After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 347 Testing
"...The Left Prime Minister's family kept the death a secret, saying they wanted to wait until the truth came out and not tarnish the Left Prime Minister's posthumous reputation. But who doesn't know that they just couldn't bear to give up the Left Prime Minister's position and the honor and prestige it brought?"

In the Princess's residence, the young emperor vented his frustrations to Zhao Tan.

"Not only did he not hold a funeral, but he also had the audacity to demand that I pay them their salaries as usual!"

"Not to mention, after the Left Prime Minister and others died suddenly in the palace, many things were left unattended."

"Many important positions in the central government are vacant."

"For the time being, someone can temporarily make up for it."

"But what about in the long run?"

"We can't keep letting people receive one salary while doing two jobs, can we?"

He seemed to be testing Zhao Tan's reaction: "I think we still need to select some newcomers to promote! I just don't know whether we should add a special imperial examination or let each family recommend candidates..."

Newcomers selected through the imperial examinations usually had to observe the administration of the Six Ministries before being assigned positions based on their circumstances and abilities.

Those with connections can stay in the capital and become officials who can rise to positions of real power.

It's alright, but he's quite clever, knows how to be tactful and worldly, and can use money to smooth things over. He can be assigned to a post outside the capital or kept in a position a little further away from the capital, so that he can be transferred back to the capital and become a government official there in the future.

Those who were powerless, poor, and from humble backgrounds were simply dismissed and made into lowly clerks who copied books, living the same life day after day for decades. They had no hope of promotion, but they wouldn't starve to death, which was enough for them.

Therefore, even if an additional examination is added, there will be very few people who can be directly selected for the top few key positions, or even none at all.

But if it's a recommendation from someone else...

This will only make those powerful families more tightly united.

"These matters are best left to His Majesty to decide."

The eldest princess didn't seem particularly interested in these matters. "Sister~"

The emperor grabbed the man's sleeve, as if he was determined to get him to say something today.

The eldest princess said with some helplessness, "I don't understand matters of the court. Asking me is just asking a pointless question."

"I don't attend court, so how would I know who can be used and who cannot?"

"However, these people always have deputies on the left and right. They've been trained for so many years, surely they're there to take over their positions?"

"Therefore, we can give it a try and have our former right-hand man temporarily take over the duties. If he is capable, he can be promoted to the permanent position."

"As for their jobs, if His Majesty cannot find suitable candidates in the capital, he can look around in the various prefectures and counties! There are bound to be some who have achieved results and can be put to use!"

The eldest princess smiled and said, "Of course, we can set up special examinations. Even if we don't expect to select capable people, it's still good to confuse those with ulterior motives."

"As for what to do, Your Majesty can decide for yourself."

She raised her hand to stop the young emperor from saying anything: "If you ask me again, I will take it as a test to see if I have any disloyal intentions."

Since Zhao Tan had said this, the young emperor naturally couldn't ask any further questions.

He then tactfully changed the subject, talking about this year's lychees.

"What method did you use, sister, to make these lychees so fresh?"

I haven't heard of any recent signs of a forced march.
The young emperor naturally assumed that the only people the eldest princess could mobilize were the 30,000 elite troops she held firmly in her hands.

Moreover, these lychees are so fresh, they must have been transported by fast horses with great effort.

Those with such physical abilities are likely only elite soldiers and generals.