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Chapter 763 The Change of the Prime Minister

Chapter 763 The Change of the Prime Minister

Yang Yu stood on the steps of the square outside the closed palace gate, in front of him were standing still guards with spears, and around him were hundreds of Yue Kingdom officials walking back and forth and chatting constantly.

At this time, the sky has not yet seen, and they are all waiting for His Majesty Moon King to open the morning court.

Although it is not against the law of the moon to wait for such things as the morning court, and it is not a violation of the lunar law for the officials to stand, sit or even lie on the white stone floor, but there are still some conventional 'standards' for such things.

The steps in front of the square and the gate of the palace completely showed the difference in status of each person.

In front of the palace gate at the highest point of the steps is the place where generals, prime ministers, doctor censors, and Taiwei are "qualified" to stand.

For the rest of the ministers, unless they are Shangshuling, Grand Scholars and Jiuqing, once they get close to this place, they will only arouse the opinions of the people around them.

On the officialdom, it has aroused the opinions of others, which is naturally not something to be happy about.

This is the power center of the Yue Kingdom, and everyone here is well versed in the way to be wise and protect one's life.

Yang Yu, who is Hu Cao Shangshu, stood at the level three steps below the highest level, and there were more than two hundred people below him.

This status is already extremely high.But in fact, a few months ago, Yang Yu was qualified to stand at the first level.

Because the 46-year-old is the eldest son of Prime Minister Yang Jie, this status alone is enough for him to have some privileges to break the 'custom'.

But unfortunately, what happened on the night of Yue Luoning's wedding completely changed his current situation.

His father Yang Jie supported Prince Hanyue, and he naturally stood on that side.

That night, he was also one of the people who knelt down to ask Yueshan to abdicate, so he was demoted afterwards.

From the original second-rank Shangshu Pushe to the third-rank Hucao Shangshu, the power has been reduced a lot.

Although he didn't feel resentment in his heart, he felt grateful instead. After all, what they did was conspiracy that night. Under normal circumstances, they would have been dismissed from their jobs and ransacked their homes and exiled.

But on the other hand, some shifts are real.

In the eyes of some courtiers, he, his father, and those 400 people were already thorns in the eyes of the Moon King.

Yue Wang only kept them as officials in the court because of his son's feelings.

They are people with "bad deeds", and they have no chance to make their mark in this life.

It's not that the ministers never thought about the death of King Yue and the succession of Prince Lianshan. These people still have the possibility of being promoted, but why don't they themselves have that possibility?
Now none of them thought of going against Prince Lianshan, after all, he was the sole heir of Yue Kingdom.Compared with those who supported Hanyue, why can't those who are loyal to Moon King continue to be reused in the future?
What's more, Yueshan himself is also an extreme practitioner, who knows how many years he can live?

Under normal circumstances, he would have no problem continuing to be the Moon King for 50 or [-] years.At that time, these courtiers might have died of old age. Will they survive until the day when Prince Lianshan succeeds to the throne?

And in the end, who knows if Yueshan will go back on his word?Those 400 people betrayed him, and it is impossible for him to have no grudges against them in his heart. Now that he is close to them, who knows if Yueshan will also have opinions on himself because of this?
Among the four hundred 'traitors', there were more than one hundred people present at the moment.

Including Yang Yu's son Shangshu Lang Yangyou.

After working in Shangshutai for one year, you can become Shang Shulang, and after three years, you can become Shilang.

Yang You was already a servant, but now he was demoted back to Shang Shulang.

He was originally surrounded by many people. At the age of 27, he was originally a rising star in the Moon Kingdom.

But now, there are only three or four people around him.

And the main reason why these three or four people still surrounded him was that they had the same experience after that night.

Another reason is that Yang You's grandfather, Yang Jie, did not seem to be 'abandoned' by Moon King.

Yang Jie was originally the prime minister, and he was listed as the four most important ministers with the general, doctor of the imperial court, and Taiwei, and he was the head of the hundred officials.

After what happened that night, Yang Jie, the prime minister, was naturally sanctioned by Yueshan.

However, to the surprise of many people, Yang Jie was not stripped of the post of prime minister afterwards.

However, his power as the prime minister was eventually reduced.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs that he was originally in charge of have gradually been out of his control, leaving only the two departments of Ting Wei and Tai Pu.

As for Shangshutai and military affairs, which could have been a little involved, he was completely unable to intervene.

In fact, Yueshan has always felt that the prime ministers of the mainland countries have too much power.As the king of the Moon Kingdom, he should have always wanted to weaken the prime minister's power, but doing so would cause his subjects to backlash.

After all, the courtiers are also afraid that the king's power will be too concentrated and too corrupt, so that they will really be with the king like a tiger.

In the first 200 years when the mainland countries emerged, the power of the prime minister was so great that even the king had to respect three points.At that time, the court meeting was sometimes presided over by the prime minister, and then they led the performance.

At that time, the prime minister could even directly appoint officials below the fourth rank, and many powers of the king were scattered in the hands of the courtiers.

Afterwards, the authority of the prime minister and the other three princes was gradually weakened, the Shangshutai was established, and the dismantling and deliberation of the memorials was gradually transferred to the Shangshutai, which was directly responsible to the king.

After hundreds of years of development, the power of Shangshutai has grown, and the Sangong has gradually been emptied, and even has only the power to discuss matters.

But in doing so, it made the Shangshutai bigger, which once again aroused some people's dissatisfaction.

Afterwards, the structure of the imperial courts of various countries changed again, the functions of Shangshutai were weakened, and Sangong was once again supported.Especially the prime minister, it seems that he is about to return to the state of being in charge of the government. For example, the prime minister of Shenyan, Wei Zhong, can even replace the general to lead the three armies to conquer Longyan.

The process of change naturally does not follow the will of the leader of a country, and no one can tell how many internal struggles and compromises there are.

But now the power of the prime ministers of various countries has gradually increased, but it is an indisputable fact.

Yueshan wants to cut the power of the prime minister, but has been unable to find an opportunity.But this time, he found a good opportunity.

After the night of the coup, he still kept Yang Jie and did not remove him from the position of prime minister. Many people could see that this was reserved for his son Lin Si.

Just like what Mu Zheping said, he really wanted to leave a team for Lin Si.

But Mu Zheping failed to see his other purpose.

If he dismissed Yang Jie from the position of prime minister and let another person replace him, then the new prime minister would still be as high and powerful as before.

But he kept Yang Jie, which is very intriguing.

Everyone knows that Yang Jie is a 'criminal subject', so he must accept the punishment he deserves.

Since Yueshan didn't demote him, his power needs to be cut. It's impossible for him to rebel without any loss.As a result, the prime minister Yang Jie lost a lot of power, and these powers were redistributed to other functional departments.

And these departments are all directly responsible to Yueshan.

What about the future?After Yang Jie stepped down or passed away, what about the next prime minister?

After Lin Si succeeds to the throne in the future, what about his prime minister?
Can those prime ministers regain the authority that 'should belong to them'?
It's no longer possible. From then on, the prime minister of Yueguo only has these powers that Yang Jie has now.

On the surface, he punished Yang Jie, but in fact, he 'punished' the position of prime minister.

At the same time, Yang Jie, the current prime minister, must be grateful to him.Because it wasn't for Yueshan to be tolerant, or for Prince Lianshan to plead for mercy, he is now a commoner.

And what about Baiguan?Where's the captain?What about Doctor Yushi?Even if they see it, what can they say?

Back then they all begged for Yang Jie...

They can only sit back and watch some powers be taken back by the king.

For Lin Si, it was indeed a kind of "luck" for him that Yue Shan, a masterful father, could support him without reservation.

(End of this chapter)

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