flstandardbreds Chapter 943
Chapter 943
Chapter 943
"They're not dissatisfied with farming, they're dissatisfied with me. They look down on me, a woman, for managing the court and issuing orders to them!" Yun Xiyue chuckled.
the next day.
More than half of the people did not come.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not a good idea." Zhou Yan and the others came to the Imperial Study to discuss the matter with her.
"I did not actually make you farm. As court officials, some of you have studied hard for years to enter officialdom, but did you study hard only to change your fate? Did you learn to read and write only to become an official, get a salary, and then act arrogantly?"
Yun Xiyue's counter-question.
This left several ministers stunned.
Song Huaijin felt this most deeply because he had climbed up from the bottom and was originally a farmer. "Of course not. I studied and passed the imperial examinations not only to change my own destiny, but more importantly, to change the destiny of more people with my knowledge."
"What is the fate of the common people? What do they lack now? Their biggest problem is not having enough to eat or wear. Why don't you go and find ways to make seeds grow into more grain, and use your knowledge to change planting methods? What use are you as officials then?"
"Daxia was originally a large country with food shortages."
"We need to find a way to be self-sufficient, instead of relying on takeout."
Most of the food on the battlefield is now being purchased from outside by the Yun family.
No one can sustain this for long.
The Yun family had already lost a lot of money three years ago, and now there's another war. Who knows how many years it will last? Are they going to let the Yun family keep losing money to supply food?
Yun Xiyue had done the math, and realized that if it weren't for Murong Yu, she really wouldn't have been willing to spend so much money, only to end up supporting a group of ministers who only knew how to scheme against each other.
Zhou Yan and his companions felt utterly ashamed.
"Your Majesty is right, but the border needs grain now, and it's too late for us to start farming!"
Yun Xiyue said, "There will be no shortage of food supplies at the border. My father will go to the border in a few days. But how can the Yun family support us? Our Yun family cannot support a million soldiers at the border indefinitely."
“If we start researching now and the seeds are ready, we can plant them next year. If the results are good, we'll have grain for the autumn harvest next year, right? The war won't end anytime soon.”
That's true!
Zhou Yan and the others were completely convinced.
Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "You don't all need to go farming. I've already arranged suitable people. Those ministers who are taking this opportunity to find excuses are just lazy and unproductive people who are here to collect their salaries!"
"You should find a way to take this opportunity to kick these parasites out."
So that was her purpose?
To rectify the corrupt practices in the court and remove those who are idle and do nothing.
Zhou Yan and Song Huaijin understood and immediately took action.
Suddenly, everyone was on edge. Those ministers who said they would go home to farm just a few days ago are now really forced to go home to farm!
After most of the court officials were purged, a new batch of people was selected, but this time there were new requirements for those to be promoted: they needed to be assessed and recommendations were not accepted.
We start by assessing candidates in local areas, and those with good abilities are transferred to the capital, while some newcomers from the capital are sent to other places.
"I didn't expect she had some skills! This prevents us from putting our own people in there."
Pei Heng was furious; being dominated by a woman was truly unpleasant.