After Zhao Er met with Kou Zhun, after a short discussion, he knew that the surname Kou was not easy to deal with. Although this guy has not been apprenticed for a long time, he has won Ye Hua's true biography.

What a bullshit East Courtyard, it's completely an ornament!

However, Zhao Er is not an ordinary person, he didn't go crazy immediately, the surname Kou still occupies a position, and he is in an advantageous position, and he can't win if he resists.

Thinking of this, Zhao Er smiled and said: "Your Excellency is favored by the Prime Minister, and the overseas territories will definitely be grateful to Dade, but how to organize the Eastern Courtyard, there are still many things, I want to discuss with a few governors." ”

Kou Zhun said with a smile: "This matter is extremely easy, what does the senior brother command, I will obey!" ”

After the two plastic brothers said goodbye, they each used their own strengths, and Kou Zhun immediately instructed the representatives of his department to draft a bill to limit the power of the territory.

In Kou Zhun's opinion, the future East Courtyard will be just a newspaper at most, just let them call a few times, as for the real power, it will not be able to get it at all!

……

"Senior brother, see how much support you can get?" Zhao Er leaned over and asked Ye Xi...... As the eldest son of the master and the second phase of the Great Zhou, Ye Xi has matured a lot in the past five years, and even has a short black beard, looking at the past with cold eyes, it is quite similar to Ye Hua. It is said that the old guards of the Ye Mansion will even call the wrong one.

But no matter how similar it is, Ye Xi does not have Ye Hua's power, he can't do what he says, let alone fight against 10,000 people with one person...... In fact, after Kou Zhun sat in his position, he had a bit of Ye Hua's demeanor.

He enacted laws to protect agricultural products, subsidized rural water conservancy, overhauled dams, and cut taxes for workers to buy people's hearts.

In terms of the army, Kou Zhun has wantonly divided overseas land, creating a large number of strong overseas farmers, and as for businessmen, they have long stood behind Kou Zhun.

"Reform is to cut meat with a knife, my father has been doing it for decades, and he has been complaining, if it weren't for his high achievements, he would have been liquidated a long time ago. And it is much easier to buy people's hearts. I can rest assured that in the parliament, Kou Zhun can get at least 60% support, and as for the bureaucracy, it can even reach 80%! ”

"What?"

Zhao Er was shocked, "Senior brother, you're not joking, are you?" How can there be so many? ”

Ye Xi chuckled: "What's strange, since Li Yu stepped down, Kou Zhun took Zhao Yusheng to the Ministry of Industry again...... It turns out that several people who are corrupt have left their positions, you do the math, how many corrupt officials have been taken down in the past five years? ”

Zhao Er was completely dumbfounded, "Senior brother, according to this, Kou Zhun has completely destroyed the foundation left by his master over the years?" ”

"I can't say that." Ye Xi smiled bitterly: "Actually, he did a lot of things that his father didn't dare to do and couldn't do. ”

"For example...... He completely issued a decree abolishing the eunuch system, approved the budget of the imperial palace, set the size of the clan, and reorganized the army, and strengthened the cabinet's control over the army......"

"So, he has set the Son of Heaven in the air?"

Ye Xi shrugged helplessly, "Ever since I invited the Son of Heaven out to help, Kou Zhun has started to do this!" ”

Since ancient times, the imperial power and the prime minister have been a pair of natural enemies.

Many people may not understand that the Son of Heaven is high, Chrysostom and Yuyan, do whatever you want, a mere prime minister, say that if you take it, you will take it, what's the big deal!

Those who say this have absolutely no understanding of the workings of the bureaucracy...... For example, how much budget does the palace have in a year, and how much money can the emperor use in addition to the internal funds?

In the current Great Zhou, for example, the royal budget accounts for only about 5 percent of the total budget.

In other words, for one hundred yuan, the emperor can only call the shots for five yuan, and the rest must be approved by the prime minister.

If you want to add a close attendant in the palace, you need to go through the cabinet, and the cabinet can casually hire hundreds of middle and lower-level officials, without the emperor's nod at all.

At the end of the day, the emperor is just one person, and the cabinet represents a huge team!

Therefore, the emperor who wants to make a difference must divide the civil officials, or support the eunuchs, and only the stupid son of heaven will cut off his own arm and completely entrust his life in the hands of the civil officials......

Guo Zongxun is not a fool, it's just that Ye Hua is too powerful, and Kou Zhun is too fierce, and now all the power is in the hands of the cabinet, including the parliament that was originally used to check and balance the cabinet, and he is also obedient at this moment.

"Dad often said that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, there are gangs, and where there are gangs, there are disputes...... Now it seems that what is the difference between temples and rivers and lakes! We are also people in the rivers and lakes, and we can't help ourselves! ”

People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves!

Zhao Er repeated it twice, and suddenly smiled contemptuously, "Senior brother, listen to your words, do you have to admit defeat?" ”

Arrange!

The teacup slapped on the table, and along the bottom of the cup, yellow-green tea oozed out, Ye Xi snorted, "I am Ye Hua's son!" Will I throw in the towel? ”

Zhao Er was stunned for a long time, and suddenly stroked his palms and laughed, "Senior brother said it well!" I finally saw Master's demeanor! It seems that in the past few years, you have also honed it, which is really not easy! ”

Ye Xi smiled helplessly, "I don't want to be like this, but the situation is forcing it!" ”

"Senior brother, let's get down to business, what are your clever plans to deal with Kou Zhun?"

Ye Xi said: "The proposal of the Eastern Courtyard is very good, but it can't be designed according to Kou Zhun!" ”

"How's that going to be?"

Ye Xi said: "Although the overseas territory is vast, how many people can there be, and how much power there is!" All combined, can there be a population of 10 million? How do you fight with Kou Zhun? ”

"For today's plan, there is only one way of thinking and open the East Courtyard!"

Zhao Er's eyes widened: "What do you mean?" ”

"Let the representatives of the Great Zhou Locals enter the Eastern Courtyard!"

"Then, isn't that a laissez-faire of Kou Zhun in control of the two courts?"

"No!" Ye Xi chuckled: "No! After all, Kou Zhun has a shallow foundation and can't buy people's hearts...... We can equate overseas territories with each road, and from each road, according to the population and economic aggregate, we can elect representatives to form the Eastern Court. In this way, the Eastern Courtyard has become a stage for local forces, and the Western Courtyard has also been appropriately liberalized to give the quota of representatives of the territorial sector. ”

Zhao Er pondered Ye Xi's words, and gradually had an idea, "Senior brother wants to throw the East Courtyard as bait, so that Kou Zhun can see the sweetness and eat the East Courtyard in one bite?" ”

Ye Xi smiled: "He can swallow it, but he may not be able to digest and absorb it." On the contrary, if the representatives of the territory enter the Western Courtyard, even if the number is small, it is enough to change the current balance situation, and Lu Duan will naturally stand on my side again! ”

"Then, who should the East Courtyard belong to?"

"Senior brother, are you interested?"

Zhao Er thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I can't let go of Tianzhu, not to mention that I'm not good at fighting between the DPRK and China, so I should find a more suitable candidate." ”

Ye Xi squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I have a suitable person...... Wei Xianmei! What do you think? ”

Zhao Er's eyes lit up, "Wonderful, it's so wonderful!" Senior brother, your brain really works! ”

Wei Xianmei failed to compete for prime minister, and was immediately driven to Dashi by Kou Zhun...... Just three years ago, the old minister Wei Renpu died, and Wei Xianmei only found out a month later, let alone seeing the last meeting, and she didn't even have time to attend the funeral.

Because of this, Wei Xianmei hated it with a gritted tooth!

Don't forget, Wei Xianmei is also a ruthless person, when she was only a teenager, she went to Youzhou to be an official, and by buying and selling slaves, she got a good evaluation and entered the officialdom.

After years of experience, he inherited his father's calculations and absorbed Ye Hua's pattern.

Coupled with Kou Zhun's plot, Wei Xianmei completely matured.

Between Great Food and Eastern Rome, he promoted infrastructure construction and built railways...... And mobilized men and horses, bombarded Constantinople with naval heavy artillery, seized the Eurasian Land Bridge, Yang Ye, Zhang Yongde, Han Tong, and the three divisions.

Although there were still many sporadic forces in the Great Eclipse and Europe, there was no doubt that the world dominance of the Great Zhou had been thoroughly established with the capture of Constantinople.

Wei Xianmei also pursued a policy of reducing Ding, and he did it even more thoroughly than Kou Zhun!

Moreover, with the construction of the Asia-Europe Railway, millions of Han Chinese immigrated to the area around the railway, and villages and towns quickly popped up.

Because of the railway, the industrial development of Dashi even surpassed that of Tianzhu.

In addition, Wei Xianmei also participated in the excavation of the Suez Canal, which connected the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, and prepared for the construction of dozens of large ports along the entire route.

Although not much has been done, Wei Xianmei's credit is there, and no one can deny it!

A person with older qualifications than Kou Zhun, stronger means than Kou Zhun, and greater credit than Kou Zhun will return to the dynasty, and the excitement can be expected!

Zhao Er narrowed his eyes in satisfaction...... Under the joint operation of these two brothers, the East Courtyard was successfully established.

The Great Zhou region was assigned 100 delegates, and the rest of Liaodong, Goryeo, Wadao, Luzon, Annam, Champong, Dali, Tubo, Java and other places were assigned 30 delegates, and as for the seven major territories, each had 10 delegates.

A total of 200 representatives of the Eastern Courtyard and 350 representatives of workers, peasants, merchants, and scholars from the seven major territories were recruited into the Western Courtyard.

Wei Xianmei became the leader of the East Courtyard, and the leader of the West Courtyard was still Lu Duan.

Prime Minister Kou Zhun and Second Minister Ye Xi, the four of them got together, just a table of mahjong!

Back then, they competed for prime minister, and now they are reunited, and I have to say that the world is endlessly mysterious!

Kou Zhun laughed loudly: "The world is one family, the Great Zhou is prosperous, and we are lucky to stand on the tide...... I propose that we have a drink together! ”

Others had no opinions, and they all looked at Wei Xianmei.

After a moment of silence, Wei Xianmei suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, I've been waiting for the prime minister's wine all these years!" ”

Kou Zhun also smiled and said, "The servant's wine glass is always full!" ”

……

These four goods drank happily, and one by one they were dissolute, like wild Wei and Jin celebrities. made everyone think that they wanted to reconcile and work for the country.

Three days later, the cabinet issued three decrees, first, prohibiting the construction of steel plants on the territory; second, skilled workers are not allowed to leave Dazhou; Third, prohibit the export of science and engineering books overseas!

In the face of the three major bans, Wei Xianmei chuckled, "It's not that I want to fight, I really have to fight!" ”