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Qi Wushuang spoke again:

"I propose that Minister of War He Changsong join the cabinet.

Minister He has fought with me for many years and is familiar with all military affairs. Now that the Ati people may return at any time, the cabinet needs someone who is familiar with military affairs."

After Qi Wushuang finished speaking, General Qi expressed his agreement:

"I think what Your Majesty said makes a lot of sense. I agree that Minister He should join the cabinet."

However, Grand Tutor Zhuang and Prime Minister Yuwen expressed their opposition.

The score was 2-2 and the situation became deadlocked.

Qi Wushuang asked: "Since you are against it, why don't you come up with a better candidate?"

Tutor Zhuang was promoted to Chief Censor of the Censorate, and Grand Tutor Yuwen was promoted to Deputy Chief Censor of the Censorate.

This time, Qi Wushuang didn't even need to speak, as General Qi objected first:

"The Censorate is a supervisory body that is supposed to remain independent. How can it possibly be allowed to sit in the Cabinet and handle day-to-day government affairs?"

Grand Tutor Yuwen asked, "Then why did you also recommend the Deputy Chief Censor of the Censorate to join the Cabinet?"

"I just followed your recommendation, but now I recommend the Minister of Rites to join the cabinet."

Yuwen Taishi: "I disagree."

"Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Rites ranks third, and the Ministry of Works ranks last. If the Minister of Works can enter the cabinet, why can't the Minister of Rites?"

After General Qi finished speaking, Qi Wushuang immediately responded:

“What the commander said makes a lot of sense.

Since everyone is arguing over the cabinet candidates, why not just decide on the Minister of Rites and the Minister of War based on the ranking of the six ministries?"

The six ministries of the Qi Dynasty were ranked as Personnel, Revenue, Rites, War, Justice, and Works.

Grand Tutor Yuwen was stunned, and only then did he vaguely feel that they had suffered a loss when they were deciding the candidates for the six ministers.

Not only Grand Tutor Yuwen, but also Grand Tutor Zhuang realized it at this time.

The two factions of Qi Wushuang, the Minister of Six Ministries, and Qi Taiwei each occupied two seats, while the Zhuang and Yuwen factions each occupied only one seat.

It turned out that Qi Wushuang had already considered the cabinet candidates when deciding on the six ministers.

Things had come to this point, two against two, and Master Zhuang and Master Yuwen had no choice but to suffer the loss.

Fresh cabinet nominees announced:

Prime Minister: Chu Fuchi (Second Rank, Qi Wushuang faction)

Elder: Minister of Personnel (Faction of Grand Tutor Zhuang)

Elder: Minister of Revenue Qi Guangren (son of General Qi)

Elder: Minister of Rites (Qi Taiwei faction)

Elder: Minister of War He Changsong (Qi Wushuang faction)

Elder: Minister of Works (Yuwen Taishi faction)

After the cabinet members were selected, Qi Wushuang only retained the cabinet members and the six ministers to decide the remaining official positions, and ordered the rest of the officials to disperse.

Of course, Ye Wuwei and Xiao Dengzi were left behind.

Ye Wuwei was in charge of statistics under the pretext of doing so, while Xiao Dengzi was serving tea.

First decide on the candidates for assistant ministers in each ministry, and then proceed down the hierarchy.

Finally, all the officials were confirmed.

Ye Wuwei was appointed as the Minister of Works and recommended himself to be in charge of construction and logistics.

Qi Yushen was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He recommended himself and was recommended by Ye Wuwei.

Qi Cheng was appointed as the Minister of Dali Temple, a third-rank official.

Chen Shusheng’s position is very interesting. He is Zhanshi (third rank) in the Zhanshi Mansion.

Chen Shusheng had never held an official position in the court before, so he was not qualified to recommend himself. He was recommended jointly by Qi Taiwei and Qi Guangren.

The Zhanshi Mansion was an institution responsible for assisting the crown prince. Qi Wushuang's parents had not yet become the crown prince, and it was even more distant. No one took it seriously, and just thought that it was General Qi who wanted Chen Shusheng to take up a position first.

But it was Ye Wuwei's idea to let Chen Shusheng be the Zhanshi Mansion Zhanshi.

Ye Wuwei's original words were:

"It is precisely because there is no crown prince now that the Zhanshi Mansion is more flexible and maneuverable. Whenever there is a need for personnel, we can let the people from the Zhanshi Mansion fill in."

Therefore, in addition to Zhan Shi, the Zhan Shi Mansion is also equipped with a fourth-rank Shao Zhan Shi and a sixth-rank Mansion Secretary, both of whom are Qi Wushuang's men.