The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

Chapter 200: Temporarily handed over to Wei Wang

"The Ministry of Revenue has been leaderless for a long time, which has a profound impact on the floods in Jiangnan and the Heavenly Sacrifice, so my father is now eager to find someone to take over." Mo Yufeng vowed, "The best candidate now is me. As long as I take the initiative to take over the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow, my father will definitely agree."

"Even if Prince Yuan wants to obstruct us, we don't have to worry as our father is ahead of us."

"The flood in the south of the Yangtze River and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven can't be delayed any longer. The Ministry of Revenue is now leaderless. My dear ministers, who is willing to take over the Ministry of Revenue and deal with these two matters for the time being?" Mo Cheng really brought up this matter at the morning court.

The people from the six ministries certainly could not take over. As princes, Mo Xuanxuan and Mo Xuanfeng had no official duties for the time being, so they both stood up at the same time.

"Father, your son can do it!" they said in unison.

As soon as these words came out, Mo Yufeng and Mo Yuxuan looked at each other with full of hostility.

Seeing the two of them confronting each other, Mo Cheng was a little surprised and asked, "Oh? King Zhu and King Wei are both willing to take over?"

"Yes." They said in unison again.

The Minister of Works and Xia Liu exchanged glances and then looked at Mo Yuyang at the same time.

Mo Yuyang narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a hint of hostility, and the two men immediately understood.

The first to speak out was the Minister of Works: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Yu and His Royal Highness Prince Luo are of the same blood, and he is also the biological son of His Royal Highness Prince Luo's adoptive mother. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to let His Royal Highness Prince Yu take charge of the Ministry of Revenue."

Xia Liu couldn't say anything this time. After all, Prince Luo was his future son-in-law. If he advocated not letting Prince Lu contact the Ministry of Revenue, it would probably arouse suspicion.

In addition to the Minister of Industry, Xu Zhongshi also stood up this time and said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, although His Royal Highness Prince Yu is older than His Royal Highness Prince Wei, he has little contact with government affairs. Although His Royal Highness Prince Wei is younger, he has already started to participate in government affairs last year. In comparison, His Royal Highness Prince Wei is more suitable."

Tu Song disagreed: "The left prime minister is wrong."

Xu Zhongshi's expression suddenly became a little bad, but he concealed it well and looked at Tu Song: "What does the Right Prime Minister mean by this?"

"You may not know, Prime Minister Zuo, that although His Royal Highness Prince Wei has begun to participate in political affairs, he is still too young and not mature enough in the ways of the world. However, His Royal Highness Prince Zhuo has been with His Royal Highness Prince Luo for many years, so he is much better at dealing with people than His Royal Highness Prince Wei."

"Besides, His Royal Highness Prince Yu is older. If we go over him, it won't be good." Tu Song always advocates ethics and morality in the court. Although Xu Zhongshi also advocates the eldest son, that is because Mo Yuyang is the eldest son, which is different from what Tu Song advocates.

Xu Zhongshi now laughed with some disdain: "Didn't the Right Prime Minister see the current situation? At this critical juncture, of course, we should select the virtuous and capable! Does the older one mean that he is more capable?"

"According to what the Left Prime Minister said, His Royal Highness Prince Yu is even older. He must have been a busy boy at such an old age!" Tu Song said with even more disdain.

"Okay, let me think about this matter again." Mo Cheng interrupted the argument between Tu Song and Xu Zhongshi.

Tu Song had no choice but to shut up and looked at Xu Zhongshi again with a bad look on his face.

Xu Zhongshi seemed to be in a much better mood: "Yes, it's all up to your majesty."

After the court session, Xia Zhibai approached Tu Song and said, "Uncle, what does the Left Prime Minister mean by this? Could it be that Prince Yuan has already won over Prince Wei?"

Tu Song looked back cautiously, and then said, "Speak softly, don't let anyone hear it. We don't know which faction Prince Wei belongs to yet, so we must do our best to protect His Royal Highness Prince Luo's Ministry of Revenue, and the person in charge must be Prince Yu."

"With the relationship between His Royal Highness Prince Yu and His Royal Highness Prince Luo, will the Emperor agree?"

Tu Song had thought about this question before, but...

"That depends on whether the emperor would consider Concubine Su's face and whether he intends to give up His Royal Highness Prince Luo." Tu Song's face did not look very good and his tone did not sound confident.

Xia Zhibai said nothing and his face looked bad.

After the two men left, Mo Yuyang and Xu Zhongshi came forward and said, "Uncle, it seems that the Right Prime Minister and General Pu Wei have indeed sided with Mo Yuchen."

"The emperor is furious that Prince Luo is in prison this time, and he will definitely not let him go easily." Xu Zhongshi stroked his beard, "As long as Prince Luo's seal is missing, the emperor will no longer be kind to Prince Luo."

"However, for the sake of Imperial Concubine Su and Imperial Concubine Xianchen, as well as the Wang family of Langya, the Emperor should at most demote Prince Luo to a commoner, and will not kill him."

Mo Yuyang's face wasn't very good. He had finally managed to get Mo Yuchen out of office. If he didn't root out the problem completely, he was afraid that Mo Yuchen would make a comeback.

"Even if he wasn't demoted to a commoner, he would probably be imprisoned in the capital for the rest of his life. By then, it's possible that he would become ill from grief and die young." Xu Zhongshi said meaningfully.

Mo Yuyang's frown finally relaxed: "Uncle is right. There will always be unexpected things in life."

"As for the Ministry of Revenue, it must not fall into the hands of Prince Yu, otherwise it would be the same as giving it to Prince Luo." Xu Zhongshi was not worried about anything else. After all, he had already learned about Prince Luo's and their arrangements in advance.

"I will go to the palace tonight to lobby the emperor again. The flood in the south of the Yangtze River and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven can no longer be delayed. This last minute, let me give Your Majesty a push." ​​Xu Zhongshi stroked his beard again and said confidently.

At the morning court the next day, Mo Cheng personally announced the person who would take over the Ministry of Revenue: "I thought about it all night last night, and the Ministry of Revenue will be temporarily handed over to Prince Wei."

After this was said, Tu Song and Mo Xuanxuan were ready to refute, but they were stopped by Mo Cheng: "Be patient, Prince Yu's identity is sensitive, and he is usually arrogant. The flood in Jiangnan and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heaven are both major events. Prince Wei is calm and steady. Let's deal with these two major events for the time being, and then talk about the future takeover of the Ministry of Revenue."

"Prince Wei, these two matters are very important. They are related to the fate of the Darong Dynasty for a hundred years. You must cooperate with the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites to get things done!"

"Yes, I will obey your command and will not fail in my mission." Mo Yufeng stood up and saluted.

Mo Yuyang and Xu Zhongshi looked at each other and finally felt relieved.

Mo Yuxuan's unwillingness to accept the situation was already made clear, which was not much different from what Mo Cheng said, "quite spoiled".

After the court session, Mo Yuxuan did not leave the palace, but went to Anyue Palace in a rage. Mo Yuyang and Xu Zhongshi saw it from behind, but did not pay much attention.

"It seems that father has completely given up on Prince Luo." Mo Yuyang couldn't help but feel a little smug.

Xu Zhongshi was more cautious: "Don't be too complacent. Before the decision on Prince Luo is made, you should be more vigilant. If Concubine Su whispers something to the emperor and tries to protect Prince Luo, that would not be a good thing."

After hearing Xu Zhongshi's reminder, Mo Yuyang also agreed with it.