Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2445: Six Ministries of the Cabinet, the Power of Government

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing that the emperor had stood up at this time, all the civil and military officials in the court also stood up one after another, raised their glasses high, and greeted their emperor.

After drinking a glass of wine, the expressions of many civil and military officials became more relaxed, and they were no longer as stiff as before. At least, after drinking this glass of wine, there was a sense of the New Year, and it was not like the atmosphere just now, as if they were in the court.

Li Xiang's eyes turned to the group of people below, all smiling and nodding. After this circle, he finally spoke, "Although the wine in the palm is good, it won't work without beauty. Let's bring up the singing and dancing. Let's talk about the past and the present today!"

Li Xiang received a glance from the eunuch Liu Gonggong who was not far away. Soon, a group of people came out from the side doors on both sides, including dancers and musicians. Immediately, the sound of ding-dong-dong gradually rang out, and the sound of the piano like flowing water and the cry of a phoenix rang out, followed by the smooth and graceful dance of the palace maids.

As a result, everyone's expressions became more relaxed, and their eyes gradually shifted from Li Xiang to the beautiful and graceful dancing of the palace maids, and they slowly began to whisper to each other.

Among this group of palace maids, many people saw many familiar faces.

After the war between the Central Plains and the South ended, many of the aristocratic families that were deeply implicated were brutally exterminated, and their wives, concubines, and children became spoils of war. Some were sent to the palace to serve as maids.

The daughters of aristocratic families, or daughters of officials, are mostly good-looking, not to mention the few who are carefully selected!
Therefore, her appearance can be said to be quite good!
Coupled with her charming figure, seductive dance moves, and the influence of alcohol, many men felt dry in the mouth at this time.

Fortunately, no one dared to do anything outrageous in this situation, and no one dared to behave disrespectfully in this situation.

After all, the emperor wouldn't care if he just took a few glances at her. After all, everyone loves beauty, and these things are normal.

But if he touched her, he would not only lose his own status, but also slap the emperor in the face. After all, the palace maids were the emperor's private property.

If you ask the emperor to give you one, the emperor might be happy and agree to it, after all, the emperor has a lot of personal property. But if the emperor doesn't give you one, and you take the initiative to attack and chop you off, no one will say anything!
Of course, in addition to the spoils of war, some of them also entered the palace through the selection, but there were not many!

After all, due to the epidemic in the past few years, there have been no drafts for four consecutive years.

Therefore, in the past few years, the fresh blood in his palace has basically relied on spoils of war.

Li Xiang sat there, watching the dance and listening to the songs, with a happy look on his face.

Li Xiang had fought for half his life and finally conquered this picturesque empire, but he hasn't had a few days of enjoyment like today. It's really hard for him to be an emperor!
After a while of singing and dancing, Li Xiang repeatedly raised his glass to the people below. He hardly needed to say a word, and the people below didn't need to say anything either. They just stood up, drank it all, and sat down again, showing the harmonious atmosphere between the monarch and his subjects.

In the center of the hall, dancers dance gracefully, and the sound of the piano is as melodious as water, making people linger.

In the main hall, almost everyone relaxed, listening to the music, watching the dance, and gradually enjoying themselves, without the previous vigilance. The chief eunuch stood aside, with his hands folded expressionlessly. He knew very well that the emperor had made such a big scene, and it would definitely not be just a simple feast, which was not in line with their emperor's character at all.

As a servant, he always likes to guess what his master means. Although he couldn't completely understand Li Xiang's intention, he was not completely unaware of it.

Gradually the ministers began to get lively, talking and laughing, clinking glasses, and soon their faces turned red and they started arguing with each other, losing all their manners and manners after drinking.

Li Xiang could drink quite well and was still sober, but his movements had unknowingly slowed down.

Dishes were served one after another, and there were constant changes of singing and dancing and tunes. Even Wang Meng and Zhuge Liang, who were quite restrained, drank a lot under the crowd's cheering, and their bodies became unstable and swayed slightly.

"My dear ministers, you've had too much to drink!" Li Xiang walked down slowly, found a seat at random, and sat down next to Wang Meng and Zhuge Liang.

As the people with the highest status in the court, these people are either important generals of a state or ministers of the six ministries like them.

Under the influence of alcohol, these people even waited for Li Xiang to speak before they noticed Li Xiang's arrival.

"Your Majesty, I seem to be drunk, but not drunk. It's just the right time." After noticing His Majesty's arrival, Wang Meng and the others barely stood up and said with a smile.

"That's good. I wonder what you think about the appointment of officials from the third to the fifth rank being nominated and appointed by the cabinet?" Li Xiang asked them to sit down and said with a smile.

However, just this short sentence made these people break out in cold sweats.

According to current rules, officials above the third rank need to be nominated and appointed by the cabinet, and are not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel. Officials between the third and fifth ranks need to be nominated by the Ministry of Personnel and approved by the cabinet. But from what the emperor means now, he wants the cabinet to take full control and bypass the Ministry of Personnel directly.

This is clearly an attempt to weaken the power of the Ministry of Personnel. The Ministry of Personnel is originally related to officials. By directly moving the most important piece of power away, the Ministry of Personnel will become a large mascot.

Originally, the power of the prime minister was divided into six departments, and then it was directly divided into six. Now, once this matter is implemented, the power of the prime minister will be weakened again, and it will be a severe weakening.

Li Jing, Zhuge Liang and others were also sweating profusely. The Ministry of Personnel, one of the six ministries, had already started the operation, so how could it be far from them?

If even the power of the Ministry of Personnel, the head of the Six Ministries, was directly cut off by a large part, or even the most important part, they did not think that the other ministries outside the Six Ministries could survive!
As for the fact that power is concentrated in the cabinet, however, several of them are cabinet members themselves and hold the title of cabinet ministers. How could they not know the nature of this institution?
Isn’t this the emperor’s private secretariat, equivalent to the emperor’s one-man show?

All the power was concentrated in one person, even if that person was the emperor. Wang Meng and Zhuge Liang instinctively felt that something was wrong at this time!