The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1215 Becoming a Teacher
"My dear, my dear!"

Emperor Yanping's gentle calls brought Sheng Yuan's thoughts back from the documents.

"Your Majesty, I am sorry for my behavior." Sheng Yuan blinked, trying to gather the random thoughts that had just emerged and slowly suppressed them.

Emperor Yanping waved his hand indifferently: "It's not a big deal, it's not a big deal! The fact that my dear Wen Zhen forgot about me while reading the document shows that my hard work was not in vain."

After saying this, he looked into Sheng Yuan's eyes, and said calmly as if he was speaking in a casual tone: "Wen Zhen thinks that the ancients said 'a young ruler brings doubts to the country', what is the reason for this saying?"

The moment Sheng Yuan heard the voice, the emperor's slightly loose robe emerged in her mind. Suddenly, a chill spread from the back of her neck to the top of her head. If she hadn't worn her hair in a bun, her hair would have stood up.

"Your Majesty, although it is an old saying that a young ruler makes the country suspicious, it is actually an excuse for ministers to be rude, unrighteous, immoral and incompetent. When the ruler is young, it is difficult to supervise, and over time it is easy to magnify the delusions of treacherous officials. Once the struggle for power and profit begins, it will surge one after another. When there is a struggle, there will be a faction. Since a faction is formed, it is bound to be for personal gain. The court officials value their own interests more than justice, so how can the rest of the world not follow suit?"

When Emperor Yanping saw Sheng Yuan attribute the problem to the court officials not doing their duty, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "What Wen Zhen said is indeed reasonable. Looking at the past and present, many dynasties have seen the corruption of discipline because the emperors were unable or unwilling to control the court officials and clarify the discipline.

In this way, the emperor who cannot or does not want to enforce discipline and control his court officials is no different from a child. Oh no, it is not so to speak. A well-mannered and sensible child is much better than them!"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

It was difficult to respond to Emperor Yanping's words, so Sheng Yuan could only agree with him using the standard answer.

"Haha, wise? Well, maybe!" Emperor Yanping was not easy to dismiss, so he asked again, "Then what do you think, my dear minister, when the monarch is still young, how can he maintain order, keep the court stable, and keep the country safe?"

"..." Sheng Yuan swallowed involuntarily when he heard this.

In her eyes, Emperor Yanping at this moment was an unstable bomb.

It was a bomb that rolled towards her on its own initiative.

Is it true that there are no capable ministers in the court of the Great Chu?

Why did he keep asking questions to a mere assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue?

Is this something she can talk about so rudely? !
While the emperor was still alive, they discussed matters concerning the crown prince's ascension to the throne. How foolish must she be to answer every question so carefreely!
There are so many important and capable people in the cabinet, all of whom are experts in providing emotional value. Wouldn’t it be nice to talk to them?
Why did he have to talk to an innocent young minister like her?

Do you have to make her tremble in fear before you can be satisfied? !

……

Sheng Yuan, who was depressed but could not show it, cursed in his heart while organizing the words he wanted to say. He responded to Emperor Yanping in a slow voice: "Since Your Majesty asked, I can only dare to say a few words. If there is anything inappropriate, please forgive me."

Actually, Emperor Yanping was not wrong about Shengyuan.

Although she knew and understood everything, when she was asked, she was able to demonstrate with her actions what "one dares to ask, one dares to answer" meant.

"Regulations." After hearing Emperor Yanping say "what you said today will not be pursued", Sheng Yuan said these two words without thinking.

"Regulations?" Emperor Yanping smacked his lips for a moment and motioned Sheng Yuan to continue.

"Your Majesty, I once saw a carpenter among the people. The furniture and wooden products in his shop were made quickly, well and neatly. Because of the small profits and quick turnover, although it was a shop in the town, many people from the county came to place orders.

I have seen people from other towns come to order furniture several times. I was curious and asked for advice. The wife of the craftsman was very hospitable. Seeing my curiosity, she took me to the place where furniture was made. Only then did I know that the production process of this carpenter shop was very specific. Who would chisel the mortise and tenon joints, who would polish, who would design, who would adjust, who would assemble, who would check... With this set of processes, the master carpenter hardly had to worry too much, and he could ensure that the furniture products he ordered would be shipped quickly and well.

When Sheng Yuan said this, Emperor Yanping listened carefully.

After hearing the end, he said: "This is everyone doing their job! Yes, everyone doing their job is good! If all the ministers can understand this principle, they can do their job and not interfere with the duties and choices of others, and I will be much more relaxed."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

“……”Emperor Yanping was confused by Sheng Yuan’s flattery.

What did he just say? Why is it worthy of being called wise?

"In fact, many of the court's rules and regulations require court officials to perform their duties. It's a pity that this group of people are so active and smart when it comes to finding loopholes, but they act dumb when it comes to abiding by the rules."

Emperor Yanping rubbed his forehead and continued to grab Sheng Yuan and asked, "Do you have any suggestions on this, my dear minister?"

Suggestions? She didn’t have any, but she had a lot of opinions!
He silently despised Emperor Yanping in his heart, but on the surface, Sheng Yuan was still the gentle and easy-going young minister.

"Your Majesty, the court has its own set of office procedures. As long as the emperor's power is not transferred down, it is still very useful!" Sheng Yuan complimented him as usual, and then continued, "In fact, many times, court officials cannot perform their duties, largely because they have too much freedom or too little time."

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Sheng Yuan's last sentence is too casual, it is completely digging at the interests of court officials!

"Your Majesty, this book of yours is just enough to keep everyone busy and unable to take care of anything else."

The more Sheng Yuan spoke about setting traps for the court officials, the more relaxed he felt and the more comfortable he felt.

"Can you tell me more about it?" Emperor Yanping's eyes lingered on the document held by Sheng Yuan for a long while before he said, "I never thought that my document was still very valuable."

"Your Majesty is a man of great talent and vision..."

"My dear minister, please stop talking!" Emperor Yanping really wanted to hear Sheng Yuan's awkward praise. "Let's just talk about the matter today! Let's talk about the matter! Well, you should explain it in more detail!"

"The young Lord will grow up in due time. According to this time interval, Your Majesty divides it into several stages and then requires the ministers of the cabinet to lead the Great Chu to complete the tasks of each stage.

Then a special department will be set up with supervision and constraints. The various departments can cooperate and restrain each other, and can also assist each other. This will also enable the officials to complete their tasks faster and better.

Of course, the most important thing is that the court still needs to improve the details of punishment and response measures. "

"More detailed mission requirements!" Emperor Yanping turned his head to look at Sheng Yuan, "Can Wen Zhen be more specific?"

"Your Majesty, I am very ignorant. All I can think of are 'the requirements for improving the economic and trade activity of the court', 'establishing diplomatic relations with overseas vassal states', 'improving and supplementing topographic maps of various places outside the Great Chu', 'improving the development of vassal states around the Great Chu', 'reform and development of agricultural tools and grain varieties'..."

Sheng Yuan said that he was ignorant, but his words sounded like he was speaking a running gag, so fluent and complete that it was simply eye-popping.

At this moment, Emperor Yanping didn't know whether he should sympathize with those hypothetical officials.

"What Wen Zhen said is very good. With your talent and character, would you really not consider becoming the Crown Prince's teacher?"