"The Order of Zhongshu was originally vacant. The Minister of War, the Minister of Hubu, and the Minister of Rites were all the elder brothers of the King of Qin... Li Chengba's supporters, they either fled with Li Chengba or were dismissed by his father, but they still Before I had time to appoint a new person, my father had already..."
"Aunt, or uncle, come and write the order."
Yang Ying and Princess Linyang were both speechless for a moment.
"Your Majesty." Princess Linyang comforted Li Qiyuan: "None of us can win the Book Order now, but I do have a candidate."
Yang Ying: "Who is the princess talking about?"
"Uncle King Han."
King of Han?
It is true that he was a kind elder and had prestige, so he would not force Li Qiyuan. However, he usually ignored political affairs, and it was hard to expect him to take any actions or suggestions if he was given the job.
But now we need someone to support Li Qiyuan. Let the King of Han be the Zhongshu Ling, which can indeed check and balance Huangfuyu.
Yang Ying agreed: "Okay, let His Highness the King of Han write the order."
Li Qiyuan said: "Uncle and aunt, what kind of officials do you want to be?"
Yang Ying and Princess Linyang looked at each other wordlessly before looking at Li Qiyuan.
Princess Linyang said: "Your Majesty, my consort and I were originally appointed high-ranking officials without merit. It has only been a few days and it is really difficult to be promoted again."
"I don't care, I want you. I want you to stay with me. No matter what official you want to be, I will let you be. Didn't you just say that there is no one else who can be the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue... Yet?
Uncle, you will be the Minister of the Ministry of War, and aunt, you will be the Minister of the Ministry of Households. "
"Your Majesty, no one will accept this arrangement."
"I do not care."
Li Qiyuan shouted: "I can be the emperor, why can't you be the minister? I don't care whether others accept it or not..."
Yang Ying and Linyang looked at each other in silence: Li Qiyuan is a child who has not grown up after all! This becomes willful.
Li Qiyuan continued to shout: "Didn't I say that when you become the emperor, you can do whatever you want?
If they don't accept it, then... then... I will make my aunt and uncle king. "
Although he was willful, Li Qiyuan was not joking at all. Of course, in the heat of the moment, he did not think of naming Yang Ying and Princess Linyang as kings, he only thought of his own original title.
"I will now designate my aunt as the Prince of Zhongshan County, and my uncle as..."
Li Qiyuan didn't think about where to seal it for a while, so he hesitated.
Yang Ying could only sigh: The emperor Li Qiyuan is indeed willful.
However, Princess Linyang's thoughts became vivid and she said: "Yes, the prince-in-law saved the emperor, saved the late emperor, and retreated Li Chengba's army outside the city. These are all tremendous achievements. Although Now that he has been granted a high-ranking official position, but has not yet been granted a title, it would be better for the emperor to designate his consort as the Prince of Zhongshan County.
As for me, I am a princess. Since I am the emperor's aunt, the emperor just calls me the eldest princess. "
Yang Ying looked at Princess Linyang in surprise: Do you really want to make me king? I have a different surname, and it always feels unlucky to make me a king...but I am just a county king, and Daqian has made me a county king with a different surname.
"Okay!" Li Qiyuan didn't have so many thoughts and said directly: "I... no, I will make my uncle the Prince of Zhongshan County and the Minister of the Ministry of War, and I will make my aunt the Princess of Linyang and the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"No!"
Princess Linyang said: "Your Majesty, it is enough to make the consort Prince of Zhongshan County and Minister of the Ministry of War. I only need to be named the eldest princess and the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. I really don't dare to take the position. First of all, I really don't have the talent in this area. Secondly, there is really no prestige in this area.”
"No! Auntie, I must promote you."
"In this case, I was originally the servant of the Huangmen, so the emperor should promote me to the rank of Zuo Sanqi's regular servant! It is a common practice for the emperor to be promoted to old officials after he ascends the throne. The Sanqi's regular servants need to serve in front of the emperor, so I can serve in front of the emperor. Let’s drive.”
"Okay, just listen to Auntie."
Yang Ying asked: "What rank is Zuo Sanqi Changshi?"
"From the third grade."
Yang Yingxin said: "The emperor is really willful. In just a few days, he promoted a fourth-rank official to a third-rank official. Of course, he was even more exaggerated. He directly made him a king. Although the actual official position was still a third-rank official, he added a military officer. The role of the minister is much greater than before. Is this the emperor's willfulness?"
However, since you are already willful, let's just be more willful.
Yang Ying immediately said to Li Qiyuan: "Your Majesty, regarding the candidate for the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, I have a candidate."
"who?"
"Wu Shiwen, the former counselor of the Prince of Qin."
Li Qiyuan had no idea who Wu Shiwen was, but Princess Linyang was shocked: "Wu Shiwen, isn't he one of Li Chengba's?"
"That's right! When I attacked the Prince of Qin's Palace, I captured a group of officials affiliated with the Prince of Qin's Palace. Among them was Wu Shiwen. He was persuaded to surrender by me and promised to be sent as an envoy to Yongxi to appease Yongxi's heroes and officials."
Princess Linyang was shocked, but she didn't know what to say: she now unconsciously wanted to rely on Yang Ying, so she naturally had no objection to Yang Ying's idea, but the other party was Wu Shiwen, and she still felt so uneasy.
"Consort." Princess Linyang finally said, "Do you really have confidence in Wu Shiwen?"
"yes!"
"Since you have confidence in him, I have nothing more to say."
"Okay, just listen to uncle."
After waiting for a while, Li Qiyuan finally walked to the imperial study room with Yang Ying and Princess Linyang.
When Li Qiyuan saw Huangfu Yu and Wei Jin, he still trembled, but calmed down under the comfort and reminder of Princess Linyang, Zuo Sanqi's constant attendant.
Yang Yingze walked among the ministers and saluted Li Qiyuan together with them.
Li Qiyuan said "Stop", then cleared his throat and said: "I have decided to promote the Crown Prince to the Grand Tutor Wei Jin to the Grand Tutor and serve as the Shangshu Ling."
Huangfuyu and everyone were shocked, but after all, Wei Jin's reputation, qualifications, and abilities were all there, so no one dared to say anything more.
In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, people directly kowtowed and thanked people.
Then came the decree to confer the title of Zhongshu Ling to the King of Han. Although everyone was surprised, it was still within the acceptable range. Then came the conferment of Princess Linyang, which did not cause any sensation.
But when Yang Ying was canonized as the King of Zhongshan County and appointed as Minister of the Ministry of War, the situation exploded on the spot.
"Your Majesty." Huangfu Yu immediately knelt down and said, "Absolutely not! This county prince has a royal title, how can he be canonized so easily."
Li Qiyuan was indeed trembling.
Princess Linyang immediately said: "Your Majesty Huangfu, Yang Ying is my princess's consort and is now a member of the royal family. What's more, he once rescued the emperor and the late emperor from the hands of the rebel king Li Chengba and his generals. With such indomitable achievements, he deserves this title. Prince, how can you call it easy?"
This is indeed true. It would be fine if Yang Ying was just given a wealthy and noble title. But now Yang Ying still holds an important position. He is the governor of Jingzhao, the minister of the Ministry of War, and a general of Huaihua who is a military official - Army, this is enough to be called powerful!
