Read Novel Full Chapter 842 - 12: Confronting the Emperor
Chapter 842: Chapter 12: Confronting the Emperor
In the Imperial Study, after the Emperor finished boasting to Prime Minister He and the others about the good things Zhao Yao was planning to do, he showed them another secret memorial from Zhao Yao.
"Take a good look at this secret memorial," the Emperor emphasized.
Sun Kui handed the secret memorial to Prime Minister He, who reached out to take it. He did not hastily open it but first asked, "Your Majesty, whose secret memorial is this?"
"It’s from little ten," the Emperor said, sitting on his chair, raising his feet onto the imperial desk, putting his hands in his sleeves with an aloof expression. "Take a good look."
Upon hearing that it was another secret memorial from Prince Han, and hearing the Emperor repeatedly instruct them to take a good look, Prime Minister He and Grandmaster Liu felt a shiver in their hearts, then they opened Prince Han’s secret memorial and hurriedly started reading it.
Upon opening the secret memorial, they found the content to be exceedingly long.
Prime Minister He held one end of the secret memorial, while the Minister of Agriculture held the other end.
The three of them leaned their heads together, concentrating earnestly on the contents of the memorial.
When they saw "Three Departments and Six Ministries system," Prime Minister He and the others instantly had questions in their minds, what is this?
Harboring doubts in their hearts, the three of them continued reading. After a while, they nearly let out gasps of astonishment.
The more they read, the more astonished they became.
The Emperor noticed the increasingly shocked expressions on the faces of the Minister of Agriculture and the others, and he felt increasingly proud inside.
After Prime Minister He and the others seriously read through the memorial once, they read it again from start to finish. During the first read, they were deeply shocked by just going through the main ideas. By the second time, when they examined it word by word, they were even more startled inside.
"Your Majesty, was this proposed by Prince Han?" Prime Minister He asked, his voice slightly trembling.
"Of course it was him. He has already implemented the new bureaucratic system in his little court," the Emperor, who had just seen the contents of this secret memorial himself, was no less shocked than Prime Minister He and the others. "That mischievous boy despised the cumbersome and complex bureaucracy of Great Zhou and came up with this so-called Three Departments and Six Ministries system, claiming it’s easier to remember and more practical than the current system of Great Zhou."
Grandmaster Liu took several deep breaths to barely suppress the surge of shock in his heart.
The Minister of Agriculture was so shocked that he couldn’t utter a word. He could only describe it using a phrase once spoken by Prince Han, which was "Wow!"
"Your Majesty, did Prince Han really propose this Three Departments and Six Ministries system?" Grandmaster Liu also asked again, seemingly unable to believe that such a system could be proposed by a newly adult prince.
The Emperor knew what Grandmaster Liu was amazed about, nodding and smiling, he said, "Indeed, it was him who came up with it. Didn’t he thoroughly explain the responsibilities and functions of the Three Departments and Six Ministries in the memorial?"
"This... Prince Han is truly..." Prime Minister He was at a loss for words to express his amazement at Prince Han’s talent. Prince Han always surprised them by accomplishing or thinking of things they couldn’t anticipate. Every time they thought what Prince Han had achieved was shocking enough, he managed to come up with even more "startling" things.
Grandmaster Liu and the others knew that Prince Han was incredibly talented, but they always believed his talent lay in creating things, like the new paper, the curved plow, the printing technology, and the newly produced salt that Prince Han had invented previously. They never expected Prince Han to also have such skills in governmental affairs. This Three Departments and Six Ministries system is astonishing!
"I recall that Prince Han was not familiar with our dynasty’s bureaucratic system." In Lanyuan Pavilion, Zhao Yao had often inquired about the duties of certain official posts. At that time, Prince Chu told Prince Han to familiarize himself with the governmental positions, but Prince Han dismissed it as troublesome, saying he couldn’t be bothered to remember them. He even said he couldn’t remember clearly even if he tried.
"Little ten indeed wasn’t very familiar with the bureaucratic system of Great Zhou," the Emperor internally grumbled, thinking that if he weren’t the Emperor, he wouldn’t be able to distinguish them either.
"Before heading to Lingnan, Prince Han would hide behind Lord Wei during court sessions and sleep, yet he..." the Minister of Agriculture pondered whether Prince Han had been feigning sleep.
The Emperor retracted his feet from the imperial desk, interlaced his fingers to support his chin, and looked at Prime Minister He and the others with great interest, "What do you think of this Three Departments and Six Ministries system that little ten came up with?"
Grandmaster Liu responded without hesitation, "Naturally, it is excellent."
The Minister of Agriculture immediately concurred, "Grandmaster Liu is right."
Prime Minister He, however, hesitated and did not respond.