latelenovela Chapter 680 This person doesn’t want to attend the morning court!
Chapter 680 This person doesn’t want to attend the morning court!
His Majesty must have intended to have You succeed the position of Prime Minister before, but after attending the full-month banquet for Su Yueyao's child, the Empress must have thought of letting her be the Prime Minister.
There are others who have been recommended, all of them are outstanding officials in the court. I think there are some noble families behind them who don’t want Your Majesty to abuse his power, so they are just rebelling!
Su Yueyao felt a little drowsy after hearing this. The empress would still be constrained by the aristocratic families. After all, the aristocratic families had been in power for a long time and the royal family had always been in a weak position. Once the empress had completely grasped the power, there would not be so many voices of opposition in the court.
"I issued an order yesterday to let Su Yueyao temporarily take over the position of Prime Minister. I will issue another order after the position of Prime Minister is confirmed!"
"Your Majesty, Master Su is too young now. How can he serve as the prime minister of a country?"
"I second the proposal!"
"As a woman, Mrs. Su will have to bear the responsibility of giving birth to an heir. The position of prime minister is a heavy workload and is really not suitable for her."
"I second the proposal!"
"Your Majesty, I think that Concubine Su is very talented and has proposed many strategies for governing the country. Especially in dealing with the affairs of the Jin family this time, I think she deserves the position of Prime Minister!" Chen Jingshu said.
Su Yueyao turned her head and looked at him. This elder brother came up and spoke for her! She actually didn't have to be the prime minister. She just wanted to hand over the content that she thought could be reformed to the queen. She really didn't want to care about the rest!
How nice it would be to stay at home and lie down with my husband every day!
"Lord Chen is right. The books published by Your Majesty's Tutor Su include strategies and even military tactics. Tutor Su deserves the position of Prime Minister!" Another minister stood up and said.
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
Su Yueyao looked at the officials who came out one after another, and her forehead was throbbing. Wasn't she just a temporary replacement? How did she become worthy of the position of prime minister?
This is a formal employment without probation period. Has anyone asked her whether she agrees or not?
Su Yueyao felt that she should stand up at this time, otherwise after a while of arguing, the position of Prime Minister would not be temporary, but she would take office directly!
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
As soon as Su Yueyao finished speaking, all the ministers who were speaking shut up and looked at Su Yueyao.
Su Yueyao took out the two books she had written earlier and held them above her head.
"Your Majesty, I think the current writing is too complicated and should be simplified. This way it will be easier to read and recognize characters!"
The Queen was somewhat curious about what Su Yueyao meant by simplifying the text, and motioned to Fuan to bring the book up.
Fuan came to Su Yueyao and put the book in the Queen's hands.
Afterwards, the empress looked at the books attentively in the entire hall. Su Yueyao pointed out in detail which characters in the books needed to be changed, which radicals needed to be removed, and so on.
"Yueyao, this is a good idea." After the Queen said this, she motioned to Fu'an to give the book to the ministers below.
Everyone in the hall was passing it around and looking at it.
Almost all the ministers did not expect Su Yueyao to come up with such an idea, but it is understandable that the text became much more convenient after being changed in this way!
"Your Majesty, I can do it!" said the Minister of Personnel.
"Your Majesty, the matter of reforming the writing system is of great importance and involves all the provinces. It will be time-consuming and laborious to promote it. Should you consider it?"
"Your Majesty, what Lord Fang said is absolutely right. We should indeed consider it. If it is promoted, every prefecture and county government will have to post it, and the cost of paper will be very high!" said the Minister of Revenue.
"The Ministry of Revenue is short of money right now, and we really have no money to provide!"
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Su Yueyao listened to their discussion silently without saying a word. In the final analysis, she just thought her plan was good, but she didn't want to spend the money!
"Yueyao, since you proposed to reform the writing system, do you have any solution?"
"Your Majesty, I have a solution, but it has not been tested yet. The ministers just think that it will take time, effort and money to promote it. Paper is a big hurdle. What if I can solve the paper problem?"
"What does Master Su mean by this?"
"If I can solve the paper problem, it will be easier to promote the product!"
"If Master Su can solve the paper problem, we can indeed save a lot of money!" said the Minister of Revenue.
"Your Majesty, please give me some time. I will solve the paper problem. Your Majesty, I want to establish a school. Nowadays, only children from aristocratic families or wealthy families can learn to read and write. They all hire teachers at home."
"The examination of the Literary Hall is too strict, and few people pass it."
After Su Yueyao finished speaking, there was immediate discussion in the court, and the empress looked at Su Yueyao deeply.
Every year, some of the people who graduated from the Academy of Literature became great men and were respected, while others entered the court and started out as small officials.
Almost all of these people are from aristocratic families with deep family backgrounds. The court is always controlled by those aristocratic families. If the empress wants to seize power, she must make use of talents who do not have aristocratic family backgrounds.
However, as soon as the children from poor families show their talents, they will almost certainly be suppressed by the aristocratic families. The reason why Su Yueyao was able to succeed is largely because she is a woman and was not suppressed by those aristocratic families, and she also has a fertile belly!
There were some opposing and supporting ministers discussing the idea in the court.
Finally, the Queen gave an order to wait until Su Yueyao solved the paper problem before making a decision!
After the court session, the empress specifically summoned Su Yueyao to the imperial study.
"Yueyao, tell me the truth. You proposed the writing reform and opening of schools today. What are you going to do next?"
"Your Majesty, I want to change the predicament of the aristocratic families controlling the court and suppress their momentum!" Su Yueyao said directly.
"After the writing system is reformed and schools are opened, I will promote the imperial examination system! That is, ordinary people can pass the imperial examination and become officials in the court."
"The imperial examinations can be held in counties, prefectures, and Fengdu. Those who pass the county examination are called scholars. Those who pass the prefecture examination are called juren. Those who pass the Fengdu examination are called jinshi. After that, Your Majesty will conduct the palace examination to select the top three, namely the top scorer, the second place, and the third place!" Su Yueyao gave a brief explanation.
After hearing this, the Queen's eyes lit up. Selecting talents in this way was really going to break the monopoly of official positions by aristocratic families, and this system would also have far-reaching implications!
"Your Majesty, if you want to promote it, you may need to plan it carefully!" Su Yueyao said.
"Yueyao, go back and write down the details of the imperial examination system for me."
"The minister obeys the order."
"Your Majesty, I can solve the paper problem. I know a method of papermaking, but it requires verification and experimentation. So, for the next ten days, can I not attend court?" Su Yueyao asked directly.
When the empress heard Su Yueyao's words, she was speechless. This person didn't want to attend the morning court!
"Yueyao, are you not attending the morning court because of the paper-making, or because you are getting married?"
"Your Majesty, I am weak. If I have to go to court every day, I will not be able to bear it. It would be good for you if I could make cheap paper!"
The queen frowned and looked at Su Yueyao. She didn't want to go to court yet! Who will approve her leave?
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