's private treasury. After paying the pensions of the Guards, the remaining amount will be given to you."

After saying that, Qi Wushuang called out the former commander of the Imperial Guards and asked, "Have you finished the statistics on the casualties of the Imperial Guards that I asked you to count?"

"The statistics are ready."

"You should discuss the pension payment standards with Lieutenant General Nie, and then use the former emperor's private treasury to pay it.

If the late emperor's private treasury is insufficient, the state treasury will pay for the remaining funds. If there is any surplus, it will be handed over to General Qi, who will preside over the distribution."

The former commander of the Imperial Guards agreed.

When Ye Wuwei and Qi Wushuang were talking, everyone in the hall had different thoughts.

Qi Yuli:

I didn't expect Ye Wuwei to hold such a high regard in Qi Wushuang's heart. Not only did he allow him to speak freely, but he also echoed his words. It seems that I need to find opportunities to maintain a good relationship with Ye Wuwei in the future!

I wonder if there is any news about the people sent to look for Ye Hongxia?

If Ye Wuwei is the son of General Ye, then he and Ye Wuwei are cousins, and there is a reason for them to be close.

From the moment Qi Wushuang took out the late emperor's will, Qi Yuli knew that he would never be able to become emperor again, and he gave up the idea of ​​competing with Qi Wushuang.

However, he also wanted to be granted the title of prince and have his own fiefdom.

Qi Yushen’s thoughts were much purer: As expected, the cooperation between Uncle Wang and Wu Wei is a perfect match that can inflict great damage!

Qi Wushuang didn't care what the people in the hall thought. He started talking about a new topic at his own pace:

"The second thing I did after taking over Taiji Hall was to reform the official system. Fu Chi, please read it out."

Chu Fuchi took out the official system that had been formulated in the past few days and read it out, but he only read out the official positions, ranks and quotas of official positions. As for the personnel, except for the first-rank "Grand Marshal Qi, Grand Tutor Zhuang and Grand Master Yuwen", all were left blank.

After Chu Fuchi finished reading, Qi Wushuang spoke again:

"Except for the three positions just announced, namely, Grand Marshal, Grand Tutor, and Grand Preceptor, all other official positions will be filled through competitive recruitment.

Wuwei, please explain the conditions, requirements, and procedures for competing for the position."

"Competition for promotion" is naturally a concept proposed by Ye Wuwei, referring to the modern "competition for employment".

Modern people all know what competitive recruitment is, but in the Qi Dynasty, the officials in the palace were all confused.

Ye Wuwei began to explain:

"Competition for a position means that everyone can nominate or recommend whoever they think is suitable for the position, and cite their past achievements or reasons.

A person can only recommend himself for three official positions and can only recommend three officials.

The person being recommended can be an official in the court or someone who is not currently in the court. They can be a relative of the recommender or someone completely unrelated.

All official positions are evaluated comprehensively based on self-recommendation forms or recommendation forms.

The highest positions of the Cabinet, the Six Ministries, and other departments are determined by Your Majesty. The highest officials of the departments shall consult with the Cabinet and report to Your Majesty for the final approval."

After saying that, Ye Wuwei signaled Qi Cheng to distribute the self-recommendation form and recommendation form that had been prepared long ago to everyone.

"Everyone, please go back and think carefully about this. Submit your application to the court tomorrow. If you don't, it will be considered as a waiver and you will not be accepted by the court.

Let me reiterate:

Because of their hard work and outstanding contributions, General Qi, Grand Tutor Zhuang, and Grand Instructor Yuwen were already appointed as First Rank by Your Majesty, and are not included in the list of self-recommendations or recommendations.

But the three of them still have the power to recommend others.”

Now, the palace was in an uproar!