Peerless Taoist

Cosmos Hall, above the court assembly.    

Master Zhao held the Imperial Decree and read it out to Lu Yu.    

Li Si was conferred the title of Grand Secretary of Zhongji Palace, and he was conferred the title of Grand Secretary.    

Pei Tianguang was given the title of Minister of Finance, Grand Secretary of the Hall of Creation, and Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.    

Cheng Jin was conferred the title of Grand Secretary of the Hall of Wenhua.    

Feng Zhang Xuance was the Minister of Rites and the Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall.    

Feng Xuance was the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion.    

Other than that, Liu Bingzhong, the Minister of Works, was also made the Grand Secretary of the East Pavilion.    

The original first assistant, Yang Shouyi, had returned to his hometown after retirement. Lu Yu had given this senior minister an extremely high treatment and sent him off personally. He had even asked the word "Wenzhong" on the spot to give it to Yang Shouyi.    

This was a great honor. Under the witness of countless ministers, Yang Shouyi was supported by his disciples to sit on the spaceship and slowly disappeared into the Divine Gate of the Imperial Capital.    

Yang Shouyi's departure was the end of an era.    

This was a typical representative of the conservative faction, and with his departure, the entire court would undergo a tremendous change.    

Compared to Yang Shouyi's departure, everyone's attention was focused on the candidate to be the Grand Secretary.    

Without any discussion, Lu Yu had already decided that Li Si would be the Grand Secretariat's Grand Secretariat.    

Although many people had thought of this appointment a long time ago, after hearing the answer, they still could not accept it.    

The one with the most intense reaction was none other than the Eastern Victory Party.    

Many of the Qianlong Army generals had followed Pei Tianguang here, but Pei Tianguang was only a secondary officer. Many people couldn't accept this.    

To them, Pei Tianguang had been the one who had taken the lead in the East Victory Galaxy in the past. Now, he was under a young boy. This was unacceptable to many people.    

"Go to the Cabinet and ask Li Si in person."    

"How long has he been following His Majesty? How dare he call himself great? What right does he have?"    

A group of Lu Party generals aggressively rushed in the direction of the Wenyuan Pavilion, but they were stopped by Lu Jingsheng midway.    

"Don't forget the favor His Majesty gave you."    

Lu Jingsheng's expression was cold, and he actually suppressed all of the land faction officials.    

This was the first time Lu Yu's number one figure in the military had shown his majesty, and no one dared to refute him.    

Many of the Wu Officials were stunned. Although they were unwilling, they understood that this was Lu Yu's plan. They dared to draw their swords at Li Si, but they did not dare to point their swords at Lu Yu.    

Universal Hall, Imperial Court.    

Li Si and a group of ministers discussed the law of the strong countries.    

"Currently, the prices of goods in various places have stabilized. The places that were destroyed by the war earlier... Most of it was built up. However, most of the regions are still in a state of desolation, and large areas of land have been abandoned. There are even many people who have escaped from their homes and are in exile."    

A minister asked Li Si, "Lord Prime Minister, what do you have in mind?"    

" His Majesty had experimented with many methods on East Victory's military journey, and it was quite effective to implement them in the local areas. "    

Li Si's expression was calm. "Works for food. As long as people have a livelihood, one can have enough income to support their family, and the other can prevent refugees from becoming bandits and hindering the law and order."    

"First of all, the government needs to absorb refugees on a large scale, be it cultivators or mortals. They must be useful. Other than that, officials have sects, especially in the fields of steel, coal, spirit mines, and weapons forging. They are all places with a lot of people, and they also need to recruit refugees."    

The minister asked again, "Some of the officials have heard of the sects, but they used to be foreign sects, so it is inevitable that they have some experience in the martial arts world. How can we use them?"    

Li Si said lightly, "These sects naturally need someone to restrain them. I have already requested Your Majesty to build two new yamen offices to restrict merchants and officials from joining sects."    

Under the astonished gazes of all the ministers, Li Si took out an imperial edict that he had prepared long ago.    

An imperial edict.    

Building the Trade and Commerce Bureau, Wei Zhong was the eunuch in charge of recruiting inspectors, and he was in charge of many matters such as business investment.    

The Building Asset Administration used Liu Jin as the Asset Inspector eunuch, and he was in charge of controlling the various jobs of the sect.