Fellow Daoist, your script is really good.

These guys absolutely refuse to produce a single list!

When asked for specifics, they gave vague answers!

That's absolutely damnable!

As he spoke, Minister Li became so angry that he kicked them again.

One person, one foot; it's very even and equal.

When Minister Li got to this point, Bai Yeye basically understood.

The Verification and Conferment Office was mainly responsible for managing the conferment of titles, rewards, and pensions for officials, as well as the hereditary succession of local officials.

The concepts of conferment of titles and rewards are easy to understand. The concept of "compensation" refers to the amount of compensation and tribute money given by the imperial court after an official's death, the burial standards for the deceased, whether a stone tablet can be erected, and what kind of stone tablet can be erected.

The posthumous honors bestowed upon an official are closely related to their rank during their lifetime and the political situation at the time.

From this perspective, the Inspection and Sealing Department seems to be a relatively relaxed department.

But that's not actually the case.

The Verification and Sealing Division is actually a very difficult department in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons.

This difficulty is particularly evident in the aspect of "hereditary succession".

In the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons, the nobility is divided into five ranks: Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. Excluding the last two ranks, there are a total of three hundred people holding the three ranks of Duke, Marquis, and Earl in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons.

However, in the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons, titles are conferred every year.

Being granted a title means having a fief.

However, the territory granted to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons is limited.

Moreover, if you have too many titles, they become worthless.

If a title becomes worthless, then it loses its meaning.

Therefore, the Wan Yao Kingdom's court would clean up some of the noble titles every ten years.

Viscounts and barons are relatively easy to deal with; they are just minor officials whose power diminishes through continuous hereditary succession. They can be abolished easily.

The problem lies with the three noble titles: Duke, Marquis, and Earl.

These three titles all carry considerable power.

We can't just abolish someone's position so easily.

Otherwise, if they were to exert a little force, you could probably save your life, but the problem is that you might not be able to keep your official position.

Therefore, every ten years when this important event occurs, the Bureau of Verification and Sealing is purged.

Those nobles were deposed, surely your Bureau of Verification and Conferment couldn't be completely without fault, could you?

In that case, we need to find a scapegoat, and one scapegoat is definitely not enough; we need at least three.

In other words, out of the ten people in the Verification and Conferment Bureau, three will definitely be dismissed, essentially "burying" them with those nobles.

But who would want to give up their bright future?

So the inspection and sealing department started passing the buck.

Minister Li was very unhappy when the ball was passed around.

In fact, Minister Li knew that they wouldn't find a scapegoat until the very last day.

The list will not be released.

Therefore, Minister Li would constantly exert pressure at this time.

Anyway, someone has to be sacrificed. Besides, it's not like you're going to die. You can still get a lot of money and then "retire to your hometown".

The problem is, these lords are not to be trifled with this time.

Compared to the previous lords, in this decade, all the lords have become extremely powerful, and there are no families that have lost their support.

If this position is abolished, it might not be a simple matter of resigning from office; it could very well cost him his life.

So this time, the Seal Inspection Bureau united and refused to do it even if it meant death!

After all, doing it means certain death!

I don't want to die!

Similarly, Minister Li had no intention of getting involved in this matter.

He was doing well as a minister and didn't want his future ruined.

This is why Minister Li, with a little personal motive, chose to tell Bai Yeye about this matter.

Your Highness, don't you want to do something?

Since that's the case, then I'll leave this matter to you. Let's see if you want to do it or not.

If Bai Yeye takes the initiative to accept it, then it means that Bai Yeye has jumped into this fire pit by himself, and it has nothing to do with him anymore.

If Shiraba isn't going to do it, then so be it; I had no hope of doing it anyway.

However, Minister Li felt that Bai Yeye would definitely not take on such a hot potato, unless Bai Yeye had gone mad...

In fact, if the Ministry of Personnel could arbitrarily abolish the hereditary status of earls and marquises, then its power was truly boundless.

However, this was something the current Demon Emperor did intentionally.

Because even the Demon Emperor knows this matter is difficult to handle.

If you're not willing to take the blame yourself, then let someone else take it.

Anyway, it wasn't me who said you were dismissed, but the people in the Ministry of Personnel who did it, so it's none of my business.

"If Lord Li is willing to believe what I have to say, I am willing to share your burdens."

Just as Minister Li was thinking about finding a way to solve this problem himself, Bai Yeye suddenly spoke up.

Bai Yeye's words were like a ray of light, shining into everyone's hearts.

Everyone in the Seal Inspection Department suddenly felt hopeful again, thinking that perhaps they wouldn't be in such a terrible situation.

"Is Your Highness certain that you wish to undertake this matter?"

Minister Li advised, though he appeared outwardly troubled, he was secretly delighted, but he still had to maintain appearances.

"This matter is of utmost importance, especially since it involves the princess's relatives. The princess is likely to offend quite a few people."

"So what if we're relatives? So what if things are difficult? Lord Li just said that we are here to share the burdens of His Majesty and do our duty."

Since this is our duty, Ye Ye will naturally do it.

Shiraba Ye's tone was very firm.

Bai Yeye was also aware that he and Minister Li were merely going through the motions.

In fact, Minister Li had long wanted to entrust this matter to me.

"it is good!"

Minister Li suddenly straightened his back.

"What a duty you are, as expected of Your Highness the Princess!"

As expected of the royal family of our Demon Kingdom! What courage!

In that case, I'll ask Your Highness for a favor.

From this day forward, Her Highness the Princess will be the Director of the Seal Verification Department, and the ten members of the department will be under Her Highness's command!

Minister Li bowed deeply to Bai Yeye, appearing very solemn.

With this weight lifted from his heart, Minister Li was already thinking about which brothel to visit for some fun that night.

"Yes."

Shiraba Ye bowed in return, letting out a deep breath.

Bai Yeye knew this was a pit of fire.

But Bai Yeye knew even more that he had to jump into this fire pit!

Otherwise, I really don't know if I'll have another chance, and I'll really have to waste my energy in this position until I'm completely exhausted.

If this matter were to reach the ears of my father and uncle, and they learned that I had not taken the initiative to undertake this task, it would be considered a sign of cowardice!

Unlike her other older brothers, she didn't have several chances.

But she was a girl, and she only had this one chance. If she missed it, her father and uncle would not give her another chance.

She could only be a princess, a decorative object.

......

On the very afternoon of the day Bai Yeye took office as the Director of the Inspection and Sealing Department, Eunuch Ha entered the Imperial Study.

Inside the imperial study, the Demon Emperor was reviewing memorials.

"Your Majesty," Eunuch Ha bowed and said, "there is news from the Fifth Princess's side."

"Oh? What news?"

The Demon Emperor seemed completely unconcerned, continuing to review the memorials in his hands.

"Your Majesty, the Fifth Princess was appointed by Minister Li as the Director of the Verification and Conferment Department this morning during roll call, and is in charge of the once-a-decade 'abolition of titles' matters."

As soon as Eunuch Ha finished speaking, the Demon Emperor's hand, which was reviewing memorials, suddenly stopped.

The room fell silent for a moment.

The Demon Emperor put down his brush and the memorial in his hand, and raised his head: "Whose idea is this?"

"Your Majesty, it was the Fifth Princess's own idea. This morning during roll call..."

Grandpa Ha told the Demon Emperor everything that had happened at the Ministry of Rites that morning.

After listening, silence fell over the imperial study, with only the Demon Emperor's left index finger gently tapping the jade table.

For the past month, the Demon Emperor may have seemed indifferent to his daughter, but in reality, someone has been reporting on Bai Yeye's activities in the Ministry of Personnel every day.

The fact that his daughter was ostracized and marginalized was entirely within the Demon Emperor's expectations.

If his daughter chose to leave the Ministry of Personnel in a fit of anger, or used her status or her uncle's influence to bully others.

Then the Demon Emperor would deem Bai Yeye unqualified.

The consequence of failing the test is that Bai Yeye will never be able to step into the officialdom again. She can only be the most noble princess.

This was not only a decision made by the Demon Emperor himself, but also something he and Duan Bo tacitly agreed to.

However, after his daughter was ostracized, he did not lose his temper. Instead, he sat at his post and kept flipping through the official documents of the Ministry of Personnel to understand the responsibilities of the various departments within the Ministry.

This approach already greatly pleased the Demon Emperor.

However, the Demon Emperor felt that things couldn't continue like this.

I need to create an event for my daughter, after all, I want to test her. But if things continue like this, she won't even have the chance to be tested.

But unexpectedly, her own daughter took the initiative to find such an opportunity that wasn't really an opportunity at all...

"I see, you go down."

"Yes."

Grandpa Ha slowly walked back.

The Demon Emperor was alone in his study, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Looking at the painting on the wall, it depicted a woman teasing a cat...

"Ye Ye really is a spitting image of you..."

Chapter 684 I don't want to, she's just like her mother.

There was a bug in the previous text, which was that the original "abolished one duke, three earls, and six marquises" was changed to "one duke, three marquises, and six earls".

It has little impact and will not affect normal reading.

Furthermore, what was abolished was the hereditary nature of the title of nobility, not the title itself. This was somewhat unclear in the previous text, and that was my mistake; I'll explain it here.

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