Chapter 917: The Cake of Power

Just when His Majesty the Emperor was exploring the ancient ruins. In the distant Tianhua Star Domain, the courtiers who stayed behind were also busy with the affairs of the empire.

The Imperial Legion has won successive battles, conquered a large territory, hundreds of thousands of administrative planets, almost endless rare resources, and a large number of new important positions, how to divide this huge cake, these big men are all secretly working hard to fight for a few more feudal officials for their families and factions in the upcoming high-level meetings!

As night approached, two bright moons slowly appeared on the celestial dome of the fourth planet.

Yun Tianque finished his day's work, accompanied by several attendants, and stepped out of the gate of the noble house, and a guard had already driven over the luxurious heavy flying car with the family crest.

He walked to the door, but did not rush in, but stared at the familiar multicolored gold bird ornament on the door for a long time, and let out an inaudible sigh in his throat.

This is the first emblem designed and determined by the head of the family, and since then it has been a symbol of this wealthy family, and it has not changed for thousands of years! It carries too much glory, dreams and hopes, but also has heavy responsibilities, blood and tribulations, and has witnessed the rise and fall of the entire family for thousands of years!

"Big brother, what's wrong with you?" Yun Linjie, who was in the flying car, saw that he was distracted, and poked her head out with some confusion and asked.

"Oh, it's okay!" Yun Tianque replied lightly, "I'm thinking, this family crest, maybe the design should be modified." ”

"Modification?" Yun Linjie's expression became more and more confused, "Is this necessary?" So how are you going to change it? ”

It is not uncommon for an aristocratic family to change their family badges, but it is mostly limited to some nobles with ordinary strength, such as the top wealthy families like the Yun family, and the status and symbolism of the family badge are just like the national emblem and banner of a big country.

Yun Tianque suddenly put forward such an idea, and even she didn't understand what her brother meant for a while.

"It's nothing, I'm just talking about it casually!" The prince smiled, lifted his feet and stepped onto the speeding car, then motioned for the guards to close the door.

"Your Royal Highness, where are you going next?" The maid came over and asked.

"Don't go anywhere, just go home." He commanded.

A few seconds later, the flying car took off into the air, and dozens of hovering chariots immediately followed, taking on the duty of guard.

"You've just come back from the palace, haven't you?" He asked.

Yun Linjie nodded: "The third princess Yun Jiayi has been born for almost a hundred days, and the palace is preparing for the celebration in a few days, I just sent some things over, and by the way, I chatted with Xin Yao for a while." ”

Looking at her brother's expression, she couldn't help but ask, "Do you think there is still hope for this child?" After His Majesty returns to the court this time, there should be a decision on this matter, right? ”

Yun Tianque shook his head slightly: "There may be hope, but it is quite limited!" Now His Majesty has three princesses, and Concubine Feng is even pregnant with the eldest son of the emperor! She wanted to sit in that position, and it was not ordinary! ”

"......" Yun Linjie thought about it, and couldn't help but say with some annoyance:

"But we can't just throw in the towel, can we? Concubine Luo is just a clone, Concubine Feng has served the emperor of the previous dynasty, how can these two compare to our family's Xin Yao? ”

"Noble?" The prince sighed and said, "For Your Majesty, this factor has never been on his list, has it?" I think we should probably settle for the next best thing and think about something more practical! ”

Yun Linjie couldn't help but be shocked, and asked in disbelief, "Could it be that Your Majesty has already made up your mind?" ”

"I guess so!" Yun Tianque said, "Although it has not been publicly announced, there will basically be no more changes in this matter!" Of course, we are not without any benefits, and just today, Your Majesty has sent back an edict from the front, approving the candidates for governors of the provinces that I have proposed. ”

"In this way, the weight of our Yun family in the imperial power system has been strengthened a little, and it is not in vain that I have been talking to Your Majesty for so long!"

When Yun Linjie heard this, her face looked better, and then she said with some concern:

"However, the Imperial Legion has recently conquered such a vast territory, it is said that just the more than 9,000 star fields in the Eastern Star Sea will re-plan nearly three hundred provinces, not counting the Miliam Empire that is about to collapse in the Southern Star Sea, as well as the territories of several other alien races such as the Zhanying Royal Court!"

"These places need to arrange enough reliable people to guard the town, and you can fight for some more places when the time comes, otherwise with the few positions that our family has now, the right to speak in the imperial court is still not enough! At least ......"

"Don't panic, take it one step at a time!" Yun Tianque said with a smile, "This matter can't be too urgent, after a while, I'll go and talk to Your Majesty, recommend a few more candidates for him, and then decide whether to continue to work hard in this area depending on the situation!" ”

Rashly making too many requests to His Majesty will only be regarded as dissatisfied and insatiable, even if it is really a person close to His Majesty, he will not like it, not to mention that the status of the Yun family is already a little delicate, so Yun Tianque is very patient and very measured in handling these matters, so as not to be considered by Yun Haoyu as too ambitious and suppressed by suspicion, even if the current empire is eager to find so many suitable candidates to serve as the feudal officials of the newly acquired territory.

From the current point of view, although the emperor's attitude towards the Yun family does not say how to get close, it is indeed much better than before, which is the result of Yun Tianque's careful management and skillful maneuvering.

Especially in the last rebellion in the imperial capital, a group of big nobles led by the Yun family chose to stand firmly on the side of the royalists. Although they suffered a lot of losses in the rebellion, they were compensated more afterwards and won Yun Haoyu's true trust, thus starting to give them more power!

In the long run, as long as he does not make mistakes and continues to stand by the side of the royal family, it is not impossible to restore the vitality of this family, which had suffered a major blow, during the prince's lifetime.

"By the way, you just said that you want to redesign the family crest!" Yun Linjie said curiously, "How to do it, do you have an idea in your heart?" This is no small matter, how are you going to convince the elders of the clan? ”

Yun Tianque said indifferently: "It's not a redesign, it's just adding something to it, for example, the silver glow dragon ornament on the royal coat of arms!" ”

"What...... This ......" she finally understood what her brother meant, and while she was happy and a little worried, she said uneasily:

"You mean, let His Majesty promise to restore the Yun family's royal status, but is this possible?"

Although Yun Tianyun is the biological grandfather of His Majesty the Emperor, due to past grudges, Yun Haoyu has always refused to admit this relationship, so the status of the Yun family in the empire is also very embarrassing, although many people in the family have been given the opportunity to become officials, and the head of the family himself is also the only important minister in the empire who has a prince, but if this key issue is not solved, it will be difficult for the family elders to be completely relieved after all.

Therefore, the two brothers and sisters of the head of the family will be scheming, wanting to push Yun Xinyao to the position of the master of the middle palace, so as to consolidate the position of the family. Of course, ideas belong to ideas, but their various efforts are carried out within the scope of the rules, and they have not acted out of line, so Yun Haoyu let it go.

"At present, there is a thirty percent certainty," Yun Tianyun said slowly, "Of course, if we are willing to pay some more price, then we are ninety percent sure!" ”

Yun Linjie was surprised again: "What price does it take?" Could it be that there is anything else in the family that is so important right now that it can easily influence His Majesty's decision? ”

"Needless to say, I'll see you later." The prince smiled meaningfully and did not continue the topic.

……

Yun Tianyun's judgment was not wrong, and the gap in the number of expatriate officials had already attracted great attention from the decision-making level of the empire.

The next day, in the imperial study, the routine small court meeting was held on time, and Zhong Xuanying, the imperial concubine of the prison country, signed a stack of documents that had just been reviewed, and then handed them to the female officials beside her.

"If there is anything else that needs to be discussed, let's bring it up now!" She glanced at the ministers under the jade steps and asked softly.

Song Guangyu spoke: "Your Highness, the candidates for the governors of the newly established provinces of the empire, as well as the supporting administrative team personnel have not yet been allocated, and there is also a big gap in the list of the governors of the star fields and the chief officials of the various administrative planets, how to solve it, please come up with a charter!" ”

"This ......" Zhong Xuanying frowned slightly and asked:

"Hasn't the new batch of Imperial administrators been trained? Isn't it enough to add it all? How many people are left in the gap? ”

Song Guangyu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, since the end of the war in the Eastern Star Sea, the empire has added more than nine thousand new star fields, and each star field must arrange a reliable person to serve as the governor, and be equipped with enough administrative personnel and defense forces!" This is completely beyond the capacity of the Empire's major administrative academies! So...... It's really hard to deal with it! ”

Zhong Xuanying thought for a while and asked, "Do you have any good suggestions for this matter?" ”

The ministers under the jade ladder looked at each other, and they all had a helpless look.

This can't be blamed for their lack of foresight, but because the speed at which the Imperial War Machine is expanding is simply too powerful! In less than a year, the Gnaslok Empire was wiped out in one fell swoop, and the former Shalestins Alliance and the territory of the former Republic of Surya were included in the empire's territory!

The human world is finally unified, which is a major event worthy of celebration by the whole world, but as the decision-making level of the empire, there are naturally a lot of things to worry about, and it takes a little effort to make these newly acquired lands smoothly integrate into the political system of the empire and truly become a part of the empire's territory!

If even the most basic feudal officials and supporting administrative management cannot be appointed in time, then absorbing and digesting these territories will become a castle in the air, and of course, it is impossible to greatly increase the strategic strength of the empire!

Now these newly acquired territories are still under the military control of the Imperial Legion, and there will be no problem for the time being, but this is obviously not a long-term solution, and a solution must be found as soon as possible.