Chapter 18: The Crown Prince Takes the Throne

Chen Xingtian immediately ordered that this engraving printing method be promoted throughout the country.

Chen Mu recorded the engraving production and printing methods in detail and handed them over to Chen Xingtian.

And the ten carpenters who were previously summoned by Chen Mu also received a rich reward.

As for Chen Mu, Chen Xingtian also appreciated him more and more.

Not only did most of the imperial court affairs discuss with Chen Mu, but even the ministers handed over all the recitals for Chen Mu to read first.

For these, of course, Chen Mu couldn't ask for it.

With each more piece of music, he was able to grasp more about the situation in the country.

In the same way, you can get to know more about the minister who handed you the fold.

After a period of time, Chen Mu gradually had some preliminary understanding of the situation of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Some are faithful, some are cowardly, and some are greedy for money......

As the emperor, Chen Xingtian was surrounded by these ministers all day long, and he may not feel it deeply.

But when Chen Mu looks at these with his own modern thinking, it seems to be clear at a glance.

For example, the Lord Zhang who opposed him everywhere before.

He is not only prejudiced against Chen Mu, but also narrow-minded.

As long as someone said one or two disrespectful words to Lord Zhang in the court, Chen Mu would definitely soon be able to see Lord Zhang participate in that person's recital.

It's a pity that Zhang Daren has a high position and is in charge of the treasury and finances.

Officials in this position cannot be changed lightly.

The replacement of officials is a small matter, but the national finances are a big matter.

What's more, although this Lord Zhang has an average character, he has been sitting in this position since Chen Xingtian was still the prince.

Over the years, nothing has gone too far.

And if you change the position of Lord Zhang, the scope involved is too wide and troublesome.

Therefore, even if his occasional practices were really inappropriate, Chen Xingtian only turned a blind eye and got by.

But Chen Muke doesn't have such a good temper.

Want me to get used to you? There are no doors.

You are not the only one in my court who is qualified for this position.

There are so many people in the right place, so why can you stay forever?

With this idea, Chen Mu mentioned the idea of replacing Master Zhang to Chen Xingtian several times.

But Chen Xingtian refused every time.

The reason is simple.

First, there is the fear of a financial situation in the country as a result of the change of such an important position.

Second, because Master Zhang is, after all, a veteran of the DPRK and China, and it must be inappropriate to dismiss him without reason.

Third, and most importantly, this is the point.

Master Zhang has been in the DPRK for many years, and he is in a high position, so he has many friends.

In the face of such a political group, if there is no convincing reason, even Chen Xingtian will not be able to punish Lord Zhang.

In addition, because Zhang Daren is narrow-minded, those who dare to oppose him in the court do not read it.

To sum it up, it's one sentence.

Mr. Zhang has a high position and wide influence, so he is not easy to manage.

"If you can find ironclad evidence that Master Zhang violated the law of the country, it is not impossible to deal with him at that time."

In the end, Chen Xingtian could only tell Chen Mu like this.

Chen Mu still has some ideas about this.

Judging from Mr. Zhang's performance in all aspects, this is definitely not a loyal and kind person.

And it is almost impossible for such a person to sit in this position without corruption.

As for why the emperor has not found out for many years, it can only show that the old fox acted cautiously and did things well.

And there shouldn't have been much movement.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu secretly had an idea in his heart.

He found Chen Xingtian and asked him to declare that in order to exercise his ability to govern the country, he would now hand over most of the country's government affairs to the prince for half a year.

In the past six months, Chen Xingtian went to the court as usual to listen to the government and deal with the core government affairs of the country, but the rest of the recitals were handed over to the prince for approval.

Chen Xingtian didn't think much about it, and immediately agreed.

Recently, the crown prince has brought him too many surprises.

He also has the heart to train his son.

It just so happened that Chen Mu made a suggestion at this juncture.

Since his son also has this thought, of course he will not refuse.

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Xingtian announced the news to the Manchu civil and military forces.

"From today onwards, all official folds will be submitted to the prince for handling."

And Chen Mu's purpose for doing this is very simple.

The emperor ignored government affairs and left himself, the crown prince, to handle government affairs, and there must be many people who felt that they were still young and incompetent. 、

And in this case, Lord Zhang will inevitably let his guard down.

If he wants to do something at this time, maybe he will dare to let go.

As long as he makes a move, Chen Mu will not worry about not being able to catch his handle.

After hearing Chen Xingtian's announcement of this matter, many ministers expressed their thoughts one after another.

Several ministers felt that this was inappropriate.

rashly handing over all the major affairs of the state to the prince, who has never handled government affairs alone, is afraid that it will cause chaos.

Chen Mu noticed that Master Zhang, who had always liked to interject in everything, was unusually silent this time.

It seems that he guessed correctly, Master Zhang must have some calculation of his own in his heart.

Chen Xingtian's attitude was very firm, and the ministers gave up when they saw that the persuasion was fruitless.

As a result, Chen Mu temporarily and officially took over the management of the country.

At first, Chen Xingtian was a little worried that Chen Mu would feel overwhelmed by the complicated government affairs.

But after a few days, he realized that he was completely overwhelmed.

Chen Mu not only handled government affairs in an orderly manner every day, but also did not make any mistakes.

And in the handling of individual problems, Chen Xingtian even felt that his son's solution was much better than his own way.

Even with Chen Xingtian's acquiescence, Chen Mu also implemented several small-scale reforms.

And all have achieved good results.

After a period of time, Chen Xingtian completely calmed down.

Since he ascended the throne for decades, he can be regarded as having a good rest for a while.

In fact, these are really not difficult things for Chen Mu.

The entire Xia Dynasty was nothing more than a very simple state system in his eyes.

The daily government affairs to deal with may seem complicated, but in fact, many of them are similar.

Chen Mu only needs to spend some time every day to sort all government affairs one by one, and then save a lot of time when dealing with them.

Chen Xingtian didn't understand this, he only felt that his son had a good way of governing the country, and he was deeply gratified.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also changed from suspicion and worry at the beginning to praise and affirmation.

The abilities that the prince had shown them were not at all like what this experienced young man could have.

Chen Mu was dealing with these daily things all over the country, and at the same time patiently waiting for Mr. Zhang to make small moves.

Although there has been no problem with the content that Mr. Zhang plays every day recently.

But Chen Mu knew that he was testing himself, especially to see if he was targeting him.